Show #1720 1992-02-07 (taped 1991-11-13) Regular

Frank Epstein game 3.

Contestants

Patty McKelvey — a library page from San Diego, California

Bruce Pelkey — a history professor from Fillmore, California

Frank Epstein — a police officer from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $26,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Frank	$1,300	$4,200	$10,800	$20,800 3-day champion: $47,100	$10,000 22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Bruce	$1,400	$3,200	$2,600	$1 3rd place: Astral crystalware + Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + InfoGenius for Game Boy	$2,600 13 R, 3 W
Patty	$1,100	$1,100	$9,600	$2,500 2nd place: Panasonic HP600 cellular phone + Sierra fireplace	$7,300 21 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

COMPLETES THE PLAY TITLE	U.S. GOVERNMENT	MOVIE QUOTES	WORLD CAPITALS	GOING TO EXTREMES	WILD ABOUT HARRY
$100 [19] "A Shot in the..." Dark Patty	$100 [11] Latin for "I forbid", it's the president's power to reject legislation veto Frank	$100 [1] "I guess Rosebud is just a piece in a jigsaw puzzle---a missing piece" Citizen Kane Patty	$100 [2] The Pantheon in this capital city contains the tombs of Voltaire & Victor Hugo Paris Patty	$100 [3] This Arlington, Virginia structure covers the largest ground area of any office building the Pentagon Bruce	$100 [20] Magician who was born Ehrich Weiss in Hungary & escaped to Appleton, Wisconsin as a child Houdini Bruce
$200 [23] "Lady Windermere's..." Fan Patty	$200 [12] This Commerce Dept. agency is best known for collecting & publishing population statistics the Census Bureau Patty	$200 [7] "I coulda had class! I coulda been a contender! I coulda been somebody!" On the Waterfront Bruce	$200 [4] Yung Lo, the third Ming emperor, founded this capital city in the 15th century Peking Patty	$200 [13] The greatest distance from this celestial object to the Earth is approximately 252,000 miles the Moon Frank	$200 [27] He played Studs Lonigan in an NBC miniseries before becoming an "L.A. Law" man Harry Hamlin Patty
$300 [24] "Speed-the-..." Plow	$300 [18] To distinguish it from a grand jury, a trial jury is often called this, from the French for "small" petit Bruce	$300 [8] "I am big. It's the pictures that got small" Sunset Boulevard Bruce	$300 [5] After Cambodia fell to Communists, most residents of this capital were ordered to move Phnom Penh Frank	$300 [14] The most massive living thing is the General Sherman tree in this California national park Sequoia National Park Frank	$300 [28] She was the blonde in the rock group Blondie Debbie Harry Frank
$400 [25] "The Skin of Our..." Teeth Frank	$400 [21] In 1949 this Cabinet dept. was created to replace the Nat'l Military Establishment the Defense Department Bruce	$400 [9] "We didn't exactly believe your story, Miss O'Shaughnessy, we believed your $200" The Maltese Falcon Bruce	$400 [6] Shortly after its liberation from Ottoman rule, it became Bulgaria's capital Sofia Bruce	$400 [15] Developed by Aramco, the world's largest oil field is the Ghawar in this country Saudi Arabia Frank	$400 [29] Frank Sinatra got his first big break crooning tunes with this trumpeter's band Harry James Frank
$500 [26] "He Who Gets..." Slapped	$500 [22] One of two specific crimes mentioned in the Constitution for which the Pres. or VP can be impeached treason (or bribery) Bruce	$500 [10] "Do you, Alice, Ruth, Martha, Liza, Sarah, Dorcas, take these men to be your... husbands?" Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Patty	DD $1,300 [16] It's home to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Wellington Frank	$500 [17] The largest spider is a bird-eating spider found on this continent South America Frank	$500 [30] Graham Greene wrote the screenplay, then the book about the search for this Harry Harry Lime Bruce Patty

Double Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS AMERICANS	TRAVEL & TOURISM	THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH	RELIGION	FICTION	THE MIDDLE AGES
$200 [12] When he left the presidency he retired to his farm near Gettysburg, Penn. Eisenhower Bruce	$200 [10] If you're into gambling, you might check out the casinos in Wiesbaden or Baden-Baden in this country The nickname shared by Queensland, Australia & Florida, USA Germany the Sunshine State Frank	$200 [6] This item is called a nappy though babies also wear them when they're awake a diaper Patty	$200 [21] The stoup at the entrance of a Catholic Church contains this liquid holy water Frank	$200 [17] This author's grandfather, the blind Senator Gore, is a character in his novel "Hollywood" Gore Vidal Patty	$200 [1] The story of her naked ride first appeared in the chronicle of Roger of Wendover Lady Godiva Frank
$400 [13] This speed skater won almost half the total medals that went to the U.S. at the 1980 Winter Olympics Eric Heiden Patty	$400 [27] Bogota's airport is named for this fabled land the Spaniards were seeking El Dorado Patty	$400 [7] The accumulator is this storage device on a car the battery Frank	$400 [22] Members of this religion attach a mezuzah, a scroll containing biblical verses, to their homes Judaism Patty	$600 [19] In an Oliver Goldsmith novel, Olivia Primrose's father is "The Vicar of" this Wakefield Patty	$400 [2] This city became the capital of Russia during the reign of Ivan III Moscow Bruce Patty
$600 [14] He was born near Limestone, Tenn. in 1786 & died at the Alamo Davy Crockett Patty	$600 [28] The name of the palace whose tower contains Big Ben Westminster Bruce	$600 [8] Pip emma is this part of the day p.m. (afternoon) Frank	$600 [23] This denomination distributes the magazines The Watchtower & Awake! Jehovah's Witnesses Frank	$800 [20] Long Tom Coffin, a character in his novel "The Pilot", has been called "a nautical version of Natty Bumppo" James Fenimore Cooper Frank Bruce	$600 [3] Ogadai, this man's son, succeeded him as Mongol ruler in 1229 Genghis Khan Patty
$800 [15] Born in Harrisburg, Penn., he represents Ga.'s 6th District in the House & is minority whip Newt Gingrich Patty	$800 [29] Now a gov't building, the Palace of the Grand Masters in this country was built for the Knights of St. John Malta Frank	$800 [9] Rounders is a children's game resembling this American pastime baseball Bruce	$800 [24] He translated the "Book of Mormon" with the aid of special stones called Urim & Thummim Joseph Smith Patty	$1,000 [25] Nationality of the author of the famous 1916 antiwar novel "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" Spanish Frank Bruce	$800 [4] This youngest son of Henry II conspired to take his brother Richard's throne (King) John Frank
DD $1,500 [16] After the first successful A-bomb test he said, "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" Oppenheimer Patty	$1,000 [30] Linked to Hong Kong by jetfoil or hydrofoil, it's the oldest European settlement in the Far East Macao Frank	$1,000 [11] It's what you'd like to do if you're Peckish eat Frank	$1,000 [26] The Eightfold Path leading to the end of suffering is 1 of this faith's 4 Noble Truths Buddhism Patty	DD $2,200 [18] "Peachtree Road" has been called Anne Rivers Siddons' "Love Letter to" this city Atlanta Patty	$1,000 [5] The Popes made their home in this French city, not Rome, for most of the 14th century Avignon Frank

Final Jeopardy!

THE CIVIL WAR

It was the only Confederate capital east of the Mississippi never captured by Union troops

Tallahassee, Florida

Bruce "What was Lexington" — wagered $2,599

Patty "What isAustin?T[partial A]" — wagered $7,100

Frank "What is Tallhassee" — wagered $10,000

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