Show #2142 - Tuesday, December 21, 1993

Jean Grewe game 2.

Contestants

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Kay Diehl, an urban planner from Pasadena, California

Tom Plotkin, a record store clerk from Los Angeles, California

Jean Grewe, a typesetter from Oak Park, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,401)

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Jeopardy! Round

MODERN HISTORY
FILMS OF THE '60s
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
FABRICS
WORLD TRAVEL
AUTO MAKES & MODELS
    $100 11
In 1963 a hot line was established between Washington. D.C. & this world capital
    $100 2
Film in which Dustin Hoffman says, "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me"
    $100 1
Hugh Lofting's book about this doctor "and the Secret Lake" was published posthumously in 1948
    $100 18
The "Harris" type of this fabric is handwoven in the Outer Hebrides
    $100 16
Shopping for serapes? Oaxaca in this country is noted for them
    $100 26
Beretta,
Corsica,
Corvette
    $200 12
Rudolf Hess was among the war criminals who were tried in this city in 1945 & '46
    $200 4
At the end of this film, Charlton Heston & Linda Harrison find the Statue of Liberty in ruins
    $200 3
John Ridd, the hero of this novel, is the son of a man murdered by the Doones
    $200 20
It's a heavy ribbed fabric, an overstuffed footstool or an empire
    $200 17
The Arctic Hotel in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden disappears in the spring because it's made of this
    $200 27
Probe,
Taurus,
Escort
    $300 13
In 1980 it became the first independent labor union in a Soviet bloc country
    $300 5
Clark Gable played an aging cowboy in this film, which turned out to be his last
    $300 8
Originally published in French in 1931, the 1st book about him was subtitled "Le Petit Elephant"
    $300 23
The pima type of this fabric was named for Pima County, Arizona
    $300 19
In 1993 the admission price at this British castle was reduced almost 50%—sort of a "fire sale"
    $300 28
Integra,
Legend,
NSX
    $400 14
1 of the 2 African countries the U.S. wanted Cuba to withdraw troops from in 1977
    $400 6
Marcello Mastroianni & Anita Ekberg live "The Sweet Life" in this 1960 Fellini film
    $400 9
R.L. Bacon wrote about these New Zealand natives in such books as "The Boy and the Taniwha"
    $400 24
This plain, coarse sack fabric that's often made from jute is also known as Hessian
    $400 21
There's a Wellington Museum in this Belgian town, about 2 miles north of the battlefield
    $400 29
348,
Mondial,
Testarossa
    $500 15
Robert Mugabe became prime minister of this country in 1980 & its president in 1987
    $500 7
This Taylor-Burton film about a bitter couple was the first to restrict admission to viewers over 18
    $500 10
In the 1956 book "The Enormous Egg", one of these 3-horned dinosaurs is hatched from a hen's egg
    $500 25
Popular in the 1800s, Coburg was named for this man whose father was the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
    DD: $500 22
"Scandal tours" of this capital city show tourists sites associated with ousted President Fernando Collor
    $500 30
Galant,
Eclipse,
Mirage

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

Jean Tom Kay
$2,300 $700 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jean Tom Kay
$4,700 $1,000 $1,500

Double Jeopardy! Round

1989
NORTHERN AFRICA
POP MUSIC
RELIGION
PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS
POETRY
    $200 11
In August Kristin M. Baker became this academy's first female first captain of the Corps of Cadets
    $200 26
If you're on the express to Marrakech, you're bound for this country
    $200 6
In 1957 Marty Robbins sang, "A white sport coat and" this, "I'm all dressed up for the dance"
    $200 16
Millions of Hindus travel to the holy Indian city of Varanasi to bathe in this river's waters
    $200 21
William Howard Taft was the 1st president buried in this national cemetery
    $200 1
In a 1916 poem Carl Sandburg called this city "tool maker, stacker of wheat"
    $400 12
He became NYC's new "Hizzoner" the mayor
    $400 27
It's by far the most populous country in northern Africa
    $400 7
"Rockin' Robin" was a No. 2 hit for Bobby Day in 1958 & for this singer in 1972
    $400 17
This 8-day Jewish festival begins on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan
    $400 22
Thomas Jefferson was the 1st president to get to his inauguration this way
    $400 2
This Longfellow poem begins, "This is the forest primeval"
    $600 13
On July 21 Carl "The Truth" Williams lasted 93 seconds with this man
    $600 28
Port Sudan is on this sea
    $600 8
In 1977 Randy Meisner left this successful group to pursue a solo career
    $600 18
Soto & Rinzai are the 2 main schools of this form of Buddhism
    $600 23
Garfield was our 1st Sinistral president, which means he was this
    $600 3
In Ben Jonson's "To Celia", it's the line preceding "And I will pledge with mine"
    $800 14
In February Dan Quayle criticized Jimmy Carter for meeting with this Nicaraguan president
    $800 29
In April 1986 the U.S. sent warplanes to attack terrorist-related targets in this country's capital
    $800 9
His 1975 No. 1 hit "Bad Blood" featured Elton John on backup vocals
    $800 19
Deities in this Chinese religion include the Jade Emperor & the Empress of Heaven
    $800 24
This New Hampshire native was the 1st president to keep his original cabinet for his entire term of office
    $800 4
Robert Frost poem that begins, "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood"
    DD: $1,000 15
In March, by a 53-47 vote, the Senate rejected this Texan as Secretary of Defense
    DD: $3,000 30
The 2 most widely spoken languages in Tunisia are Arabic & this
    $1000 10
A No. 1 song by B.J. Thomas asked, "Hey, won't you play another" one of these
    $1000 20
In 1960 Martin Luther King. Jr. was made co-pastor with his father of this Atlanta church
    $1000 25
He not only survived dozens of duels, he was the 1st president to survive an assassination attempt
    $1000 5
In "Andrea Del Sarto", he wrote, "Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jean Tom Kay
$14,500 $5,600 $300
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

THE 1990 CENSUS
According to the 1990 census this state now contains 3 of the 10 most populous U.S. cities

Final scores:

Jean Tom Kay
$11,500 $9,600 $300
2-day champion: $25,901 2nd place: Broyhill Fontana bedroom set + Waverly bedroom sheets 3rd place: Cuthbertson dinnerware

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Jean Tom Kay
$12,500 $6,100 $300
27 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 21 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 7 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $18,900

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Game tape date: 1993-09-14
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