Show #1671 1991-12-02 (taped 1991-09-23) Regular

Contestants

Ed Peterson — a social studies teacher from Whippany, New Jersey

Jim Bresette — a U.S. Air Force captain from Columbia, Maryland

Elizabeth Pearce — a freelance editor and writer from New York City, New York

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Elizabeth	$1,000	$3,100	$14,800	$13,300 New champion: $13,300	$12,300 26 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Jim	$-200	$200	$1,800	$3,600 3rd place: The American Spectrum Encyclopedia + home reference library + + Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + InfoGenius for Game Boy	$1,800 9 R, 4 W
Ed	$2,800	$4,200	$6,400	$5,400 2nd place: trip to Orlando & stay at Orlando Marriott International Drive	$5,600 19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE	FOREIGN FOOD	LEE REMICK	ISLANDS	PRISONS	FILE UNDER "M"
$100 [17] Of a tern, a termite or a terrapin, the one with the most legs a termite Ed	$100 [1] A minestrina is a thin Italian broth while this is a thick vegetable soup minestron Elizabeth	$100 [25] S. Sondheim's 1964 musical "Anyone Can Whistle" starred Lee & this "Murder, She Wrote" actress Angela Lansbury Elizabeth	$100 [16] Home to the nationalist Chinese, its name means "terraced bay" Taiwan Jim	$100 [6] U.S. prisons are usually classified as minimum, medium or maximum this security Ed	$100 [11] This word for an afternoon performance comes from Matuta, a goddess of the dawn matinee Ed
$200 [22] To a sailor at sea it looks about 2.5 miles away; to a pilot 1 mile up, about 98 miles away the horizon Jim	$200 [2] Parisians call this breakfast dish, which we named for them, "pain perdu", or lost bread French toast Ed	$200 [26] Her radiant portrayal of this prime minister's mother, Jennie, won her a Golden Globe Award Winston Churchill Elizabeth	$200 [18] When owned by the Russians, these Alaskan islands were known as the Catherine archipelago the Aleutian Islands Jim	$200 [7] This type of jail was established in the late 1700s to make criminals feel sorry & repent a penitentiary Ed	$200 [12] Journalist Don Marquis created this cat who was a friend of a cockroach Mehitabel Elizabeth
$300 [23] It's the term for the examination of living tissue samples by a histologist biopsy Elizabeth	$300 [3] This ciassic Greek cheese is "pickled" in brine feta cheese Ed	$300 [27] Lee & Gregory Peck were bedeviled by a little demon named Damien in this 1976 horror film The Omen Elizabeth	$300 [19] Papeete, the capital of French Polynesia, is located on this island Tahiti Jim	$300 [8] A royal home as well as a prison until Elizabethan times, Rudolf Hess was held here from 1941-45 the Tower of London Jim	$300 [13] Neither good nor bad, it's from the Latin for "halfway up the mountain" mediocre Elizabeth Jim
$400 [24] A phosphor is a substance that does this when its hit by ions or elecfrons glow Elizabeth	$400 [4] This country's mole poblano sauce contains chilies, garlic, spices, & chocolate Mexico Jim	$400 [28] Jack Lemmon & Lee were both Oscar-nominated for playing alcoholics in this film The Days of Wine and Roses Elizabeth Ed	$400 [20] The name of these Danish islands in the N. Atlantic may be Old Norse for "Sheep Islands" Faroe Islands Jim Ed	$400 [9] Prisons in this state have included Soledad & San Quentin California Ed	$400 [14] Whatever this Lola wanted, King Louis I of Bavaria gave her Lola Montez Elizabeth
$500 [30] You're cultured if you know these animals are often seeded with a bit of nacre oysters Elizabeth	$500 [5] The girl from Ipanema could tell you that feijoada is often a Sunday dish in this country Brazil Ed	$500 [29] When Lee played Miranda in a 1960 TV adaptation of this play, Richard Burton played Caliban The Tempest Elizabeth	DD $1,300 [21] Wine production is the main agricultural industry of this Portuguese island off the NW coast of Africa Madeira Ed	$500 [10] This federal prison is on the Missouri just north of the Kansas town for which it was named Leavenworth Ed	$500 [15] The first name of French hairdresser Grateau, who came up with a style with regular waves Marcel Ed

Double Jeopardy! Round

BALLET	NOVEL CHARACTERS	DESERTS	FAMOUS WOMEN	FORTS	BRITISH ROYALTY
$200 [6] In 1979 A. Godunov became the 1st member of this ballet company to defect to the West the Bolshoi Ballet Ed	$200 [2] His real name was Alonso Quixano Don Quixote Elizabeth	$200 [24] The eastern part of this desert is often called the Arabian desert the Sahara Desert Ed	$200 [14] Last name of mother & daughter singers Naomi & Wynonna, who won Grammys for best country duo 1985-87 Judd Elizabeth	$200 [1] The poem "The Star-Spangled Banner" was originally titled "The Defense of" this fort McHenry Elizabeth	$200 [10] She once wrote in her journal, "My dearest Albert put on my stockings for me" Queen Victoria Elizabeth
$400 [9] Act II of the ballet "Napoli" is set in this famous grotto on Capri the Blue Grotto Ed	$400 [3] Characters in this 1961 novel include Milo Minderbinder & Major Major Major Catch-22 Jim	$400 [25] Joshua Tree Nat'l Monument is on the border between the Colorado Desert and this California one the Mojave	$400 [15] A month after she reportedly drowned, this evangelist reappeared & claimed she'd been kidnapped Aimee Semple McPherson Ed	$400 [4] Built at the junction of the North Platte & Laramie rivers, Fort Laramie was a stop on this trail the Oregon Trail Ed	$400 [22] Her son Peter Phillips is 9th in line of succession to the throne even though he's a commoner Princess Anne Elizabeth
$600 [11] This legendary Diaghilev dancer is the subject of the ballet subtitled "Clown of God" Nijinsky Elizabeth	$600 [19] A teen hoodlum named Alex is the narrator of this futuristic tale by Anthony Burgess A Clockwork Orange Elizabeth	$600 [26] The Chinese call it "Shamo", sand desert, or "Hanhai", dry sea the Gobi Desert Jim	$600 [16] For "Lady and the Tramp", she co-wrote 5 songs, sang 3, & provided the voicesof 4 characters Peggy Lee Elizabeth	$600 [5] This fort in SE Florida is where our boys were during the Seminole War Fort Lauderdale Elizabeth	$600 [23] This king's trial for treason began on January 20, 1649; he was beheaded 10 days later Charles I Jim
$1,000 [13] In "Coppelia", Franz falls in love with Coppelia, not knowing she's a mechanical one of these a doll Elizabeth	$1,000 [21] After an unjust accusation of theft, this weaver moved from Lantern Yard to Raveloe Silas Marner Elizabeth	$800 [27] This desert extending from Beersheba to Elat forms the triangular southern half of Israel the Negev Ed	$800 [17] In 1926, this Olympic gold medalist became the first woman to swim the English Channel Gertrude Ederle Ed	$800 [7] A rest stop on the Chisholm Trail, oil was found 90 miles west of this Texas city in 1917 Fort Worth	$800 [29] This king was overthrown by his daughter & son-in-law in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 James II
DD $1,900 [12] In Act I of this Tchaikovsky ballet, the Lilac Fairy casts a spell over the palace Sleeping Beauty Elizabeth	DD $2,200 [20] This Herman Melville hero went to his execution crying, "God bless Captain Vere" Billy Budd Elizabeth	$1,000 [28] Although it extends into Namibia, the heart of this desert lies in Botswana the Kalahari Jim	$1,000 [18] On the death of her husband in 1963, she became president of the Washington Post Company Kay Graham Elizabeth	$1,000 [8] Albany, N.Y. started out as Fort Orange, founded by traders from this country Holland (the Netherlands) Elizabeth	$1,000 [30] The oldest person to become England's monarch in the 20th c., he was 59 in 1901 Edward VII Jim Ed

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. STATES

At the time of the first U.S. census, in 1790, this state was the most populous & the largest in area

Virginia

Jim "What is Virginia" — wagered $1,800

Ed "What is Pennsylvania?" — wagered $1,000

Elizabeth "What was Mass?" — wagered $1,500

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