Show #1641 1991-10-21 (taped 1991-08-27) Regular

Contestants

Jasmine Tygre — a waitress from Aspen, Colorado

Bill Gallagher — a teacher from Northumberland, Pennsylvania

John Alberti — a college professor originally from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
John	$2,100	$3,800	$10,600	$3,199 3rd place: Meade telescope + Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune games for the NES & InfoGenius cartridges for the Game Boy	$10,900 27 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Bill	$1,000	$2,200	$9,000	$17,900 New champion: $17,900	$8,000 17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Jasmine	$300	$200	$4,800	$4,800 2nd place: a trip to Nassau, Bahamas	$3,600 11 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

FOREIGN CURRENCY	CARTOONS	BIRDS	HEALTH & MEDICINE	MUSICAL THEATRE	THE "I"s HAVE IT
$100 [16] This monetary unit of Albania sounds like polish president Walesa's first name lek Jasmine	$100 [1] "The Flintstones" which premiered in 1960, was set in this prehistoric suburb Bedrock John	$100 [26] It's a bird of extremes: tallest, fewest toes & biggest eggs the ostrich John	$100 [11] For most women this "change of life" occurs between the ages of 45 & 55 menopause John	$100 [5] Dale Wasserman adapted this musical from his television play "I, Don Quixote" Man of La Mancha Bill	$100 [21] The name of this S. American tribe is Quechua for "prince" or "male of royal blood" the Incas John
$200 [17] Pericles is depicted on this country's 10-drachma coin Greece Bill	$200 [2] A boat called the Leakin' Lena figured prominently in this cartoon about a boy & his sea serpent Beany and Cecil John	$200 [28] It occurs in almost every color & is the most colorful part of puffins & toucans the bill (or beak) John	$200 [12] Arthritis is an inflammation of these junctions where the ends of bones meet joints John	$200 [6] His "Broadway" extravaganza won the 1989 Tony Award for Best Musical Jerome Robbins	$200 [22] Cape Roca on this peninsula is the westernmost point in continental Europe the Iberian Peninsula Bill
$300 [18] San Marino doesn't have its own currency; instead, it uses the currency of this country Italy John Bill	$300 [3] He's "the fastest mouse in all Mexico" Speedy Gonzales John	$300 [27] This family includes the snowcock & chukar, not the Cassidy or Dey partridges Jasmine	$300 [13] About 7% of Americans age 65 & over suffer from this brain disorder which can cause total loss of memory Alzheimer's Jasmine	$300 [7] William Daniels played John Adams & Ken Howard Thomas Jefferson in the 1st run of this musical 1776 John	$300 [23] Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton & the University of Pennsylvania the Ivy League Bill
$400 [19] The U.S. dollar & the balboa are both legal tender in this central American country Panama Bill	$400 [4] Dudley Do-Right was in love with her but she was in love with his horse Nell Bill	DD $300 [30] The only type of birds that have, like humans, binocular vision owls John	$400 [14] Advil & nuprin are trade names for this pain often taken instead of aspirin ibuprofin Bill	$400 [9] Three sailors sing "New York, New York" as they begin their day of shore leave in this 1944 show On The Town John	$400 [24] In mythology he escaped from Crete on artificial wings but fell to his death when the wax melted Icarus John
$500 [20] The Philippine 500-peso note depicts this late rival of Ferdinand Marcos Benigno Aquino John	$500 [8] He was the tree-swinging lord of Imgwee Gwee valley in Africa George of the Jungle John	$400 [29] A bird in Africa will "lead" men & badgers to one of these, wait for them to break it open, then eat the wax honeycomb (or beehive) John	$500 [15] Typhoid & some forms of food poisoning are caused by these bacteria, named for a doctor, not a fish Salmonella John	$500 [10] Songs from this Billy Rose show include "Little Girl Blue" & "The Circus is on Parade" Jumbo Bill	$500 [25] This 3-foot-tall African antelope is able to jump about 10 feet high & 30 feet in distance the impala John Jasmine

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CITIES	LAFAYETTE	LITERATURE	PIKES PEAK	THE 20th CENTURY	IRON
$200 [2] Theres a Cleopatra's Needle in London & a Space Needle in this city Seattle Jasmine	$200 [1] In 1777 he spent part of a harsh winter here with George Washington Valley Forge Bill	$200 [4] Jacob & Wilhelm's "Children's and Household Tales" are better known by this title Grimm's Fairy Tales John	$200 [11] A slogan used by frontiersmen heading west in search of gold & silver was "Pikes Peak or" this bust Bill	$200 [13] In April 1982 PM Thatcher sent a naval task force to recapture this island group from Argentina the Falklands Jasmine	$200 [26] Known to the ancients, iron was first obtained from these outer space 'visitors" meteorites Jasmine
$400 [15] Founded when Finland was under Swedish rule, it's now Finland's capital Helsinki Jasmine	$400 [3] In 1771 he joined this military group over 100 years after D'Artagnan the Musketeers John	$400 [5] Inferno, Purgatorio & Paradiso are subdivisions of this Dante work the Divine Comedy Jasmine	$400 [12] This city at the foot of the peak is named for a nearby body of mineral water Colorado Springs Bill	$400 [16] 1 of the 2 first ladies who were the women Americans most admired in a 1966 Gallup poll Jacqueline Kennedy (or Lady Bird Johnson) John	$400 [27] The 1st recorded smelter in America was installed about 1619 in this Virginia settlement Jamestown John
$600 [20] The Belgian legislature meets in the Palace of the Nation in this city Brussels Jasmine	$600 [6] July 15, 1789 the day after this political event, Lafayette was appointed head of the French national guard the storming of the Bastille Jasmine	$600 [8] In 1895 he published "The Black Riders", a book of poems, & the novel "The Red Badge of Courage" Stephen Crane Bill	$600 [23] The last name of racing brothers Al & Bobby, who've won the Pikes Peak hill climb numerous times Unser Bill	$600 [17] Biafra unilaterally declared its independence from this African country in May 1967 Nigeria John	$600 [28] One of the richest deposits of iron ore is Cerro Bolivar, a mountain near this country's Orinoco river Venezuela John
$1,000 [22] This city known for its red & white wines is the chief port of the region of Aquitaine Bordeaux Bill	$800 [7] In 1797, he helped free Lafayette from an Austrian prison; Lafayette later demanded his abdication Napoleon John	$800 [9] His letters to Anais Nin were published in 1965 Henry Miller John	$800 [24] If they had named it after Pike's first name it would have been called this Zebulon Bill	$800 [18] "Baby Fae" lived about 3 weeks after being given a heart from this kind of animal in 1984 a baboon John	$800 [29] This 4-letter term refers to the impurities that float to the top of melted iron slag John
DD $2,000 [21] These 2 holiest cities of Islam are located about 200 miles apart in Saudi Arabia Medina & Mecca Jasmine	$1,000 [14] The U.S. Congress granted him 11,520 acres of land in what is now this southern state Louisiana Bill	$1,000 [10] A French army commander wrote this novel about the evil & seductive Valmont Les Liaisons dangereuses John	DD $2,000 [25] Katharine Lee Bates wrote the lyrics to this patriotic song after seeing the view from atop the peak "America The Beautiful" Bill	$1,000 [19] Francis Gary Powers was released by the Soviets in 1962 in exchange for this spy Rudolf Abel	$1,000 [30] When the carbon content of iron is between .05% & 2%, it's no longer referred to as iron, but called this steel

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

Of our 4 assassinated presidents, these 2 were shot in Washington, D.C.

Lincoln & Garfield

Jasmine "Who were Lincoln & McKinley?" — wagered $0

Bill "Who were Lincoln and Garfield" — wagered $8,900

John "Who were Lincoln and McKinley" — wagered $7,401

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