Show #1861 1992-10-12 (taped 1992-08-11) Regular

Leslie Miller game 3.Game entered from audiorecording.

Contestants

Ellen Brandt — a journalist from Bedford, New York

Alice Moisen — a senior programmer and analyst from Portland, Maine

Leslie Miller — an editor from Reston, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,399)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Leslie	$800	$3,100	$11,100	$14,500 3-day champion: $39,899	$10,100 26 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Alice	$900	$3,000	$3,800	$7,599 2nd place: a trip to Nassau, Bahamas	$4,300 13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Ellen	$200	$-100	$-2,000	$-2,000 3rd place: Florentine bracelet + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis	$-100 10 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

PEOPLE IN HISTORY	PEANUTS	AUTHORS	ODD OBSERVANCES	FASHION DESIGNERS	DOUBLE TALK
$100 [21] In 221 BC, this country's Ptolemy IV had his mother, Berenice II, put to death Egypt Ellen	$100 [16] His blanket was inspired by the blankets Charles Schulz's first 3 children dragged around the house Linus Leslie	$100 [8] Boris Pasternak translated 2 of this author's plays into Russian as "Gamlet" & "Romeo y Julieta" Shakespeare Ellen	$100 [6] The Baker Street Irregulars may know this Doyle detective's birthday is celebrated in January Sherlock Holmes Ellen	$100 [26] It's the award for which Jean-Louis was nominated 14 times or De La Renta's first name Oscar Ellen	$100 [1] This French dance is characterized by high kicks & lifted petticoats the can-can Leslie
$200 [22] Brian Boru became king of Munster, part of this country, in 976 Ireland Alice Ellen	$200 [17] She often sits under a sign that advertises psychiatric help Lucy Alice	$200 [9] British barrister & author John Mortimer created this barrister of "The Bailey" Rumpole Ellen	$200 [12] Since the first Friday in May celebrates this instrument, you could call it Oom-Pa-Pa Day the tuba Leslie Ellen	$200 [27] In 1971, this Southerner began designing his Beene Bag line of clothes Geoffrey Beene Alice	$200 [2] This chocolate-covered candy has a center of nuts or fruit a bonbon Leslie
$300 [23] He became Austria's ambassador to Canada in 1958 & Sec'y General of the U.N. in 1972 (Kurt) Waldheim Leslie Ellen	$300 [18] This governor of California, a "Peanuts" fan, proclaimed May 24, 1967, Charles Schultz Day Reagan Leslie	$300 [7] The unexpurgated version of his "Lady Chatterley's Lover" couldn't be sold in the U.S. until 1959 D.H. Lawrence Leslie	$300 [13] Their week is the first full week in August, & you're one of them if you knew we were going to say this psychic Alice	$300 [28] Carolina Herrera was born in this country where her father was once the governor of Caracas Venezuela Leslie	$300 [3] This Washington city's name comes from a Nez Perce word meaning "little river" Walla Walla Alice
$400 [24] Half of one of this "venerable" historian's finger bones is in a church in La Canada, California the Venerable Bede Leslie	$400 [19] In 1988, this "Peanuts" bird made his debut as a balloon in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Woodstock Leslie	$400 [10] It's the title of Desmond Morris' 1967 "naked" study of humans The Naked Ape Alice	$400 [14] National Ice Cream Day, July 19, 1992, fell on this appropriate-sounding day of the week Sunday Leslie	$400 [29] In the late '40s, Elsa Schiaparelli electrified the fashion world with this shade of pink shocking pink Leslie Alice Ellen	$400 [4] Chinese-American cellist Ma Yo-Yo Alice
$500 [25] In 339 BC, Xenocrates succeeded Speusippus as head of the Academy founded by this man Plato Alice	$500 [20] Snoopy's snappy rendition of "Suppertime" was a highlight of this 1967 off-Broadway musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Leslie	DD $500 [11] In his "From Bauhaus to Our House", he talks about the wrong & right stuff in modern architecture Tom Wolfe Alice	$500 [15] The assassination that began this 20th c. war & the treaty that ended it occurred on the same date, June 28 World War I Alice	$500 [30] The decade in which Courreges opened his own fashion house & became famous for his space age styles the (19)60s Alice	$500 [5] Abigail Van Buren was known by this nickname before she became Dear Abby Popo

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE	BRITISH ROYALTY	FOOD	SCULPTURE	ALABAMA	THE SUMMER OF '42
$200 [2] From the Latin plumbum, Pb is the chemical symbol for this lead Leslie	$200 [7] An ad for vitamins once asked if this wife beheader lacked a conscience or just vitamin C Henry VIII Leslie	$200 [9] This is the world's most widely cultivated tree fruit the apple Leslie Alice	$200 [12] This president's profile on three postage stamps was copied from a bust sculpted by Jean Houdon in 1785 George Washington Ellen	$200 [21] In 1989, a civil rights memorial designed by Maya Lin was completed in this capital city Montgomery Alice Ellen	$1,000 [23] With Sevastopol captured, Ger. troops headed for this city beginning a 5-month battle in late Aug. Stalingrad
$400 [3] Used in trailer homes, liquefied petroleum gas is usually butane, this gas, or a mixture of both propane Alice	$400 [8] "The Book of Royal Lists" claims Marlene Dietrich tried to break up his romance with Mrs. Simpson Edward VIII Alice	$400 [10] On the East Coast, the smallest of the hard shell variety of these are called littlenecks clams Leslie	$400 [14] This statue, discovered in 1820, is also called Aphrodite of Melos the Venus de Milo Leslie	$400 [1] Until the early 1900s, this was Alabama's most valuable crop; today, it's soybeans. cotton Leslie	—
$600 [4] The color of light depends on this, with the longest one corresponding to red wavelength Leslie	$600 [18] The AP said, "This nonagenarian loves to wear pearls, even when she goes salmon fishing" the Queen Mother Leslie	$600 [11] Woody Allen wrote of this innovative earl, "He freed mankind from the hot lunch" the Earl of Sandwich Leslie	$600 [15] In 1766, Etienne Maurice Falconet was summoned to execute an equestrian statue of this czar Peter the Great Leslie	$600 [13] Dauphin, Alabama's largest coastal island, lies at the entrance to this bay Mobile Bay Leslie	—
$800 [5] J is the symbol for this unit of work or energy, named for an English physicist a joule Leslie	$800 [19] Prince Albert's father & this queen's mother were brother & sister Victoria Ellen	$1,000 [24] A tangelo is a cross between a tangerine & either a pomelo or this similar fruit a grapefruit Ellen	$800 [16] His unfinished Florentine Pieta was originally intended for his own tomb Michelangelo Leslie	$800 [20] A museum in Florence, Alabama, honors this "Father of the Blues" who was born there in 1873 W.C. Handy Ellen	—
$1,000 [6] Though usually black, this volcanic glass is also found in red, brown, & mottled varieties obsidian Leslie	$1,000 [25] This last Stuart queen had to be carried to her coronation because of a bout with gout Queen Anne Leslie Ellen	—	DD $2,000 [17] It has been suggested that Donatello's bronze statue of this biblical hero is actually of Mercury David Leslie	DD $1,900 [22] The 1st Alabama-bound explorer was this Spaniard who marched across it in 1540 Hernando de Soto Ellen	—

Final Jeopardy!

ISLANDS

This U.S. possession was named for its location on the sea route from California to Japan

the Midway Islands

Alice "What is Midway?" — wagered $3,799

Leslie "What is Midway?" — wagered $3,400

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