Show #1820 1992-06-26 (taped 1992-02-10) Regular

John Kelly game 1.

Contestants

John Kelly — a retired Air Force officer from Austin, Texas

Charles LaBorde — a high school principal from Charlotte, North Carolina

Wayne Winston — a college professor from Bloomington, Indiana (whose 2-day cash winnings total $16,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Wayne	$1,400	$2,000	$4,800	$300 2nd place: trip to Las Vegas & stay at the 4 Queens Hotel Casino	$5,000 15 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W
Charles	$0	$1,700	$5,700	$200 3rd place: Vita-Mixer 4000 + Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + InfoGenius for Game Boy	$5,700 19 R, 2 W
John	$600	$2,300	$9,900	$11,401 New champion: $11,401	$9,900 20 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD GEOGRAPHY	NEWSMEN	DAWN	GOLD	INVENTORS	POT LUCK
$100 [3] The Golden Gate Bridge connects Marin County with this city San Francisco Charles	$100 [1] In 1981 he received a Pres. Medal of Freedom for his years of reporting; "And that's the way it is" Walter Cronkite Wayne	$100 [11] The Dawn redwood, unlike other redwoods, does this each year lose its leaves Charles	$100 [12] The simplest way to find gold is to locate a stream & use this object a pan Charles	$100 [13] In 1960 Theodore Maiman built the 1st of these devices for producing an intense beam of coherent light a laser John	$100 [26] He's the current Bishop of Rome & successor of the Prince of the Apostles Pope John Paul II Charles
$200 [4] The Kennedy Channel separates this Danish island from Canada's Ellesmere Island Greenland Wayne	$200 [2] In 1975 Jim Lehrer teamed up with this anchor to host PBS's nightly news (Robert) MacNeil John	$200 [14] Also called the laughing jackass, this Australian bird laughs its head off at dawn the kookaburra John	$200 [18] Carpenter James W. Marshall discovered the first gold nuggets at this trader's mill in 1848 Sutter Charles	$200 [20] About 1860 Frederick Walton invented this hard floor covering named for linseed oil, one of its ingredients linoleum Wayne	$200 [27] Consumer eggs are graded AA, A or B in accordance with this U.S. government department the Agriculture Department John
$300 [8] Only about one-fourth of the residents of this country in the Pyrenees are citizens Andorra Charles John	$300 [5] It was Tom Brokaw's admiration for this pair that prompted him to pursue a news career Huntley & Brinkley Wayne	$300 [15] In 1973 Helen Reddy had a No. 1 hit about this dawn Delta Dawn Wayne	$300 [19] This thin sheet of gold used for decorative purposes can be as thin as 4 millionths of an inch gold leaf John	$300 [21] Though known for the 1st successful steamboat, he was also a successful portrait painter (Robert) Fulton Charles John	$300 [28] Short for "binary digit", it's the smallest unit of information stored in a computer a bit Wayne Charles
$400 [9] This river, a tributary of the Brahmaputra, shares its name with the nearby Tibetan capital Lhasa Wayne	$400 [6] In 1984 this ABC journalist was named "The best television White House correspondent in the business" Sam Donaldson Wayne	$400 [16] Eos & Aurora the goddesses of the dawn John	$400 [22] The soil, gravel or sand where gold is struck, or a fortunate discovery paydirt (bonanza) John	$400 [24] About 1950, 3 Bell Telephone Labs scientists invented this, the 1st solid-state electronic device transistor Wayne	$400 [29] At the 1912 Olympics, Sweden's King Gustav V called him the greatest athlete in the world Jim Thorpe Charles
$500 [10] Dian Fossey established the Kariosoke Research Centre in this country in 1967 Rwanda Wayne	DD $500 [7] This newsman whose given names were Egbert Roscoe headed the U.S. Information Agcy. from 1961-64 (Edward R.) Murrow Wayne	$500 [17] He did a series of paintings of the Rouen Cathedral's facade as it looked from dawn to dusk (Claude) Monet John	$500 [23] Gold alloyed with palladium. platinum or nickel is this color white Charles	$500 [25] In 1879 he invented a machine for applying photographic emulsion gel George Eastman	$500 [30] Teddy Roosevelt is credited with originating this coffee's slogan "Good to the last drop" Maxwell House Charles

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY CHARACTERS	GULFS	MUSIC	THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR	RELIGION	SPELLING "B"
$200 [1] Most of Sherlock Holmes' adventures are narrated by this physician & assistant (John) Watson John	$200 [2] The Gulf Stream was named for this gulf the Gulf of Mexico Charles	$200 [10] Term for a composition based on one of the 150 songs of the same name in the Old Testament psalms Charles	$200 [11] When Paul Revere & William Dawes were sent to awaken these soldiers, fewer than 100 showed up at Lexington the Minutemen Charles	$200 [17] St. Peter's Basilica was built in this religious shape a cross Charles	$200 [26] This Russian ballet company first danced in the U.S. in 1959 B-O-L-S-H-O-I Charles
$400 [3] In a Harriet Beecher Stowe work, Aunt Chloe is his self-sacrificing wife Uncle Tom Charles	$400 [7] During WWII, Allied flights between Egypt & India stopped on Bahrain island in this gulf the Persian Gulf John	$400 [19] By the early 1900s, the square style of this musical instrument was supplanted by the upright a piano John	$400 [12] The first of the "Intolerable Acts" would have been repealed if the colonists had paid for this dumped item tea Wayne	$400 [18] From the Greek for "gratitude", it's a term for the sacrament of communion Eucharist Wayne	$400 [27] In a courtroom, it's the officer who guards the jurors B-A-I-L-I-F-F Charles
$600 [4] In this Huxley novel, former physicist Mustapha Mond is one of 10 world controllers Brave New World Wayne	$600 [8] This gulf shares its name with Jordan's only seaport the Gulf of Aqaba John	$600 [23] Musical term whose name is Italian for "alone" a solo John	DD $400 [13] General Charles O'Hara gave this general's sword to General Benjamin Lincoln at Yorktown Cornwallis Wayne	$600 [20] Most modern Afrikaners belong to this church the Dutch Reform Church John	$600 [28] It's the style of art associated with Caravaggio, Carracci & Peter Paul Rubens B-A-R-O-Q-U-E Charles
DD $800 [5] In a Frances Hodgson Burnett book, "Little" Cedric Errol receives this title when his father dies Lord Fauntleroy Wayne	$800 [9] It was created by LBJ in 1964 in response to attacks on 2 U.S. destroyers the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Charles	$800 [24] The title character in "Rusalka", perhaps Dvorak's finest one of these, is a water nymph an opera Wayne	$800 [14] This South Carolina planter used Guerrilla tactics, retreating into the swamp after each attack Frances Marion (the Swamp Fox) Charles	$800 [21] It was the highest governing council of the Jews during Roman times the Sanhedrin John	$800 [29] French for "little spit", it's a small spit or skewer on which meat & vegetables are cooked B-R-O-C-H-E-T-T-E
$1,000 [6] This first mate of the Pequod tries to talk captain Ahab out of his obsession with Moby Dick Starbuck Wayne	$1,000 [16] The Gulf of Bothnia separates these 2 northern European countries Sweden & Finland John	$1,000 [25] Grande & Chico are 2 styles of this type of song sung with the Andalusian dance of the same name a flamenco John	$1,000 [15] The colonists captured this Canadian city but gave it up after the attack on Quebec failed Montreal John	$1,000 [22] Although a minority in India, this religious sect is in the majority in Punjab the Sikhs John	—

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. COINS

This 10-letter word appears on only one current U.S. coin, the nickel

Monticello

Wayne "What is president?" — wagered $4,500

Charles "What is P ?" — wagered $5,500

John "What is Montecello?" — wagered $1,501

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