Show #2153 1994-01-05 (taped 1993-09-21) Regular

Kurt Bray game 3.

Contestants

Peter Krantz — a glass artist from Oxnard, California

Carla Carter — a Russian interpreter originally from Houston, Texas

Kurt Bray — a scientist from Oceanside, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kurt $1,900 $4,900 $8,200 $7,200
3-day champion: $27,200
$10,600
30 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Carla $1,100 $1,300 $3,500 $0
2nd place: La-Z-Boy sofa & love seat + Bose music system
$3,500
13 R, 4 W
Peter $900 $300 $1,100 $0
3rd place: Cutco knife set + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis
$1,100
9 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE CIVIL WAR 1980s TV ANNUAL EVENTS NUMBER, PLEASE THE DEVIL THE DEEP BLUE SEA
$100 [1]
Confederate soldiers set fire to much of this Virginia capital before abandoning it in early April 1865
Richmond
Carla
$100 [5]
In a 1987 episode of this series, waitress Diane Chambers left her job to write a novel
Cheers
Peter
$100 [21]
December 12, the day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, is one of this country's greatest religious holidays
Mexico
Kurt Carla
$100 [22]
In Britain's Royal Navy, the first lieutenant of a ship is called "Number" this
Number One
Kurt
$100 [8]
When it's spilt, some of this is thrown over the left shoulder into the face of the devil
salt
Kurt
$100 [13]
The thousands of seaweed species are types of this simple form of plant life
algae
Peter
$200 [2]
This federal ironclad ship was built in about 100 days from a design by John Ericsson
the Monitor
Peter
$200 [6]
On Nov. 21, 1980 the world discovered that Kristin Shepard shot this businessman
J.R. Ewing
Kurt
$200 [27]
Public Law 92-278 set it as the third Sunday in June
Father's Day
Kurt
$200 [23]
It's the only number in the title of a Charles Dickens novel
2
Kurt Peter
$200 [9]
Among gambling instruments, cards were the devil's picture-book & these were the devil's bones
dice
Kurt
$200 [14]
The giant species of this 10-armed mollusk can reach lengths of up to 50 feet
a squid
Kurt
$300 [3]
This major general took Savannah, Georgia in December 1864, ending his March to the Sea
Sherman
Kurt
$300 [16]
Tyne Daly & Sharon Gless won multiple Emmys for playing the title roles in this series
Cagney & Lacey
Kurt
$300 [28]
In 1899 this Wyoming capital's Frontier Days held their 1st scheduled women's event, a rodeo
Cheyenne
Kurt
$300 [24]
A coconut is said to have this many eyes
3
Kurt Carla
$300 [10]
Term for the process of casting out the devil from a possessed person
an exorcism
Carla
$300 [15]
The Halibut & European turbot belong to this group of flatfishes
flounders
Carla
$400 [4]
This Union general won a nickname by calling for the "Unconditional Surrender" of Fort Donelson
Ulysses S. Grant
Carla
$400 [19]
This group consisted of Hannibal, B.A., Face & Howling Mad
The A-Team
Carla
$400 [29]
Each April the Cimarron territory celebration is held in Beaver in this state
Oklahoma
Carla
$400 [25]
In a symphony there are usually this many movements
4
Kurt Peter
$400 [11]
This term for the devil is from the Hebrew for "enemy"
Satan
Kurt
$500 [18]
Despite its name, there have been no known fatal attacks on humans by this largest dolphin, Orcinus orca
a killer whale
Peter
$500 [7]
This man, later author of "Ben-Hur", led a Union division at the Battle of Shiloh
Lew Wallace
Kurt
$500 [20]
About 6 months after this series premiered in 1980, it spawned a spinoff called "Those Amazing Animals"
That's Incredible!
$500 [30]
In 1889 the Second Socialist International designated this day as a labor holiday
May 1 (May Day)
Kurt
$500 [26]
Number of sides on home plate
5
Kurt Peter
$500 [12]
In this Stephen Vincent Benet short story, the devil is known as Mr. Scratch
"The Devil & Daniel Webster"
Peter
DD $1,500 [17]
The Falkland Plateau is located in this ocean
the Atlantic Ocean
Kurt

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY GROUPS & ASSOCIATIONS U.S. GEOGRAPHY IRON LITERATURE STARTS & ENDS WITH "K"
$200 [13]
In 1534 the Spaniards took control of Ecuador after conquering this Indian empire
the Inca
Carla
$200 [24]
This car club provides travel books, insurance & emergency road service to its more than 34 million members
AAA
Carla
$200 [8]
This state occupies about 2/3 of the Pacific coast between Canada & Mexico
California
Kurt
$200 [18]
A simple one of these is made by placing a magnetized piece of iron on a splinter of wood in water
a compass
Kurt
$200 [3]
His study of slum life in England was published the same year as his "The Call of the Wild"
Jack London
Kurt
$200 [1]
This Eskimo canoe is completely covered with skins except for an opening in the center
a kayak
Peter
$400 [14]
In 1965 this man succeeded Diosdado Macapagal as president of the Philippines
Marcos
Kurt
$400 [25]
Paul Ehrlich co-founded this organization, ZPG, which urges familes to have no more than 2 kids
Zero Population Growth
Carla
$400 [9]
Virginia's Roanoke River divides this colorful mountain range in two
the Blue Ridge Mountains
Carla
$400 [19]
In Europe the Iron Age immediately followed this age
the Bronze Age
Kurt
$400 [4]
This Carlo Collodi tale is subtitled "The Story of a Puppet"
Pinocchio
Kurt
$400 [2]
The name of this bag carried on the back comes from the Low German Knappen, meaning "to bite"
a knapsack
Kurt
$600 [15]
In 1635 this Chief Minister to Louis XIII founded the Academie Francaise
Richelieu
Peter
$600 [26]
In 1909 white liberals joined with the Niagara Movement to found this civil rights organization
the NAACP
Kurt
$600 [10]
It's the northernmost of New York City's boroughs & the only one situated on the mainland
The Bronx
Carla Peter
$600 [20]
Term for the commercially purified iron used to make ornamental ironwork
wrought iron
Peter
$600 [5]
Theodore Dreiser based this 1925 novel on a real-life murder case
An American Tragedy
$600 [21]
It's 1% of a ruble
a kopeck
Kurt
$800 [16]
On Sept. 1, 1983 a Soviet missile shot down this airline's Flight 007
Korean Air Lines
Kurt
$800 [27]
This association of 31 countries had its origin in the Pan American Union
the Organization of American States
Carla
$800 [11]
Trinity Bay in Texas is an arm of this larger bay
Galveston
Kurt
$800 [22]
It's the component of a red blood cell that contains iron
hemoglobin
Kurt
$1,000 [7]
Taylor Caldwell's "A Pillar of Iron" is a fictional account of this Roman orator
Cicero
Carla
$800 [29]
It's a small structure open on one or more sides, used as a newspaper stand or booth
a kiosk
Carla
$1,000 [17]
On Dec. 6, 1917 this country on the Gulf of Bothnia declared its independence from Russia
Finland
Kurt Carla Peter
$1,000 [28]
In 1970 John W. Gardner founded this group to make politicians more responsive to the people
Common Cause
Peter
DD $1,500 [12]
This river on the Indiana-Illinois border is the largest southward-flowing tributary of the Ohio
the Wabash
Kurt
$1,000 [23]
Term for the impurities that float on top of melted iron in the furnace
slag
Kurt
DD $2,000 [6]
D.H. Lawrence's sequel to "The Rainbow", it centers on 2 sisters & their men
Women in Love
Kurt
$1,000 [30]
A Scottish word for a church
kirk
Kurt

Final Jeopardy!

CARD GAMES

Best poker hand that can be formed from the last 5 monarchs of England

four of a kind (four kings)

Peter "What are 3 queens?" — wagered $1,100
Carla "What is pair of queens + 3 kings?" — wagered $3,500
Kurt "What is a full house?" — wagered $1,000

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