Show #1927 1993-01-12 (taped 1992-09-22) Regular

Contestants

Paul McBride — a military attorney originally from Ionia, Michigan

Kimberly Kallsen King — a legal clerk originally from Cottonwood, Arizona

Nancy Butts — a reporter from Barnesville, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Nancy $1,800 $2,400 $7,600 $0
2nd place: Berkline sofa + Bob Mitchell Designs wall coverings
$8,600
16 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Kim $2,100 $3,000 $6,200 $2,200
New champion: $2,200
$6,200
20 R, 2 W
Paul $100 $2,400 $7,600 $0
3rd place: Panasonic stereo system
$5,400
18 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE BIBLE NUMBERS JUDGES KINGS PROVERBS ACTS
$100 [1]
The Hebrew title of this book, "Bereshith", means "in the beginning"
Genesis
Paul
$100 [11]
An old rhyme tells us this many "days has September, April, June and November..."
30
Paul
$100 [16]
Before presiding over "The People's Court", he was a Ca. Superior Court judge from 1961 to 1979
(Judge) Wapner
Paul
$100 [2]
Constantine II was the last king of this country before it became a republic in 1973
Greece
Paul
$100 [23]
"Keep your mouth shut" & these "open"
your eyes
Nancy Kim
$100 [21]
The slogan "No taxation without representation" was in response to this 1765 act passed by Parliament
the Stamp Act
Kim
$200 [7]
The Ninth Commandment says, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against" this person
your neighbor
Nancy
$200 [12]
The most famous office building in Arlington, Virginia has this many sides
5
Nancy
$200 [17]
In 1920 club owners appointed Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis the 1st commissioner of this prof. sport
baseball
Paul
$200 [3]
Originally a hunting lodge, Versailles was expanded & turned into a grand palace by this Grand King
Louis XIV
Kim
$200 [24]
You'll find "no rose without" one of these
a thorn
Kim
$200 [22]
Under this 1862 act, 160 acres of free land in the west was given to any citizen who'd settle it
the Homestead Act
Kim
$300 [8]
The raising of this man from the dead has been called the greatest miracle of Jesus' ministry
Lazarus
Kim
$300 [13]
Scheherazade should hold the Guinness record for story-telling; she spun tales for this many nights
1001
Paul
$300 [18]
Before opening a saloon in Texas in 1882, this justice of the peace was a cattle rustler in Mexico
Roy Bean
Paul
$300 [4]
In 1976 he became the first Spanish king to visit the Americas
Juan Carlos
Kim
$300 [25]
"Faint heart never won" one of these
a fair maid (fair lady, fair maiden)
Paul
$300 [26]
The import & export of intoxicating liquors was banned by this 1919 act named for its sponsor
the Volstead Act
Paul
$400 [9]
3 epistles & the fourth gospel are attributed to this apostle
John
Nancy
$400 [14]
Connie Stevens, Ringo Starr & Tennessee Ernie Ford all had hit songs with this number in their titles
16
Kim
$400 [19]
On August 6, 1930 this New York Supreme Court justice disappeared & was never found
Judge Crater
$400 [5]
Early kings of this country included Indulf, Dub & Duncan I
Scotland
Kim
$400 [29]
It's this kind of "dust" that "blinds all eyes"
gold dust
$400 [27]
This 1890 act was used in the early 1900s to break up Standard Oil & the American Tobacco Company
the Sherman Antitrust Act
Paul
$500 [10]
After 3 of his sons were slain in battle, this first king of Israel killed himself
Saul
Nancy
$500 [15]
An adult who's never lost any permanent teeth should have this many canines, whether or not he's a dog owner
4
Kim
DD $700 [20]
This U.S. district court judge presided over the trial of the orig. 7 Watergate defendants
(John) Sirica
Paul
$500 [6]
In 1991 this Saudi king & his family placed 3rd on Fortune Mag.'s annual list of world billionaires
King Fahd
Nancy Paul
$500 [30]
"The last" one of these "makes the cup run over"
a drop
Kim
$500 [28]
This 1973 act protects rare wildlife habitat
the Endangered Species Act
Nancy

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY CHARACTERS BOXING MOVIES THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BUSINESS LEADERS ANNUAL EVENTS FOREIGN "LAND"s
$200 [1]
He said, "The widow Douglas, she took me for her son"
Huckleberry Finn
Kim
$200 [16]
Director Martin Scorsese appeared as a stagehand in this film about Jake LaMotta
Raging Bull
Kim
$200 [21]
On December 19, 1776 he began publishing a series of 16 pamphlets called "The Crisis"
Thomas Paine
Kim
$200 [25]
In 1966 this eccentric billionaire sold his shares of TWA for over $500 million
(Howard) Hughes
Kim
$200 [11]
This state's annual events include A World Catfish Festival in Belzoni & a shrimp festival in Biloxi
Mississippi
Nancy
$200 [6]
This country's political parties include Fianna Fail & Fine Gael
Ireland
Kim
$400 [2]
This schoolmaster was perhaps the most superstitious soul in Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod Crane
Kim
$400 [17]
He wasn't on "The A-Team" yet when he tangled with Sylvester Stallone in "Rocky III"
Mr. T
Kim
$400 [22]
In an August 1779 raid on England, this American naval commander captured 17 British ships
John Paul Jones
Paul
$400 [27]
He sold his Lancaster Caramel Company in 1900 & started making chocolate 5 years later
Hershey
Paul
$400 [12]
In November Thailand celebrates its "round- up" of these pachyderms with races & tugs-of-war
elephants
Nancy
$400 [7]
In 1944 this country broke away from Denmark & elected Sveinn Bjornsson its first president
Iceland
Nancy Kim Paul
$600 [3]
This principal character in "Les Miserables" was imprisoned for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread
Jean Valjean
Kim
$600 [18]
Paul Newman played this Rocky, not Rocky Balboa, in "Somebody Up There Likes Me"
Rocky Graziano
Paul
$600 [23]
This basic weapon of the British foot soldier weighed about 10 pounds & was called "Brown Bess"
a musket
Paul
$600 [28]
This tea mogul made several unsuccessful attempts to win the America's Cup between 1899 & 1930
(Sir Thomas) Lipton
Paul
$600 [13]
Annual "500" festivities in this city leading up to the big race include a mini-marathon & memorial parade
Indianapolis
Kim
$600 [8]
This Southern Hemisphere island nation became a dominion of Great Britain Sept. 26, 1907
New Zealand
Kim
$800 [4]
This corpulent Rex Stout detective was played by William Conrad in a 1981 TV series
Nero Wolfe
Nancy
$800 [19]
Rod Serling adapted the screenplay for this boxing film from his own Emmy-winning TV script
Requiem for a Heavyweight
$800 [24]
Before the Continental Army, Americans were defended in each colony by this citizen army
the militia
Nancy
$800 [29]
In 1969 he became chairman & CEO of the Chase Manhattan Bank
David Rockefeller
$800 [14]
Each February this Hanover, N.H. college hosts America's oldest collegiate winter weekend carnival
Dartmouth
Nancy
$800 [9]
Jozef Pilsudski seized power in this country in 1926 & ruled it until his death in 1935
Poland
Nancy
$1,000 [5]
This Sinclair Lewis real estate salesman lives in the floral Heights neighborhood of Zenith
(George) Babbitt
Nancy
$1,000 [20]
This 1931 boxing classic was the first film that teamed Wallace Beery with Jackie Cooper
The Champ
Paul
$1,000 [26]
As a major general, he captured Philadelphia for the British in 1777
Cornwallis
Paul
DD $3,000 [30]
Chairman of the board of the Washington Post, she's the 1st woman to head a Fortune 500 firm
Katherine Graham
Paul
DD $1,000 [15]
In May this state hosts its annual Preakness Frog Hop
Maryland
Nancy
$1,000 [10]
This northern European country's legislature is called the Eduskunta
Finland
Nancy

Final Jeopardy!

NAMES IN THE NEWS

He was born William Jefferson Blythe IV on August 19, 1946

Bill Clinton

Kim "Who is Billy ___" — wagered $4,000
Paul "Who was Colin Powell?" — wagered $7,600
Nancy "Who is Bill Moyers" — wagered $7,600

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