Show #1909 - Thursday, December 17, 1992

Contestants

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John Adams, a librarian from Irvine, California

Katie Dunwoody, a lawyer from San Francisco, California

Harry Koga, a student affairs assistant from Berkeley, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,600)

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Jeopardy! Round

THE WORLD PRESS
POTENT POTABLES
THE MIDDLE AGES
TV TRIVIA
ISLANDS
THE "I"s HAVE IT
    $100 1
This country's oldest surviving newspaper, the Sydney Morning Herald, dates back to 1831
    $100 6
Some Mai Tai recipes call for both the light & dark varieties of this liquor
    $100 11
This lion-hearted English king was also Duke of Normandy & Count of Anjou from 1189 to 1199
    $100 16
It's the TV series in which you'd hear the catch phrase "Just the facts, ma'am"
    $100 17
In April 1982 Argentine president Galtieri ordered the seizure of these islands
    $100 26
It often precedes crusher or cream cone
    $200 2
In 1914 he founded Il Popolo d'Italia, which became the organ of his fascist movement
    $200 7
Mix Kahlua with this Mexican liquor & you'll have a brave bull
    $200 12
Later abolished by Peter the Great, the Boyars were the medieval aristocrats of this country
    $200 22
Burt Reynolds plays Wood Newton, a high school football coach in this Arkansas town
    $200 18
In 1943 this island of Napoleon's birth became the 1st French territory liberated from the Nazis
    $200 27
Some of these common garden flowers are beardless & others are bearded
    $300 3
In August 1991 publication of this official paper of the Communist Party was temporarily suspended
    $300 8
A juniper berry medicine used by the Dutch is believed to be the origin of this liquor
    $300 13
Johann Fust lent him the money to build his printing press
    $300 23
For 3 years in the 1980s he played Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
    $300 19
These islands in the West Indies are divided into two main groups: the Greater & the Lesser
    $300 28
A type of narrative poem, often on a romantic theme; Tennyson wrote several "of the King"
    $400 4
One of this country's most influential newspapers is the Magyar Nemzet
    $400 9
It puts the fizz in a mimosa & a French 75
    $400 14
The tomb of this Archbishop of Canterbury was medieval England's most popular shrine
    $400 24
The 3 co-hosts of "That's Incredible!" were Cathy Lee Crosby, Fran Tarkenton & this singer
    DD: $1,200 20
Under a special agreement, the Cook Islands are self-governing & the people are citizens of this country
    $400 29
These teeth are your mouth's cutting tools
    $500 5
Major dailies in this country include Le Soir in French & de Standaard in Flemish
    $500 10
B & B is made with equal parts of these 2 liquors
    $500 15
In 632 Abu Bakr succeeded this prophet as leader of Islam, becoming the first caliph
    $500 25
Attorney Ben Matlock is based in this Southern capital
    $500 21
Covering nearly 3200 square miles, it's Greece's largest island
    $500 30
This word for an utterly ignorant person comes from the name of an ignorant lawyer in a 1615 play

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

Harry Katie John
$2,300 $800 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Harry Katie John
$6,000 $900 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS & AUTHORS
ARCHITECTURE
NEW ENGLAND
RUBBER
HISTORY
FATHERLY NICKNAMES
    $200 11
He sold sacksful of the Sackett series & made mondo bucks on "Hondo"
    $200 16
His great model design for St. Paul's was rejected & he was sent back to the drawing board
    $200 21
Not suprisingly, over 70% of this "Green Mountain State" is covered by forests
    $200 26
About 99% of the world's natural rubber comes from the Hevea brasiliensis tree, native to this country
    $200 1
At 13, Akbar the Great became Mogul ruler of this country & reigned for nearly 50 years
    $200 6
"The Father of the Model T"
    $400 12
We know he wrote 1990's "Haroun and the Sea of Stories"; we just don't know where he wrote it
    DD: $2,600 17
(Alex gives the clue from on location.) Landmark seen here; no cement or mortar was used in its construction
    $400 22
In the early 1800s he founded one of America's first copper-rolling mills in Canton, Mass.
    $400 27
About 60% of all rubber is used to make this one product
    $400 2
Under the 1534 Act of Supremacy, he became head of the Church of England
    $400 7
"The Father of the Thesaurus"
    $600 13
Graham Jenkins' 1988 biography of this Welsh actor is subtitled "My Brother"
    $600 18
Types of these include Diocletian, bull's-eye & bay
    $600 23
It's the only U.S. military academy located in New England
    $600 28
WWII scientists trying to develop synthetic rubber accidentally developed this rubbery toy instead
    $600 3
The Peasants' War, which began in Germany in 1524, was inspired by the teachings of this religious leader
    $600 8
"The Father of the Dime Store"
    $800 14
Best known for 1961's "Stranger in a Strange Land", he sold his first story in 1939 to "Astounding"
    $800 19
This Richard Upjohn church at Broadway & Wall St. is an example of English Perpendicular Gothic
    $800 24
In the 1960s Constitution Plaza helped revitalize this capital of the Constitution State
    $800 29
Surgical gloves are made directly from this milky white liquid from which rubber is extracted
    $800 4
This empire reached its peak of power in the 16th century under the rule of Suleiman i
    $800 9
"The Father of Frozen Foods"
    $1000 15
He titled his Watergate chronicle "Blind Ambition: The White House Years"
    $1000 20
From French for "sliding door", it's a heavy iron grating which can be lowered over a castle door
    $1000 25
Of this state's 8 incorporated cities, 7 are located in the Narragansett Bay area
    $1000 30
This British chemist who discovered oxygen gave rubber its name
    DD: $2,600 5
After he was elected pope, Clement V moved the papal court from Rome to this French city
    $1000 10
"The Father of Modern Shorthand"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Harry Katie John
$18,600 $2,700 $1,600
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

THE ELEMENTS
Alphabetically the first among gases, it's the third most abundant gas in the air

Final scores:

Harry Katie John
$7,200 $3,201 $3,200
2-day champion: $16,800 2nd place: trip to The Bahamas 3rd place: Cazal 951 & 955 sunglasses

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Harry Katie John
$14,000 $2,700 $1,600
32 R
(including 3 DDs),
1 W		 9 R,
2 W		 8 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $18,300

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Game tape date: 1992-09-01
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