Show #2180 1994-02-11 (taped 1993-11-30) Regular

Contestants

Tina Kaidanow — a Ph.D. candidate from Lutherville, Maryland

Hanson Yoo — an insurance auditor originally from Seoul, Korea

David Kraut — a writer from Roosevelt Island, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
David $1,400 $3,600 $7,200 $7,200
2-day champion: $15,001
$7,200
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Hanson $1,500 $2,100 $2,700 $0
3rd place: Wallace Silversmiths candelabra + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis
$2,700
10 R, 2 W
Tina $1,000 $1,300 $2,800 $0
2nd place: trip to Hershey, Pennsylvania
$5,700
20 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

DEM BONES MOVIE MONSTERS 20th CENTURY TRIVIA U.S. CITIES ILLEGAL LINGO COOKING "A", "B", "C"s
$100 [26]
It might "amuse" you to know that this bone extends from the shoulder to the elbow
the humerus
David Tina
$100 [4]
Opponents of this Japanese monster have included Megalon, The Smog Monster & Mothra
Godzilla
Tina
$100 [2]
This term for the backward ticking off of seconds to a launch came into use in the 20th c.
a countdown
Tina
$100 [1]
This city's seal features a canoe and diamond head, among other items
Honolulu
Hanson Tina
$100 [16]
Part of the body that's "greased" with a bribe
the palm
David
$100 [21]
The most popular type of this fruity dessert is Apple Brown
a Betty
David Tina
$200 [27]
The occipital & temporal bones form a large portion of this structure
the skull
Tina
$200 [5]
This creeping ooze was incapacitated when Steve McQueen & others froze it
The Blob
David
$200 [3]
He headed the Prohibition unit nicknamed "The Untouchables"
Eliot Ness
Hanson
$200 [12]
City in which you'd find Pontchartrain Park & Louis Armstrong Park
New Orleans
Hanson
$200 [17]
This term for an illegal item came from smuggling liquor in footwear
bootleg
Hanson
$200 [22]
Cookbooks advise sticking 3 or 4 of these spice buds in an onion to flavor meat dishes
clove
David
$300 [28]
This bony ring that supports the head is named for the mythical Titan who held up the heavens
the atlas
David
$300 [6]
In Michael Landon's first film, he played a teenage one
a werewolf
Tina
$300 [9]
These small food packets for soldiers were named for Ancel Keys, who devised them
K-rations
Hanson
$300 [13]
This East Coast city's Beacon Hill once served as a signaling station for ships
Boston
David
$300 [18]
It's the process of making illegally-gained money look legitimate
laundering
David Tina
$300 [23]
The tomato type of this gelatin salad can be made with canned tomato juice
aspic
David
$400 [29]
This lower jaw bone is the largest facial bone
the mandible
Hanson
$400 [7]
This monster was born Imhotep, the high priest of the Temple of the Sun
a Mummy
Tina
$400 [10]
This comic strip boxer who first appeared in 1928 lent his name to any simple, lovable person
Joe Palooka
Hanson
$400 [14]
This city's Golden Triangle is formed at the confluence of the Allegheny & Monongahela Rivers
Pittsburgh
David
$400 [19]
It's a bribe made to a DJ to get a certain recording played
payola
Tina
$400 [24]
This fish paste is often combined with butter & seasonings & spread over broiled steak
anchovy paste
$500 [30]
Named for their shapes, the stirrup & these 2 bones connect the eardrum to the inner ear
the hammer & the anvil
David
$500 [8]
Kevin Peter Hall played the title monster in this 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger film
the Predator
Hanson Tina
$500 [11]
In 1987 surrogate mother Mary Beth Whitehead's baby was code-named this
Baby M
Tina
DD $500 [15]
A federal office building named for Strom Thurmond was completed in this state capital in 1979
Columbia, South Carolina
David
$500 [20]
2-word slang term for the central location of telephone scam salesmen
a boiler room
David
$500 [25]
These fruits, often mistaken for huckleberries, make wonderful jams, pies & muffins
blueberries

Double Jeopardy! Round

VIETNAM FAMOUS NAMES RELIGION MUSIC PLANTS & TREES AMERICAN AUTHORS
$200 [1]
"Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom" is written above his Hanoi tomb
Ho Chi Minh
Tina
$200 [18]
To discourage drug use among kids, this First Lady appeared on the sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes"
Nancy Reagan
Tina
$200 [13]
The Catholic prayer "Hail Mary" is known as this in Latin
Ave Maria
David
$200 [23]
The orchestration for his "Porgy and Bess" includes a part for banjo
Gershwin
Hanson
$200 [11]
Forked hazel branches are used as divining rods to find this
water
David
$200 [6]
In 1980 "The Shining" was 1 of 3 of his books on the N.Y. Times bestseller lists at the same time
Stephen King
Tina
$400 [2]
In May Vietnam celebrates the defeat of this country's forces at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu
France
David
$400 [19]
Some of his nicknames were "Long Tom", "The Apostle of Liberty" & "The Sage of Monticello"
Thomas Jefferson
David
$400 [14]
Used in Jewish ritual, a shofar is this
a ram's horn
Tina
$400 [28]
Frederick Shepherd Converse's "Flivver 10,000,000" celebrated this company's 10 millionth car
Ford
Tina
$400 [12]
This houseplant that forms plantlets at the ends of its stems is named for its arachnid appearance
a spider plant
Tina
$400 [7]
From 1840 to 1846, this "Rip Van Winkle" author served as U.S. minister to Spain
Washington Irving
Tina
$600 [3]
This holiday begins on the first new moon of the lunar calendar
Tet
David
$600 [20]
From 1960 to 1972, this North Carolina senator worked for the parent company of the Tobacco Radio Network
Jesse Helms
Tina
$800 [17]
In Islam the waging of these "holy wars" can be fulfilled by the heart, tongue, hand or sword
jihads
Tina
$600 [29]
"Rule," this place! Comes from T.A. Arne's 1740 masque "Alfred"
Britannia
David
$600 [30]
It's the kind of fruit that grows on the tree whose scientific name is Prunus americana
a plum
Hanson
$600 [8]
His 1951 work, "Return to Paradise" was a volume of stories & essays about the South Pacific
Michener
David
$800 [4]
There are 2 great river systems in Vietnam: the Red River in the north & this in the south
the Mekong
Tina
$1,000 [22]
This Hull House founder shared the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize with Nicholas Murray Butler
Jane Addams
David
$1,000 [16]
2 of the 3 gods that make up the Hindu Trinity called the Trimurti
(2 of) Brahma, Vishnu, or Shiva
Tina
$800 [26]
A special high-pitched type of trumpet is named for this composer of "The Art of Fugue"
(Johann Sebastian) Bach
Hanson
$800 [27]
The Sitka, which can grow 200 feet high, is the largest species of this evergreen
a spruce
David
$800 [9]
After years as a playwright, he wrote his first novel, "The Young Lions", in 1948
(Irwin) Shaw
David
$1,000 [5]
Located 64 miles east of Hanoi, this is Northern Vietnam's most important port
Haiphong
David Hanson
DD $1,200 [21]
Sophia Birchard was this president's mother
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
Tina
DD $1,700 [15]
Since 1830 this text has appeared in over 20 languages, including the Deseret alphabet
The Book of Mormon
Tina
$1,000 [24]
Haydn's 1798 mass in D minor is thought to celebrate his victory in the Battle of the Nile
Lord Nelson
Tina
$1,000 [25]
The name of this climbing plant means "lover of trees"
Philodendron
David
$1,000 [10]
In 1939 this "Tobacco Road" author married photographer Margaret Bourke-White; the union lasted 3 years
Erskine Caldwell

Final Jeopardy!

ISLANDS

Henry Hudson named this island for the Dutch legislature

Staten Island

Hanson "What is deer map" — wagered $2,700
Tina "What is Roosevelt Island?" — wagered $2,800
David "What is Staten Island?" — wagered $0

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