Show #1915 1992-12-25 (taped 1992-09-14) Regular

Jack Mahoney game 1.

Contestants

Jack Mahoney — an actor originally from Newport, Rhode Island

Tom Regan — a businessman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Joe Santora, Jr. — a teacher from Newton, New Jersey (whose 2-day cash winnings total $16,398)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Joe	$500	$300	$-2,500	$-2,500 3rd place: Konica iBorg 35mm camera + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis	$-2,500 12 R, 10 W
Tom	$-500	$500	$5,700	$3,500 2nd place: trip to New Orleans, Louisiana	$6,700 17 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Jack	$1,200	$1,500	$3,900	$3,700 New champion: $3,700	$4,500 15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

CHRISTMAS	TREES	A.K.A.	OATHS & PLEDGES	DANCE	HODGEPODGE
$100 [6] Designed by John C. Horsley in 1843, the first Christmas card wished the receiver Merry Christmas & this Happy New Year Tom	$100 [1] The "weeping" species of this tree probably originated in China the willow Joe	$100 [18] This theatrical producer's original name was Joseph Papirofsky Joe Papp Jack	$100 [30] It contains the line "Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick" the Hippocratic Oath Tom	$100 [22] At the age of 4 he was enrolled in the same ballet school as his sister Adele Fred Astaire Joe	$100 [28] To do something impulsively is to do it "on" this part "of the moment", & we're not horsing around a spur Joe
$200 [7] To visit the city of Christ's birth today, you have to go to this country Israel Joe Jack	$200 [2] The tallest tree ever measured was a 435-foot eucalyptus on this continent Australia Tom	$200 [23] This actor changed his last name to Cage because he's an admirer of composer John Cage Nicolas Cage Jack	$200 [29] It begins, "On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country" the Boy Scout Oath Joe	$200 [24] This country has won more Olympic gold medals in ice dancing than any other the Soviet Union Jack	$200 [12] This pronoun is often used with an adverbial modifier in the complimentary close of a letter—truly yours Joe Jack
$300 [8] The French equivalent of Santa Claus, his name means "father Christmas" Pere Noel Tom	$300 [3] Often found on sloping island beaches, they have the largest seeds of any tree a coconut palm Joe	$300 [17] This comedian's real name is Andrew Clay Silverstein Andrew Dice Clay Tom	$300 [11] 2 of 4 items 4-H Club members pledge for the betterment of their club, community, country & world (2 of) health, heart, head, hands Joe Jack	$300 [25] The Mexican Hat Dance used to be a courtship dance; if the girl did this at the end it meant "yes" put on the hat Tom	$300 [21] Confederate spy Boyd's first name, or any lovely, charming Southern woman a Belle Tom
$400 [9] The name of this punch that includes ale, apples & spices comes from the Norse wassail	$400 [4] The ships of Britain's Royal Navy were once built from the timber of these mighty "English" trees oak trees Jack	$400 [13] She's the Swedish-born star who dropped her maiden name, Olsson, but kept the hyphen Ann-Margret Joe	$400 [14] It follows "I do solemnly swear that the testimony I am about to give will be the truth,..." the whole truth, and nothing but the truth Joe	$400 [26] This dancer's choreography for "Hello, Dolly!" earned him a Tony; his wife Marge wasn't a bad hoofer either Gower Champion Jack	$400 [19] This "lunar" stone used as a gem is a type of feldspar a moonstone
$500 [10] The Church of the Eastern Roman Empire chose this date for Christmas & the Armenian Church still observes it January 6 Joe Tom Jack	$500 [5] Although a conifer, this "bald" swamp tree sheds its leaves in the fall the (bald) cypress Joe	$500 [16] "Moonlighting" co-star Allyce Tannenberg borrowed this last name from a football player Beasley Joe Jack	$500 [15] In the Pledge of Allegiance, this form of government is mentioned a republic Jack	DD $600 [27] From 1963-1970 this company's director was Frederick Ashton the Royal Ballet Jack	$500 [20] It's the only fox that shares its name with an ocean the Arctic fox Joe

Double Jeopardy! Round

CAIRO	VICE PRESIDENTS	CHINA & POTTERY	ANCIENT HISTORY	WORD ORIGINS	NOVEL OPERAS
$200 [16] In 1987 the Cairo Metro opened, the first of these transportation systems in Africa a subway Tom	$200 [1] In 1801, after 36 ballots, the House of Representatives chose Jefferson President & this man vice president Aaron Burr Jack	$200 [20] Christian Dior makes a dinnerware pattern named for this Moroccan city, sweetheart Casablanca Jack	$200 [11] After his death, the children of this man & Cleopatra were raised by his former wife Octavia Marc Antony Joe	$200 [23] Scuppernong grapes were named for the Scuppernong river in this Tar Heel State North Carolina Tom	$200 [26] He disliked most operas, so it's just as well he never saw Iain Hamilton's opera of his "Anna Karenina" Tolstoy Jack
$400 [12] The Egyptian Museum features treasures recovered in the 1920s from his tomb, including his gold mask King Tut Jack	$400 [18] In 1969 he said that TV's power over public opinion was in the hands of "a small and unelected elite" Spiro Agnew Joe	—	$400 [7] After this former gladiator died in battle, 6,000 of his rebels were crucified along the Appian Way Spartacus Joe	$400 [24] This 2-word rhyming phrase, a synonym for gibberish, may come from the Mandingo phrase Mama Dyumbo mumbo jumbo Jack	$400 [25] Carlisle Floyd composed a 1958 opera based on this Emily Bronte novel set on the Moors Wuthering Heights Tom
$600 [4] This suburb of Cairo is the home of Cairo University, the Botanical Gardens of Orman & the Sphinx Giza Joe	$600 [19] In November 1975 this vice president announced that he wouldn't be Gerald Ford's running mate Rockefeller Tom	—	$600 [8] Despite initial victories by Hannibal, Carthage lost the second of these wars in 201 B.C. the Punic War Tom	$600 [6] This adjective meaning oppressively hot or just plain sexy is an alteration of "swelter" sultry Joe	$600 [13] This Sir Walter Scott novel about a knight was the source of Sir Arthur Sullivan's only grand opera Ivanhoe Tom
$800 [5] Cairo was built about 15 miles north of this first ancient Egyptian capital Memphis Joe	$800 [2] In the 1940s he helped unite the Democratic & Farmer-Labor parties in Minnesota Hubert Humphrey Joe Tom	—	$800 [9] By about 100 B.C., this capital city which flourished under such rulers as Hammurabi no longer existed Babylon Tom	$800 [21] Lyme disease was named for the town where it was first reported in this New England state Connecticut Tom	$800 [14] Petr Tranchell turned his 1886 novel "The Mayor of Casterbridge" into a 1951 opera (Thomas) Hardy Tom
$1,000 [17] An impressive Cairo landmark is the Citadel, a fortress built in the 1170s by this Muslim warrior Saladin Tom	DD $1,000 [3] Known as "The Great Nullifier", he was VP under John Quincy Adams & Andrew Jackson John Calhoun Jack	—	$1,000 [10] For reasons unknown, this "Metamorphoses" author was banished by Augustus in 8 A.D. Ovid Tom	$1,000 [22] This synonym for bell tower comes from the Italian word for "bell" campanile Joe	DD $1,000 [15] Of the many operas based on this Frenchman's novels, he wrote the libretto for only 1, "Esmeralda" Victor Hugo Tom

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD LEADERS

At age 25 in 1908, this future European leader wrote his only novel, "The Cardinal's Mistress"

Benito Mussolini

Jack "Who was Churchill?" — wagered $200

Tom "Who is Churchill" — wagered $2,200

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