Show #478 1986-10-08 (taped 1986-08-19) Regular

Contestants

Janet DeLand — a research editor from Marina Del Rey, California

Bob Menaker — a journalist from Alexandria, Virginia

Carl Brady — a U.S. Navy flight officer originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (whose 4-day cash winnings total $24,900)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Carl	$-800	$300	$-1,500	$-1,500 3rd place: Action recliners by Lane	$-500 6 R, 7 W (including 1 DD)
Bob	$600	$2,000	$5,000	$9,000 New champion: $9,000	$4,800 17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Janet	$1,000	$2,200	$5,000	$4,900 2nd place: Roper grill range + Zenith 9" TV	$5,200 17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

1971	FOOD	SESAME STREET	DENMARK	OLD WEST	ENDS WITH "X"
$100 [26] Team that won U.S.-Chinese ping-pong match in Peking Chinese Bob	$100 [4] Though it's a key crop in Asia & the Balkans, our U.S.D.A. doesn't even keep statistics on this purple vegetable eggplant Carl	$100 [13] For over 17 years, Ernie's been pulling the "old loose nose joke" on this roommate Bert Janet	$100 [19] An 1805 Danish forestry law required that every time a tree is cut down, this must be done a tree must be planted Janet	$100 [7] During this mania of 1849, eggs cost $10/dozen & rooms rented for $1000/month the (California) Gold Rush Bob	$100 [1] Liquid oxygen, or what goes well with the Sunday paper, cream cheese & a bagel lox Janet
$300 [28] While on the moon in February, astronaut Alan Shepard took a shot at this sport golf Bob	$200 [5] French for "lightning", it's a custard-filled chocolate-covered pastry that can strike your waistline eclair Janet	$200 [14] Sesame Street began teaching how to count to 10; today they've expanded to this number 20	$200 [20] In 1944, this island country officially declared itself independent of Denmark Iceland Carl	$200 [8] It was actually John Bidwell, not Ward Bond, who led the first of these to California in 1841 wagon train Bob	$200 [2] It contains medicine or a machine gun pillbox
DD $400 [27] Singer heard here singing what became second posthumous No. 1 single of the rock era: Janis Joplin Bob	$300 [6] Root used as a substitute for coffee, especially in Cajun cuisine chicory Bob	$300 [15] In 1968 Joan Ganz Cooney co-founded this organization which produces Sesame Street Children's Television Workshop Janet	$300 [21] Main farming activity of Danish-owned Greenland is not growing plants but raising these animals sheep Bob Janet	$300 [9] Hollenberg Sta. at Hanover, Kan. is the only 1 left from this short-lived but legendary service Pony Express Janet	$300 [3] According to Chief Justice John Marshall, the power to do this is the power to destroy tax
—	$400 [11] Plant part you're eating when you eat an onion or garlic bulb Carl Janet	$400 [16] The 1982 death of the actor who played this storekeeper was incorporated into the show Mr. Hooper	$400 [22] While Great Dane dogs originated in Germany, this pianist called "The Great Dane" is from Copenhagen Victor Borge Carl	$400 [10] "The Pathfinder", in 1986 TV miniseries, he followed his "dream west" John C. Fremont	$400 [24] Subject of NBC's historic 1st electronic TV transmission in 1930 was this cartoon hero Felix the Cat Bob
—	$500 [12] This European country is largest consumer of cheese w/annual average of 38.1 lbs. per person France Carl	$500 [17] It's said the style of Sesame Street was modeled after this fast-paced TV comedy show Laugh-In Bob	$500 [23] Between 1513 & 1972, all Danish kings were alternately name Frederik & this pious name Christian Janet	$500 [18] First "trail mix", it was made with dried buffalo meat, hot fat & cherries, & pressed into small pouches pemmican Carl	$500 [25] A dramatic culmination, a '50s TV anthology, or one of Dr. Ruth's favorite subjects climax Janet

Double Jeopardy! Round

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	WORD ORIGINS	HYPHENATED WARS	SHAKESPEARE	SISTERS	SANTA CLAUS
$200 [15] The escalator was developed by this elevator company Otis Bob	$200 [3] Term that goes back to draw poker where player had to have jacks or better to "open the pot" jackpot Carl Bob	$200 [1] In this war, Israel captured territory more than 3 times its size Six-Day War Carl Bob	$200 [26] King of Scotland at the start of "Macbeth" Duncan	$200 [8] Pam & Paula McGee helped lead USC to 2 consecutive NCAA championships in this sport basketball Bob	$200 [21] The idea of Santa Claus came from stories about this 4th c. bishop who lived in what is now Turkey St. Nicholas Janet
$400 [17] This company went into the red for 1st time in any quarter after being forced out of instant photography Kodak Janet	$400 [4] From ornate figures found on Roman grotto walls comes this word meaning bizarrely ugly grotesque Carl Janet	$400 [2] As of March, 1986, there were only 9 living U.S. veterans of this war Spanish-American War Janet	DD $200 [28] 3 of the 6 who left so Hamlet could do his "To be or not to be" speech as a soliloquy Claudius, Gertrude, Polonius, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern and Ophelia Janet	$400 [9] Though her big sister is this famous superstar, Rosalind Kind still makes her own kind of music Barbra Streisand Bob	$400 [22] In Holland, Santa arrives by boat from Spain, & like the Lone Ranger, rides through streets on this white horse Carl
$600 [18] In 1985, this airline which pioneered trans-Pacific flights sold those routes to United Pan Am Carl	$600 [5] Because ancient peoples burned incense, the word perfume came from Latin "perfumus", meaning "through" this smoke Janet	$600 [13] Syria & Jordan support opposite sides in this ongoing Mideast war Iran-Iraq War Bob	$400 [27] This title refers to the evening of January 5th, a week & 5 days after Christmas Eve Twelfth Night Janet	$600 [10] Our advice is to call Esther Pauline Friedman & Pauline Esther Friedman by these pen names Dear Abby and Ann Landers Bob	$800 [24] In the poem, "A Visit From St. Nicholas", Santa's "droll little mouth was drawn up like" this bow Janet
$800 [19] In '59 Perry Como signed $25 million sponsorship pact with this food company Kraft Bob	$800 [6] From the French for a sorcerer's talisman, for Notre Dame, it's a leprechaun mascot	$800 [14] War in which 83,000 French troops, along with Napoleon III himself, were captured in 1 day Franco-Prussian War Bob Janet	—	$800 [11] 1 of 2 actresses who played sisters & sang "Sisters" in the movie "White Christmas" Rosemary Clooney or Vera-Ellen	DD $1,000 [23] Santa's 3 reindeer whose names begin with the letter "D" Donner, Dancer and Dasher Carl
$1,000 [20] In 1985, both these co-founders of Apple named Steven left to start new companies Steven Jobs and Steve Wozniak	$1,000 [7] Once a theatrical trick to win applause, today it means pretentious & insincere language claptrap Janet	$1,000 [16] 1905 treaty signed in Portsmouth, N.H. ended this war Russo-Japanese War Bob	—	$1,000 [12] Last seen on the Ed Sullivan show in '68, these 3 are "Sincerely" making a comeback in '86 McGuire Sisters Carl Bob	$1,000 [25] The image we have of Santa Claus today was popularized by this political cartoonist in 1863 Nast Bob

Final Jeopardy!

REPUBLICANS

Born in 1874 during Grant's administration, this President died in 1964 during Johnson's

Herbert Hoover

Bob "Who was Hoover?" — wagered $4,000

Janet "Who is Eisenhower" — wagered $100

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