Show #1727 1992-02-18 (taped 1991-11-20) Regular

Contestants

Kevin Cox — a librarian from Austin, Texas

Natalie Hall — a senior administrative partner from Sunnyvale, California

Evelyn Marcus — a museum curator from Norwich, Vermont (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Evelyn $1,000 $1,600 $6,900 $4,001
2nd place: Broyhill bedroom set + Burlington House comforter ensemble + Jeopardy! home game
$6,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Natalie $1,100 $1,800 $2,000 $1,500
3rd place: Aiwa digital mini system + Jeopardy! home game
$2,900
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Kevin $100 $2,200 $9,000 $4,190
New champion: $4,190
$8,800
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD GEOGRAPHY BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ACTORS FROM TEXAS GAMBLING ANIMALS THE 3 Rs
$100 [16]
This ocean is the greatest source of water for the Mediterranean
the Atlantic
Kevin
$100 [26]
2 college dropouts, Steven Jobs & Stephen Wozniak, founded this company in 1976
Apple Computer
Natalie
$100 [2]
He was inspired by his brother Randy Quaid, who was born in Houston 4 years before he was
Dennis Quaid
Natalie
$100 [7]
This marshal was part owner of the Oriental Saloon & Gambling House in Tombstone, Arizona
Wyatt Earp
Natalie
$100 [14]
The Charolais is one of the most important cattle breeds in this country where it originated
France
Evelyn Natalie
$100 [1]
One book that schools tried to "censor" in the 1990-91 school year was this girl & wolf tale
Little Red Riding Hood
Kevin
$200 [17]
The dam on the South Fork, a branch of the Conemaugh River, broke in 1889 & this U.S. city was flooded
Johnstown
Natalie
$200 [27]
In 1990 United Brands was renamed for this brand of bananas it markets
Chiquita
Natalie
$200 [3]
He & his mother, Mary Martin, were both born in Weatherford, Texas
Larry Hagman
Evelyn
$200 [8]
Color of the 00 on U.S. roulette wheels
green
Evelyn
$200 [21]
It's the usual color of a giant panda's ears
black
Natalie Kevin
$200 [10]
John Robert Gregg's system of this is now used in 20 languages
shorthand
Evelyn Natalie
$300 [18]
Standing on this cape, looking south, you see the Drake Passage
Cape Horn
Evelyn
$300 [28]
This direct-sale cosmetics company owns the prestigious Giorgio perfume line
Avon
Evelyn
$300 [4]
This movie "Jerk" was born in Waco — though perhaps "Wacko" would have been more appropriate
Steve Martin
Evelyn
$300 [9]
2 of the 3 losing numbers on a first roll in craps
(2 of) 2, 3 & 12
Evelyn Natalie
$300 [22]
Of a bat, a cat or a rat, what a margay is
a cat
$300 [11]
The math symbol that looks like an upside-down "T" means this
perpendicular
$400 [19]
Big cities on this major river include Vientiane in Laos & Phnom Penh in Cambodia
the Mekong
Kevin
$400 [29]
This third-largest U.S. automaker owns Dollar, Snappy & Thrifty car rental companies
Chrysler
Kevin
$400 [5]
This singer from Brownsville, Texas was Barbra Streisand's leading man in "A Star is Born"
Kris Kristofferson
Evelyn
$400 [15]
Mechanic Charles Fey invented this device in the 1890s, called it the Liberty Bell & rented it to a S.F. saloon
a slot machine
Kevin
$400 [23]
The most common species of monkey on this continent is probably the vervet
Africa
Natalie
$400 [12]
Frederick Watts holds the record for writing this prayer 34 times in a space the size of a stamp
the Lord's Prayer
Natalie
$500 [20]
The W.J. van Blommestein Lake is the largest lake in this former Dutch colony in South America
Suriname
Kevin
$500 [30]
"We run the tightest ship in the shipping business" is this company's slogan
UPS (United Parcel Service)
Kevin
$500 [6]
This Corpus Christi native was the 1st of the original "Charlie's Angels" to leave the show
Farrah Fawcett
Natalie
$500 [25]
In 1987 this American jockey rode Reference Point to win the Derby in England
Steve Cauthen
Natalie
DD $900 [24]
The second-largest rodents in the world, they were once widely hunted in North America
beavers
Natalie
$500 [13]
This American author of "A Moveable Feast" called writing "At best... a lonely life"
Ernest Hemingway
Evelyn

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. PRESIDENTS SCIENCE & NATURE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE POETRY SOCIAL STUDIES FAMOUS FAMILIES
$200 [3]
Among those listed under this Guinness record are John F. Kennedy & John Moschitta
fast-speaking people
Natalie
$200 [21]
An animal is said to be carnivorous if it eats meat & this if it feeds on plants & animals
omnivorous
Kevin
$200 [26]
This officer's duties include handling correspondence & keeping the minutes of the meetings
recording secretary
Evelyn
$200 [1]
Carl Sandburg said of this city, "They tell me you are wicked and I believe them"
Chicago
Evelyn
$200 [13]
This term for Australian native people once meant the ancient people of Central Italy
Aborigine
Evelyn Kevin
$200 [8]
Niccolo, Maffeo & Marco "sport"ed this family name
Polo
Kevin
$400 [4]
He was the only ex-president alive during the Ford administration
Nixon
Evelyn
$400 [22]
This coloring matter obtained from lichens indicates a base or acid by turning blue or red
litmus paper (litmus)
Evelyn
$400 [27]
This brief statement of a proposed action can be made only when a member has the floor
a motion
Kevin
$400 [2]
Edna St. Vincent Millay said in "First Fig", hers "burns at both ends; it will not last the night"
a candle
Kevin
$400 [14]
In Sept. 1991 the Huntington Library said it would give any scholar access to copies of these books
the Dead Sea Scrolls
Kevin
$400 [9]
The Taglioni family was famous in this field; Marie created the title role in "La Sylphide"
ballet
Natalie
$600 [5]
In 1921 he became the first U.S. senator to move directly to the presidency
Harding
Evelyn Kevin
$600 [23]
Selenography is the study of the surface & physical features of this body
the Moon
Evelyn
$600 [28]
In 1797 this vice president began writing "A Manual of Parliamentary Practice", which is still used in Congress
Jefferson
Kevin
$600 [18]
The title of a Kipling poem, it's "more deadly than the male"
"The Female of the Species"
$600 [15]
The French word for the people who exploit the proletariat
the bourgeois
Kevin
$600 [10]
The best-known member of the Borghese family was probably Camillo, who was elected to this office in 1605
the pope
Kevin
$800 [6]
When he took office in 1829 he had tuberculosis as well as a few bullets in his body
(Andrew) Jackson
Kevin
$800 [24]
Hubble classified galaxies as being irregular, elliptical or this shape
spiral
Kevin
$800 [29]
In 1876 this U.S. Army major published his popular book on "Rules of Order"
(Major Henry) Robert
Evelyn Kevin
$1,000 [20]
In "Invictus", William Henley said, "I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of" this
my soul
Evelyn Kevin
$800 [16]
Its 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights specifically prohibited slavery
the United Nations
Kevin
$800 [11]
"Commodore" Vanderbilt's first name, it was passed on to several of his descendants
Cornelius
Kevin
$1,000 [7]
The only pres. who served a full term with no cabinet changes was this man who came after Fillmore
(Franklin) Pierce
Natalie
DD $1,200 [25]
By definition, inorganic chemistry deals with all elements except this one
carbon
Kevin
DD $1,500 [19]
In Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken", it's the color of the wood "two roads diverged in"
yellow
Evelyn
$1,000 [17]
This civilization in Mesopotamia was the earliest known user of cuneiform
Sumerians
Evelyn
$1,000 [12]
This Wyeth family patriarch illustrated many children's books, including "Treasure Island"
N.C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
Natalie

Final Jeopardy!

NOTORIOUS

Some believe the "suicide" of this man on August 17, 1987 in West Berlin was murder

Rudolf Hess

Natalie "Who wasHess?" — wagered $500
Evelyn "Who was" — wagered $2,899
Kevin "Who was" — wagered $4,810

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