Show #1684 1991-12-19 (taped 1991-09-30) Regular

India Cooper game 4.

Contestants

Alan Belancik — a marketing consultant from Wilton, New Hampshire

Dolph Schmidt — a lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland

India Cooper — an actor and copy editor originally from Denver, Colorado (whose 3-day cash winnings total $47,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
India	$-100	$3,200	$11,900	$7,900 4-day champion: $55,300	$11,200 31 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Dolph	$-300	$-800	$800	$1,599 3rd place: Nicolet men's & ladies gold-tone watches + the Jeopardy! home game or computerized version	$800 6 R, 4 W
Alan	$1,000	$2,000	$7,000	$1,700 2nd place: FlexSteel Industries contemporary sofa + Sanyo cable-ready 20" remote control color TV with MTS stereo & SAP bilingual broadcast + the Jeopardy! home game or computerized version	$6,000 16 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. CITIES	OSCAR LOSERS	GUINNESS ANIMAL RECORDS	ROYALTY	QUOTES	LANGUAGES
$100 [7] This "Grand" Michigan city has been called "Furniture City" Grand Rapids Alan	$100 [9] Doctors don't fare well: in 1966 "Doctor Zhivago" lost, in 1968 this Rex Harrison doctor Doctor Dolittle India	$100 [23] If you're arachnophobic, beware of the Brazilian wandering ones, they're the most venomous spiders India	$100 [18] Peter the Great's niece Anna Ivanovna was empress of this country from 1730-1740 Russia India	$100 [1] Autumn to James Whitcomb Riley was when this "is on the punkin" frost Alan	$100 [2] Dialects of this language include Hakka, Min & Xiang Chinese India
$200 [8] The name of this West Central Indiana city is French for "high land" Terre Haute India	$200 [10] In 1975 he lost the Best Picture Oscar as producer of "The Conversation" but won for "The Godfather, Part II" (Francis Ford) Coppola India	$200 [24] Measuring over 15 feet, the Salvadori monitor is the longest one of these lizards Alan	$200 [19] This king of Hawaii had many wives but Kaahumanu was his favorite Kamehameha India	$200 [14] Bishop Fulton Sheen said, "An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of" this support Dolph	$200 [3] It's German for au revoir auf Wiedersehen India
$300 [25] Tourist sites in this Wisconsin city include the Schlitz Audubon Center & the Pabst Theater Milwaukee Alan	$300 [11] Married to each other at the time, they were both nominated for "The Goodbye Girl" Neil Simon & Marsha Mason India	$300 [28] Sometimes found weighing over 40 pounds, the American species of this is the heaviest crustacean a lobster Alan	$300 [20] King Tut's wife Ankhesenamen was this queen's daughter; we don't know if she called her "Mummy" Nefertiti Alan	$300 [15] In a 1955 interview John Mason Brown called it "chewing gum for the eyes" television India	$300 [4] After 1926 Turkish switched from this script to the Roman alphabet Arabic India Alan
$400 [26] Since the 1920s Boeing aircraft has been the mainstay of this city's economy Seattle India	$400 [12] "Taxi Driver", "Network", "All the President's Men" & "Bound for Glory" were KO'd by this film for 1976 Rocky	$400 [29] The bird believed to have the fewest feathers is the ruby-throated species of this the hummingbird India	$400 [21] The father of the current king of Spain, or a legendary Spanish seducer immortalized in literature Don Juan India	$400 [16] According to Alexander Pope, this "springs eternal in the human breast" hope India	$400 [5] Exclamation marks & slashes represent the unusual sounds produced in this group of African languages the click languages India
$500 [27] A cast-iron statue of Vulcan overlooks this city, Alabama's largest Birmingham Alan	$500 [13] At the 1949 awards, the time wasn't right for this Gregory Peck war film to win Best Picture 12 O'Clock High India Dolph	$500 [30] Named for their loud cry, these monkeys are considered the noisiest land animals howler monkeys India Dolph	$500 [22] In 1958 this crown prince's Buddhist fiancee agreed to marry him in a traditional Shinto ceremony Akihito	$500 [17] George Santayana observed, "Those who cannot remember" this "are condemned to repeat it" the past India	DD $500 [6] The 2 main languages spoken by the opponents in the Hundred Years' War French & English Alan

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD GEOGRAPHY	CARNEGIE HALL	AMERICAN LITERATURE	1962	CHEMISTRY	STATE FLOWERS
$200 [8] This Asian desert became widely known through the writings of Marco Polo in the 13th century the Gobi India	$200 [9] The answer to this perennial question is "Practice, practice!" How do you get to Carnegie Hall? India	$200 [3] Thomas Nelson Page's novel "Red Rock" depicts the effects of this war on 2 old Southern families the Civil War India	$200 [1] On June 12, 1962 3 convicts escaped from this island prison by digging out with spoons Alcatraz Alan	$200 [2] This lowest theoretical temperature is -273.15° C or -459.67° F absolute zero India	$200 [26] This state flower of Massachusetts shares its name with a famous Pilgrim ship the mayflower Alan
$400 [11] It's a rocky promontory at the tip of South Africa's Cape Peninsula the Cape of Good Hope India	$400 [10] This blue-eyed singer first appeared at Carnegie Hall his way, in a 1961 benefit for the SCLC Sinatra Dolph	$400 [4] This poet's collection, "Sequel to Drum Taps", contained "O Captain! My Captain!" Whitman India	$400 [18] The 21st Ecumenical Council was known as this because it was the 2nd held in St. Peter's the Second Vatican Council Dolph	$400 [13] It's the form of alcohol found in beer, wine & spirits ethyl Dolph	$400 [27] The white, waxy blossom of this fruit tree is Florida's state flower the orange tree India
$600 [17] At about 22 feet below sea level, Prins Alexander Polder is the lowest point in this European country the Netherlands India	$600 [12] Time was on their side when this rock group rocked Carnegie Hall on June 20, 1964 the Rolling Stones Dolph Alan	$600 [5] First name shared by title characters Brand & Frome Ethan India	$600 [19] The U.S. automaker that announced a 50,000-mile or 5-year guarantee Chrysler Alan	$600 [14] On the pH scale, a solution measuring 1-6 indicates this acidic Alan	$600 [28] This state flower of Kansas is often grown as a farm crop for the oil in its seeds the sunflower India
$800 [20] The greatest depth of this sea, about 1500 feet, lies near Sweden's Gotland Island the Baltic	$1,000 [22] He wasn't prime minister of Poland yet when he made his U.S. recital debut at Carnegie Hall in 1891 Paderewski Alan	$800 [6] Edward Albee dramatized her story "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" in 1963 Carson McCullers India	$800 [24] The only 2 scheduled U.S. transatlantic passenger airlines in 1962, their merger never came off Pan Am & TWA India	$800 [15] Like mercury, bromine has this unusual property it is liquid at room temperature Alan	$800 [29] This common desert shrub is Nevada's state flower & gives it one of its nicknames sagebrush India
$1,000 [21] The Sicilian name of this volcano is Mongibello (Mount) Etna India Dolph	DD $1,500 [23] This Spaniard who revived interest in the classical guitar made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1946 (Andres) Segovia India	$1,000 [7] Like the hero of his novel "An American Tragedy", this author grew up in poverty (Theodore) Dreiser Dolph	$1,000 [25] On November 30, 1962 he was unanimously elected secretary-general of the U.N. U Thant Dolph	DD $2,000 [16] On the periodic table, 3 of the 6 elements classified as noble gases neon, argon & krypton (& helium, radon & xenon) Alan	$1,000 [30] Oklahoma's state flower, this shrub with white berries was regarded as sacred by the druids the mistletoe Alan

Final Jeopardy!

NAMES IN THE NEWS

In 1952 he set up a law practice with partner Oliver Tambo

Nelson Mandela

Dolph "Who is Mandela?" — wagered $799

Alan "Who is Melvin Bell." — wagered $5,300

India "Who is Thurgood Marshal" — wagered $4,000

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