Show #2032 1993-06-08 (taped 1993-01-20) Regular

Contestants

Clair Gardner — a claims representative from Carlsbad, California

Rod Starkie — a personal trainer and student from New York City, New York

Barbara Elstein — a city planner from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Barbara $2,000 $5,600 $13,400 $13,400
2-day champion: $26,600
$12,200
29 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Rod $1,600 $2,400 $5,600 $11,200
2nd place: Singer Furniture Company 18th Century cherry finish bedroom set with panel bed, nightstand, 2 chests, and tri-view mirror + Burlington House Papaver comforter ensemble with vivid brushstroke design + Jeopardy! home game
$7,600
18 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Clair $100 $400 $1,000 $1,500
3rd place: Konica AiBORG automatic 35 mm compact camera with 3x power zoom lens + Konica color print film + Jeopardy! home game
$1,000
5 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE BIBLE FRUITS & VEGETABLES FURNITURE SCULPTORS TRADE NAMES DOUBLE TALK
$100 [6]
In Judges 16 she said, "The Philistines be upon thee, Samson" 4 times
Delilah
Clair
$100 [8]
If you could put all the lost fluids back in a prune, you'd have one of these
a plum
Rod
$100 [12]
A davenport can be a small writing desk or a large one of these that you can convert to a bed
a sofa
Rod
$100 [1]
The Vatican's principal attraction at the 1964 World's Fair was this sculptor's "St. Peter's Pieta"
Michelangelo
Barbara
$100 [20]
Due to popular usage, the Otis Elevator Co. lost the rights to this name for a moving staircase
Escalator
Barbara
$100 [26]
In the title of a No. 1 hit by Manfred Mann, it follows "Do Wah"
"Diddy Diddy"
Barbara Rod
$200 [7]
"Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto" this man "to be baptized of him"
John the Baptist
Barbara
$200 [13]
When cooking this popular corned beef partner, a piece of bread in the pot may cut the odor
cabbage
Rod
$200 [17]
The gateleg style of this piece of furniture was introduced to Colonial America around 1650
tables
Barbara
$200 [2]
This cowboy sculptor was an illustrator & correspondent during the Spanish-American War
Frederic Remington
Rod
$200 [22]
Since its invention, table tennis has also been known by this trade name
Ping-Pong
Barbara
$200 [27]
Tubby Tompkins was the companion of this "Little" comic strip girl
Lulu
Barbara
$300 [9]
Genesis 6:10 says that he "begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth"
Noah
Rod
$300 [14]
This part of a watermelon is used to make sweet pickles
the rind
Barbara
$300 [18]
"Anatomical" term for the piece of furniture that was originally a lidded box; the drawers came much later
chest of drawers
Clair
$300 [3]
This sculptor known for his bronze "David" was born Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi
Donatello
Rod
$400 [24]
In the names Konica & Leica, the CA stands for this
camera
$300 [28]
In a song it follows "Oh where have you been" & "Can she make a cherry pie"
Billy Boy, Billy Boy
Barbara
$400 [10]
At first this distraught woman failed to recognize the resurrected Jesus
Mary Magdalene
Barbara
$400 [15]
Funk & Wagnalls says its parents were probably the lime & the citron
the lemon
Barbara
$400 [19]
The Carver chair was named for John Carver, first governor of this Massachusetts colony
Plymouth
Rod
$400 [4]
This Frenchman's portrait sculptures include those of Victor Hugo & Balzac
Rodin
Rod
$500 [25]
Ludwig Roselius used a contraction of a French phrase meaning "without caffeine" to name this product
Sanka
Rod
$400 [29]
Khrushchev claimed he was offended by the dances in this 1960 Frank Sinatra-Shirley MacLaine film
Can-Can
Barbara
$500 [11]
You'll find the story of Nebuchadnezzar's dream in chapter 2 of this Old Testament book
Daniel
Barbara
$500 [16]
Left to grow, the heads on broccoli will become these
flowers
Barbara
$500 [21]
The design period named for this royal couple flourished from 1689 to 1702
William & Mary
Barbara
$500 [5]
His 1914 work "Glass of Absinthe" was called a "Rococo variant of Cubism"
Picasso
Barbara
DD $900 [23]
In honor of his wife, who was a New Zealander, William Ramsay named his famous shoe polish this
Kiwi
Barbara
$500 [30]
It's the distinctive Hindu mark on the forehead
the kumkum

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CITIES TALK SHOW HOSTS AMERICAN HISTORY POLITICAL TERMS GEMS & JEWELRY CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
$200 [1]
Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel in this Japanese city was finished in 1922 & survived the 1923 earthquake
Tokyo
Barbara
$200 [21]
She's the Vicki on "Vicki!"
Vicki Lawrence
Barbara
$200 [6]
In 1943 Georgia became the first state to give the vote to people this age
18
Rod
$200 [13]
The Falange was this country's only legal political party during most of the Franco regime
Spain
Clair
$200 [11]
Unlike most bracelets, a slave bracelet is often worn around this body part
the ankle
Clair
$200 [24]
This Washington Irving character awakes from a 20-year nap to find himself one of the oldest men in the village
Rip Van Winkle
Clair
$400 [2]
The port of Piraeus is this country's largest
Greece
Rod
$400 [22]
He hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics for NBC, then it was back to "Later"
Bob Costas
Rod
$400 [7]
Cornered in a barn on April 26, 1865, he cried out, "Well, my brave boys, prepare a stretcher for me"
John Wilkes Booth
Barbara
$400 [14]
The Descamisados or "shirtless ones" of this country were supporters of Peron
Argentina
Rod
$400 [12]
Mourning rings painted with pictures of this president's tomb became popular after he died in 1799
George Washington
Barbara
$400 [25]
In 1991 this inquisitive monkey in books by H.A. Rey celebrated his 50th birthday
Curious George
Rod
$600 [3]
Mount Zion is in this city's New Section
Jerusalem
Barbara
$600 [23]
In 1982 his show replaced "Tomorrow Coast to Coast"
David Letterman
Barbara
$600 [8]
A library in Bonham, Texas is named for this Speaker of the House who was known as "Mr. Sam"
Sam Rayburn
Barbara
$600 [15]
Ancien regime refers to the political order that existed in Europe prior to this revolution
the French Revolution
Barbara
$600 [18]
Since ancient times onyx & this stone whose name ends with "onyx" have been used to make cameos
sardonyx
Rod
$800 [27]
"Little Dorothy and Toto" was one of the books in his "Little Wizard Stories" series
Baum
Barbara
$800 [4]
The sultan of Oman's main palace is in this city, the capital
Muscat
Rod
$1,000 [10]
In 1848 Seneca Falls in this state became the site of the first women's rights convention in U.S. history
New York
Rod
$800 [16]
In his book Timothy Crouse called this group "The Boys on the Bus"
the media (the press corps)
Barbara
$800 [19]
A Middle English word for "pointed tool" gave us this word for a large, decorative pin
a brooch
Barbara
DD $2,000 [26]
It's the name of the "Little Helicopter" in a 1989 book by the Duchess of York
Budgie
Rod
$1,000 [5]
This Saudi Arabian capital was surrounded by walls until 40 years ago, when they were razed to allow expansion
Riyadh
Barbara
DD $1,400 [9]
This Pilgrim couple was married around 1623 & had 11 children
John & Priscilla Alden
Barbara
$1,000 [17]
This Anglo-Irish playwright was a member of the Socialist Fabian Society
George Bernard Shaw
Barbara
$1,000 [20]
This golden gemstone's name may come from a Sanskrit word for "fire"
topaz
Rod

Final Jeopardy!

WORD ORIGINS

From the French for "to go out", it's a flight of combat aircraft on a mission

a sortie

Clair "What is a sortie" — wagered $500
Rod "What is a sortie?" — wagered $5,600
Barbara "What is sortie?" — wagered $0

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