Show #2036 - Monday, June 14, 1993

Al Lin game 3.

Contestants

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John Clark, a fishery biologist from Dover, Delaware

Susan Loring, a telecommunications consultant originally from Charleston, South Carolina

Al Lin, a law student originally from Chesapeake, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,501)

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Jeopardy! Round

ASTRONOMY
TELEVISION
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
COATS OF ARMS
SAUCES
PREFIXES
    $100 6
This second Greek letter is used to designate the second-brightest star in a constellation
    $100 4
A 1992 TV movie about this crooner was produced by his daughter Tina
    $100 1
After breaking the first set, Moses had to carry his own tablets up this mountain to be inscribed
    $100 25
The coat of arms of Trinidad & Tobago features this explorer's 3 ships
    $100 12
Joy of Cooking's recipe for Hungarian sauce calls for the mild type of this Hungarian spice
    $100 23
Prefixes indicating this amount are hecto- & centi-
    $200 13
The joint U.S.-German Helios spacecraft were launched to study this heavenly body
    $200 5
In 1985 edited comedy sketches from this series were syndicated under the title "Carson's Comedy Classics"
    $200 2
"Honor" these 2 people & you shall have a long life
    $200 26
The coat of arms of the Turks & Caicos islands features a pelican & 2 of these pink birds
    $200 21
This sauce is an ingredient of Sauce Louis as well as of Bloody Marys
    $200 20
Meaning "both", it's very handy when it precedes dextrous
    $300 14
A famous comet is named for this man, Britain's Astronomer Royal 1720-1742
    $300 7
Joe Friday & Bill Gannon could tell you its theme was "Danger Ahead"... dum de dum dum
    $300 3
In the King James Version, 1 of 2 commandments consisting of just 4 words
    $300 27
This Andean country's coat of arms includes a cornucopia, a cinchona tree & a llama
    $300 22
Popular with people who cook outdoors, this sauce often contains brown sugar, onion & vinegar
    $300 19
Chromo- refers to color & chrono- refers to this
    $400 17
This cosmological theory says that all matter & radiation began in an explosion at a finite time in the past
    $400 10
The 1960s series "The Tall Man" told stories of Billy the Kid & this New Mexico deputy sheriff
    $400 8
The tablets & this chest that housed them may have been destroyed with Solomon's temple in 587 B.C.
    $400 28
The motto on this European country's coat of arms is inscribed in both French & Dutch
    $400 24
These fancy fungi flavor Sauce Perigueux
    $400 18
Any birdbrain could tell you ptero- means this
    $500 16
This planet has made only about 1/4 of an orbit since it was discovered in 1930
    $500 11
In "Roots" LeVar Burton played Kunta Kinte as a boy & this actor took the role as an adult
    DD: $1,200 9
From the Greek for "ten words", it's another name for the Ten Commandments
    $500 30
Kenya's coat of arms contains the inscription "let us pull together" in this language
    $500 29
Sauce Aurore includes just enough of this puree to turn it pink
    $500 15
It's a 3-letter prefix for 2

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

Al Susan John
$400 $3,300 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Al Susan John
$3,700 $3,900 $1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY
PLANTS & TREES
THE COMMONWEALTH
SAMMY CAHN
AIRCRAFT
LITERARY CHARACTERS
    $200 14
In 1926 this first crown prince to visit the West became emperor of Japan
    $200 3
This plant which hangs in masses on southern trees is also called black or long moss
    $200 25
Jamaica's 4 top natural exports are alumina, bauxite, sugar & this yellow fruit
    $200 2
Ever since Sammy wrote the lyrics, this city has been known as "My Kind of Town"
    $200 1
Their first practical airplane was the Flyer III in 1905
    $200 26
This Cervantes title character lives between Aragon & Castile
    $400 13
The 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf in these islands was the greatest sea & air battle of all time
    $400 8
The juice of this succulent houseplant is used in cosmetics & to treat burns
    $400 24
This country asked to leave the Commonwealth in 1948 but is still a part of the British Isles
    $400 27
According to Sammy, it's "the loneliest night in the week"
    $400 4
This country's Tupolev TU-26 bomber of the 1980s was known to NATO as the Backfire Bomber
    $400 18
In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", this schoolteacher is Katrina Van Tassel's ardent suitor
    $600 11
England's Henry VII was the first monarch from this family
    DD: $2,000 7
The variety of this tree most often found in the U.S. is the blue gum
    $600 23
Canada has the Northwest Territories & this member has the Northern Territory
    $600 28
Sammy said he came from a 1-syllable neighborhood but used a 5-syllable word in the title "Call Me" this
    $600 12
The Junkers J-1 & Fokker D-VII were planes built by this country during World War I
    $600 17
"The Blue Cross" by G.K. Chesterton was the first short story featuring this priest & detective
    $800 10
This 17th century Mogul emperor founded the city of Delhi & built the Peacock Throne & the Taj Mahal
    $800 6
The seeds of this plant, scientific name Fagopyrum esculentum, are ground & used to make pancakes
    $800 22
Commonwealth members run from A to Z, from Antigua & Barbuda to this African country
    $800 29
Sammy wrote the lyrics for "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" in 10 minutes; it was a No. 1 hit for these singing sisters
    $800 19
In 1979 Bryan Allen's Gossamer Albatross became the 1st aircraft powered this way to cross the English Channel
    $800 16
Pulitzer Prize-winning Thornton Wilder novel about 5 travelers who fall to their deaths in Peru
    $1000 9
This country's route to India was secret until the 1590s, when a Dutch explorer published its records
    $1000 5
While it has no rungs & doesn't reach to heaven, this perennial with bell-shaped flowers can grow to about 3'
    $1000 20
After Pakistan left the Commonwealth in 1972, this nation promptly joined
    DD: $2,000 30
Of all Sammy's Oscar- winning songs, it's the one people remember most at the Fontana di Trevi
    $1000 21
In 1939 this Russian- born engineer built the VS-300, the USA's first successful helicopter
    $1000 15
In "Charlotte's Web", a grey spider keeps this pig from being slaughtered

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Al Susan John
$12,700 $3,500 $7,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

POETS
In 1993 Maya Angelou became the first poet to read at a presidential inauguration since this poet in 1961

Final scores:

Al Susan John
$14,001 $7,000 $13,500
3-day champion: $34,502 3rd place: Moulinex kitchen appliances + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis 2nd place: Regal cooking system & Gibson refrigerator

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Al Susan John
$14,700 $2,800 $6,000
30 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 13 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $23,500

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Game tape date: 1993-02-02
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