Show #2148 1993-12-29 (taped 1993-09-20) Regular

Contestants

Frank Smith — a sales manager from Milford, Connecticut

Jim Mullins — a computer programmer from New York City, New York

George Chesney — a small business owner from Tempe, Arizona (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,601)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
George	$1,200	$2,300	$4,300	$2,599 2-day champion: $16,200	$4,300 15 R, 3 W
Jim	$1,200	$4,300	$5,900	$20 3rd place: Samsung 19" TV/VCR + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis	$7,400 23 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Frank	$900	$1,100	$6,000	$100 2nd place: notebook computer from CompUSA + Samsonite computer cases	$5,100 16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

LAKES & RIVERS	TV TRIVIA	TEXTILES	ZOOLOGY	4-LETTER WORDS	WHAT IS IT?
$100 [16] This country's largest lake is Vanern, across the peninsula from Stockholm Sweden Jim	$100 [7] Alex Haley watched the 1977 premiere of this miniseries in a hotel suite with his friend Warren Beatty Roots Jim	$100 [23] Excellent for toweling, this thick fabric has a pile on both sides formed of uncut loops terry Jim	$100 [8] Burchell's is the most common species of this striped African mammal a zebra Frank	$100 [4] This camping item may be a pup a tent Jim	$100 [1] The scar known as the umbilicus is also referred to as this "button" the belly button George
$200 [18] The Hebrew name of this lake is Yam Ha-Melah, or "Salt Sea" the Dead Sea Frank	$200 [9] Joan Lunden, Katie Couric, Paula Zahn, Mary Alice Williams & Faith Daniels attended her baby shower Murphy Brown George	$200 [27] Dungaree is a sturdy type of this cotton cloth used to make dungarees denim Jim	$200 [12] This largest of Louisiana's reptiles can attain a length of 16 feet an alligator Jim Frank	$200 [5] A kid who puts a claim on something claims these, as in "I got (these) on the front seat!" dibs Frank	$200 [2] Small hammers are used on a dulcimer, one of these a musical instrument George Frank
$300 [19] A pavilion in Russia's Valdai Hills marks the source of this river the Volga Jim	$300 [14] Burt Bacharach was asked to compose music for this Angie Dickinson series but he "copped" out Police Woman Frank	$300 [28] Worsted is a fabric made from this fiber wool George	$300 [13] Unlike most marsupials, the numbat doesn't have a marsupium, which is one of these a pouch George	$300 [6] It pairs with "eye" for a sewing notion & with "ladder" for a fire engine a hook Frank	$300 [3] A pennon is one of these that used to hang around days & knights gone by a flag Jim
$400 [20] North of the Mexican border, Arizona's Bill Williams & Gila Rivers join this river the Colorado George Jim	$400 [15] Peter Lawford & Phyllis Kirk played this crime- solving couple on "The Thin Man" Nick & Nora Charles George	$400 [29] If this fabric has a pile more than 1/8 inch high, it's called plush velveteen Jim	$400 [25] Reddish fluid from the skin of this African river mammal led to the belief that it sweated blood the hippopotamus Jim	$400 [17] It can be determination or minute, rough granules of sand grit George	$400 [10] A gavotte is a type of this, named for the gavots, a people of the French Alps a dance George
$500 [21] When completed in 1976, the Tarbela Dam on this Pakistani river was the world's largest earth-fill dam the Indus River	$500 [22] Elizabeth Taylor was the first guest when this Oscar winner's talk show debuted on September 14, 1992 Whoopi Goldberg	DD $1,000 [30] This soft, knitted fabric is named for the largest of the Channel Islands Jersey Jim	$500 [26] The white winter fur of this weasel was used by Europeans as a badge of royalty ermine Jim	$500 [24] A stopper, an old horse or a chunk of chewing tobacco a plug Jim	$500 [11] Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse isn't a ghost, but a red one of these a star Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

FRENCH HISTORY	PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES	OFFICES	NOVEL CHARACTERS	RELIGION	OPERA
$200 [12] Though revised, French civil law is still largely based on the code he enacted in 1804 Napoleon Jim	$200 [1] His father-in-law, John Vernou Bouvier III, was a stockbroker Jack Kennedy George	$200 [20] The place to buy your play ticket or the total receipts for a play the box office Jim	$200 [6] She almost marries her cousin St. John Rivers in a vain attempt to forget Mr. Rochester Jane Eyre Jim	$200 [2] Joseph Fielding Smith was the sixth president of this church founded by his uncle Joseph Smith the Mormon church Frank	$200 [19] Though he wrote no operas, his youngest son Johann Christian did Johann Sebastian Bach George
$400 [13] In ancient times the region that includes all of modern France was known by this name Gaul George	$400 [14] Jimmy Carter's mother preferred to be known by this 2-word name Miss Lillian Frank	$400 [22] His office at the Cosmonaut Training Center has been left exactly as it was the day he died, March 27, 1968 Yuri Gagarin Frank	$400 [7] This Robert Louis Stevenson novel is narrated by Mackellar, steward of Ballantrae The Master of Ballantrae Frank	$400 [3] Japan's imperial family is said to descend from Amaterasu, a goddess of this religion Shinto Frank	$400 [25] Gessler is the tyrannical Governor of Switzerland in this Rossini opera William Tell Jim
$600 [18] 10 kings of France shared this name, including the Bald, the Simple & the Fair Charles George Jim Frank	$600 [15] She wrote a book called "White House Pets" in 1969, 11 years before "Murder in the White House" Margaret Truman Frank	$600 [23] In 1934 it issued a production code stating what could & could not be shown in movies the Hays Office Frank	$600 [8] This English queen & her favorite Robert Dudley are characters in "Kenilworth" by Sir Walter Scott Elizabeth I Jim	$600 [4] If you're a Sunnite, this is your religion Islam George	$600 [30] After this Bizet opera failed at its premiere Tchaikovsky predicted it would be a world favorite Carmen George
$800 [21] In 1787 an Edict of Toleration restored most civil liberties to these French Protestants the Huguenots George	$800 [16] This actress & author co-wrote the song "I Wish You Peace" for the Eagles album "One of these Nights" Patti Davis Frank	$1,000 [28] "Wild Bill" Donovan was the director of this CIA precursor abbreviated OSS the Office of Strategic Services George	$800 [9] Her gray hair turns almost white when Tom & Becky get lost in the cave Aunt Polly George	$800 [5] This Protestant denomination is the religion of most of the people in Scandinavia Lutheran Jim	$800 [29] This Italian tenor created the role of Dick Johnson in "The Girl of the Golden West" Caruso Jim
$1,000 [26] When Hugh Capet was chosen as king in 987, it brought an end to this ruling dynasty the Carolingian Jim Frank	$1,000 [17] Actor Glenn Ford is a descendant of this president from Kinderhook Martin Van Buren Frank	DD $1,700 [24] It's the British equivalent of our State Department the Foreign Office Frank	DD $2,000 [11] The amoral Cathy Trask spends her wedding night with her husband's brother in this Steinbeck novel East of Eden Jim	$1,000 [10] The four noble truths of this Eastern religion are also known as the Arya-Satya Buddhism Jim	$1,000 [27] This playwright's works have inspired dozens of operas, including Lully's "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" Moliere Jim

Final Jeopardy!

FOOD & DRINK

This coffee is known by the name of the Nashville hotel where it built its reputation

Maxwell House

George "What is The Java?" — wagered $1,701

Jim "What is Blue Mt" — wagered $5,880

Frank "What is Express" — wagered $5,900

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