Show #2072 1993-09-14 (taped 1993-07-20) Regular

John Cuthbertson game 1.

Contestants

John Cuthbertson — a physicist originally from Liberty, Missouri

Laurie Zelesenikar — a director of administration from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Paul Spudis — a geologist from Friendswood, Texas

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Paul	$1,200	$1,700	$9,100	$0 3rd place: Gibson food freezer + the Jeopardy! home game	$9,100 23 R, 0 W
Laurie	$300	$900	$1,900	$1,200 2nd place: Lloyd/Flanders Heirloom Series all-weather wicker furniture + Ducane 2002S gas grill + the Jeopardy! home game	$1,900 5 R, 1 W
John	$2,500	$3,200	$10,400	$18,400 New champion: $18,400	$10,200 24 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

HEADLINES	SPORTS TROPHIES	POTENT POTABLES	FISH	AROUND THE HOUSE	OOPS!
$100 [6] April 19, 1906: "Heart is torn from great city" referred to the earthquake & fire in this one San Francisco Paul	$100 [17] In 1893 Lord Stanley of Preston, governor-gen. of Canada, donated a trophy for this sport hockey John	$100 [14] It's the Irish ingredient in an Everybody's Irish cocktail whiskey John	$100 [11] Though named for their feline looks, not all of the about 2,400 species have barbels catfish John	$100 [21] It's the piece of wood or stone that fills the space under an outside door; brides are carried over it a threshold John	$100 [1] We put the Mile High Greyhound Park in this Mile High City; it's actually in Commerce City Denver John
$200 [7] The April 15, 1865 New York Times called it an "awful event" & gave "details of the dreadful tragedy" Lincoln's being shot John	$200 [18] The Borg-Warner Trophy awarded to winners of this auto race remains at the Speedway Hall of Fame Museum the Indianapolis 500 Paul	$200 [26] The name of this British holiday drink comes from Old Norse for "be in good health", ves heill the wassail drink Laurie	$200 [12] The caudal fin is the tail fin & this is the term for the fin on the back the dorsal John	$200 [22] It's the small hinged window over a door a transom John	$200 [2] We had this artist's mother hanging around the Louvre; she's now in the Musee d'Orsay Whistler John
$300 [8] An 1890s article on this clothing item asked, "Does tight lacing develop cruelty?" a corset John	$300 [19] The Downtown Athletic Club of NYC annually presents this trophy to the top college football player the Heisman Trophy Paul	$300 [27] The yellow type of this liqueur with a "colorful" name is weaker than the green chartreuse Laurie	$300 [13] This food fish comes in gray, yellowtail & mutton species, but the red is the most popular snapper Laurie John	$300 [23] It's a thin, Japanese- style folding mattress stuffed with cotton batting a futon John	$300 [3] We forgot to add that this Baker St. detective's love for Irene Adler was not in the original stories Sherlock Holmes Paul
$400 [9] July 23, 1934: "No. 1 Public Enemy Shot Down Leaving Theater in" this city Chicago Paul	$400 [20] Its official name is the International Lawn Tennis Challenge Trophy the Davis Cup Laurie	$400 [28] Cocktails with "silver" in their names, such as Silver King & Silver Streak, usually contain this liquor gin	$500 [16] A way to cook fish, or a term for newly-hatched salmon fry John	$400 [24] An inglenook is a nook, or the bench in the nook, beside one of these a fireplace	$400 [4] There are several versions of this cartoon family's theme & we used the one where Jane, not Elroy, follows George the Jetsons Paul
$500 [10] This group "has first session. Empty chair is reserved for America", said the January 17, 1920 Boston Herald the League of Nations John	$500 [30] In 1984 this sport's World Championship Trophy was renamed to honor outgoing commissioner Larry O'Brien professional basketball	$500 [29] Creme d'ananas is made from this tropical fruit, not bananas pineapple John	DD $600 [15] The Devil's Hole pupfish is found only in this inhospitable national monument in California Death Valley John	$500 [25] "Religious" name of the modern table whose legs are flush with the top so they look jointless a Parsons table Laurie	$500 [5] We said this Michael Jackson 3-D film was in Fantasyland; it's actually in Tomorrowland Captain EO John

Double Jeopardy! Round

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD	MUSIC APPRECIATION	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS	CLASSIC NOVELS	POPES
$200 [6] In October 1962 the U.S. demanded the withdrawal of all offensive missiles from this country Cuba Paul	$200 [11] It's the Handel oratorio that features the aria "I know that my Redeemer liveth" the Messiah Paul	$200 [1] In August 1990 Coca-Cola opened a museum to itself in this city Atlanta Paul	$200 [21] After surgery a patient might be sent to ICU, which stands for this unit the intensive care unit Paul	$200 [16] Prince Andrey Bolkonsky dies after he's wounded at the Battle of Borodino in this Tolstoy classic War and Peace Paul	$200 [26] He was ordained a priest in 1946 in Krakow, Poland Pope John Paul II Paul
$400 [7] It's officially known as the Hellenic Republic Greece Paul	$400 [12] A Tyrolienne is a folk song characterized by this distinctive kind of Alpine singing yodeling Paul	$400 [2] The Dutch government owns 38% of this airline KLM Paul	$400 [22] Diagnosis is abbreviated Dx & this forecast of the chances of recovery is abbreviated Px prognosis Paul	$400 [17] Alyosha is the youngest of Fyodor's 3 legitimate sons in this Russian novel The Brothers Karamazov	$400 [27] Dubbed "The Smiling Pope", he reigned for 34 days in 1978 Pope John Paul I Paul
$600 [8] The Mozambique Channel separates this island country from the African mainland Madagascar John	$600 [13] A Heldentenor, or heroic tenor, is well suited for roles such as Siegfried in this composer's operas Wagner John	$600 [3] Mellon Bank is based in this Pennsylvania city Pittsburgh Paul	$600 [23] These 3 body parts are combined under the abbreviation ENT the ears, nose & throat John	$600 [18] Oliver Goldsmith's novel about "The Vicar of" this place ends with a double wedding Wakefield Paul	$600 [28] In 1964 he became the first pope in almost 2000 years to visit the Holy Land Paul VI Paul
DD $800 [9] This Central American country is the smallest mainland nation in the Western Hemisphere El Salvador John	$800 [14] This era lasted from about 1600 to 1750--"Go for" it the Baroque Paul	$800 [4] This maker of Cheerios also owns the Red Lobster restaurant chain General Mills Paul	$800 [24] CR, an abbreviation for this, might ring a bell with Pavlov, since he coined the term conditioned response (or conditioned reflex) John	$800 [19] Jude Fawley is tricked into marrying the vulgar, insensitive Arabella in this Thomas Hardy novel Jude the Obscure Paul	$800 [29] Clement VI, the 4th of 7 popes based in this French city, purchased it from Joan of Provence in 1348 Avignon John
$1,000 [10] Compiled by Elias Lonnrot from oral poetry, the Kalevala is this country's national epic Finland John	$1,000 [15] Rimsky-Korsakov wrote the "Song of" this Asian country for his opera "Sadko" India	$1,000 [5] In 1993 this largest U.S. brewer agreed to buy part of the Mexican maker of Corona beer Anheuser-Busch John	$1,000 [25] b.i.d. on a medicine label indicates it should be taken this often twice a day Laurie	$1,000 [20] This title object in Henry James' last novel is a piece of gilded crystal the Golden Bowl	DD $1,000 [30] Paul III approved the formation of this order by Ignatius of Loyola in 1540 the Jesuits (the Society of Jesus) John

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENTISTS

In 1955 2 elements were named for these 2 Nobel Prize-winning scientists then recently deceased

Albert Einstein & Enrico Fermi

Laurie "Who were Laurel & Hardy?" — wagered $700

Paul "Who was Einstein and Rutherford?" — wagered $9,100

John "Who were Fermi and Einstein?" — wagered $8,000

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