Show #1177 1989-10-17 (taped 1989-06-26) Regular

Contestants

Patty Meagher — a waitress from Chicago, Illinois

Ed Toutant — an engineer from Austin, Texas

Stacie Macias — a homemaker from Lake Elsinore, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $34,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Stacie $200 $-300 $3,300 $3,300
2nd place: Broyhill bedroom set + Stiffel lamp
$3,300
10 R, 3 W
Ed $600 $1,600 $5,800 $11,401
New champion: $11,401
$4,900
20 R (including 3 DDs), 5 W
Patty $500 $1,900 $5,700 $0
3rd place: Maytag dishwasher
$5,700
15 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD LEADERS BASEBALL FASHION DALLAS TEXAS "P"s & "Q"s
$100 [11]
She is the first woman to head a British political party
Margaret Thatcher
Stacie
$100 [4]
In his playing days, this St. Louis Cardinal outfielder & Hall of Famer was known as "Stan the Man"
Stan Musial
Ed
$100 [3]
And now, "Heeere's" his line of suits
Johnny Carson
Ed
$100 [1]
In 1985 he was run down and "killed"; in 1986 he was alive & lathering up in Pam's shower
Bobby Ewing
Stacie
$100 [16]
In 1972 adman Harve Chapman coined the term "Metroplex" for the area shared by these 2 cities
Dallas & Fort Worth
Ed
$300 [24]
Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, is identified with this Greek god
Poseidon
Patty
$200 [12]
Despite the outcry over his indictment for drug trafficking, he's still in power in Panama
Manuel Noriega
Ed
$200 [5]
A major pitching award is named for this hurler who won a record 511 games
Cy Young
Patty
$200 [6]
Dorothy Lamour popularized this Indonesian skirt in her films
sarong
Patty
$200 [2]
Her maiden name was Southworth, not Southfork
Miss Ellie
Patty
$300 [18]
It was said they "can ride like a Mexican, trail like an Indian... & fight like a very devil"
the Texas Rangers
Patty
$400 [26]
A "colorful" name for serrated scissors
pinking shears
Patty
$300 [19]
In the 1920s this N. Vietnamese leader worked as an assistant chef under the great Escoffier
Ho Chi Minh
Ed
$300 [13]
In 1985 this former president arbitrated the Major League umpire labor dispute
Richard Nixon
Ed
$300 [7]
These short pants were named for the fictitious author of W. Irving's "History of New York"
knickerbockers
Stacie
$300 [8]
Seen by the largest U.S. audience to that date, the 11/21/80 episode answered this question
Who shot J.R.?
Stacie Patty
$400 [20]
This island off Corpus Christi is the largest in Texas, Dad
Padre Island
Ed
$500 [25]
It's a "hand"y synonym for chiromancy
palmistry or palm reading
Ed
$400 [22]
This political "strongman" was heavyweight boxing champ of Uganda from 1951-60
Idi Amin
Patty
$400 [14]
This manager won fewer games than Leo Durocher or Walt Alston but was in the most World Series--10
Casey Stengel (of the Yankees)
Ed
$400 [9]
This overcoat with a removable cape got its name from a city in Scotland
an Inverness
Patty
$500 [21]
Now a Republican, he began his career as an aide to freshman Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson
John Connally
Stacie Ed
$500 [23]
Between 1816 & 1830 he was at various times ruler of present-day Venezuela, Peru & Colombia
Simón Bolívar
Ed
$500 [15]
This club that no longer exists was called "1st in war, 1st in peace & last in the A.L."
the Washington Senators
Ed
$500 [10]
In the 1960s this former head designer for Dior introduced the pant suit to high fashion
Yves Saint Laurent
DD $700 [17]
David G. Burnet, Mirabeau B. Lamar, Anson Jones & Sam Houston were the only ones to hold this office
president of the Republic of Texas
Ed

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN LITERATURE SPANISH HISTORY FILMS OF THE '40s HERBS & SPICES WOMAN IN SPACE COMPOSERS
$200 [21]
Among the books set on this river were "Mike FInk", "Tammy Out of Time" & "Huckleberry Finn"
the Mississippi
Patty
$200 [7]
The Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659 ended Spain's war with this neighbor
France
Stacie
$200 [1]
Victor Mature & Hedy Lamarr played the title roles in this 1949 Cecil B. DeMille epic
Samson & Delilah
Stacie Ed
$200 [22]
Because it thrives near salt water, the Romans called it "rosmarinus", dew of the sea
rosemary
Ed
$200 [2]
Sally Ride told Mission Control that being in space was like being on an "E" ticket ride at this park
Disneyland
Ed Patty
$600 [26]
This "noble" jazzman wrote "Sophisticated Lady" & "Mood Indigo"
Duke Ellington
Stacie
$400 [18]
The full title of his 1947 book was "Tales of the South Pacific"
James Michener
Stacie
$400 [9]
In 1492 Granada, the last city in Spain held by these people, was captured by Ferdinand & Isabella's army
the Moors
Stacie
$400 [8]
As Drake McHugh in 1942's "Kings Row", he uttered the line "Where's the rest of me?"
Ronald Reagan
Ed
$400 [17]
The hottest variety of this blend of Indian spices originated in Madras
curry
Stacie
$400 [3]
All 6 of the 1st class of women astronauts hold a doctorate, but only 2 are this kind of doctor
a medical doctor
Ed
$800 [27]
"Till the Clouds Roll By", the film biography of this composer, includes scenes from "Show Boat"
Jerome Kern
Ed
$600 [11]
Truman Capote's nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood" was written in an event that took place in this state
Kansas
Patty
$600 [23]
Dynasty restored to the throne in 1874 & again in 1975 when Juan Carlos I became king of Spain
the Bourbon dynasty
$600 [10]
She was "Mrs. Miniver", "Madame Curie" & "Mrs. Parkington"
Greer Garson
Patty
$600 [14]
Called "estragon" by the French, it can be stored in or added as a flavoring to vinegar
tarragon
Patty
$600 [4]
The Soviets honored her in 1983 by putting her image, in space suit & helmet, on a 1-ruble coin
Valentina Tereshkova
Ed
$1,000 [28]
This "Firebird" composer was the son of an opera singer
Stravinsky
Ed
$800 [12]
After a stint as a Hollywood screenwriter, Nathanael West wrote this Hollywood novel, his last
The Day of the Locust
Ed
$1,000 [25]
This brother of Napoleon was named king of Spain in 1808 after Napoleon conquered the country
Joseph Bonaparte
$800 [19]
1 of 3 1940s films starring Roddy McDowall that had the name of his animal co-star in the title
My Friend Flicka (or Lassie Come Home or Thunderhead, Son of Flicka )
Stacie Patty
$800 [15]
A classic addition to rye bread, these seeds are also used to flavor schnapps & aquavit
caraway
Patty
$800 [5]
The 2nd U.S. woman in space, her 1st flight was on the shuttle Discovery in 1984
Judith Resnik
$1,000 [13]
Carson McCullers novel about a motherless 12-year-old & her thoughts on her brother's marriage
Member of the Wedding
Patty
DD $1,200 [24]
In 1819 Spain agreed to turn this territory over to the U.S.
Florida
Ed
$1,000 [20]
Anthony Quinn, Dana Andrews & Francis Ford were mistakenly hanged by a lynch mob in this 1943 film
The Ox-Bow Incident
Stacie
$1,000 [16]
Peter Rabbit's mother made him this herbal tea after his adventures in Mr. McGregor's garden
chamomile tea
Ed Patty
DD $1,000 [6]
In 1984 Kathryn Sullivan became the 1st American woman to perform this feat
take a walk in space
Ed

Final Jeopardy!

THE UNITED NATIONS

It's the largest country in Europe that is not a member of the United Nations

Switzerland

Stacie "What is Spain?" — wagered $0
Patty "What is Poland?" — wagered $5,700
Ed "What is Switzerland?" — wagered $5,601

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