Show #5 1990-07-14 Super Jeopardy!

Super Jeopardy!quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

Keith Walker — an attorney from Pomona, California

Cathy Boggs — a communications consultant originally from Appleton, Wisconsin

Paul Rouffa — an actor from Oak Park, Illinois

Mark Lowenthal — a foreign policy analyst from Reston, Virginia

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$4,600	$6,000	$27,000	$13,700 2nd place: $5,000	$18,900 20 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Paul	$1,600	$7,800	$10,800	$0 4th place: $5,000	$10,800 18 R, 1 W
Cathy	$2,400	$2,600	$5,600	$11,200 3rd place: $5,000	$5,600 6 R, 0 W
Keith	$1,200	$1,800	$20,100	$27,100 Semifinalist	$16,800 13 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

1980s ROCK	LITERATURE	PLANTS	GEOMETRY	DESIGN	THE DODGERS
$200 [4] In 1989 "Express Yourself" became this singer's 15th straight Top 5 hit, a record for females Madonna Mark	$200 [8] This encyclopedia originated as part of the Scottish Enlightenment of the 18th century Encyclopedia Brittanica Paul	$200 [26] Indican, a colorless substance in this plant, turns blue in air & is used as a dye indigo Cathy	$200 [1] A single straight line forms an angle of this many degrees 180 Keith	$200 [16] A Schwartzlot is a German painted decoration using enamel of this color on glass black Paul	$200 [17] It's said that when manager Tommy Lasorda cuts himself shaving, he bleeds this color Dodger blue Paul
$400 [6] This Scottish singer appeared in the opening credits of "For Your Eyes Only", singing the title tune Sheena Easton Mark	$600 [13] As James Jones could tell you, this completes Kipling's line from "Gentlemen-Rankers", "Damned from..." here to eternity Mark	$400 [27] The plantain is a species of this fruit banana Paul	$400 [2] In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called this hypotenuse Mark	$400 [22] Juniper trees are sometimes used to build chests known by the name of this other wood cedar Paul	$400 [18] His 23 wins in 1988 were the most by a Dodger pitcher since Sandy Koufax's 27 in 1966 Orel Hershiser Mark
$600 [9] This group's "5150" album was the first with Sammy Hagar as lead singer Van Halen Paul	$800 [14] Her poem "I Never Saw A Moor" didn't refer to her missing a production of "Othello" Emily Dickinson Quadruple Stumper	$600 [28] Among the most primitive plants with chlorophyll, it is the main plant life in both seawater & freshwater algae Paul	$600 [3] To determine the area of a circle, you multiply pi X this radius squared Cathy	$600 [23] The Griffin originated as a design in this "land between two rivers" Mesopotamia Mark Keith	$600 [19] In 1981 this Dodger pitcher won the Rookie of the Year & the Cy Young Awards Fernando Valenzuela Paul
$800 [10] She joined Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in the 1981 smash "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" Stevie Nicks Paul	$1,000 [15] Among his "Mosses From An Old Manse" is "Rappachini's Daughter" Nathaniel Hawthorne Cathy	$800 [29] Carrots are root vegetables while potatoes are examples of these underground stems tubers Mark	$800 [5] 2 or more circles that share the same center are said to be this concentric Cathy	$800 [24] This group of buildings formed the Great Fortified Palace of the Moorish kings of Spain Alhambra Mark	$800 [20] In 1969 this catcher, whose career was cut short by a 1958 auto accident, was voted into the Hall of Fame Roy Campanella Paul
$1,000 [11] In 1985 this group had its first No. 1 single with "I Want To Know What Love Is" Foreigner Mark	DD $2,000 [12] The girls who were part of "The Group", by Mary McCarthy, attended this college Vassar Mark	$1,000 [30] This cactus can grow to 50' tall & the white flower that grows on top is Arizona's state flower saguaro Paul	$1,000 [7] An oblique angle is one that is either acute or this obtuse Keith	$1,000 [25] 2 of the 3 classical orders of columns developed by the Greeks Doric, Ionic & Corinthian Paul	$1,000 [21] A Brooklyn bridge is named for this Dodger who lived in Brooklyn & later managed the Mets Gil Hodges Paul

Double Jeopardy! Round

CIVIL WAR	COMMUNICATIONS	OPERA	INSECTS	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	KINGS NAMED ED
$500 [9] You're hot as a pistol if you know the Union bought over 146,000 of this company's pistols Colt Keith	$500 [17] In 1989, for this medium's 50th anniversary, a plaque was put in a museum at the site of the 1939 World's Fair Television Mark	$500 [1] English translation of the title of Berlioz's opera "Le Troyen" The Trojans Paul	$500 [24] When hunting, this carnivore whose name means "prophet" raises its forelegs into a pious position a praying mantis Mark	$500 [12] This country's deserts include the Gibson, Great Sandy & Great Victoria Australia Keith	$500 [2] In 1939 he visited England for the first time since his abdication Edward VIII Keith
$1,000 [18] In contrast to the "Stars and Stripes", the 1861 Confederate flag was nicknamed this "Stars and Bars" Keith	$1,000 [19] Communications satellite launched in 1962 that was the first privately owned Earth satellite Telstar Paul	$1,000 [3] Placido Domingo played Radames in a 1987 production of this Verdi opera staged at the Temple of Luxor Aida Mark	$1,000 [25] The German variety of this household pest is also called the Croton bug, after New York City's Croton Reservoir a cockroach Paul	$1,000 [13] Jamestown is the capital of this British island where Napoleon died St. Helena Mark	$1,000 [4] This country's King Edward supported exploration projects of his brother Henry the Navigator Portugal Keith
$1,500 [21] After failing to stop this general in Atlanta, General Hood asked to be relieved from duty William T. Sherman Cathy	$1,500 [20] U Thant spoke to the U.N. general assembly in English, although this was his native tongue Burmese Mark	$1,500 [5] This Russian novel inspired the opera "Raskolnikov" Crime and Punishment Paul	$1,500 [28] Bubonic plague is spread by these insects who bite infected rats fleas Paul	$1,500 [14] In population, it's the largest city in South America São Paulo Cathy	$1,500 [6] Edward IV's symbol wasn't the tulip, though he fled to Holland before returning to fight this war War of the Roses Mark
$2,000 [22] After he resigned as treasury secretary, he was named Chief Justice by Lincoln, who never got along with him Salmon P. Chase Mark	$2,000 [26] The most often used letter in English text, it is also the quickest to send in Morse code E Keith	$2,000 [10] Ping, Pang & Pong are characters in this Puccini opera set in Peking Turandot Keith	$2,000 [29] The dreaded Dutch Elm Disease is spread from tree to tree by this insect a beetle Quadruple Stumper	$2,000 [15] Found mostly in the Soviet Union, this belt of grassland runs 5,000 miles from Hungary to Manchuria Steppes Mark	$2,500 [8] King for 3 months in 1483, Shakespeare's "Richard III" tells of his death in the tower Edward V Mark Quadruple Stumper
$2,500 [23] On August 21, 1863 Quantrill's Raiders descended on this city in Kansas Lawrence Mark	$2,500 [27] This M.I.T. linguist claims every human knows the general principles of language at birth Noam Chomsky Mark	DD $5,800 [11] Donizetti opera that includesthe following, perhaps the most famous mad scene in opera: Lucia di Lammermoor Keith	$2,500 [30] Some have called the dragonfly this, in the belief that it sews up people's lips a darning needle Keith	$2,500 [16] Iona is part of this Scottish island group Hebrides Paul Keith	DD $8,500 [7] At his death he named Harold his successor though he allegedly promised the crown to William of Normandy Edward the Confessor (Edward III) Mark

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENCE

Martin Klaproth named uranium after Uranus & this element after Uranus' children

titanium

Cathy "What is titanium?" — wagered $5,600

Paul "What is plutonium?" — wagered $10,800

Keith "What is titanium?" — wagered $7,000

Mark "What is deuterium?" — wagered $13,300

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