Show #1929 1993-01-14 (taped 1992-09-22) Regular

Contestants

Lisa Wentz — an administrator from Los Angeles, California

Steve Shuttleworth — a lawyer from Huntington Beach, California

Kimberly Kallsen King — a legal clerk originally from Cottonwood, Arizona (whose 2-day cash winnings total $9,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kim $1,800 $3,700 $7,400 $8,201
3-day champion: $17,202
$6,700
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Steve $800 $1,300 $4,100 $0
3rd place: Oneida gift certificate
$4,100
16 R, 4 W
Lisa $1,200 $1,600 $2,400 $2,500
2nd place: a trip to Nassau, Bahamas
$4,300
12 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

NAME THE DECADE BOOKS ON AUDIOTAPE TABLES MUSIC 9-LETTER WORDS BOTTOMS UP!
$100 [6]
Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill, luring thousands of prospectors to California
The 1840s
Kim
$100 [11]
Roger Rees reads "H.", Lin Haire-Sargeant's tale of this brooding hero's journey back to Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff
Kim
$100 [16]
The ITTF holds a world championship in this sport, also called ping-pong, every 2 years
table tennis
Kim
$100 [1]
The da capo type of this operatic solo was extremely popular from about 1650 to 1750
an aria
Steve
$100 [26]
On "The Lawrence Welk Show", Lawrence Welk & Myron Floren both squeezed this instrument
the accordion
Kim
$100 [21]
Though often called a wine, this Japanese drink is technically a beer
sake
Kim
$200 [7]
The Exxon Valdez runs aground in Prince William Sound, spilling over 10 million gallons of oil
the 1980s
Lisa
$200 [12]
This TV actress moved her "Hot Lips" to narrate the racy novel "French Silk"
Loretta Swit
Lisa
$200 [17]
The name of this organization for folks with high IQs means "table"
Mensa
Kim
$200 [2]
Col arco is a musical direction for playing an instrument with this device instead of plucking
a bow
Steve
$200 [27]
Although this state's name may mean "wild rice country", it's better known for cheese
Wisconsin
Steve
$200 [22]
A black velvet cocktail is made with equal parts of stout & this bubbly wine
champagne
Kim
$300 [8]
The 20-month-old Lindbergh baby is kidnapped
the 1930s
Steve Lisa
$300 [13]
"Misery" loves company, so this Oscar-winning actress, not J. Foster, reads "The Silence of the Lambs"
Kathy Bates
Kim
$300 [18]
The noble, or inert, gases constitute group O on this table
the periodic table
Steve
$300 [3]
"I am the very model of a modern major-general" is one of many comic patter songs by this dynamic duo
Gilbert & Sullivan
Steve
$300 [28]
Eye shadows, eyeliners & eyebrow pencils, for example
cosmetics
Kim Steve
$300 [23]
Made from sugarcane products, it was the most popular hard liquor in early America
rum
Steve
$400 [9]
"All About Eve" wins 6 Oscars, including "Best Picture"
the 1950s
Kim
$400 [14]
Fans of this spy novelist can hear what he sounds like when he reads his own novel "The Russia House"
John le Carré
Lisa
$400 [19]
This measure is equal to 15 milliliters
a tablespoon
$400 [4]
The name of this wavering vocal effect is Italian for "vibrated"
vibrato
Kim
$400 [29]
This Finno-Ugric language is also known as Magyar
Hungarian
Lisa
$400 [24]
A boccie ball calls for orange juice, club soda & this almond-flavored liqueur
amaretto
Kim
$500 [10]
Thomas Edison's kinetoscope for viewing Motion Pictures is first shown to the public
the 1890s
Kim Lisa
DD $600 [15]
Other Weight Watchers might enjoy hearing this British actress read "The Anastasia Syndrome"
Lynn Redgrave
Lisa
$500 [20]
Alexander Woollcott & Harpo Marx were members of the Round Table that met at this NYC hotel
the Algonquin
Steve
$500 [5]
Though it's now associated with Central America, the marimba probably originated on this continent
Africa
Steve
$500 [30]
This word for a vivid shade of red comes from the Latin for "little worm"
vermilion
Kim
$500 [25]
Because of its heavy body & distinctive flavor, the Holland type of this is usually drunk straight
gin
Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

VIETNAM INSECTS FORMS OF ADDRESS DECLARATION SIGNERS POETRY STRING 'EM UP!
$200 [9]
In 1867 Cochin China, the southern part of Vietnam, became a colony of this country
France
Steve
$200 [6]
The potter type of this insect uses mud to make its juglike nest
a wasp
Kim
$200 [26]
To address the pope, call him "Your Holiness"; to address a man with this church rank, use "your eminence"
a cardinal
Kim Steve
$200 [14]
Referring to his bold signature, he remarked, "There, I guess King George will be able to read that"
John Hancock
Lisa
$200 [1]
"The sun was shining on the sea, shining with all his might" for this Lewis Carroll pair
the Walrus & the Carpenter
Steve
$200 [21]
This lord protector's body was disinterred & hanged during the reign of Charles II
Oliver Cromwell
Lisa
$400 [10]
Banh Chung are rice cakes made especially for Tet, this holiday
New Year's
Steve
$400 [7]
With a wingspread of 11", Queen Alexandra's birdwing is the largest of these insects
a butterfly
Kim Steve Lisa
$400 [27]
For the 50 people in the United States who hold this post, one form of address is "excellency"
a Governor
Steve Lisa
$400 [15]
New Hampshire signer Josiah Bartlett also had the honor of casting the 1st vote for this 1st constitution
the Articles of Confederation
Steve
$400 [2]
"The night has a thousand eyes, the day but one...the mind has a thousand eyes, and" this organ "but one"
the heart
$400 [22]
Cuauhtemoc, the ruler of these people, was hanged in 1525 as a captive of Cortes
the Aztecs
Steve
$600 [11]
Cameras are banned in his tomb, tho he said "nothing is more precious than independence and freedom"
Ho Chi Minh
Steve
$600 [8]
At a length of 4 1/2", the giant green darner is the largest U.S. species of this insect
the dragonfly
$600 [28]
This common 3-letter term of respect came from the Latin senior, meaning "elder"
Sir
$600 [18]
The 2 signers who later became U.S. presidents
Thomas Jefferson & John Adams
Kim
$600 [3]
William Ernest Henley wrote, "I am the master of" this; I am the captain of my soul"
my fate
Kim
$600 [23]
This communist's brother Aleksandr Ulyanov was hanged for plotting against the Czar
Lenin
Lisa
$800 [12]
The country has 2 major river systems, the Red in the north & this one, known for its delta, in the south
the Mekong
Lisa
$800 [16]
Ants "herd" these plant insects & obtain a liquid called honeydew from them
aphids
Kim
$800 [29]
Still used by some law firms, when it's put after a man's name it takes the place of "Mr."
Esquire
Lisa
$1,000 [20]
While chairman of the Navy Board in 1776 & 1777, Francis Hopkinson is believed to have designed this
the American flag
$800 [4]
William Blake asked this "tytle anymal", "Did he who made the lamb make thee?"
"Tyger, Tyger"
Kim
$800 [24]
John Andre, to whom this American traitor offered to surrender West Point, was hanged in 1780
Benedict Arnold
Kim
$1,000 [13]
The "Hanoi Hilton" on Hoa Lo Street is actually one of these
a prison
Lisa
$1,000 [17]
Some of these insects are known as 17-year locusts because it takes 17 years for them to develop
the cicada
DD $2,000 [30]
If Walter Mondale had won in 1984, his running mate's form of address would have been this
Madam Vice President
Lisa
DD $1,500 [19]
Charles Carroll of Maryland, who outlived all other signers, was also a founder of this railroad
the B&O (Baltimore & Ohio)
Kim
$1,000 [5]
Women he wrote poetry to include Amarantha, Lucasta & Althea
Richard Lovelace
$1,000 [25]
Ahithophel, who joined this man's revolt against his father, King David, later hanged himself
Absalom
Kim

Final Jeopardy!

MOVIE ROLES

Ed Wynn & W.C. Fields turned down the title role in this 1939 film

The Wizard of Oz

Lisa "What is The Wizard of Oz" — wagered $100
Steve "What was How Green was My Valley" — wagered $4,100
Kim "What is the Wizard of Oz" — wagered $801

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