Show #1711 1992-01-27 (taped 1991-11-12) Regular

Dave Willis game 2.

Contestants

Mike Whitty — an attorney and CPA from Houston, Texas

Kim Wiley — a travel writer from Matthews, North Carolina

Dave Willis — a manager from Ventura, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Dave	$1,100	$3,300	$6,100	$7,401 2-day champion: $18,201	$5,700 26 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Kim	$0	$900	$3,700	$7,300 2nd place: trip on Korean Air to Seoul & stay at both the Kal Hotel & Seoul Plaza Hotel	$4,200 10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Mike	$-300	$200	$1,600	$3,099 3rd place: Smith Corona PWP 1200 word processor + Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + InfoGenius for Game Boy	$3,400 16 R, 8 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

FLOWERS	GROUPS	SPORTS	SCULPTURE	AROUND THE KITCHEN	POTENT QUOTABLES
$100 [14] La Cantuta, the national flower of this country, has the same name as a town near Lima Peru Mike	$100 [13] The National Register of Big Trees is kept by the AFA, the F standing for this Forestry Mike	$100 [8] This field event was formerly called the hop, step & jump the triple jump Dave	$100 [1] Cairo boasts an unfinished head of this queen, but her famous bust is in Berlin's Egyptian Museum Nefertiti Kim	$100 [19] Not marketed to households until 1926, the pop-up type of this was patented in 1919 a toaster Dave	$100 [6] Leslie Halliwell quotes this movie comedian as saying, "I must have a drink of breakfast" W.C. Fields Mike
$200 [15] This country's tradition of flower arranging began with the introduction of Zen Buddhism Japan Dave	$200 [16] There is an association in Spindale, North Carolina for these dairy animals, not cows goats Dave	$200 [9] This NBA team reached the championship series 8 times in the 1980s, winning 5 titles the L.A. Lakers Mike	$200 [2] Infantile human figures that resemble Jaguars are prominent in the Olmec art of this country Mexico Dave Mike	$200 [20] From the Latin for "to sieve", it's a bowl- shaped strainer a colander Dave	$200 [7] The Apocrypha says, "A new friend is as new" this; "when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure" wine Dave
$300 [23] The Tiffany, which has pink-blend flowers, is a hybrid tea one of these a rose Dave	$300 [17] Dummies are welcome at the headquarters of the North American Association of these in Littleton, Colo. ventriloquists Dave	$300 [10] In the 1970s this Cincinnati Reds catcher won 2 National League Most Valuable Player Awards Johnny Bench Dave	$300 [3] Luca Della Robbia was noted for his glazed figures made of this "baked earth" terracotta Dave	$300 [21] Found in cookie jars all over America, this is the top-selling brand-name cookie in the U.S. the Oreo Mike	$300 [28] In "Rabbit, Run" he wrote, "Everybody who tells you how to act has whiskey on their breath" John Updike Mike
$400 [24] Forget-me-nots belong to the genus Myosotis, whose name means "mouse ear" & refers to the shape of these the leaves Dave Mike	$400 [18] A research center for these creatures of the night is in Elmhurst, N.Y., not Collinsport, ME vampires Kim Mike	$400 [11] In 1976 ABC-TV sportscaster Chris Schenkel was inducted into this indoor sport's Hall of Fame bowling	$400 [4] A series of relief carvings at the temple of Angkor Wat depicts Vishnu, a god of this religion Hinduism Kim	$400 [22] Fred Osius invented the Blender distributed by this bandleader Fred Waring Mike	$400 [29] In "Tam O'Shanter" Burns refers to this John as "inspiring bold" John Barleycorn
$500 [25] The oxeye, a common wild type of this flower, has a yellow center & white petallike ray flowers a daisy Kim	$500 [27] "Unusual event" is the least serious of the 4 emergency levels defined by the NRC, this group the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mike	$500 [12] When he KO'd Ingemar Johansson in 1960, he became the 1st to regain the heavyweight boxing title Floyd Patterson Mike	DD $500 [5] Antonio Canova's statue of Theseus & this monster is one of the earliest neoclassical sculptures the Minotaur Kim	$500 [26] Raytheon's microwave ovens were first sold in 1947 under this name the Radarange Mike	$500 [30] C.S. Calverley wrote in "Contentment", "Life is with such all" this "and skittles" beer Dave

Double Jeopardy! Round

DAMS	WORLD LEADERS	WRITERS	THE CIRCUS	CALIFORNIA	LUCKY PIERRES
$200 [1] This country's Dez Dam used to be the Mohammed-Reza Shah Pahlavi Dam Iran Dave	$200 [11] His 1932 article on fascism appeared in the "Enciclopedia Italiana" Mussolini Mike	$200 [6] Stories later collected in his "Dubliners" were first sold for £1 each to a farmer's magazine James Joyce Mike	$200 [16] Isaac Van Amburgh is credited with being the first to put his head in here a lion's mouth Kim	$200 [18] First scaled in 1873, it's the tallest peak in the state at 14,494 feet Mount Whitney Dave	$200 [23] This former White House press secretary has worked for ABC News since the late '70s Pierre Salinger Dave
$400 [2] The Kentucky Dam is one of the largest of the 35 major dams in this project TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) Dave	$400 [12] This Libyan has no formal title but is called the country's "revolutionary leader" Qaddafi Dave	$400 [7] This defender of Dreyfus wrote a 20-novel series called "Les Rougon-Macquart" (Émile) Zola Dave	$400 [17] P.T. Barnum used this slogan to describe the circus he & William Coup opened in Brooklyn in 1871 the Greatest Show on Earth Dave	$400 [19] This state motto is from a Greek term for "I have found it" Eureka Dave	$400 [24] The capital of this state is named for fur trader Pierre Chouteau South Dakota Kim
$600 [3] Gravity, arch & buttress types of dams are usually made out of this concrete Mike	$600 [13] In 1982 West Germany's Bundestag replaced Chancellor Helmut Schmidt with this man Helmut Kohl Mike	$800 [9] Ionesco & Beckett are exemplars of the movement called the "Theatre of" this the Absurd Kim	$600 [28] The long beard, striped pants & tall hat of 1860s clown Dan Rice may have inspired this character Uncle Sam Mike	$600 [20] This Democrat served as governor from 1959 to 1967, his son from 1975 to 1983 Edmund Brown Dave	$600 [25] Pierre Boulez succeeded Leonard Bernstein as music director of this orchestra in 1971 the New York Philharmonic Dave
$800 [4] Federal dams for irrigation projects are usually built by the Bureau of this Reclamation Dave Kim	$800 [14] In 1978 this Jordanian king married Elizabeth Halaby, an American King Hussein Mike	DD $1,000 [8] This author of "2001: A Space Odyssey" is credited with the idea for satellite communications Arthur Clarke Dave	$800 [29] Henry Gentry was famous for this type of animal "show", now slang for any small circus a dog & pony show Kim Mike	$800 [21] This Air Force base just north of LOMPOC is a launch site for U.S. satellites Vandenburg Dave Mike	$800 [26] After 2 terms as governor of Delaware, he sought the GOP presidential nomination in 1988 Pierre DuPont Mike
$1,000 [5] The first dam on record diverted water on this river the Nile Dave Kim	$1,000 [15] Between 1868 & 1894, this Liberal served as British prime minister a record 4 times Gladstone Dave Mike	$1,000 [10] Her "Middlemarch" is subtitled "A Study of Provincial Life" George Eliot Kim	$1,000 [30] Miguel Vasquez was first to perform this number of somersaults on the trapeze four Dave Kim	$1,000 [22] The Hoover Institution at this university contains books & documents on world affairs of the 20th c. Stanford Dave	DD $1,800 [27] George Washington was forced to dismiss this designer of our capital in 1792 Pierre-Charles L'Enfant Mike

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. HISTORY

Ironically, U.S. Grant's 1854 resignation from the Army was accepted by this Secretary of War

Jefferson Davis

Mike "Who was Jefferson Davis" — wagered $1,499

Kim "Who was Jefferson Davis?" — wagered $3,600

Dave "Who was Davis" — wagered $1,301

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