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00:00Celebrating its 10th year as America's favorite answer and question show, this is Jeopardy!
00:09Now entering the studio are today's contestants.
00:12A freelance puzzle editor from New Rochelle, New York, Karen L. Jones.
00:18A medical student from Long Beach, California, Dan Cordas.
00:22And a civil engineer from Lyme, New Hampshire, Robert Pantel.
00:27And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Alex Trebek.
00:35Johnny, thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, hi and welcome to the first game of our 10th season of Jeopardy! programs.
00:42This is going to be a most exciting year for us. I can give you some hints as to what to expect throughout the season.
00:48We are going to be bringing back our celebrities in a celebrity tournament.
00:51And we are going to have a special championship series in which we will feature one of the top players
00:56from each of the previous nine years, competing for a lot of cash.
01:00Today, however, we get the season off to a good start with these three contestants.
01:05We have Karen, Dan, and Robert. Welcome aboard. Good luck.
01:08Let's go to work in the first round.
01:11The rules are exactly the same as they have always been.
01:14And we have one daily double in one of these categories in the first round of play.
01:17Mammals, the movies, USA, the 1990s, around the house, and finally, French.
01:30Robert, your choice. You won the toss.
01:31Alex, I'll take mammals for $100.
01:33Some of the finest wool in the world comes from the Rambouillet, a breed of this.
01:38Dan.
01:39What is a sheep?
01:40Correct.
01:40I'll take mammals for $200.
01:41Answer there. Once widely used to pull funeral cars, Phrygian horses are always this color.
01:48Dan.
01:48What is black?
01:49Yes.
01:50Mammals for $300.
01:51This lab animal is a member of the Cavey family. Its scientific name is Cavea porcellus.
01:57Karen.
01:58What is a guinea pig?
01:59Correct.
02:00Mammals for $400.
02:01Some of these primates, such as macaques, can swim.
02:05Robert.
02:06What are monkeys?
02:06Correct.
02:08I'll take mammals for $500.
02:09Of the four members of the camel family found in South America, only these two are domesticated.
02:16Robert.
02:16What is the llama and the alpaca?
02:18You are right again.
02:19Let's take the USA for $100, please.
02:22The Vermeil Room of this Washington, D.C. residence is noted for its golden plates and vases.
02:28Karen.
02:29What is the White House?
02:30Yes.
02:30USA for $200.
02:31Once a month, bargain hunters head for the Rose Bowl flea market and swap meat in this California city.
02:39Karen.
02:40What is Pasadena?
02:40Right again.
02:41USA for $300.
02:42The Café du Monde in this Louisiana city has been serving café au lait and beignets since 1862.
02:50Dan.
02:51What is New Orleans?
02:52Right.
02:52USA for $400.
02:54Big Sky is a popular resort community in this state known as Big Sky Country.
03:00Robert.
03:00What is Montana?
03:01Yes.
03:01USA for $500, please.
03:03This state's Odessa College hosts an annual Shakespeare Festival in a replica of the Globe Theater.
03:09Dan.
03:09What is Oregon?
03:10No.
03:11Robert or Karen?
03:15The state is Texas.
03:18Robert, pick again for us.
03:19Let's take Around the House for $100, please.
03:22Types of these are area, scatter, and throw.
03:26Karen.
03:27What are rugs?
03:28Yes.
03:28The movies for $100, please.
03:30Its last line is, after all, tomorrow is another day.
03:36Karen.
03:37What is Gone with the Wind.
03:38Yes.
03:38The movies for $200, please.
03:40This 1946 Jimmy Stewart Donna Reed film was based on the short story The Greatest Gift.
03:46Robert.
03:47What is It's a Wonderful Life?
03:48That's it.
03:49Movies for $300.
03:49In this 1963 POW film, Steve McQueen was The Cooler King and James Garner, The Scrounger.
03:57Robert.
03:58What's The Great Escape?
03:59Right.
03:59Movies for $400, please.
04:01Spencer Tracy died in 1967, a few weeks after completing this film.
04:05He is ninth with Katharine Hepburn.
04:08Karen.
04:09What is Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
04:10You were right.
04:11And that $400 takes you into a $1,200 total, and you are in second place.
04:16Robert's in the lead with $1,800, Dan on the board with $100, and we're going to take
04:19our first commercial break.
04:20We'll come back to complete the round right after this.
04:33Karen is dying to hear me say this.
04:35You're in control of the board, and you get to make our next selection as we continue.
04:39Go ahead.
04:39Movies for $500, please.
04:40Gary Cooper got an Oscar nomination for his role as Lou Gehrig in this 1942 film.
04:46Dan.
04:47What is Pride of the Yankees?
04:48Correct.
04:48I'll take the 1990s for $100.
04:50In 1991, this phenomenon of nature killed fans at the U.S. Open and PGA Championships.
04:58Robert.
04:59What is Lightning?
05:00Correct.
05:00The 1990s for $200, please.
05:02He won his first full term as mayor of Chicago, April 2nd, 1991.
05:08Dan.
05:08Who is Daly?
05:09Richard Daly.
05:10Yes.
05:1090s for $300.
05:11Connecticut Governor Lowell Weicker won the 1992 Profile in Courage Award, named for
05:16this president.
05:18Karen.
05:18Who is John F. Kennedy.
05:19Yes.
05:20The 1990s for $400, please.
05:21On May 24th, 1990, Emperor Akihito expressed regret over Japan's 1910 to 1945 occupation of
05:29this peninsular country.
05:32Robert.
05:32What is Korea?
05:33Yes.
05:33Around the house for $200, please, Alex.
05:35It's what a bathroom usually has that a half bath doesn't.
05:39Karen.
05:40What's a bathtub?
05:41Yeah.
05:41Around the house for $300.
05:43Square, flat, and with legs that fold, it's brought out on poker nights and to handle
05:48holiday overflows.
05:49Karen.
05:50What's a card table?
05:51Right.
05:51Around the house for $400, please.
05:53A candlestick fixture on a wall or a similar electric one.
05:58Robert.
05:58What is this, sconce?
05:59Yes.
06:00Around the house for $500, please.
06:01The answer there is the Daily Double.
06:02And you are still in the lead, Robert.
06:05The margin is narrower, however.
06:07You have $700 more than Karen.
06:09How about $1,000, Alex?
06:11For $1,000, here is your clue in the category Around the House.
06:15A tambour made of rounded wood strips glued to canvas is found on this type of desk.
06:22What is a roll-top desk?
06:23You are right.
06:24You go to $3,700.
06:25We have one category and one clue remaining.
06:29Let's try French for $100.
06:30If you're jewelry shopping, you may want to know that this precious metal is platine.
06:37Dan.
06:37What is silver?
06:38No.
06:39Karen.
06:40What is platinum?
06:40Correct.
06:41French for $200, please.
06:42The French call this country l'Afrique du Sud.
06:46Robert.
06:46What is South Africa?
06:47Correct.
06:48French for $300, please.
06:50If you want to know this, say,
06:51Quelle heure est-il?
06:53Robert.
06:53What time is it?
06:54Yes.
06:55French for $400.
06:56To find this on a train, ask,
06:59Dan.
07:02Where's the dining car?
07:03That's right.
07:04Uh, French for $500.
07:06S'il vous plaît, cessez de fumer, means,
07:08Would you please stop doing this?
07:10Robert.
07:11What is smoking?
07:12That is it.
07:12Now, our last clue in this round.
07:13In 1992, a Vatican court annulled her first marriage to French playboy Philippe Junot.
07:20Karen.
07:21Who is Caroline of Monaco.
07:22You are correct.
07:23For $500 more, and that takes you to $2,600.
07:26You're still in second place.
07:28Dan in third with $1,100.
07:29But Robert has the lead with $4,700.
07:32Now we can all relax in this, our first game of the 10th season,
07:35and let's find out about the players.
07:37Karen Jones, who comes to us from the New York City area.
07:39You make your home there?
07:40Um, New Rochelle, New York.
07:41New Rochelle, it says here you design a monthly crossword puzzle for a teen magazine?
07:46Um, yes, for YSB magazine.
07:48Um, it's a magazine geared toward African-American teenagers and young people.
07:52Now, what are some of the clues?
07:53Can you give me an example of some of the clues that I would probably never get in a million years
07:57because I'm way out of my teens?
07:59Um.
08:01I'm putting you on the spot.
08:02Yeah, you've got me.
08:03It's, um, I have a devil of a time thinking of them myself because I'm not a teenager either.
08:07When you prepare these crossword puzzles, does it have to do mostly with the current scene,
08:13the entertainment scene, things like that?
08:14Um, I try to mix the entertainment scene with some more educational things.
08:18Um, a lot of geography questions I end up with.
08:20Oh, good.
08:20I'm glad to hear that.
08:21Dan Cordes, the young man next to you, is a medical student who, uh, just got married,
08:27honeymooned in Hawaii, and attended, it says here, one of the least known of the top ten
08:33liberal, small liberal arts colleges in the country.
08:35Let's give them a plug.
08:37Well, uh, it's Pomona College out here in Claremont, California.
08:40And whenever you tell somebody, I go to Pomona, they go, oh, Cal Poly?
08:43Or my favorite is, oh, I was at a junior college.
08:45Uh-huh.
08:46Well, let's see how well you do on the program today, and maybe you will make that college
08:51very well known throughout America.
08:52Robert Pantel, who comes to us from Burlington, Vermont, WPTZ land, a civil engineer who happens
08:58to ride a vintage Beamer motorcycle?
09:01That's correct, Alex.
09:02Both you and your wife?
09:03Indeed we do.
09:04Did, uh, your getting together have anything to do with motorbikes?
09:07It sure did.
09:08I saw a very fine-looking bike and a very fine-looking woman pull up at the gas station, uh, near
09:13my office, and I said to my secretary, I've got to go out and meet this person.
09:16And now we're married, and, uh...
09:17Wait a minute, you, how, how did you meet her?
09:19Did you roll your bike out to the pumps also and say, hi?
09:21He just strolled up, and I said, nice bike.
09:24And we took off from there.
09:26That's amazing.
09:27That's how I met my ex-wife.
09:30We'll take a break.
09:31We'll come back after this.
09:32Three excellent players in this, our first game of the 10th season, as we go now into
09:45Double Jeopardy.
09:50Two Daily Doubles in this round.
09:51Here are the categories.
09:52World Capitals, Fish Dishes, Geology, Musical Instruments, Hail to the Chief, and finally,
10:05Books and Authors.
10:06Dan, your choice.
10:07Uh, I'll take World Capitals for $200.
10:09Answer there.
10:10This Finnish city is the most northerly capital in continental Europe.
10:15Karen.
10:15What is Helsinki?
10:17Yes.
10:17World Capitals for $400, please.
10:19Its sheltered harbor lies less than 100 miles south of Key West, Florida.
10:24Dan.
10:24What is Havana, Cuba?
10:25Right.
10:26World Capitals for $6.
10:27Once the capital of the British East Africa Protectorate, it's been Kenya's capital since
10:321963.
10:33Robert.
10:34What is Nairobi?
10:35Right.
10:36Fish dishes for $200, please.
10:37This traditional dish of England is simply deep-fried fillets or fillets and fries.
10:43Dan.
10:43What is Fish and Chips?
10:44Yes.
10:45Uh, Fish Dishes for $4.
10:46The Japanese typically begin a meal with this dish of sliced raw fish served with ginger
10:52or horseradish.
10:54Robert.
10:55What is Sushi?
10:56No.
10:57Karen.
10:57What is Sashimi?
10:58Sashimi, yes.
11:00Fish dishes for $600, please.
11:02In addition to anchovies, a Salad Nisoise contains this fish.
11:06Karen.
11:07What is Tuna?
11:08Right.
11:08Fish dishes for $800, please.
11:10Conger eel, whiting, and red mullet are traditional ingredients in this French stew.
11:16Dan.
11:16What is Bouya Base?
11:17Yes.
11:18World Capitals for $800.
11:20Afghanistan's parliament is housed in the Dar-ul-Aman Palace in this city.
11:26Dan.
11:26What is Kabul?
11:27Yes.
11:28World Capitals for $1,000.
11:29This capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda shares its name with Newfoundland's
11:34capital.
11:36Dan.
11:37What is Namaskosha?
11:38No.
11:38Robert.
11:39What is St. John?
11:40No.
11:43Correct response.
11:44What is St. John's, the capital of Newfoundland?
11:46St. John is the capital of New Brunswick.
11:48Dan, select again.
11:50Uh, fish dishes for $1,000.
11:51Answer.
11:52A Spanish appetizer, croquetitas de camarones, are fried croquettes of this shellfish.
11:59Dan.
11:59What is shrimp?
12:00Yes.
12:00Geology for $200.
12:01It's the part of a river where you'd find the delta.
12:05Robert.
12:05What is the mouth?
12:06Yes.
12:07Geology for $400, please.
12:09Glaciers don't have a cow, but they do have one of these when a chunk breaks off.
12:14Dan.
12:14What is a calf?
12:15Yes.
12:16Geology for $600.
12:17Mafic magma is thought to originate in this solid layer beneath the Earth's crust.
12:23Dan.
12:23What is the mantle?
12:24Yes.
12:25Geology for $800.
12:26It's the term for the crater formed by a volcano that has exploded and collapsed.
12:31Robert.
12:31What is a caldera?
12:32Correct.
12:33Geology for $1,000, please.
12:34This region of northwest Italy has lent its name to any large expanse of land at the foot of a mountain.
12:41Robert.
12:42What is Piedmont?
12:42Yes.
12:43Musical instruments for $200, please.
12:44Versions of this instrument have been made with valves instead of a slide.
12:50Robert.
12:50What is a trombone?
12:51Correct.
12:52Musical instruments for $400, please.
12:54The contratype of this instrument is the lowest-pitched member of the Woodwind family.
12:58Robert.
12:59What is a bassoon?
13:00Write again.
13:00Musical instruments for $600, please.
13:02In a 1961 record, Johnny Cash called this stringed instrument a Tennessee flat-top box.
13:09Dan.
13:10What is a steel guitar?
13:11Guitar, right.
13:12Musical instruments for $800.
13:14Answer.
13:14Powered by steam and used on riverboats, this keyboard instrument's sound can carry over 10 miles.
13:20Dan.
13:21What's an organ?
13:22No.
13:23Robert.
13:24What's a calliope?
13:25Correct.
13:26Musical instruments for $1,000, please.
13:27Sébastien Herrard perfected a pedal device in the 19th century to raise the pitch of its strings by one or two half-steps.
13:35Dan.
13:36What's a piano?
13:37No.
13:38Robert or Karen?
13:39It was the harp.
13:43Robert, back to you.
13:45Let's try Hail to the Chief for $200.
13:47In 1959, his New York City tomb became a national memorial.
13:52Robert.
13:52Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
13:53Yes.
13:54Hail to the Chief for $400.
13:56Referring to his daughter, he once quipped that he could be president or control Alice, but not both.
14:03Karen.
14:03Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
14:04Yes.
14:05Hail to the Chief for $600, please.
14:06Some blamed his death on a Shawnee curse that was put on him at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
14:13Karen.
14:13Who is William Henry Harrison?
14:14Right.
14:15Hail to the Chief for $800, please.
14:16While playing football for West Point, he injured his knee, tackling Jim Thorpe.
14:21Dan.
14:22Who was Eisenhower?
14:24Right.
14:25Tell to the Chief for $1,000.
14:26The answer there?
14:27One of the Daily Doubles in this round.
14:31Dan, before I ask you to make a wager, I have some bad news for you.
14:34Although I liked your response a few moments ago.
14:36I have been informed by our research staff that Johnny Cash was referring to an acoustic guitar
14:42when he spoke of the Tennessee flat-top box, not an electric guitar.
14:46And so that diminishes your total by $1,200.
14:48You have $2,700 to risk on your knowledge of Hail to the Chief.
14:53I'll wager $2,000.
14:54All right.
14:55Here is the clue for you.
14:57Within a three-and-a-half-year period, he became mayor of Buffalo, governor of New York,
15:03and president of the United States.
15:06Who is Roosevelt?
15:07Oh, no, sorry.
15:08Who is Grover Cleveland?
15:10Grover Cleveland.
15:10All right.
15:11That cost you.
15:12Pick again.
15:12Books and Alters for two.
15:13Ford Maddox Ford wrote three novels about Catherine Howard, this king's fifth wife.
15:20Dan.
15:20Who's Henry VIII?
15:21Right.
15:21Books and Alters for four.
15:23This author of space once served on NASA's Advisory Council.
15:27Dan.
15:27Who's Michener?
15:28Correct.
15:29Books and Alters for six.
15:30He described his sensational 1931 novel, Sanctuary, as the most horrific tale I could imagine.
15:36Karen.
15:37Who is Faulkner?
15:38Right.
15:38Books and Alters for 800.
15:39This 1887 novel by one-time ostrich farmer, Ryder Haggard, is known by a single pronoun.
15:47Dan.
15:47What is she?
15:48She is right.
15:49And the last clue is yours, and it's the other daily double.
15:52And you had just a little less money than a few minutes ago.
15:57Another tough decision for you, Dan.
15:59I'll wait your $1,500.
16:00All right.
16:01That'll give you $3,600 if you are correct on this clue.
16:05This James Joyce work was called The First Attempt to Articulate the Wordless World of Sleep.
16:15What is Ulysses?
16:17No.
16:18Sorry.
16:18You picked the most obvious one.
16:19Finnegan's Wake is the correct response.
16:21All right.
16:22That has left you with some cash.
16:23You will be around for Final Jeopardy.
16:24Karen is in second place, still with $5,400.
16:28Robert has $7,500.
16:31Before we tell you about the category for Final Jeopardy, let's find out about the prizes for our runners-up on today's program.
16:37Johnny, please.
16:38Today's second-place contestant will receive the NEC Versa Notebook.
16:41This modular notebook computer comes equipped with an Intel 486SL microprocessor,
16:47a brilliant active matrix color display, and user-upgradable components,
16:50and an assortment of reference books featuring the American Heritage College Dictionary, 3rd Edition,
16:55and the Columbia Encyclopedia from Houghton Mifflin.
16:58There's a difference.
17:00Today's third-place contestant will receive Benris Ladies 14-Karat Gold Quartz Watch with six baguettes,
17:05eight round diamonds, and patent leather band.
17:07Beauty and elegance from Benris.
17:09And all new editions of Wheel of Fortune featuring Vanna White and Jeopardy featuring Alex Trebek
17:14for the 16-bit Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Genesis System.
17:18And now, once again, here's Alex.
17:20A lot of people playing our games at home on those computers.
17:24Let's take a look at the category for those of you who are playing along in this half hour.
17:28American History.
17:29We'll be back with a clue in a moment.
17:37Final Jeopardy category is American History.
17:40In a moment, players, the clue, then 30 seconds to give you enough time to write down your question.
17:44Here is today's answer.
17:45In 1919, he became the first general of the armies of the United States.
17:52Good luck.
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18:23Dan, let's begin with you. You had $600 going into Final Jeopardy. What did you put down
18:30as your response to this clue? Who is Pershing? You are correct. John Pershing, Jack Pershing.
18:38Your wager was $499. That takes you to $1,099. Let's go to your left to Karen Jones. She had
18:44$5,400. Did she come up with General Pershing? She did indeed. So she will add to that if she
18:49wagered anything and she wagered $5,399, almost doubling her and putting her in the lead with
18:54$10,799 as we come to Robert Pantel. He led throughout the match. Will he be the new champion?
19:02Let's take a look. He got Pershing. If he wagered enough, he will be the new champion. His wager
19:07was enough. $3,400 taking him to $10,900 and making him Jeopardy champion. Congratulations
19:14to you. And thanks to our other players for helping us get this 10th season off to such
19:19a great start. And thank you for tuning us in. Let's do it again tomorrow. So long.
20:01This is Johnny Gilbert speaking.
20:08Jeopardy! is a production of Merv Griffin Enterprises.
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