Show #1919 1992-12-31 (taped 1992-09-15) Regular

Jack Mahoney game 5.

Contestants

Rudy Tjiptahadi — an engineering student from Fullerton, California

John Hayden — a psychologist from Dana Point, California

Jack Mahoney — an actor originally from Newport, Rhode Island (whose 4-day cash winnings total $32,404)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jack	$1,500	$2,100	$3,100	$6,100 2nd place: Orrefors stemware + Towle flatware + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version	$4,100 23 R, 9 W (including 1 DD)
John	$1,000	$3,200	$6,000	$5,399 3rd place: Sanyo stereo component system + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version	$7,000 18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Rudy	$400	$700	$3,300	$6,201 New champion: $6,201	$3,300 12 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

LESSER KNOWN NAMES	TV ACTORS & ROLES	BIOLOGY	CLOTHING & FASHION	EUROPEAN HISTORY	THE LETTER C
$100 [1] Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Custis was the great-granddaughter of this first lady Martha Washington John	$100 [16] Larry Hagman said, "I only had one mistress I didn't like" on this series, but he didn't name her Dallas John	$100 [26] A large division of algae is the Chlorophyta, which are this color green Jack	$100 [21] It used to mean any pure white cloth; today the word just covers a baby's bottom a diaper John	$100 [6] His brother Louis was king of Holland from 1806 to 1810 Napoleon Bonaparte Jack Rudy	$100 [11] In the U.S. a C with a circle around it denotes this copyright Jack
$200 [2] Verney Cameron was sent to find this African explorer but met his body as it was being shipped back Livingstone Jack	$200 [17] Scott Bakula leaped into the role of Mary Jo's ex on the pilot of this series about the Sugarbakers Designing Women John	$200 [27] Herbert Spencer, not Darwin, coined this phrase about natural selection favoring the best adapted survival of the fittest John	$200 [22] From Persian words meaning "loin band", it's a tux tummy tucker a cummerbund Jack	$200 [7] In 1963 this country redrew the line between its Walloon & Flemish areas Belgium Jack	$200 [12] The CC at the bottom of a letter, even if it's a Xerox, stands for this carbon copy Jack
$300 [3] In a 547 A.D. work, Cosmas of Alexandria tried to prove the world was this shape flat Jack Rudy	$300 [18] In 1984 Janet Jackson joined the cast of this series set at the High School for the Performing Arts Fame Rudy	$300 [28] In humans it's the smaller of the 2 sex chromosomes the Y John	$300 [23] The first pieces in Ralph Lauren's Polo collection were these men's accessories neckties	$300 [8] In March 1958 he succeeded Marshal Bulganin as premier of the Soviet Union Khrushchev Rudy	$300 [13] In English the letter C used to sound like this letter... & before an A, O or U, it still does a K Jack Rudy
$400 [4] Esther Morris was the first woman in the U.S. to hold this post that often marries elopers a justice of the peace John	$400 [19] In the series based on this film, Jodie Foster played the role that won Tatum O'Neal an Oscar Paper Moon John	$400 [29] Anemophily is the transfer of this substance between plants by the wind pollen John	$400 [24] In the 1900s these boned body shapers were given names like "Cleopatra", "Enchantress" & "Electra" a corset Jack	$400 [9] A Franco-Russian dispute over holy sites was one cause of this 1850s war the Crimean War Jack	$400 [14] The C stands for Charles in the name of this man who was Surgeon General for most of the '80s Koop Jack
DD $500 [5] Sergei Pavlovich Korolev was responsible for getting this off the ground in October 1957 Sputnik John	$500 [20] You could say Fred Astaire "stole" the show as Robert Wagner's father on this series It Takes a Thief Jack John Rudy	$500 [30] This part of red blood cells is broken down to give bile its coloration the hemoglobin Rudy	$500 [25] In 1949 Emilio Pucci designed these pants, named for the island on which he was inspired by a lady friend capris Jack John	$500 [10] King Haakon VII led this country's WWII government-in-exile in London Norway Jack	$500 [15] In 1983 Coca-Cola Foods put this fruit drink in an aseptic, single- serving box Hi-C Jack John

Double Jeopardy! Round

1923	WORLD'S FAIRS & EXPOS	COMPOSERS	ANIMALS	AMERICANA	DICKENS
$200 [1] By November it took more than 4 trillion of this German currency to equal 1 dollar the deutschmark Rudy	$200 [20] This landmark was constructed for the Paris Exposition of 1889 the Eiffel Tower Rudy	$200 [6] Like Beethoven, Mahler completed this many symphonies 9 Jack	$200 [25] Some say the Kangaroo was given its name, Aboriginal for "I do not know", by this British sea captain Cook Jack	$200 [7] We know it sounds corny, but Washington, Missouri makes more corncob ones of these than any city pipes Jack	$200 [16] Charles Dickens called this 1843 tale a "ghostly little book to raise the ghost of an idea" A Christmas Carol John
$400 [2] The 1st version of this Cecil B. DeMille film premiered in 1923 with Theodore Roberts as Moses The Ten Commandments Rudy	$400 [21] Expo 67 in this city was built on 2 islands in the St. Lawrence River Montreal Jack	$400 [12] American composer Elliott Carter won this prize in 1960 & 1973 for his 2nd & 3rd string quartets the Pulitzer Prize Rudy	$400 [26] These toothless whales are named for their comblike plates used to strain food baleen whales Jack	$400 [8] Rhode Islanders must like this color: it's found in the name of their state bird & state tree red Jack	$400 [17] In the original ending to this novel, Pip & Estella are permanently separated Great Expectations Rudy
$600 [3] This hit song was inspired by a Greek peddler who said that he had none of a certain fruit "Yes, We Have No Bananas" Jack	$600 [22] Willem de Kooning designed a mural for the Hall of Pharmacy at this city's 1939 World's Fair New York John	$600 [13] From 1823-26 he attended the Warsaw Lyceum, where his father, Nicolas, taught French Chopin Jack	$600 [27] This "northern" freshwater game fish will sometimes eat birds & small mammals pike Jack	$600 [9] West Virginia's state motto, Montani Semper Liberi, means "Mountaineers are always" this free Jack	$600 [18] In 1858 he began doing paid readings which later included "Sikes and Nancy", an episode from this novel Oliver Twist Jack
$800 [4] In the spring the U.S. Senate rejected entry into this organization based in the Hague the World Court John Rudy	$800 [23] This iron & glass structure was built for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London the Crystal Palace Jack John	$800 [14] This author of "A Clockwork Orange" has also written several symphonies (Anthony) Burgess Rudy	$800 [28] This bird is sometimes called the Pampas ostrich the rhea	$800 [10] A building near the Minnesota farmhouse where he once lived has mementos from his record-making flight Lindbergh Jack	DD $1,000 [19] In its day, one of the most celebrated scenes in fiction was the death of this novel's Little Nell The Old Curiosity Shop Jack
$1,000 [5] In July he became the first U.S. president to visit Alaska while in office Harding Jack John	DD $1,000 [24] Replicas of the Nina, Pinta & Santa Maria were moored at "The Age of Discoveries" in this city Seville, Spain John	$1,000 [15] The role of Captain Vere in this Benjamin Britten opera is sung by a tenor Billy Budd Rudy	$1,000 [29] The Chincoteague pony lives on 2 islands off the coast of Virginia & this neighboring state Maryland Jack	$1,000 [11] This frontier hero was the "King of the Keelboatmen" Mike Fink John	$1,000 [30] Dickens' first book, a collection of "Sketches", was written under this pseudonym Boz John

Final Jeopardy!

GOVERNORS

This governor sent in the militia after the 1919 Boston police strike was under control

(Calvin) Coolidge

Jack "Who was Coolidge?" — wagered $3,000

Rudy "Who is Coolidge" — wagered $2,901

John "Who was" — wagered $601

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