Show #2145 - Friday, December 24, 1993

Jean Grewe game 5.

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Pat Thomason, a defense attorney originally from St. Charles, Missouri

Greg Rose, a law student from South Pasadena, California

Jean Grewe, a typesetter from Oak Park, Illinois (whose 4-day cash winnings total $47,701)

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Jeopardy! Round

LANGUAGES
CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS
HEALTH & MEDICINE
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
CITIES CALLED THEBES
HOMOPHONES
    $100 11
Dan isn't just a man's name, it's a popular dictionary abbreviation for this language
    $100 1
First Cockney,
Second Cockney,
Mrs. Higgins' maid
    $100 5
This "kissing disease" is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus
    $100 16
Sir Walter Raleigh is said to have introduced this vegetable to Ireland around 1585
    $100 26
This Verdi opera is set in Thebes in Egypt
    $100 21
To abandon, or a sweet course served at the end of a meal
    $200 12
This language that's also known as Siamese contains many loanwords from Sanskrit
    $200 2
Liza, Nana,
ostrich,
crocodile
    $200 6
There are usually over 4 million of these cells in a cubic millimeter of blood
    $200 17
Like borscht, chlodnik is a cold soup made mainly of this vegetable
    $200 27
His tomb in Thebes was discovered on the west bank of the Nile in 1922
    $200 22
A long leather strap attached to the bit of a bridle, or water falling from the sky
    $300 13
Most native speakers of Catalan live in the northeast part of this country
    $300 3
Rolf Gruber,
Liesl,
the Mother Abbess
    $300 7
Plumbism is another term for poisoning by this substance
    $300 18
Frequently mentioned in the Bible, the name of this fruit means "many-seeded apple"
    $300 28
As a baby in Greece, this Theban strangled snakes; later he killed a lion & more labors followed
    $300 23
To cover in gold, or an association of persons in the same trade who might do it
    $400 14
Ido is a revised form of this international language invented by a Polish doctor
    $400 4
Audrey,
Seymour,
Audrey II
    $400 8
Carpal tunnel syndrome is caused by the compression of a nerve in the area of this joint
    $400 19
It's the more common name for the most common mandarin orange sold in the U.S.
    $400 29
When this conquerer burned Thebes, he spared the house of the Greek poet Pindar
    $400 24
A knack, or a device that produces a bright signal light
    $500 15
Kiunguja, one of the major dialects of this Bantu language, is spoken on the island of Zanzibar
    $500 10
Mother Burnside,
Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside,
Patrick Dennis
    DD: $500 9
Some believe acupuncture relieves pain by stimulating these chemicals in the brain
    $500 20
Argenteuil, France is famous for growing the white type of this spear-shaped vegetable
    $500 30
The 1 of 7 surviving tragedies by Aeschylus whose title fits the category
    $500 25
A personal enemy, or a type of pearls that aren't really pearls

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

Jean Greg Pat
$2,200 $1,000 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jean Greg Pat
$3,800 $1,800 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY
POLITICAL TERMS
MUSEUMS
BOOKS ON AUDIOTAPE
INDIANA
ODDS & ENDS
    $200 1
On September 1, 1939 this country began its Blitzkrieg of Poland
    $200 6
This term which has come to mean Japan's warrior class literally means "attendant"
    $200 11
The Royal Air Force Museum in this capital features a Battle of Britain display
    $200 26
They needed a superman to read "The Great Gatsby" on tape, so they picked this "Superman" star
    $200 21
4 towns, including Speedway, lie within this capital city but are governed separately
    $200 16
According to the proverb, following this rule will make you "healthy, wealthy and wise"
    $400 2
In 1945 7 countries, including Iraq & Syria, formed this league
    $400 7
The Free-Soilers, an antislavery party, were absorbed by this political party in 1854
    $400 12
An Abilene, Kansas museum has medals & mementoes from this president's career
    $400 27
Maria Riva reads her own intimate biography of this late German actress, her mother
    $400 22
He lived in Indiana 1816-1830 & you can visit the burial site of his mother, Nancy Hanks
    $400 17
If followed east, the 3 stars in his belt point toward something "Sirius", the dog star
    $600 3
In 1951 this world leader ordered the observance of St. Evita Day in his country
    $600 8
The political movement to unite this Mediterranean island with Greece was called Enosis
    $600 13
The Cloisters, specializing in medieval art, is a branch of this New York City museum
    $600 28
Burt Reynolds was "For Hire", so he got the job reading "Stardust", a novel about this detective
    $600 23
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is a 14,000-acre recreation area on the shore of this Great Lake
    $600 18
In 1656 Christiaan Huygens added this to a clock to control the escapement
    $800 4
In 1212 a young French shepherd boy led an estimated 30,000 youths on this tragic expedition
    $800 9
The common market is also called the EEC, which stands for this
    $800 14
A memorial in Beaumont, Texas houses the trophies & memorabilia of this lady athlete's career
    $800 29
You can stay up late & listen to his novels "The Other Side of Midnight" & "Memories of Midnight"
    $800 24
Indiana University opened in this city in 1820
    $800 19
As baseball has pitchers, cricket has these
    $1000 5
In 1674 Sivaji founded this country's Maratha Empire
    DD: $1,000 10
Name for the alliance of Israeli right-wing parties that first came to power with Begin
    DD: $1,100 15
This capital has museums devoted to Antonin Dvorak, Bedrich Smetana & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    $1000 30
This Lt. Col, who was "under fire" during the Iran–Contra hearings taped his own book "Under Fire"
    $1000 25
You can visit the home of this famous WWII journalist in Dana, Indiana
    $1000 20
Terpsichore had this many sisters

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jean Greg Pat
$7,600 $7,700 $3,600

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Final Jeopardy! Round

THE CALENDAR
By our calendar, the first British East India Co. was founded on this date, the last day of the 16th century

Final scores:

Jean Greg Pat
$15,100 $7,601 $5,000
5-day champion: $62,801 2nd place: trip to New Orleans, Louisiana 3rd place: trip to Palm Springs, California + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Jean Greg Pat
$7,600 $8,800 $3,600
24 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 20 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 10 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $20,000

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Game tape date: 1993-09-14
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