Show #1969 1993-03-11 (taped 1992-11-17) Regular

Contestants

Brian McCarthy — a civil engineer originally from Cranston, Rhode Island

Michael Kane — a business owner from Chicago, Illinois

John Abrams — a farmer from Tabernacle, New Jersey (whose 2-day cash winnings total $15,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
John	$1,000	$3,000	$7,600	$0 3rd place: Krieger watch + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version	$7,400 19 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Michael	$1,300	$3,500	$9,500	$16,000 New champion: $16,000	$9,600 20 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Brian	$100	$500	$6,900	$12,900 2nd place: Insight 386X PC + Panasonic fax machine & personal stereo cassette player + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version	$4,900 15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

PLANT PESTS	HIEROGLYPHICS	QUOTES	GREEN THINGS	HISTORIC SITES	"GOOD" MOVIES
$100 [5] "The Gardener's Companion" says if you see these structures, your spider mite infestation is serious webs	$100 [1] Some trace this letter back to the symbol for an ox, Aleph being a Semitic term for "ox" A Michael	$100 [10] Pete Townshend of this rock group said, "I smash a guitar because I like them" The Who Brian	$100 [6] Dr. Seuss served them up with ham green eggs Brian	$100 [2] 6 days after Yorktown, one of the last battles of this war was fought at Johnstown, N.Y. the Revolutionary War John	$100 [26] This Robin Williams movie may be the funniest film ever set in Saigon Good Morning, Vietnam John
$200 [19] Earworms a attack the ears on these plants corn Brian	$200 [15] The symbol or ideograph of this object could be used to signify day or light the Sun John	$200 [11] In "Lord Jim" he wrote, "You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends" Conrad John	$200 [7] According to the proverb, it's where "the grass is always greener" on the other side (of the fence) John	$200 [3] This country's presidents resided in Chapultepec Castle from the 1860s until 1940 Mexico John	$200 [27] Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach & Lee Van Cleef were the title trio in this film set during the Civil War The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Brian
$300 [22] The Japanese variety of this insect munches on the leaves & flowers of rosebushes the beetle John	$300 [16] The word hieroglyphic isn't Egyptian, it's from this language Greek Michael	$300 [12] In a 1920 editorial, this future leader wrote, "The Italian proletariat needs a bloodbath" Mussolini John	$300 [20] According to Shakespeare, it's the green part of the monster known as jealousy the eye Michael	$300 [4] The grave of this American Indian princess is in Gravesend, England, where she died in 1617 Pocahontas Brian	$300 [28] Robert Donat won an Oscar for playing a schoolteacher in this 1939 classic Goodbye, Mr. Chips Michael
$400 [23] Got aphids? This toxic extract from tobacco will bump them off nicotine	$400 [17] It wasn't until this century that hieroglyphics were deciphered the 19th Michael	$400 [13] Emile Coue had inscribed at his sanitarium "Every day, in every way, I'm getting" this better and better Michael Brian	$400 [21] Pliny the Elder said no serpent will touch this plant--another reason for no snakes in Ireland the shamrock John	$400 [8] By 1953 all the prisoners on this tiny island off French Guiana had been repatriated to France Devil's Island Michael	$400 [29] Louis B. Mayer allegedly said of this 1937 film, "Who wants to see a picture about Chinese farmers?" The Good Earth Michael
$500 [24] The armyworm & cutworm are part of this group of moth & butterfly larvae caterpillars	$500 [18] In ancient times symbols & sounds were combined like these puzzles on "Concentration" rebuses John	$500 [14] In the poem "Modjesky as Cameel" Eugene Field wrote, "He could whip his weight in" these creatures wildcats	$500 [25] Barium nitrate added to the bursting powder in these makes them green fireworks John	DD $400 [9] The 1746 battle at Culloden Moor in this country ended Jacobite hopes of a Stuart restoration Scotland Michael	$500 [30] Ali MacGraw's first leading role was in this movie based on a Philip Roth novel Goodbye, Columbus Michael

Double Jeopardy! Round

POLITICIANS	BIOGRAPHIES	ITALIAN CUISINE	BALLET	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS
$200 [3] This senator won an Olympic gold medal in basketball in 1964 Bill Bradley Michael	$200 [9] Written by his brother Robert, "Lee" is a portrait of this accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald John	$200 [14] Any dish described as "con funghi" is served with these mushrooms Brian	$200 [26] In French this Tchaikovsky ballet is "Le Lac des cygnes" Swan Lake Brian	$200 [18] Peace Memorial Park now occupies what was the center of this Japanese city Hiroshima Michael	$200 [1] In this Neil Simon play, Oscar makes his first entrance carrying Fritos, peanuts, pretzels & beer The Odd Couple Brian
$400 [4] Miami mayor Xavier Suarez came to the U.S. as a refugee from this country in 1960 Cuba Michael	$400 [11] Kitty Kelley titled her unauthorized biography of this entertainer "His Way" Frank Sinatra John	$400 [15] The steak dish known as bistecca alla Fiorentina is a specialty of this city Florence John	$400 [27] Hershy Kay arranged & orchestrated this man's music for the ballet "Stars and Stripes" Sousa Michael	$400 [19] The Shatt-al-Arab connects the Tigris & Euphrates rivers with this gulf the Persian Gulf Brian	$400 [2] "Stop it! Stop it! You insufferable great brute!" is the last line of his play "Private Lives" Noël Coward John
$600 [6] In 1962 he was 30, the minimum age necessary, when elected to the U.S. Senate from Mass. Ted Kennedy Michael	$600 [13] This host of "Cosmos" was the subject of a 1987 biography subtitled "Superstar Scientist" (Carl) Sagan Brian	$600 [20] Saltimbocca, a veal dish, comes from salta in bocca, meaning "jumps into" this body part the mouth Michael	$600 [28] "Leningrad Symphony" was first performed in Leningrad by this company in 1961 the Kirov John Brian	$600 [22] Bauxite, an ore of this light metal, makes up much of Greece's mineral wealth aluminum Brian	$600 [5] His first play, "Farther Off from Heaven", debuted in a Dallas theatre, not at a "Bus Stop" (William) Inge John
$800 [10] This House Minority Whip from Georgia won his 1992 GOP primary by less than 1,000 votes Newt Gingrich Michael	$800 [16] "Henry & Clare", a biography by Ralph G. Martin, is "An Intimate Portrait" of this couple the Luces Michael	$800 [21] This squid relative is served in its own ink in Italy; you'll find its "bone" in canary cages cuttlefish Brian	DD $1,000 [29] This Russian dancer's sister Bronislava choreographed "Les Biches" & "Les Noces" Nijinsky John	$800 [24] Pico Cristobal Colon is the highest peak in this country named for Cristobal Colon Colombia Brian	$800 [7] Edward G. Robinson played the button-molder in a 1923 production of this playwright's "Peer Gynt" (Henrik) Ibsen Brian
$1,000 [12] She served 5 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives before her 1986 election to the Senate from Maryland Barbara Mikulski John	$1,000 [17] This author of "Go Tell It on the Mountain" was the subject of a 1991 biog., "Talking at the Gates" James Baldwin Michael	$1,000 [23] It's the most famous of Italy's blue-veined cheeses Gorgonzola Brian	$1,000 [30] In 1976 Marcia Haydee became director of this German troupe where she'd been a dancer since the '60s the Stuttgart Ballet	DD $3,000 [25] This, the second-highest peak in the world, is on disputed territory controlled by Pakistan K2 (Godwin-Austen) Brian	$1,000 [8] In this drama Christine Mannon, who poisons her husband, is O'Neill's version of Clytemnestra Mourning Becomes Electra Michael

Final Jeopardy!

POPULATION

With almost 9 million residents, this is the U.S.A.'s most populous county

Los Angeles County

Brian "What is Los Angeles" — wagered $6,000

John "What is Orange County? [Perhaps a crown drawn at the upper right corner?]" — wagered $7,600

Michael "What is Los Angeles" — wagered $6,500

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