Show #348 1986-01-08 (taped 1985-09-09) Regular

A clip of this game is shown in the 1987 movieLight of Day.

Contestants

Gardner Stern — a marketing consultant originally from Chicago, Illinois

Nancy Smith — a lawyer originally from Gainesville, Florida

Steve Willis — a financial analyst from Lynwood, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $31,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Steve	$1,200	$2,100	$5,800	$11,500 2nd place: a trip to Bluebeard's Castle Hotel, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands	$5,900 18 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Nancy	$1,300	$1,800	$6,600	$12,600 New co-champion: $12,600	$5,200 16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Gardner	$1,700	$2,500	$6,300	$12,600 New co-champion: $12,600	$6,300 13 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

MOVIES	SOUTH AMERICA	LIGHTNING	CARDS	THE 1950s	KNOTS TO YOU
$100 [1] Composer profiled in "Song Without End" & "Lisztomania" Franz Liszt Steve	$100 [3] Ecuador derives its name from this geographical line the equator Steve	$100 [20] Lightning causes over 10,000 of these a year & Smokey the Bear is getting mad! forest fires Nancy	$100 [12] Bridge term for a set of three games or what a hot rod lays when it takes off rubber Gardner	$100 [14] 1951 saw the first electric power ever generated from this source nuclear energy Nancy	$100 [7] Kind of knot that sounds like its tied by your mother's mother a granny knot Steve
$200 [2] In his first screen role since 1939, he won the 1975 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "The Sunshine Boys" George Burns Nancy	$200 [10] In the past, 12- to 14-year-old brides were not unusual in this Portuguese-speaking country Brazil Steve	$200 [21] In the 1931 film, he used lightning to bring his monster to life Dr. Frankenstein Nancy	$200 [13] The appropriate goal in authors is to form these books	$200 [18] Books in 1951 included "The Caine Mutiny", "From Here to Eternity", & this Salinger classic The Catcher in the Rye Nancy	$200 [8] Term for a knot used to fasten a rope to an object or "your wagon to a star" hitch Steve
$300 [4] Director Norman Jewison's alliterative tale of a black infantry unit A Soldier's Story Gardner	$300 [15] Up to 80% of the counterfeit dollars passed in the U.S. are from this coffee country Colombia Nancy	$300 [22] Of 25, 50, or 100 miles, the longest length lightning strokes can reach 100 miles	$300 [26] A shutout in gin rummy, or Pat Harrington in "One Day at a Time" Schneider Steve	$300 [24] In the early 1950s, "Teddy Boys" first appeared in this country England Steve	$300 [9] This geometric knot is one of the oldest in use a square knot Nancy
$400 [5] David Carradine was "Bound for Glory" playing this great folk singer Woody Guthrie Gardner	$400 [16] An estimated 40% of the world's total copper supply is in three mines in this coastal country Chile Nancy	$400 [23] Aided by lightning each year, 100 million tons of this gas washes into the soil & becomes fertilizer nitrogen Gardner	DD $400 [27] About 30 years ago, this South American game created the biggest fad in card history canasta Steve	$400 [29] Listed as a billionaire in 1957, this American lived in a modest room in London J. Paul Getty Gardner	$400 [11] Half a pair of pants, or the looseness in a knot slack Gardner
$500 [6] For this Kipling story, John Huston first thought of Gable & Bogart, not Michael Caine & Sean Connery The Man Who Would Be King Steve	$500 [17] Once known as Upper Peru, it has had over twenty presidents since World War II Bolivia Gardner	$500 [25] Unpunished in the Maxwell Anderson play, Rhoda is roasted by lightning in this movie's finale The Bad Seed	$500 [28] Variation of poker where the worst hand wins lo-ball Steve	—	$500 [19] Not tightness per se, but this kinetic force gives knots their holding power friction

Double Jeopardy! Round

PLAYWRIGHTS	AUTOMOBILES	WINTER SPORTS	WEDDINGS	HISTORICAL TRIVIA	"BOOK"S
$200 [17] As a young congressman, LBJ escorted this author of "Pygmalion" around Texas George Bernard Shaw Steve	$200 [16] In the 1890s, autos were so new & strange they were shown under the big top at these circuses Nancy	$200 [6] Contrary to popular legend, "mush!" isn't a command usually used in these races dogsled races Steve	$200 [23] According to Kodak, only 45% of these are taken by a professional wedding pictures Gardner	$200 [1] Year the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded & the United States entered World War I 1917 Steve	$200 [7] The insect kind eats binding, & the human kind devours pages bookworms Nancy
$400 [18] His "Volpone" played at Shakespeare's Globe Theater in 1605 Ben Jonson Steve	$400 [20] You could use a Mustang to round up this discontinued Ford horse Pinto Steve	$400 [12] In six of the first seven Winter Olympics, Canadian teams took the gold in this sport ice hockey Gardner	$400 [25] In a military wedding, an enlisted bride may wear a gown or this a dress uniform Nancy	$400 [2] Before he died in 1547, this Tudor king weighed over 400 pounds Henry VIII Steve	$400 [8] Common pharase that might follow "Call me!" I'm in the book! Steve
$600 [19] This playwright & actor portrayed Colonel Chuck Yeager, not Alan Shepard, in "The Right Stuff" Sam Shepard Gardner	$600 [24] This engine-driven band sounds like what a sports enthusiast might buckle fan belt Nancy	$600 [13] Participants can "sail" through this sport at speeds over 100 mph ice sailing (or boating) Gardner	$800 [27] The bride-price is the opposite of this dowry Nancy	DD $500 [3] A 6th-century monk originally established the first day of the Christian era not as January the 1st, but this holiday Christmas Steve	$600 [9] Something set next to a volume, or something done according to the rules by the book Nancy
$800 [21] 17-year-old usher Sheila Delaney got a taste for theatre & went home one night to start this play A Taste of Honey	—	$800 [14] The first artificial bobsled run was built in 1904 at this Swiss resort town St. Moritz	$1,000 [26] By ancient law of this religion, one of three ways to get married was simply to consumate the union Judaism	$800 [4] This term first applied only to manners & conduct at royal courts etiquette Nancy	$800 [10] Samuel Pepys sometimes put one of these in both the front & the back of his books a bookplate Nancy
$1,000 [22] Oliver Goldsmith thrashed a publisher whose paper attacked this, his last play She Stoops to Conquer Steve	—	$1,000 [15] A rink of players--it's the number of persons on a curling team 4	DD $2,000 [28] Actual title of this selection from Mendelssohn's music for "A Midsummer Night's Dream": "The Wedding March For Titania And Oberon" Nancy	$1,000 [5] Once France's richest colony, this now-impoverished country was 2nd in the New World to gain independence Haiti Gardner	$1,000 [11] Famous fooderie, found on 15th, for feasting on fish in Philly Bookbinder's Gardner

Final Jeopardy!

THE MILITARY

Foreign country in which the most American soldiers are stationed

Germany

Steve "What is Germany?" — wagered $5,700

Gardner "What is Germany?" — wagered $6,300

Nancy "What is Germany?" — wagered $6,000

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