Show #1103 1989-05-24 (taped 1989-01-31) Regular

Rich Lerner game 2.

Contestants

Judi Birnberg — a teacher and writer from Sherman Oaks, California

Otis Maxwell — a freelance copywriter originally from Dallas, Texas

Rich Lerner — a lawyer from Silver Spring, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Rich $1,800 $2,100 $8,300 $12,000
2-day champion: $21,400
$9,700
25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Otis $0 $1,300 $2,900 $4,900
3rd place: Academy Broadway dome tent, nylon sleeping bags, double-wide air mattress, & travel packs
$3,900
9 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Judi $1,300 $2,600 $6,000 $11,998
2nd place: Pinseeker custom-made golf clubs & bag + John Deere self-propelled mower
$6,000
13 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

ADDRESSES THE EMMYS SIGNS & SYMBOLS FURNITURE 10-LETTER NAMES FAMOUS QUOTES
$100 [1]
This animated family lived at 201 Cobblestone Way in Bedrock
the Flintstones
Rich
$100 [21]
Best Comedy Writing for the 1971-72 season went to "Edith's Problem", an episode of this sitcom
All in the Family
Rich
$100 [7]
A large "X" separating 2 "R"s in a circular road sign indicates this
a railroad crossing
Rich
$100 [3]
Made to hold linens, one can be called bridal, hope or sweetheart
a chest
Rich
$100 [12]
Read his lips; he's the 41st president of the United States
George Bush
Rich Judi
$200 [25]
Profession of Bob Fitzsimmons who said, "The bigger they come, the harder they fall"
boxing
Rich
$200 [2]
At night you'll have no trouble spotting this stadium at 1060 W. Addison St., Chicago--it's now lighted
Wrigley Field
Judi
$200 [26]
This former producer of "ABC's Wide World of Sports" received the 1st of his 40+ Emmy nominations in 1966
Roone Arledge
Rich
$200 [8]
From the Latin "dictus", meaning said, it's a pair of marks placed under words indicating repetition
ditto marks
Judi
$200 [15]
It's a hassock or stool, as Miss Muffet could tell you
a tuffet
Otis
$300 [14]
1 of 2 Republican senators from Kansas, but Nancy Kassebaum doesn't fit the category
Robert Dole
Otis
$300 [23]
Nelson said, "England expects that every man will do" this & died thanking God he did his
his duty
Rich
$300 [4]
Whether travelling by land or sea, don't miss this attraction at 193 Salem St. in Boston
the Old North Church
Judi
$300 [9]
On calculators, the key with this function is symbolized by a diagonal line between 2 small circles
percentage
Judi
$300 [16]
Shojis are translucent screens which originated in this country
Japan
Judi
$400 [19]
He plays John on "Dear John"
Judd Hirsch
Rich
$400 [24]
Complete's John Acton's line "Power tends to..."
corrupt
Rich Otis
$400 [5]
President Hoover was among those dedicating this NYC building at 350 Fifth Ave. on May 1, 1931
the Empire State Building
Rich
$400 [10]
2 of 3 signs of the zodiac whose symbols have horns
(2 of) Aries, Taurus, & Capricorn
Judi
$400 [17]
French for "chewed paper", this molded paper pulp was used to make Victorian furniture
papier-mâché
Otis
$500 [20]
Great Caesar's ghost! He was Clark Kent's boss
Perry White
Rich
$500 [22]
Napoleon said it's one step away from the sublime
the ridiculous
Judi
$500 [6]
In '48 the Trumans temporarily moved from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to this mansion at number 1651
Blair House
Rich
$500 [11]
In sign language, 1 of the 2 letters made by a moving finger
J (or Z)
Rich
$500 [18]
The style named for this 18th c. English queen featured shell carvings & cabriole legs
Queen Anne
Judi
DD $1,000 [13]
The following1983 song was his last No. 1 hit:"Put on your red shoes and dance the blues (Let's dance) /To the song they're playing on the radio..."
David Bowie
Rich

Double Jeopardy! Round

ROYALTY "D" IN LITERATURE SPIES MOVIE TRIVIA WORD PLAY CLASSICAL MUSIC
$200 [21]
Granddaughter of George III, she became queen after the death of her uncle William IV
Queen Victoria
Rich
$200 [8]
In titles, this word precedes "Comes for the Archbishop", "in Venice" & "of a Salesman"
Death
Rich
$200 [3]
A 1980 Charles Higham book claims that this swashbuckling actor was a spy for the Gestapo
Errol Flynn
Rich
$200 [16]
Jimmy Cagney's sister Jeanne played George M. Cohan's sister Josie in this movie classic
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Rich
$200 [1]
Subtract 1 letter from "insane" to get this word which means silly or empty
inane
Otis
$600 [23]
This 1940 Disney film featured the music of Bach, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Schubert & Mussorgsky
Fantasia
Otis
$400 [22]
Cyrus, who conquered the Medes, founded the Achaemenid Empire of this country
Persia
Judi
$400 [11]
Some say this classic Cervantes novel is a veiled attack on the Catholic Church
Don Quixote
Otis
$400 [4]
According to the Book of Numbers, he sent 12 men to spy out the Land of Canaan
Moses
Otis
$400 [17]
In the '30s Dwight Frye played Fritz the Dwarf in "Frankenstein" & Renfield in this horror classic
Dracula
Rich
$400 [2]
Wally & the Beaver, or the axlike knives they'd use to cut meat
Cleavers
Rich
$600 [24]
The Viking Rurik, not Erik the Red, is considered founder of this country which his descendants ruled until 1598
Russia
$600 [12]
The romantic Greek poem about Chloe & this boy was once considered obscene
Daphnis
Judi
$600 [9]
This American spy was exchanged for Rudolf Abel on February 10, 1962
(Francis Gary) Powers
Rich
DD $400 [19]
His last film was "Nothing in Common"
Jackie Gleason
Rich
$800 [6]
Body part that's alphabetically 1st in most dictionaries, though it's near your middle
the abdomen
Judi
$800 [25]
After divorcing her 1st husband, Livia Drusilla married this man, the 1st emperor of Rome
Augustus Caesar
$800 [13]
We doubt if Moll Flanders would have relished reading his "Journal of the Plague Year"
(Daniel) Defoe
Judi
$800 [10]
He wrote an autobiography explaining how he "Led 3 Lives"
Herbert Philbrick
Judi
$600 [18]
Choreographer Twyla Tharp collaborated with this ballet star on his dances for "White Nights"
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Rich
DD $1,000 [5]
The 2 states whose names have 3 vowels & only 1 consonant
Ohio & Iowa
Otis
$1,000 [26]
In 1889 Pedro II called it quits & this S. American land moved toward becoming a republic
Brazil
$1,000 [14]
He never finished writing his novel "Netochka Nezvanova" because he was sent to Siberia
(Fyodor) Dostoevsky
Rich
$1,000 [15]
In 1948 this editor of Time magazine identified himself & Alger Hiss as Soviet agents
Whittaker Chambers
Rich
$1,000 [20]
Her niece Katharine Houghton played her daughter in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
Katharine Hepburn
Rich
$1,000 [7]
A Dylan Thomas play, or where you might find "milkwort" in Webster's 3rd Int'l Dictionary
Under Milk Wood
Otis

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD CITIES

Linked by the world's 5th longest suspension bridge, it lies in both Europe & Asia

Istanbul

Otis "What is Istanbul" — wagered $2,000
Judi "What is Istanbul?" — wagered $5,998
Rich "What is Istanbul?" — wagered $3,700

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