Show #1254 1990-02-01 (taped 1989-09-26) Regular

Contestants

Ray Albrektson — an associate professor and author from Redlands, California

Gretchen Radtke — a law school graduate from Redwood City, California

Lorrie Mowat — a public relations writer originally from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,199)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Lorrie $800 $1,400 $1,000 $1
3rd place: Artisan House Lamp Collection + Jeopardy! box game
$2,200
15 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Gretchen $2,000 $3,200 $6,400 $6,250
New champion: $6250 + Jeopardy! box game
$7,300
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Ray $900 $1,300 $3,100 $4,100
2nd place: Trip to Oasis Water Resort Villa Hotel, Palm Springs, California + Ricardo Luggage Collection + Jeopardy! box game
$3,100
12 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "T" PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA FASHION DESIGNERS SPORTS SHIFTS KIDDIE LIT OLLA PODRIDA
$100 [4]
This other name for a seesaw is also a 2-word alliterative phrase
Teeter-totter
Ray
$100 [1]
He said, "People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook"
Richard Nixon
Gretchen
$100 [17]
First name shared by designers Balmain & Cardin
Pierre
Lorrie
$100 [26]
The NBA's Jazz franchise spent 5 years in this city before moving to Salt Lake City in 1979
New Orleans
Lorrie
$100 [2]
In "Little Boy Blue", "The cow's in" this
The corn
Gretchen
$100 [11]
People who daydream are said to be "Building" these "in Spain"
Castles
Lorrie
$200 [5]
A surgeon who performs a tenotomy cuts 1 of these to relieve problems caused by muscle shortening
Tendon
Gretchen
$200 [8]
The monument to Geo. Washington at this state's capitol contains a crypt which was meant to be his tomb
Virginia
Gretchen
$200 [22]
His brother Igor Cassini wrote a society column under pen name Cholly Knickerbocker
Oleg Cassini
Lorrie
$200 [27]
In 1966 baseball's L.A. Angels became the California Angels when they moved to this city
Anaheim
Ray
$200 [3]
The words that complete the famous fairy tale request "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down..."
Your hair
Ray
$200 [18]
Don Quixote roamed across this plateau of central Spain
La Mancha
Ray
$300 [6]
This type of strength refers to a material's resistance to force trying to tear it apart
Tensile
Ray
$300 [12]
3 of the 1st 10 presidents had this 1st name, not James
John
Lorrie
$300 [23]
Giorgio Armani was instrumental in making this north Italian city an international fashion center
Milan
Gretchen
$300 [28]
In 1963 the NBA's Syracuse Nationals moved to Philadelphia & changed their name to this
Philadelphia 76'ers
Lorrie
$300 [10]
Yes, my friend, this fictional filly's name means "little girl" in Swedish
Flicka
Ray
$300 [19]
Iced drink made of wine, soda water & fruit juice
Sangria
Gretchen
$400 [7]
This 1983 tearjerker won "Best Picture", "Best Actress", "Best Director" & "Best Supporting Actor" Oscars
Terms of Endearment
Lorrie
$400 [13]
He was so heavy that a huge bathtub had to be installed in the White House for him in 1909
William Howard Taft
Gretchen
$400 [24]
When he wed his assistant, Kelly Rector, he designed the bridal gown; maybe he was "Obsess"ed
Calvin Klein
Lorrie
$400 [29]
This pro football team began life as the Dallas Texans before moving to Missouri
Kansas City Chiefs
Lorrie Gretchen
DD $500 [15]
His fairy tales include "The Metal Pig", "Aunty Toothache", "The Rags" & "The Fir Tree"
Hans Christian Andersen
Gretchen
$400 [20]
Commanded by the Duke of Medina, this group of ships was thought to be invincible--didn't work
Spanish Armada
Lorrie
$500 [9]
A Richard Wagner opera is based on the legend of this German minstrel
"Tannhauser"
$500 [14]
Guinness says this star of "Rear Window" was Eisenhower's favorite actress
Grace Kelly
Gretchen
$500 [25]
We don't know if he'd let you smoke his Ritz cigarettes in his Rive Gauche boutiques
Yves Saint Laurent
Gretchen
$500 [30]
In 1982 the NHL's Colorado Rockies became this state's Devils
New Jersey
$500 [16]
Wendy Darling's flighty brothers
John & Michael
$500 [21]
She hit the Top 10 in 1987 with "La Isla Bonita", her Spanish lullaby
Madonna
Lorrie Gretchen

Double Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH HISTORY SCIENCE NEWSPAPERS PROVERBS GEORGIA NAME THAT MUSICAL
$200 [7]
Ramsay MacDonald was one of the founders of this party & its 1st prime minister
Labour party
Ray
$200 [1]
If something's described as effervescent, it means it has a lot of these
Bubbles
Lorrie
$200 [9]
Izvestia, the Soviet daily, is now accepting these--at $50,000 a page
Advertisements
Ray
$200 [15]
It completes the proverb "Laugh and the world laughs with you..."
cry and you cry alone
Ray
$200 [26]
Since 1872 every governor has been a member of this political party
Democrat
Gretchen
$200 [2]
A prince goes to Heidelberg University & falls in love with a waitress
The Student Prince
Gretchen
$400 [8]
Party whips can be found at No. 12 on the street named for this 17th C. treasury secretary
Downing Street
Lorrie
$400 [10]
Kill an insect & you've committed insecticide; kill the mildew in your shower & you've committed this
Fungicide
Lorrie
$400 [11]
In circulation these 2 daily Hollywood trade papers have almost identical numbers
Hollywood Reporter & Variety
Lorrie
$400 [19]
An antique hand tool that could be a synonym for "proverb"
Old saw
Gretchen
$400 [27]
The 1st painted wall sign advertising this drink was created in 1894 on a Cartersville pharmacy
Coca-Cola
Gretchen
$400 [3]
A carnival barker marries a mill girl, dies in disgrace & returns to Earth to redeem his soul
Carousel
Gretchen
$600 [23]
In April 1942 this whole Mediterranean island was awarded the George Cross for bravery
Malta
Ray
$600 [16]
This sedimentary rock, "Creta" in Latin, was formed from marine life during the Cretaceous period
Chalk
$600 [12]
This Gannett newspaper is now available in 80 countries, not just the U.S.
USA Today
Gretchen
$600 [20]
"A watched pot never" does this
Boils
Ray
$600 [28]
FDR died at the Little White House in this town
Warm Springs
Lorrie
$600 [4]
ESP fantasy in which Daisy Gamble relives previous existences
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Lorrie
$800 [24]
While it "will do" in a beggar's rhyme, this coin ceased to be legal tender in 1969
Half-penny
Lorrie
$800 [17]
This mineral comes after No. 9, corundum, on the Mohs scale
Diamond
Ray
DD $1,000 [13]
The Tribune Co. which owns the Chicago Tribune also owns this best-selling NYC newspaper
New York Daily News
Gretchen
$800 [21]
Chaucer's version of this proverb was "It is nought good a slepying hound to wake"
Let sleeping dogs lie
Gretchen
$800 [29]
In 1964 he closed his restaurant rather than serve blacks; in 1967 he was chosen governor
Lester Maddox
$1,000 [6]
A nice, young policeman becomes a protector of a Parisian prostitute
Irma la Douce
Gretchen
$1,000 [25]
The last monarch to reside in the Tower of London, his mom was Mary, Queen of Scots
James I
Gretchen
$1,000 [18]
Abbreviated "pc", it's a unit of distance used in astronomy equal to 3.21 light years
Parsec
Ray
$1,000 [14]
The 1st U.S. school of journalism was established in 1908 at this state U.'s Columbia campus
Missouri
Lorrie
$1,000 [22]
"Too many cooks spoil the broth" contradicts the saying "Many hands make" this
Light work
Ray
DD $1,200 [5]
A girl who works for a telephone answering service gets involved in her clients' problems
Bells Are Ringing
Lorrie

Final Jeopardy!

PUNCTUATION

The name of this punctuation mark is Greek for "together"

Hyphen

Lorrie "What is ampersand?" — wagered $999
Ray "What is a hyphen" — wagered $1,000
Gretchen "What is comma?" — wagered $150

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