Show #1152 1989-09-12 (taped 1989-06-13) Regular

Bob Blake game 5.Bob sets a new 5-day winnings record.

Contestants

Pat Gmeiner — a copywriter from Rocky River, Ohio

David Burnett — a freelance photographer from New York, New York

Bob Blake — an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia (whose 4-day cash winnings total $71,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bob $400 $2,600 $15,100 $11,100
5-day champion: $75,000 + $7,501 to Oxfam
$12,400
28 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
David $600 $2,900 $5,900 $1
2nd place: a trip to Waikiki Marina Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii
$5,300
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Pat $-800 $-800 $-800 $-800
3rd place: Benrus gold-toned bracelet watch
$-800
3 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS TIME ZOOLOGY THE ALPS MIDDLE NAMES MOVIE THEMES
$100 [11]
Geronimo rode in this president's 1905 inaugural parade, & so did the Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt
David
$100 [21]
The 7-day week is derived from this book of the Bible
Genesis
Bob
$100 [23]
The naked mole-rat found in northern Kenya is a burrowing rodent that lacks this sense
sight
David
$100 [16]
2 Alpine passes & 1 breed of dog are named for this French-born Italian saint
St. Bernard
David
$100 [1]
The most famous George we know whose middle name was Armstrong
Custer
David
$100 [6]
[audio]
The Pink Panther
David
$200 [12]
In Bush's parade these California fruit characters rode on the Presidential Council on Fitness float
the California Raisins
David
$200 [22]
This ancient timepiece was called a gnomon by the Greeks meaning "one who knows"
a sundial
Bob David
$200 [24]
The mule deer is so named because of these large features
ears
Bob
$200 [17]
"The Day the Rope Broke" is a famous book about an 1865 climbing accident on this peak
the Matterhorn
David
$200 [2]
Senator Moynihan's middle name
Patrick
David
$200 [7]
[audio]
Love Story
David
$400 [14]
In 1913, this future president, then a West Point cadet, marched in Wilson's parade
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bob
$300 [29]
The Anglo-Saxons divided their days into 3 parts: morningtide, noontide & this
eventide
David
$300 [25]
It's the offspring of a male tiger & a female lion
a tiglon (or a tigon)
David
$300 [18]
The word "alp" is believed to have evolved from the Latin "albus", meaning this color
white
Bob
$300 [3]
It was Joel Harris' middle name; just ask Brer Rabbit
Chandler
Bob
$300 [8]
[audio]"Love lift us up where we belong..."
An Officer and a Gentleman
Bob Pat
$500 [15]
He was the only president inaugurated in two different cities
George Washington
Bob
$400 [30]
In the proposed "World Calendar", an extra day called "Year Day" would come at the end of this month
December
$400 [26]
The Viking name for this tusked Arctic animal meant "whale horse"
walrus
David
$400 [19]
This Alpine goat-antelope is prized for its hide, which is made into a very soft leather
chamois
Bob
$400 [4]
Cole Porter's middle name; it's also Frank Sinatra's
Albert
Bob
$400 [9]
[audio]
The Great Escape
DD $900 [13]
His parade featured many types of missiles & a PT boat
John F. Kennedy
David
$500 [28]
A law discovered by Galileo led Christian Huygens to build the 1st clock regulated by one of these
a pendulum
Bob
$500 [27]
The world's most potent venom is secreted from the skin of one of these amphibians
a frog
$500 [20]
Once a humble herdsman's hut, it's now a favorite style for mountain homes
chalet
David
$500 [5]
The middle name of the actress who was "On the Waterfront" before she went "North By Northwest"
Eva Marie Saint
Bob
$500 [10]
[audio]
Valley of the Dolls
Bob Pat

Double Jeopardy! Round

MEDICINE KOREAN WAR BALLET COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES LANGUAGES "ISM"s
$200 [17]
Condition in which the sharp edge of a nail grows into the flesh of a toe, usually the big one
ingrown toenail
David
$200 [7]
This country sent more than 90% of the troops, equipment & supplies aiding South Korea
the United States
Bob
$200 [27]
This Canadian province is home to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Manitoba
Bob
$200 [1]
The Bob Hope Comedy Fund has been set up at this New Haven university's drama school
Yale
David
$200 [2]
Though Polish is a Slavic language, it uses this alphabet
Latin (or Western)
Bob
$200 [12]
Iran, Libya & Cuba are on a U.S. government list of nations that support this violent activity
terrorism
Bob
$400 [18]
Sometimes a pacifier will soothe a baby suffering from this gastrointestinal pain
colic
Pat
$400 [8]
Because of policy disputes, President Truman replaced this general with Lt. General Matthew Ridgway
Douglas MacArthur
Bob
$400 [28]
"Rond de jambe" means a rotary movement of this body part, on the floor or in the air
the leg
David
$400 [22]
Founded in 1789, this D.C. university is the oldest Catholic college in the U.S.
Georgetown
Bob David
$400 [3]
Country whose languages include Gujarati, Assamese & Punjabi
India
Bob
$400 [13]
Kids can spell this 28-letter word that means "opposition to the withdrawal of support from a church"
antidisestablishmentarianism
Pat
$600 [19]
Immediate "REM" sleep is a characteristic symptom of the sleeping attacks caused by this disease
narcolepsy
Pat
$600 [9]
After the war, this latitude line roughly separated North & South Korea
the 38th Parallel
Bob Pat
$600 [30]
Helena & Hermia are characters in "The Dream", a ballet based on this Shakespearean play
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Bob
$600 [23]
Moor's Indian Charity School, founded about 1750, is the ancestor of this N.H. Ivy League college
Dartmouth
David
$800 [5]
The only country whose official language is Catalan is this small one in the Pyrenees Mountains
Andorra
Bob
$600 [14]
The willful destruction of property named for a Germanic people who sacked Rome in the 5th century
vandalism
Bob
$800 [20]
Ortho & Wyeth-Ayerst are the major manufacturers of these pills in the U.S.
birth control pills
Bob
$800 [10]
U.S. troops landing at this seaport on 9/15/50 turned the course of the war in the Allies' favor
Inchon
David
$800 [29]
In 1985 this princess revived the Monte Carlo Ballet, as her mother had wished
Princess Caroline of Monaco
Bob
$800 [24]
"Sister school" that's involved in investing $7 million to redevelop So. Hadley, Mass., where it's located
Mount Holyoke
Bob David Pat
$1,000 [6]
Most people of this small European nation speak Letzeburgisch, a German dialect
Luxembourg
Bob
$1,000 [16]
From a Greek word for "pleasure", it's the belief that pleasure is life's greatest good
hedonism
Bob
$1,000 [21]
Component usually used in cough syrup as a solvent for ingredients that won't mix well with water
alcohol
$1,000 [11]
From Oct. 25, 1951 to the end of the hostilities in 1953, peace talks continued in this village
Panmunjom
David
$1,000 [26]
This "Regal" ballet company was formerly known as the Sadler's Wells Ballet
the Royal Ballet
Bob
$1,000 [25]
Tulane University is the largest privately run institution of higher learning in this state
Louisiana
David
DD $1,100 [4]
At his 1969 investiture at Caernarvon Castle, Prince Charles spoke these 2 languages
English & Welsh
Bob
DD $3,000 [15]
If your can of green beans bulges out, it may be contaminated with this food poisoning
botulism
Bob

Final Jeopardy!

LITERATURE

The next-to-last chapter of this novel is entitled "The Knitting Done"

A Tale of Two Cities

David "What is "Wuthering Heights?"" — wagered $5,899
Bob "What is ?" — wagered $4,000

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