Show #1692 1991-12-31 (taped 1991-10-21) Regular

Contestants

Mike McMahon — an engineer originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Amy Goldstein — a book editor from Princeton, New Jersey

Jim Alverson — a legal assistant from Tustin, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jim	$3,300	$3,800	$6,500	$7,800 3-day champion: $28,000	$8,000 24 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Amy	$700	$1,200	$1,200	$100 3rd place: Yorx CD stereo system with triple-CD carousel changer, 24-track programmability & 13-function remote control + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$2,700 17 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Mike	$300	$600	$2,200	$2,000 2nd place: Krementz 14-karat gold & diamond earrings with total diamond weight of 0.59 karats + Jules Jürgensen man's sports slimline sweet watch in a 14-karat gold round case with black leather strap & black 12-diamond dial + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$3,200 8 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC HOMES	DISCO	SAUCES	COUNTRIES' FORMER NAMES	SALVADOR DALI	IN OTHER WORDS...
$100 [15] Now a shrine & museum, Beauvoir, in Biloxi, was the last home of this Confederate president Jefferson Davis Jim	$100 [1] ABBA sang about a "Dancing" one, Hot Chocolate about a "Disco" one a Queen Jim	$100 [22] Show us you know "shoyu" is the Japanese word for this sauce soy sauce Jim	$100 [6] Persia Iran Amy	$100 [11] Upside down, Dali's ashtray "The Swan of Leda" becomes this animal--the swan's neck becomes a trunk an elephant Amy	$100 [12] Amour causes Earth's rotations Love makes the world go round Amy
$200 [16] Once belonging to merchant Archibald Gracie, Gracie Mansion is now home to this city's mayor New York Jim	$200 [2] It's what K.C. & the Sunshine Band wanted you to "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake" your booty Jim	$200 [24] Many cooks make Bordelaise sauce with the red type of this; others prefer the white wine Amy	$200 [7] Ceylon Sri Lanka Amy	$200 [23] Dali is classified as part of this art movement, founded in 1924 Surrealism Amy	$200 [13] A pair of noodles is preferable to just a single noggin Two heads are better than one Amy
$300 [17] Wren's nest in Atlanta contains mementos of this former owner & creator of Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris Jim	$300 [3] This "Play That Funky Music" group got its name from a flavor of cough drops Wild Cherry Mike	$300 [25] To make mousseline sauce, add whipped cream to this "Dutch" sauce hollandaise sauce Mike	$300 [8] Abyssinia Ethiopia Jim	$300 [28] One of the guiding forces in his work was this doctor's theory of the unconscious Sigmund Freud Amy	$300 [14] A pair of incorrect actions is unequal to one correct action Two wrongs don't make a right Jim
$400 [18] After the White House was set afire in 1814, this presidential couple moved to the nearby Octagon House the Madisons Amy	$400 [4] She recorded her first hit, "Love To Love You Baby", in Germany Donna Summer Jim	$400 [26] Espagnole sauce is also known as this color sauce brown sauce	$400 [9] British Honduras Belize Jim	$400 [29] Dali designed the dream sequence for this director's "Spellbound" Hitchcock Amy	$400 [19] Wee whacks knock down big acorn producers Little strokes fell great oaks Jim
$500 [20] Biltmore House, a 250-room mansion in N. Carolina, was built in the late 1800s by a grandson of this "Commodore" Vanderbilt Amy Mike	$500 [5] Jumping on the disco bandwagon, she recorded "The Main Event" Barbra Streisand Jim	$500 [27] Bigarade sauce, usually served with duck, is flavored with this citrus fruit orange Mike	$500 [10] Dutch Guiana Suriname Jim	DD $1,500 [30] Title of the 1931 work seen here, one of his best-known works: The Persistence of Memory Amy	$500 [21] A person that pauses won't know his location He who hesitates is lost

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD FACTS	COPPER	AMERICAN HISTORY	LITERARY CHARACTERS	COLUMBUS	NEW ENGLAND
$200 [2] Considered Norway's national sport, most Norwegians learn to do it before they go to school skiing Jim Amy	$200 [19] Azurite, a principal copper-bearing ore, is this color blue Amy Mike	$200 [1] At noon on April 22, 1889, about 50,000 rushed into this territory to establish homesteads Oklahoma Jim	$200 [3] This blue-eyed blonde & Tom Sawyer spent 3 days trapped in a cave with no food or light Becky Thatcher Jim	$200 [17] To fool the crew, Columbus kept 2 of these; the one he showed them had lower mileage traveled logs Jim	$200 [10] This first American to travel in space was born in East Derry, N.H. Alan Shepard Jim
$400 [4] Costa Rica is a source of this, the world's lightest commercial wood balsa Mike	$400 [20] This chemical symbol for copper comes from cuprum, the Roman name for Cyprian metal Cu Jim	$400 [13] Along with Dr. Alexis Carrel, this aviator developed the first artificial heart in 1935 Lindbergh Jim	$400 [6] The "A" on her gown was cut from fine red cloth & surrounded with embroidery & gold thread Hester Prynne Amy	$600 [23] If Columbus had arrived in China, he would have been there during this dynasty the Ming Dynasty Mike	$400 [21] In 1846 Maine became the first state to outlaw the sale of this; the law lasted until 1934 liquor Jim
$600 [5] Many of the people in Mali are nomads living in tents made of this kind of hair camel hair Amy	$600 [24] One of the world's largest open-pit copper mines is in Bingham Canyon NW of Provo in this state Utah Amy	$600 [14] The 1844 slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight" referred to the southern boundary of this Russian territory Alaska Jim	$600 [7] As "The Catcher in the Rye" opens, he learns that he's being kicked out of Pencey prep school Holden Caulfield Amy	$800 [26] As a penalty for offending the Spanish rulers, the town of Palos "donated" these 2 ships the Niña & the Pinta Jim	$600 [22] Longfellow's poem "The Wreck of" this ship is set near Gloucester, Mass. the Hesperus
$800 [11] X-rays were discovered in this country in 1895 Germany Mike	$800 [25] Copper must be present for iron to be utilized in the formation of this blood pigment hemoglobin Jim	$800 [15] In 1948 this general succeeded Eisenhower as chief of staff of the Army Omar Bradley Amy	$800 [8] This Shakespearean title character's first line is "So foul and fair a day I have not seen" Macbeth Jim Amy	$1,000 [28] His first wife's father was a captain for this Portuguese prince Prince Henry Mike	$800 [27] In 1817 Thomas H. Gallaudet founded the first free U.S. school for these people in Hartford deaf people Jim
DD $1,000 [12] The name of its capital, the world's most northerly, means "bay of smokes" Iceland Mike	$1,000 [30] Trombones & other brass instruments usually consist of about 70% copper & about 30% this metal zinc Amy	$1,000 [16] This rebellion of 1786-87 was an effort to stop foreclosures in Western Massachusetts Shays' Rebellion Jim	$1,000 [9] This 140-pound dog in "The Call of the Wild" is a cross between a St. Bernard & a Scotch Shepherd Buck Mike	DD $1,500 [18] The first name Columbus gave to a New World island was this San Salvador Jim	$1,000 [29] The first Democrat ever elected to the U.S. Senate by Maine voters, he ran with Humphrey in 1968 (Edmund) Muskie Mike

Final Jeopardy!

THE MOVIES

This 1971 musical featured violin solos by Isaac Stern

Fiddler on the Roof

Amy "What was the Sound of Music?" — wagered $1,100

Mike "What is" — wagered $200

Jim "What is Fiddler on the Roof?" — wagered $1,300

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