Show #1998 - Wednesday, April 21, 1993

Walt Senterfitt game 4.

Contestants

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Rusty Sachs, a lawyer from Norwich, Vermont

Rowena Fenstermacher, a Latin and fencing teacher from Katonah, New York

Walt Senterfitt, a registered nurse from Los Angeles, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $49,502)

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Jeopardy! Round

"F" IN HISTORY
TELEVISION
HEALTH & MEDICINE
LEGENDARY CREATURES
LIBRARIES
WORD ORIGINS
    $100 11
This was a very popular name among kings of Castile, & that's no bull
    $100 26
On a 1992 visit to this late night show, Bill Clinton showed off his musical talents with a sax solo
    $100 1
To stop these, it's suggested that you hold your breath, or drink a glass of water without stopping
    $100 16
The wyvern is a fabulous winged creature that resembles this fire breather
    $100 13
One of the world's largest genealogical libraries is maintained by this church in Salt Lake City
    $100 2
An enlisted person in the U.S. Armed Forces, it's an abbreviation of "government issue"
    $200 12
In 1380 Charles the Mad succeeded his father, Charles the Wise, as king of this country
    $200 27
This reality show hosted by Robert Stack has reportedly solved about 1/4 of the cases it has presented
    $200 3
Nearsighted people are more prone than others to having this part of the eye become detached
    $200 20
The Gorgons had a bad hair day every day, they had these on their heads, which were hard to comb
    $200 14
This state's first public library was established in Alexandria in 1794
    $200 5
This informal name for a violin may come from the goddess of victory, Vitula
    $300 15
Alexander Hamilton was a leader of this political party
    $300 28
Title team played by Joe Penny & William Conrad
    $300 4
Sufficient amounts of this mineral before age 35 are vital in preventing osteoporosis later in life
    $300 21
These half-human, half- equine creatures were expelled from their home after misbehaving at a wedding
    $300 19
Opened in 1922, the 1st library for kids in the Brit. Commonwealth was Boys & Girls House in this Ontario capital
    $300 6
A sheepskin prepared for writing, its name comes from the ancient city of Pergamum
    $400 17
1 of the 2 U.S. presidents whose last names fit the category
    $400 29
On this show's 1991-'92 season finale, Whitley left Byron standing at the altar & married Dwayne
    $400 8
About 1 baby in 10 suffers from this condition of irritability & severe abdominal discomfort
    $400 22
Popular in Arabian folklore, this enormous bird appears in the story of Sinbad the sailor
    $400 23
After the 1871 fire, Queen Victoria donated books to help start this U.S. city's Public Library
    $400 7
Oddly, the name of this layered Italian pasta dish comes from Greek for "chamber pot"
    $500 18
In 1790 20,000 people attended his funeral in Philadelphia, & you can "print" that
    $500 30
Sam Waterston plays a southern prosecuting attorney in the 1950s on this acclaimed drama
    $500 10
In 1989 scientists identified the gene that causes this disease, abbreviated CF
    $500 25
These sea seductresses were so jealous of Orpheus' superior singing that they dove to their deaths
    DD: $1,000 24
The world's largest library on the art & history of glass can be found in this town in Steuben County, N.Y.
    $500 9
From lacrima, Latin for "tear", it means weeping or inclined to weep

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

Walt Rowena Rusty
$2,000 $1,100 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Walt Rowena Rusty
$4,600 $2,900 $1,300

Double Jeopardy! Round

1992
COMPOSERS
ROCKS & MINERALS
NEWSPAPERS
RUSSIAN LITERATURE
LEFTOVERS
    $200 1
The young version of this singer won the stamp election by a landslide--851,200 to 277,723 votes
    $200 13
After the death of Hammerstein, he wrote the musical "Do I Hear A Waltz?" with Stephen Sondheim
    $200 26
The most extensively occurring igneous rock, a lot of things are "taken for" it
    $200 6
In 1876 this state's Bismarck Tribune became the 1st paper to report the Battle of the Little Bighorn
    $200 21
Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 is featured in this 1865-'69 Tolstoy novel
    $200 11
Now that there's a travel version of this detective game, you can take Miss Scarlet on vacation
    $400 2
In July he announced that he would not seek the U.S. presidency after all; in October he changed his mind
    $400 14
Igor Stravinsky wrote "Circus Polka" for this "fraternal" U.S. circus
    $400 27
Obsidian can only be found in areas where this activity has recently occurred
    $400 7
This state's first newspaper, the Du Buque Visitor, began publishing in 1836
    $400 22
Boris Pasternak was ejected from the union of Soviet writers because of the furor caused by this novel
    $400 12
Clark Gable sang this song on film in 1939, Taco sang it in 1983 & we're not "puttin'" you "on"
    $600 3
The Bush administration refused to sign the biodiversity treaty at the environmental summit in this city
    $600 15
"Neptune, The Mystic" is 1 of the 7 movements of this Gustav Holst work
    $600 28
Cuprite is one of the right ores from which to get this metal
    $600 8
This city's La Presse is one of Canada's largest French-language dailies
    $600 23
This dramatist's last play, "The Cherry Orchard", was 1st performed on Jan. 17, 1904, about 6 months before his death
    $600 16
Steve McQueen starred in this campy sci-fi flick about a giant ball of goop from outer space
    $800 4
On Feb. 24 this auto company announced it had a record yearly loss for 1991—$4,450,000,000
    DD: $2,000 19
Heard in "Fantasia", this orchestra scherzo is Paul Dukas' most famous work
    $800 29
To aid in recognizing iron minerals, you might take one of these common items with you
    $800 9
This Indianapolis newspaper is Indiana's largest
    DD: $2,100 24
In 1974 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was exiled due to the publication of this work
    $800 17
In names of perfumes, this bright color precedes "Roor" or stands alone
    $1000 5
This former defense secretary succeeded Corazon Aquino as Philippine President in June
    $1000 20
He devised a method of composing with 12 notes related only to one another
    $1000 30
The presence of this element in halite makes it turn a flame yellow
    $1000 10
This city's only daily newspaper is the Plain Dealer
    $1000 25
He began writing his classic verse novel "Eugene Onegin" while stationed in Kishinev in 1823
    $1000 18
This adjective that means cross-shaped often refers to church design

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Walt Rowena Rusty
$11,800 $5,000 $3,300
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

WORLD GEOGRAPHY
The highest point in this South American country is Julianatop in the Wilhelmina Mountains

Final scores:

Walt Rowena Rusty
$13,599 $100 $6,490
4-day champion: $63,101 3rd place: Gibson refrigerator + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis + Jeopardy! home game 2nd place: trip on Delta to Honolulu & stay at the Sheraton Moana Surfrider + Jeopardy! home game

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Walt Rowena Rusty
$13,300 $7,100 $3,300
30 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)
18 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)
8 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $23,700

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Game tape date: 1992-12-14
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