Show #1926 1993-01-11 (taped 1992-09-22) Regular

Composited clue zooms replace in-camera clue zooms.

Contestants

Jim Dolge — a consultant from Reston, Virginia

Nancy Butts — a reporter from Barnesville, Georgia

Paul Klein — a professor from North Miami Beach, Florida (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,602)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Paul $1,400 $3,100 $4,900 $699
2nd place: a trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico
$5,300
20 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Nancy $1,900 $4,300 $9,100 $9,801
New champion: $9,801
$8,500
21 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Jim $-500 $600 $4,000 $100
3rd place: Cazal 951 & 955 sunglasses + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the 16-bit Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis system
$4,000
12 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

MAMMALS GAMES BUSINESS & INDUSTRY THE WHITE HOUSE POTPOURRI STARTS & ENDS WITH "A"
$100 [4]
Elephants use this as a snorkel, to throw dust, pick up small objects, make noise & breathe
their trunk
Paul
$100 [2]
Pressman's version of this children's party game comes with 14 "donkey tails"
Pin the Tail on the Donkey
Paul
$100 [23]
The nation's No. 1 fast-food restaurant, it serves about 6% of the U.S. population on an average day
McDonald's
Paul
$100 [21]
A crystal one which belonged to James Fenimore Cooper's family hangs from the ceiling of the Library
a chandelier
Nancy
$100 [16]
This ex-actor & ex-president once said, "My right side is my good side—my far-right side"
Reagan
Nancy
$100 [1]
This Hawaiian greeting actually means "love"
aloha
Nancy
$200 [5]
A mother seal uses this sense to know for sure a pup is hers; the pup's cry isn't enough
smell
Paul
$200 [10]
The Vatican authorized the use of this man's likeness on Catechic, the Catholic trivia game
Pope John Paul II
Paul
$200 [24]
In 1879 this retailer opened the 1st of his variety stores, the Great Five Cent Store, in Utica, New York
Woolworth
Nancy
$200 [22]
The White House's original design was inspired by Leinster House, where the Irish Parliament meets in this city
Dublin
Paul
$200 [17]
This common condiment usually has a tomato base but you can make it with walnuts, too
ketchup
Nancy
$200 [3]
This device used to transmit & receive radio signals is also called an aerial
an antenna
Nancy
$300 [6]
This aquatic animal uses a stone as an anvil to open shells as well as to dislodge abalones
the sea otter
$300 [13]
The Junior version of this game features ticket booths for amusement park rides instead of hotels
Monopoly
Paul
$300 [25]
This Bentonville, Ark. retail company operates 220 membership-only Sam's Wholesale clubs
Walmart
Nancy
$300 [28]
She was the first First Lady to live in the White House, & she used to hang her laundry in the East Room
Abigail Adams
Jim
$300 [18]
An entomologist might know this kind of market is called a "Marche aux Puces" in France
a flea market
Jim
$300 [9]
Diophantus, a Greek who lived in the 3rd century A.D., has been called the father of this branch of math
algebra
Nancy
$400 [7]
As opposed to moving on all fours, these pocket mice hop on their hind legs to get around
kangaroo mice (kangaroo rats)
$400 [14]
The funny bone is worth $400 in this surgical "skill game where you're the doctor"
Operation
Nancy
$500 [27]
The nation's largest chemical company, it's also the largest maker of carpet fiber
DuPont
Paul
$400 [29]
The "regal" name of this room refers to the royal women who slept there; so did Crystal Gayle & W. Churchill
the Queen's Room (the Queen's Bedroom)
$400 [19]
The 11 stripes on this African country's flag represent the 11 signers of its Declaration of Independence
Liberia
Paul
$400 [11]
This crop is mostly grown as livestock feed, though people sometimes eat its sprouts
alfalfa
Nancy
$500 [8]
This soft covering on a deer's antlers has been used in Oriental medicines
velvet
Paul
$500 [15]
One lucky player gets to be Erica Kane in the "How to Host A Murder" game inspired by this soap opera
All My Children
Nancy
DD $1,000 [26]
This Plymouth, Massachusetts company is the biggest seller of canned & bottled juice drinks in the U.S.
Ocean Spray
Nancy
$500 [30]
While the White House was being reconstructed, President Truman lived here from 1948-1952
Blair House
Paul
$500 [20]
Gunston Hall, the 18th century plantation home of George Mason, is an attraction in this state
Virginia
Jim
$500 [12]
You might say it's a fruit salad fit for the gods
ambrosia
Nancy Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

WASHINGTON STATE ROYALTY AMERICAN COMPOSERS LANGUAGES THE 1980s ANCIENT QUOTES
$200 [18]
Wheat is Washington's leading crop; this fruit ranks second
apples
Paul
$200 [21]
King Sobhuza II of Swaziland was also known as Ngwenyama, the Siswati word for this "king of beasts"
the lion
Jim
$200 [9]
Beginning with the show "Lady, Be Good!", the lyrics to nearly all his songs were written by his brother Ira
George Gershwin
Paul
$200 [4]
The standard form of this language is based on the dialect of Lisbon
Portuguese
Nancy
$200 [1]
What Sen. Kennedy called a "Star Wars" program in 1983 was Reagan's "SDI", which stands for this
Strategic defense initiative
Jim
$200 [14]
He quoted the proverb "The die is cast" when he crossed the Rubicon
Julius Caesar
Jim
$400 [24]
A 1979 Supreme Court decision gave Indians the rights to half the harvest of this fish in Puget Sound
salmon
Nancy
$400 [22]
A plot to depose this Scottish queen included the murder of her secretary, David Riccio
Mary
Paul
$400 [10]
This composer of the "Pink Panther theme" has won 4 Oscars & 20 Grammys
Henry Mancini
Paul
$400 [5]
Since ancient times, Japanese has been written with characters borrowed from this language
Chinese
Jim
$400 [2]
When Jim Bakker resigned in 1987, he took over the PTL
Reverend Jerry Falwell
Paul
$400 [17]
Aristotle said, "We make war that we may live in" this
peace
Nancy
$600 [25]
This river forms a portion of Washington's border with Idaho
the Snake
Nancy Jim
$600 [23]
This future emperor's 1959 marriage to a non-royal wife seemed to symbolize Japan's new democracy
Akihito
Paul Nancy
$600 [11]
A composition that he wrote in 1853 was adopted as Kentucky's state song
Stephen Foster
Paul
$600 [6]
The first major literary work in this language was the "Ritmo Laurenziano" of the 12th century
Italian
Paul
$600 [3]
On May 4, 1987 the Supreme Court ruled that Ca. Rotary Clubs must do this; the court did in 1981
admit women
Nancy
DD $400 [20]
"The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves", wrote this playwright in "Oedipus Rex"
Sophocles
Paul
$800 [26]
At 14,410 feet, it's Washington State's highest peak
Mount Rainier
Jim
$800 [29]
In 1523 Gustav I became the 1st member of the Vasa dynasty to rule this Scandinavian country
Sweden
Jim
$800 [12]
The Broadway musical "Sophisticated Ladies" was based on the music of this composer
Duke Ellington
Paul Jim
$800 [7]
Aeolic & Doric were 2 ancient dialect groups of this language
Greek
Paul
$800 [15]
On May 13, 1982 it became the first major U.S. airline to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy
Braniff
Paul Jim
$600 [19]
It was Gaius Petronius who said, "One hand washes" this
the other
Paul
DD $1,000 [27]
This governor failed in a bid for reelection in 1980 when she lost in the Democratic primary
Dixy (Lee) Ray
Nancy
$1,000 [30]
When this Hapsburg empress' husband died in 1765, her son Joseph became her co-regent
Maria Theresa
Nancy
$1,000 [13]
While at Yale, this "Night and Day" composer wrote the football songs "Bingo Eli Yale" & "Bull Dog"
Cole Porter
Jim
$1,000 [8]
1 of the 2 official languages of Cameroon
French (or English)
Paul
$1,000 [16]
After his death May 4, 1980, many thought Yugoslavia would break up into separate states
Tito
Jim
$1,000 [28]
"Under every stone lurks a politician" is a stinging quip from this "Wasps" playwright
Aristophanes
Jim

Final Jeopardy!

SHAKESPEARE

The 2 leading female characters in this play are the marriageable Minola sisters

The Taming of the Shrew

Jim "What Love's Labors Lost" — wagered $3,900
Paul "What is 12th Night?" — wagered $4,201
Nancy "What is Taming of the Shrew?" — wagered $701

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