Show #778 1988-01-13 (taped 1987-09-28) Regular

Leah Greenwald game 3.

Contestants

Todd Leopold — a student from New Orleans, Louisiana

Jim Stevenson — a musician from San Diego, California

Leah Greenwald — an architect from Cambridge, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $19,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Leah $2,100 $4,800 $6,000 $12,000
3-day champion: $31,600
$6,000
19 R, 2 W
Jim $0 $300 $4,400 $0
3rd place: Maytag Jetclean dishwasher
$5,700
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Todd $1,400 $2,500 $7,500 $2,999
2nd place: Marcy Fitness Products home exercise module + Helbros his & hers sports watches
$7,300
21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. STATES SPECIAL OSCARS HISTORIC NAMES VOCABULARY POLO POTPOURRI
$100 [3]
This state is almost twice the size of Scandinavia
Alaska
Jim
$100 [1]
In 1976, she was presented with a special Oscar at her home, Pickfair
Mary Pickford
Leah
$100 [9]
He wrote a novel called "The Cardinal's Mistress" before he was called "Il Duce"
Mussolini
Todd
$100 [21]
Zoolatry is the worship of these
animals
Jim
$100 [12]
Though originally polo poinies were real ponies, now these are used
(small) horses
Leah
$100 [8]
On July 20, 1987, a prankster changed the Hollywood sign to read "Ollywood", referring to him
Oliver North
Leah
$200 [4]
Located in this state, Rock Island is the site of the government's largest military arsenal
Illinois
Todd
$200 [2]
Appropriately, the statuette presented to Edgar Bergen was made out of this
wood
Jim
$200 [10]
Of the 16 children born to Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa, the most famous was this French queen
Marie Antoinette
Leah
$200 [22]
From the Tamil word for roll, "curuttu", it's a cigar with square-cut ends
a cheroot
Jim
$200 [26]
They're angled at about 80° to lie flat on the ground when the ball is hit
mallets
Leah
$200 [18]
Guinness says Jean Chapman set a record in '82 by putting out 6,607 flaming torches in this in 2 hours
her mouth
Todd
$300 [15]
Of about 10, 15, or 25, % of world's oranges produced in Florida
25
Jim Todd
$300 [5]
"In recognition of his brilliant creativity", this Marx Brother won a special Oscar in 1973
Groucho
Todd
$300 [11]
Juan Carlos I was sworn in as King of Spain 2 days after the death of this man in 1975
Franco
Leah
$300 [23]
A "toby" is 1 of these; often shaped like a hefty-man wearing a 3-cornered hat
a jug (or drinking mug)
Leah
$300 [27]
1 of the 2 countries which in 1988 will renew their rivalry for Westchester Cup, last played in '39
England (or the United States)
Todd
$300 [19]
Arthur D. Little proved you can make a silk purse out of this: his is in the Smithsonian
a sow's ear
Todd
$400 [16]
This state produces more tobacco products than all other U.S. states combined
North Carolina
Todd
$400 [6]
In 1985, Cary Grant presented an honorary Oscar to this "Philadelphia Story" co-star
James Stewart
Leah Todd
$400 [13]
Centuries apart, Vasco da Gama & Lord Mountbatten both served as viceroys of this country
India
Leah
$400 [24]
This Spanish word for a lace scarf literally means "little blanket"
a mantilla
Leah
$400 [29]
These are sometimes made of papier-mache so they will break easily if a horse runs into them
the goal(post)s
Leah Todd
$400 [20]
Tho this saint was known for curative powers, the "dance" named for him is really the disease chorea
St. Vitus
Leah
DD $700 [17]
1 of 2 Gulf states containing the area of black clay soils known as the "Black Belt"
Mississippi (or Alabama)
Todd
$500 [7]
The Academy's humanitarian award was named for this late character actor & former Academy pres.
Jean Hersholt
Leah
$500 [14]
On Nov. 5, 1605, Guy Fawkes attempted to blow up this king to avenge persecution of Catholics
James I
Todd
$500 [25]
Technically, this adjective means "of, pertaining to, or located in a parish"
parochial
Leah
$500 [28]
13 of the 39 men who've held this job were born in the winter, more than any other season
president of the United States
Leah

Double Jeopardy! Round

RIVERS FICTIONAL CHARACTERS THE ARTIST OF RECORD WORLD POLITICS SEA LIFE ODD SPELLING
$200 [1]
Some say it was named after the Indian word for "boat destroyer", some say after a race of women warriors
Amazon
Todd
$200 [18]
Ebenezer Scrooge very reluctantly gave him Christmas Day off
Cratchit
Todd
$200 [2]
Come Fly with Me, Come Dance with Me, Come Swing with Me
Sinatra
Todd
$200 [13]
In 1965, Romania's new constitution stressed its full independence while earlier ones praised this country
the Soviet Union
Todd
$200 [4]
This echinoderm, "celebrity" of tide pools, is the only animal that turns its stomach inside out to eat
a starfish
Leah
$200 [25]
Number halfway between eighty & one hundred
N-I-N-E-T-Y
Jim
$400 [6]
Big Bend National Park was named for a big bend in this watery Texas border
the Rio Grande
Jim
$400 [19]
Caroline Meeber is better known as this, the title of a Theodore Dreiser novel
Sister Carrie
Todd
$400 [3]
Stardust, Red-Headed Stranger, Poncho & Lefty
Willie Nelson
Leah
$400 [14]
Of the 3 Scandanavian countries, the one that's not a NATO member
Sweden
Leah Jim Todd
$400 [5]
Greek for "wandering", these minute organisms are considered the pasture of the seas
plankton
Jim
$400 [26]
Last name of famous department store founder James Cash
P-E-N-N-E-Y
Todd
$600 [7]
The mouths of this holy river cover almost the entire coastline of Bangladesh
the Ganges
Jim
$600 [20]
In a famous epic poem, this Arthurian hero accepts the challenge of the Green Knight
(Sir) Gawain
Jim
$600 [15]
Ummagumma, Animals, The Wall
Pink Floyd
Todd
$600 [21]
27-year-old Reza Pahlevi has expressed a desire to be this country's monarch
Iran
Jim
$600 [10]
Identifying gender & luring prey are 2 functions of this light emitting process in fish
bioluminescence
Jim
$600 [28]
It's how that 3-part picture of a playmate in the middle of a British Playboy is spelled
C-E-N-T-R-E-F-O-L-D
Todd
$800 [8]
Tho the Atlantic is less than 200 miles from its source, this W. African river travels nearly 2600 to reach it
the Niger
Jim
$800 [24]
Valet who helped Phileas Fogg go "Around the World in 80 Days"
Passepartout
Jim
$800 [16]
A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, Live Killers
Queen
Todd
$1,000 [23]
In February 1987, Lt. Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam announced a Marxist constitution for this country
Ethiopia
Leah
$800 [11]
Also known as the "flower animal", the name usually refers to the massed skeletons of these animals
coral
Jim
$1,000 [9]
South Africa's longest, this colorfully-named river begins in Lesotho
the Orange
$1,000 [27]
Mr. Murdstone is the stepfather of this Dickensian hero
David Copperfield
Leah
$1,000 [17]
Beautiful Noise, Love at the Greek, Velvet Gloves & Spit
(Neil) Diamond
Todd
DD $1,300 [22]
1 of 4 Latin American countries in the Contadora group
(1 of) Colombia, Mexico, Panama, & Venezuela
Jim
$1,000 [12]
From Middle English for "shriveled", this "shriveled" crustacean can swim backwards
shrimp
Leah

Final Jeopardy!

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

As the Constitutional bicentennial reminded us, the Constitution was signed on this date in 1787

September 17th

Jim "What is 9/16?" — wagered $4,400
Leah "What is Sept. 17?" — wagered $6,000
Todd "What is Sept. 9" — wagered $4,501

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