Show #2145 1993-12-24 (taped 1993-09-14) Regular

Jean Grewe game 5.

Contestants

Pat Thomason — a defense attorney originally from St. Charles, Missouri

Greg Rose — a law student from South Pasadena, California

Jean Grewe — a typesetter from Oak Park, Illinois (whose 4-day cash winnings total $47,701)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jean $2,200 $3,800 $7,600 $15,100
5-day champion: $62,801
$7,600
24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Greg $1,000 $1,800 $7,700 $7,601
2nd place: trip to New Orleans, Louisiana
$8,800
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Pat $600 $1,000 $3,600 $5,000
3rd place: trip to Palm Springs, California + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis
$3,600
10 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

LANGUAGES CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS HEALTH & MEDICINE FRUITS & VEGETABLES CITIES CALLED THEBES HOMOPHONES
$100 [11]
Dan isn't just a man's name, it's a popular dictionary abbreviation for this language
Danish
Jean
$100 [1]
First Cockney, Second Cockney, Mrs. Higgins' maid
My Fair Lady
Jean
$100 [5]
This "kissing disease" is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus
mononucleosis
Greg
$100 [16]
Sir Walter Raleigh is said to have introduced this vegetable to Ireland around 1585
the potato
Jean
$100 [26]
This Verdi opera is set in Thebes in Egypt
Aida
Jean
$100 [21]
To abandon, or a sweet course served at the end of a meal
desert/dessert
Jean
$200 [12]
This language that's also known as Siamese contains many loanwords from Sanskrit
Thai
Greg
$200 [2]
Liza, Nana, ostrich, crocodile
Peter Pan
Jean
$200 [6]
There are usually over 4 million of these cells in a cubic millimeter of blood
red blood cells
Jean Pat
$200 [17]
Like borscht, chlodnik is a cold soup made mainly of this vegetable
the beet
Jean
$200 [27]
His tomb in Thebes was discovered on the west bank of the Nile in 1922
King Tut
Jean
$200 [22]
A long leather strap attached to the bit of a bridle, or water falling from the sky
rein/rain
Greg
$300 [13]
Most native speakers of Catalan live in the northeast part of this country
Spain
Greg
$300 [3]
Rolf Gruber, Liesl, the Mother Abbess
The Sound of Music
Jean
$300 [7]
Plumbism is another term for poisoning by this substance
lead
Jean
$300 [18]
Frequently mentioned in the Bible, the name of this fruit means "many-seeded apple"
a pomegranate
Jean Greg
$300 [28]
As a baby in Greece, this Theban strangled snakes; later he killed a lion & more labors followed
Hercules
Jean
$300 [23]
To cover in gold, or an association of persons in the same trade who might do it
gild/guild
Greg
$400 [14]
Ido is a revised form of this international language invented by a Polish doctor
Esperanto
Pat
$400 [4]
Audrey, Seymour, Audrey II
Little Shop of Horrors
Greg
$400 [8]
Carpal tunnel syndrome is caused by the compression of a nerve in the area of this joint
the wrist
Jean
$400 [19]
It's the more common name for the most common mandarin orange sold in the U.S.
tangerine
Jean
$400 [29]
When this conquerer burned Thebes, he spared the house of the Greek poet Pindar
Alexander the Great
Pat
$400 [24]
A knack, or a device that produces a bright signal light
flair/flare
$500 [15]
Kiunguja, one of the major dialects of this Bantu language, is spoken on the island of Zanzibar
Swahili
Jean
$500 [10]
Mother Burnside, Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside, Patrick Dennis
Mame
DD $500 [9]
Some believe acupuncture relieves pain by stimulating these chemicals in the brain
endorphins
Jean
$500 [20]
Argenteuil, France is famous for growing the white type of this spear-shaped vegetable
asparagus
Jean
$500 [30]
The 1 of 7 surviving tragedies by Aeschylus whose title fits the category
Seven Against Thebes
Jean
$500 [25]
A personal enemy, or a type of pearls that aren't really pearls
foe/faux
Jean

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY POLITICAL TERMS MUSEUMS BOOKS ON AUDIOTAPE INDIANA ODDS & ENDS
$200 [1]
On September 1, 1939 this country began its Blitzkrieg of Poland
Germany
Pat
$200 [6]
This term which has come to mean Japan's warrior class literally means "attendant"
samurai
Pat
$200 [11]
The Royal Air Force Museum in this capital features a Battle of Britain display
London
Jean
$200 [26]
They needed a superman to read "The Great Gatsby" on tape, so they picked this "Superman" star
Christopher Reeve
Greg
$200 [21]
4 towns, including Speedway, lie within this capital city but are governed separately
Indianapolis
Greg
$200 [16]
According to the proverb, following this rule will make you "healthy, wealthy and wise"
Early to bed & early to rise
Pat
$400 [2]
In 1945 7 countries, including Iraq & Syria, formed this league
the Arab League
Greg
$400 [7]
The Free-Soilers, an antislavery party, were absorbed by this political party in 1854
the Republicans
Pat
$400 [12]
An Abilene, Kansas museum has medals & mementoes from this president's career
Eisenhower
Greg
$400 [27]
Maria Riva reads her own intimate biography of this late German actress, her mother
Marlene Dietrich
Greg Pat
$400 [22]
He lived in Indiana 1816-1830 & you can visit the burial site of his mother, Nancy Hanks
Abraham Lincoln
Pat
$400 [17]
If followed east, the 3 stars in his belt point toward something "Sirius", the dog star
Orion
Jean
$600 [3]
In 1951 this world leader ordered the observance of St. Evita Day in his country
Juan Peron
Greg
$600 [8]
The political movement to unite this Mediterranean island with Greece was called Enosis
Cyprus
Jean Greg
$600 [13]
The Cloisters, specializing in medieval art, is a branch of this New York City museum
the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jean
$600 [28]
Burt Reynolds was "For Hire", so he got the job reading "Stardust", a novel about this detective
Spenser
Greg
$600 [23]
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is a 14,000-acre recreation area on the shore of this Great Lake
Michigan
Jean
$600 [18]
In 1656 Christiaan Huygens added this to a clock to control the escapement
a pendulum
Greg Pat
$800 [4]
In 1212 a young French shepherd boy led an estimated 30,000 youths on this tragic expedition
the Children's Crusade
$800 [9]
The common market is also called the EEC, which stands for this
the European Economic Community
Greg
$800 [14]
A memorial in Beaumont, Texas houses the trophies & memorabilia of this lady athlete's career
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Greg
$800 [29]
You can stay up late & listen to his novels "The Other Side of Midnight" & "Memories of Midnight"
Sidney Sheldon
Greg
$800 [24]
Indiana University opened in this city in 1820
Bloomington
Jean
$800 [19]
As baseball has pitchers, cricket has these
bowlers
Jean
$1,000 [5]
In 1674 Sivaji founded this country's Maratha Empire
India
Pat
DD $1,000 [10]
Name for the alliance of Israeli right-wing parties that first came to power with Begin
Likud
Greg
DD $1,100 [15]
This capital has museums devoted to Antonin Dvorak, Bedrich Smetana & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Prague
Greg
$1,000 [30]
This Lt. Col, who was "under fire" during the Iran–Contra hearings taped his own book "Under Fire"
Oliver North
Greg
$1,000 [25]
You can visit the home of this famous WWII journalist in Dana, Indiana
Ernie Pyle
Greg
$1,000 [20]
Terpsichore had this many sisters
8
Jean

Final Jeopardy!

THE CALENDAR

By our calendar, the first British East India Co. was founded on this date, the last day of the 16th century

December 31, 1600

Pat "What is 12/31/1600" — wagered $1,400
Jean "What isJanDec. 31, 1600" — wagered $7,500
Greg "What is Dec 31 1599" — wagered $99

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