Show #1968 - Wednesday, March 10, 1993

Contestants

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Tom Quinn, an attorney from Portland, Maine

Rosemary Beute, a clinical research coordinator from Nutley, New Jersey

John Abrams, a farmer from Tabernacle, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,400)

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Jeopardy! Round

MEDICINE
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
GOLF
HERBS & SPICES
PRESIDENTS
FAMOUS BAKERS
    $100 6
One of these severe headaches typically lasts from 2 hours to 2 days
    $100 21
This river that rises in Minnesota has lent its name to the capital of Iowa
    $100 1
In golf this is 4 1/4 inches in diameter & at least 4 inches deep
    $100 26
In the past most of the U.S. supply of this spice came from Spain, not Hungary
    $100 11
His friends sometimes called him "Old Zach"
    $100 16
The popularity of its annual "bake-off" has produced a spin-off--a canned corn cooking contest
    $200 7
In women who've given birth, a hormone called prolactin stimulates the production of this
    $200 22
Followed by Beach, it's a city in California; followed by News, a city in Virginia
    $200 2
These depressions on the surface of a golf ball increase its distance & accuracy
    $200 27
Piper Nigrum, the vine that produces this common spice, is grown in regions near the equator
    $200 12
He wore football jersey No. 48 for the Wolverines
    $200 17
The country's top baker, Continental Baking Company, turns out Twinkies & this top-selling bread
    $300 8
When a broken bone pierces the skin, it's known as this type of fracture
    $300 23
During the late 1800s this city's Criminal District was known as the Barbary Coast
    $300 3
Woods are numbered 1 through 5 & these clubs 1 through 9
    $300 28
A leaf of this evergreen is used to flavor stews & fish & is a requirement in pickling solutions
    $300 13
A 13ยข stamp honoring what would have been his 50th birthday was issued on May 29, 1967
    DD: $900 18
Company named for the person seen here:
    $400 9
Epistaxis is the medical term for this, & if you get one, tilt your head forward & apply pressure
    $400 24
Charles Sallier has a town & lake named for him in this state
    $400 4
This "Golden Bear" took the 1991 PGA Seniors Championship by 6 strokes
    $400 29
The Chinese believe this herb whose name means "man-root" is a cure for various illnesses
    $400 14
He was our first Episcopalian president
    $400 19
In 9 bakeries around the country, this company goes crackers turning out Triscuits, Wheat Thins & Saltines
    $500 10
In diabetics a missed meal or too much insulin can cause this, an abnormally low blood sugar level
    $500 25
This second-largest Hawaiian island's main seaport is in Kahului Bay
    $500 5
A "double" one of these is also called an albatross
    $500 30
This "wild" member of the mint family is also known as oregano
    $500 15
He & his wife, Hannah, were distant relatives; they were both born in Kinderhook
    $500 20
Campbell's "Remembers" the acquisition of this baker in 1961 increased their line from soup to nut bread

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

John Rosemary Tom
$1,500 $700 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

John Rosemary Tom
$5,400 $500 $0

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORD ORIGINS
HISTORIC NAMES
CATS
AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS
POTPOURRI
FAMOUS BAKERS
    $200 11
We know it sounds disgusting, but this bird used to be called the maggotpie
    $200 1
Much of this Babylonian's famous code resembles earlier Sumerian laws
    $200 16
The Havana brown is so named because its reddish-brown colors resemble these smoking items
    $200 26
He said the boy he based Huck Finn on grew up to become a justice of the peace in Montana
    $200 18
This city is headquarters of Anheuser-Busch, the USA's largest beer- producing firm
    $200 3
Look up this name in the Encyclopaedia Britannica & it says "see Monroe, Marilyn"
    $400 12
It's the ability to make lucky discoveries by accident, named for the fairy tale "The 3 Princes of Serendip"
    $400 2
Cosimo I was the first member of this famed Florentine family to be Grand Duke of Tuscany
    $400 17
A striped & blotched coat is popularly known as tiger, but is properly called this
    $400 27
In 1936 she compared her suffering after publication to Scarlett's during the Siege of Atlanta
    $400 19
Wisconsin's state animal is this member of the weasel family
    $400 4
Collections of his New York Times columns include "All Things Considered" & "So This Is Depravity"
    $600 13
This hyphenated synonym for "snobby" may come from hoit, an obsolete verb meaning to romp around noisily
    $600 7
In 217 Caracalla, emperor of this, was murdered by Macrinus, one of his officers
    $600 23
The Tonkinese is a hybrid of the Burmese & this other Asian cat
    $600 28
He must have liked little characters: he created little Em'ly, Little Nell & Tiny Tim
    $600 20
This South Texas ranch developed the 1st new breed of beef cattle in the U.S., the Santa Gertrudis
    $600 5
She's credited with introducing "le jazz hot" to France
    $800 14
"Kielbasa" comes from this language, which you'll know if you know what kind of sausage it is
    $800 8
About 1860 this Frenchman discovered that fermentation is caused by microorganisms
    DD: $1,200 24
The first important long-haired breed in Europe was this one from the present Turkish capital
    $800 29
This author had worked with migrant laborers, so he could empathize with the Joad family he invented
    $800 21
It's the first, widest & shortest part of the small intestine
    $800 6
From 1981 to 1985 he was White House Chief of Staff
    $1000 15
The Russian Wolfhound is known for its swiftness, & this, its other name, is Russian for "swift"
    DD: $1,500 10
This wife of Henry VIII had several children, but only Mary Tudor survived infancy
    $1000 25
A variation of this tailless cat is the Cymric
    $1000 30
Louisa May Alcott had this many sisters, & so did her alter ego, Jo in "Little Women"
    $1000 22
This Robert Burns poem contains the lines "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley"
    $1000 9
From February 1987 to July 1988 he was White House Chief of Staff

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

John Rosemary Tom
$10,800 $6,000 $3,600

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Final Jeopardy! Round

ISLANDS
These islands about 400 miles from Cape Horn were named for a British treasurer of the Navy

Final scores:

John Rosemary Tom
$9,600 $1,000 $100
2-day champion: $15,000 2nd place: trip on Delta to Maui & stay at the Sheraton Maui + Jeopardy home game 3rd place: Ericsson HotLine cellular phone + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis + Jeopardy home game

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

John Rosemary Tom
$10,200 $5,100 $3,600
32 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 10 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 12 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $18,900

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Game tape date: 1992-11-17
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