Show #9 1984-09-20 (taped 1984-08-08) Regular

Contestants

Craig Hendricks — a history teacher from Long Beach, California

Lynn Strother — a technical editor originally from Hazleton, Pennsylvania

Richard Willing — a newspaper reporter from Detroit, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,950)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Richard	$1,300	$4,100	$9,700	$50 3rd place: a "telephone center"	$8,200 19 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Lynn	$1,100	$1,900	$10,900	$900 New champion: $900	$9,500 23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Craig	$600	$1,400	$2,400	$100 2nd place: a washer/dryer + watches	$2,400 9 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

FICTION	FIRST LADIES	MYSTERIES	RACY LADIES	ADDRESSES	TRIVIA
$100 [1] Shakespeare's "star-crossed" lovers Romeo and Juliet Lynn	$100 [8] She talked to Arnold's class about drugs on TV's "Diff'rent Strokes" Nancy Reagan Lynn	$100 [6] Dashiell Hammett detective played on the screen by Humphrey Bogart Sam Spade Richard	$100 [7] Driving with a broken wrist, Janet Guthrie was the 1st woman to compete in this race the Indianapolis 500 Craig	$100 [13] The prime minister of England lives here 10 Downing Street Lynn	$100 [22] They were formerly called the Sandwich Islands Hawaii Richard Lynn
$200 [2] The "lovable" family of Peter Pan the Darlings Lynn	$200 [18] One of her early suitors was her husband's arch rival, Stephen A. Douglas Mary Todd Lincoln Lynn	$200 [9] 1st cousins Dannay & Lee wrote the Ellery Queen stories under this pen name Ellery Queen	$200 [27] Though a hot prospect in '80, Beth Heiden was frozen out of gold in this Olympic sport speed skating Richard Craig	$200 [14] Feathered friend who lives at 123½ Sesame Street Big Bird Lynn	$200 [23] Number of blank tiles in a Scrabble set 2 Craig
$300 [3] "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof's" portly patriarch Big Daddy Lynn	$300 [19] Teddy's niece, her married & maiden names were the same Eleanor Roosevelt Craig	$300 [10] This agency's symbol of an unblinking eye gave birth to the phrase "private eye" the Pinkerton agency Richard	$300 [28] Never has to jockey for position as Mrs. Fred Astaire Robyn Smith	$300 [15] He shared digs with John Watson at 221-B Baker Street Sherlock Holmes Richard	$300 [24] Longest river in Canada or the SCTV bros. the Mackenzie Richard
$400 [4] The Philip Roth character with a "complaint" Portnoy Lynn	$400 [20] Her tough Texas husband preferred her nickname to calling her Claudia Alta Lady Bird Johnson Richard	$400 [11] She's Agatha Christie's ageless amateur detective Miss (Jane) Marple Richard	—	$400 [16] "Kookie" Byrnes parked cars for Dino's Lodge 77 Sunset Strip Lynn	$400 [25] It's whom Boris Spassky lost the chess crown to in 1972 Bobby Fischer Craig
$500 [5] Pasternak's Moscow medic Dr. Zhivago Craig	DD $1,000 [21] She was expelled from Society of Friends for marrying non-Quaker 4th president Dolley Madison Richard	$500 [12] Author of "Burr" who wrote chilling mysteries under the pen name Edgar Box Gore Vidal Richard	—	$500 [17] You'd find this at 1313 S. Harbor Boulevard in Anaheim, CA Disneyland Craig	$500 [26] Awarded medal as "1st woman to be killed in action" in WWII: she was Gable's wife Carole Lombard Richard

Double Jeopardy! Round

BLACK AMERICA	GRAMMAR	BROTHERS & SISTERS	GREEK MYTHOLOGY	FOODS	SOVIET UNION
$200 [16] The first black in Big League Baseball Jackie Robinson Craig	$200 [4] The adverb in "think fast" fast Lynn	$200 [21] An "easy rider" whose sister played an easy lady in "Klute" Peter Fonda Lynn	$200 [9] Hilltop home of the gods Mt. Olympus Richard	$200 [14] "Real men" don't eat this French custard cheese pie quiche Lynn	$200 [1] Largest Soviet newspaper, its name means "Truth" Pravda Lynn Craig
$400 [17] Forced to give up crown as Miss America because of photos in "Penthouse" Vanessa Williams Richard	$400 [5] The superlative form of good best Lynn	$400 [22] In the Bible, Aaron was this brother's mouthpiece in dealing with Pharaoh Moses Lynn Craig	$400 [10] He ultimately got "fleeced" by Medea Jason Lynn	$400 [15] On the market since 1896, it wasn't until 1912 that they included prizes Cracker Jacks Richard	$400 [2] Daughter of this Soviet ruler has been living in America since 1967 Stalin Richard
$600 [18] A symbol for black performers in film since the '50's, he won an Oscar as Best Actor in '63 Sidney Poitier Richard	$800 [7] 3-letter ending of present participles & gerunds -ing Lynn	$600 [23] Nursing mother who wouldn't make "house calls", she's Vanessa's sister Lynn Redgrave Richard	$600 [11] A challenge to any optician, these giants had only one eye cyclops Lynn	—	$600 [3] Soviet republic that has same name as an American state Georgia Lynn
$800 [19] As result of anti-slavery raid on Harper's Ferry, his "body lies a moldering in the grave" John Brown Craig	$1,000 [8] It comes at the end of a declarative sentence a period Lynn	$800 [26] Apollo's loving sister, sometimes served on the half shell Venus Lynn	$800 [12] A "bull" of a man, he lived in a labyrinth the Minotaur Lynn	—	$800 [25] Soviet official who advocated using gasoline-filled bottles against Nazi tanks Molotov Lynn Craig
$1,000 [20] Harriet Tubman, who freed over 300 slaves, was 1 of its foremost "conductors" the Underground Railroad Richard	DD $2,000 [6] It can be common, proper, collective or concrete a noun Lynn	—	$1,000 [13] First member of the "me" generation, this youth fell in love with his own reflection Narcissus Craig	—	DD $2,000 [24] Kenny Ball did this jazzed up version of an old Russian folk song "Midnight In Moscow" Richard

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENCE

The mammal that holds the record for the longest lifespan

man

Craig "What is an elephant" — wagered $2,300

Richard "What is the Elephant" — wagered $9,650

Lynn "What is an elephant" — wagered $10,000

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