Show #1999 1993-04-22 (taped 1992-12-14) Regular

Walt Senterfitt game 5.

Contestants

Carl Courant — an economist from New York City, New York

Laura Abrahamsen — a Ph.D. candidate originally from Cleveland, Ohio

Walt Senterfitt — a registered nurse from Los Angeles, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $63,101)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Walt $1,700 $4,700 $10,100 $100
2nd place: trip on Delta to Panama City, Florida & stay at Marriott's Bay Point Resort + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version
$8,600
23 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Laura $400 $100 $1,900 $0
3rd place: Maytag washer & dryer + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version
$1,700
9 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Carl $1,200 $3,700 $10,900 $20,300
New champion: $20,300
$10,900
25 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY TOYS & GAMES COLORS BIOLOGY THE 1930s PIG LATIN
$100 [1]
Though fed by freshwater streams, this lake is saltier than the oceans
the Great Salt Lake
Laura
$100 [2]
The Liverpool form of this game isn't quite as popular as the gin type
rummy
Carl
$100 [4]
Elizabeth Post says children should never wear this color at funerals
black
Carl
$100 [11]
Something defined as congenital is present at this time
birth
Laura
$100 [21]
Led by Ruth & Gehrig, this team swept the 1932 World Series in 4 games
the New York Yankees
Walt
$100 [15]
If A.A. Milne had written in Pig Latin, he would have called this character Igletpay
Piglet
Walt
$200 [6]
The American Dam at El Paso controls the waters of this river
the Rio Grande
Walt
$200 [3]
This country's Gosho dolls, which represent chubby babies, are named for an imperial palace in Kyoto
Japan
Carl
$200 [5]
It's the color as well as the name of those grainy little particles on the beach
sand
Walt
$200 [14]
A sprain is an injury to these connective tissues between the bones of a joint
ligaments
Walt Laura
$200 [23]
In June 1938 FDR signed the Fair Labor Standards Act, establishing this at 40 cents an hour
the minimum wage
Carl
$200 [22]
A doctor who's fluent in Pig Latin could tell you Inesway Uflay is this
swine flu
Carl
$300 [7]
Indian River, Gulf & Sarasota were among the last counties established in this state
Florida
Walt
$300 [12]
These New Zealanders like to play with their potakas, which are spinning tops
the Maori
Carl
$300 [10]
A shade of green for Grace or Gene
Kelly
Walt
$300 [16]
It's the thigh bone of a tetrapod (hint: you're a tetrapod)
the femur
Carl
$300 [25]
In August 1932 95,000 people gathered at the Coliseum in this city for the Olympic closing ceremonies
Los Angeles
Walt Laura
$300 [28]
On a Pig Latin menu, this snack would be listed as Ickledpay Igspay Eetfay
pickled pigs' feet
Walt
$400 [8]
The Diamond Shoals area off this North Carolina cape has been the site of numerous shipwrecks
Cape Hatteras
Walt
$400 [13]
Guinness says one of these ursine toys was sold at auction for a record-breaking £55,100
a teddy bear
Walt
$400 [18]
The Capri shade of this was probably named for the famous grotto on Capri
blue
Walt
$400 [17]
New molds form from these, not from seeds
spores
Carl
$400 [26]
This "People's Car" designed by Ferdinand Porsche made its debut in 1936
the Volkswagen
Walt
$400 [29]
It's how you say "Pig Latin" in Pig Latin
Igpay Atinlay
Carl
$500 [9]
This state's Northwest Angle on Lake of the Woods is the northernmost point in the USA except for Alaska
Minnesota
Carl
$500 [24]
Colorful fragments form patterns inside this toy whose name is from the Greek for "beautiful form viewer"
a kaleidoscope
Walt
$500 [20]
The 2 colors on Canada's flag
red & white
Carl
$500 [19]
During meiosis the number of these is cut in half so there aren't twice as many in the next generation
chromosomes
Laura Carl
DD $1,000 [27]
In February 1934 General Augusto Sandino was slain by national guardsmen in this country
Nicaragua
Walt
$500 [30]
The Pig Latin translation of this slang phrase is "ENWHAY IGSPAY YFLAY"
when pigs fly
Laura

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY CELEBRITY WOMEN VICE PRESIDENTS INDIA CHINA & POTTERY LITERATURE
$200 [1]
The crew for his 1492 voyage was recruited from Palos, Spain & nearby villages
Christopher Columbus
Walt
$200 [8]
A salmon pink rose has been named for this entertainer, the original flower girl in "My Fair Lady"
Julie Andrews
Laura Carl
$200 [7]
In November 1960 he was elected vice president & reelected senator from Texas
Lyndon Johnson
Laura
$200 [6]
"Fodor's India" suggests that you tip an Indian bellboy one of these for every bag he carries
a rupee
Carl
$200 [15]
The Spode Holiday pattern that features one of these with gifts under it was designed in 1940
a Christmas tree
Walt
$200 [21]
It was 30 yards long, 9 feet high, & saddened poor Tom Sawyer
the fence
Carl
$400 [2]
Xochimilco & Texcoco were 2 of this Indian civilization's principal cities in 1500
the Aztecs
$400 [16]
The University of Maryland's Performing Arts building is named for this woman, jazz' "First Lady of Song"
Ella Fitzgerald
Walt
$400 [10]
Nixon called him "Ted"
Spiro Agnew
Carl
$400 [9]
This Indian musician's son Shubho is a sitar player, too
Ravi Shankar
Carl
$400 [20]
In her book "My Turn", she emphasized that she didn't buy new china for the White House; it was donated
Nancy Reagan
Carl
$400 [22]
Unimaginative conformists came to be called "Babbitts" after a character he introduced in 1922
Sinclair Lewis
Carl
$600 [3]
In the early years of the French Revolution, this Marquis was commander of the National Guard
Lafayette
Walt
$600 [17]
The play "The Front Page" was co-written by Charles MacArthur, this actress' husband
Helen Hayes
$600 [11]
He was the first vice president to serve 2 terms
John Adams
Walt Laura
$600 [14]
The "Ramayana", one of India's literary classics, was written in this classical language
Sanskrit
Laura
$600 [28]
This "madame", King Louis XV's mistress, was an important patron of the Sevres Porcelain Factory
(Madame de) Pompadour
Carl
$600 [23]
"Flappers and Philosophers" was his first collection of short stories
Fitzgerald
Laura
$800 [4]
Lorenzo de Medici's nickname, it was also what people called Ottoman sultan Suleiman
the Magnificent
Carl
$800 [18]
In 1972 this singer from Butcher Hollow, Ky. became the 1st woman named Entertainer of the Year by the CMA
Loretta Lynn
Laura Carl
$800 [12]
The Whigs chose this Virginian as W.H. Harrison's running mate in order to carry the South
John Tyler
Walt
$800 [26]
Like London, Bombay has a museum named for this royal couple
Victoria & Albert
Carl
$800 [29]
This famous Josiah named his Queen's Ware for King George III's wife
Wedgwood
Walt
DD $1,000 [24]
The emotionally vacuous Flem Snopes moves into a Mississippi mansion in his novel "The Mansion"
William Faulkner
Laura
$1,000 [5]
In the 1820s this country was formed from the Cisplatine Province of Brazil
Uruguay
Walt
$1,000 [19]
On Broadway she created the roles of Anita in "West Side Story" & Rose in "Bye Bye Birdie"
Chita Rivera
Walt Carl
DD $2,000 [13]
The vice presidency under James A. Garfield was his first elective office
Chester A. Arthur
Walt
$1,000 [27]
In 1947 this viceroy was chosen the first governor-general of independent India
Lord Mountbatten
Carl
$1,000 [30]
It's a drinking mug shaped like a stout man in a three-cornered hat
a Toby mug
Laura
$1,000 [25]
In English this German peasant known for his merry pranks is called Tyll Owlglass
Till Eulenspiegel
Walt

Final Jeopardy!

FORMS OF ADDRESS

The first form of address transmitted by telephone

Mr.

Laura "What is direct address?" — wagered $1,900
Walt "What is Madam?" — wagered $10,000
Carl "What isDoctorMr?" — wagered $9,400

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