Show #1986 1993-04-05 (taped 1992-12-07) Regular

Contestants

Regina Hersey — a freelance editor originally from Little Neck, New York

Chuck Diven — a former Air Force officer from Moore, Oklahoma

Kevin Porter — a software consultant from Guelph, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kevin $2,200 $4,400 $14,200 $20,400
2-day champion: $29,400
$14,200
32 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Chuck $0 $1,900 $3,900 $7,400
2nd place: Bassett dining room set + James Seeman Studious hand-screen mural
$4,400
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Regina $0 $1,300 $3,300 $6,500
3rd place: La-Z-Boy recliner + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis
$3,300
10 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

IN THE BOOKSTORE SAN FRANCISCO MOVIES TRANSPORTATION FEUDALISM HINTS FROM HELOISE "BI" WORDS
$100 [1]
She dedicated "Scruples Two" to her granddaughter Kate Mattie Krantz
Judith Krantz
Kevin
$100 [26]
Clint Eastwood first played a San Francisco cop named Callahan in this 1971 film
Dirty Harry
Kevin
$100 [16]
In bobsledding you're automatically disqualified if you apply these before the finish line
the brakes
Regina
$100 [17]
It was the code of behavior for a knight to remember
the code of chivalry
Kevin
$100 [11]
Heloise likes to wrap baby shower gifts in these; most people use them to wrap baby bottoms
a diaper
Kevin
$100 [6]
America celebrated it in 1976
a bicentennial
Kevin
$200 [2]
In 1992 Alice Walker wrote a new preface to the 10th anniversary edition of this novel
The Color Purple
Kevin
$200 [27]
After a wild car chase, Ryan O'Neal & Barbra Streisand fall into San Francisco Bay in this 1972 comedy
What's Up, Doc?
Regina
$200 [18]
The full name of this Southeast Asian carriage means "man-powered vehicle"
a rickshaw (jinrikisha)
Kevin
$200 [22]
The contract between lord & vassal was sealed with these of homage & fealty
an oath
Regina
$200 [12]
If you've given up smoking, you can still use these small glass items as hamster feeding dishes
an ash tray
Kevin
$200 [7]
Benjamin Franklin developed these by mounting 2 different eyeglass lenses in one frame
bifocals
Chuck
$300 [3]
This Alexandra Ripley novel opens at Melanie Wilkes' burial
Scarlett
Chuck
$300 [28]
In this Tracy & Hepburn film set in San Francisco, the answer to the title question is "Sidney Poitier"
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Regina
$300 [19]
Hobart "Hobie" Alter's "cat" is one of these
a catamaran
Chuck
$300 [23]
In 1066 the English nobles became vassals to this man who was a vassal of the king of France
William the Conqueror
Kevin
$300 [13]
Your dentist might know that Heloise uses this hygiene thread to cut cake layers & to lace up turkeys
dental floss
Kevin
$300 [8]
Except for Nebraska, all U.S. states have this form of legislature made up of 2 houses
bicameral
Kevin
DD $500 [4]
This lawyer who defended Claus von Bulow titled his 1992 book "Contrary to Popular Opinion"
Alan Dershowitz
Chuck
$400 [29]
In "Dark Passage", he played an escaped convict who hid in Lauren Bacall's San Francisco apartment
Humphrey Bogart
Chuck
$400 [20]
Term for the fixed underwater fin on a sailboat; it keeps the boat from drifting sideways
a keel
Chuck
$400 [24]
Among their duties were cleaning out the moat & working in the fields
serfs
Chuck
$400 [14]
Heloise cuts up old carpet into circles that fit these so they won't stick to the bottom of glasses
coasters
Chuck
$400 [9]
This double sports event didn't become part of the Winter Olympics until 1960
biathlon
Kevin
$500 [5]
He claims "The Frugal Gourmet Whole Family Cookbook" is his "most unusual" cookbook
Jeff Smith
$500 [30]
Sean Connery & Mark Harmon starred in this 1988 film about murder on a San Francisco military base
The Presidio
Kevin
$500 [21]
Art Ingels made the first one of these mini cars in 1956 out of metal tubing & a lawn mower engine
a go kart
Kevin
$500 [25]
A vassal is someone who received one of these land grants
a fief
Regina
$500 [15]
This bread ingredient can clean your sinks & countertops & deodorize your refrigerator, too
baking soda
Kevin
$500 [10]
In math, it's an expression consisting of 2 terms connected by a plus or minus sign
a binomial
Kevin

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY GLOVES INDIAN TRIBES OCEAN CREATURES BUSINESS & INDUSTRY WILL SHAKESPEARE
$200 [11]
After his death in 323 B.C., many years of conflict among his successors dismembered his empire
Alexander the Great
Kevin
$200 [26]
This company makes Living gloves; the Living Bras are now made by Sara Lee
Playtex
Regina
$200 [16]
This tribe's 16-million-acre reservation in Arizona, Utah & New Mexico is the USA's largest
the Navajos
Chuck
$200 [1]
It's estimated a shark will use over 20,000 of these in a lifetime
teeth
Regina
$200 [21]
In 1991 this firm made 18,000 greeting card designs, including one for the White House
Hallmark
Kevin
$200 [5]
It's believed Will was part of a group of authors who wrote a play about this "Man for All Seasons"
Sir Thomas More
Chuck
$400 [12]
This 1618-1648 war began when Protestant noblemen defenestrated 2 royal governors in Prague
The Thirty Years' War
Kevin
$400 [27]
Linen gloves were found in the tomb of this 14th century B.C. Egyptian king
King Tut
Kevin
$400 [17]
This tribe of the northern Plains called themselves Dakota or Lakota, which means "allies"
the Sioux
Kevin
$400 [2]
The scallop considers this 5-armed creature its worst enemy
a starfish
Chuck
$400 [22]
He retired as CEO of the brewery business in 1975, but remained president of the St. Louis Cardinals
Busch
Kevin
$400 [7]
Legend says Will acted in his own plays, as Adam in "As You Like It" & the ghost in this tragedy
Hamlet
Regina
$600 [13]
In 1913 Josef Dzhugashvili adopted this pseudonym meaning "man of steel"
Stalin
Kevin
$600 [28]
A symbol of high rank in the Middle Ages, gloves also served as wrist protectors in this avian sport
falconry
Regina
$600 [18]
This Indian confederation meets at the Onondaga Nation Territory near Syracuse, New York
the Iroquois Confederation
Kevin
$600 [3]
Divers shouldn't stick their hands into a hole in a coral reef; it may hold a 10'-long one of these snakelike fish
a moray eel
Regina
$600 [23]
In 1896 this company's Ribbon Dental Cream became the first toothpaste sold in a tube
Colgate
$600 [8]
When Will was born in 1564, this woman was queen of England
Elizabeth
Chuck
$800 [14]
In 1906 the Simplon Tunnel under the Alps connected Switzerland with this country
Italy
Kevin
$800 [29]
An early lack of interest in politics earned this president between Cleveland's terms the nickname "Kid Gloves"
Benjamin Harrison
$800 [19]
Branches of this tribe of the Southwest include the Chiricahua, Kiowa & Mescalero
the Apaches
Chuck
$800 [4]
Types of these adhering crustaceans include the goose & the rock
a barnacle
Kevin Chuck
$800 [24]
World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker & astronaut Frank Borman both served as president of this airline
Eastern Airlines
Kevin
$800 [9]
Appropriately, a fine portrait of Will hangs in this Washington, D.C. Shakespeare library
the Folger Library
Kevin
$1,000 [15]
Told the German army would no longer obey him, he abdicated November 9, 1918
Kaiser Wilhelm (II)
Kevin
$1,000 [30]
According to Norse mythology, he had iron gloves that helped him use Mjolnir effectively
Thor
Kevin
$1,000 [20]
In the winter of 1838-39, this tribe was forced to move from the Southeast to what is now Oklahoma
the Cherokee
Kevin
$1,000 [6]
Their association with sharks, attaching to them & feeding with them, is called phoresy
a remora
Kevin Chuck
DD $2,400 [25]
It's the world's largest commodity futures market
the Chicago Board of Trade
Kevin
DD $1,400 [10]
As one of the King's Men, Will dressed in royal livery & walked in the procession at this king's coronation
James I
Kevin

Final Jeopardy!

THE CALENDAR

This religion's calendar dates from 622 A.D.

Islam

Regina "What is Islam" — wagered $3,200
Chuck "What is Islam?" — wagered $3,500
Kevin "What is Islam" — wagered $6,200

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