Show #1690 1991-12-27 (taped 1991-10-01) Regular

Contestants

Eric Van Young — a college professor from San Diego, California

Jim Alverson — a legal assistant from Tustin, California

Margaret Epstein — an attorney from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Margaret	$-400	$1,200	$4,800	$9,399 2nd place: a trip to Cancun, Mexico on Aerocancun with stay at Hotel Oasis Cancun	$4,800 16 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Jim	$300	$2,000	$5,000	$9,500 New champion: $9,500	$5,000 19 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Eric	$-500	$1,200	$2,400	$4,800 3rd place: Pro-Form Fitness products Flex CTS exercise machine with stepper + a Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeoaprdy! & Wheel of Fortune + InfoGenius for Nintendo Game Boy	$2,400 13 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

HEALTH & MEDICINE	SIGNS & SYMBOLS	'50s TELEVISION	THE SOUTH	INTERNATIONAL CLOTHING	NOSES
$100 [26] Ampicillin is a semisynthetic form of this other antibiotic penicillin Eric	$100 [6] 1 of these in Morse code is an E, 5 of them, a 5 a dots Jim	$100 [16] Stan Freberg's "St. George & the Dragonet", a parody of this cop series, was a #1 record in 1953 Dragnet Margaret	$100 [7] There once was a Whooping Crane Conservancy on this South Carolina island named for Captain Wm. Hilton Hilton Head Island Jim	$100 [1] These walking shorts are worn with knee socks by men in the island country of the same name Bermudas Margaret	$100 [19] "Celebrity Register" calls this comedian "the superstar with the ski-jump nose" Bob Hope Eric
$200 [27] This type of surgery uses grafts to circumvent blocked coronary arteries bypass surgery Eric	$200 [12] On public signs in the U.S., a large H indicates hospital & a large P, this a parking facility Jim	$200 [17] This series was later syndicated under the title "Sergeant Bilko" The Phil Silvers Show Margaret	$200 [8] Greenville, North Carolina is one of the largest markets in the world for the bright-leaf type of this crop tobacco Eric	$200 [2] Traditionally, this Scottish cap has a pompon at the center of the crown a tam-o'-shanter (a tam accepted) Margaret	$200 [20] Woody Allen & Diane Keaton held a nose hostage in this futuristic film Sleeper Margaret Jim
$300 [28] You use a sphygmomanometer to measure this hypertension (or blood pressure) Eric	$300 [13] In 1991 this company modernized its Man-in- the-Moon logo, cutting off its curly locks Procter & Gamble Jim	$300 [18] On July 29, 1957 he succeeded Steve Allen as permanent host of "The Tonight Show" Jack Paar Jim	$300 [9] The Pontalba Buildings that flank Jackson Sq. in this La. city were built by a baroness circa 1850 New Orleans Eric	$300 [3] A simple, beltless dress was named for this London street known in the '60s for its mod fashions Carnaby (Street) Margaret	$300 [21] It's a "canine" synonym for a snub nose a pug Margaret
$400 [29] Also called hemicrania, these recurring vascular headaches are more common in women migraines Jim	$400 [14] When curved, these word & phrase surrounders are called parentheses; when squared off, this brackets Jim	$400 [24] This character's card read, "Have gun, will travel" Paladin Margaret	$400 [10] Once a trading post called Le Fleur's Bluff, Jackson is now the largest city in this state Mississippi Jim	$400 [4] The elaborately sequinned jacket of this matador costume can weigh 10 pounds by itself traje de luces (suit of lights)	$400 [22] Gerard Depardieu didn't win an Oscar for this Rostand role; we assume he lost by a nose Cyrano de Bergerac Margaret
$500 [30] A lipoma is a benign tumor that consists of this kind of tissue fat (tissue) Eric	DD $500 [15] In Roman numerals, it's the first year of the 21st century MMI Jim	$500 [25] This host of "See It Now" won a 1953 Emmy for most outstanding personality Ed Murrow Eric	$500 [11] This Georgia city is built on 7 hills, like the Italian city of the same name Rome Margaret Eric	$500 [5] A geisha would wear her geta on this part of her body her feet Margaret Jim Eric	$500 [23] In "The Owl and the Pussycat", "Piggy-wig stood with" one of these "at the end of his nose" a ring

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOTANY	COLONIAL AMERICA	"ISM"s	THE ILIAD	"R"IVERS	BANKS & BANKING
$200 [18] The pileus is the proper term for the circular cap on one of these fungi mushrooms Margaret	$200 [2] In 1638 Delaware colonists from this Scandinavian country built the 1st log cabins in America Sweden Eric	$200 [1] Since its creation in 1935, A.A. has been devoted to battling this alcoholism Jim	$200 [24] A minor figure in "The Iliad", he's the main character of Homer's other epic Odysseus Jim	$200 [13] By crossing this river in 49 B.C., Caesar violated Lex Cornelia Majestatis the Rubicon	$200 [11] It's the original city in Citibank, part of Citicorp New York Margaret
$400 [21] It's the term for the large, divided leaves found on ferns & certain palms fronds Margaret	$400 [3] By 1775 it was the largest city in Colonial America Philadelphia Jim Eric	$400 [5] Named for a senator, it refers to the investigations of Communist activities during the 1950s McCarthyism Jim	$400 [25] Diomedes would have slain this Trojan, hero of a Virgil epic, but Aphrodite saved him Aeneas Eric	$400 [14] This river is in California's Sonoma & Mendocino Counties, not in the USSR the Russian River Jim	$400 [12] Security for a loan, it can be paper, trade goods, intangibles or business proceeds collateral Jim
$600 [23] The spines on a cactus are modified leaves; the thorns on a bush are modified ones of these branches Margaret Jim	$600 [4] The first book printed in Colonial America was a book of these from the Bible psalms Jim Eric	$600 [8] This often fatal food poisoning is caused by improperly canned or preserved food botulism Margaret	$600 [26] For settling a dispute in her favor, Aphrodite promises him the world's most beautiful woman as his wife Paris Eric	$600 [15] This river is navigable from the North Sea to Basel, Switzerland the Rhine River Jim	$600 [19] In the 18th century, brothers in this family ran banks in London, Vienna, Frankfurt & Naples the Rothschilds
$800 [29] All types of this grain belong to the botanic species Zea mays maize (or corn) Eric	$800 [6] A N.Y. court acquitted this weekly journal editor of libeling British gov. Cosby in 1735 John Peter Zenger	DD $800 [9] It's the system of painting developed by Georges Seurat using tiny dots of color pointillism Margaret	$800 [27] Like this woman, his sister, Helenus has the gift of second sight Cassandra Eric	$800 [16] This river shares its name with a nearby island where Sir Walter Raleigh founded a settlement Roanoke Jim	$800 [20] A demand deposit account is more commonly known as this a checking account Jim
$1,000 [30] Like a sign of disgrace, the part of a flower's pistil that receives pollen is called this the stigma	$1,000 [7] By the 1770s this British firm had a monopoly on the sale of tea in America the British East India Company Margaret Jim	$1,000 [10] In logic, it's the drawing of a conclusion from two statements or premises a syllogism Eric	$1,000 [28] Commander of the Greeks, he is the older brother of King Menelaus King Agamemnon	$1,000 [17] The Rapidan is the main branch of this Virginia river, site of much civil war fighting the Rappahannock Jim	DD $1,000 [22] Between 1982 & 1990 there were about 1100 bank failures in the U.S. & over 1/3 were in this state Texas Margaret

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY NOVELS

The heroines in this novel perform an original melodrama called "The Witch's Curse"

Little Women

Eric "What is "Little Women"?" — wagered $2,400

Margaret "What is Little Women" — wagered $4,599

Jim "What is Little Women" — wagered $4,500

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