Show #618 1987-04-22 (taped 1987-01-06) Regular

Richard Cordray game 2.

Contestants

Scott Myers — a teacher from Covina, California

Marian Evans Melnick — a former bank manager originally from New York City

Richard Cordray — a judicial clerk from Grove City, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Richard $1,000 $1,800 $5,800 $10,401
2-day champion: $18,201
$7,000
17 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Marian $600 $1,000 $2,800 $1
2nd place: Eastwind Action recliner by Lane + Zenith 9" color TV
$2,800
9 R, 3 W
Scott $400 $1,200 $5,200 $0
3rd place: Tappan SureCook microwave with built-in browner
$5,200
16 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. STATES PLANTS NAME'S THE SAME TECHNOLOGY SILLY SONGS INDIANS
$100 [6]
In 1916, S. Bamberger, a Jewish Democrat, was elected this state's 1st non-Mormon governor
Utah
Richard
$100 [20]
Among the best known of this type of plant are the brake & Boston
the fern
Marian Scott
$100 [5]
J. MacDonald heroine who always got her mountie, or "Dick Van Dyke Show"s Sally who seldom got her man
Rose Marie
Marian
$100 [8]
Le Bureau International de l'Heure in Paris is the keeper of this for the world
time
Scott
$100 [9]
Follows "I met him on a Monday & my heart stood still"
Da doo ron ron ron, da doo ron ron
Scott
$300 [19]
The Powhatan Indians of Virginia called this crop "apooke"
tobacco
Marian
$200 [12]
Though the Pro Football Hall of Fame is in this state, the state beverage is tomato juice, not beer
Ohio
Richard
$200 [21]
Tree named for the resemblance of its leaves to the outspread human hand
the palm tree
Richard
$200 [4]
A Boston Celtics Hall of Famer, or a recently retired Dodgers shortstop
Bill Russell
Scott
$200 [17]
On a single digit LED readout, number shown when all 7 LEDs are lit
8
Marian Scott
$200 [10]
In 1966 #1 hit by Tommy James & The Shondells, it's what "my baby does"
the Hanky Panky
Richard
$400 [15]
Though their name means the "peaceful ones", they have long-standing land disputes with the Navajo
the Hopi Indians
$300 [1]
1 of 3 states which border Virginia & share its state bird, the Cardinal
West Virginia (or Kentucky or North Carolina)
Richard
$300 [14]
On milkweed & dandelions, each one comes with its own "parachute"
the seed
Richard
DD $300 [13]
Paula Kelly's role in "Jo Jo Dancer", or this Duke Ellington classic:
"Satin Doll"
Richard
$300 [18]
Replacing germanium with this in transistors got a California "Valley" named after it
silicon
Richard
$500 [22]
The Indian policemen who killed this legendary chief Dec. 15, 1890 were named Tomahawk & Bullhead
Sitting Bull
$400 [11]
Mark Twain said he was born in this state because "it was an unknown new state & needed attractions"
Missouri
Richard
$400 [23]
Generally, it should be done every 2 years or when the roots stick out from the bottom
replanting (or repotting)
Marian
$400 [2]
Horse who danced away with 1986 Calif. derby, or aviator who danced away with Irene Castle
Vernon Castle
$400 [24]
In 1904, this ex-shoe salesman & Illinois medical school graduate patented his arch support
Dr. Scholl
Scott
$500 [3]
From 1961-1976, Alabama flew this flag above the U.S. flag on the State Capitol
the Confederate flag (the Stars & Bars)
Scott
$500 [16]
The raw materials required for photosynthesis are water & this gas
carbon dioxide
Richard Scott
$500 [7]
Maiden name of current princess of Wales & the Lady who almost became one in 1736
(Lady) Diana Spencer
Marian Scott
$500 [25]
Term for any gas that pressurizes the liquid in an aerosol can
propellant

Double Jeopardy! Round

1946 MAMMALS TV CAPTAINS FIRST LADIES SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
$200 [25]
Irving Berlin's 1946 musical that featured a rifle-totin' Ethel Merman
Annie Get Your Gun
Richard
$200 [16]
Among blue whales, the largest animal ever on Earth, this sex is larger
females
Marian Scott
$200 [17]
Captain Gallant's fighting force, called the Legion Etrangere
the French Foreign Legion
Richard
$200 [7]
The book "The Presidents: Tidbits & Trivia" includes this First Lady's recipe for peanut soup
Rosalynn Carter
Scott
$200 [2]
Of Romeo or Juliet, the 1 who has more lines
Romeo
Marian Scott
$200 [1]
What happened when four couples got together & dined
eight ate
Scott
$400 [26]
Of 25%, 50%, or 75%, the percentage of veterans in the Sept. 1946 enrollment at Harvard
75%
$400 [20]
Of cat, cow or dog milk, the one highest in protein
cat milk
Scott
$400 [22]
With nary a word of warning to his ex, Faye, this Hill Street captain wed Joyce Davenport
Capt. (Frank) Furillo
Scott
$400 [21]
Congress has granted all widowed 1st ladies franking privilege, which entitles them to this
free postage
Marian
$400 [3]
In "The 9th Configuration", Jason Miller planned to coach this apt breed of dog to play Hamlet
a Great Dane
Marian Scott
$400 [9]
Game show host Rayburn's Levis
Gene's jeans
Marian
DD $1,000 [24]
The 2 future presidents who were 1st elected to the House of Representatives in November 1946
Nixon & John F. Kennedy
Richard
$600 [13]
About 180 million years ago, mammals evolved from this class, named from Latin for "creeping"
reptiles
Scott
$600 [23]
Captain Pike was in the pilot, but this captain replaced him in the series
Capt. Kirk
Richard
$600 [6]
First lady known for promoting highway beautification projects
Lady Bird Johnson
Marian
$600 [4]
His "Throne of Blood" turned "Macbeth" Japanese; later he interpreted "King Lear" as "Ran"
(Akira) Kurosawa
Scott
$600 [10]
Music group prohibited from playing
a banned band
Richard
$800 [18]
Dominant mammals of the Mesozoic Era, this animal order today includes wombats & wallabies
marsupials
Richard
$1,000 [12]
Ency. Americana calls her the "mother of the most important family dynasty in American public life"
Abigail Adams
Richard
$800 [5]
Not content with having 3 whole plays named for him, this king appears as a ghost in "Richard III"
Henry VI
Richard
$800 [14]
Soap opera about corn flakes
a cereal serial
$1,000 [19]
Though this type of baboon has been called the ugliest, at least it's also the most colorful
the mandrill
Scott
DD $1,200 [11]
Of all the wives of 20th century presidents, this one had the most children
Eleanor Roosevelt
Richard
$1,000 [8]
An Egyptian gave it to Othello's mother, & Othello gave it to Desdemona
her handkerchief
Scott
$1,000 [15]
To mutilate a print of a 1974 Lucille Ball film
to maim Mame

Final Jeopardy!

THE OSCARS

The last movie in black & white to win Best Picture was this 1960 Billy Wilder film

The Apartment

Marian "What is On the Waterfront" — wagered $2,799
Scott "What isSomeLikeItHot?" — wagered $5,200
Richard "What is The Apartment?" — wagered $4,601

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