Show #1185 1989-10-27 (taped 1989-06-27) Regular

Steve Berman game 4.

Contestants

Jim Drake — a student originally from Niagara Falls, New York

Ed Brown — a financial consultant from Los Angeles, California

Steve Berman — a film executive from Santa Monica, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $21,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Steve $1,500 $3,200 $7,600 $13,999
4-day champion: $35,799
$6,200
18 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Ed $900 $1,800 $7,000 $2,000
3rd place: Stiffel table & floor lamps
$6,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Jim $800 $3,400 $5,400 $10,400
2nd place: Merrillat Modular oak shelving system
$5,400
17 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY AMERICA BIOLOGY TV SHERIFFS NONFICTION MONEY "KEY"s
$100 [3]
On April 30, 1812, the territory of Orleans became this state
Louisiana
Jim
$100 [8]
For an adult elephant it can be up to 1 1/2" thick & weigh about a ton yet can be pierced by an insect
the skin
Jim
$100 [1]
"She's the Sheriff"
Suzanne Somers
Steve
$100 [18]
Wolgemuth & Hyatt, a Christian publishing firm, released "Out of the Blue" by this Dodger pitcher & MVP
Orel Hershiser
Jim
$100 [17]
All deposit-taking institutions in the UK must be recognized or licensed by this bank
the Bank of England
Steve Jim
$100 [13]
Years after he wrote his famous poem, he became U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Francis Scott Key
Ed
$200 [4]
In 1816 this city replaced Chillicothe as capital of Ohio
Columbus
Jim
$200 [10]
Dizygotic twins are more commonly known by this brotherly name
fraternal twins
Jim
$200 [2]
Barney Fife was his deputy
Andy Taylor
Jim
$200 [19]
"Second Chances" is a long-term study of the effects of this family trauma on 60 families in California
divorce
Steve
$200 [26]
In Burkina Faso, Mali, the Central African Republic & Switzerland, the monetary unit is called this
the franc
Ed
$200 [15]
The southernmost city in the continental United States
Key West, Florida
Ed
$300 [5]
In 1838 a Mass. law banned sales of this in quantities of less than 15 gal. except for "medicinal purposes"
alcohol
Steve
$300 [11]
The fruit of the dandelion is designed to be dispersed by the wind & the fruit of the coconut by this
the sea (or ocean current)
Steve
$300 [7]
In this series dimwitted sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane was Boss Hogg's brother-in-law
The Dukes of Hazzard
Ed
$300 [20]
Justin Kaplan is editing a 16th edition of this book of familiar quotations which is due out in 1992
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Jim
$300 [27]
The current U.S. penny is made of this metal coated with copper
zinc
Jim
$300 [23]
Pennsylvania got this nickname perhaps because it was the center of the 13 original colonies
"The Keystone State"
Steve
DD $400 [6]
Fancy footwear in the title of thefollowinghit from 1879:
"(Oh, Dem) Golden Slippers"
Steve
$400 [14]
Euglenas are microscopic organisms scientists classify in both of these groups
animals & plants
Jim
$400 [12]
For 2 seasons Claude Akins starred in "The Misadventures of" this Georgia sheriff
Sheriff Lobo
Steve
$400 [21]
He tells of his exploits in "7 Pillars of Wisdom" & in the abridged version, "Revolt in the Desert"
T.E. Lawrence
Steve
$400 [28]
Our dollar consists of 100 cents, while the Russian ruble consists of 100 of these
kopecks
Jim
$400 [24]
Holy Schlitz! It's slang for a beer can opener
a churchkey
Steve
$500 [9]
N.Y. governor De Witt Clinton was considered the "father" of this massive project that opened Oct. 26, 1825
the Erie Canal
Ed
$500 [16]
They're your smallest blood transport tubes & in some the red cells have to go through single file
capillaries
Ed
$500 [30]
Deputy sheriff Lofty Craig was this Western heroine's boyfriend
Annie Oakley
$500 [22]
The USSR banned the slaughter of wolves after the Russian version of this F. Mowat book appeared
Never Cry Wolf
Steve
$500 [29]
Historic act pictured on the obverse of the $2 bill
the signing of the Declaration of Independence
Jim
$500 [25]
The clavichord & the harpsichord are included in this group of musical instruments
keyboard instruments
Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE MYSTERIOUS EAST CONGRESS PLAYWRIGHTS JAZZ PIANISTS FRENCH ROYALTY "LOCK"s
$200 [14]
From the Malay word for unhusked rice, it's a field where rice is grown
a paddy
Jim
$200 [3]
1 of 3 cabinet departments established by the 1st Senate session in 1789
(1 of) State, Treasury, or War
Ed
$200 [6]
"Blood Wedding" author Federico Garcia Lorca was executed by nationalists in this country in 1936
Spain
Ed
$200 [24]
The musical "Ain't Misbehavin" was based on the music of this heavyweight pianist-songwriter
Thomas "Fats" Waller
Steve
$200 [19]
In 18th century France she was known as "Madame Deficit"
Marie Antoinette
Steve
$200 [1]
This brazen young blonde was caught napping in Baby Bear's bed
Goldilocks
Ed
$400 [15]
According to religious custom, every Thai man is expected to spend 3 months in one of these
a Buddhist monastery
Ed
$400 [7]
A formal opinion that's been approved by both houses is called this type of resolution
a joint resolution
Ed
$400 [9]
A freed slave named Terence was one of the greatest comic playwrights of this ancient civilization
Rome
Ed Jim
$400 [27]
His quartet, featuring Paul Desmond on alto sax, reached the pop charts in 1961 with "Take Five"
Dave Brubeck
Ed
$400 [20]
This empress of France was born in 1763 on the island of Martinique
Josephine Bonaparte
Ed
$400 [2]
When a sailor drowns, he's said to go to this place
Davy Jones' Locker
Jim
$600 [16]
During Mao's leadership this "curtain" separated Communist China from the West
the Bamboo Curtain
Steve
$600 [8]
This "plain old country lawyer" of Watergate fame attended plain old Harvard Law School
Sam Ervin
Steve
$600 [12]
His bawdy 16th century play "The Mandrake" displays the cynicism he showed in "The Prince"
Niccolo Machiavelli
Ed
$600 [28]
Early in his career this jazz pianist acquired the nickname "Fatha"
Earl "Fatha" Hines
Steve
$600 [21]
Henry II & Henry IV both married members of this famed Florentine family
the De Medicis
Ed
$600 [4]
She played the 1946 title role in "The She-Wolf of London" & Timmy's mom on TV's "Lassie"
June Lockhart
Ed
$800 [17]
The 1st Anglo-Burmese War was provoked by the Burmese invasion of this country in 1823
India
Ed
$800 [10]
The number of senators necessary to make a quorum
51
Steve
$800 [25]
This Irishman who worked for the IRA as a courier wrote about the IRA in "The Hostage"
Brendan Behan
$800 [29]
This "royal" pianist's band made a cameo appearance in Mel Brooks' 1974 film "Blazing Saddles"
Count Basie
Steve Ed
DD $1,000 [22]
When George Washington became president, this man was king of France
Louis XVI
Ed
$800 [5]
Long, braided hairstyle favored by Rastafarians
dreadlocks
Steve
$1,000 [18]
River whose headwaters are in the Tibet highlands & whose delta is just south of Ho Chi Minh City
the Mekong River
Jim
DD $2,400 [11]
The minimum age of a member of the House of Representatives
25
Steve
$1,000 [26]
Swedish playwright whose last marriage inspired him to write "The Dance of Death"
August Strindberg
$1,000 [30]
His inability to read music didn't prevent this pianist from composing the music to "Misty"
Erroll Garner
Ed
$1,000 [23]
The last of the Bourbon kings to rule France was also the 10th & last French king named this
Charles
$1,000 [13]
Psychologist whose "Studies in the Psychology of Sex" was banned in turn-of-the-century England
Havelock Ellis
Steve

Final Jeopardy!

FILMS OF THE '50s

The 2 "High" films in which Grace Kelly starred

High Noon (1952) & High Society (1955)

Jim "What are High Society High Noon" — wagered $5,000
Ed "What is High Society &" — wagered $5,000
Steve "What is High Noon & High Society?" — wagered $6,399

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