Show #1970 1993-03-12 (taped 1992-11-17) Regular

Contestants

Stella Kim — an assistant director originally from New Albany, Indiana

Tim Herndon — a financial representative from Princeton, New Jersey

Michael Kane — a business owner from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Michael $900 $1,400 $10,500 $17,000
2-day champion: $33,000
$5,600
19 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Tim $0 $1,000 $1,800 $3,500
3rd place: Jules Jurgensen man's watch + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis
$1,800
8 R, 2 W
Stella $1,700 $4,600 $8,400 $13,400
2nd place: trip on Delta to St. Thomas & stay at the Frenchman's Reef
$8,200
25 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE DISNEY MOVIE MUSIC WINES OF THE WORLD ISLANDS WEIGHTS & MEASURES "PRO"s & "CON"s
$100 [14]
This branch of biology deals with the principles of heredity
genetics
Michael
$100 [11]
It's the film that features "The Dwarfs' Yodel Song"
Snow White
Stella
$100 [6]
The principal wine- producing area of this state is the region around the Finger Lakes
New York State
Michael
$100 [1]
Tourist attractions on this Greek isiand include the Minoan ruins at Knossos & Phaestos
Crete
Stella
$100 [20]
Some sources say it's 1/60 of a teaspoon, but just one can make a cup runneth over
a drop
Tim
$100 [26]
This term for a British policeman originally meant an "officer of the stable"
a constable
Michael
$200 [15]
Broca's area on the left hemisphere of this organ controls the motor aspects of speech
the brain
Stella
$200 [12]
"Pinocchio" opens with Jiminy Cricket singing this inspiring song
"When You Wish Upon A Star"
Stella
$200 [7]
Tavel is the most famous French type of this "pink" wine
rosé
Michael
$200 [2]
This island forms the smallest in area of New York City's 5 borroughs
Manhattan
Stella
$200 [22]
The proverb used to be "give him" this length "and he'll take an ell"
an inch
Stella
$200 [27]
It can refer to a side view of one's face, or to a short biographical sketch
a profile
Stella
$400 [19]
This branch of mathematics has differential & integral parts
calculus
Michael
$300 [13]
A group of crows crows the song "When I See An Elephant Fly" in this animated classic
Dumbo
Tim
$300 [8]
This English seaport lends its name to 2 of Harvey's sherries, a "milk" & a "cream"
Bristol
Michael
$300 [3]
One of this island's largest gulfs is the Gulf of Papua
New Guinea
Michael Tim
$300 [23]
A millisecond is this part of a second
a thousandth
Stella
$300 [28]
It's the legal process by which a will is determined to be valid
probate
Stella
DD $500 [18]
The name of this poisoning caused by an anaerobic bacterium is from Latin for "sausage"
botulism
Stella
$400 [16]
You'll be "glad" to know Hayley Mills sang "America" when she played this title role
Pollyanna
$400 [9]
All true Tokay wine comes from the Carpathian Mountains of this country
Hungary
Michael
$400 [4]
Tenerife is the largest of these Spanish islands in the Atlantic
the Canary Islands
Stella
$400 [24]
Something going twice the speed of sound is designated this rate
Mach 2
Tim
$400 [29]
It's the code of correct conduct followed by diplomats & heads of state
protocol
Stella
$500 [21]
A substance that affects the rate of a chemical reaction without being changed is called this
a catalyst
Stella
$500 [17]
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis sang this nominated song from "Cinderella" at the 1950 Oscars; it lost
"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo"
$500 [10]
This country's fresh, young wines, whether red or white, are called vinho verde, or "green wine"
Portugal
Stella
$500 [5]
The Gander & Exploits Rivers are the longest rivers on this Canadian island
Newfoundland
Michael
$500 [25]
In liquor, a fifth is a fifth of a gallon or four-fifths of one of these
a quart
Tim
$500 [30]
This instrument is similar to an accordion but is smaller & has no keyboard
a concertina
Stella

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY FAMOUS MOLLYS ORGANIZATIONS LAST SURVIVORS LITERARY TRIVIA LEFTOVERS
$200 [1]
This famous Frankish king was the son of Pepin III & the father of Louis the Pious
Charlemagne
Tim
$200 [11]
She's been part of "The Breakfast Club" & "Pretty In Pink"
Molly Ringwald
Stella
$200 [21]
This society, the SPCA, maintains animal shelters & enforces animal care laws
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Stella
$200 [23]
James Madison was not only the "father" of this document, he was also its last surviving signer
the Constitution
Michael
$200 [6]
Giving advice to detective story writers, Dashiell Hammett claimed this "is the plural of 'you'"
youse
Michael
$200 [16]
Adopted in the 1880s, "Semper Fidelis", or "Always Faithful", is the motto of this branch of the Armed Forces
the Marines
Tim
$400 [2]
In 1831 Pedro I, emperor of this South American country, abdicated in favor of his son
Brazil
Stella
$400 [12]
Based on one in Ireland, this group became a feared power in the coalfields of Pennsylvania during the 1860s
Molly Maguires
Michael
$400 [22]
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants is headquartered in this Mass. town
Plymouth
Michael
$400 [25]
Donald MacMillan, the last survivor of this explorer's North Pole expedition, died in 1970
Peary
Tim
$400 [7]
Hemingway took this title from Ecclesiastes 1:5, but he changed "ariseth" to "rises"
The Sun Also Rises
Stella
$400 [17]
In 1863 the statue of freedom by Thomas Crawford was placed on the top of this U.S. building
the Capitol Building
Michael
$600 [3]
This country, taken over by China in 1951, is now called Xizang Autonomous Region
Tibet
Michael Stella
$600 [13]
This 1960 Broadway musical featured the number "I Ain't Down Yet"
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Stella
$800 [29]
Prominent communicators in this public speaking organization are given the Golden Gavel
Toastmasters
$600 [26]
Said to be in her 90s, Kate Cross-Eyes, the last surviving wife of this Apache leader, died in 1950
Geronimo
Michael
$600 [8]
If you're looking for this Poe title street in Paris, it doesn't exist; Poe made it up
the Rue Morgue
Michael
$600 [18]
Clint Eastwood directed this 1988 film bio of jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker
Bird
Stella
$800 [4]
On May 29, 1453 this Byzantine city fell to an Ottoman Turkish army under Mehmed II
Constantinople
Michael
$800 [14]
The water she carried during the Battle of Monmouth was used to swab out the cannons & quench thirsts
Molly Pitcher
Tim
$1,000 [30]
This organization requires that teachers make up at least 75% of each of its committees
the NEA (the National Education Association)
Michael
$800 [27]
James L. Hanberry, who died in 1961, was the last of the soldiers who took part in this doctor's yellow fever experiment
Walter Reed
Michael Stella
$800 [9]
His pen names included Legionnaire 14830, Michael Keith & Elron
L. Ron Hubbard
Stella
$800 [19]
It's the only state whose flag features the British Union Jack
Hawaii
Tim
$1,000 [5]
This first Secretary-General of the United Nations was foreign minister of Norway's WWII government-in-exile
Trygve Lie
Michael Stella
$1,000 [15]
She's the Penelope to James Joyce's "Ulysses"
Molly Bloom
Stella
DD $5,000 [24]
On April 30, 1948 this agency was established by 21 nations in Bogota, Colombia
the OAS (the Organization of American States)
Michael
DD $1,500 [28]
Nursed to health by F. Nightingale in the 1850s, Thomas Shaw died in 1923, the last survivor of this battalion
the Light Brigade
Michael
$1,000 [10]
This "My Antonia" author bought up the unsold copies of her 1st book & threw them in a lake
(Willa) Cather
Stella
$1,000 [20]
From the Greek for "foreign" or "alien", it can also mean "strangely beautiful & enticing"
exotic
Stella

Final Jeopardy!

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

This electronics company's New York Stock Exchange symbol is "TXN"

Texas Instruments

Tim "What is Texas Instruments? Hi Deb!" — wagered $1,700
Stella "What is Texas Instruments?" — wagered $5,000
Michael "What Texas Instruments" — wagered $6,500

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