Show #1722 1992-02-11 (taped 1991-11-19) Regular

Frank Epstein game 5.

Contestants

Scott Brauneller — a law student from Indianapolis, Indiana

Elaine Geller — a teacher from Margate, New Jersey

Frank Epstein — a police officer from Los Angeles, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $57,100)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Frank $1,200 $2,900 $8,200 $16,300
5-day champion: $73,400
$9,900
23 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Elaine $300 $-100 $-1,500 $-1,500
3rd place: Oneida gift certificate + Jeopardy! home game
$-1,500
5 R, 7 W
Scott $400 $1,900 $10,800 $5,199
2nd place: trip on Delta to Honolulu & stay at the Ala Moana Hotel + Jeopardy! home game
$9,300
23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

DOG FOOD PREFIXES TOYS & GAMES HERALDRY NUMBER, PLEASE NATIONAL MONUMENTS
$100 [3]
In names of dog food, this odd word precedes "and Chunks" or "'n Bits 'N Bits 'n Bits"
Kibbles
Scott
$100 [14]
This antonym of "micro" differs by just 1 letter
macro
Scott
$100 [7]
The idea for this toy came from watching students throwing empty pie tins
a Frisbee
Frank
$100 [1]
In heraldry these 2 metals are known as "or" & "argent"
gold & silver
Scott
$100 [20]
While there are 10 Commandments, there are this many deadly sins
7
Scott
$100 [26]
The highest shade temperature recorded here was 134° F. at Furnace Creek Ranch in 1913
Death Valley
Frank
$200 [10]
In other words, this dog food could be called "fortunate canine"
Lucky Dog
Frank
$200 [18]
It's what the prefix "ante" means, whether it precedes "bellum" or "diluvian"
before
Elaine
$200 [8]
Initially called Crisscross, this board game was renamed for the "digging" of letters during play
Scrabble
Elaine Scott
$200 [2]
A bar across the middle of a shield, or a Parker who played Davy Crockett
fess
Elaine
$200 [21]
In hockey a player gets a hat trick when he scores this many goals in one game
3
Frank
$200 [27]
Indian burial mounds can be seen at Mound City Group Nat'l Monument north of Chillicothe in this state
Ohio
Elaine
$300 [12]
Boxes of Wagtime Beef Basted Biscuits say they're "for happy" ones, as the name implies
tails
$300 [19]
This extremely short prefix meaning "without" often precedes "moral" or "theism"
a
Frank Elaine
$300 [9]
In 1989 Mattel introduced the Power Glove to be used with this home computer video game system
Nintendo
Elaine Scott
$300 [4]
On a coat of arms the crest may sit atop this piece of armored headgear
the helmet
Scott
$300 [22]
An 1869 act of Congress increased Supreme Court membership from 7 to this current number
9
Scott
$300 [28]
Scotts Bluff Nat'l Monument in Western Nebraska was a landmark for pioneers on this trail
the Oregon Trail
Frank
$400 [13]
The "T.C." in Milk-Bone's T.C. biscuits means it controls this, like some toothpastes
tartar control
Frank
$400 [17]
This prefix, from the Greek for "false", often comes before "science" or "intellectual"
pseudo
Frank
DD $400 [11]
Donald Duncan adapted this Philippine weapon & toy & introduced it to America in 1928
the Yo-Yo
Frank
$400 [5]
"Menacing" name for the side of a shield on the bearer's left
sinister
Frank
$400 [23]
Those who've plumbed the depths can tell you it's the number of feet in a fathom
6
Frank Elaine
$400 [29]
1 of 2 cacti for which a national monument is named in Arizona
saguaro (or organ pipe)
Elaine
$500 [15]
It's KEN-L Ration's "original beef burger for dogs"
Gaines-Burger
Elaine Scott
$500 [16]
"Star", "power" & "impose" often follow this 5-letter prefix
super
Scott
$500 [25]
In the 1940s Minnesota mailman Herb Schaper created this "lousy" game
Cootie
Scott
$500 [6]
This North American capital's coat of arms depicts an eagle with a snake in its mouth on a cactus
Mexico City
Frank
$500 [24]
Colonel Sanders created his famous chicken using this many "herbs and spices"
11
Scott
$500 [30]
This natural arch in southeastern Utah is located within the Navajo Indian reservation
Rainbow Bridge National Monument

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WORLD RELIGION LANGUAGES ISLANDS SHAKESPEARE ODDS & ENDS
$200 [6]
The main American arms storehouse was in this town less than 10 miles from Lexington
Concord
Frank
$200 [11]
Confirmation was originally part of this rite
baptism
Elaine
$200 [1]
If someone asks you, "Sprechen sie Deutsch?", he's asking if you speak this language
German
Frank
$200 [22]
In 1979 Denmark granted this large island home rule
Greenland
Scott
$200 [12]
She not only walks in her sleep, she reads & writes in her sleep
Lady Macbeth
Scott
$200 [17]
It begins, "It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville nine that day"
"Casey at the Bat"
Scott
$400 [7]
A flintlock musket with this attached was the chief weapon of the war
the bayonet
Scott
$400 [27]
Kabbala is the mystical tradition of this religion
Judaism
Frank
$400 [2]
Since the 1920s Turkish has been written in this alphabet
the Latin alphabet
Frank Elaine Scott
$400 [23]
In 1946 the U.S. removed about 200 inhabitants from this atoll in order to use it for A-bomb tests
Bikini
Frank
$400 [13]
"Antony and Cleopatra" opens in Cleopatra's palace in this city
Alexandria
$400 [18]
Baby rabbits are known by this "feline" name
kits
Frank
$600 [8]
In 1780 Benedict Arnold attempted to betray this post which he commanded
West Point
Scott
$600 [28]
The Buddha attained enlightenment in what's now Bodh Gaya in this country
India
Scott
$600 [3]
Some consider this language of the Pyrenees the most difficult to learn
Basque
Frank
$600 [24]
At 7,402 feet, Blue Mountain Peak is this Caribbean island's highest point
Jamaica
Frank
$600 [14]
Rosalind says, "Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for" this emotion
love
Frank
$600 [19]
In names of cocktails, this title precedes Elizabeth & Bee
Queen
Scott
$800 [9]
His "The American Crisis" pamphlet helped inspire the American victory at Trenton
Thomas Paine
Frank
$800 [29]
Caesar, Victor Hugo & Joan of Arc are saints of Cao Dai, a sect founded by Ngo Van Chieu in this country
Vietnam
Frank
$800 [4]
Speakers of this Invented language sometimes identify themselves by wearing a green star
Esperanto
Scott
$800 [25]
In 1973 NYC's Welfare Island was renamed for this president
Franklin Roosevelt
Elaine Scott
$800 [15]
Laertes says of her, "And from her fair and unpolluted flesh may violets spring!"
Ophelia
Scott
$800 [20]
In the phrase "Captains Courageous", Courageous is this part of speech
an adjective
Scott
$1,000 [10]
This Prussian had drill regulations printed in a manual for Washington's army
von Steuben
Frank
DD $1,300 [30]
The Catholic translation of the Latin Vulgate Bible named for a place in France
the Douay version of the Bible
Frank
DD $2,500 [5]
Upper Lusatian, Macedonian & Russian are members of this branch of the Indo-European group
Slavic
Scott
$1,000 [26]
This Michigan island was once a regional headquarters for John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company
Mackinac Island
$1,000 [16]
This king awakens from dreaming about ghosts screaming, "Give me another horse!"
Richard III
Frank
$1,000 [21]
Rosa Bonheur achieved her fame in this profession; "The Horse Fair" is regarded as her masterpiece
a painter

Final Jeopardy!

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

James River Corp., maker of Brawny towels & Dixie cups, is based in this state capital

Richmond, Virginia

Frank "What is Richmond" — wagered $8,100
Scott "What is [one letter scratched out] Alexandria?" — wagered $5,601

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