Show #1979 - Thursday, March 25, 1993

Contestants

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Roger Beebe, a student originally from Columbia, South Carolina

Steve Ahern, a bartender from East Haven, Connecticut

Abraham Aig, a banker from Jamaica, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,500)

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Jeopardy! Round

WEEDS
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
AWARDS
RAINING
CATS & DOGS
    $100 26
The yellow flowers of this lawn herb can be used to make wine; its greens can be used in salads
    $100 1
John Hillerman, who played the veddy British Higgins on this series, is actually from Denison, Texas
    $100 6
Colby College in Waterville, Maine has an organ designed by this African missionary & humanitarian
    $100 11
The Certified Kapnismologist Award goes to a collector of these; put that in yours & smoke it
    $100 16
In ancient times people carried these rain protectors as a symbol of rank
    $100 21
Legend says this tailless cat was bred by crossing a cat with a rabbit, but it isn't true
    $200 27
Also known as finger grass, it's a common, rapidly-spreading pest to lawns & gardens
    $200 2
A monument to this late 3-time Oscar winner overlooks her Swedish summer home
    $200 7
This Big Ten school's athletic teams are nicknamed the Wolverines
    $200 12
This co. won a 1989 Doublespeak award for calling 35 miles of Alaskan beaches "environmentally stabilized"
    $200 17
Even if it's sunny, a person invited to a lunch he can't attend often says, "I'll take" one of these
    $200 22
Cats with this color pattern are called "torties" for short
    $300 28
The common type of this allergenic weed is also called bitterweed & hogweed
    $300 3
Her namesake niece Katharine Houghton wrote & starred in a 1-woman show about Louisa May Alcott
    $300 8
Each spring the University of Colorado in this "rocky" city hosts a conference on world affairs
    $300 13
This product's "Mean Joe Greene" commercial won 2 1980 Clio Awards
    $300 18
In mythology the goddess Iris travels to Earth on this arc that appears after a rain
    $300 23
Prince Charles could tell you the Sealyham terrier was developed in this part of the British Isles
    $400 29
Some animals suffer poisoning from eating this herb whose name comes from the Spanish for "crazy"
    $400 4
Ashley in "GWTW", he was in his 40s when he played Romeo to Norma Shearer's Juliet in 1936
    $400 9
In 1912 this institution of oceanography near San Diego became a part of the University of California
    $400 14
This U.N. organization got the Nobel Peace Prize for 1965—we wonder if the cash award was in pennies
    $400 19
Cherrapunji in this country holds the Guinness record for the most rain in a month: 366 inches
    $400 24
The Irish water type of this has lots of ringlets, so you could call it the Shirley Temple of dogs
    $500 30
Russian thistle is one type of this prairie weed whose round tops break off & are carried about by the wind
    $500 5
This "Modern Times" co-star died in 1990, the day before much of her jewelry was auctioned at Sotheby's
    DD: $800 10
In 1932 Ronald Reagan graduated from this small Illinois school, majoring in economics & sociology
    $500 15
In 1955 she won the first Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award
    $500 20
"My Fair Lady" gave us this song about iberian downpours
    $500 25
This sporting dog that ofen has amber eyes was bred by nobles at the Weimar Court

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

Abraham Steve Roger
$900 $800 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Abraham Steve Roger
$1,300 $1,700 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. PRESIDENTS
WORLD'S FAIRS
COMPOSERS
LAKES & RIVERS
EMILY DICKINSON
FRUIT
    $200 10
As a youngster his family called him "Teedie"
    $200 5
In Seattle, a 1-mile-long transportation system of this type still remains from its fair
    $200 7
His "Nachtmusik" is lost but "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" survives
    $200 19
The Bonneville Dam on this river has special ladders for salmon to use
    $200 1
She wrote some 1,775 of these but only 7 were published during her life
    $200 28
This New Zealand fruit can be eaten with the skin on, but it's advisable to rub off the fuzz first
    $400 11
The 18th, 19th & 20th presidents, Grant, Hayes & Garfield, were all born in this state
    $400 8
This city's 1964-65 World's Fair wasn't sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions
    $400 16
His operas "Manon Lescaut" & "La Boheme" both premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin
    $400 20
Only about 20 miles of this 252-mile-long river that runs through Rome is navigable
    $400 2
The longest trip of Emily's life was to Washington, D.C., where her father was serving as a Whig in this
    $400 29
With its firm, dark- fleshed fruit, it's the leading variety of fresh sweet cherries
    $600 12
In 1933 he became the last president whose term of office ended on March 4
    DD: $400 9
This city hosted World's Fairs in 1855, 1867, 1878, 1889, 1900 & 1931
    $600 17
Orlando Gibbons died 2 months after conducting music for the funeral of this first Stuart king
    $600 21
This lake is shared by Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania
    $600 3
Born December 10, 1830, she was the third generation of her family born in this Massachusetts town
    $600 30
In mythology this reddish fruit with hundreds of seeds is a symbol of Persephone
    $800 13
From 1830 to 1833, he served as mayor of Greeneville, Tennessee
    $800 15
The 25-story Sunsphere from the 1982 fair still towers over this Tennessee city
    $800 18
This composer's father, George Ives, was a military bandleader during the Civil War
    $800 22
Touraine, an area famous for its chateaux, lies in this river's valley
    $800 4
In 1851 Emily attended a concert by this "Swedish Nightingale" on her only American tour
    DD: $3,400 26
Used as a topping for peach Melba, Melba sauce is made mainly of this fruit
    $1000 14
When the Prince of Wales visited the White House in 1860, this president had to sleep in the hallway
    $1000 27
Expo 70, the first World's Fair in Asia, was held in this Japanese city
    $1000 24
His sister Adelheid Wette wrote the libretto for his opera "Hansel und Gretel"
    $1000 23
It's the Churun, a tributary of this Venezuelan river, that flows over angel falls
    $1000 6
Emily wrote, "Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er" do this
    $1000 25
The name of this small golden fruit is from the Latin for "early ripening"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Abraham Steve Roger
$9,300 $3,700 $0
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

ISLANDS
After its ruler left February 26, 1815, this island was restored to Tuscany

Final scores:

Abraham Steve Roger
$8,800 $3,769 $0
2-day champion: $20,300 2nd place: Bose music system + Lloyd/Flanders wicker furniture 3rd place: Action Recliner by Lane

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Abraham Steve Roger
$10,300 $3,700 $3,400
23 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 18 R,
4 W		 12 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $17,400

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Game tape date: 1992-12-01
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