Show #1631 - Monday, October 7, 1991

Contestants

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Paul Lanning, an environmental planner from Yorba Linda, California

Gayle Richardson, a librarian from Seattle, Washington

Aaron Gershowitz, a refugee resettlement coordinator from New York City, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,000)

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Jeopardy! Round

MERRIE OLDE ENGLAND
ANIMALS
CELEBRITY RELATIVES
FLOWERS
SPORTS
THE "BUCK" STOPS HERE
(Alex: Notice that "buck" is in quotation marks. That will appear in each correct response.)
    $100 20
One historian says he lived in the woods, allowed no woman to be molested & spared poor men's goods
    $100 6
The only land mammals native to New Zealand are 2 species of these flying mammals
    $100 16
Like his cousin Jimmy Lee Swaggart, this rock 'n' roll great's middle name is also Lee
    $100 26
As you might expect, it's the color of a cardinal flower
    $100 1
In 1979 this American married English tennis player John Lloyd, but they divorced 8 years later
    $100 11
In agriculture it's a minor grain crop, on "The Little Rascals" it's the name of a major character
    $200 21
The British tourist office tells us the Lamb & the Flag is the oldest one in London
    $200 7
This large dog originated in Germany, not in Denmark as its name implies
    $200 17
Michael Nesmith's mom wasn't "Monkeeing" around when she invented this typewriter correction fluid
    $200 27
In names of flowers, this heavenly word follows shooting & blazing
    $200 2
On Nov. 19, 1969 he scored his "Milesimo", or 1000th goal, in Rio's Maracana Stadium
    $200 12
In 1965 he ran unsuccessfully for New York City mayor on the Conservative Party ticket
    DD: $1,400 22
A 1597 book by T. Morley described how dinner guests would sing one of these together:

"Though Amaryllis daunce in green / Like Fayrie Queene / And sing full cleere / Corina can with smiling cheer..."
    $300 8
Basilisks are also called "Jesus Christ Lizards" because of their ability to run on the surface of this
    $300 18
Frank Kurtz, the most decorated bomber pilot of WWII, is the father of this comedic actress
    $300 28
Fuchsia has dangling blossoms that resemble this piece of ladies' jewelry, hence its other name
    $300 3
Service academy that's the home team at Michie Stadium
    $300 13
Roy Clark's "Hee Haw" co-host
    $400 23
The Italian Pulcinella became this handy character in England
    $400 9
In his "Monograph on the Cirripedia", Charles Darwin told the hull truth about these sea creatures
    $400 19
Her father, Pat, created both the "Today" & "Tonight" shows as president of NBC
    $400 4
From 1901-54 the Athletics represented this city in the American League
    $400 14
He brought 'em back alive from the jungle
    $500 24
This court was first built in 1539, adjacent to Newgate Prison
    $500 10
Latin gave us this word for the pouch on a kangaroo's belly
    $500 25
These 3 siblings appeared together in only one film, "Rasputin and the Empress"
    $500 5
This Baltimore university best known for its medical school has won a record 17 Lacrosse titles
    $500 15
Roscoe was the real first name of this 320-lb. silent screen actor

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

Aaron Gayle Paul
$1,500 $500 $100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Aaron Gayle Paul
$3,400 $400 $400

Double Jeopardy! Round

NEW ENGLAND
THE 1920s
WORD ORIGINS
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
SHAKESPEARE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    $200 6
With Mary Baker Eddy presiding at an 1879 meeting in Lynn, Mass., this movement voted to become a church
    $200 26
'20s idol born R. Alfonzo Raffaeli Pierre Filibert di Valentina d'Antonguolla or something like that
    $200 16
Parler, meaning "to talk", gave rise to this word for a type of legislature
    $200 11
When it's used to play folk music, a violin is popularly called this
    $200 21
His 1st line in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is "Now, Master Shallow; you'll complain of me to the king?"
    $200 1
In this country 100 lepta will get you 1 drachma
    $400 7
The academy Dr. John Phillips founded in this New Hampshire town in 1781 was opened to girls in 1970
    DD: $2,500 27
On March 19, 1920 the Senate voted 49-35 to join it, but a 2/3 majority was required
    $400 17
This tropical bird's name is probably derived from the name Pierre
    $400 12
Though resembling a piano, the strings on this old keyboard instrument are plucked rather than struck
    $400 22
The man who brags, "I am he am born to tame you, Kate"
    $400 2
Worth about 5 to the U.S. dollar, the yuan is the basic monetary unit of this country
    $600 8
Its state tree is the white, not the charter, oak
    $600 28
This New York City section became Bohemia for Theodore Dreiser, Willa Cather & Sherwood Anderson
    $600 18
The name of this glassy material comes from Latin meaning "stone of obsius"
    $600 13
The Sousaphone is basically the same as this instrument but coiled in a circle
    $600 23
Of Flute, Oboe or Piccolo, the one who's a character in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
    $600 3
From Russian for "lance", this small coin originally showed the czar with a lance
    $800 9
Published by Benjamin Harris around 1690, it began "A--In Adam's fall, We sinned all"
    $800 19
This golden horse's name comes from Spanish meaning "like a dove"
    $800 14
Among orchestral drums, they're the only type tuned to specific pitches
    DD: $1,500 24
Prospero calls this sprite "My tricksy spirit!"
    $800 4
1 of 5 Middle Eastern countries whose monetary unit is the rial
    $1000 10
The 2 men chosen to warn the Patriots at Lexington the British were coming were Paul Revere & him
    $1000 20
Type of government whose name is derived from the Latin for "bundle"
    $1000 15
As it's nearly 16 feet long, this lowest-sounding woodwind is folded into three sections
    $1000 25
The playwright George Wilkins may have collaborated on this play about a prince of Tyre
    $1000 5
This country that became independent in March 1990 still uses the South African rand

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Aaron Gayle Paul
$6,900 $3,100 $2,800
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Howard R. Garis wrote some 12,000 stories about this "Uncle" & his friends between 1910-1947

Final scores:

Aaron Gayle Paul
$6,300 $6,100 $1
3-day champion: $39,300 2nd place: Ashley Top Flight bedroom group with high-gloss ebony finish & brass accenting + Waverly Home Fashions Nantucket Collection bedding ensemble 3rd place: Eastpak bags + Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + Infogenius for Nintendo Game Boy

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Aaron Gayle Paul
$4,800 $6,000 $2,800
20 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 19 R,
4 W
(including 2 DDs)		 8 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $13,600

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Game tape date: 1991-08-20
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