Show #1928 - Wednesday, January 13, 1993

Contestants

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John Schneider, a landscape lighting designer from Pacific Palisades, California

Susan Brown, a doctoral student originally from Portland, Oregon

Kimberly Kallsen King, a legal clerk originally from Cottonwood, Arizona (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,200)

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Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH NOVELISTS
TV GUIDE SAYS
CANDLES
LOUISIANA
RAIN FOREST CREATURES
"C" FOOD
    $100 1
The first of his 12 James Bond novels was "Casino Royale" in 1953
    $100 11
"A firm's merger... gives McKenzie food for thought and offers Becker the chance to buy his dream home"
    $100 20
Made by insects, it's the tallowlike substance used to make candles
    $100 26
This, the largest reptile in the state, can grow to about 16 feet in length
    $100 16
They're carnivorous, with big pincerlike jaws, & move in troops along the rain forest floor
    $100 6
Without its husk, this palm fruit weighs about 1 1/2 pounds
    $200 2
He serialized "The Old Curiosity Shop" in his own weekly magazine, "Master Humphrey's Clock"
    $200 12
"Brenda defies her father by continuing to see Dylan"
    $200 21
When making candles, these parts are covered by dipping, molding or rolling
    $200 27
The brown variety of this pouched bird is Louisiana's state bird
    $200 17
It's so damp in the rain forest that this primitive plant can be found growing on sloths
    $200 7
About a third of the cheese produced in the U.S. is of this variety
    $300 3
This author of "Robinson Crusoe" is regarded as one of the founders of the English novel
    $300 13
"When Laura gets snubbed by fellow cheerleaders, she seeks advice from Urkel"
    $300 22
It's a cylinder-shaped firework that spews out sparks & balls of fire
    $300 28
In 1991 Governor Buddy Roemer switched his affiliation to this political party
    $300 18
Related to the cobra, these snakes can be recognized by their bold bands of black, red & yellow
    $300 8
When making this Indian relish at home, green peaches may be substituted for the mangoes
    $400 4
He spent the last 4 years of his life at Vailima, his plantation in Samoa
    $400 14
"The major is ill at ease when Camp Hollister is alerted that it may be shut down"
    $400 23
You'll need 44 candles to make it through this annual Jewish holiday
    DD: $700 29
In the 1968 presidential election, the state went for this third party candidate
    $400 19
Great Jacamars & Resplendent Quetzals are types of these
    $400 9
Ambrose Bierce defined it as "a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large & wise as a man's head"
    $500 5
It only took about a year to write the half-million words in his work "The Outline of History"
    $500 15
"Sam gets himself into a real beauty: as Miss Sugar Belle in a southern pageant"
    $500 24
It's why Edna St. Vincent Millay's candle "will not last the night"
    $500 30
Louisiana became a state in this year in which the U.S. went to war with Great Britain
    $500 25
These monkeys named for their thick fur can hang by their tails while picking fruit
    $500 10
Scallops in a wine & butter sauce make up this dish which is French for "St. James' Shells"

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

Kim Susan John
$0 $800 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Kim Susan John
$1,800 $1,200 $500

Double Jeopardy! Round

CHINESE HISTORY
WATER
CLASSICAL MUSIC
DONS & DONALDS
LEFTOVERS
CORPORATE AMERICA
    $200 7
For conservation the LADWP gives consumers free low-flow shower heads & water displacement bags for these
    $200 2
Benjamin Britten wrote "Gloriana" for her 1953 coronation
    $200 10
Original Mercury astronaut Donald Kent Slayton is better known by this nickname
    $200 16
This 1950 film ends with Gloria Swanson saying, "All right, Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my close-up"
    $200 1
It's the middle name of Aaron Ward, who started a mail-order business in 1872
    $400 8
Term for the large pipes that leave a town's pumping station
    $400 3
This six-stringed wooden instrument is used in such pieces as Rossini's "Barber of Seville"
    $400 11
Donald Arthur Glaser received this prize in 1960 for inventing the bubble chamber
    $400 19
Kenny Rogers teamed with this female country singer in 1983 to record "Islands in the Stream"
    $400 12
He bought Walter Jacobs' car rental firm in 1923, sold it to GM in 1925 & bought it back in 1953
    $600 26
This Chinese was born in the state of Lu in Eastern China about 550 B.C.
    $600 9
No time like the present to tell you this device is also called a clepsydra
    $600 4
On Wilhelm Furtwangler's death, Herbert von Karajan became chief conductor of this orchestra
    $600 23
At the 1964 Olympics in this Japanese city, Don Schollander became the 1st swimmer to win 4 gold medals
    $600 18
The third leg of horse racing's Triple Crown is named for this banker & diplomat
    $600 13
The top jeans maker in the U.S. is VF Corporation, VF standing for this lingerie line it owns
    DD: $1,000 27
These people who founded Macao were the first Europeans to arrive on China's coast, in 1517
    $800 14
During this part of nature's water cycle, the water is desalinated
    $800 5
Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Sinfonia Antarctica" contains quotes from this explorer's journal
    $800 24
His 1988 book "For The Record" revealed the influence of astrology on the Reagan White House
    $800 17
All exports from the U.S. to Europe were barred by this 1807 act, but it failed & was rendered inactive in 1809
    $800 21
George Bush co-founded Zapata Petroleum, which later merged into this top U.S. motor oil company
    $1000 15
For centuries people have been taking the waters in this spa town in the NW corner of the Black Forest
    $1000 6
At age 94 this famous cellist conducted the premiere of one of his compositions at the U.N.
    $1000 25
Guy Burgess & this British spy disappeared from England in 1951 & surfaced in Moscow 5 years later
    $1000 20
A Jewish-sponsored university in Waltham, Massachusetts is named for this Supreme Court justice
    DD: $1,300 22
In 1934 a Wooster, Ohio company turned from balloons to dustpans under this brand name

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Kim Susan John
$3,800 $3,200 $3,400

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Final Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS STRUCTURES
Prior to the completion of the Eiffel Tower, this U.S. structure was the world's tallest

Final scores:

Kim Susan John
$6,801 $0 $6,800
2-day champion: $9,001 3rd place: ProForm step machine + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis 2nd place: trip to New York City

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Kim Susan John
$4,800 $3,200 $3,800
17 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 13 R,
5 W		 13 R
(including 1 DD),
7 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $11,800

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Game tape date: 1992-09-22
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