Show #1747 1992-03-17 (taped 1991-12-04) Regular

Phil Yellman game 3.

Contestants

Michael Igoe — an editor from Redondo Beach, California

Ro Hendricksen — a head counselor from Manahawkin, New Jersey

Phil Yellman — a word processor from Albuquerque, New Mexico (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Phil	$100	$2,700	$6,400	$2,399 3-day champion: $31,400	$6,000 22 R (including 2 DDs), 9 W (including 1 DD)
Ro	$-300	$300	$1,300	$100 3rd place: Moulinex kitchen appliances + Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + InfoGenius for Game Boy + Jeopardy! home game	$1,300 9 R, 5 W
Michael	$1,900	$3,000	$5,200	$200 2nd place: Michael C. Fina china + Maytag Jetclean dishwasher + Jeopardy! home game	$5,200 19 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

OPERA SETTINGS	ANIMAL PHRASES	FAMOUS NAMES	FOOD & DRINK	SPORTS	NORTH AMERICA
$100 [26] One act of "The Tales of Hoffmann" takes place in this city; Giulietta rides off in a gondola Venice Phil Michael	$100 [14] A person who acts snobbish might be told to get off his "high" one of these a horse Michael	$100 [2] In 1973 this governor of California became the 1st celebrity "roasted" on "The Dean Martin Show" Ronald Reagan Michael	$100 [16] Decaffeinization of this bean drink provides caffeine for the soft drink & pharmaceutical industries coffee Ro	$100 [1] Cricket is a major sport in most nations formerly colonized by this country England (Great Britain) Michael	$100 [9] Queen Anne gave this city its charter in 1708; it's now Maryland's capital Annapolis Phil
$200 [27] This 1904 Puccini opera is set in Nagasaki Madame Butterfly Phil Ro Michael	$200 [15] A burden that's hard to get rid of is like having this seabird "around one's neck" an albatross Ro	$200 [3] First name shared by fashion designers McFadden & Quant Mary Phil	$200 [17] Sausage, sage, giblets & onion are popular ingredients in this poultry accompaniment dressing (stuffing) Ro	$200 [4] This game in which 8 players on horseback use mallets to drive the ball probably began in Persia polo Phil	$200 [10] Interest in this fish caught in Nova Scotia "spawned" a museum named for it the salmon Phil Michael
$300 [28] The title characters of this opera nibble on one of the sets, a gingerbread house Hansel and Gretel Michael	$300 [22] Canine cliche describing a ruthlessly competitive "world" dog-eat-dog Michael	$300 [6] Profession of Frank Rich, who's been called the "Butcher of Broadway" a critic Michael	$300 [18] Of cow's milk, goat's milk or reindeer's milk, the one with the most fat by far reindeer's milk Phil	$300 [5] Nicknamed "The Sport of Queens", racing these animals is derived from the sport of coursing greyhounds Michael	$300 [11] Rose Hall near Montego Bay in this country was the home of a murderess known as the "White Witch" Jamaica Phil
$400 [29] In a Menotti opera, the Magi stop at this boy's house on the way to Bethlehem Amahl	$400 [23] A resting eider, or an easy target a sitting duck Michael	$400 [7] Michael Jackson wrote the theme song for this pair of Las Vegas illusionists Siegfried & Roy Michael	$400 [19] Clear dry liquor that's the base in Bermuda Rose & Cafe de Paris cocktails gin	$400 [20] Nicknamed "Pistol Pete", this LSU player holds the NCAA career basketball scoring record with 3,667 points Pete Maravich Phil	$400 [12] The ABC islands are Aruba, Bonaire & this Curaçao Michael
$500 [30] Rossini title character who lives in a chalet beside Lake Lucerne William Tell Phil	$500 [24] To ward off poverty is to keep this animal "from the door" the wolf Phil	$500 [8] Doll designer Beatrice Alexander Behrman, who died in 1990, was better known by this name Madame Alexander	DD $1,000 [25] It leads all U.S. states in the production of chocolate Pennsylvania Phil	$500 [21] For more than 5 centuries this game similar to lawn bowling has been played in Italy bocce Ro	$500 [13] It's the official language of Dominica but not of the Dominican Republic English Phil Ro

Double Jeopardy! Round

WOMEN IN HISTORY	NUMBER, PLEASE	COLORS	LITERATURE	GENERAL SCIENCE	SOUTH AMERICA
$200 [8] It isn't known whether Queen Hatshepsut of this country died of natural causes or was deposed & slain Egypt Phil	$200 [7] According to the book of Psalms, the normal life span of man is "threescore and ten" or this many years 70 Michael	$200 [1] In pocket billiards the 1 ball & the stripe on the 9 ball are this "cowardly" color yellow Michael	$200 [2] This sibling saga by Alexandre Dumas, Pere takes place on the island of Corsica in 1841 The Corsican Brothers Ro	$200 [9] It's the study of the atmosphere as well as the study of the weather meteorology Phil	$200 [15] Found only in South America, the scarlet ibis & the horned Coot are rare ones of these birds Michael
$400 [12] She was an art instructor to King Louis XVI's sister Elisabeth before she founded her wax museum Madame Tussaud Phil Ro	$400 [23] President Wilson's War Objectives, proposed in 1918, covered this many "points" 14 Phil Ro	$400 [3] This phrase for happy times is from the old practice of coloring holy dates on church calendars red-letter days	$400 [20] She called her first version of "Pride and Prejudice" "First Impressions" Jane Austen Phil	$400 [10] Your coccyx is a vestigial one of these a tail Phil	$400 [19] Suriname, like its former mother country the Netherlands, uses this monetary unit the guilder Michael
$600 [16] Thomas Cromwell promoted Henry VIII's marriage to this 2nd Anne; it failed & he was beheaded Anne of Cleves Michael	$600 [24] The Dow Jones Industrial Average is based on this number of stocks 30 Phil	$600 [4] A blue-gray color is named for this English potter who used it in his ceramic ware Wedgwood Ro	$600 [21] In a Thornton Wilder novel, brother Juniper witnesses the collapse of this title structure the Bridge of San Luis Rey Phil	$600 [11] The law of segregation is this Austrian monk's first law of genetics Mendel Michael	DD $500 [29] This windswept plateau whose name means "big feet" makes up over 1/4 of Argentina's land Patagonia Phil
$800 [17] This psychoanalyst left Nazi-dominated Austria in 1938 & moved to London Anna Freud Phil Ro	$800 [25] It's 10 to the sixth power 1 million Ro	$800 [5] The name of this blue dye denotes its origin on an Asian subcontinent Indigo Phil Ro	$1,000 [27] His story "The Man Who Would Be King" was first published in his collection "The Phantom Rickshaw" Kipling Phil	$800 [13] On a grant from the Smithsonian, this scientist came up with the 1st successful liquid-fuel rocket (Robert) Goddard Phil	$600 [28] During WWII this country allowed U.S. troops to establish a base in the Galapagos Islands Ecuador Phil Ro
$1,000 [18] This soprano was in her teens when she debuted in her native Stockholm in 1838 Jenny Lind Phil	$1,000 [26] A pentadecagon is a geometric figure with this many sides 15 Phil Michael	$1,000 [6] A deep reddish purple color is named for this dangling flower of the evening primrose family fuchsia Michael	DD $1,200 [22] Frances Parkinson Keyes' murder mystery "Dinner at Antoine's" is set in this city New Orleans Phil	$1,000 [14] While he discovered me than e gas, this Italian is better known for his battery (Alessandro) Volta Phil	—

Final Jeopardy!

NOTORIOUS

No one was ever convicted of the double murder committed in this Massachusetts town on August 4, 1892

Fall River, Massachusetts

Ro "What is" — wagered $1,200

Michael "What is Boston" — wagered $5,000

Phil "What is Salem?" — wagered $4,001

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