Show #619 1987-04-23 (taped 1987-01-06) Regular

Richard Cordray game 3.

Contestants

Bob Hansen — a proofreader from St. Paul, Minnesota

Maureen Girr — a homemaker from Newport, Rhode Island

Richard Cordray — a judicial clerk from Grove City, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $18,201)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Richard $1,500 $2,800 $6,400 $5,601
3-day champion: $23,802
$5,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Maureen $500 $1,400 $2,800 $0
3rd place: ladies' & gentlemen's matched watch set from the Club Collection of Daniel Mink watches
$3,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Bob $400 $800 $2,000 $2,500
2nd place: a trip to Dallas, Texas aboard Delta Airlines, with standard and wide-body service, with stay at the Viscount Hotel
$3,200
9 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

EUROPE SPORTS FASHION HOLIDAYS LYRICS THE MAIN INGREDIENT
$100 [26]
Louis the Stubborn, Louis the Do-Nothing, & Louis from Overseas were all kings of this country
France
Maureen
$100 [14]
This offshoot of soccer is named for a school in England
rugby
Richard
$100 [8]
Last name of designers Calvin & Anne, II
Klein
Maureen
$100 [24]
It's the 1st U.S. federal holiday of the year
January 1st (New Year's Day)
Richard
$100 [21]
"Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew, cover it in choc'late & a miracle or two?"
"The Candy Man"
Bob
$100 [3]
It tops the other 7 juices in V-8
tomato juice
Maureen
$200 [15]
European capital that contains the Lenin Library, the Lenin Stadium & the Lenin Mausoleum
Moscow
Richard
$200 [17]
The overarm "crawl" swimming stroke was introduced to England in 1902 from this country
Australia
Maureen
$200 [9]
Playboy okays wearing both suspenders & this, but only if trying out for nerd of the year
a belt
Richard
$200 [27]
Flower most associated with Memorial Day
poppies
Maureen Bob
$200 [22]
"He rocks in the tree-top all day long"
"Rockin' Robin"
Richard
$200 [4]
This main ingredient in S.O.S. pads helps you scour out scum
steel wool
$300 [12]
Country whose capital was formerly called Koebnannehavn, meaning "Merchants' Harbor"
Denmark
Richard
$300 [1]
Springfield, Massachusetts is site of this sport's Hall of Fame
basketball
Richard
$300 [18]
He helped dress fake troops to fool the Germans in WWII, but didn't put a "BB" on the uniforms
Bill Blass
Maureen
$300 [16]
In 1987, this holiday will be observed for the 212th time
July 4th (Independence Day)
Richard
$300 [28]
"Wider than a mile; I'm crossin' you in style some day"
"Moon River"
Maureen
$300 [5]
It tops the list on the Fritos bag
corn
Richard Maureen
$400 [2]
This low country's oldest university is the State University of Leiden, founded in 1575
the Netherlands
Maureen
$400 [13]
Marks which distinguish Wilson footballs used in college games from the ones they make for the pros
(white) stripes
Bob
DD $300 [20]
They probably got their name from the fact they were 4" longer than ordinary knickerbockers
plus fours
Maureen
$400 [23]
Wintertime Jewish holiday that's mentioned in the New Testament but not in the Jewish Bible
Hanukkah
Maureen
$400 [29]
"Doesn't have a point of view, knows not where he's going to, isn't he a bit like you & me?"
"Nowhere Man"
Richard
$400 [6]
In Jell-O, it's sugar, but in sugar-free Jell-O, the main ingredient is this
gelatin
Maureen
$500 [11]
Affair with Magda Lupescu kept Carol II from assuming the throne of this country for 3 years
Romania
Richard
$500 [10]
When he KO'd Ingemar Johansson, 6/20/60, he became 1st man to regain heavyweight championship
Floyd Patterson
Richard
$400 [19]
Newsweek joked a museum for this apparel invented in 1946 might consist of 2 domes & a pyramid
the bikini
$500 [25]
Flag Day is a legal holiday only in this state, where Betsy Ross worked as a seamstress
Pennsylvania
Maureen Bob
$500 [30]
"'Cause I can't explain the tears that I shed over you, over you"
"Goin' Out Of My Head"
$500 [7]
It's the #1 ingredient in A.1. steak sauce & Johnson's baby shampoo, too
water

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN RIVERS CONSTELLATIONS THE BODY HUMAN NEIGHBORHOODS STARTS WITH "C" ACTORS & ROLE
$200 [1]
Longest American river east of the Mississippi is this tributary of the Mississippi
the Ohio
Richard
$200 [8]
The word constellation is from Latin meaning these "together"
stars
Maureen
$200 [3]
An ECG is used to detect arrhythmias in this organ
the heart
Bob
$200 [22]
The Back Bay has been described as this New England's city's "Yuppieville"
Boston
Richard
$200 [16]
Italian for "small house", it usually contains one-armed bandits & blackjacks
a casino
Maureen
$200 [15]
Errol Flynn, Doug Fairbanks, & Sean Connery have all been this nemesis of the Sheriff of Nottingham
Robin Hood
Maureen
$400 [4]
State in which you'll find the Chicasawhay, Pascagoula & Yazoo Rivers
Mississippi
Richard
$400 [7]
Myth says Orion was put on opposite side of sky from this creature which had stung him to death
Scorpio
Maureen Bob
$400 [9]
The floor of the nasal cavity is also the roof of this
the mouth
Maureen
$400 [26]
You can visit the Martin Luther King, Jr. historic district in this city
Atlanta
Bob
$400 [17]
Property accepted as security on a loan, it also can mean running side by side
collateral
Maureen
$400 [23]
Walter Huston, Henry Fonda, Raymond Massey & Hal Holbrook all played this Kentucky-born president
Abraham Lincoln
Richard
$600 [12]
Much of this main tributary of the Hudson, named for an Indian tribe, is part of the Erie Canal
the Mohawk River
Richard
$800 [2]
In legend, it's the part of Berenice, an Egyptian princess, that became a constellation
her hair
Richard Maureen
$600 [10]
The most prominent muscle on the anterior aspect of the arm
the biceps
Bob
$600 [27]
City whose North Beach neighborhood no longer has a beach
San Francisco
$600 [18]
The burnt, dark-brown liquid obtained by heating sugar
caramel
Maureen
$600 [24]
Doctor portrayed on film by Elliott Gould & on TV by Wayne Rogers & Pernell Roberts
Trapper John
Bob
$800 [13]
North America's deepest chasm, Hells Canyon, is formed by this twisting river
the Snake River
Richard
$1,000 [5]
When a constellation "culminates", it has reached this
the highest point in the sky
$800 [11]
Its cone-shaped bony socket is called the "orbit"
the eye
Bob
DD $1,200 [28]
Neighborhood mentioned in title of this tune, Mike Hammer's TV theme:
Harlem
Bob
$800 [19]
In the 1st line of her radio show theme, Little Orphan Annie was described as 1 of these
a chatterbox
$800 [25]
C. Laughton, T. Howard & A. Hopkins were all adrift playing this part
Captain Bligh
Richard
$1,000 [14]
Ironically, this West Virginia river is believed to be the oldest in North America
the New River
Richard
DD $1,200 [6]
1 of the 5 constellations which are portrayed as all or part horse
the Centaur (or Sagittarius, Pegasus, Unicorn, or Little Horse)
Richard
$1,000 [21]
They are contained in the right & left pleural sacs
the lungs
Bob
$1,000 [20]
Branches of this evergreen tree are used as a symbol of mourning
cypress
Maureen

Final Jeopardy!

GAY '90s

By 1897, as many as half of Seattle's police & firemen had left the city to go there

the Yukon

Bob "What is the Yukon?" — wagered $500
Maureen "What is San Francisco" — wagered $2,800
Richard "What is San Francisco?" — wagered $799

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