Show #2045 1993-06-25 (taped 1993-02-03) Regular

Contestants

Angie D'Aleo — a 2nd grade teacher originally from Rome, Georgia

Phil Filleul — a writer from Tucson, Arizona

Jim Maher — a disc jockey from Phoenix, Arizona (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,799)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jim $1,600 $3,300 $10,200 $5,999
2-day champion: $19,798
$10,900
24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Phil $900 $4,400 $7,200 $0
3rd place: Emperor grandfather clock + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis
$5,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Angie $1,600 $2,200 $4,400 $1,400
2nd place: stay at Quail Lodge Resort & Golf Club in Carmel + Magnavox Movie Maker
$4,400
14 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

NATIONAL ANTHEMS BY GEORGE BIBLICAL TOOLS RECENT EVENTS WORD ORIGINS POTPOURRI
$100 [18]
A new second stanza of this British anthem was adopted in 1946
"God Save The King"
Jim
$100 [10]
Legend says he admitted, "I can't tell a lie, Pa... I did cut it with my hatchet"
George Washington
Angie
$100 [15]
Isaiah 2:4 talks about beating swords into these
plowshares
Angie
$100 [23]
In a September 1992 referendum, this country said "Oui" to the Maastricht Treaty by a tiny majority
France
Phil
$100 [1]
This device mounted on the stern of a ship to direct it is named from rother, meaning "steering oar"
a rudder
Jim
$100 [3]
In 445 this Hun murdered his brother Bleda
Attila
Phil
$200 [19]
"Die Stem Van Suid-Afrika" is this nation's anthem
South Africa
Phil
$200 [11]
Tarzan-like cartoon character whose theme song ended with "Watch out for that tree!"
George of the Jungle
Angie
$200 [16]
In the King James Version of 2 Samuel, this toothed tool is used as a torture device
saw
Angie
$200 [24]
In fall of 1992 this automaker started issuing MasterCards
General Motors
Jim
$200 [2]
This sauce made of basil, pine nuts, olive oil, etc. comes from Italian pestare, "to pound"
pesto
Angie
$200 [4]
The first Saturday in May brings Old Dover Days to this state
Delaware
Angie
$300 [21]
"Sri Lanka Matha" likens Sri Lanka to this relative
a mother
Phil
$300 [12]
This choreographer's book "101 Stories of the Great Ballets" includes many of his own ballets
(George) Balanchine
Angie
$300 [17]
In Jeremiah 23:29, God asks, "Is not my word like" one of these that "breaketh the rock in pieces"
a hammer
Jim
$300 [26]
Hurricane Iniki destroyed an estimated 1/3 of homes on this Hawaiian island
Kauai
Jim Phil
$300 [7]
Meaning to burn with hot liquid or steam, this word comes from calidus, Latin for "warm"
scald
Phil
$300 [5]
Leo McCarey won Oscars for writing & directing this 1944 Bing Crosby film
Going My Way
Jim
$400 [22]
You might hear its anthem, "God Save Our Sultan Said" in its capital, Muscat
Oman
Jim
$400 [13]
Comic who asked, "Do you ever get the feeling the whole world is a tuxedo, and you're a pair of brown shoes?"
George Gobel
Jim
$400 [30]
"To put" this tool "to the corn" means to reap the grain
the sickle
Phil Angie
$500 [28]
After this man resigned as baseball commissioner, Bud Selig took over the job temporarily
Fay Vincent
Jim
$400 [8]
This term for a loan shark comes from Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice"
Shylock
Jim
$400 [6]
Nickname of Robert Moses Grove, who pitched for the Athletics & Red Sox
Lefty
Jim
$500 [25]
"King Christian Stood by The Lofty Mast" is the anthem of this country that's had 10 king Christians
Denmark
Phil
$500 [14]
He won a 1980 Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
George Jones
Angie
$500 [29]
What were called ox goads in biblical times are commonly called this today... & they're electric
cattle prods
Jim
DD $2,000 [27]
Abimael Guzman, leader of this country's Shining Path guerrillas, was captured in September 1992
Peru
Phil
$500 [9]
The shoulder ornament found on a military uniform, its name comes from French for "shoulder"
epaulet
Phil
$500 [20]
The Old Man of the Mountain in New Hampshire is a natural formation of this stone
granite
Phil

Double Jeopardy! Round

20th CENTURY PEOPLE FOLK SINGERS BUSINESS TALK WORLD GEOGRAPHY TROPICAL FRUIT THE AMERICAN THEATRE
$200 [10]
In 1932 Life magazine quoted this inventor as saying, "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration"
Edison
Jim
$200 [1]
He's recorded folk songs like "Danny Boy" but is better known for Calypso numbers like "Day-O"
Harry Belafonte
Angie
$200 [23]
It's the 2-word term for the smallest amount of money that a worker can be paid by law
minimum wage
Jim
$200 [16]
A city in Indiana is named for this capital of Switzerland
Bern
Phil
$200 [4]
60% of the canned products made with this fruit come from Hawaii
pineapple
Jim
$600 [21]
Alma is known as "The Nightingale of the Delta" in his play "Summer and Smoke"
Tennessee Williams
Phil
$400 [12]
In 1968 this presidential candidate of the American Independent Party got almost 10 million votes
(George) Wallace
Phil
$400 [2]
The first album they released under their own names was "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."
Simon & Garfunkel
Jim
$400 [24]
Anyone, including a pet, can be named this recipient of proceeds on a life insurance policy
beneficiary
Jim
$400 [17]
Midway between England & Northern Ireland, you'll find this island famous for its tailless cats
The Isle of Man
Jim Phil
$400 [5]
Like a lemon, the skin of a ripe breadfruit is this color
yellow
Angie
$800 [22]
This 1982 Peter O'Toole film set in the '50s became a musical in 1992 & Lainie Kazan was in both
My Favorite Year
Jim
$600 [18]
Books by this Norwegian include "The South Pole" & "First Crossing of the Polar Sea"
Amundsen
Phil
DD $700 [3]
Woody Guthrie began this song, probably his most famous, as a parody of "God Bless America"
"This Land Is Your Land"
Jim
$600 [25]
The takeover of a company using that firm's assets to obtain financing is known as this type of "buyout"
a leveraged buyout
Phil
$600 [13]
These mountains extend over 1200 miles across Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia
the Atlas Mountains
Jim
$600 [6]
It's the source of the enzyme papain, which aids in digestion
papaya
Angie
$1,000 [26]
She wrote the book for the musical "Candide" but is best known for dramas like "The Little Foxes"
Lillian Hellman
Angie
$800 [19]
Before commanding the AEF in World War I, this general pursued Pancho Villa & his men into Mexico
Pershing
Jim
$800 [7]
This co-founder of the Weavers wrote the book "How to Play the Five-String Banjo"
(Pete) Seeger
Jim
DD $800 [14]
The Vistula is this country's longest river
Poland
Jim
$800 [8]
Its name is from the Spanish "aguacate", which came from the Aztec "ahuacatl"
avocado
Phil
$1,000 [20]
He began sculpting his Stone Mountain memorial in 1923, but work was halted in 1925 due to controversy
Borglum
Phil
$1,000 [11]
Leitch is the last name of this Scottish-born singer featured in the Bob Dylan documentary "Don't Look Back"
Donovan
Angie
$1,000 [15]
Australia's closest neighbor is this island country, 100 miles north of Cape York
Papua New Guinea
Jim Phil Angie
$1,000 [9]
This "peach of the tropics" with a single large, flat seed can weigh up to 5 pounds
a mango
Jim

Final Jeopardy!

MOVIE DIRECTORS

This director's last film, 1976's "A Matter of Time", starred Ingrid Bergman & his Oscar-winning daughter

(Vincente) Minnelli

Angie "Who is DeHuston?" — wagered $3,000
Phil "Who is?" — wagered $7,200
Jim "Who is?" — wagered $4,201

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