Show #2141 1993-12-20 (taped 1993-09-14) Regular

Jean Grewe game 1.

Contestants

Bill Nigh — a tax auditor from Levittown, Pennsylvania

Jean Grewe — a typesetter from Oak Park, Illinois

Tina Karelson — an advertising copywriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tina	$600	$1,600	$7,200	$12,601 2nd place: trip to Scottsdale, Arizona	$7,300 20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Jean	$1,000	$3,300	$7,300	$14,401 New champion: $14,401	$6,100 19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Bill	$600	$2,300	$6,300	$5,300 3rd place: Curtis Mathes LaserDisc player + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis	$6,300 15 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

MAMMALS	S.F. TV DETECTIVES	FEMININE NAMES	MISSOURI	SPECS	"H"ODGEPODGE
$100 [21] This "King of Beasts" has golden eyes that work well in the dark the lion Tina	$100 [1] Michael Douglas said he learned a lot from Karl Malden, his co-star on this series The Streets of San Francisco Tina	$100 [7] This Spanish form of Rachel became popular in the '60s after a certain Ms. Welch made her film debut Raquel Bill	$100 [4] This Missouri capital was laid out by Daniel Boone's son Jefferson City Tina	$100 [26] In the 1780s the first bifocals were made for this man Benjamin Franklin Tina	$100 [15] In 1992 about 6.4 million pounds of candy corn were produced for this holiday Halloween Bill
$200 [22] The dog known as the Japanese chin probably originated in this Asian country, not in Japan China Jean	$200 [2] He was chief of detectives until shot & paralyzed, but he stayed with the S.F. force as a consultant Ironside Tina	$200 [12] Originally a male name, as in "Gone with the Wind"s Wilkes, it was the USA's most popular girl's name of 1990 Ashley Bill	$200 [8] This state nickname came from a speech given by Congressman Willard Vandiver in 1899 the Show Me State Jean	$200 [27] This Beatle has a type of circular, metal- rimmed sunglasses named for him John Lennon Bill	$200 [16] A person trying to do this to you often says something like "your eyelids are getting very heavy..." hypnotize Jean
$300 [23] The female walrus is a cow; the male is called this a bull Jean	$300 [3] He played S.F. police commissioner Stewart McMillan Rock Hudson Bill	$300 [13] This name, a pet form of Mary, came into use about the time "La Boheme" was first staged Mimi Tina	$300 [9] It's the only NFL team whose home games are played in Missouri the Kansas City Chiefs Jean	$300 [28] People who view life optimistically view it through these rose-colored glasses Tina	$300 [17] A gluttonous guest can "eat you out of" these 2 places house & home Jean
$400 [24] The coendou is a South American porcupine that can hang from a tree by this prehensile body part a tail Jean	$400 [5] Jack Warden was part con artist, part private eye on this mid-'80s series set in S.F. Crazy Like a Fox Tina Bill	DD $500 [14] Ireland's chief river may have inspired this name Shannon Tina	$400 [10] The Patee House Hotel in this northwestern Missouri city was headquarters to the Pony Express St. Joseph Bill	$400 [29] The term for these protective specs came from a Middle English word for "to look aside" goggles Jean	$400 [18] It's a "double-talk" term for a top-secret operation: Ssshhhh! hush-hush Bill
$500 [25] The hare type of this small member of the kangaroo family resembles a hare in its speed & habits a wallaby Bill	$500 [6] In 1960 Anthony George & Doug McClure opened their S.F. agency on this series named for a chess position Checkmate	$500 [20] This first name of a 1993 attorney general nominee is from the Greek for "life" Zoe Jean	$500 [11] The bobwhite species of this bird is Missouri's most plentiful non-migratory game bird the quail Jean	$500 [30] These glasses with a French name are held on by pressure on the nose pince-nez Bill	$500 [19] A slang term for a cowboy movie, or a production of "Pagliacci" if it starred Mr. Ed a horse opera Tina

Double Jeopardy! Round

FRENCH HISTORY	COMPOSERS	BOOKS & AUTHORS	GEOLOGY	SIGNS & SYMBOLS	ECCLESIASTES
$200 [12] This woman who led an army to the relief of Orleans in 1429 was illiterate but a good seamstress Joan of Arc Jean	$200 [6] Ferde Grofe did the original orchestration of his "Rhapsody In Blue" Gershwin Tina	$200 [1] In 1977 this "Nightline" host co-authored a thriller entitled "In the National Interest" Ted Koppel Jean	$200 [21] A new plate tectonics theory says that North America was connected to this cold continent for a billion yrs. Antarctica Jean	$200 [8] The flags of Chile, Cuba & Texas each display a single one of these a star Jean	$200 [26] According to 3:20, all men are the same—they begin & end as this substance dust Bill
$400 [13] In 1792 this hero of the American Revolution made a futile attempt to save the French monarchy Lafayette Bill	$400 [7] This "Flight of the Bumblebee" composer revised "Boris Godunov" after Mussorgsky's death Rimsky-Korsakov Bill	$400 [2] In 1939 he published an "official guide of the Tarzan Clans of America" Edgar Rice Burroughs Tina	$400 [22] Tremolite, crocidolite & chrysotile are varieties of this fibrous fireproof material asbestos Tina	$400 [14] During the Middle Ages, this 1-horned mythical beast sometimes represented Christ the unicorn Tina	$400 [27] "The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to" them the strong Jean
$600 [18] In an 1870-71 war, France was defeated by a group of German states led by this one Prussia Tina	$600 [9] In 1883 he was interred in a vault at his villa, Wahnfried, in Bayreuth Wagner Tina	$600 [3] Susan Sontag's "The Volcano Lover" is based on the love triangle of Wm. & Emma Hamilton & this man (Lord Horatio) Nelson Tina	$600 [23] The largest rock size recognized by sedimentologists, it describes anything over 256 mm in diameter a boulder Tina	$600 [15] A white one of these flowers was a symbol of the House of York a rose Tina	$600 [28] These dead insects "cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour" flies
$800 [19] Named for its length, this 1756-1763 war led to the loss of most of the French colonial empire the Seven Years' War Jean	$800 [10] The original family name of this "Tales of Hoffmann" composer was Eberst Jacques Offenbach Jean	$800 [4] At her death, Olive Ann Burns was working on "Leaving Cold Sassy", the sequel to this novel Cold Sassy Tree Jean	$800 [24] This portion of the Earth is everything past the Gutenberg Discontinuity, 1800 miles on down the core Tina	$1,000 [17] A sun disk was the personal symbol of this Egyptian sun god Ra Bill	$1,000 [30] Chapter 11 advises doing this with your loaf "for thou shalt find it after many days" cast (your bread) upon the waters Bill
$1,000 [20] Under Henry V the English defeated a French force 3 times as large at this October 1415 battle Agincourt Bill	$1,000 [11] On his 80th birthday in 1945, the Finnish government issued a stamp bearing his likeness Sibelius Jean	$1,000 [5] In 1993 he had 2 No. 1 books simultaneously, "The Client" in hardback & "The Pelican Brief" in paperback (John) Grisham Tina	$1,000 [25] This Earth measurement is 5.976 x 1027grams the mass (the weight) Tina Jean	DD $1,200 [16] Sign of the zodiac often represented by the symbol seen here: Sagittarius Tina	DD $2,000 [29] Authorship of the book is attributed to this son of David Solomon Jean

Final Jeopardy!

THE BILL OF RIGHTS

As president of the Senate, he signed the Bill of Rights

John Adams

Bill "Who was Aaron Burr?" — wagered $1,000

Tina "Who was J. Adams?" — wagered $5,401

Jean "Who was John Adams?" — wagered $7,101

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