Show #2016 1993-05-17 (taped 1993-01-11) Regular

Bev Schwartzberg game 2.

Contestants

Alan Sperber — a physician from New York City, New York

Bruce Hamilton — a computer programmer from Gardena, California

Bev Schwartzberg — a history teacher originally from Amherst, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,900)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bev	$2,000	$4,000	$11,800	$9,599 2-day champion: $24,499	$10,800 25 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Bruce	$200	$2,200	$7,000	$1 3rd place: "Waterlilies" silkscreen by Alex Echo + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis	$7,000 18 R, 2 W
Alan	$300	$300	$5,900	$2,200 2nd place: trip to Honolulu, Hawaii	$4,900 12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

SUPERSTITIONS	DRAMA	ODD JOBS	U.S. PRESIDENTS	FOOD FACTS	NUMBER, PLEASE
$100 [1] Spilling this beverage is believed to be the forerunner of misfortunes, so maybe you should cry milk Bruce	$100 [26] The 2nd act of this Thornton Wilder play deals with the marriage of George Gibbs & Emily Webb Our Town Bev	$100 [18] A Savoyard is a performer in one of this pair's comic operas Gilbert & Sullivan Bev	$100 [3] His mother, Lillian, joined the Peace Corps in 1966 & served for 2 years Jimmy Carter Bruce	$100 [15] Traditionally, these cattle tails are cooked with carrots & onions in a stew oxtails Bev	$100 [2] A cat has 9 lives & a catnap has this many winks 40 Alan
$200 [8] One of these streaking across the sky is sometimes taken to mean a new soul has gone to heaven meteor (shooting star) Bruce	$200 [27] The rights to his "Peter Pan" were donated to a London children's hospital in 1929 James Barrie Bev	$200 [20] It's someone who makes or repairs leather seats that strap onto horses' backs saddle maker (saddler) Bruce	$200 [4] He won the 1860 G.O.P. nomination on the 3rd ballot after trailing William H. Seward on the 1st 2 ballots Lincoln Alan	$200 [16] Wasabi is the sharp-tasting Japanese equivalent of this pungent accompaniment to roast beef horseradish Bev	$200 [9] In 1992 the yacht America & the movie "Alien" were both raised to the power of this number 3 Bruce
$300 [13] Some say this symbol will bring good luck whether hung with its prongs up or down a horseshoe Bev Bruce	$300 [28] This playwright starred with Gertrude Lawrence in the orig. production of his 1930 play "Private Lives" Noël Coward Bev	$300 [21] A civilian who trails an army from place to place selling them supplies or services a camp follower Bruce	$300 [5] From 1922-24 & 1926-34, he served as a judge in Jackson County, Missouri Truman Bev	$300 [17] The potato is native to these mountains, where it played an important part in the Inca diet the Andes Bruce	$300 [10] This number often follows "Fortune" & "Indy" 500 Bruce
$400 [14] Many believe if you pluck 1 of these, 10 will grow in its place a gray hair Bruce	$400 [29] When the Nazis came to power in Germany, this author of "The Threepenny Opera" emigrated to Denmark Bertolt Brecht Bruce	$400 [22] Romanian Bela Karolyi made a living training these in Texas gymnasts Bruce	$400 [6] This president had 6 children: Alice, Theodore, Kermit, Ethel, Archie & Quentin Theodore Roosevelt Bev	$400 [19] The Detroit Dark Red & the Ruby Queen are 2 types of this root vegetable beets Bruce	$400 [11] It's tredici in Italian, treize in French & unlucky in English 13 Bev
$500 [25] One superstition says a mole on the back of the neck is a sign that the person will die in this manner by hanging	$500 [30] Emmet Lavery's "The Magnificent Yankee" is a play about this Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Alan	$500 [23] This is the specific term for a gum doctor a periodontist Bev Alan	DD $700 [7] In 1797 his father appointed him minister to Prussia John Quincy Adams Bev	$500 [24] Stilton cheese is named for the parish in this country where it was first sold England Bev	$500 [12] According to an Old English song title, the number of pence that's jolly 6 Bev

Double Jeopardy! Round

FILM BIOGRAPHIES	UNREAL ESTATE	19th CENTURY AMERICANS	MAGAZINES	CLASSICAL MUSIC	WORLD "C"ITIES
$200 [11] In 1972 Paul Newman starred in "The Life & Times of" this frontier judge Judge Roy Bean Bruce	$200 [26] Malcolm Lowry's "Under the Volcano" takes place in Quauhnahuac, a fictional town in this country Mexico Alan	$200 [21] His first successful song, "Oh! Susanna", published in 1848, earned him $100 (Stephen) Foster Bev	$200 [15] In names of magazines, it precedes "Mechanics", "Photography" & "Science" Popular Alan	$200 [1] King George II started a tradition by standing at the "Hallelujah Chorus" of this Handel work the Messiah Alan	$200 [6] You can visit the statue of Ramses II in Ramses Square in the northern part of this city Cairo Bev
$400 [12] In "Gypsy" stripper Gypsy Rose Lee was played by Diane Pace as a child & by this actress as an adult Natalie Wood Alan	$400 [27] Initially, all visitors to this capital of Oz had to wear green glasses to protect their eyes the Emerald City Bruce	$400 [22] In 1834 he gave up the fur trade & turned to real estate, where he made an even greater fortune (John Jacob) Astor Bev	$400 [17] This music magazine's "Hot 100" list debuted in the August 4, 1958 issue BIllboard Bev	$400 [2] He composed "Tales from the Vienna Woods" while conductor of the Imperial Court balls in Vienna Johann Strauss, Jr. Alan	$400 [8] Blarney Castle is located 5 miles northwest of this city, the Republic of Ireland's 2nd largest Cork Bev
$600 [13] This World War II hero played himself in the 1955 film, "To Hell and Back" Audie Murphy Alan	$600 [28] In a 1985 bestseller, Garrison Keillor chronicled the history of this mythical town Lake Wobegon Bev	$600 [23] After a brief term in Congress, 1848-49, this newspaper editor never held a major political office again (Horace) Greeley Bev	$600 [18] This magazine for Black Americans was founded in Chicago in 1945 by John H. Johnson Ebony Bev	$600 [3] Among this Austrian's 600 lieder are "Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel" & "The Erl King" Schubert Bruce	$600 [7] The name of this city in Alberta is Gaelic for "bay farm" Calgary
$800 [14] Prisoner & ornithologist Robert Stroud was the focus of this 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster Birdman of Alcatraz Bruce	$800 [29] In a sci-fi series by Frank Herbert, the desert planet Arrakis is popularly called this Dune Bruce	$800 [24] From 1826-1845 this inventor served as the first President of the National Academy of Design (Samuel) Morse Alan	$800 [19] After folding 2 years before, this behavioral science magazine made a comeback in January 1992 Psychology Today Bev	$800 [4] During periods of civil unrest, performances of his "Finlandia" were banned in Finland by the Russians Sibelius Alan	$800 [9] This French city is closer to England than any other city on mainland Europe Calais Bev
$1,000 [16] Hank Williams Jr. dubbed the singing voice of George Hamilton in this 1964 bio of Hank Williams Sr. Your Cheatin' Heart	$1,000 [30] Gulliver escapes this land of the giants when a large bird carries him off Brobdingnag Bruce	DD $2,000 [25] He was a governor of California, a RR magnate, a U.S. senator & a university founder (Leland) Stanford Alan	DD $1,800 [20] Founded in 1850 & named for the brothers who launched it, it's America's oldest monthly magazine Harper's Bev	$1,000 [5] This French-born composer replaced Leonard Bernstein as music director of the N.Y. Philharmonic in 1971 Pierre Boulez Bruce	$1,000 [10] The twin spires of this German city's famous cathedral rise to a height of 515 feet Cologne Bev

Final Jeopardy!

THE 1970s

Construction on this massive project began at Sheep Creek camp March 9, 1975

the Alaska pipeline (Trans-Alaska pipeline)

Alan "What is the Megatron in Texas" — wagered $3,700

Bruce "What is" — wagered $6,999

Bev "What is Tenn. dam?" — wagered $2,201

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