Show #581 1987-03-02 (taped 1986-11-12) Regular

Alex announces the first Senior Tournament.

Contestants

Pat Howe — a homemaker from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Paula Wilhelm-Naughtin — a neighborhood association coordinator from Lawrence, Kansas

Virginia Sielen — a homemaker from Oakton, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $17,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Virginia $1,400 $2,800 $6,000 $2,399
2nd place: a Whirlpool refrigerator + Donvier ice cream makers
$6,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Paula $200 $800 $500 $200
3rd place: a Smith Corona typewriter
$400
11 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Pat $200 $1,000 $4,800 $2,400
New champion: $2,400
$4,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

HOUSE PLANTS THE FOOD BUSINESS ANIMAL RECORDS ASTRONOMY PHONE NUMBERS FUNNY MEN
$100 [14]
The pit of this "alligator pear" will produce an attractive indoor plant
avocado
Paula
$100 [20]
While they've got their fingers in fish sticks & dog food, they still know "Soup Is Good Food"
Campbell's
Pat
$100 [15]
The current Calaveras County record of 21' 5 3/4" is held in this sport by "Rosie the Ribiter"
frog jumping
Paula
$100 [11]
This closest star in the sky is so bright it usually prevents us from seeing all others
the sun
Virginia
$100 [1]
For tourist info on this state, call 1-800-BUCKEYE
Ohio
Virginia
$100 [3]
He's stuck his nose into the race between Johnny & Joan with his own syndicated talk show, "Nightlife"
David Brenner
Virginia
$200 [21]
Despite recent cuts, their distillery is still the biggest employer in Lynchburg, Tennessee
Jack Daniel's
Pat
$200 [16]
While it was just a special one, & he was animated, he was the 1st animal to win an Oscar
Mickey Mouse
Paula
$200 [12]
The "Expanding Universe" theory is also given this explosive name
the big bang theory
Virginia
$200 [2]
For information on buying this from Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo, call 1-206-625-POOP
manure
Paula
$200 [4]
He can be found "Moonlighting" in commercials singing about wine coolers
Bruce Willis
Virginia
$300 [22]
In 1947, this candymaker topped its success with Mounds by coming out with Almond Joy
Peter Paul
Virginia
$300 [17]
This horse retired in 1985 after hammering home a record $6,597,947 in career winnings
John Henry
Pat
$300 [13]
It appears as the brightest of the celestial planets
Venus
Paula Pat
$300 [8]
Across the country, it's the most common 3 digit number you'd dial for phone repair service
611
$300 [5]
His character in the new series "One Big Family" shares the name he was born with, Amos Jacobs
Danny Thomas
Pat
DD $400 [23]
Soft drink developed by Roy Allen, who became partner w/Frank Wright to open stands to sell it
A&W Root Beer
Virginia
$400 [18]
It's the animal with the largest eye; no wonder it spotted the Nautilus so easily
giant squid
Virginia
$400 [9]
When this Jeff Goldblum/Ed Begley Jr. horror spoof rang into theaters, nobody answered
Transylvania 6-5000
$400 [6]
His newspaper comedy column is called "Hello Dere"
Marty Allen
Pat
$500 [24]
Full name of the supermarket chain "A&P"
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Pat
$500 [19]
Guinness says she trained a record 19,000 dogs between 1951 & her retirement in 1985
Barbara Woodhouse
Paula
$500 [10]
Dialing WE 6-1212 in Baltimore, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. & Pittsburgh will get you this service
weather
Virginia Pat
$500 [7]
Upset over his playing a killer on "Columbo", one lady hit this "Mary Poppins" star with her purse
Dick Van Dyke
Virginia

Double Jeopardy! Round

OPERA THE BIBLE EUROPE PRESIDENTS DIRECTORS "COCK" A DOODLE DOO
$200 [17]
While "Pagliacci" means this, those in the opera are named Tonio & Beppe, not Chuckles & Bozo
clowns
Paula
$200 [19]
God let him name all the animals, so if you don't think "cow" is a good name, blame him
Adam
Pat
$200 [9]
The hijackers of the Achille Lauro were tried in this country
Italy
Paula
$200 [1]
At age 33, Harry Truman finally left the family farm to join the army for this war
the First World War
Pat
$200 [6]
An Oscar winner for the short "Wrestling Swordfish", his life was musicalized in "Mack & Mabel"
Mack Sennett
$200 [15]
A man flying a biplane by the seat of his pants would be sitting in one
cockpit
Virginia
$400 [18]
Fruit which completes the title of the Prokofiev opera "The Love for Three..."
Oranges
Virginia Paula
$400 [20]
The 1st book of the Bible named for a person is this one named for Moses' successor
Joshua
Virginia Paula Pat
$400 [10]
"Ever Growing, Never Old" is the motto of this capital of Bulgaria
Sofia
Virginia
$400 [2]
"I seldom think of politics more than 18 hours a day," said this '60s president
Lyndon Johnson
Pat
DD $500 [7]
[audio clue - music]5 years after he wrote "King Rat", James Clavell directed the film featuring this theme
To Sir With Love
Paula
$400 [16]
This breed of dog was originally used for hunting woodcocks
a cocker spaniel
Paula
$600 [28]
In addition to operas about "Otello" & "Macbeth" this composer also picked "Attila" as a topic
Verdi
Virginia
$800 [22]
Type of timepiece mentioned in Isaiah 38:8
sundial
Paula Pat
$600 [11]
Known for its beer, this city was where Hitler led his infamous Beer Hall Putsch
Munich
Paula
$600 [3]
Scrupulously honest himself, this former general's administration is viewed as one of most corrupt
Ulysses S. Grant
Pat
$600 [8]
He was knighted at Universal Studios shortly before his death in 1980
Alfred Hitchcock
Virginia Pat
$600 [24]
Rooster which can tell you which way the wind is blowing
weathercock
Paula Pat
DD $1,000 [21]
In Luke 20:24, it's whose image was rendered on the penny
Caesar (Tiberius)
Pat
$800 [13]
In 1809, this country devised the office of "ombudsman" to protect citizens from government abuse
Sweden
Virginia
$800 [4]
In view of his 1-time occupation, you could say he was a "tailor made president" from 1865-1869
Andrew Johnson
Virginia
$800 [12]
Surprisingly, he was only on the verge of suicide once, while filming "Smiles of A Summer Night"
Ingmar Bergman
Virginia
$800 [25]
Nearly useless, it might describe the schemes of Fred Flintstone or Chester A. Riley
cockamamie
Pat
$1,000 [23]
He saw most of the food restrictions placed on the Jews lifted during his dream in Acts 11
Peter
Pat
$1,000 [14]
Mozart's "Don Giovanni" premiered in this city where Dvorak & Smetana lived & composed
Prague
$1,000 [5]
Son of a Quaker blacksmith, he was 1st multimillionaire to become chief executive
(Herbert) Hoover
Paula
$1,000 [27]
Few knew that this director of westerns who died in 1985 was born Henri de Fiennes, a Belgian marquis
Henry Hathaway
Virginia Paula
$1,000 [26]
It's the valve which regulates the flow of water through a pipe
stopcock

Final Jeopardy!

ISLANDS

Of Canada's 3 largest cities, the one that's on an island

Montreal

Paula "What is Vancouver?" — wagered $300
Pat "What is Quebec?" — wagered $2,400
Virginia "What is Vancouver" — wagered $3,601

« Back to Games