Show #1899 1992-12-03 (taped 1992-08-25) Regular

Dennis Donohue game 2.

Contestants

Chip Ritter — a transfer recordist originally from Sac City, Iowa

Janet Lorenz — a film researcher originally from Omaha, Nebraska

Dennis Donohue — an administrative services officer from Litchfield Park, Arizona (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,900)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Dennis $1,100 $3,500 $3,900 $7,700
2-day champion: $16,600
$3,900
21 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Janet $400 $1,300 $1,900 $2,000
3rd place: Wallace punch bowl set + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version
$2,400
13 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Chip $800 $1,900 $5,000 $2,199
2nd place: Bassett dining room set + Cuthbertson Christmas tree dinnerware + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version
$5,900
20 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

NEWS WEATHER SPORTS HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES SILK LAST NAME'S THE SAME
$100 [4]
The Post Office charged 19¢ for each postcard ballot sent in to choose a young or old portrait of him
Elvis Presley
Janet
$100 [16]
A safety tip says if your hair stands on end, hit the ground; this may be about to strike
lightning
Chip
$100 [1]
Nadia Comaneci won 3 consecutive European Championships in this sport
gymnastics
Dennis
$100 [11]
Conservationists love this holiday that rhymes with birthday
Earth Day
Chip
$100 [21]
This country leads the world in the production of raw silk
China
Janet
$100 [22]
Deidre, Tom T., Monty
Hall
Chip
$200 [5]
In April 1992 this dictator's grand- daughter Alessandra won a seat in Italy's Parliament
Mussolini
Dennis
$200 [17]
This first Atlantic tropical storm of the 1992 season hit Florida August 24, causing billions in damage
Andrew
Dennis
$200 [2]
Skiers hold this equipment during many events, but not ski jumping
poles
Dennis
$200 [12]
It's also known as Snap Apple Night, & you might celebrate it by bobbing for apples
Halloween
Dennis
$200 [27]
Silk is produced by the silkworm which is not a worm at all, but one of these
a caterpillar
Chip
$200 [23]
Tony, Julia, Pernell
Roberts
Dennis
$300 [6]
In April 1992 the U.S. recognized Croatia, Slovenia & Bosnia- Hercegovina, which split from this country
Yugoslavia
Chip
$300 [18]
Each day in the U.S., about 200 of these are launched carrying radiosondes
(weather) balloons
Chip
$300 [3]
Dives are judged on a scale of 0 to this number
10
Janet
$300 [13]
Swaziland celebrates this "banner" holiday on April 25, the U.S. on June 14
Flag Day
Chip
$300 [28]
Before World War II, the greatest use of raw silk in the U.S. was for this item of clothing
hosiery
Janet
$300 [24]
Paul, Cindy, Billy Dee
Williams
Dennis
DD $500 [9]
Sergei Krikalev made the news when he was left stranded here during the USSR's breakup
space (the MIR)
Janet
$400 [19]
Composed of 3 oxygen atoms, this gas is created in thunderstorms
ozone
Chip
$400 [7]
She was coached by her brother-in-law Bobby Kersee & her husband Al Joyner
Florence Griffith Joyner (Flo-Jo)
Dennis Chip
$400 [14]
The Old English tradition of serving a boar's head on this holiday may derive from a Norse custom
Christmas
Dennis
$400 [29]
In 1810 the first silk mill in the U.S. was founded in Mansfield in this "Nutmeg State"
Connecticut
Dennis
$400 [25]
Eleanor, Jameson, Fess
Parker
Dennis
$500 [10]
Both named Terry, they were U.S. & British hostages released from Lebanon in 1991
Terry Waite & Terry Anderson
Chip
$500 [20]
It's the term for winds, like the trades, that follow a regular pattern
prevailing winds
Dennis
$500 [8]
Great Scott! He won the men's singles gold medal in figure skating at the 1984 Olympics
Scott Hamilton
Janet
$500 [15]
On this day in 1992, National Public Radio broke the news that Richard Nixon was running again for president
April Fool's Day
Chip
$500 [30]
To produce about 120 pounds of silk, 250,000 silkworms must eat 10 tons of leaves from these trees
the mulberry tree
Chip
$500 [26]
Ed, Julie, Emmylou
Harris
Janet

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD GEOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHY MYTHOLOGY HISTORIC AMERICA ANIMALS GILBERT & SULLIVAN
$200 [1]
It's the highest mountain system in the world
the Himalayas
Dennis
$200 [12]
This mechanical device opens & closes to allow light into the camera
the shutter
Dennis Janet Chip
$200 [6]
In myth Selene, the goddess of the Moon, is the sister of Helios, god of this
the Sun
Dennis
$200 [11]
A boulder near Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina marks the spot where their "Flyer" took off in 1903
the Wright brothers
Chip
$200 [19]
As newborns, these North American furry animals don't have the "mask" & tail rings yet
raccoons
Dennis
$200 [26]
At its 1885 premiere, this show was billed as "An entirely new and original Japanese opera"
The Mikado
Dennis
$400 [2]
Ironically, this second-largest country derives its name from a Huron-Iroquois word meaning "village"
Canada
Dennis
$400 [13]
In 1875 the U.S. government gave him $25,000 for a collection of his Civil War photographs
Brady
Janet
$400 [7]
This giant hunter pursued the Pleiades & both he & they were turned into constellations
Orion
Janet
$400 [17]
This state's Taos Pueblo has been inhabited by the Taos Indians since pre- Columbian days
New Mexico
Janet
$400 [22]
It's the animal usually mentioned in the definition of the color sorrel
a horse
Dennis
$400 [27]
In 1980 Linda Ronstadt made her stage debut as Mabel in a revival of this operetta
The Pirates of Penzance
Dennis Chip
$600 [3]
This city can be called the flower of Italy; its name is from the Italian for "flower"
Florence
Janet
$600 [14]
For longer exposures, many cameras have a "T" setting, which stands for this
time
Janet
$600 [8]
A myth about this god of flocks tells how he invented the syrinx, a set of musical pipes
Pan
Janet
$600 [18]
A weigh station for this waterway in Syracuse, N.Y. now houses a museum devoted to its history
the Erie Canal
Chip
$600 [23]
The West African Pgymy species of this animal weighs 400-600 pounds
the hippopotamus
Dennis Janet Chip
$800 [30]
Act II of this operetta opens with Little Buttercup gazing at Captain Corcoran on the poop-deck
H.M.S. Pinafore
Chip
$800 [4]
Africa's third-longest river, its northernmost point is near the city of Timbuktu
the Niger River
Dennis
$800 [15]
A laser beam can be used to view these 3-dimensional photographs
holograms
Janet Chip
$800 [9]
The Strait of Messina is the traditional site for this whirlpool mentioned in the "Odyssey"
Charybdis
Dennis
$800 [20]
A historic site in Hawaii includes Puukohola Heiau, the ruins of a temple built in 1791 by this king
Kamehameha the Great
Chip
$800 [24]
Not to complain, but what New Englanders call a partridge is the ruffed species of this
a grouse
Chip
DD $900 [28]
Gilbert's initial story for this operetta was titled "the Tower of London" & later, "The Tower Warder"
The Yeomen of the Guard
Chip
$1,000 [5]
In 1947 this large wheat-growing region was divided between Pakistan & India
the Punjab
Dennis Janet Chip
$1,000 [16]
In 1837 this Frenchman perfected a process for fixing an image on a copper plate
(Louis) Daguerre
Dennis
DD $1,000 [10]
The ancient Pythian Games honored this god who slew the monstrous python of Delphi
Apollo
Dennis
$1,000 [21]
Built in 1698 & still being used, Old Swedes Church is the oldest church in this Mid-Atlantic state
Delaware
Janet Chip
$1,000 [25]
These flightless birds use their wings to swim over 15 mph
penguins
Chip
$1,000 [29]
In 1881 "Patience" became the first of many Gilbert & Sullivan operettas to play at this London theatre
the Savoy
Dennis Chip

Final Jeopardy!

PUBLISHING

This publishing company's logo is a dwelling that's been described as half cottage & half mansion

Random House

Janet "What is Random House?" — wagered $100
Dennis "What is Random House?" — wagered $3,800
Chip "What is Harper & Row" — wagered $2,801

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