Show #1909 1992-12-17 (taped 1992-09-01) Regular

Contestants

John Adams — a librarian from Irvine, California

Katie Dunwoody — a lawyer from San Francisco, California

Harry Koga — a student affairs assistant from Berkeley, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Harry	$2,300	$6,000	$18,600	$7,200 2-day champion: $16,800	$14,000 32 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W
Katie	$800	$900	$2,700	$3,201 2nd place: trip to The Bahamas	$2,700 9 R, 2 W
John	$1,400	$1,000	$1,600	$3,200 3rd place: Cazal 951 & 955 sunglasses	$1,600 8 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE WORLD PRESS	POTENT POTABLES	THE MIDDLE AGES	TV TRIVIA	ISLANDS	THE "I"s HAVE IT
$100 [1] This country's oldest surviving newspaper, the Sydney Morning Herald, dates back to 1831 Australia Harry	$100 [6] Some Mai Tai recipes call for both the light & dark varieties of this liquor rum Harry	$100 [11] This lion-hearted English king was also Duke of Normandy & Count of Anjou from 1189 to 1199 Richard John	$100 [16] It's the TV series in which you'd hear the catch phrase "Just the facts, ma'am" Dragnet Katie	$100 [17] In April 1982 Argentine president Galtieri ordered the seizure of these islands the Malvinas Islands (the Falklands) Harry	$100 [26] It often precedes crusher or cream cone ice
$200 [2] In 1914 he founded Il Popolo d'Italia, which became the organ of his fascist movement Mussolini John	$200 [7] Mix Kahlua with this Mexican liquor & you'll have a brave bull tequila John	$200 [12] Later abolished by Peter the Great, the Boyars were the medieval aristocrats of this country Russia Harry	$200 [22] Burt Reynolds plays Wood Newton, a high school football coach in this Arkansas town Evening Shade	$200 [18] In 1943 this island of Napoleon's birth became the 1st French territory liberated from the Nazis Corsica Harry	$200 [27] Some of these common garden flowers are beardless & others are bearded irises Harry
$300 [3] In August 1991 publication of this official paper of the Communist Party was temporarily suspended Pravda Harry	$300 [8] A juniper berry medicine used by the Dutch is believed to be the origin of this liquor gin Harry	$300 [13] Johann Fust lent him the money to build his printing press Gutenberg Katie	$300 [23] For 3 years in the 1980s he played Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Stacy Keach	$300 [19] These islands in the West Indies are divided into two main groups: the Greater & the Lesser the Antilles Harry	$300 [28] A type of narrative poem, often on a romantic theme; Tennyson wrote several "of the King" an idyll Harry
$400 [4] One of this country's most influential newspapers is the Magyar Nemzet Hungary Harry	$400 [9] It puts the fizz in a mimosa & a French 75 champagne Harry	$400 [14] The tomb of this Archbishop of Canterbury was medieval England's most popular shrine Thomas a Becket John	$400 [24] The 3 co-hosts of "That's Incredible!" were Cathy Lee Crosby, Fran Tarkenton & this singer John Davidson	$500 [21] Covering nearly 3200 square miles, it's Greece's largest island Crete	$400 [29] These teeth are your mouth's cutting tools the incisors Harry John
$500 [5] Major dailies in this country include Le Soir in French & de Standaard in Flemish Belgium Harry	$500 [10] B & B is made with equal parts of these 2 liquors Benedictine & brandy Katie	$500 [15] In 632 Abu Bakr succeeded this prophet as leader of Islam, becoming the first caliph Mohammed John	$500 [25] Attorney Ben Matlock is based in this Southern capital Atlanta, Georgia Harry	DD $1,200 [20] Under a special agreement, the Cook Islands are self-governing & the people are citizens of this country New Zealand Harry	$500 [30] This word for an utterly ignorant person comes from the name of an ignorant lawyer in a 1615 play an ignoramus Harry

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS & AUTHORS	ARCHITECTURE	NEW ENGLAND	RUBBER	HISTORY	FATHERLY NICKNAMES
$200 [11] He sold sacksful of the Sackett series & made mondo bucks on "Hondo" Louis L'Amour	$200 [16] His great model design for St. Paul's was rejected & he was sent back to the drawing board (Sir Christopher) Wren Harry	$200 [21] Not suprisingly, over 70% of this "Green Mountain State" is covered by forests Vermont Harry John	$200 [26] About 99% of the world's natural rubber comes from the Hevea brasiliensis tree, native to this country Brazil Harry	$200 [1] At 13, Akbar the Great became Mogul ruler of this country & reigned for nearly 50 years India Katie	$200 [6] "The Father of the Model T" Henry Ford John
$400 [12] We know he wrote 1990's "Haroun and the Sea of Stories"; we just don't know where he wrote it Salman Rushdie Katie	$600 [18] Types of these include Diocletian, bull's-eye & bay windows Katie	$400 [22] In the early 1800s he founded one of America's first copper-rolling mills in Canton, Mass. Paul Revere	$400 [27] About 60% of all rubber is used to make this one product automobile tires Harry	$400 [2] Under the 1534 Act of Supremacy, he became head of the Church of England Henry VIII John	$400 [7] "The Father of the Thesaurus" Roget Katie
$600 [13] Graham Jenkins' 1988 biography of this Welsh actor is subtitled "My Brother" Richard Burton Katie	$800 [19] This Richard Upjohn church at Broadway & Wall St. is an example of English Perpendicular Gothic Trinity Church Harry	$600 [23] It's the only U.S. military academy located in New England The Coast Guard Academy John	$600 [28] WWII scientists trying to develop synthetic rubber accidentally developed this rubbery toy instead Silly Putty Harry Katie	$600 [3] The Peasants' War, which began in Germany in 1524, was inspired by the teachings of this religious leader Martin Luther Harry	$600 [8] "The Father of the Dime Store" Woolworth Harry
$800 [14] Best known for 1961's "Stranger in a Strange Land", he sold his first story in 1939 to "Astounding" (Robert) Heinlein John	$1,000 [20] From French for "sliding door", it's a heavy iron grating which can be lowered over a castle door a portcullis Harry	$800 [24] In the 1960s Constitution Plaza helped revitalize this capital of the Constitution State Hartford Katie	$800 [29] Surgical gloves are made directly from this milky white liquid from which rubber is extracted latex Harry	$800 [4] This empire reached its peak of power in the 16th century under the rule of Suleiman i the Ottoman Empire Harry	$800 [9] "The Father of Frozen Foods" (Clarence) Birdseye Harry
$1,000 [15] He titled his Watergate chronicle "Blind Ambition: The White House Years" John Dean Katie	DD $2,600 [17] (Alex gives the clue from on location.) Landmark seen here; no cement or mortar was used in its construction the Parthenon Harry	$1,000 [25] Of this state's 8 incorporated cities, 7 are located in the Narragansett Bay area Rhode Island Harry	$1,000 [30] This British chemist who discovered oxygen gave rubber its name Joseph Priestley	DD $2,600 [5] After he was elected pope, Clement V moved the papal court from Rome to this French city Avignon Harry	$1,000 [10] "The Father of Modern Shorthand" Gregg Harry

Final Jeopardy!

THE ELEMENTS

Alphabetically the first among gases, it's the third most abundant gas in the air

argon

John "What is argon" — wagered $1,600

Katie "What is argon" — wagered $501

Harry "What is Hydrogen?" — wagered $11,400

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