Show #1712 1992-01-28 (taped 1991-11-12) Regular

Dave Willis game 3.

Contestants

Will Akers — a writer from Nashville, Tennessee

Kathy Forrest-Hayes — a waitress and student from Freehold, New Jersey

Dave Willis — a manager from Ventura, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $18,201)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Dave $2,400 $3,800 $8,200 $14,200
3-day champion: $32,401
$8,100
26 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Kathy $0 $200 $1,000 $1,999
3rd place: Service Merchandise gift certificate + Jeopardy! home game
$1,000
6 R, 3 W
Will $1,800 $3,700 $6,900 $13,800
2nd place: Broyhill entertainment center + Sanyo VCR + Jeopardy! home game
$6,900
19 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

WISCONSIN CITIES ROCK GROUPS HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES U.S. COAST GUARD FOOD "RED", "WHITE" & "BLUE"
$100 [16]
For a close encounter, head to Elmwood; it calls itself the world capital of these
UFOs
Dave
$100 [3]
Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Keith Richard &Mick Jagger
The Rolling Stones
Will
$100 [1]
Rex, the king of Carnival, crowns a queen during this New Orleans festival
Mardi Gras
Dave
$100 [25]
In time of war, the Coast Guard comes under the jurisdiction of this military service
the Navy
Dave
$100 [8]
Chincoteague & Blue Point are 2 varieties of this shellfish often served "casino"
oysters
Will
$100 [20]
A business operating at a loss is said to be this
in the red
Will
$200 [17]
This large city calls itself "A Great Place on a Great Lake"
Milwaukee
Kathy
$200 [4]
Mickey Dolenz, Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith &Davy Jones
The Monkees
Will
$200 [2]
Canada, as well as the U.S., observes this holiday on the first Monday in September
Labor Day
Will
$200 [26]
Manned by the Coast Guard, the International Ice Patrol was founded soon after this 1912 ship disaster
(sinking of) the Titanic
Will
$200 [9]
When applied to food, Alsacienne usually indicates the presence of this preserved cabbage in the dish
sauerkraut
Dave
$200 [21]
This marine mammal is also known as a sulfur-bottom
a blue whale
Dave
$300 [18]
Ripon is known as the birthplace of this political party
the GOP (the Republican Party)
Dave
$300 [5]
Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss &Gene Simmons
Kiss
Will
$300 [13]
This state honors Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole on March 26
Hawaii
Dave
$300 [27]
On January 28, 1915 this president signed into law a bill creating the Coast Guard
Woodrow Wilson
Will
$300 [10]
Strips of meat dried in the sun, its name comes from the Peruvian word charqui
jerky
Dave
$300 [22]
This New Mexico missile range is the largest all-land rocket testing range in the U.S.
White Sands
Will
$400 [19]
If you skip Bloomer, you'll be in "Dutch" because it's the capital of this exercise sport
rope skipping (rope jumping)
Kathy
$400 [6]
John Paul Jones, John Bonham, Jimmy Page &Robert Plant
Led Zeppelin
Will
$400 [14]
On St. David's Day, some Welshmen wear this onion-like plant, the symbol of their country
the leek
Dave
$400 [28]
While in this city's harbor, the cutter Harriet Lane fired the Civil War's 1st shot from a vessel
Charleston (South Carolina)
Dave
$400 [11]
These hard, chewy rolls, popular with cream cheese, are boiled before they're baked
bagels
Dave
$400 [23]
The athletic teams at Duke University sport this nickname
Blue Devils
Dave
$500 [30]
Pulaski prides itself on this type of dance music
the polka
Will
$500 [7]
Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton &Jack Bruce
Cream
Will
DD $1,000 [15]
This state observes its own Independence Day on March 2
Texas
Dave
$500 [29]
The Coast Guard motto, Semper Paratus, means this
always ready
Dave
$500 [12]
It's the Italian version of the soft custard the French call sabayon
zabaglione
Dave
$500 [24]
On July 9, 1776 New York State ratified the Declaration of Independence in this city
White Plains
Will

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT EGYPT FASHION THE HUMAN BODY FAMOUS FIRSTS LANGUAGES THEATRE HISTORY
$200 [4]
Usually, hieroglyphs were carved in stone & hieratic writing was done by pen on this
papyrus
Will
$200 [11]
From its resemblance to a snake, a long, fluffy scarf worn on the shoulders is called this
a boa
Dave
$200 [1]
During pregnancy, this hollow organ expands to about 24 times its normal size
the uterus
Kathy
$200 [12]
Flower-covered carriages were the 1st "floats" to take part in this Pasadena event, Jan. 1, 1889
the Rose Bowl Parade (the Tournament of Roses Parade)
Kathy
$200 [18]
Though written in Hebrew letters, Yiddish is usually considered a variant of this language
German
Dave
$200 [28]
Farces known as Fabulae Atellanae originated in this empire, where they were popular for centuries
the Roman Empire
Dave
$400 [5]
The ancient Egyptians called their leader "Pr-O", which turned into this in the Bible
the Pharaoh
Dave
$400 [13]
In the '50s & '60s women "buzzed" about town in this hairstyle, a tall dome shape on top of the head
beehive
Dave
$400 [2]
The point at which this nerve enters the eye is known as the blind spot
the optic nerve
Kathy
$400 [14]
James Naismith not only invented this sport, he also wrote the 1st rule book
basketball
Dave
$400 [19]
English words derived from this language include bard, shamrock & whiskey
Gaelic
Will
$400 [29]
Medieval plays about the lives & miracles of these people were called miracle plays
the saints
Will
$600 [6]
For a while she ruled with her son Caesarion
Cleopatra
Dave
$600 [23]
Strapless & often beaded, a clutch is this
a purse
Will
$600 [3]
Ear & throat infections can trigger a swelling of these tiny glands in the neck & armpits
the lymph glands (nodes)
Will
$600 [15]
On the first sound recording, Thomas Edison recited this children's poem
"Mary Had A Little Lamb"
Dave
$600 [21]
In Hong Kong this Chinese dialect, not Mandarin, is an official language
Cantonese
Dave
$600 [30]
He was the 1st director of England's National Theatre; its theatre named for him opened in 1976
Laurence Olivier
Dave
$1,000 [8]
During the Old Kingdom this god of fertility became the god of the underworld
Osiris
Dave
$800 [27]
In the early 1970s women were showing off their legs with these short shorts
hot pants
Dave Kathy
$800 [9]
From the Greek for "around the heart", it's the thin, membranous sac that surrounds the heart
the pericardium
Dave
$800 [16]
As a stunt for the NY World, she became the 1st woman to travel around the world, unaccompanied
Nellie Bly
Kathy
$800 [20]
Today the two main forms of this language are Demotic & Katharevousa
Greek
Dave
$800 [26]
The 1988 Tony Awards celebrated the 100th anniversary of this female producer's birth
Antoinette Perry
DD $2,800 [7]
At the end of the Old Kingdom the capital moved from Memphis to this southern city
Thebes
Dave
$1,000 [24]
Capezio was founded in 1887 to make shoes for this type of dance
ballet
Kathy Will
$1,000 [10]
Except for the palms & soles, these oil glands are scattered over the entire surface of the body
sebaceous glands
Kathy
$1,000 [17]
The 1st former president to become a congressman, he served from 1831 until his death in 1848
John Quincy Adams
DD $2,400 [22]
Of the approx. 113 million people who live in this country, most speak Bengali
Bangladesh
Dave
$1,000 [25]
When this author's "Picnic" 1st opened on Broadway in 1953, its cast included Paul Newman
William Inge

Final Jeopardy!

THE ELEMENTS

It's the only radioactive element that occurs naturally as a gas

radon

Kathy "What is radon" — wagered $999
Will "What is radon" — wagered $6,900
Dave "What is radon" — wagered $6,000

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