Show #838 1988-04-06 (taped 1987-12-14) Regular

Contestants

Joe Weidinger — an industrial designer from Phoenix, Arizona

Peter Sagal — a writer originally from New Jersey

Bob Sutton — an environmental chemist from Gainesville, Florida (whose 2-day cash winnings total $18,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bob	$100	$1,800	$3,000	$100 3rd place: Bruce hardwood floor	$3,000 15 R, 4 W
Peter	$-300	$1,200	$3,200	$6,300 2nd place: Burris reclining chair and Emerson television	$3,000 9 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Joe	$1,300	$1,800	$5,005	$6,401 New champion: $6,401	$5,700 21 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

RELIGION	HUMOROUS QUOTES	SEE THE USA	TV TRIVIA	THE YEAR THAT WAS	SOAP
$100 [14] A recent N.Y. Times-CBS poll indicates a majority of U.S. Catholic priests would like to do this marry Peter	$100 [19] Commerce Sec'y Peter Peterson said, "The era of low-cost energy is almost dead. Popeye is running out of" this spinach Joe	$100 [1] To see Don Ho's show, go to the Hilton's Dome Show Room in this city Honolulu Bob	$100 [6] Only 3 men to have held this position are Douglas Edwards, Walter Cronkite, & Dan Rather anchormen for the CBS Evening News Bob	$100 [21] Capone set 1-year income record, Ruth set 1-year homer record, Lindbergh set 1-man flying record 1927 Joe	$100 [26] Company that's America's biggest soapmaker Procter & Gamble Joe
$200 [13] Religion whose Bible begins with the Book of Genesis & ends with II Chronicles Judaism Joe	$200 [20] Dean Martin said,"If you drink, don't" do this; "Don't even putt" to drive Bob Joe	$200 [2] Each year kids can compete in the National Fence Painting Contest in this Missouri town Hannibal Bob	$200 [7] In 1968, this "Gunsmoke" star became the 1st woman inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame Amanda Blake Joe	$200 [22] Over 400,000 attended Woodstock, Chicago 8 went on trial, Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon 1969 Joe	$200 [27] Generic name for synthetic soap substitutes detergents
$300 [11] The American Quakers' General Conference headquarters is in this city Philadelphia Joe	$300 [16] Secretary of State who said, "There cannot be a crisis next week; my schedule is already full" Henry Kissinger Bob	$300 [3] According to American Express, this state draws the most visitors from other states Florida Peter Joe	$300 [8] Though Dobie Gillis chased all the other girls, this one wanted to marry him Zelda Gilroy Bob	$300 [25] U.S. recognized the Soviet Union, Prohibition was repealed, Hitler was appointed German chancellor 1933 Bob	$300 [28] Some toilet soaps contain surfactants to prevent formation of this when you use it bathtub rings (or scum) Joe
$400 [12] The United Church is this large country's largest protestant denomination Canada	$400 [17] Ernie Kovacs described it as "a medium, so called because it is neither rare nor well done" television Peter	$400 [4] It's always 54° F. there, Kentucky's best-known national attraction Mammoth Cave Joe	DD $500 [9] This sitcom topped the ratings for 5 seasons in a row, from 1971 to 1976 All in the Family Joe	$400 [24] Communist coup in Czechoslovakia, Berlin blockade began, State of Israel established 1948 Bob	—
$500 [15] Common in Africa, it's not the worship of animals but of spirits animism Peter	$500 [18] It's claimed Rousseau said, "To do is to be" & Sartre said, "To be is to do" while he said, "Doobedoobedoo" Frank Sinatra Bob	$500 [5] The Appalachian National Scenic Trail runs all the way from Maine to this state Georgia	$500 [10] They not only played "The Beverly Hillbillies" theme, but made annual appearances on the show (Lester) Flatt & (Earl) Scruggs Joe	$500 [23] Soviets invade Afghanistan, Sandinistas take power in Nicaragua, U.S. hostages taken in Iran 1979 Peter	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTS	CHINA	BOOKS & AUTHORS	THE MIDDLE AGES	FOLK SONGS	"WATER"
$200 [11] Were he still alive, this president would now be 70 years old JFK Joe	$200 [10] China is the only country in the world with more than this many people one billion Bob Joe	$200 [9] Robert Penn Warren took this novel's title from a line in "Humpty Dumpty" All the King's Men Joe	$200 [6] In 1 of these, mounted knights used blunted weapons, while Jeopardy! champs use their knowledge a tournament Peter Joe	$200 [25] "Hush little baby, don't say a word, Papa's gonna buy you" one of these a mockingbird Bob	DD $5 [19] It's reported The Rolling Stones took their name from the followingblues song by this singer: Muddy Waters Joe
$400 [12] Complaining of this president's English, H.L. Mencken called it "Gamalielese" Warren G. Harding Joe	$400 [21] Though the Chinese invented gunpowder, they originally only used it in these fireworks Joe	$400 [8] This Irishman's first & most understandable novel was "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" James Joyce Joe	$400 [5] About 1000 A.D., they discovered North America & called parts of it Helluland, Markland, and Vinland the Vikings Bob	$1,000 [27] "Roll 'em up & twist 'em up a high tuckahaw, & hit 'em up a tune called" this "Turkey In The Straw"	$200 [16] Farmers in southeast Asia use them to work in rice paddies; it's lucky they like to wallow in mud water buffalo Joe
$600 [13] He presided over our national Bicentenial celebration Gerald Ford Bob	$600 [22] China wants Portugal to return this colony no later than 1997, the year they'll get Hong Kong Macao Bob	$600 [4] In "The Fountainhead", she wrote "Great men can't be ruled" Ayn Rand Bob	$600 [3] This "Venerable" saint is called "The Father of English History" The Venerable Bede Peter	—	$400 [17] Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint each won one of this 1954 film's 8 Oscars On The Waterfront Joe
$800 [14] President who was known as the "Schoolmaster in Politics" Woodrow Wilson Peter	$800 [23] They were China's last imperial dynasty the Manchus (the Qing Dynasty) Bob	$800 [2] The story of an indecisive man, it was been called Joseph Conrad's "Hamlet" Lord Jim Joe	DD $1,000 [7] Tradition says Rurik, a Norse leader, settled in Novgorod in 862 & became founder of this country Russia Peter	—	$600 [18] Jesus did this at a wedding in Cana of Galilee turned water into wine Bob Joe
$1,000 [15] After Garfield's death, he refused to move into the White House until it was redecorated (Chester) Arthur Bob	$1,000 [24] In 1887, 900,000 people died when this river, "China's sorrow", overflowed the Yellow River (Hwang Ho) Bob Joe	$1,000 [1] Caldwell novel in which land set aside for the church keeps on being switched to different locations God's Little Acre Peter	$1,000 [26] Though called a hermit, he led thousands of crusaders to conquer the Holy Land Peter the Hermit Peter	—	$1,000 [20] A leading producer of brass in the U.S., this Connecticut city is called the "Brass Center of the World" Waterbury Peter Joe

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD TRADE

Of all fresh fruits, the U.S. imports more of this one than any other

bananas

Bob "What are oranges?" — wagered $2,900

Peter "What is a banana?" — wagered $3,100

Joe "What are bananas?" — wagered $1,396

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