Show #1238 1990-01-10 (taped 1989-09-18) Regular

Frank Spangenberg game 2.

Contestants

Susan Gliner — an attorney originally from the Bronx, New York

Dick Dobrow — a physician from Vancouver, Washington

Frank Spangenberg — a police officer from Flushing, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,799)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Frank $500 $500 $12,900 $22,799
2-day champion: $38,598
$12,000
30 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Dick $1,800 $1,900 $1,500 $599
3rd place: Oneida silversmiths gift certificate & Nintendo Entertainment System with Family and Junior editions of Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune
$3,500
11 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Susan $-300 $400 $1,200 $2,400
2nd place: Tennessee Furniture Industries hand-carved mahogany corner chairs & Casio music system
$1,200
5 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

BIOLOGY HODGEPODGE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES AMERICAN HISTORY SCARY MOVIES "BOO"!
$100 [11]
Term for an organism that harbors a parasite
host
Frank
$100 [26]
She outlived 3 husbands, was kicked out of the Society of Friends & we have our doubts about the flag
Betsy Ross
Dick
$100 [1]
Ulysses Grant, Robert E. Lee & Jefferson Davis were graduates of this college
West Point
Dick
$100 [3]
In 1787 Delaware became the 1st state in the Union; in 1860 this became the 1st state to secede
South Carolina
Frank
$100 [15]
Start spreading the news; in "Friday the 13th Part VIII" this hockey-masked slasher "Takes Manhattan"
Jason
Frank
$100 [16]
Word that can precede hatch, prize or trap
booby
Frank
$200 [12]
Some birds have patella bones, commonly called this in humans
kneecaps
Dick
$200 [25]
Macy's claims to be the 2nd largest consumer of this gas in the U.S.; the U.S. gov't is 1st
helium
Frank
$200 [2]
Scholoastic achievement in this year of college allows one to join Phi Eta Sigma, an honor society
freshman year
$200 [4]
In 1952 this territory adopted its own constitution & became a commonwealth
Puerto Rico
Frank
$200 [19]
Film in which Jack Nicholson uttered the immortal line, "Heeeeeere's Johnny"
The Shining
Frank
$200 [17]
A hiding game played with very small children, or a see-through blouse worn by grown-up women
peek-a-boo
Frank
$300 [13]
Adjective used to describe your 1st set of teeth & plants that shed their leaves seasonally
deciduous
Dick Susan
$300 [22]
Hominy is this vegetable hulled, degermed & broken up
corn
Frank
$300 [8]
In May 1980 Washington State U. was closed for 4 days due to its proximity to this natural disaster
eruption of Mt. Saint Helens
Dick
$300 [5]
In 1926 Lindbergh had to parachute out of planes 4 times while employed to do this
flying the mail
Frank
$300 [18]
From the Tagalog word for mountain, it's our word for the backwoods or "the sticks"
boondocks
Susan
$400 [14]
Oxygenated hemoglobin is this color
red
Susan
$400 [23]
Just the dance to do at a fowl ball; Rufus Thomas sang about doing it in 1970
Funky Chicken
Frank
$400 [9]
James K. Polk went to this "tarheel university"
University of North Carolina
Dick
$400 [6]
Wilson, Harding, Coolidge & Hoover refused to recognize this country's government, but FDR did
Soviet Union
Frank
DD $500 [20]
This song was written in 1947 in the U.S., not Ireland:
Clancy Lowered the Boom
Frank
$500 [24]
The international headquarters of the Salvation Army is in this world capital
London
Frank
$500 [10]
1 of the twin cities which together share the main campus of the University of Illinois
(1 of) Champaign or Urbana
Dick
$500 [7]
This New Deal agency was symbolized by a blue eagle & used the motto, "We do our part"
NRA (National Recovery Administration)
$500 [21]
R. Duvall played this character who saves Scout Finch from an attacker in "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Boo Radley
Frank

Double Jeopardy! Round

GENESIS MUSICIANS GEOGRAPHY FICTIONAL SISTERS FAMOUS AUSSIES ART
$200 [2]
The book's Hebrew title is Bereshith, which translates to this, the book's 1st 3 words
In the beginning
Dick Susan
$200 [26]
Alvis Edgar Owens Jr., known by this nickname, is also known for his pickin' on "Hee Haw"
Buck
Frank
$200 [7]
This capital city sits on the southern end of New Zealand's North Island
Wellington
Frank
$200 [1]
Southern belle whose sisters were Suellen & Carreen
Scarlett O'Hara
Frank
$200 [12]
This trio who grew up in Australia made "One" big comeback in '89, proving they're "Stayin' Alive"
Bee Gees
Frank
$200 [13]
The Renaissance began in this country
Italy
Frank
$400 [3]
Cain was a farmer & Abel raised these animals
sheep
Frank
$400 [27]
Not only Juilliard's youngest student, "the way things were" in 1974, he won 3 Oscars
Marvin Hamlisch
Frank
$400 [8]
The Dutch named this island in the Indian Ocean for Prince Maurice of Nassau
Mauritius
Dick
$400 [15]
Alice Munro was rescued, but her sister Cora was killed by Magua in this J.F. Cooper classic
Last of the Mohicans
Susan
$400 [20]
Set in Australia, this end-of-the-world film was based on a book by Aussie Nevil Shute
On the Beach
Dick
$400 [14]
A furor erupted over a student exhibit in Chicago when 1 of these was placed on the floor
American flag
Susan
$600 [4]
The 1st creature Noah sent forth from the ark
raven
Frank Susan
$800 [29]
"The Entertainer" became a big hit in 1973, 71 years after he wrote it
Scott Joplin
Frank
$800 [10]
It's the longest river entirely within Massachusetts
Charles
Frank
$600 [16]
Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy's last name
March
Frank Dick
$600 [21]
Australian-born author of "The Devil's Advocate" & "The Shoes of the Fisherman"
Morris West
$600 [17]
His art sold well, but this Delft painter produced few works & died broke
Vermeer
Frank
$800 [5]
1 of 2 sons of Jacob & Rachel; they were his favorites
(1 of) Joseph or Benjamin
Frank
$1,000 [30]
Songwriter who teamed with Eddie & Brian Holland to create some of Motown's biggest hits
Lamont Dozier
$1,000 [11]
Smaller in area than Cleveland, this German-speaking alpine country remained neutral during WWII
Liechtenstein
Frank
$800 [23]
She's Katherina's younger sister in Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew"
Bianca
Frank
$800 [22]
Probably Australia's best-known filmmaker, he directed "Dead Poet's Society" & "Gallipoli"
Peter Weir
Susan
$800 [18]
Painter known for his portrayal of a polio victim named Christina Olson
Andrew Wyeth
Frank
$1,000 [6]
Seeking a wife for Isaac, Eliezer chose her after she gave water both to him & his camels
Rebekah
Frank
DD $2,000 [28]
This composer became a British subject in 1726 & anglicized his name, losing the umlaut
(George Frideric) Handel
Frank
DD $2,000 [9]
The Isle of Man lies in this body of water
Irish Sea
Dick
$1,000 [24]
Comedic play in which the sweet little Brewster sisters murder people & have them buried in the basement
Arsenic and Old Lace
Frank
$1,000 [25]
A former Rhodes scholar, his image as an "ordinary bloke" helped him win the prime ministry in 1983
Robert (Bob) Hawke
$1,000 [19]
At his home in Giverny, this artist created the water lily pond that inspired his paintings
(Claude) Monet
Frank

Final Jeopardy!

PLAYS

1949 Pulitzer Prize play in which the title character commits suicide for the insurance money

Death of a Salesman

Susan "What is Death of a Salesman" — wagered $1,200
Dick "What is "Double Indemnity?"" — wagered $901
Frank "What is Death of a Salesman?" — wagered $9,899

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