Show #1936 1993-01-25 (taped 1992-10-26) Regular

Diane Siegel game 1.

Contestants

Diane Siegel — a homemaker from Northridge, California

Terry Seningen — a casualty claims supervisor from New Castle, Delaware

John den Dulk — a travel agent from Berkeley, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $31,002)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
John $700 $1,900 $7,000 $13,999
2nd place: Keller dining furniture + Michael C. Fina china
$8,400
28 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Terry $700 $1,600 $3,800 $7,600
3rd place: Maytag washer & dryer + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis
$3,800
10 R, 0 W
Diane $1,500 $3,400 $7,400 $14,400
New champion: $14,400
$6,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

COLORADO MGM FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES CONSERVATION AWARDS METALS
$100 [3]
This city replaced Golden as territorial capital in 1867
Denver
Diane
$100 [4]
This trademark lion, alluded to in the TNT miniseries "When the Lion Roars", first roared on screen in 1928
Leo
John
$100 [1]
Add 1 letter to pizza & you'll have this Italian term for a public square
a piazza
John
$100 [26]
BYOB should stand for "bring your own" one of these--a net or cloth one is perfect for shopping
a bag
John
$100 [12]
This ex-British PM received South Africa's highest award for a foreigner in 1991, the Order of Good Hope
Magaret Thatcher
John
$100 [17]
Chrome is the shorter name of this metal, or any of various alloys containing it
chromium
John
$200 [22]
This, not sugarcane, is the source of sugar produced in Colorado
(sugar) beets
John
$200 [8]
In its heyday MGM boasted of having "more stars than there are" here
in heaven
Terry
$200 [2]
It's German for a noisy ghost
a Poltergeist
Terry
$200 [27]
The Nature Conservancy plans to add Buffalo to this Sooner State's Tallgrass Prairie Preserve
Oklahoma
John
$200 [13]
A committee chosen by the Norwegian Parliament is responsible for awarding this Nobel Prize
the Peace Prize
John
$200 [18]
The oldest form of iron known, it's popularly used to make gates, fences & railings
wrought iron
Diane
$300 [23]
A 1991 spill of this from a Coors plant into Clear Creek killed an estimated 17,000 fish
beer
John
$300 [9]
In 1974 MGM celebrated its golden anniversary with the premiere of this musical anthology
That's Entertainment!
Terry
$300 [5]
This Hindi word for prince is ultimately derived from rex, the Latin word for king
raja
John
$300 [28]
In England it's illegal to disturb these flying mammals during their breeding season
bats
John
$300 [14]
For over 30 years the Village Voice has sponsored these awards for off-Broadway theatre
the Obies
Diane
$300 [19]
Iridium, one of the hardest metals, is noted for being the most resistant to this condition
oxidation (corrosion, rusting)
John
$400 [24]
This popular ski resort, the seat of Pitkin County, was once a silver-mining center
Aspen
Terry
$400 [10]
During the funeral of this young executive in 1936, the studio closed down for the only time in its history
Irving Thalberg
Diane
$400 [6]
This Aboriginal word used in "Waltzing Matilda" refers to a stagnant pool or backwater
a billabong
John
$400 [29]
The Marine Mammal Center near Sausalito in this state rescues & cares for sick seals & sea lions
California
John
$400 [15]
For his civil rights work, this retired Supreme Court justice was recently awarded a Liberty Medal
Thurgood Marshall
John
$400 [20]
The Romans called this metal cyprium for the island of Cyprus, their main source
copper
Diane
$500 [25]
This national park whose name is Spanish for "green table" contains Indian cliff dwellings
Mesa Verde
Diane
$500 [11]
In "Pretty Ladies", her first MGM film, this actress appeared under her real name, Lucille Le Sueur
Joan Crawford
John Diane
$500 [7]
This 3-word French phrase is used to mean the ultimate, or the featured dish of a meal
the pièce de résistance
Diane
$500 [30]
This organization, abbreviated WWF, plans to found a marine park on Belize's barrier reef
the World Wildlife Fund
Diane
DD $1,100 [16]
Winners of the Bollingen Prize for this form of literature have included Marianne Moore & Howard Nemerov
poetry
John
$500 [21]
Prestal, which can be molded like plastic, is an alloy of zinc & this light metal
aluminum
Terry

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS AROUND THE WORLD LULLABIES INSECTS DYNASTIES OSCAR WILDE
$200 [1]
Between 1905 & 1908 Sven Anders Hedin became the 1st European to make a detailed map of this Himalayan country
Tibet
Terry
$200 [9]
In Edmonton, Alberta the Eskimos play football, the Trappers play baseball & the Oilers play this
hockey
John
$200 [16]
This breaking causes the "baby, cradle and all" to come down
when the bough breaks
John
$200 [21]
Although they never breathed fire, some extinct species did have wingspans of up to 2 1/2 feet
dragonflies
John
$200 [4]
This country's Pahlavi Dynasty had 2 rulers, Reza Shah & Muhammad Reza Shah
Iran
Diane
$200 [26]
The only literary property Wilde wrote after being in prison was this "Ballad"
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
John
$400 [2]
Exploring the American SW around 1701, Jesuit Eusebio Kino proved this was a peninsula
Baja California
Terry
$400 [10]
The Arabic name for this Moroccan city is Fas
Fez
Terry
$400 [17]
"Bye, baby bunting, daddy's gone a-" this
a-hunting
Terry
$400 [22]
Named for the animals they feed on, species of this insect include dog, cat, rat & rabbit
fleas
John Diane
$400 [5]
All of this country's emperors from Jimmu to Akihito, have belonged to the same dynasty
Japan
John
DD $300 [30]
Its preface begins, "The artist is the creator of beautiful things"
The Picture of Dorian Gray
John
$600 [3]
The Fram, a ship built by Fridtjof Nansen to explore the Arctic, was used by this Antarctic explorer
Amundsen
John
$600 [11]
At least 5 million people in this country's Assam state speak Assamese
India
John
$600 [18]
In the "Nantucket Lullaby", Father's out seeking one of these roving large mammals
a whale
John
$600 [23]
Encyclopedia Americana calls these disease- carrying insects the most dangerous to man's health
mosquitos
John
$600 [6]
Lords & princes of this dynasty have reigned in Monaco since 1297
Grimaldi
Diane
$400 [27]
On Broadway in 1992, Sheryl Lee of "Twin Peaks" gave a thinly-veiled performance in this title role
Salome
Diane
$800 [14]
The highest hill on the island where the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Rivers meet was named Mont Real by him
Jacques Cartier
Diane
$800 [12]
The National Mosque is one of the most impressive landmarks in this Malaysian capital
Kuala Lumpur
Diane
$800 [19]
The words to a German song were later added to this composer's 1868 music to create his famous "Lullaby"
BrahmsA (mocking) bird & a (billy) goat
John
$800 [24]
A number of social wasps are called this, after their colorful markings
yellow jackets
Terry
$1,000 [8]
Puyi was the last emperor of this last Chinese dynasty
the Qing Dynasty (the Manchu)
John
$600 [28]
He wrote, "Questions are never indiscreet." These "sometimes are."
answers
John
$1,000 [15]
Louis Hennepin's claim to have traveled down the Mississippi before this explorer was soon discredited
La Salle
$1,000 [13]
The 2 colors you'll find on the flags of Denmark & Poland
red & white
John Diane
$1,000 [20]
This composer put Hansel & Gretel to sleep with the lullaby "The Little Sandman Am I"
Englebert Humperdinck
$1,000 [25]
The thistle or painted lady is probably the most widespread one in the world
butterflies
Diane
DD $2,000 [7]
This British dynasty was interrupted by the Commonwealth & restored with Charles II in 1660
the Stuarts
Diane
$800 [29]
Mad at his son Alfred Douglas' relationship with Wilde, this marquess wanted to box Wilde's ears
the Marquess of Queensberry
John

Final Jeopardy!

IN THE NEWS

In 1992 it missed its 1st Monday Night Football opener in 23 yrs.; it was in Miami transmitting relief messages

the Goodyear Blimp

Terry "What is the Goodyear Blimp?" — wagered $3,800
John "What is the Goodyear Blimp" — wagered $6,999
Diane "What is the Goodyear blimp?" — wagered $7,000

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