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00:00This is Jeopardy!
00:05Now entering the studio are today's contestants.
00:08A graduate student, originally from Clark, New Jersey, Cindy Cullen.
00:13A physician from Bedford, New Hampshire, Gary Weishadel.
00:18And our returning champion, an advertising executive from Los Angeles, California, Jim Weinstein,
00:25whose one-day cash-winning total, $10,000.
00:30And now, here is the host of Jeopardy!, Alex Trebek.
00:37Thank you, Johnny Gilbert. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Jeopardy! as we begin a brand-new season.
00:42When we first went on the air in 1984, a number of people inquired,
00:46I wonder if this show is going to last.
00:48Well, here we are nine years later, still going strong, thanks to your loyal support,
00:53thanks to some very creative writing, and thanks also to fabulous contestants,
00:58people like Cindy, Gary, and Jim, who are joining us today on the program.
01:02Good luck to all three of you.
01:03I'm almost tempted to address all three of you as newcomers,
01:06although Jim is the returning champion.
01:08He has had to wait over two months to try to add to his $10,000 in winnings.
01:13Let's go to work and play this first round of Jeopardy!
01:18One daily double in this round, you know that.
01:20Here are the categories you're going to be tested in.
01:2320th Century America, Musical Theater, Makeup, April Fool's Day, Medicine,
01:33and finally, Last Names the Same. Jim, your choice, please.
01:37Let's try Musical Theater for $100, Alex.
01:39First clue of the game.
01:41Originally, it was to involve a Jewish boy and a Catholic girl,
01:44and was to be called East Side Story. Jim.
01:47Jim.
01:48What is West Side Story?
01:49That's it.
01:50Musical Theater for $200, please.
01:51Raul Julia and Sheena Easton recently teamed up to play Don Quixote and Aldonza in this musical.
01:57Jim, again.
01:58What is Man of La Mancha?
01:59Correct.
02:00Musical Theater for $300, please.
02:01Yes, Yes, Yvette was a rather unsuccessful successor to this musical.
02:06Gary?
02:07What is No No Nanette?
02:08Correct.
02:09I'll go to 20th Century America for $100, please.
02:11On October 18th, 1965, David Miller was the first to be arrested under a new law prohibiting burning these.
02:19Gary?
02:20What are draft cards?
02:21You're right.
02:2220th Century America for $200, please.
02:23To save copper in 1943, the U.S. government made these out of zinc-coated steel.
02:29Gary?
02:30What are pennies?
02:31Yes.
02:3220th Century America for $300, please.
02:33Between August 9th and December 19th, 1974, the country had no vice president.
02:39Then he got the job.
02:40Jim?
02:41Who's Nelson Rockefeller?
02:42Correct.
02:43Let's go back to Musical Theater for $400.
02:46Ann Baxter, who starred in All About Eve, later starred in this musical based on the film.
02:51Gary?
02:52What is Applause?
02:53Yes.
02:5420th Century America for $400, please.
02:56On September 8th, 1935, this Louisiana senator was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss in Baton Rouge.
03:03Jim?
03:04Who is Huey Long?
03:05Yes.
03:06Musical Theater for $500, please.
03:07Completes the title of the 1979 musical, A Day in Hollywood.
03:12Jim?
03:13A Night in the Ukraine.
03:14Remember your phrasing?
03:15Excuse me.
03:16What is A Night in the Ukraine?
03:17That's right.
03:18See, after two months, it's hard to get those habits going again.
03:22Let's try 20th Century America for $500.
03:24The answer there is the Daily Double.
03:27And you have $500 more than your nearest opponent, Gary.
03:32$500, please.
03:33$500?
03:3420th Century America is the category.
03:36Here comes the clue for you.
03:38In 1920, the same year this number amendment was ratified, the National League of Women Voters
03:45was organized.
03:46What is the 19th Amendment?
03:51The 19th Amendment is correct, and that takes you to $2,000.
03:57Select again.
03:58Let's try Medicine for $100.
04:00A baby going through this shows symptoms like drooling, gum discomfort, irritability, and biting.
04:07Cindy?
04:08What is teething?
04:09Right.
04:10Medicine for $200.
04:11Most gallstones are made of this substance, found in egg yolks.
04:15Gary?
04:16What is cholesterol?
04:17Cholesterol is correct, and that takes you to $1,200, and it takes us to our first commercial break.
04:23So you can all relax for a few moments, and we'll be back with more answers and questions
04:26in this first round of Jeopardy! right after these commercial messages.
04:39Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen.
04:40Our returning champion Jim is in the lead with $2,000, but Gary is the one who gets to make the next selection.
04:46Let's go back to the board, Gary.
04:48Medicine for $300, please.
04:49Answer there.
04:50According to the American Medical Association, it's the cause of 75% of the dementia cases in those 65 and older.
04:58Jim?
04:59What is Alzheimer's disease?
05:00Correct.
05:01Let's try last names the same for $100.
05:04Pamela, Benjamin, Aretha.
05:07Gary?
05:08What is Franklin?
05:09Correct.
05:10Medicine for $400, please.
05:11In 1540, under a charter from Henry VIII, the guild of surgeons merged with this guild.
05:20Gary?
05:21What is the guild of barbers?
05:22Barbers, right.
05:23Medicine for $500, please.
05:24It's the inflammation of the large channels that lead from the trachea to within the lungs.
05:30Cindy?
05:31What is pneumonia?
05:32No, I'm sorry.
05:33Gary?
05:34What is bronchitis?
05:35Bronchitis is the correct response.
05:36Last names are the same for $200.
05:37Glenn Gerald Edsel.
05:39Gary?
05:40Gary?
05:41What is Ford?
05:42Right.
05:43Last names the same for $300.
05:44Betty, Slappy, Stanford.
05:47Jim?
05:48What is white?
05:49Yes.
05:50Last names the same for $400.
05:51Leslie, Catherine, Trevor.
05:53Jim?
05:54What is Howard?
05:55Correct.
05:56Last names the same for $500.
05:57Ted, Charles Evans, Langston.
06:00Jim?
06:01What is Hughes?
06:02Hughes is right.
06:03April Fool's Day for $100, please.
06:05The United States sent up Tyros-1, the first satellite of this kind, April 1st, 1960.
06:11Cindy?
06:12What's a weather satellite?
06:13You are correct.
06:14April Fool's Day for $200.
06:15This silent movie Hunchback, whose parents were deaf-mutes, was born April 1st, 1883.
06:23Jim?
06:24Who's Charles Lawton?
06:25No.
06:26Gary?
06:27Who's Lon Chaney?
06:28Lon Chaney, yes.
06:29April Fool's Day for $300.
06:30This Motown star was shot by his father, April 1st, 1984, the day before his 45th birthday.
06:37Gary?
06:38Who's Marvin Gaye?
06:39Right.
06:40April Fool's for $400.
06:41In effect from April 1st, 1988, a 60-day truce between the government and Contras in this country lasted 19 months.
06:49Cindy?
06:50What is Nicaragua?
06:51Right, and we have a minute left in this round.
06:53April Fool's Day for $500.
06:54Founded in Britain, April 1st, 1918.
06:57Two months later, it was bombing Germany.
07:00Jim?
07:01What is the RAF?
07:02The Royal Air Force is correct, and we're left with makeup.
07:04Makeup for $100, please.
07:05Top of the column, some women dye their lashes instead of using this traditional eyelash makeup.
07:11Cindy?
07:12What is mascara?
07:13Right.
07:14Makeup for $200.
07:15Foundation is usually described as oil-based or based with this common liquid.
07:19Cindy?
07:20What is water?
07:21Yes.
07:22Makeup for $300.
07:23For finishing touch, you can set your makeup by dusting your face with this.
07:27Jim?
07:28What is powder?
07:29Yes.
07:30Makeup for $400.
07:31Red and pink are common colors of the liners used to outline and define these.
07:35Jim?
07:36What are the lips?
07:37Right.
07:38And our last clue?
07:39To highlight your eyes, apply a light shadow directly under the arch of these.
07:43Jim?
07:44What are the eyebrows?
07:45The eyebrows is right, and that does it for the first round.
07:48And Jim, our returning champion, most impressive, with $5,000 to show for it.
07:52Gary in second place with $2,900.
07:54Cindy, you have $400.
07:56Let's find out a little bit about you now before we take our next break and get into
07:59that more important, more difficult double jeopardy round.
08:03First of all, you, Cindy.
08:04You're an expert on recycling, and that's of great interest to me and to people throughout
08:08America right now.
08:09What should I be doing that I'm not doing, probably?
08:12Well, usually when you're talking about recycling, you refer to the three R's, which are reuse,
08:17reuse what you can, reduce the volume of things that you purchase, and then recycle.
08:22Okay.
08:23Nice having you here.
08:24Gary Weishadel from Burlington, Vermont.
08:27At least that's where we discovered you.
08:29Correct.
08:30Great contestant search there.
08:31You're an ex-college swimmer.
08:32Yes.
08:33And I'm sure that you are surprised at the great performances that were demonstrated in
08:37the Olympics this year by swimmers from around the world.
08:42What's different in training, as far as you can tell, from the swimming of today and the
08:46swimming of 10, 15 years ago?
08:47Well, it's more directed now.
08:49It's certainly more specialty oriented.
08:51Plus, they're working more on doing quality work as opposed to quantity work in practice.
08:56What was your specialty?
08:57I was a middle distance freestyler and a butterflyer.
09:00Okay.
09:01Nice having you here.
09:02Jim Weinstein from Los Angeles is our champion.
09:04He is on the board of directors of an institute that works with AIDS.
09:08We had an AIDS conference in Europe not too long ago, and we were shocked to learn that
09:13there were five new viruses that we hadn't heard of.
09:16Are things getting worse or better for us, Jim?
09:18I hope they're getting better.
09:19What's needed is that a lot more money needs to go into AIDS research so we can find a cure
09:23and not just take care of the sick people.
09:25Okay.
09:27We're going to take our break now, ladies and gentlemen.
09:28And when we return, we'll be in double jeopardy.
09:40No sense changing things after nine years.
09:43The double jeopardy round will still have two daily doubles.
09:46Let's get into it.
09:49Our categories for this round of play are Prime Ministers, The Elements, Black America,
10:01Religion, Novels, and finally World Geography.
10:06And Cindy, you pick first for us.
10:08The Elements for 200, please.
10:09Answer.
10:10This element was discovered in 1789 in the mineral zircon.
10:15Gary.
10:16What is zirconium?
10:17Correct.
10:18The Elements for 400.
10:19Because it's generated by radium, this gaseous element, symbol RN, was once called radium emanation.
10:25Jim.
10:26What is radon?
10:27Right.
10:28Elements for 600, please.
10:29In 1896, future Nobel winner Antoine-Henri Becquerel discovered this element was radioactive.
10:37Gary.
10:38What is uranium?
10:39Yes.
10:40The Elements for 800.
10:41Traces of this poisonous element can be detected in the body after death by the Marsh test.
10:47Gary.
10:48What is arsenic?
10:49Yes.
10:50The Elements for 1,000.
10:51The chief industrial use of nitrogen and this element is in the manufacture of ammonia.
10:56Cindy.
10:57What is hydrogen?
10:58Good for $1,000.
10:59Religion for 200.
11:00Answer.
11:01This ceremony can be conducted by pouring, sprinkling, or immersion.
11:06Jim.
11:07What is baptism?
11:08Right.
11:09World Geography for 200, please.
11:11England and these two countries share the island of Great Britain.
11:15Gary.
11:16What are whales and Scotland?
11:17Correct.
11:18World Geography for 400.
11:20The Afsla Dyke, 20 miles long, separates the North Sea and the Islmar in this country.
11:27Gary.
11:28What is the Netherlands?
11:29That's it.
11:30World Geography for 600.
11:31Most of Greenland's imports come from this nation.
11:35Cindy.
11:36What is the United States?
11:37No.
11:38Jim.
11:39Denmark is right.
11:40World Geography for 800, please.
11:41This mountain chain in Belize shares its name with the Indian people who flourished there
11:46until the 10th century.
11:47Gary.
11:48What are the Mayas?
11:49Yes.
11:50World Geography for 1,000, please.
11:52The Hungarian House of Parliament in Budapest overlooks this river.
11:56Jim.
11:57What is a Danube?
11:58Danube.
11:59That's good for 1,000.
12:00He's for 200.
12:01Once Canada's most eligible bachelor.
12:03He served from 1968 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984.
12:09Gary.
12:10Who is Trudeau?
12:11Pierre Trudeau is right.
12:12Prime Minister is for 400.
12:13This soldier and statesman who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo served as British Prime Minister from 1828 to 1830.
12:20Gary.
12:21Who is the Duke of Wellington?
12:22Right.
12:23Prime Minister is for 600.
12:24After Japan surrendered to the United States in 1945, this Prime Minister was arrested as a war criminal.
12:31Gary.
12:32Who is Yamamoto?
12:33No.
12:36Jim.
12:37Who is Tojo?
12:38Tojo, yes.
12:39Yamamoto was the admiral.
12:40Prime Minister is for 800, please.
12:41The answer there.
12:42One of the daily doubles.
12:43And you get a chance to add to your lead, Jim.
12:45You have $1,900 more than Gary at the moment.
12:48Let's try 1,200.
12:49All right.
12:50For 1,200, the category is Prime Ministers.
12:52Here is the clue for you, champ.
12:55Polish-born Yitzhak Yazernicki adopted this surname, meaning sharp thorn or thistle.
13:03What is Walesa?
13:04No.
13:05The name we're going for is Yitzhak Shamir.
13:08Who is Shamir?
13:09All right.
13:10That cost you 1,200.
13:11You're at 6,600 and you still have the lead.
13:13Select again.
13:14Prime Minister is for 1,000.
13:15Answer.
13:16Siramavo Ratwate Diaz Bandaranaika, the world's first female Prime Minister, twice led this
13:22island country.
13:23Gary.
13:24What is Iceland?
13:25No.
13:26Jim.
13:27What is Sri Lanka?
13:28Sri Lanka.
13:29Ceylon, then.
13:30Yes.
13:31Religion for 400, please.
13:32Of a dance, a snake, or a priestess, what a mambo is in the voodoo religion.
13:37Gary.
13:38What is a dance?
13:39No.
13:40Cindy.
13:41That's a priestess.
13:42You are right.
13:43Religion for 600.
13:44The clothespin was invented by this sect, also known for the simplicity of its furniture.
13:49Gary.
13:50What is the Shaker sect?
13:51Yes.
13:52Religion for 800.
13:53The most famous of this civilization's temples was the Sun Temple in Cusco.
13:58Jim.
13:59What is the Inca civilization?
14:00Right.
14:01And religion for 1,000.
14:02Arjun Mal, a guru, completed the Adi Granth, or first book, the holy scripture of this religion.
14:08Jim.
14:09What is Hinduism?
14:10No.
14:11Sorry.
14:12Gary or Cindy?
14:13Correct response.
14:14What is Sikhism?
14:15Sikhism.
14:16Jim, back to you.
14:17Novels for 200, please.
14:18By the end of this Dickens novel, The Pickwick Club has been dissolved.
14:23Jim.
14:24What is Pickwick Papers?
14:25Right.
14:26Novels for 400.
14:27His novel, The Confidence Man, his masquerade, is set on a Mississippi riverboat, not a whaling ship.
14:37Cindy.
14:38Who is Melville?
14:39Yes.
14:40Novels for 600.
14:41He is the hero of the historical novel, The Green Mountain Boys.
14:44Jim.
14:45Who is Ethan Allen?
14:46Yes.
14:47Novels for 800.
14:48He called his novel, Jude the Obscure, a story of a deadly war waged between flesh and spirit.
14:54Gary.
14:55Who is Hardy?
14:56Thomas Hardy is right and we have a minute to go.
14:57Novels for 1,000.
14:58Stavrogin's confession to a horrible crime was cut from the first publication of his novel, The Possessed.
15:05Jim.
15:06Who is Dostoyevsky?
15:07Yes.
15:08Black America for 200, please.
15:09In October 1991, he was sworn in as the 106th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
15:15Cindy.
15:16Who is Thomas?
15:17Clarence Thomas.
15:18Yes.
15:19Black America for 400.
15:20In 1986, he was named best morning TV news interviewer by the Washington Journal Review.
15:24Cindy.
15:25Who is Bryant Gumbel?
15:26Correct.
15:27Black America for 600.
15:28In 1907, he outlined some of his musical ideas in a book called The School of Ragtime.
15:33Jim.
15:34Who is Scott Joplin?
15:35Yes.
15:36Black America for 800.
15:37Succeeding the Celtics' Red Auerbach in 1966, he became the first black to coach an NBA team.
15:42Cindy.
15:43Who is Oscar Robinson?
15:44No.
15:45Gary.
15:46Who is Bill Russell?
15:47Bill Russell is right and the last clue is yours, Gary.
15:49It is the other Daily Double.
15:51And it's almost a question of do or die for you.
15:55You're still within reach of the lead, but Jim has 3,100 more than you at this moment.
16:023,300.
16:03All right.
16:04That'll put you in the lead if you are right on this clue in Black America.
16:09In 1977, she was awarded the San Francisco Opera Medal to mark the 20th anniversary of her debut with the company.
16:18Who is Leontine Price?
16:20You are right, and you have the lead with $10,000 even.
16:26And we have got quite a match in this, our first game for 1992.
16:31Let's find out now what we have in the way of prizes for our runners-up on today's program.
16:35Remember, the champion will keep the cash, the others will get this.
16:38Johnny.
16:39For today's second-place contestant, we'll fly you and a companion to London on Lufthansa,
16:44the experienced traveler's first choice for dependable quality service to 179 cities in 82 countries around the world.
16:52And you'll spend a week at a luxurious all-suite hotel.
16:55Conrad London is located in the exclusive Chelsea Harbor Marina, just off the fashionable King's Road and overlooking the Thames.
17:03For today's third-place contestant, Dynamark Security Center's Olympic 17 Intrusion and Fire Protection System offers the sophistication of wireless radio technology with maximum flexibility and user convenience to protect your home and family 24 hours a day.
17:17Dynamark Security Centers, we protect America, and the Nintendo Entertainment System with the new editions of Super Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune featuring Vanna White,
17:26plus InfoGenius, the new line of productivity packs for use on your Nintendo Game Boy.
17:31And now once again, here's Alex.
17:33So far in this game, everything seems to be going the way of the gentlemen, Jim and Gary.
17:37Their reflex is a little faster than Cindy, but I have said this on many, many occasions, because they're going to have to guard against each other.
17:43Strategy will be very important in the Final Jeopardy!
17:47And Cindy could wind up as our new Jeopardy! champion.
17:50Let's take a look at the category and see how that affects our players.
17:55Business and Industry.
17:56Think about that, contestants.
17:57Make your wagers.
17:58We'll be back with Final Jeopardy! ladies and gentlemen, right after this.
18:06Once I read the clue in the category Business and Industry, our contestants will have 30 seconds to write down their question.
18:12Let's take a look at today's Final Jeopardy! answer.
18:14It is...
18:15This chain of 748 shoe stores was named for a Scottish professional golfer.
18:22Good luck, players.
18:23answer.
18:24For a good friend.
18:25Thank you very much.
18:31And I'm excited.
18:35You're great.
18:44I'm very excited.
18:49No, it's not Dr. Shoal.
18:56Cindy, we're going to begin with you.
18:58You had $1,400.
18:59What did you put down as your response?
19:01What is Kinney?
19:03Sorry, that is incorrect.
19:04What was your wager?
19:06You bet it all.
19:06$1,400.
19:07That takes you down to nothing.
19:08Let's come to our champion, Jim Weinstein.
19:10He had second place and $9,800 going into the round.
19:13And he wrote down, what is Tom McCann?
19:16That is right.
19:17His wager, $8,000, giving him the lead once again with a total of $17,800.
19:23In the middle, Gary Weishetel, $10,000.
19:27His response, what is Tom McCann?
19:30Correct.
19:31If he bet more than $7,800, he will be the new Jeopardy! champion.
19:34The wager was $9,700.
19:37We have a winner in Gary Weishetel and a big, big win of $19,700.
19:45Congratulations, Gary.
19:46We'll see you tomorrow.
19:46Please join us again, won't you, ladies and gentlemen?
19:48Come on.
19:49Come on.
20:08This is Johnny Gilbert speaking.
20:10Jeopardy! is a production of Burr Griffin Enterprises
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