Show #1558 - Wednesday, May 15, 1991

1991 College Championship semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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Franco Recchia, a senior from Wayne State University

Kimberly Bartlett, a senior from the University of Alabama

Scott Gillispie, a senior from Georgia Tech

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Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS FIRSTS
FILMS OF THE '90s
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
COOKING
DESERTS
HOMOPHONES
    $100 16
This womens' two-piece swimsuit made its first appearance at a Paris fashion show in 1946
    $100 17
This quartet's second film is subtitled "The Secret of the Ooze"
    $100 1
Our side was winning the battle of this hill near Boston until we ran out of ammo and the tide turned
    $100 6
For a fancy breakfast, you can cook these popular items Benedict or Sardou
    $100 7
We'll gamble on your knowing that almost all of this state is in the Great Basin Desert
    $100 26
A small stream, or the sound a squeaky stair makes
    $200 18
In 1878 the first one of these directories was issued in New Haven, Connecticut, and contained 21 names
    $200 19
He went from second banana on "Roseanne" to top banana of England in "King Ralph"
    $200 2
The battle that was fought the farthest north was the one at this Canadian city, December 31, 1775
    $200 8
These "nautical" legumes are often used to make soup
    $200 12
Lt. Joseph Ives is credited with having been the first to call a brilliantly colored desert in Arizona this
    $200 27
A wild hog, or to drill a hole
    $300 23
In 1903 this Boston team won baseball's first World Series
    $300 20
He starred as Quigley in "Quigley Down Under"
    $300 3
While Kosciusko survived the war, this Polish count was mortally wounded at Savannah
    $300 9
Potato chips are cooked this way
    DD: $900 13
These 2 countries share the Gobi Desert
    $300 30
A measure of wood, or three or more musical notes played together
    $400 24
ENIAC, which weighed over 30 tons, was the first electronic one of these
    $400 21
In 1991's "The Doors", she plays Jim Morrison's girlfriend, Pamela
    $400 4
The Americans had to evacuate Philadelphia after his defeat at Paoli, which must have made him "mad"
    $400 10
This member of the nightshade family is often prepared Parmigiana
    $400 14
The name of this desert in the south of Israel is from the Hebrew for "south"
    $400 29
To coat with gold, or an association for members of the same profession
    $500 25
In 1856 William L. Dayton ran unsuccessfully as this party's first vice-presidential candidate
    $500 22
Title Kansas City couple played by Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in a 1990 film
    $500 5
France entered the war on our side after this 1777 American victory in New York State
    $500 11
Bechamel sauce is also called this color sauce
    $500 15
The Thar is the largest desert on this sub-continent
    $500 28
To interfere in someone's business, or an Olympic award

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Scott Kimberly Franco
$2,700 $1,700 $500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Scott Kimberly Franco
$5,600 $2,400 $1,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

NEWSPAPERS
EGYPT
POETRY
LAW
PARKS
ANATOMICAL QUOTES
    $200 2
Founded in 1813, the Mobile Register is this state's oldest newspaper
    $200 24
There are some 80 of these structures in Egypt, but the three at Giza are the most famous
    $200 3
His first letter to his future wife began: "I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett"
    $200 17
It's convened for trying & punishing offenses committed by members of the U.S. armed forces
    $200 13
This Florida national park contains the southernmost point on the U.S. mainland
    $200 1
Completes Stephen Vincent Benet's line "Bury my heart at Wounded..."
    $400 6
This U.S. newspaper's 1851 index was the first ever published, and it's still publishing them
    $400 27
Though it may look strange on a map, to get from lower to upper Egypt, you go in this direction
    $400 4
"Flow gently" this "sweet river, among thy green braes, flow gently. I'll sing thee a song in thy praise"
    $400 18
The unlawful killing of another without malice; it can be involuntary or voluntary
    $400 28
Camp David, the presidential mountain retreat, is in Catoctin Mountain Park, in this state
    $400 12
Francis Bourdillon wrote, "The night has a thousand of" these "and the day, but one"
    $600 7
This nation's Yomiuri Shimbun has the world's largest daily circulation, over 14 million
    DD: $5,000 23
It was closed June 6, 1967 & re-opened June 5, 1975
    $600 5
His 1892 collection, "Barrack-Room Ballads", included "Fuzzy Wuzzy" & "Gunga Din"
    DD: $2,600 19
The 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution sets these to end at noon on January 3rd
    $600 29
In 1959, Ecuador made these islands a national park & wildlife refuge
    $600 14
In the 19th century, Phoebe Carey advised "And though hard be the task, keep a stiff" one of these
    $800 8
Newspapers in Houston, Denver & Washington share this name
    $800 26
This body of water separates Egypt from Saudi Arabia
    $800 10
"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog" is a collection of stories about this poet's youth in Wales
    $800 21
This system not based on a code, but on previous decisions and customs, evolved in England
    $800 30
There's a Ralph J. Bunche Park across the street from this organization's New York City headquarters
    $800 15
Chaucer's "Un air it heard, a tother out it went" is commonly quoted as this
    $1000 9
New England's largest paper is this Boston daily
    $1000 25
Following Sadat's visit to Jerusalem, Egypt regained the occupied parts of this peninsula
    $1000 11
John Keats ode containing the line, "Thou was not born for death, immortal bird"
    $1000 20
From Latin for "first birth", it's the rule that only the oldest son inherited the property of a parent
    $1000 22
Located in this province, Terra Nova National Park is Canada's most easterly national park
    $1000 16
Whittier's "Barefoot Boy" had this "of tan"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Scott Kimberly Franco
$11,400 $3,200 $10,600

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Final Jeopardy! Round

POP MUSIC
Their grandfather had a No. 1 record in 1935; their father, No. 1's in 1958 & 1961; and they hit No. 1 in 1990

Final scores:

Scott Kimberly Franco
$21,300 $6,400 $0
Finalist 2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Scott Kimberly Franco
$10,800 $5,800 $6,200
26 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 19 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $22,800

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Game tape date: 1991-04-07
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