Show #1647 1991-10-29 (taped 1991-09-10) Regular

Contestants

Rita Connolly — a medical technologist from Williamstown, New Jersey

Greg Shepherd — a college music instructor from Honolulu, Hawaii

Jim Baughman — a fine arts printer from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jim	$1,200	$2,700	$1,400	$2,800 3rd place: Pacific Kinematics Nextstep 500 exerciser + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy Challenger	$5,900 19 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Greg	$2,100	$2,800	$6,000	$9,001 New champion: $9,001	$6,000 20 R, 4 W
Rita	$-300	$400	$3,000	$6,000 2nd place: The Greif Companies her & hers clothing + Julie Jurgensen mens watch + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy Challenger	$3,400 11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE OLD WEST	SONG LYRICS	ASTROLOGY	PLANTS & TREES	12-LETTER WORDS	AREA CODES
$100 [1] After Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall was followed around by people hoping he would find more of this gold Greg	$100 [10] "I'm wearing second hand hats — second hand clothes — that's why they call me" this second hand Rose Rita	$100 [11] Red is considered a harmonious color for people born under this sign of the ram Aries Jim	$100 [4] Of the 900 million bulbs we import from this country each year, only about 1/3 are tulips the Netherlands Greg	$100 [25] In 1991 Vermont marked this, its 200th anniversary of statehood bicentennial Rita	$100 [28] The area code for this entire state is 602, whether you're calling Apache Junction or Yuma Arizona Jim
$200 [26] Records indicate between 1859 & 1872 Mexican bandits stole 145,298 of these from the King & Kenedy Ranches cattle Jim	$200 [2] "If you ever plan to motor west — travel my way, take the highway that's the best, get your kicks" here Route 66 Greg	$200 [12] Appropriately, this sign is characterized by a "goat"like ability to climb over life's obstacles Capricorn Jim	$200 [21] Until the 20th century, its main uses were for floats, shoe soles & bottle stoppers cork Jim	$200 [5] Optical toy consisting of a tube with bits of colored glass reflected by mirrors a kaleidoscope Jim	$200 [7] In area it's the largest state that has just 1 area code: 907 Alaska Greg
$300 [14] It's the protuberance on a Western saddle around which a rope could be dallied or tied a horn Jim	$300 [3] "Oh my darlin', knock three times on" this "if you want me; twice on the pipe if the answer is no" the ceiling Rita	$300 [13] Of Cancer, Pisces, or Aquarius, the one that isn't classified as a water sign Aquarius Greg Rita	$300 [22] It's the most abundant natural textile fiber cotton Greg Rita	$300 [6] It can describe a sophisticated, worldly woman, or the magazine she reads cosmopolitan Greg	$300 [27] It's the area code for our offices at "Jeopardy!" 213 Rita
$400 [15] Though these Indians had scalped Mormons, Brigham Young said he would not attack & made peace the Utes Jim	$400 [8] "I'm going to buy" one of these "that I can call my own" a paper doll Greg Rita	$400 [17] The opal is a suggested stone for women born under this sign; you might wear 1 on each hand for "balance" Libra Greg	$400 [23] The part of a chicory plant that is roasted with coffee beans the root Jim Greg	$400 [19] It's the proper medical term for high blood pressure hypertension Jim	$400 [29] "The Bronx is up but the Battery's down" & this is the area code for both of them 212 Rita
$500 [16] This gunslinger born in 1853 was named after the founder of the Methodist Church, John Wesley John Wesley Hardin Greg	$500 [9] John Lennon wrote. "It's like we both are falling in love again, it'll be just like" doing this starting over Greg	$500 [18] This sign is known for directness—as direct as an arrow speeding to its mark, you might say Sagittarius Jim	DD $400 [24] Ikebana is the Japanese art of this flower arranging Rita	$500 [20] It's a person who makes his living collecting & analyzing numerical data a statistician Jim	$500 [30] If you want to call our nation's capital, this is the area code you need to know 202 Greg

Double Jeopardy! Round

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD	LITERATURE	FAMOUS NAMES	FEDERAL AGENCIES	FOOD	LEFTOVERS
$200 [1] Both the franc & the peseta are legal tender in this small mountainous nation Andorra Jim	$200 [10] Berzelius Windrip is elected president of this country in "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis the United States	$200 [20] Karl Doenitz briefly led this country in 1945, presiding over its surrender Germany Greg	$200 [30] Established in 1934, it licenses & regulates all radio & TV stations the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) Greg	$200 [11] It's the "shell" of a burrito a tortilla Jim Rita	$200 [16] The first Winter Olympics were held at Chamonix in this country in 1924 France Greg
$400 [2] Goteborg is this country's principal seaport & shipbuilding center Sweden Jim	$400 [9] The 1904 novel "Green Mansions" is set in this continent's tropics South America	$400 [21] Alexander Gardner began his career shooting the Civil War for this more famous photographer Mathew Brady Greg	$400 [18] This agency not only ensures the safety of edibles & medicines but of cosmetics as well the FDA (Food & Drug Administration) Jim	$400 [12] This brownish-black liquid is used in making pumpernickel, pumpkin pie & Boston baked beans molasses Greg	$400 [17] This word for the highest ranking bureaucrats of imperial China comes from Portuguese Mandarin Greg
$600 [3] This North African country's 3 main regions are Cyrenaica, Tripolitania & Fezzan Libya Jim	$600 [6] Frank R. Stockton's story "The King's Arena" was renamed "The Lady or" this the Tiger Jim	$600 [22] The grandfather of this mobile sculptor made the statue of Wm. Penn atop Philadelphia's city hall (Alexander) Calder Jim	$600 [19] In addition to issuing patents, the U.S. Patent Office also registers these trademarks Greg Rita	$600 [13] Usually made of the Royal Ann variety, this treated fruit is the garnish in a Shirley Temple a maraschino cherry Rita	$600 [27] On August 22, 1989 Rickey Henderson became the 5,000th person struck out by this pitcher Nolan Ryan Jim
$800 [4] This Latin American country leads the world in the production of silver Mexico Greg Rita	$1,000 [8] Like "The Luck of Roaring Camp", his novella "M'liss" is set in a mining camp Bret Harte Rita	$1,000 [24] This Hawaiian swimming star was sheriff of Honolulu 1932-61 Duke Kahanamoku Greg	$800 [26] Among its functions are to control air traffic & to write & enforce air safety regulations the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) Jim Greg	$800 [14] When talking about crushed grains, it's hominy grits & buckwheat these groats	$800 [28] Andrew Young was our ambassador to this from 1977-79, before serving as Atlanta's mayor the U.N. Jim
$1,000 [5] About 1/3 of this Mideast country's foreign trade earnings comes from sales of cut diamonds Israel Greg	DD $2,000 [7] Magnolia Hawks runs off with Gaylord Ravenal in this Edna Ferber novel Show Boat Jim	DD $2,500 [23] This Norwegian explorer was killed trying to rescue Italian Arctic explorer Umberto Nobile Roald Amundsen Jim	$1,000 [25] A part of the Treasury, this agency designs & issues postage stamps & Federal Reserve notes the Bureau of Printing & Engraving	$1,000 [15] Small, light, shell-shaped, spongy cakes immortalized by Proust madeleines Rita	$1,000 [29] In 1988 President Reagan gave the National Medal of Arts to this "Humboldt's Gift" author Saul Bellow

Final Jeopardy!

INVENTORS

In 1852 he invented an automatic safety device to prevent the fall of hoisting machinery

(Elisha) Otis

Jim "Who was Otis?" — wagered $1,400

Rita "Who was Otis" — wagered $3,000

Greg "Who was Otis" — wagered $3,001

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