Show #1750 1992-03-20 (taped 1991-12-04) Regular

Contestants

Thom Stark — a senior research analyst from El Cerrito, California

Mary Kruszewski — a resident physician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Alicia Huntley — a registered nurse from Arleta, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Alicia	$1,500	$1,900	$1,900	$0 3rd place: Roosevelt Ranch Resort desserts + Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + InfoGenius for Game Boy	$1,900 11 R, 4 W
Mary	$1,200	$3,100	$9,100	$4,100 2nd place: stay at Solvang Holiday Inn + transportation by Carey Limousine	$7,100 19 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Thom	$2,800	$4,500	$10,000	$18,201 New champion: $18,201	$9,600 25 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY	COLORS	HERMITS & RECLUSES	1953	POP MUSIC	FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
$100 [24] The Munsee Indians gave their name to Muncie in this state Indiana Thom	$100 [1] Vermilion is a shade of this primary color red Mary	$100 [17] This crustacean lives in shells left by other animals a hermit crab Thom	$100 [3] In May the House discovered an 1803 bill it had forgotten to pass allowing this Buckeye state into the Union Ohio Alicia	$100 [7] Roger Miller sang, "Third boxcar, midnight train, destination" this city Bangor, Maine Thom	$100 [10] A sign in an airplane that reads "no fumar" means this no smoking Mary
$200 [27] It's connected to Oakland by BART & the Bay Bridge San Francisco, California Thom	$200 [2] In slang, coal is referred to as this color "diamond" black Thom	$200 [18] Peter the Hermit went along as a preacher on the first one of these a Crusade Mary	$200 [8] After his death March 5, 1953, he was succeeded by a group including Malenkov, Beria & Molotov Stalin Thom	$200 [22] In the title of a No. 1 tune from 1981, Hall & Oates said this is "On My List" your kiss Mary	$200 [11] As Johann Sebastian could tell you, it's German for "brook" Bach Mary
$300 [28] Twin Falls is in Idaho & Great Falls is in this neighboring state Montana Mary	$300 [4] In their hit songs, it's the color of Prince's "Rain" & Jimi Hendrix' "Haze" purple Mary	$300 [19] This actress who died April 15, 1990 was called the "world's best-known wandering recluse" Greta Garbo Mary	$300 [9] Truman announced February 21 that he had sold his memoirs to this weekly magazine Life Alicia	$300 [23] This 1983 Barbra Streisand film had 2 Oscar nominees--"Papa, Can You Hear Me?" & "The Way He Makes Me Feel" Yentl Alicia	$300 [12] The German dictum "Kirche, Kuche, Kinder" translates to "church, kitchen" & this children Alicia
$400 [29] The only state capital below the 30° latitude line Honolulu, Hawaii Alicia Thom	$400 [5] From the Latin word "talpa", it's a dark, brownish gray popularly used for shoes & purses taupe Alicia	$400 [20] He began as a hermit, but later founded the Franciscan Order Francis of Assisi Mary	$400 [14] This Sioux' remains were moved from Fort Yates, N.D. to an area near Mobridge, S.D. Chief Sitting Bull Alicia	$400 [25] The 2 singers that reached the Top 3 with "Light My Fire" Jose Feliciano & Jim Morrison Thom	$400 [13] Paints made with an egg binder are generally referred to by this Italian word tempera Thom
$500 [30] This Rhode Island bay is named after the Indians who sold Roger Williams the land Narragansett Alicia	$500 [6] The city of Amarillo, Texas derives its name from the Spanish word for this color yellow Mary	$500 [21] This author of "Gravity's Rainbow" doesn't allow photos of himself to be published (Thomas) Pynchon Thom	DD $1,400 [16] British authorities said this 1911 find was a hoax & not the skull of a primitive man the Piltdown Man Thom	$500 [26] Songwriters Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon won 1981 Grammys for writing this Kim Carnes hit "Bette Davis Eyes" Mary	$500 [15] A type of riding breeches fitted tight below the knee, named for a city in India jodhpurs Thom

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CIVIL WAR	FUNGI	THE CALENDAR	FAMOUS PORTRAITS	ISLANDS	COMPOSERS
$200 [18] This general who marched to the sea was the foster son of Thomas Ewing, the 1st Secretary of the Interior Sherman Mary	$200 [1] A downy mildew wiped out these in Ireland beginning in 1845 potatoes Mary	$200 [6] The 3 basic calendars developed by man are based on one or both of these objects the Sun & the Moon Thom	$200 [22] Several of his self-portraits show only one of his ears, even before he cut one off van Gogh Thom	$200 [11] The Alexander Archipelago, discovered by Bering & Chirikov, is now a part of this U.S. state Alaska Thom	$200 [14] You may not know that his original first name was Jakob; Felix was one of his middle names Mendelssohn Mary
$400 [23] Hardtack was a type of this that some soldiers may have found hard to eat bread (or biscuit) Thom	$400 [2] This unicellular fungus is used in leavening yeast Thom	$400 [7] The Maedmonath or Meadow Month of the Saxons, it's the seventh month on our calendar July Mary	$400 [27] Mme. Vigee-Lebrun painted the first of her many portraits of this French queen in 1779 Marie Antoinette Mary	$400 [12] Canada's Magdalen Islands lie southeast of Quebec in this gulf the Gulf of St. Lawrence	$400 [15] Oscar Straus' operetta "The Chocolate" one of these is based on the play "Arms and the Man" a soldier Thom
DD $500 [26] The last state to secede from the Union, it bordered more Confederate states than any other Tennessee Thom	$600 [3] Dogs & hogs root out these delicacies in the forests of Perigord, France truffles Mary	$600 [8] This calendar counts its years from what would be 3761 B.C. on the Gregorian calendar the Jewish calendar Alicia	$600 [28] A Manet portrait, "Chez Tortoni", was stolen from this city's Gardner Museum in 1990 Boston	$600 [13] The title to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands is held by this organization the United Nations Alicia	$600 [19] Leopold Mozart, who was this relative of Wolfgang's, was a famous composer, too Mozart's father Alicia
$600 [24] Jefferson Davis' 2nd inauguration took place Feb. 22, 1862 in front of a statue of this U.S. president George Washington Thom	$800 [4] Originally from Japan, it's now grown in the U.S. & called the black mushroom a shiitake Thom	$800 [9] Byron wrote that this season in England ends "in July, to recommence in August" winter Thom	$800 [29] Van Dyck's most famous portrait may be of this second Stuart king hunting; it was painted around 1635 Charles I Alicia	$800 [16] Spitsbergen is contained within this country's Svalbard Islands Norway Thom	$800 [20] Ravel composed "Daphnis and Chloe" for this impresario's Ballets Russes Diaghilev Alicia
$800 [25] This French emperor approached the British & offered to help negotiate an early end to the Civil War Napoleon III Alicia Thom	$1,000 [5] It's the study of fungi mycology Thom	$1,000 [10] The Chinese 12-year cycle begins at rat & ends at this 3-letter farm animal the pig Thom	DD $3,000 [30] 17th c. Flemish artist known for painting voluptuous women, like his 2nd wife, Helene Fourment Rubens Mary	$1,000 [17] These 9 islands off Normandy became part of Britain under William the Conqueror in 1066 the Channel Islands Alicia Thom	$1,000 [21] This Finn gave up his law studies in 1885 to devote himself to music Sibelius Mary

Final Jeopardy!

POETRY

Much of this poem was probably written at the Indian Queen Inn in Baltimore in September 1814

"The Star-Spangled Banner"

Alicia "What is Hiawatha" — wagered $1,900

Mary "What is" — wagered $5,000

Thom "What is The Star-Spangled Banner" — wagered $8,201

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