Show #1649 1991-10-31 (taped 1991-09-10) Regular

Contestants

Deborah Tardiff — an information manager originally from Manchester, New Hampshire

Joe Marra — a schoolteacher from Bayside, New York

Greg Shepherd — a college music instructor from Honolulu, Hawaii (whose 2-day cash winnings total $17,501)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Greg $600 $2,100 $9,001 $8,301
3-day champion: $25,802
$7,000
24 R (including 2 DDs), 7 W (including 1 DD)
Joe $200 $800 $4,800 $100
2nd place: Delta Design real-wood unfinished computer desk, hutch & printer stand + Smith-Corona PWP 1200 personal word processor with built-in disk drive + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version
$4,800
13 R, 3 W
Deborah $1,200 $2,800 $3,400 $0
3rd place: RCA extra-large capacity washer & matching RCA dryer + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version
$3,400
15 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

IDAHO THE MOVIES HERE COMES THE BRIDE U.S. MARINE CORPS POTPOURRI "BELL"s
$100 [21]
This capital, the state's largest city, has only slightly more than 100,000 people
Boise
Joe
$100 [1]
He & a friend wrote a song called "Hudson Hawk" years ago; now it's in his film of the same name
Bruce Willis
Deborah
$100 [26]
Most of these child attendants no longer strew petals because they might make the bride slip
flower girls
Deborah
$100 [16]
The Marine service uniform is green, the dress uniform this color
blue
Greg
$100 [6]
In cribbage, each player keeps his own score on one of these, using pegs
a board
Joe
$100 [7]
A deep, hearty guffaw
a belly laugh
Joe Deborah
$200 [22]
This national park, also in Montana & Wyoming, was established before Idaho became a state
Yellowstone
Greg
$200 [2]
This Disneyland ride inspired Roman Polanski to make the film "Pirates"
Pirates of the Caribbean
$200 [27]
At the reception, the best man often proposes the first one of these
a toast
Greg
$200 [17]
The Marine Corps Memorial in Arlington, Virginia commemorates the capture of this island
Iwo Jima
Greg
$200 [12]
Trademark character whose picture graces boxes of Sugar Golden Crisp
Sugar Bear
Greg
$200 [8]
A dunce or ignoramus
a dumbbell
Joe
$300 [23]
Developed in 1936, this ski resort is in the Sawtooth Mountains
Sun Valley
Deborah
$300 [3]
Of "Suddenly", "Last Summer" or "Suddenly, Last Summer", the one that starred Frank Sinatra
Suddenly
Greg
$300 [28]
The custom of wearing this may go back to the days when guests would steal a bride's stockings
the garter
Deborah
$300 [18]
While serving as leader of the Marine Corps Band, he wrote the Corps March, "Semper Fidelis"
Sousa
Greg
$300 [13]
Remove 4 letters from "odoriferous" to get this word which means the same thing
odorous
Greg Deborah
$300 [9]
This container is used in laboratories to protect instruments or for containing gases
a bell jar
Deborah
$400 [24]
Developed by the Nez Perce Indians, this spotted-rump breed is Idaho's state horse
Appaloosa
Greg Joe
$400 [4]
"Twin Peaks" actors Richard Beymer & Russ Tamblyn played gang members in this 1961 movie musical
West Side Story
Greg
$400 [29]
When choosing an engagement ring, you should know that 100 points equals one of these
a carat
Greg
$400 [19]
The officers' sword has a hilt that commemorates service against these pirates in the early 1800s
the Barbary Pirates
Joe
$400 [14]
Caroline Kennedy's middle name, it was her mother's maiden name
Bouvier
Deborah
$400 [10]
1 of 2 Top 10 hits by the 5th Dimension with "Bell" in the title
"Wedding Bell Blues" (or "One Less Bell To Answer")
Deborah
$500 [25]
The Blackfoot, Big Wood & Salmon Rivers all flow into this 1 that drains most of the state
the Snake
Deborah
DD $500 [5]
This Englishman directed Shirley MacLaine in her 1st film, "The Trouble with Harry"
Alfred Hitchcock
Greg
$500 [20]
Marine recruits attend boot camp at San Diego or this South Carolina post
Parris Island
Joe
$500 [15]
Of all the popes in the 20th century, he had the highest number after his name
Pope John XXIII
Greg
$500 [11]
This drug whose name is Italian for "Fair Lady" is sometimes used as a cardiac stimulant
belladonna
Greg

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS STATE BIRDS WORLD LEADERS JAZZ 20th CENTURY AMERICA WILLIAM FAULKNER
$200 [7]
In 1611 this navigator was set adrift by mutineers in the Canadian bay named for him & soon died
Hudson
Joe
$200 [21]
The young of this Connecticut state bird have speckled breasts; the adults are red-breasted
a robin
Greg
$200 [1]
She is head of state of Canada & the Bahamas though she's represented by governors general
Queen Elizabeth II
Greg
$200 [16]
Davenport in this state honors its native son Bix Beiderbecke with an annual jazz festival
Iowa
Deborah
$200 [26]
Establishment of a general association of nations was his 14th point
Wilson
Greg
$200 [2]
Faulkner set his novel "Mosquitoes" in this city, in the French Quarter where he'd once lived
New Orleans
Deborah
$400 [8]
On April 6, 1909 he wrote in his diary, "The pole at last! The prize of 3 centuries... Mine at last!"
Peary
Joe
$400 [22]
In winter this "ruffed" state bird of Pennsylvania develops feathery "snowshoes" on its toes
a grouse
Joe
$400 [3]
2 Constantines lead this country; Karamanlis is president & Mitsotakis is prime minister
Greece
Greg
$400 [17]
He hit the pop charts with "What A Wonderful World" some 16 years after his death
Louis Armstrong
Greg
$400 [27]
It's the 1960s organization founded by Bobby Seale & Huey Newton
the Black Panthers
Greg
$400 [12]
The elusive Old Ben is the title character of this short story, probably Faulkner's best-known
"The Bear"
Joe
$600 [9]
On his return trip from Alaska in 1741, this Dane died of scurvy on an island off Siberia
Vitus Bering
$600 [23]
This state bird of Arkansas can mimic other birds as well as barking dogs & farm animals
a mockingbird
Greg
$600 [4]
84-year-old Yang Shangkun is the president of this country
(People's Republic of) China
Greg Joe
$600 [18]
James Stewart played this trombonist & big band leader in a 1954 motion picture
Glenn Miller
Deborah
$600 [28]
It was during his tenure as U.S. president that Sputnik I went into orbit
Eisenhower
Greg
$600 [13]
Faulkner collaborated on the screenplay for this 1945 film, the 1st to team Bogart and Bacall
to have & have not
Deborah
$800 [10]
On the 1st of his 3 voyages to the Pacific, this Englishman charted the coast of New Zealand
(Captain) Cook
Greg
$800 [24]
This western meadowlark is the state bird of this Cornhusker State
Nebraska
Greg
$800 [5]
He returned from exile in Mexico in 1956 & set up a guerrilla movement in Cuba's Sierra Maestra
Fidel Castro
Greg Deborah
$800 [19]
This pioneer vibraphonist played with the Benny Goodman Quartet 1936-40
Lionel Hampton
Joe
$800 [29]
He served with Pershing in Mexico, set up a tank training school in France & headed the 3rd Army in WWII
George S. Patton
Joe
$800 [14]
Jefferson is the seat of this fictional Faulkner county; we won't ask you to spell it
Yoknapatawpha
Greg Deborah
$1,000 [11]
On May 20, 1498 this sailor became the first European to set anchor in India
Vasco da Gama
Joe Deborah
DD $2,300 [25]
This state bird of New Mexico is also called a ground cuckoo
the road runner
Greg
$1,000 [6]
President Mengistu Haile Mariam of this country fled to Zimbabwe in 1991
Ethiopia
Greg
$1,000 [20]
His son Mercer has led his band since his death in 1974
Duke Ellington
Joe
DD $2,201 [30]
Spiro Agnew & this man ran as Nixon's V.P. candidates
(Henry Cabot) Lodge
Greg
$1,000 [15]
This author of "Winesburg, Ohio" helped Faulkner get his 1st novel published
Sherwood Anderson
Greg

Final Jeopardy!

THE WINTER OLYMPICS

2 of the 3 cities that have hosted the games twice

St. Moritz, Lake Placid & Innsbruck, Austria

Deborah "What are Grenoble & Lake Placid" — wagered $3,400
Joe "What are Grenoble + Squaw Valley?" — wagered $4,700
Greg "What is Lake Placid and Zagreb" — wagered $700

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