Show #2021 1993-05-24 (taped 1993-01-12) Regular

Contestants

Linda Pierce — a homemaker from Los Angeles, California

Eric Fenstermaker — a farm attorney from Athens County, Ohio

Ira Schwartz — a physician from Decatur, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ira	$2,000	$2,800	$7,600	$10 3rd place: Swintec 2400 DM portable electronic display typewriter + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the 16-bit Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis	$7,600 22 R, 2 W
Eric	$-100	$2,100	$8,000	$799 2nd place: Daniel Mink his & her Bolero Collection watches + Stanley Blacker men's & women's fashions	$7,300 18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Linda	$-100	$1,300	$4,400	$8,799 New champion: $8,799	$5,400 13 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

THE AMERICAN FLAG	THE 20th CENTURY	LIBRARIES	WORD ORIGINS	THE OCEANS	ODDS & ENDS
$100 [11] The Markoe flag, used during the Revolution, is believed to be the first to have had 13 stripes symbolizing these the original 13 colonies Eric	$100 [12] The origins of the U.S. Air Force go back to 1909, when this duo delivered the Army's first plane the Wright Brothers Ira	$100 [1] When it was founded in 1800, the Library of Congress was housed in this building the Capitol Eric	$100 [14] This element is named for the planet Uranus uranium Linda	$100 [19] This smallest of the world's oceans surrounds the North Pole the Arctic Ocean Ira	$100 [6] Brevard, Broward & Okeechobee are counties in this state Florida Ira
$200 [27] On their journey to the Pacific NW, this pair became the first to carry the flag across the continent Lewis & Clark Eric	$200 [13] On January 5, 1914 he instituted an 8-hour day & a $5 minimum daily wage at his auto plants Henry Ford Ira	$200 [2] One of England's oldest libraries, the Bodleian, opened at this university in 1602 Oxford Ira	$200 [15] This word for a dried grape comes from the Latin for a bunch of grapes, racemus raisin Eric	$200 [20] This current of the western N. Atlantic carries tropical water, keeping many N. European ports ice free the Gulf Stream Eric	$200 [7] The Hope Diamond is on display at the National Museum of Natural History, part of this institution the Smithsonian Ira
$300 [28] In 1963 the flag reached a high point when it was placed atop this highest mountain by James Whittaker Everest Linda	$300 [24] In 1930 a copy of this Joyce novel, sent from Paris to New York, was seized as obscene Ulysses Ira	$300 [3] The library of this state's Historical Society has the largest collection of papers of the Five Civilized Tribes Oklahoma Eric	$300 [16] The Greek stalassein, "to drip", gave us the names of both of these deposits found in caves stalagmites & stalactites Ira	$300 [21] Sailing under the Spanish flag, this Portuguese explorer named the Pacific Ocean for its peacefulness Magellan Ira Eric	$300 [8] It's the form of transportation on which Iowa legalized gambling in 1991 riverboats Ira
$400 [29] The 38-star or centennial flag was adopted after this state joined the Union in 1876 Colorado Ira Eric	$400 [25] At a 1976 convention in Philadelphia, 29 members of this group were felled by a flu-like disease Legionnaires Ira	$400 [4] Milan's Ambrosiana Library is famous for its Codex Atlanticus, a collection of his drawings & mss. da Vinci Linda	$400 [17] The name of this literary form comes from the Greek poiein, "to create" a poem Ira	$400 [22] Africa's Zambezi & Limpopo rivers empty into this ocean the Indian Ocean Eric	$400 [9] Romany is the native tongue of this "wandering" people the Gypsies Ira
$500 [30] The flag that flew for the longest time, 47 years, had this many stars 48 Linda	$500 [26] Ernest Gruening & Wayne Morse were the only senators to vote against this 1964 resolution the Gulf of Tonkin resolution Eric	DD $500 [5] The Natl. Library of Medicine in this Maryland community is the largest research library in a single scientific field Bethesda Linda	$500 [18] You can trace the name of this type of evergreen tree back to the name Prussia the spruce	$500 [23] The name of this island region of the Pacific means "tiny islands" Micronesia Linda	$500 [10] Giorgio Vasari designed what is now this famous Florentine museum around 1560 the Uffizi Ira

Double Jeopardy! Round

PEOPLE IN HISTORY	BALLET	ACTORS ONSTAGE	LITERARY POTPOURRI	THE CHINESE ZODIAC	"D" IN SCIENCE
$200 [8] In his will, this king asked to be buried next to Isabella so they could be reunited for eternity Ferdinand Linda	$200 [7] The National Ballet of Canada is based in this city, Ontario's capital Toronto Ira Eric	$200 [21] Frank Langella "vamped" across the stage as this count before he played the role on film Dracula Ira	$200 [1] Last name shared by writers Edwin, Frank & Flannery O'Connor Ira	$200 [26] The number of creatures in the Chinese zodiac or the number of houses in the astrological zodiac 12 Linda	$200 [2] The highest temperature recorded in North America was 134° F. at this California site Death Valley Eric Linda
$400 [9] In 1920 the Mexican government made this bandit retire but gave him amnesty & a hacienda Pancho Villa Eric	$400 [17] Peter Martins received his early training with this city's Royal Danish Ballet Copenhagen Eric	$400 [22] In the 1950s he & his wife Simone Signoret co-starred in a French production of "The Crucible" Yves Montand Ira	$400 [3] Echoing Walt Whitman, Ray Bradbury called his 1969 short story collection "I Sing the Body" this Electric Eric	$400 [27] It's the only creature without arms or legs; it's almost all tail a snake Linda	$400 [13] It's a ridge or mound of loose sand heaped up by the wind a dune Linda
$600 [10] At the start of the War of 1812, Isaac Hull commanded this famous frigate the Constitution Eric	DD $500 [20] This great Russian dancer choreographed "Jeux" & "Le Sacre du Printemps" in the same year, 1913 Nijinsky Linda	$600 [23] This "Star Wars" star became a Broadway star when he took over the role of the Elephant Man in 1981 Mark Hamill Linda	$600 [4] This author's hometown is East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but he became a policeman in Los Angeles (Joe) Wambaugh Eric	$600 [28] The yoke's on you if you can't identify this horned work animal the ox Linda	$600 [14] Alcohol & carbolic acid are 2 examples of this type of solution used to kill microorganisms a disinfectant Ira
$800 [11] During the conquest of Peru, Hernando de Soto was second in command to this explorer Pizarro Ira	$600 [18] This British ballerina earned 48 curtain calls at her NYC debut in 1949, & she wasn't even a dame yet (Margot) Fonteyn Ira	$800 [24] Rhonda Fleming & Myrna Loy were 2 of the title females in a 1973 revival of this Clare Boothe Luce play The Women	$1,000 [6] Lytton Strachey called his 1918 book about 19th century English heroes "Eminent" these Victorians Eric	$800 [29] It's the only mythical beast among the bunch the dragon Linda	$800 [15] These cleaning agents usually consist of surfactants detergents Ira
$1,000 [12] In 1874 this leader of the Red Shirts was elected to Italy's parliament, where he served for 2 years Garibaldi Ira	$800 [19] He danced briefly with the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas after his 1961 defection from the USSR Nureyev Linda	$1,000 [25] She was 24 when she played 12-year-old Frankie Addams in "The Member of the Wedding" in 1950 Julie Harris	DD $1,500 [5] "Romola" was this "Adam Bede" author's only historical novel George Eliot Eric	$1,000 [30] This animal also ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built the rat Linda	$1,000 [16] Also called grape sugar, this is naturally occurring glucose dextrose Eric

Final Jeopardy!

SINGERS

The widow of this singer who died in 1992 donated 16 boxes of his clothing & shoes to the National Hobo Association

Roger Miller

Linda "Who is Roger Miller?" — wagered $4,399

Ira "Who was Sammy Davis?" — wagered $7,590

Eric "Who is Guthrie?" — wagered $7,201

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