Show #596 1987-03-23 (taped 1986-12-02) Regular

John Podhoretz game 3.

Contestants

Tracy Bernstein — a book publishing editor from New York City, New York

Ed Gardner — a reference librarian from Hoboken, New Jersey

John Podhoretz — a writer from Washington, D.C. (whose 2-day cash winnings total $11,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
John $700 $1,400 $8,600 $11,600
3-day champion: $23,200
$8,600
23 R, 3 W
Ed. $600 $1,600 $2,200 $4,400
3rd place
$2,200
13 R, 6 W
Tracy $900 $3,400 $5,400 $10,400
2nd place
$5,300
16 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTS BUSINESS & INDUSTRY CARTOON QUOTES FACES HOBBIES "TOP" THIS
$100 [5]
All men who ever walked on the Moon did so during his administration
(Richard) Nixon
Tracy
$100 [4]
In 1888, their cameras cost $25, but by 1900, their least expensive camera cost a buck
Kodak
Ed.
$100 [1]
"What's Up, Doc?"
Bugs Bunny
John
$100 [7]
When Gosden & Correll posed as Amos & Andy for photos, they'd wear this kind of makeup
blackface
John
$100 [24]
If someone refers to you by your call sign, such as K8IGW, your hobby is this
ham radio
John
$100 [3]
He was haunted by the Kirbys
Topper
John
$200 [8]
"I trust the 1st lion he meets will do his duty", J.P. Morgan said of this president's safari
Theodore Roosevelt
John
$200 [21]
Business of Young & Rubicam, Oglivy & Mather, & Benton & Bowles
advertising
John
$200 [2]
"I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat!"
Tweetypie (Tweety Bird)
Ed.
$200 [11]
His face is on the $10 bill
Alexander Hamilton
Ed.
$200 [27]
With this hobby, you might have a B&O car in HO gauge
model trains
Tracy
$200 [6]
It's really not an Irish greeting--the Irish consulate says it's American
"Top of the Morning to You!"
Tracy
$300 [12]
Despite his 1916 slogan, he later admitted, "I can't keep the country out of war"
Woodrow Wilson
John
$300 [22]
Total number of American companies now making VHS or Beta VCRs in the U.S.
none
John
$300 [9]
"Sufferin' Succotash!"
Sylvester the Cat
Tracy
$300 [16]
It was said her face, rather than a champagne bottle, "launched a thousand ships"
Helen of Troy
Ed.
$300 [28]
Hobby whose tools include aerial nets, killing jars & pins
bug (insect) collecting
Ed.
$300 [10]
A burlesque show's best comedian
top banana
Tracy
$400 [15]
While Wm. H. Harrison served shortest term, this assassinated president served the 2nd-shortest, 6 1/2 months
(James) Garfield
John Ed. Tracy
$400 [23]
Shoebox Greetings, "A Tiny Little Division of" this company, started out with a line of 800 cards
Hallmark
Ed.
$400 [13]
"Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting wabbit. Heh, heh, heh, heh."
Elmer Fudd
John
$400 [18]
Stand in front of the band, or accept your punishment "like a man"
face the music
Tracy
$400 [29]
The 3 things that set the value of a stamp or coin are demand, rarity & this
condition
Ed.
DD $500 [19]
[video clue--Tracy's image is inverted]This shot of yourself
topsy-turvy
Tracy
$500 [17]
Upon being shot, Chicago mayor Anton Cermak told this pres.-elect, "I'm glad it was me instead of you"
(Franklin) Roosevelt
John
$500 [26]
He established CBS in 1928, retired in 1983, but came back in 1986
(William) Paley
Tracy
$500 [14]
"Th-Th-That's All, Folks!"
Porky Pig
John Ed.
$500 [20]
He plays "Face" on "The A-Team"
Dirk Benedict
John
$500 [30]
"Hobby" of late "Gadabout" Gaddis, known for his appearances on "Outdoors With Liberty Mutual"
known as "The Flying Fisherman"/fishing
$500 [25]
If sung to one of these, the song would go "Map maker, map maker, make me a map"
topographer
John Tracy

Double Jeopardy! Round

SOVIET LEADERS CATTLE MYTHS & LEGENDS BOOKS OF THE '80s COUNTRY MUSIC FIRSTS SEE THE USA
$200 [5]
Robin Williams called the red spot on this man's head a map of Albania
Gorbachev
Ed.
$200 [22]
Since many there regard them as sacred, this Asian country leads the world in number of cattle
India
Ed.
$200 [6]
The blood of Adonis & Hyacinthus became these, while Narcissus was turned into one
flower
Tracy
$200 [7]
Anthony Burgess coyly called his collection of essays "But Do Blondes Prefer" these
Gentlemen
John Ed.
$200 [17]
Cash Box magazine named him, country music's 1st black star, "The Male Country Vocalist of the '70s"
Charley Pride
John
$200 [16]
If you're into dogs, not horses, you can visit this racing hall of fame in Kansas
Greyhound Hall of Fame
$400 [4]
Soviet leader, now buried, who in 1956 said, "We will bury you"
Nikita Khrushchev
John
$400 [23]
Because it grew slowly & produced less meat, this famous Texas breed almost vanished by the 1920s
longhorn
Tracy
$400 [9]
Greco-Roman god of the sea & of horses, so maybe that's a pitchfork, not a trident
Neptune
John
$400 [8]
Every bitch on Park Avenue should read "Dogue", a book for canines that spoofs this magazine
Vogue
Ed.
$400 [18]
1st group to win CMA's Entertainer of the Year, they went on to be 1st to win 3 years in a row
Alabama
John
$400 [20]
For a "soup"er vacation visit the Camden N.J. museum that features these big serving bowls
tureens
John Ed.
$600 [3]
In 1977 he became 1st man to be simultaneously president of the USSR & Communist Party sec'y-general
Brezhnev
John
$600 [26]
Though they're the smallest-sized major dairy breed, their milk contains the most butterfat
Jersey
$600 [11]
Argus had 100 of these, which is why Hera used him as a watchman
eyes
Tracy
$600 [10]
Mary Wilson's autobiography "Dreamgirl" exposed the dark side of her life in this trio
The Supremes
Ed.
$600 [19]
Dottie West won 1st Clio ever by country artist for "Country Sunshine" used in TV ad for this
Coca-Cola
Tracy
$600 [21]
Be careful ordering fish & chips in Denver, "Cow-Chip Capital of World", or at least of this panhandle state
Oklahoma
Ed. Tracy
$800 [1]
Head of the KGB who became head of the USSR in late 1982
Yuri Andropov
John Tracy
$800 [27]
Largest-sized breed of dairy cattle, there are more of them in the U.S. than any other dairy breed
Holsteins
Ed.
$800 [13]
The only one of the 3 Gorgons who could be killed, Perseus cut off her head
Medusa
John
DD $800 [12]
He wrote "Eisenhower At War 1943-1945" while she, his wife, wrote "Pat Nixon: The Untold Story"
David & Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Tracy
$800 [24]
U.S. Nat'l Ski Hall of Fame is in Ishpeming, in this upper Midwest state w/peak elevation of only 1980'
Michigan
Tracy
$1,000 [2]
Georgi Malenkov was immediate successor to this leader
Stalin
John
$1,000 [28]
The determining characteristic of "polled" cattle
they have no horns
$1,000 [15]
The Oath of Hippocrates begins, "I swear by" this god, "the physician"
Apollo
John Ed.
$1,000 [14]
Robert Lacey's 1986 account of this famed family is subtitled "The Men & The Machine"
the Fords
John
$1,000 [25]
Most visited man-made attractions in Colorado are the visitors' center & chapel here
United States Air Force Academy
Ed.

Final Jeopardy!

EDUCATION

The oldest existing public school in the United States opened in 1635 in this city

Boston

Ed. "What is Boston?" — wagered $2,200
Tracy "What is Boston?" — wagered $5,000
John "What is Boston?" — wagered $3,000

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