Show #1296 - Monday, April 2, 1990

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Mark Hinckley, a recent law school graduate from Ellicott City, Maryland

Joel Goldberg, a CPA and financial officer from Fort Lee, New Jersey

Dan Ritey, a senior account executive from North Hollywood, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,200)

Jeopardy! Round

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
NAMESAKES
ANDREW JACKSON
SONGS OF THE '60S
ABBREVIATIONS
SUDDEN DEATH
    $100 23
This F. Scott Fitzgerald character was born James Gatz
    $100 18
Some authorities believe it was actually Jim Bowie's brother Rezin who designed this weapon
    $100 6
Jackson was the first president to use this form of transportation while in office
    $100 1
Louis Armstrong's only No. 1 hit, it hit the charts for 19 weeks in 1964
    $100 14
You take the SAT exam to get into college & the LSAT to get into one of these schools
    $100 25
After death, this faith's devout members get houris, celestial handmaidens
    $200 11
In "Ivanhoe" the black knight who rescues Wilfred & Rowena is really this king in disguise
    $200 20
This measure of sound intensity is named for Alexander Graham Bell
    $200 7
In 1804 & again in 1837 Jackson retired from public life to this estate
    $200 2
Sonny & Cher's only No. 1 hit, they used to sing it at the close of their TV show
    $200 15
Nickname formed from the initials of the Government National Mortgage Association
    $200 26
The last words of this first president to die were, "It is well I die hard, but I am not afraid to go."
    $300 13
For saving this little girl from the waters of the Mississippi, Uncle Tom was bought by her father
    $300 19
What Michael Begon & J.G. Zinn had named after them
    $300 8
It's what Jackson had in common with Lewis Robards from Aug. 1791 to Sept. 1793
    $300 3
Group whose first No. 1 hit, "Cherish", was recorded in a garage that was converted to a studio
    $300 16
You could see one of them write down "q.i.d.", but you might find it hard to read
    $300 27
Romeo commits suicide by drinking poison whereas Juliet kills herself using this
    $400 12
John D. MacDonald used colors in the titles of all the adventures of this private investigator
    $400 21
Two foods named for opera singer Dame Nellie Melba
    $400 9
Jackson's choice for minister to Great Britain; after the Senate turned him down he became VP & then president
    $400 4
The Beatles' 8th No. 1 hit, it begins "I think I'm gonna be sad"
    $400 17
It's an editor's abbreviation for more than one manuscript
    $400 28
In 1984 this author of "The Complete Book of Running" died while running
    $500 22
Educated at Rennsselaer Polytechnic, he built railroads & bridges before his amusement park ride
    $500 10
Collective term for Jackson's unofficial group of presidential advisors
    $500 5
They had No. 1 hits with Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" & Pete Seeger's "Turn, Turn, Turn"
    $500 24
A cousin to the R.A.F., the R.A.A.F. is this

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Dan Joel Mark
$1,400 $1,100 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Dan Joel Mark
$1,900 $2,100 $1,900

Double Jeopardy! Round

PUBLISHING
SCIENCE
ANCIENT HISTORY
U.S. STATES
PROVERBS
PALACES
    $200 12
By custom, books printed in the U.S. carry this library's card catalogue number on the copyright page
    $200 13
A simple one of these consists of a small weight swinging to & fro on the end of a string
    $200 6
Paris was known by its Celtic name "Lutetia", when he took it from the Parisii tribe in 52 B.C.
    $200 1
Providence County is this state's largest county in both area & population
    $200 24
It "makes all men equal" & "makes the world go round"
    $200 18
He fled the Potala, his palace in Tibet, when Chinese forces invaded Lhasa in 1959
    $400 11
Of 4-6 pages, 14-20 pages or 40-60 pages, the size of the typical Soviet daily newspaper
    $400 14
The process by which a substance changes from liquid to a gas is called this
    $400 8
Cleopatra had 4 children out of wedlock, 3 fathered by this Roman
    DD: $1,400 2
Symbols of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Choctaw & Seminole Indian nations are on its seal
    $400 22
He coined the saying, Early to bed & early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy & wise"
    $400 19
From 1561-1567, Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh was the home of this queen of Scotland
    $600 28
"The Talk Of The Town" is a weekly feature of this magazine also known for its drawings
    $600 15
The planets that are smaller than Earth are Mercury, Venus & these two
    $600 9
The earliest known civilization, it was home to the Sumerians & Akkadians
    $600 3
State whose motto "Eureka", meaning "I have found it" is attributed to Archimedes
    $600 25
They're the "Windows of the Soul"
    $600 20
King of Bavaria whose Neuschwanstein Castle might be called a monument to his madness
    $800 29
"The Budget" is a weekly paper published nationally for members of this Mennonite sect
    $800 16
An LED; it's used for displaying readings on digital watches & calculators
    $800 7
The Hebrew kingdom split into Judah & Israel after the death of this king
    $800 4
This "Tree Planters State" in the midwest has the only 2 man-made national forests in the U.S.
    $800 26
Proverb that was the title of a Kaufman/Hart play about an unconventional family
    $800 23
Huis Ten Bosch Palace, home of Holland's Queen Beatrix, is in this city
    $1000 30
"News You Can Use" & "Worldgram" are registered trademarks of this magazine
    $1000 17
When this scientist discovered oxygen, he called it dephlogisticated air
    $1000 10
The ruins of Ur are in a desert because this river, which once ran near it, changed course
    $1000 5
The Great Serpent Mound near Hillsboro in this state is an ancient Indian burial site
    DD: $2,700 27
In a Thomas Gray poem this precedes " 'Tis folly to be wise"
    $1000 21
Hiram Bingham claimed he found a castle of the Incas in this remote fortress city he excavated

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Dan Joel Mark
$1,000 $5,500 $10,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
This actor won a 1952 Tony and a 1956 Oscar for playing the same ruler

Final scores:

Dan Joel Mark
$2,000 $11,000 $7,500
3rd place: Maytag Jetclean Dishwasher New champion: $11,000 2nd place: Trip to Hawaii

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Dan Joel Mark
$3,700 $5,500 $9,700
12 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 17 R,
3 W		 22 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $18,900

[game responses] [game scores] [suggest correction]

Game tape date: 1989-11-13
The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. Scraping, republication, monetization, and malicious use prohibited; this site may use cookies and collect identifying information. See terms. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.