Show #1878 1992-11-04 (taped 1992-08-18) Regular

Tom Nosek game 2.

Contestants

Bill Newberry — a musician and teacher from Lilburn, Georgia

Georgiana Gates — a computer programmer from Houston, Texas

Tom Nosek — an aerospace engineer originally from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$1,600	$4,700	$15,600	$20,000 2-day champion: $31,300	$14,100 31 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Georgiana	$200	$-300	$2,500	$500 2nd place: trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	$2,500 8 R, 3 W
Bill	$300	$600	$2,200	$200 3rd place: Enesco "Small World of Music" + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis	$2,800 13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

TRANSPORTATION	BOOKS & AUTHORS	FAMOUS ANIMALS	STATE SYMBOLS	BROADWAY MUSICALS	FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
$100 [1] Traditionally, this one-wheeled vehicle ridden by acrobats has no handlebars a unicycle Bill	$100 [14] He was an outstanding football player at Dublin University long before he wrote "Dracula" Bram Stoker Tom	$100 [9] In 1959 Cacareco, a rhinoceros, was elected to the Sao Paulo City Council in this country Brazil Bill	$100 [8] The state beverage of Mississippi, North Carolina & Wisconsin milk Tom	$100 [10] A 1988 musical based on his novel "Carrie" closed after 5 performances Stephen King Bill	$100 [2] Hafiz is a title given to Muslims who have memorized this sacred book the Koran Georgiana
$200 [4] Most of the more than 330,000 of these buses in the U.S. are a bright yellow-orange school buses Tom	$200 [23] The "Magnificent" family in the title of Booth Tarkington's 1918 novel the Ambersons Bill	$200 [12] A portrait of Black Diamond, a bison, appeared on the reverse of this U.S. coin 1913-1938 a nickel Tom	$200 [27] This state's emblem is a beehive Utah Tom	$200 [11] This 1989 musical takes place in the Roaring '20s in a Berlin Hotel Grand Hotel Tom Georgiana	$200 [3] A synonym for autopsy, it's Latin for "after death" post mortem Tom
$300 [5] A heavy, continuous sound a car might make, or a type of seat on the back of an old roadster rumble Tom	$300 [24] His novel "Red Storm Rising" opens in western Siberia Tom Clancy Tom	$300 [13] This duke rode his charger Copenhagen at the Battle of Waterloo Wellington Georgiana	$300 [28] The cactus wren, the largest member of the wren family, was chosen its state bird in 1931 Arizona	$400 [17] John Cullum of "Northern Exposure" starred in this composer's "Aspects of Love" in 1990 Andrew Lloyd Webber Bill	$300 [15] Bayushki is the Russian term for this type of cradle song a lullaby Bill
$400 [6] In 1990 Eppo Numan became the 1st person to fly an ultralight aircraft across this ocean the North Atlantic	$400 [25] "I wish I could tell you about the South Pacific", he wrote in a book of "Tales" — then he did Michener Tom	$400 [21] According to Muslim tradition, he rode a steed named Buraq on his night journey to the Seven heavens Muhammad Tom	$400 [29] A bucking horse is the official insignia of this Rocky Mountain state Wyoming Tom	$500 [18] This 1953 musical opens at dawn outside a mosque in ancient Baghdad Kismet Tom	$400 [19] In an 1862 speech, Bismarck spoke of "Eisen und Blut", which are these 2 things blood & iron Tom
$500 [7] The National Air & Space Museum is restoring this plane that dropped an atomic bomb August 6, 1945 the Enola Gay Tom	$500 [26] Mr. Tulliver loses the family mill in this George Eliot novel The Mill on the Floss Tom	$500 [22] Sometimes called "America's First Lady of Space", Baker was this type of animal a squirrel monkey Tom Georgiana Bill	$500 [30] In 1983 Connecticut chose this first nuclear-powered sub as its state ship the Nautilus Tom	DD $600 [16] This actor received a 1991 Tony nomination for the show in which he sang thefollowing:"Never met a man I didn't like / Highfalutin' gent or bowery bum" Keith Carradine Bill	$500 [20] Referring to its blue skies & water, it's what the French call the French Riviera the Cote d'Azur Bill

Double Jeopardy! Round

1960	COLOR	WORLD FACTS	CONTEMPORARIES	DISASTERS	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
$200 [16] Launched by the U.S. in August, Echo I was the world's first communications one of these a satellite Georgiana	$200 [3] In the human eye, rods are used for night vision & these act as color sensors cones Georgiana	$200 [2] The world's largest town in area is Mount Isa, Queensland, in this country Australia Bill	$200 [20] While Tolstoy was writing "War and Peace", this man was inventing dynamite Nobel Tom	$200 [9] In 1556 an estimated 830,000 lives were lost when an earthquake hit this country's Shaanxi Province China Bill	$200 [1] In 1988 this company started closing its hearty Burgundy wine with a cork instead of a screw cap Gallo Bill
$400 [27] In May this Minnesota senator conceded the Democratic presidential race to JFK Humphrey Georgiana	$400 [10] This man who introduced Polacolor film in 1963 is known for his research on how we perceive color Land Tom	$400 [5] The Pont-Neuf, begun in 1578, is this world capital's oldest surviving bridge Paris Tom	$400 [21] When Thomas a Becket was murdered in 1170, this Mongol leader was just a lad Genghis Khan Bill	$400 [11] In 1990 it was reported that about 300 people had died as a result of this Soviet nuclear disaster Chernobyl Tom	$400 [4] The industrial giant originally called Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino is now known by this name Fiat Tom
$600 [28] On May 7 Nikita Khrushchev confirmed the identity of this U-2 pilot who was shot down days earlier Powers Bill	$600 [17] Bees' color vision includes these wavelengths too short for humans to see ultraviolet Tom	$600 [6] The population of this island nation is approximately 78% Greek, 19% Turkish & 3% other Cyprus Tom Bill	$600 [22] In 1543 Henry VIII put Catherine Parr at the center of his universe & this man did the same with the Sun Copernicus Tom	$600 [12] St. Elmo's fire may have contributed to its explosion May 6, 1937 the Hindenburg Tom	$600 [15] Fred Smith got only a C on his college paper proposing what became this overnight delivery company Federal Express Bill
$800 [29] This Nazi official, living in Argentina under the name Ricardo Clement, was captured & taken to Israel Eichmann Tom	$800 [25] Colorants that dissolve in liquid are dyes; those that stay as tiny particles are these pigments Georgiana	$800 [7] It's the only Canadian province bordering the Great Lakes Ontario Tom	$800 [23] Ben Franklin could have measured the heat from his new stove by using this man's new centigrade thermometer Celsius Georgiana	$800 [13] This co.'s 1984 toxic gas leak at its Bhopal, India plant is considered the world's worst industrial disaster Union Carbide Tom	$800 [18] This insurance company's red umbrella logo has been a trademark since 1960 Travelers Tom
DD $4,000 [30] In January mobs rioted over Charles de Gaulle's moves toward this country's independence Algeria Tom	$1,000 [26] He was the first scientist to discover that white light is a blend of many colors Newton Tom	DD $1,500 [8] According to Guinness, more people emigrate from this country than from any other in the world Mexico Tom	$1,000 [24] While Hippocrates was treating frogs in Throats, he was writing "The Frogs" Aristophanes Georgiana	$1,000 [14] In 1902 this volcano on Martinique erupted & wiped out the city of St. Pierre Pelee Georgiana	$1,000 [19] Fleetwood Enterprises produces the Southwind, Tioga & Pace Arrow brands of these motorhomes (RVs)

Final Jeopardy!

INSECTS

Lampyridae is the scientific name of this family of insects

fireflies (lightning bugs)

Bill "What are moths?" — wagered $2,000

Georgiana "What are moths?" — wagered $2,000

Tom "What are lightning bugs?" — wagered $4,400

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