Show #1920 1993-01-01 (taped 1992-09-15) Regular

Contestants

Mike Griffin — a newspaper publisher from Los Angeles, California

Anita Stork — an attorney from San Francisco, California

Rudy Tjiptahadi — an engineering student from Fullerton, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Rudy	$500	$400	$7,800	$9,401 2nd place: trip to Las Vegas	$6,800 20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Anita	$300	$1,400	$3,000	$3,000 3rd place: Swintec electronic typewriter + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis	$3,000 11 R, 3 W
Mike	$2,600	$2,600	$9,400	$18,000 New champion: $18,000	$10,400 26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE	SONGS	ANTARCTICA	ANTONYMS	MEAT	POTATOES
$100 [1] Turtles belong to the most primitive order of this class of vertebrates that includes lizards reptiles Rudy	$100 [25] Hoagy Carmichael was reportedly thinking of his sister Georgia when he wrote this, now Georgia's state song "Georgia On My Mind" Mike	$100 [21] Each spring a "hole" in this layer of the atmosphere develops over Antarctica the ozone layer Mike	$100 [14] Persistence in doing something in both easy & hard times is doing it through thick & this thin Rudy	$100 [6] It's the kind of meat that's slopped on a bun to make Sloppy Joes hamburger (beef) Mike	$100 [11] Add the Gruyere type of this to Dauphine potatoes & voila! You'll get potatoes Lorette cheese Mike
$200 [2] Fauna refers to the animal life of a particular time or place & this word, to the plant life flora Rudy	$200 [27] In 1968 this actor landed on the pop charts with his landmark hit "MacArthur Park" Richard Harris Anita	$200 [22] The Fur, Ross & Weddell species of these animals make their homes in Antarctic waters seals Rudy Mike	$200 [15] They're the 2 antonyms in a Tolstoy title War & Peace Mike	$200 [7] "Joy of Cooking" suggests serving crown roast of this with currant jelly or mint sauce lamb Mike	$200 [12] These are potatoes cut into strips that look like sneaker laces, hence their name shoestring potatoes Mike
$300 [3] At its brightest, this planet is the most brilliant object in the sky after the sun & moon & can cast a shadow Venus Rudy	$300 [28] "Hopelessly Devoted to You" was the only song from this film nominated for an Oscar—it lost Grease Rudy	$300 [23] Antarctica's Marie Byrd Land was named by this U.S. naval explorer for his wife Admiral Byrd Mike	$300 [16] This word can mean the opposite of alive or of early late Rudy	$300 [8] Literally, foie gras means "fat liver", but it usually refers to this animal's liver goose Anita	$300 [13] Potato chips are also called Saratoga chips in honor of this state's Saratoga Springs New York Rudy
$400 [4] Voyager data indicate that about 88% of Jupiter's atmosphere is this light gas hydrogen Mike	$400 [29] 1 of 2 songs with "Blue" in their titles that were hits for Bobby Vinton in 1963 "Blue Velvet" (or "Blue On Blue") Anita	$400 [24] When his expedition reached the South Pole in 1912, he found a note left by Amundsen Scott Anita	$400 [17] These 2 terms can describe fictional detectives or 3-minute & 15-minute eggs hard-boiled & soft-boiled Mike	$400 [9] This "thinking man's" organ meat should be soaked before cooking the same way sweetbreads are brains Mike	$400 [19] This potato dish can be eaten by itself or used as the topping for shepherd's pie mashed potatoes Anita Mike
$500 [5] One theory says about 300 million years ago Gondwana & Laurasia combined to form this supercontinent Pangaea Mike	$500 [30] "Moonlight and" these flowers "bring wonderful mem'ries of you" roses	$500 [26] From Antarctica it's only about 600 miles across the Drake Passage to this nearest continent South America Rudy Anita	DD $2,000 [18] By changing the first letter of "fire", you get this antonym hire Mike	$500 [10] The meat of this hoofed farm animal is sometimes called chevon goat Rudy Mike	$500 [20] This Jewish pastry that can contain potatoes is sometimes called a potato-burger a knish Mike

Double Jeopardy! Round

WINSTON CHURCHILL	FAMOUS PHILOSOPHERS	ART	PULITZER PRIZE PLAYS	COINS	THE 51st STATE
$200 [1] Churchill took the blame for the disastrous Gallipoli campaign during this war World War I Mike	$200 [13] He was sentenced to death in 399 B.C. for questioning tradition in Athens Socrates Anita	$200 [8] One of his best-known works is an 1876 pastel "Prima Ballerina" (Edgar) Degas Rudy	$200 [14] The color of the "pastures" in the title of Marc Connelly's 1930 prize winner Green Rudy	$200 [22] This country's Maple Leaf coin is issued in gold, silver & platinum for investors Canada Rudy	$200 [6] In 1981 this state's Upper Peninsula tried to become the State Of Superior Michigan Mike
$400 [2] Winnie didn't take up this hobby, at which he excelled, until he was in his forties painting Mike	$400 [15] Francois Marie Arouet wrote his most famous story, "Candide", under this pen name Voltaire Rudy	$400 [9] Born in Crete in 1541, he was trained in Italy & moved to Spain around 1577 El Greco Rudy	$400 [21] This 1938 winner written by Thornton Wilder was revived in 1991 with Alan Alda as the stage manager Our Town Mike	$400 [25] For centuries these beverage leaves were cast into bricks & used as currency in China tea Anita	$400 [7] Before its admittance, those upset that the capital had moved from Lewiston to Boise tried to divide the state Idaho Rudy
$600 [3] Churchill served in this body for over 60 years, ending in 1964 the House of Commons Rudy	$600 [16] This Frenchman set forth his Existentialist ideas in his 1st major work, the 1938 novel "Nausea" Jean-Paul Sartre Rudy	$600 [10] In 1967 his 50-foot sculpture "Woman's Head" was dedicated in front of the Civic Center in Chicago Picasso Anita	$600 [23] Paul Newman appeared in the original cast of this William Inge play whose title could attract ants Picnic Anita	$600 [26] It's now the only denomination common to both a U.S. coin & a U.S. Federal Reserve note a dollar Mike	$600 [19] We'd like to "volunteer" the information that what was once to be the state of Franklin is now part of this state Tennessee Anita
$800 [4] Churchill's first meeting with both Stalin & FDR took place in this Iranian capital Teheran Rudy	$1,000 [18] In 1770 this author of "Critique of Pure Reason" became a professor at the University of Konigsberg Immanuel Kant Mike	$800 [11] After he returned to Flanders about 1608, he set up a workshop using local painters to handle orders Peter Paul Rubens Rudy Anita Mike	$800 [29] Slinky Kathleen Turner slunk across the stage in a slip in a 1990 revival of this "feline" drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Rudy	$800 [27] Early coins of Athens had the head of Athena on the obverse & this bird on the reverse the owl Mike	$800 [20] Under this president, Congress rejected the petition for the State of Sequoyah in 1906 Theodore Roosevelt Rudy
$1,000 [5] Churchill took part in the last great British cavalry charge at Omdurman in this country south of Egypt Sudan Mike	DD $1,800 [17] In 1886 he published "Beyond Good and Evil" to correct any misconceptions about the Superman Nietzsche Rudy	$1,000 [12] After Titian died, Tintoretto became this city's leading painter Venice Rudy Anita	$1,000 [30] Based on a nonfiction work, this play set in the Netherlands won a 1956 Pulitzer Prize The Diary of Anne Frank Anita	DD $2,000 [28] In colonial days the Spanish real was worth about 12 1/2 U.S. cents & was known by this nickname one bit Mike	$1,000 [24] If assemblyman Stan Statham gets his way, it will split & half will still be the most populous state California Mike

Final Jeopardy!

FOREIGN CARS

August Horch named this car by translating his last name, which means "listen", to a Latin equivalent

Audi

Anita "What is Honda?" — wagered $0

Rudy "What is Audi" — wagered $1,601

Mike "What is Audi?" — wagered $8,600

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