Show #1852 1992-09-29 (taped 1992-07-28) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Mary Williams Stone — a housewife from Wilmette, Illinois

Joel Hess — an editor originally from Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania

Frances Moore — a customer service representative originally from Elko, Nevada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Frances	$2,200	$4,200	$3,500	$7,000 2nd place	$5,900 18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Joel	$200	$1,100	$8,500	$7,100 New champion: $7,100	$7,900 20 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Mary	$300	$1,000	$2,200	$0 3rd place	$2,200 12 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

HOBBIES	CHILDREN'S LITERATURE	FILMS OF THE '90s	USA	"HEART"s	FLOWERS
$100 [22] Scientists say there are over 75,000 known types of these, many of which are collected at low tide seashells Mary	$100 [3] The voyages of this Hugh Lofting physician won the author a Newbery medal in 1923 Doctor Dolittle Mary	$100 [21] This Kevin Costner film was subtitled "Prince of Thieves" Robin Hood Frances	$100 [6] The nation's oldest state-chartered university is this one in the city of Athens the University of Georgia Joel	$100 [2] A cold person has a heart of stone, & a generous person has this a heart of gold Mary	$100 [1] Some say its name is a corruption of "folk's glove," "folk" being fairies foxglove Mary
$200 [25] For 1992, one of these from the US Mint will cost you $8, though it only contains $1.82 an uncirculated coin set Joel Mary	$200 [4] This 1894 collection begins with the story "Mowgli's Brothers" The Jungle Book Frances Joel	$200 [23] Sharon Stone becomes the prime suspect in a murder case in this 1992 thriller Basic Instinct	$200 [7] This 36th president's boyhood home is in a national historical park in Blanco County, Texas Lyndon Johnson Joel	$200 [15] Also called pyrosis, this medical condition can be relieved with antacids heartburn Joel	$200 [11] In flower names, this color precedes bell, bonnet & bottle blue Joel
$300 [26] You could call an aviculturist this type of "brain", since that's what they breed birds Mary	$300 [5] This poem by Lewis Carroll begins, "Twas brillig & the slithy toves did gyre & gimble in the wabe" "Jabberwocky" Joel	$300 [24] Gerard Depardieu starred as a Fr. musician who marries an Amer. to get a work permit in this 1990 film Green Card Frances	$300 [8] This William Randolph Hearst estate is perched on La Cuesta Encantada or the Enchanted Hill San Simeon Frances	$300 [16] This phrase might be used to ask if someone's telling the truth about wearing a Playtex bra cross your heart Frances	$300 [12] Pronounced one way, it's a member of a string quartet; pronounced this way, it's a flower viola Frances
$400 [28] The CCLA is an American league that plays chess this way correspondence	$400 [17] In 1890, a year after his "The Master of Ballantrae" was published, he settled in Samoa Robert Louis Stevenson Frances	$400 [27] This 1991 William Hurt film was based on the book "A Taste of My Own Medicine" The Doctor Frances	$400 [9] Randalls & Wards Islands are considered part of this New York City island borough Manhattan Frances Joel	$400 [19] "The Vamp of Savanna" Hard Hearted Hannah Joel	DD $500 [13] The Rembrandt is a late blooming variety of this flower a tulip Frances
$500 [29] The International Rose O'Neill Club honors the person who created this doll in 1909 the Kewpie doll Mary	$500 [18] In a Dr. Seuss story, Bartholomew Cubbins had this many hats 500 Mary	$500 [30] Kenneth Branagh & his wife Emma Thompson played reincarnated lovers in this 1991 film Dead Again Frances	$500 [10] A museum of African arts is housed in this abolitionist & orator's first Washington DC home Frederick Douglass Frances	$500 [20] Tom Petty plays around with them the Heartbreakers Joel	$500 [14] The white flowers of this member of the olive family are used to scent tea & perfume jasmine Mary

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE ELEMENTS	OHIO	PULITZER PRIZE PLAYS	SAINTS	OPERA AROUND THE WORLD	THE 1970s
$200 [5] Though this is the only element that starts with the letter K, potassium uses K as its symbol krypton Mary	$200 [20] The state was named after this geographic feature the Ohio River Joel	$200 [13] 1960s winner "Fiorello!" opens when this title character is still a Greenwich Village lawyer Fiorello LaGuardia Mary	$200 [1] It is said during the day, Crispin & Crispinian preached the gospel; by night, they made these, like elves shoes Mary	$200 [4] "Holger Danske" is considered the most important 18th century opera written in this language Danish Frances	$400 [19] In 1972, this union, headed by Cesar Chavez, became part of the AFL-CIO United Farm Workers Frances
$400 [27] This element, symbolized Mn, is added to steel to make it stronger manganese Joel	$400 [24] Founded by a group of war veterans in 1796, this city was home to a famous bicycle shop Dayton Frances Joel	$400 [15] The 1988 prize went to this Alfred Uhry play about a feisty old woman & her chauffeur Driving Miss Daisy Frances	$400 [2] At age 90, Anthony went to visit Paul, who at 113 was also one of these solitary souls a hermit Mary	$400 [8] Arturo Berruti's 1897 opera "Pampa" was this country's first opera on a national theme Argentina Frances	$600 [7] In 1973, Vice President Agnew resigned, pleading no contest to a charge of this crime tax evasion Joel
$600 [28] Of protactinium, marconium, or gadolinium, the one we made up marconium Joel	$800 [25] In 1920, James M. Cox, an Ohioan, faced off for president against this other Ohioan Harding Joel	$600 [21] He won 3 times in the 1920s for "Beyond the Horizon", "Anna Christie" & "Strange Interlude" (Eugene) O'Neill Joel	$600 [3] If you're a wayfarer, & you know if you are, then he's your patron saint St. Christopher Frances Joel	$600 [10] "Euridice", one of the first operas, was performed on Oct. 6, 1600 at the Pitti Palace in this city Florence Frances Joel	$800 [9] In 1971, the Church of Eng. & the Roman Cath. Church ended a 400-yr. dispute over the meaning of this sacrament the communion (the Eucharist) Joel
$1,000 [16] The names of most of the elements end in the letter M; this is the only one that ends in L nickel	$1,000 [26] A nat'l monument near Chillicothe protects 23 ancient ones of these, built by the Hopewell Indians (burial) mounds Joel	$800 [22] Inspired by a painting, this Sondheim musical won the 1985 Pulitzer Sunday in the Park with George Joel Mary	$800 [6] Around Montmartre, Dionysius of Paris is known by this French version of his name (Saint) Denis Frances	$800 [11] Wexford, which is near Waterford in this country, hosts an annual autumn opera festival Ireland Joel	$1,000 [18] In 1976, Bolivian envoy to France, Joaquin Zenteno, was killed in retaliation for the death of this revolutionary Che Guevara Joel
—	DD $1,200 [23] They are the 3 largest cities in Ohio, & they all begin with the same letter Cleveland, Cincinnati, & Columbus Joel	DD $2,500 [17] The 2 plays for which Tennessee Williams won Pulitzer Prizes Cat on a Hot Tin Roof & A Streetcar Named Desire Frances	$1,000 [14] Monica, the mother of this saintly "City of God" author, was a saint herself St. Augustine Mary	$1,000 [12] "Rusalka", this composer's most successful opera, premiered in Prague, not in the New World Antonín Dvořák Joel	—

Final Jeopardy!

FAMILIAR PHRASES

In England, it was a place set aside at balls where servants would attend to people's wigs

the powder room

Mary "What is the salon?" — wagered $2,200

Frances "What is the powder room?" — wagered $3,500

Joel "What is hair today, gone tomorrow?" — wagered $1,400

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