Show #2149 1993-12-30 (taped 1993-09-20) Regular

Contestants

Mickie Grover — a Ph.D. candidate from Yorktown Heights, New York

Mike Cayer — a law clerk from Malden, Massachusetts

George Chesney — a small business owner from Tempe, Arizona (whose 2-day cash winnings total $16,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
George	$1,800	$2,600	$5,000	$2,100 3rd place: Technics stereo system	$6,400 20 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Mike	$1,800	$2,700	$3,900	$3,399 2nd place: a cruise to the Bahamas	$3,900 16 R, 2 W
Mickie	$600	$1,800	$7,200	$10,200 New champion: $10,200	$5,900 17 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE BIBLE	SPORTS	MEDICINE	MUSIC	HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES	3-LETTER WORDS
$100 [1] He easily broke the bowstrings Delilah used to bind him Samson Mike	$100 [2] Sport whose programs list sires, dams & morning lines horse racing George	$100 [26] Anesthesia using vapors of this liquid was 1st demonstrated publicly at Mass. General Hospital in 1846 ether Mike	$100 [16] This set of horizontal lines on which music is written can also be called a stave a staff Mike	$100 [9] The first Monday in September is Settler's Day in South Africa & this day in the U.S. Labor Day Mickie	$100 [19] It's a synonym for sob cry Mike
$200 [3] Tradition states that it contained Aaron's miraculous rod as well as the tablets of the law the Ark of the Covenant George	$200 [5] In the 1960s & 1970s, this school's basketball team won a record 10 NCAA championships UCLA Mike	$200 [27] In some cases this clouding of the eye's lens may be present at birth a cataract George Mike	$200 [17] The fourth verse of this song begins, "He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat" "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic" George	$200 [12] August 30 is Huey P. Long Day in this state Louisiana George	$200 [20] A glass container, or a sudden jolt a jar George
$300 [4] Isaiah 2:4 speaks of beating these into plowshares; Joel 3:10 says to do the reverse swords Mike	$300 [6] In 1993 this AFC team coached by Marv Levy became the only team to lose 3 straight Super Bowls Buffalo Mike	$300 [28] In this medical procedure, living tissue is removed from the body for microscopic examination a biopsy George	$300 [18] Beethoven's "Sonata Quasi una Fantasia" is usually known by this "lunar" name the "Moonlight Sonata" Mickie	$300 [13] Algeria celebrates its independence from this country on July 5 France George	$300 [23] Keats wrote an "Ode on a Grecian" one an urn George
DD $500 [10] This angel's announcement to Mary that she'd bear the son of God appears only in Luke's gospel Gabriel Mickie	$400 [7] This Swede was the top money winner in men's tennis in 1992 with earnings of over $2 million Stefan Edberg George Mike	$400 [29] In 1873 NYC's Bellevue Hospital established the USA's 1st nursing school based on her system Florence Nightingale Mickie	$400 [21] This Italian term, abbreviated p., is a musical direction that means to perform softly piano George Mike	$400 [14] Japan observes Choyo- No-Sekku, or this flower's day, on September 9 the chrysanthemum George	$400 [24] Yang's counterpart yin George
$500 [11] While barren, she gave her Egyptian maid Hagar to Abraham to bear his children Sarah George	$500 [8] With a capacity of over 75,000, this National League team's Mile High Stadium is the largest in Major League Baseball the Colorado Rockies Mike	$500 [30] Emphysema destroys the walls of these air sacs in the lungs the alveoli	$500 [22] From the Greek for "striking instrument", it's a device used to pluck an instrument's strings a plectrum	$500 [15] Haiti observes this day on May 18; the U.S., on June 14 Flag Day George	$500 [25] It's the egg or young of a louse a nit Mickie

Double Jeopardy! Round

ISLANDS	ART	CANADIAN ACTORS	LITERARY CLASSICS	WORLD HISTORY	POTPOURRI
$200 [10] Cos, one of this country's Dodecanese Islands, was the birthplace of Hippocrates Greece George	$200 [22] This pop artist was known for his silkscreens of such idols as Marilyn Monroe & Elizabeth Taylor (Andy) Warhol George	$200 [21] Born in Toronto in 1893, she became famous as "America's Sweetheart", not "Canada's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford Mickie	$200 [1] The narrator of this Poe story escapes a blade that swings over him, then almost falls into an abyss "The Pit and the Pendulum" Mickie	$200 [16] When Marco Polo's father & uncle arrived in China, this emperor greeted them Kublai Khan Mickie	$200 [6] Someone who cloaks hostile intentions with friendliness is called a "wolf in" this attire sheep's clothing Mike
$400 [11] These islands famous for their ponies are the northernmost point of the British Isles the Shetlands George	$400 [27] When this "new art" style spread to Italy, it inspired the stile floreale Art Nouveau Mickie	$400 [23] Kate Nelligan earned an Oscar nomination playing Nick Nolte's Southern mother in this 1991 film Prince of Tides Mike	$400 [2] Dr. Slop is one of the offbeat characters in this book narrated by its title character, Tristram Tristram Shandy Mickie	$400 [17] Except for a few brief periods, this family ruled Florence from 1434 to 1737 the de Medicis Mike	$400 [7] Dinner should never be served without these, which the French & British call serviettes napkins George
$600 [12] It's the USA's largest island in the Caribbean Puerto Rico Mike	$600 [28] Edward Moran painted "The Unveiling of" this statue in 1886 the Statue of Liberty Mickie	$600 [24] This grandson of a Mountie played an American cop, Joe Friday, in the 1987 film "Dragnet" Dan Aykroyd Mike Mickie	$600 [3] A psychiatrist cures a rich patient by marrying her in this author's "Tender is the Night" Fitzgerald Mickie	$600 [18] In 1974 this country became a socialist republic with U Ne Win as president Burma	$600 [8] Ruby & Tawny aren't just women's names but types of this sweet wine that's loved in Lisbon port Mickie
$800 [13] By the time the smoke & debris cleared from this Indonesian island in 1883, 2/3 of it had disappeared Krakatoa George Mickie	$800 [29] In the Huntington Art Gallery, Thomas Lawrence's "Pinkie" faces this male child painted by Gainsborough The Blue Boy George	$800 [25] This native of Sarnia, Ontario met her husband Alex Karras when he played her husband in the TV movie "Babe" Susan Clark Mike	$1,000 [5] In Wilkie Collins' novel, 3 Indian jugglers are suspected of stealing this title gem The Moonstone Mickie	$800 [19] With Soviet aid, this Egyptian president began building the Aswan High Dam on January 9, 1960 Nasser George	$800 [9] A 101-gun salute announced the 1958 birth of her son Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Princess Grace George
$1,000 [15] At 33 square miles, Itbayat is the largest of this country's Batan Islands the Philippines George	$1,000 [30] Around 1600 this Cretan-born artist painted cardinal-inquisitor Fernando Nino de Guevara El Greco Mickie	$1,000 [26] This tap dancer from Nova Scotia tapped her way into Al Jolson's heart & married him in 1928 Ruby Keeler Mickie	DD $2,000 [4] Lady Britomart represents chastity & Queen Malecasta, lust in this epic poem by Edmund Spenser "The Faerie Queen" Mickie	DD $1,400 [20] In 1524 this Italian in the service of France discovered Cape Fear & New York & Narragansett Bays Verrazzano George	$1,000 [14] This monkey is about the same size as the rodent for which it's named a squirrel monkey Mike Mickie

Final Jeopardy!

SHAKESPEARE

The 2 female title characters in Shakespearean tragedies who die by their own hand

Cleopatra & Juliet

Mike "Who are Juliet & Ophelia?" — wagered $501

George "Who are Juliet & Lady MacBeth?" — wagered $2,900

Mickie "Who were Cleopatra + Juliet" — wagered $3,000

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