Show #1661 1991-11-18 (taped 1991-09-11) Regular

Missing introductions and prizes.

Contestants

Andrea Diamond — a legal secretary from

Greg Whimpey — a geophysical analyst from San Antonio, Texas

John McGill — an electrical lineman from Wallingford, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
John	$2,700	$4,100	$6,100	$12,100 2-day champion: $14,300	$10,100 28 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Greg	$500	$2,600	$6,200	$199 3rd place	$6,200 15 R, 1 W
Andrea	$100	$-100	$5,100	$10,200 2nd place	$5,500 12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

IN THE NEWS	SCI-FI TV	POETS & POETRY	FOOD & DRINK	ADVERTISING JINGLES	"EX" MARKS THE SPOT
$100 [4] On the June 1991 shuttle mission NASA sent up almost 2500 of these spineless creatures jellyfish John Greg	$100 [3] A 14-foot-long wooden model of this "Star Trek" starship now hangs in the Smithsonian the Enterprise John	$100 [19] Ogden Nash said this man "crossed the Delaware with a boat, the Potomac, with a dollar" George Washington Andrea	$100 [1] Ocean Spray says some Indians called this fruit sasemin & used its juice on arrow wounds cranberries John	$100 [9] "I'd like to teach the world to sing" Coca-Cola Andrea	$300 [24] It's a public disclosure, often written, of a scandal or crime an expose Andrea
$200 [12] In 1991, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of this word, Britain put a Triceratops on a stamp dinosaur John	$200 [5] According to the series title, this hero lived "in the 25th century" Buck Rogers John	$200 [20] T.S. Eliot wrote, "This is the way the world ends not with a bang" but this a whimper John	$200 [2] Trader Vic's recipe for a scorpion calls for brandy & the light Puerto Rican type of this rum Greg	$200 [10] "Ask any mermaid" Chicken of the Sea Greg	$400 [25] The shell of a lobster is an example of this supporting structure exoskeleton John Andrea
$300 [13] "The Unofficial U.S. Census" found 179,520,000 own one of these & 143,616,000 can't program it a VCR John	$300 [11] The Daleks & the Cybermen are villains fought by this 750-year-old time traveler Doctor Who John	$300 [21] "The gingham dog went 'bow-wow-wow!' and" this cat 'replied 'mee-ow!"' calico John	$300 [6] The Yorkshire type of this is often served with roast beef pudding John	$300 [16] "Have it your way" Burger King Greg	$500 [26] It's the dept. in the British treasury that collects, managers & disburses gov't funds the exchequer Greg
$400 [14] In June 1991 the world learned of the death of Jiang Qing, this man's widow Mao Tse-Tung John	$400 [27] As Commander Adama, he starred in both "Battlestar Galactica" & "Galactica 1980" Lorne Greene Greg	$400 [22] Robert Frost wrote, "he will not see me stopping here to watch his woods fill up with" this snow Andrea	$400 [7] Coffee is cultivated on this Asian island whose name is synonymous with coffee Java John	$400 [17] "You can trust your car to the man who wears the star" Texaco Greg	—
$500 [15] On March 19, 1991 the U.S. government granted the five millionth one of these a patent John	$500 [28] Its episodes ended with a voice saying, "We now return control of your television set to you..." The Outer Limits John Greg	DD $600 [23] She called bees "buccaneers of buzz" in her poem No. 1405 Emily Dickinson Andrea	$500 [8] By law, butter sold in the U.S. must be at least 80% this milk fat (or butter fat) John	$500 [18] "The times of your life" Kodak John	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY	BIRD ORIGINS	DANCERS	WORLD "K"APITALS	BIRTHPLACES	THE RING CYCLE
$200 [2] Jefferson wrote the rough draft but it's Timothy Matlack's handwriting we see on this document the Declaration of Independence John	$200 [26] Archaeopteryx. which lived millions of years ago, had well-developed ones in its mouth teeth John	$200 [1] When Ginger Rogers won an Oscar before he did, he sent her a 1-word telegram: "Ouch!" Fred Astaire John	$200 [7] It succeeded Spanish town as Jamaica's capital in 1872 Kingston John	$200 [16] This star of "Little Caesar" wasn't born in Rome but in Romania—in Bucharest Edward G. Robinson Andrea	$200 [28] Though based in part on Norse legends, the operas were written in this language German Andrea
$400 [3] At age 19, this French captain was commissioned a major general in the Continental Army by Congress Lafayette John	$400 [22] Several species of this large shaggy bird native to Australia were exterminated by settlers the emu John Andrea	$400 [30] On May 18, 1990 the lights on Las Vegas' strip went dark for 10 minutes in honor of this late tap dancer Sammy Davis, Jr. John	$400 [8] This Arab capital was devastated by the Iraqi army during the Persian Gulf War Kuwait City John	$400 [15] Christina Onassis wasn't born in Greece but in this U.S. metropolis New York Greg	$400 [21] The prologue to the ring cycle opens on the bed of this river where the maidens guard the gold the Rhine Greg
$600 [4] This 1765 act called for duties on dozens of items, including a fee on all notarized papers the Stamp Act Greg	$600 [20] Some singing canaries are bred in these mountains whose name may remind you of a brand of bird food Harz Mountains Andrea	$600 [27] Eugene Loring choreographed the 1938 ballet about this youthful outlaw, & he starred in it, too Billy the Kid John	$600 [9] This 3000-year-old Afghan capital was called Kabura by Ptolemy Kabul John	$600 [14] Composer Edward Elgar was born in this "saucy" English county in 1857 Worcestershire John	$600 [29] Name shared by Wagner's son & the hero of the Ring Cycle Siegfried Greg
$800 [5] In July 1958, at the request of President Chamoun, U.S. Marines were sent into this Mideast country Lebanon John	$800 [19] The rhea is native to this continent where it associates with guanacos & forms mixed herds South America Greg	DD $1,000 [12] Judith Jamison succeeded this late Black choreographer as director of his American dance theater Alvin Ailey Andrea	$800 [10] This capital is located on a high plain sometimes called the Valley of Nepal Kathmandu Andrea	$800 [17] This Belgian seaport city was the birthplace of portrait artist Anthony van Dyck Antwerp John	$800 [24] In "Die Walkure" she disobeys her father & is put to sleep on a rock Brunhilde Greg
$1,000 [6] Plans for the World Bank & the IMF were drawn up in 1944 at Bretton Woods in this state New Hampshire John	$1,000 [25] The oo of this U.S. state may be extinct though it's believed one was sighted in 1981 Hawaii Greg	$1,000 [13] Red-haired ballerina who made her film debut in "The Red Shoes" in 1948 Moira Shearer Greg	$1,000 [11] This Sudanese capital's name is Arabic for "elephant's trunk" due to its site on a narrow peninsula Khartoum Andrea	DD $4,000 [18] G. Flaubert's birthplace in this city, where Joan of arc was burned at the stake, is now a museum Rouen John	$1,000 [23] This last piece in the tetralogy debuted August 17, 1876, the day after Part Three Götterdämmerung ( Twilight of the Gods ) Andrea

Final Jeopardy!

LITERARY SETTINGS

This "sequestered glen" lies about 2 miles from the Tappan Zee

Sleepy Hollow

Andrea "What is ☺ Sleepy Hollow?" — wagered $5,100

John "What is Sleepy Hollow" — wagered $6,000

Greg "What is Brigadoon?" — wagered $6,001

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