Show #2026 1993-05-31 (taped 1993-01-19) Regular

Contestants

Ira Gitlin — a musician from New Carrollton, Maryland

Rosemary Palladino — a lawyer from Staten Island, New York

Brian Donahue — a research scientist originally from Wellesley, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $12,398)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Brian	$1,500	$2,400	$7,600	$0 3rd place: Maytag Jetclean diswasher + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the 16-bit Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis	$7,500 20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Rosemary	$1,200	$1,400	$6,400	$9,400 2nd place: Michael C. Fina fine English bone china (service for 8) + Orrefors Intermezzo stemware	$5,400 13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Ira	$1,400	$4,000	$9,000	$15,201 New champion: $15,201	$8,600 25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 20th CENTURY	ITALIAN 101	AMERICAN POTPOURRI	BLUE	PLATO	SPECIALS
$100 [1] This country announced the formation of Nunavutin '91, a new terr. to be partly owned by the Inuit Canada Brian	$100 [3] La banca is the bank, il barbiere is the barber shop & l'ufficio postale is this the post office Ira	$100 [21] This holiday was named for Old Glory Flag Day Brian	$100 [15] Someone talking very rapidly is talking this a blue streak Rosemary	$100 [4] Plato believed that after death this migrates to the realm of the pure forms the soul Brian	$100 [26] In May 1992 Dick Clark hosted this show's 40th anniversary special American Bandstand Brian
$200 [2] Much of the Vietnamese city of Hue was destroyed during this 1968 "Offensive" the Tet Offensive Rosemary	$200 [11] Grazie is Italian for this; when you say it, you'll often hear "Prego" as a reply thank you Rosemary	$200 [22] The name of this city near Lexington, Kentucky is spelled the same way as a palace near Paris Versailles Ira	$200 [17] Too little of this in the blood can cause cyanosis, a condition in which your skin looks blue oxygen Ira	$200 [7] Originally it was Aristocles; Plato just meant "broad-shouldered" Plato's name Ira	$200 [27] Her first TV special on April 28, 1965 was titled "My Name Is Barbra" Barbra Streisand Brian
$300 [5] In 1939 this famous pollster founded the Audience Research Institute in Princeton, N.J. (George) Gallup Brian	$300 [12] If an Italian asks you, "Capisce?" he means, "Do you" do this understand Rosemary	$300 [23] Before he was president, he was the "Scribe of the Revolution" Jefferson Brian	$300 [18] A blue point, 2 words, is a cat; a bluepoint, 1 word, is one of these an oyster Ira	$300 [8] Plato wanted to enter politics but was disillusioned after this friend's execution in 399 B.C. Socrates Ira	$300 [28] NBC had a couple of specials March 7, 1955: the 1st coast-to-coast Emmy show & this musical with Mary Martin Peter Pan Brian
$400 [6] This ultraconservative organization was founded by Robert H.W. Welch, Jr. in 1958 the John Birch Society Ira	$400 [13] Sono stanco doesn't mean "I stink" but "I'm" this; you might say it after a long day of sightseeing tired Brian	$400 [24] Larry McMurtry set "The Last Picture Show" in this, his home state; he was born in Wichita Falls Texas Brian	$400 [19] A Navajo song tells of Johano-ai's horse, which was the shade of this blue stone turquoise Ira	$400 [9] After Plato died his nephew Speusippus took over this school the Academy Ira	$400 [29] In "The Missiles of October", he played Robert Kennedy; in "Kennedy", John F. Martin Sheen Rosemary
DD $600 [14] This American space program launched 10 2-man space capsules in 1965 & 1966 the Gemini program Brian	$500 [16] An Italian would call this Swiss souvenir l'orologio a cucu a cuckoo clock Rosemary	$500 [25] The Dismal Swamp covers hundreds of square miles in Virginia & this adjacent state--how dismal North Carolina Ira	$500 [20] This deep blue 45.5- carat diamond now resides at the Smithsonian the Hope Diamond Ira	$500 [10] Plato wrote in a literary form known as this; it consisted of conversations dialogues Rosemary	$500 [30] In a June 25, 1990 special on CNN, Ted Turner interviewed this world leader (Fidel) Castro Brian Ira

Double Jeopardy! Round

BIOLOGY	BRITISH HISTORY	MARYLAND	AWARDS	FAMOUS NAMES	POETS & POETRY
$200 [7] Dentition refers to the development of these, or their number, shape & arrangement teeth Brian	$200 [26] Caernarvon Castle in this country of the U.K. was begun in 1283 by Edward I Wales Ira	$200 [2] The region of Maryland called the Eastern Shore is on the eastern shore of this bay Chesapeake Bay Ira	$200 [4] This group's "Hotel California" won a 1977 Grammy for Record of the Year the Eagles Ira	$200 [1] He wrote books on chess & angling but is best known for his "familiar Quotations" (John) Bartlett Ira	$200 [15] He wrote, "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars" Walt Whitman Ira
$400 [8] In most fish this organ is S-shaped with 1 atrium & 1 ventricle the heart Rosemary	$400 [27] Founded in 1734, this insurance company's "List" is one of London's oldest newspapers Lloyd's Rosemary	$400 [3] The state has 4 of these: Timonium, Laurel, Marlborough & Pimlico racetracks Brian Rosemary	$400 [9] In 1945 Sir Alexander Fleming was 1 of 3 men to win the Nobel Prize in this category medicine Brian	$400 [14] This cartoonist called his lavish New York estate "BION", an acronym for "Believe It or Not!" Ripley Ira	$400 [16] His prose poem "Kaddish" is an elegy for his mother, Naomi Ginsberg Allen Ginsberg Brian
$600 [10] Often triggered by cold or shock, piloerection is the literal standing of these on end hairs Ira	$600 [28] In 1875 the U.K. obtained a controlling interest in this canal company by buying Ismail Pasha's holdings the Suez Ira	$600 [5] The official state sport is this medieval one of fighting on horseback with lances jousting Ira	$600 [17] His "Rabbit at Rest" won a National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction in 1991 John Updike Brian	$600 [20] A plane crash in March 1931 claimed the life of this "All American" football coach Knute Rockne Brian	$600 [23] He was a poet before he started writing stories & novels about Yoknapatawpha County Faulkner Ira
$800 [12] Made up of 3 segments, it's the part of an insect's body that bears the walking legs & wings the thorax Brian	$1,000 [30] In 1485 the Earl of Richmond killed Richard III at Bosworth & became this first Tudor king of England Henry VII Rosemary	$800 [6] This city was temporary U.S. capital from November 1783 to June 1784 Annapolis Brian Rosemary	$800 [18] In 1986 this Boston Red Sox pitcher won the Cy Young Award & was named MVP in the American League Roger Clemens Brian	$800 [21] In 1979 this hotel magnate passed away at age 91 (Conrad) Hilton Rosemary	$800 [24] "A bar of steel--it is only smoke at the heart of it", he wrote in "Smoke and Steel" Carl Sandburg Rosemary
$1,000 [13] This dark pigment which normally colors skin & animal fur is absent or lacking in albinism melanin Ira	DD $1,200 [29] Between 1868 & 1885, William Gladstone & this man alternated as prime minister of Britain Disraeli Ira	$1,000 [11] Family name of the 5 Lords Baltimore who served as Lords Proprietary of Maryland Calvert Ira	$1,000 [19] For his part in organizing the U.N., this Secretary of State under FDR won the 1945 Nobel Peace Prize (Cordell) Hull Brian Ira	$1,000 [22] He patented a pencil sharpener in 1921 & the first successful electric shaver 7 years later Jacob Schick Ira	DD $2,000 [25] The poet who wrote, "I fear thee, Ancient Mariner! I fear thy skinny hand!" (Samuel Taylor) Coleridge Rosemary

Final Jeopardy!

SOUTH AMERICA

The original name of this capital city translates as "Our Lady of Peace"

La Paz

Rosemary "What is La Paz?" — wagered $3,000

Brian "What is Santiago" — wagered $7,600

Ira "What is La Paz" — wagered $6,201

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