Show #1644 1991-10-24 (taped 1991-08-27) Regular

Contestants

Mickey Kieckhefer — a management specialist from Burbank, California

Bill Spencer — a public policy analyst originally from Jackson, Mississippi

Jerry Sobul — a film production manager from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jerry	$100	$900	$2,800	$1,199 3rd place: Maytag washer & dryer + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version	$2,900 13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Bill	$0	$2,400	$9,500	$6,000 New champion: $6,000	$9,100 25 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Mickey	$-600	$400	$2,200	$4,200 2nd place: Pacific Sun outdoor furniture + Michael C. Fina tea & coffee service + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version	$2,200 10 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

BODIES OF WATER	COOKING	RABBITS IN FILM	BOOKS & AUTHORS	COMPUTER TALK	COMMON BONDS
$100 [1] The artificially created Lake Texoma borders these two states Texas & Oklahoma Jerry	$100 [24] The bulgur type of this grain can be an interesting substitute for rice wheat Bill	$100 [10] This 1950 Jimmy Stewart film could be titled "The Invisible Rabbit" Harvey Bill	$100 [3] Dan Greenburg's 1965 best seller was titled "How to Be a Jewish" one of these mother Jerry	$100 [21] It's the "nuts & bolts" or physical components that make up a computer the hardware Bill	$100 [12] Demolition, Brown, Kentucky derbies Bill
$200 [2] For the 1988 Summer Olympics, new sports facilities were built along this city's Han River Seoul Bill	$200 [27] Named for a spice, this baked sweet can be topped with lemon sauce or cut in the shape of humans gingerbread Bill	$200 [17] This 1988 film about a rabbit actor won 4 Oscars, including one for Special Visual Effects Who Framed Roger Rabbit Mickey	$200 [6] He added a history of the Compsons to "The Sound and the Fury" 15 years after it was first published William Faulkner Mickey	$200 [22] A program that's easy to understand & operate is described by this "amicable" term user friendly Bill	$200 [13] Crow, sand, candy bar Jerry
$300 [4] About 75% of the Caspian Sea's water comes from this river that empties into it the Volga	$300 [28] A recipe that calls for fines herbes expects you to do this to the herbs before adding them grate or grind (chop) Bill	$300 [18] In this 1987 film Glenn Close boils a bunny belonging to Michael Douglas' daughter Fatal Attraction Jerry	$300 [7] He opened an eye practice in London in 1891; no one came, so he wrote full-time about a private eye Conan Doyle Bill	$300 [23] Knowingly spreading one of these "infectious" programs is a criminal act a virus Jerry	$300 [14] Captain Pike, Captain Kirk, Captain Picard captains of the U.S.S. Enterprise on Star Trek Mickey
$400 [5] The extreme southern part of this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean, is called the Sea of Crete the Aegean Bill Mickey	—	$400 [19] This 1978 film based on a Richard Adams book is about a rabbit colony looking for a home Watership Down	$400 [8] 1 of 2 Thomas Harris best sellers that feature Hannibal the Cannibal The Silence of the Lambs (or Red Dragon ) Jerry Mickey	$400 [25] This term refers to the use of personal computers to design & print quality books & documents desktop publishing	$400 [15] Belle, Blaze, Brenda Starr Bill
$500 [9] Because of its catastrophic flooding, this river has been called "China's Sorrow" the the Hwang Ho (the Yellow River) Jerry Bill	—	$500 [20] 1939 classic in which Lennie is excited at George's fantasy about operating a rabbit ranch Of Mice and Men Bill	DD $500 [11] In December 1989 this late author's son Yevgeny picked up his father's 1958 Nobel Prize medal in Stockholm Boris Pasternak Bill	$500 [26] Called AI for short, it refers to the use of computers to simulate human thinking artificial intelligence Bill	$500 [16] Knobs, peepholes, apartment numbers doors (things you find on doors) Mickey

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. "C"ITIES	FASHION HISTORY	INVENTORS	THE FRENCH REVOLUTION	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS	GILBERT & SULLIVAN
$200 [1] The original "Choo Choo" train station in this city is now a Holiday Inn Chattanooga Jerry	$200 [24] Elizabethan women wore long, tight bodices that ended in a deep point resembling this letter a V Bill	$200 [11] Though best known for his revolver, he also invented a submarine battery used in harbor defense Colt Mickey	$200 [6] In 1789 the royal family was taken to Paris by a mob yelling, "We have the baker... now we shall have" this bread Bill Mickey	$200 [18] The opposite of an economic "bust", it's a period of swift economic growth a boom Jerry	DD $100 [30] The operetta that featuresthe followingsong:"For I'm called Little Buttercup--dear Little Buttercup / Though I could never tell why / But still I'm called Buttercup--poor little Buttercup / Sweet Little Buttercup I!..." H.M.S. Pinafore ( Dear Little Miss Buttercup or The Lass That Loved a Sailor ) Jerry
$400 [2] This city's metropolitan area includes Cook, DuPage & McMcMcnryounties Chicago Bill	$400 [25] An elaborate dress worn originally by Polish women, or a stately dance of the same name a polonaise Jerry Mickey	$400 [12] A museum in Mainz, Germany honors this inventor who developed printing from movable type (Johannes) Gutenberg Bill	$400 [7] It took 21 years following his 1793 execution for a Bourbon to rule France again Louis XVI Bill	$400 [19] From the Latin meaning "yearly", it's an investment or retirement fund that pays out yearly an annuity Jerry	$200 [16] The first line sung in this show is "Pour, oh, pour the pirate sherry" The Pirates of Penzance Mickey
$600 [3] Lord Cornwallis called it a "hornet's nest", so this N. Carolina city put a hornet's nest on its seal Charlotte Jerry	$600 [26] Some 18th century men wore "redingotes": the name is a corruption of this kind of "sporty" coat a riding coat Bill	$600 [13] He'd planned to charge only $5,000 for his stock ticker patents, but was offered $40,000 Edison Mickey	$800 [9] Robespierre was a leader of this political debate club the Jacobin Club	$600 [20] In real estate, it's the value of a property beyond the amount owed in mortgages the equity Jerry	$400 [17] Of a milkmaid, a countess or a fairy who lives underwater, what Iolanthe is the fairy who lives underwater Bill
$800 [4] Named for a frontier scout, this capital was founded by land speculator Abraham Curry in 1858 Carson City Bill	$800 [27] In the 1600s Roundheads had close-cropped hair & these opponents sported long locks the Cavaliers Bill	$800 [14] In 1934 this man invented the first practical electronic organ Hammond Bill Mickey	$1,000 [10] No one was sure how to run the elections for this parliament which hadn't met for 175 years the Estates General	$800 [21] Type of federal tax that's levied mainly on alcohol, tobacco & gasoline an excise tax Mickey	$600 [22] "Thespis" is set on this mountain where Diana, now an elderly goddess, uses a respirator Mount Olympus Jerry
$1,000 [5] Though it's the largest city in Wyoming, it's not the state capital Casper Jerry Bill	$1,000 [28] Crinolines were all the rage during the 1860s when this fashionable French empress wore them Eugénie Bill	$1,000 [15] Wireless telegraph services in the U.K. observed a 2-minute silence after he died in 1937 Marconi Mickey	DD $1,500 [8] The French declaration of these preceded the American Bill of Rights by two years the Declaration of the Rights of Man Bill	$1,000 [23] This "law" says after a certain point, increased input will not result in meaningfully increased output law of diminishing return Bill	$800 [29] This operetta opens in the courtyard of Ko-Ko's palace in Titipu The Mikado Jerry

Final Jeopardy!

THE SENATE

The 2 former major party vice presidential nominees who are now senators

Robert Dole & Lloyd Bentsen

Mickey "Who are Benson and Dole?" — wagered $2,000

Jerry "Who are Dole &" — wagered $1,601

Bill "Who are Bentsen + Ferr" — wagered $3,500

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