Show #1974 1993-03-18 (taped 1992-11-18) Regular

Debby Arnold game 4.

Contestants

Michael Price — a writer originally from South Plainfield, New Jersey

Sunita Parikh — a college professor from New York City, New York

Debby Arnold — a registered nurse from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 3-day cash winnings total $34,902)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Debby $1,200 $2,000 $6,300 $8,201
4-day champion: $43,103
$6,900
19 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Sunita $1,200 $1,500 $4,100 $1,600
3rd place: S&S Mills carpeting
$4,100
15 R, 4 W
Michael $1,200 $3,100 $2,600 $5,200
2nd place: Mastervoice home automation system + Technics entertainment system
$4,100
19 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

MAGICIANS RABBITS HATS ESCAPES CARDS DISAPPEARANCES
$100 [3]
In a 1984 TV special, this magician levitated across the Grand Canyon
David Copperfield
Michael
$100 [21]
This holiday's rabbit symbol may be from an old pagan symbol of new life
Easter
Michael
$100 [1]
These skullcaps were once worn by college freshmen; Brownie Girl Scouts still wear them
beanies
Sunita
$100 [22]
In early 1815 Napoleon escaped from confinement on this island
Elba
Debby Michael
$100 [15]
One legend says cards were invented in this Asian country in 1120 to amuse the emperor's concubines
China
Sunita
$100 [10]
This Teamster leader who disappeared July 30, 1975 was "presumed dead" in 1982
Jimmy Hoffa
Michael
$200 [4]
In their Las Vegas act, they use lions leopards & white tigers
Siegfried & Roy
Sunita
$200 [27]
One general difference between rabbits & hares is that rabbits build these & hares don't
nests (warrens)
Debby Sunita
$200 [2]
Poke & sun are types of this woman's hat that's usually tied under the chin with a ribbon
a bonnet
Michael
$200 [23]
Demolition of this landmark began in 1989, but not before over 190 people died trying to escape over or under it
the Berlin Wall
Sunita
$200 [16]
In Germany, they were originally hearts, bells, leaves & acorns; in Italy, swords, batons, cups & money
suits
Debby
$200 [11]
Ambrose Bierce disappeared in this country, where he'd gone to report on Pancho Villa's revolution
Mexico
Michael
$300 [5]
Among his published works were "A Magician Among the Spirits" & "A Treatise on Handcuff Secrets"
(Harry) Houdini
Michael
$300 [28]
The competitors in this sport pursue a mechanical rabbit
greyhound racing
Michael
$300 [7]
This scarf wrapped around the head is now chiefly worn by Muslims
a turban
Debby
$300 [24]
He escaped from the shackles of slavery September 3, 1838 to become one of the country's great orators
(Frederick) Douglass
Debby
$300 [17]
In the 1870s this "wild" card was added to standard U.S. decks
the Joker
Sunita
$300 [12]
Virginia Dare disappeared with all the other colonists on this island sometime before 1591
Roanoke (Island)
Michael
$400 [6]
This long-haired magician's Broadway musical "The Magic Show" got a Tony nomination in 1975
Doug Henning
Debby
$400 [29]
These animals were introduced in Australia to control the rabbit population, a sly move
foxes
Debby
$400 [8]
The name of this high-crowned hat of felt or straw comes from a Spanish word for "shade"
a sombrero
Sunita
$400 [25]
In May 1568 this queen escaped by boat from a castle on an island in Loch Leven
Mary, (Queen of Scots)
Sunita
$400 [18]
During this war some decks replaced the kings & queens with doughboys & Red Cross nurses
World War I
Michael
$400 [13]
This German inventor of an engine named for him disappeared overboard in the English channel
Rudolf Diesel
$500 [19]
This "Amazing" magician offers $10,000 to anyone who can demonstrate paranormal ability
(James) Randi
Sunita Michael
DD $700 [30]
It's the term for a male rabbit
bucks
Debby
$500 [9]
This woolen cap was named for the hero of a Robert Burns poem
tam o'shanter
Debby
$500 [26]
Henri Charriere, known by this nickname, was determined to escape from Devil's Island
Papillon
Michael
$500 [20]
This term used in many games to denote cards that take a trick comes from the word "triumph"
trump
Debby
$500 [14]
This author of "The Little Prince" disappeared while flying a reconnaissance mission in 1944
(Antoine de) Saint-Exupéry
Sunita

Double Jeopardy! Round

AROUND THE WORLD HISTORIC NICKNAMES BOATS & BOATING MUSICAL THEATRE SCIENCE BOOKS & AUTHORS
$200 [1]
In January 1990 this leaning landmark in Italy was closed for restoration
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Michael
$200 [18]
Before he took over as president of Egypt, he was called "Nasser's poodle"
(Anwar) Sadat
Sunita Michael
$200 [21]
Early versions of this Eskimo boat with an enclosed deck were made with seal or caribou skins
a kayak
Michael
$200 [2]
"Topsy and Eva", a musical of the 1920s, was based on this novel
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Michael
$200 [5]
This gas is a product of photosynthesis
oxygen
Debby
$200 [8]
Wilhelm's wife, Dorothea Wild, was the source of some of these brothers' fairy tales
the Grimms
Debby
$400 [15]
Rembrandtsplein, or Rembrandt's Square, is one of this Netherlands city's major entertainment centers
Amsterdam
Debby
$400 [19]
Thomas Gore, "The Blind Savant", was the first sightless member of this body, where he represented Okla.
the Senate
Debby Michael
$400 [23]
The only yachts that won this race twice are Columbia, Intrepid & Courageous
America's Cup
Michael
$400 [3]
A short-lived 1991 musical, "Nick and Nora", was based on this film series
The Thin Man
Sunita
$400 [6]
It was the first metal used by man to make tools
copper
Michael
$400 [9]
As part of her research for this novel, Ayn Rand worked in Eli Kahn's architecture office
The Fountainhead
Debby Sunita
$600 [16]
Founded in 1703, this country's Wiener Zeitung is one of the world's oldest newspapers
Austria
Debby Sunita Michael
$600 [20]
This Minnesota senator who forced LBJ from the 1968 presidential race was called "clean Gene"
Gene McCarthy
Debby
$600 [25]
Today most recreational boats are constructed of this material
fiberglass
Sunita
$600 [4]
This Rodgers & Hammerstein musical opens at an amusement park in New England in the 1870s
Carousel
Debby
$600 [7]
After the kite experiment, Franklin invented this safety device that actually saved his home
a lightning rod
Debby
$600 [10]
The defender of John Scopes, this lawyer wrote the 1905 novel "An Eye for an Eye"
Clarence Darrow
Sunita
DD $900 [17]
Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall, is located in this country's Canaima National Park
Venezuela
Debby
$800 [22]
Killed in Khartoum in 1885, this British general was nicknamed "Chinese" for his exploits in China
(Charles George) Gordon
Debby
$800 [28]
An inflatable rubber life raft used by downed pilots, or a sailboat used off the coasts of India
a dinghy
$800 [13]
Wiley Post is one of the characters featured in this 1991 Tony award winner
The Will Rogers Follies
Michael
$800 [12]
Term for the characteristic of a metal that allows it to be hammered into a sheet
malleability
Michael
$800 [11]
This J. Rossner novel was inspired by the true story of a woman murdered by a singles-bar pickup
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Debby
$1,000 [26]
A mainland area & 5 small islands make up this "equatorial" country of Africa
Equatorial Guinea
Sunita
$1,000 [27]
Arms dealer Basil Zaharoff was called "The Merchant of" this
Death
Michael
$1,000 [29]
These small, flat-bottomed boats from the Orient have cabins with matted roofs
a sampan
Debby Sunita Michael
$1,000 [14]
1974's "Lorelei", which starred Carol Channing in the title role, was inspired by this earlier musical
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Debby Sunita
DD $1,500 [30]
This chemist's law states that the volume of a gas at constant temperature varies inversely to the pressure
Robert Boyle
Michael
$1,000 [24]
This Tom Robbins book concerns Sissy Hankshaw, a hitchhiker with huge thumbs
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Debby

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS WOMEN

The Greek equivalent of Eve, the first woman on Earth; she got in trouble too

Pandora

Michael "Who is Pandora?" — wagered $2,600
Sunita "Who is Hera" — wagered $2,500
Debby "Who was Pandora?" — wagered $1,901

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