Show #1240 1990-01-12 (taped 1989-09-18) Regular

Frank Spangenberg game 4.

Contestants

David Kahn — a law student from Brookline, Massachusetts

Jan Ford — a quality control inspector from San Antonio, Texas

Frank Spangenberg — a police officer from Flushing, New York (whose 3-day cash winnings total $53,598)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Frank	$1,500	$3,400	$14,800	$18,399 4-day champion: $71,997	$11,600 26 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Jan	$500	$2,000	$5,000	$9,500 2nd place: Sierra Fireplace & La-Z-Boy Recliner	$5,000 14 R, 1 W
David	$700	$400	$5,600	$1,199 3rd place: "Secrets of the Unknown" videotape series	$6,400 16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

CALIFORNIA CITIES	TV BLONDES	JOURNALISM	JUNE 1969	ONE SONG	UNDER WOOD
$100 [14] The world's largest known almond processing center as well as the governor's mansion are in this city Sacramento Jan	$100 [11] Prior to Sawyer & Donaldson, Sam & Diane referred to characters played by Ted Danson & her Shelley Long Jan	$100 [23] As a free-lance reporter, Seymour M. Hersh broke the story in 1969 about the massacre in this village My Lai David	$100 [3] J. Edgar Hoover said RFK authorized the FBI to tap this black leader's phone Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Jan	$100 [8] 1-word title of the following, David & Jonathan were the only group to have a Top 40 hit with it: "Michelle" Jan	$100 [1] Of fife, flute, or flugelhorn, the one not listed under "woodwind" in Funk & Wagnalls flugelhorn Frank
$200 [18] The oldest city in California that was founded by the Spanish; it's named for St. Joseph San Jose Frank	$200 [12] FYI, Faith Ford plays ex-beauty queen turned reporter Corky Sherwood on this series Murphy Brown Jan	$300 [26] For most of his career in journalism, H.L. Mencken wrote for this city's Sun Baltimore David	$200 [5] Riots that followed games in this sport set off a war between El Salvador & Honduras soccer/football Frank	$200 [9] When it was "Song of the Year" in 1966, these 2 people received Grammys John Lennon & Paul McCartney David	$200 [2] Honus Wagner signed a contract Sept. 1, 1905 making him the 1st to have his signature etched into these baseball bats David
$300 [19] This city's zoo, located in Balboa Park, is one of the largest in the world San Diego David	$300 [17] On this show Bud might say anywhere his blonde sister Kelly sits is an easy chair Married... with Children Frank	$400 [27] 1 of the 2 books Woodward & Bernstein wrote on the Watergate scandal All The President's Men & The Final Days Frank	$300 [10] The U.N. security council voted to keep peace-keeping forces on this island near Turkey another 6 months Cyprus Frank	$300 [13] These "words that go together well" with the title aren't referring to the phone company "Ma Belle" Frank	$300 [4] The state gemstone of Washington: it's no longer wood but a stony replica petrified wood David
$400 [21] Its name comes from the Santa Ana River & the German word for home Anaheim Frank	$400 [29] As Jamie, young blonde Nicole Eggert has Scott Baio governing her life on this sitcom Charles In Charge Frank	$500 [28] Time, Inc. produced this monthly series of movie shorts that ran from 1935-51 The March of Time	$400 [20] Nixon became the 1st president to address the Supreme Court when this chief justice was sworn in Warren Burger Frank	$400 [15] This singer known for his stylish rendition of the "Love Boat" theme has the song on his "Best Of" album Jack Jones Jan	$400 [6] Listed under "wood" in Collier's Ency. index, early ones of these were called "Lucifers" matches Frank
$500 [22] This town got its name from the pointed peaks seen 15 miles away in Arizona Needles Frank	$500 [30] She's gone from Partridge to prosecutor Susan Dey Jan David	DD $1,000 [25] In 1990 the American press celebrates this anniversary of the 1st newspaper in the colonies the 300th David	$500 [24] This president emeritus of the United Mine Workers "kicked the coal bucket" John L. Lewis David	$500 [16] The song made its debut on this album whose title sounds "bouncy" & metaphysical "Rubber Soul" Jan	$500 [7] Research center for marine science on Cape Cod; you could also list it under water Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute Frank

Double Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA	MOVIE DIRECTORS	7-LETTER WORDS	COLD-BLOODED ANIMALS	WORLD LITERATURE	ROSES
$200 [1] Chronologically, the 1st of the 8 presidents whose last name ends in "son" Thomas Jefferson Frank Jan	$200 [9] Yo! He directed "Staying Alive", the sequel to "Saturday Night Fever" Sylvester Stallone Jan	$200 [19] It's a baby's bedroom, not an R.N.'s nursery Frank	$200 [23] When a tadpole becomes an adult frog this anatomical feature is absorbed by its body tail Jan David	$200 [16] Dostoevski novel in which Raskolnikov, a young student, kills an old woman pawnbroker Crime And Punishment Frank	$200 [6] This Latin term for "confidentially" literally means "under the rose" sub rosa David
$400 [2] In 1872 Grant signed a bill creating this 1st national park Yellowstone Frank David	$400 [10] John Ford said he played one of the Ku Klux Klan members in this D.W. Griffith film Birth of a Nation Frank	$400 [22] This word for a group of people traveling with pack animals is derived from Persian caravan Jan	$400 [27] 2 of the 3 families in the order Crocodylia Crocodiles, Alligators, & Gavials Frank	$400 [17] After offending both sides in a religious dispute, this "Moll Flanders" author was sentenced to the pillory Daniel Defoe Frank	$400 [7] An overly optimistic person is said to view life through these rose-colored glasses David
$600 [3] The only president who never married, he was also the only president born in Pennsylvania James Buchanan David	$600 [13] First name shared by French directors Chabrol & Lelouch Claude David	$600 [24] A person born within the sound of bow bells is said to be a true one of these Cockney Frank	$600 [28] Most of these sold as pets, until banned by the FDA in 1975, were of the slider or cooter varieties turtles	$600 [18] In 1967 Gabriel Garcia Marquez became world famous in publication of his "One Hundred Years of" this Solitude David	$600 [8] This Greek island was named for either the roses or the snakes that proliferated there in ancient times Rhodes Jan
DD $1,000 [4] The last president whose public inaugural was held on Monday, January 21 Ronald Reagan (1985) David	$800 [14] This bald director played the cold-blooded camp commandant in "Stalag 17" Otto Preminger Jan	$800 [25] When you stick this "sweet potato" in your mouth, you should play it, not eat it ocarina Frank	$1,000 [30] The mud puppy, or water dog, is a large American variety of this amphibian salamander Frank	$800 [20] Irish-born Samuel Beckett & Romanian-born Eugene Ionesco both wrote absurdist plays in this language French Frank	$800 [11] In 1955 Mitch Miller knocked out "Rock Around the Clock" from the No. 1 spot with this song "Yellow Rose of Texas"
$1,000 [5] George Bush's father, Prescott Sheldon Bush, was a U.S. senator from this state Connecticut Frank	$1,000 [15] This comedienne directed the 1978 film "Rabbit Test" about the world's 1st pregnant man Joan Rivers David	$1,000 [26] This adjective meaning rustic or pastoral comes from the Greek word for cowherd bucolic Frank	DD $4,000 [29] Harmless king snakes, such as the one seen here, are often mistaken for this venomous snake: (red) coral snake Frank	$1,000 [21] The Polish-born author of "The Painted Bird", set in Europe & "Being There", set in Washington, D.C. Jerzy Kozinski David	$1,000 [12] The "centifolia", or hundred petals rose, is better known by this "vegetable" name cabbage rose Jan

Final Jeopardy!

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

The Welch's Company has its corporate headquarters in this Mass. town

Concord

Jan "Where is Concord?" — wagered $4,500

David "What isConcordSpringfield?" — wagered $4,401

Frank "What is Concord?" — wagered $3,599

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