Show #1631 1991-10-07 (taped 1991-08-20) Regular

Contestants

Paul Lanning — an environmental planner from Yorba Linda, California

Gayle Richardson — a librarian from Seattle, Washington

Aaron Gershowitz — a refugee resettlement coordinator from New York City, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Aaron	$1,500	$3,400	$6,900	$6,300 3-day champion: $39,300	$4,800 20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Gayle	$500	$400	$3,100	$6,100 2nd place: Ashley Top Flight bedroom group with high-gloss ebony finish & brass accenting + Waverly Home Fashions Nantucket Collection bedding ensemble	$6,000 19 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Paul	$100	$400	$2,800	$1 3rd place: Eastpak bags + Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + Infogenius for Nintendo Game Boy	$2,800 8 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

MERRIE OLDE ENGLAND	ANIMALS	CELEBRITY RELATIVES	FLOWERS	SPORTS	THE "BUCK" STOPS HERE
$100 [20] One historian says he lived in the woods, allowed no woman to be molested & spared poor men's goods Robin Hood Aaron	$100 [6] The only land mammals native to New Zealand are 2 species of these flying mammals bats Aaron	$100 [16] Like his cousin Jimmy Lee Swaggart, this rock 'n' roll great's middle name is also Lee Jerry Lee Lewis Gayle	$100 [26] As you might expect, it's the color of a cardinal flower red Aaron	$100 [1] In 1979 this American married English tennis player John Lloyd, but they divorced 8 years later Chris Evert Aaron	$100 [11] In agriculture it's a minor grain crop, on "The Little Rascals" it's the name of a major character Buckwheat Aaron
$200 [21] The British tourist office tells us the Lamb & the Flag is the oldest one in London a pub Gayle	$200 [7] This large dog originated in Germany, not in Denmark as its name implies a Great Dane Aaron	$200 [17] Michael Nesmith's mom wasn't "Monkeeing" around when she invented this typewriter correction fluid Liquid Paper (white-out accepted) Gayle	$200 [27] In names of flowers, this heavenly word follows shooting & blazing star Aaron	$200 [2] On Nov. 19, 1969 he scored his "Milesimo", or 1000th goal, in Rio's Maracana Stadium Pelé Aaron	$200 [12] In 1965 he ran unsuccessfully for New York City mayor on the Conservative Party ticket William Buckley Gayle
$400 [23] The Italian Pulcinella became this handy character in England Punch Gayle	$300 [8] Basilisks are also called "Jesus Christ Lizards" because of their ability to run on the surface of this water Gayle	$300 [18] Frank Kurtz, the most decorated bomber pilot of WWII, is the father of this comedic actress Swoosie Kurtz Paul	$300 [28] Fuchsia has dangling blossoms that resemble this piece of ladies' jewelry, hence its other name earrings	$300 [3] Service academy that's the home team at Michie Stadium the Army (U.S. Military Academy at West Point) Aaron Gayle Paul	$300 [13] Roy Clark's "Hee Haw" co-host Buck Owens Gayle
$500 [24] This court was first built in 1539, adjacent to Newgate Prison the Old Bailey Aaron	$400 [9] In his "Monograph on the Cirripedia", Charles Darwin told the hull truth about these sea creatures barnacles Aaron	$400 [19] Her father, Pat, created both the "Today" & "Tonight" shows as president of NBC Sigourney Weaver	—	$400 [4] From 1901-54 the Athletics represented this city in the American League Philadelphia Aaron Paul	$400 [14] He brought 'em back alive from the jungle Frank Buck Gayle
DD $1,400 [22] A 1597 book by T. Morley described how dinner guests would sing one of these together:"Though Amaryllis daunce in green / Like Fayrie Queene / And sing full cleere / Corina can with smiling cheer..." a madrigal Gayle	$500 [10] Latin gave us this word for the pouch on a kangaroo's belly the marsupium	$500 [25] These 3 siblings appeared together in only one film, "Rasputin and the Empress" the Barrymores Aaron	—	$500 [5] This Baltimore university best known for its medical school has won a record 17 Lacrosse titles Johns Hopkins Aaron	$500 [15] Roscoe was the real first name of this 320-lb. silent screen actor Fatty Arbuckle Aaron

Double Jeopardy! Round

NEW ENGLAND	THE 1920s	WORD ORIGINS	MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS	SHAKESPEARE	FOREIGN EXCHANGE
$200 [6] With Mary Baker Eddy presiding at an 1879 meeting in Lynn, Mass., this movement voted to become a church Christian Science Aaron Paul	$200 [26] '20s idol born R. Alfonzo Raffaeli Pierre Filibert di Valentina d'Antonguolla or something like that Rudolph Valentino Aaron	$200 [16] Parler, meaning "to talk", gave rise to this word for a type of legislature parliament Paul	$200 [11] When it's used to play folk music, a violin is popularly called this a fiddle Gayle	$200 [21] His 1st line in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is "Now, Master Shallow; you'll complain of me to the king?" Falstaff Gayle	$200 [1] In this country 100 lepta will get you 1 drachma Greece Gayle
$400 [7] The academy Dr. John Phillips founded in this New Hampshire town in 1781 was opened to girls in 1970 Exeter Gayle	$600 [28] This New York City section became Bohemia for Theodore Dreiser, Willa Cather & Sherwood Anderson Greenwich Village Gayle Paul	$400 [17] This tropical bird's name is probably derived from the name Pierre a parrot Gayle	$400 [12] Though resembling a piano, the strings on this old keyboard instrument are plucked rather than struck a harpsichord Gayle	$400 [22] The man who brags, "I am he am born to tame you, Kate" Petruchio Paul	$400 [2] Worth about 5 to the U.S. dollar, the yuan is the basic monetary unit of this country China Paul
$600 [8] Its state tree is the white, not the charter, oak Connecticut	DD $2,500 [27] On March 19, 1920 the Senate voted 49-35 to join it, but a 2/3 majority was required the League of Nations Aaron	$600 [18] The name of this glassy material comes from Latin meaning "stone of obsius" obsidian Aaron	$600 [13] The Sousaphone is basically the same as this instrument but coiled in a circle a tuba Gayle	$600 [23] Of Flute, Oboe or Piccolo, the one who's a character in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Flute Aaron Gayle Paul	$600 [3] From Russian for "lance", this small coin originally showed the czar with a lance a kopeck Aaron
$800 [9] Published by Benjamin Harris around 1690, it began "A--In Adam's fall, We sinned all" the Little Bible of New England	—	$800 [19] This golden horse's name comes from Spanish meaning "like a dove" palomino Gayle	$800 [14] Among orchestral drums, they're the only type tuned to specific pitches timpani Paul	$1,000 [25] The playwright George Wilkins may have collaborated on this play about a prince of Tyre Pericles, Prince of Tyre	$800 [4] 1 of 5 Middle Eastern countries whose monetary unit is the rial Saudi Arabia (or Iran, Oman, Yemen or Qatar) Gayle
$1,000 [10] The 2 men chosen to warn the Patriots at Lexington the British were coming were Paul Revere & him (William) Dawes Paul	—	$1,000 [20] Type of government whose name is derived from the Latin for "bundle" fascist Aaron Gayle	$1,000 [15] As it's nearly 16 feet long, this lowest-sounding woodwind is folded into three sections a contrabassoon Paul	DD $1,500 [24] Prospero calls this sprite "My tricksy spirit!" Ariel Gayle	$1,000 [5] This country that became independent in March 1990 still uses the South African rand Namibia Aaron

Final Jeopardy!

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Howard R. Garis wrote some 12,000 stories about this "Uncle" & his friends between 1910-1947

Uncle Wiggily

Paul "Who is Uncle Remus" — wagered $2,799

Gayle "Who is Uncle Wiggly???" — wagered $3,000

Aaron "Who is Uncle Remus?" — wagered $600

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