Show #1672 1991-12-03 (taped 1991-09-23) Regular

Contestants

Steve Firkser — an attorney from Rahway, New Jersey

David Cohen — a psychic counselor from San Diego, California

Elizabeth Pearce — a freelance editor and writer from New York City, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Elizabeth	$2,200	$3,400	$7,000	$13,000 2nd place: Pacific Sun outdoor furnitute set + Service Merchandise gift certificate	$7,000 18 R, 2 W
David	$300	$200	$2,200	$4,400 3rd place: Dahan Mountain Gold mountain bike	$2,000 11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Steve	$1,400	$2,300	$9,100	$14,001 New champion: $14,001	$11,000 24 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

UTAH	SINGERS' REAL NAMES	SMUGGLING	ANCIENT GREECE	MOVIE MENAGERIE	7-LETTER WORDS
$100 [26] Part of the Compromise of 1850 established Utah as a territory with this Mormon leader as gov. Brigham Young Elizabeth	$100 [5] Harold Jenkins took this name from 2 southern towns: he sets country fans' hearts a"twit"ter Conway Twitty Steve	$100 [19] This Louisiana smuggler was famous for aiding U.S. forces in the War of 1812 Jean Lafitte David	$100 [3] The Greeks first used black & white pebbles to make these floor designs; tile came later mosaics David	$100 [1] Bogie's 1941 "bird" The Maltese Falcon Steve	$100 [13] A wife's spouse, it also means a prudent or thrifty manager a husband Steve
$200 [27] This bird that saved the 1848 harvest from crickets is the state bird the seagull Elizabeth David	$200 [9] Otis Dewey Whitman Jr.'s "skinny" nickname Slim Whitman Steve	$200 [22] In addition to her smuggling activities, this Bizet character worked in a factory Carmen David	$200 [4] The Odeon of Pericles was the first roofed one of these designed for its acoustics a theater Elizabeth	$200 [2] One of the top five films of 1986 was this little wonder from Down Under Crocodile Dundee David	$200 [14] To the French this frozen whipped dessert is just "perfect" a parfait Steve
$300 [28] The first transcontinental communications system of this type met in Utah in 1861 the telegraph David Steve	$300 [10] His name was Hugh Anthony Cregg III before he made news with The News Huey Lewis Elizabeth	$300 [23] In the 1830s, attempts by the Chinese government to stop the smuggling of this led to a war opium Steve	$300 [18] The Greek "alpha" & "beta" came from their "aleph" & "beth" the Hebrew alphabet Steve	$300 [6] 2 of the 3 Marx brothers movies with a specific animal in the title (2 of) Duck Soup , Horse Feathers & Monkey Business Steve	$300 [15] It can precede bureau, stripping or vane weather Elizabeth
$400 [29] This river & its main tributary, the Green River, are the state's largest the Colorado	$400 [11] Born Roberta Joan Anderson, she rode a "Big Yellow Taxi" to fame Joni Mitchell Elizabeth	$400 [24] Smuggling used to be prevalent in this country in the Pyrenees, but as they informed us, not anymore Andorra Elizabeth David	$400 [20] In the "Apology" Plato had him defending himself on charges of corrupting the youth Socrates Steve	$400 [7] In 1944 Mickey Rooney trained the horse in "National Velvet"; in 1979, this title steed The Black Stallion Steve	$400 [16] Divide into 3 equal parts trisect Elizabeth
$500 [30] This man who flew into space aboard Discovery in 1985 has been a senator from Utah since 1974 Jake Garn Steve	$500 [12] In 1967 Florencia Cardona recorded "It Must Be Him" under this more famous stage name Vicki Carr Elizabeth	$500 [25] The fleet now known as this was founded in 1790 by Alexander Hamilton to prevent smuggling the Coast Guard Elizabeth	DD $900 [21] Hipparchus used this form of math to work out the distances between the Sun, Moon & Earth trigonometry Steve	$500 [8] This 1975 Jack Nicholson film could use a cage, a bird cage, to hold its Oscars One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Elizabeth	$500 [17] Technically, it's a white, crystalline compound of acetylsalicylic acid aspirin David

Double Jeopardy! Round

RULERS	NONFICTION	BIOLOGY	NATIONAL LANDMARKS	IMPRESSIONISTS	THE 1870s
$200 [16] On Christmas day, 1066, this "Conqueror" was crowned king of England William David	$200 [11] The No. 1 health book of 1988 was Robert Kowalski's "8-week" cure for this cholesterol	$200 [26] During metamorphosis, most members of this class of animals lose their external gills amphibians Steve	$200 [21] A landmark at this cape consists of 6 launch pads & the original Mission Control room Cape Canaveral Steve	$200 [1] He painted "Ballerina Posing for a Photograph" circa 1879 Degas David	$200 [6] In 1870 he started his own monopoly with the founding of Standard Oil of Ohio Rockefeller Steve
$400 [17] In 1474 she succeeded her half brother Henry IV, becoming queen of Castile & Leon Isabella Elizabeth	$400 [12] "Move On: Adventures in the Real World" is a follow-up to her memoir "And So It Goes" Linda Ellerbee Steve	$400 [27] Mendel's laws of heredity deal with dominant traits & this type recessive Elizabeth	$400 [22] This carmaker's Dearborn, Mich. home, Fair Lane, was occupied by the family until 1950 Henry Ford Elizabeth	$400 [2] The day of the week depicted in Georges Seurat's most famous painting Sunday Elizabeth	$400 [7] This man arrived in Africa in 1871 as part of a promotional stunt by the New York Herald Stanley David
$600 [18] When he visited Europe in 1971, it marked the first time a reigning emperor had left Japan Hirohito Elizabeth	$600 [13] "Working" & "Hard Times" are among the best-selling oral histories by this author Studs Terkel Steve	$600 [28] Adipose tissue, which provides heat & energy to the body, consists mainly of this substance fat Elizabeth	$600 [23] This soft drink company's 1st bottling plant in Atlanta was designated a nat'l landmark on May 4, 1983 Coca-Cola David	$600 [3] These surnames of 19th century artists Claude and Edouard differ by just 1 letter Monet & Manet David	$600 [8] The age of Aristides, who won the first Kentucky Derby May 17, 1875 3 Steve
$800 [19] On his deathbed in 1715, this French king said, "I have loved war too much" Louis XIV Steve	DD $1,000 [14] This best-selling science book by Stephen Hawking is subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" A Brief History of Time Steve	$800 [29] Like the splitting of atomic nuclei, bacteria & amoebas reproduce by this method fission	$800 [24] This settlement house at 800 S. Halsted Street in Chicago was founded by Jane Addams in 1889 Hull House Elizabeth	DD $1,000 [4] Renoir was born in this French city famous for its porcelain, & as a youth he was a porcelain painter there Limoges David	$800 [9] Pinkerton detectives helped break up this Pennsylvania mining group's strike & broke up the group too the Molly Maguires Steve
$1,000 [20] In 37 B.C. he became ruler over all of Palestine Herod (the Great) Steve	$1,000 [15] This Henry David Thoreau essay states, "That government is best which governs least" Civil Disobedience Steve	$1,000 [30] Exhibited by lower animals, it's the growth of new body parts to replace lost or broken ones regeneration	$1,000 [25] This Underground Railroad "conductor"s Home for the Aged in Auburn, N.Y. is now a nat'l landmark Harriet Tubman Elizabeth	$1,000 [5] This American woman was noted for her paintings of mothers & children, such as "The Bath" Mary Cassatt Elizabeth Steve	$1,000 [10] Don't give 3 cheers but 12 tones for this Austrian composer born September 13, 1874 Schoenberg David Steve

Final Jeopardy!

THE BRITISH EMPIRE

This country which gained independence in 1981 was Britain's last colony on the mainland of the Americas

Belize (British Honduras)

David "What is British Honduras?" — wagered $2,200

Elizabeth "What was Belize?" — wagered $6,000

Steve "What was British Honduras (Belize?)" — wagered $4,901

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