Show #1725 1992-02-14 (taped 1991-11-19) Regular

Contestants

Tom Michael — a medical conference planner from Charlottesville, Virginia

Bill Kleinebecker — a customer advocate from Austin, Texas

Anita Dorsett — an information management director from Houston, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Anita $2,300 $3,500 $8,500 $15,500
2nd place: Panasonic laptop word processor & answering system + Sentry fire safe file
$8,300
21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Bill $1,000 $2,000 $8,200 $7,599
3rd place: Magnavox 3" LCD TV + Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + InfoGenius for Game Boy
$7,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Tom $300 $2,100 $8,800 $17,001
New champion: $17,001
$8,100
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY OLD RADIO FAMOUS WOMEN COLORS PUPPETS WORDS WITHIN WORDS
$100 [5]
About 65 miles from Louisville, Ft. Harrod was this state's first permanent settlement
Kentucky
Tom
$100 [9]
On her 1947 series, this collie did her own barking; other dog sounds were done by Earl Keen
Lassie
Tom
$100 [1]
From 1928-1930 she served as aviation editor for Cosmopolitan magazine
Amelia Earhart
Anita
$100 [18]
World Book said this color signifies death in most countries
black
Bill Tom
$100 [16]
"Stupid" name of the puppets often seen on ventriloquists' knees
the dummies
Anita
$100 [26]
Here's the scoop: a pigeon makes this noise
a coo (from scoop)
Tom
$200 [6]
Much of the world's borax comes from this Southern California desert
Mojave
Bill
$200 [11]
The melody heard most often on his "Melody Ranch" show was "Back in the Saddle Again"
Gene Autry
Anita
$200 [2]
After a close working relationship with her father, she founded child psychoanalysis
Anna Freud
Anita
$200 [19]
The color of certain fish flesh, or the fish itself if it's a Chinook or sockeye, chum
salmon
Tom
$200 [17]
This common type of puppet is also known as a glove puppet
a hand puppet
Bill
$200 [27]
A princess who finds one of these under her mattress should speak of it
a pea (from speak)
Anita
$300 [7]
T. Roosevelt took the presidential oath of office at Wilcox Mansion in this 2nd largest N.Y. city
Buffalo
Anita Bill Tom
$300 [12]
This Mercury Theatre co-founder died 1 day after the 50th anniv. of its "War of the Worlds" broadcast
John Houseman
Anita
$400 [4]
As a UN delegate, this former first lady helped draft the Declaration of Human Rights
Eleanor Roosevelt
Tom
$300 [23]
A young deer like Bambi, or his color
fawn
Tom
$300 [20]
Bunraku, the traditional puppet theatre of this country, is named for puppet master Uemura Bunrakuken
Japan
Tom
$300 [28]
On special occasions, champagne might be served with this meat
ham (in champagne)
Bill
$400 [8]
This North Carolina cape with a 70-mile national seashore is northeast of Cape Lookout
Cape Hatteras
Anita
$400 [13]
In "It's Higgins, Sir", Higgins' job was as one of these for an American family
a butler
Anita
DD $500 [3]
Until her 1985 death, she was considered the world's leading authority on the mountain gorilla
(Dian) Fossey
Anita
$400 [24]
In heraldry, "vert" is the name for this color, even if you're not in France
green
Anita
$400 [21]
These rod puppets perform behind a screen; only their silhouettes are seen by audiences
shadow puppets
$400 [29]
Fred thought he was being funny when he poured this liquor in my trumpet
rum (from trumpet)
Bill
$500 [10]
A beautiful park surrounds Herbert Hoover's birthplace at West Branch in this state
Iowa
Bill
$500 [14]
He played Waldo on "Burns & Allen" & Walter on "Our Miss Brooks"
Richard Crenna
Anita
$500 [15]
Her contract with a French theatre company was canceled in 1863 after she slapped another actress
Sarah Bernhardt
Tom
$500 [25]
This color shares its name with a condiment made from pulverized seeds
mustard
Anita
$500 [22]
A theatre in this city where Mozart was born presents Mozart operas performed by marionettes
Salzburg
Bill Tom
$500 [30]
There's nothing like a promenade through the streets of this capital city
Rome (in promenade)
Bill

Double Jeopardy! Round

DANCE MILITARY LEADERS NEWSPAPERS BODIES OF WATER COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES POT LUCK
$200 [17]
You might get your kicks watching this risque French dance known for its high kicks
the cancan
Anita
$200 [1]
This general sued CBS after it said he deliberately underestimated enemy strength in Vietnam
Westmoreland
Bill
$200 [4]
Founded in 1833, the Weekly Green Bay Intelligencer was this state's first newspaper
Wisconsin
Anita
$200 [3]
This French river rises near Dijon & flows about 480 miles to the English Channel
the Seine
Anita
$200 [12]
The Whiffenpoof Society is a branch of this school's glee club
Yale
Bill
$200 [25]
In the Walt Kelly comic strip, Pogo is one of these creatures
a possum
Bill
$400 [18]
The strathspey, a dance developed in this country, is slower than the Highland fling
Scotland
Tom
$400 [2]
When asked by the Germans to surrender at Bastogne in 1944, General McAuliffe had this one-word reply
Nuts!
Tom
$400 [5]
Newspapers in New York, Denver & Houston share this name
the Post
Tom
$400 [6]
This sea is bordered on the south by the Aleutian Islands
the Bering Sea
Bill Tom
$400 [13]
This university founded by a Quaker merchant's $7 million bequest is Baltimore's largest
Johns Hopkins
Tom
$400 [30]
It's the minimum age of a septuagenarian
70
Bill
$600 [21]
The Kathakali, a dance performed in India, dramatizes stories from this religion
Hinduism
Anita
$600 [7]
1 of 3 generals the Whig Party ran for president between 1840 & 1852
(1 of) Zachary Taylor (Winfield Scott & William Henry Harrison)
Tom
$600 [9]
This country's 2 major daily newspapers are the Nassau Guardian & the Nassau Tribune
the Bahamas
Tom
$600 [8]
This sea between China & Korea gets its name from the color of the earth deposited on its shores
the Yellow Sea
Anita
$600 [14]
This New York City school's Press 1st published its famous encyclopedia in 1935
Columbia
Anita
$600 [29]
It's been said that he who plants this tropical fruit tree "plants food & drink. vessels & clothing"
a coconut tree
$800 [22]
A Spanish dance, or the jacket you might wear to perform it
the bolero
Bill
$800 [20]
From 1941-1970 General Lewis B. Hershey didn't lead troops in the field but directed this
the Selective Service
Anita
$800 [15]
In the 1980s this Philadelphia newspaper won 10 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism
the Inquirer
Anita
$800 [10]
The Gulf of Papua lies on the southern border of this island nation
New Guinea
Bill Tom
$1,000 [26]
This Midwest school operates the Argonne National Laboratory & the Yerkes Observatory
the University of Chicago
Bill
$800 [28]
After completing their 11-volume "Story of Civilization" this couple wrote a "Dual Autobiography"
the (Will & Ariel) Durants
Bill
DD $2,000 [23]
The habanera, which has a tango-like rhythm, is named for this city
Havana (Cuba)
Bill
$1,000 [24]
Once Lincoln's Gen. in chief of the Union Army. he ran against Lincoln in the 1864 presidential election
(George) McClellan
Tom
$1,000 [16]
Boston's largest daily newspaper, it's been co-owned by the Taylor family since 1873
the Globe
Anita
$1,000 [11]
The beaches at San Sebastian, Spain & Biarritz, France front on this bay
the Bay of Biscay
Tom
DD $1,500 [19]
This state's university at Machias is the easternmost 4-year school in the U.S.
Maine
Tom
$1,000 [27]
The U.S. Coast Guard Academy at New London, Connecticut overlooks this river
the Thames
Bill

Final Jeopardy!

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

He was listed as the author of 1726's "Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World"

(Lemuel) Gulliver

Bill "Who is Phineas Fog 💘" — wagered $601
Anita "Who is Gulliver" — wagered $7,000
Tom "Who was Gulliver" — wagered $8,201

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