Show #460 1986-09-12 (taped 1986-08-05) Regular

Roger Storm game 1.

Contestants

Roger Storm — a teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio

Wade Ballard — an attorney from Greenville, South Carolina

Fern Cogar — a registered nurse from Pasadena, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,700)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Fern $-200 $900 $5,300 $100
2nd place: Tappan Electric Range & Le Creuset cookware
$5,300
13 R, 2 W
Wade $500 $1,700 $5,300 $0
3rd place: Stylette Plastics Dining Set
$5,300
14 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Roger $1,000 $4,400 $7,400 $3,799
New champion: $3,799
$8,400
25 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN INDIANS HOUSING THE SOUTH IN SONG GOLF STONES STARTS WITH "Q"
$100 [13]
Florida tribe which was famous for sheltering runaway slaves
Seminoles
Roger
$100 [26]
Type of house that has one living level about half a floor above the other
split-level
Wade
$100 [1]
Black minstrel song writer James Bland wanted to be carried back to there
Old Virginny
Fern
$100 [8]
For an average golfer, it can achieve an initial speed of about 140 MPH
the speed of a golf ball
Roger
$100 [3]
Stone which vibrates at high speeds enabling your electronic watch to work
quartz
Roger
$100 [17]
U.S. coin worth "two bits"
quarter
Wade
$200 [14]
Only East Coast Indians originally used this word for money made of shells
wampum
Roger
$200 [27]
A noun for an area of substandard housing, it's also become a verb meaning to visit such an area
slum
Fern
$200 [2]
In 1960, Ray Charles said this state was "on my mind", so he later spent "a rainy night" there
Georgia
Roger
$200 [9]
The PGA Tour's mobile fitness center has a lounge with a full line of vitamins & this "19th hole"
a bar
Fern
$200 [4]
It's divided into Paleolithic, Mesolithic & Neolithic
the Stone Age
Roger
$200 [18]
Annette Dionne, Emilie Dionne, Yvonne Dionne, Marie Dionne & Cecile Dionne, for example
quintuplets
Roger
$300 [15]
1st college on an Indian reservation is this tribe's community college in Arizona
Navajo
Roger
$300 [28]
Of single family, duplexes, or multiple unit dwellings, what 61.8% of U.S. households occupy
single family
Wade
$300 [10]
Fats Domino frequently found himself "Walking to" this city
New Orleans
Wade
$300 [23]
He won his 1st Masters at 23 & 23 years later won his 6th
Jack Nicklaus
Roger
$300 [5]
These renal calculi may form due to high mineral concentration in the urine
kidney stones
Wade
$300 [19]
The hunter's prey, or where gravel comes from
quarry
Wade
$400 [16]
In 1661, the 1st of these printed in America was published in the language of the Massachusett tribe
the Bible
Fern
$400 [29]
From its initials comes this affectionate nickname for the Federal National Mortgage Assn.
Fannie Mae
Roger
DD $400 [11]
The 2 states mentioned in "Oh, Susanna!"
Alabama and Louisiana
Wade
$400 [24]
At the 18th green, reporters may not disturb a player until he has done this
signed his scorecard
Wade
$400 [6]
The equivalent in pounds of the British stone
14 pounds
Roger
$400 [20]
From "quasi-stellar object", a heavenly body that looks like a star but isn't
quasar
Roger
$500 [22]
Wahunsonacock, Pocahontas' father, is better known by this name, which was really name of his tribe
Powhatan
Roger
$500 [30]
The Department of Housing & Urban Development was created under this president's administration
Lyndon Johnson
Roger
$500 [12]
Larry Gatlin song about a Texas city that "means I'm 1 day closer to you"
"Houston"
$500 [25]
1 of 13 original members of World Golf Hall of Fame, he's won his native South African Open 13 times
Gary Player
Fern
$500 [7]
Looking at these 3 ugly sisters got the ancient Greeks stoned
the Gorgons
Fern Wade
$500 [21]
In the Senate, it's 51
quorum
Roger

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORD ORIGINS LANDMARKS WORLD WAR II BALLET BANKRUPTCIES "DR." MOVIES
$200 [12]
Type of coffee, or a flavoring combining coffee & chocolate, both named for a port in Yemen
mocha
Fern
$200 [15]
Among this city's gates are Zion, Herod's, Damascus & Jaffa
Jerusalem
Roger
$200 [2]
Hungary, Romania & Bulgaria originally supported this side
the Axis
Wade
$200 [8]
The word "ballet" comes from the Italian "ballare", meaning to do this
dance
Fern Roger
$200 [24]
Insolvent companies can file for reorganization under this chapter of U.S. Bankruptcy Code
Chapter 11
Roger
$200 [1]
The 1st James Bond movie, considered by many as one of the best
Dr. No
Roger
$400 [20]
A term for putting political expedience above morality comes from this author of "The Prince"
Machiavelli
Wade
$400 [16]
Among the relics in this Paris landmark is 1 of the holy nails
Cathedral of Notre Dame
Roger
$400 [3]
Of our declaring war on Germany & Italy or their declaring war on us, the event that occurred 1st
their declaring war on us
Fern
$400 [13]
Called "America's 1st Dancer", John Durang sometimes actually danced on these shelled objects
eggs
$400 [25]
Facing some 16,500 lawsuits over effects of this substance, Johns-Manville filed for bankruptcy
asbestos
Roger
$400 [4]
The title for this Dan Aykroyd film sounds like a Motown M.D.
Doctor Detroit
Fern
$600 [21]
Saying "another such victory & we are undone", Greek king Pyrrhus gave us this 2-word term
Pyrrhic victory
Fern
$600 [17]
NYC landmark guarded by stony representations of patience and fortitude
the Library
Wade
$600 [9]
As early as 1932, Japan occupied this part of northern China
Manchuria
Wade
$600 [14]
Balanchine's "Liebeslieder Walzer" uses 8 dancers, 4 singers & 4 hands on this musical instrument
piano
Roger
$600 [26]
Congressional hearings on failure rate of these included testimony by Jessica Lange
farms
Fern
$600 [5]
For 9 years L. Barrymore starred as the gruff Dr. Gillespie, starting with this film in 1938
Young Dr. Kildare
Fern
$800 [22]
Raisins known as "currants" were originally produced in the region of this ancient Greek city
Corinth
Roger
$800 [18]
From the Zocalo, this city's main square, you can see Indian ruins, the Natl. Palace & the official pawnshop
Mexico City
Roger
DD $800 [10]
[audio clue - music]Too old to be drafted, this bandleader enlisted & lost his life in the war effort
Glenn MIller
Wade
$800 [6]
1st in a series of Dirk Bogarde movies, it's part of question asked
Doctor in the House
Fern Roger
$1,000 [23]
"Flimsy" or "of low quality", it 1st described cloth from Silesia in central Europe
sleazy
Roger
DD $1,000 [19]
In 1935, Eleanor Roosevelt urged the addition of a 5th figure to it, representing "American Womanhood"
Mount Rushmore
Roger
$1,000 [11]
White-clad soldiers on skis tried to fend off 1939 Soviet invasion of this country
Finland
Wade
$1,000 [7]
Film biography of the man who conquered syphilis, starring Edward G. Robinson without a gun
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Fern

Final Jeopardy!

THE CALENDAR

Barring the unforeseen, the last presidential election of the 20th century will be held in this year

2000

Fern "What is 1996?" — wagered $5,200
Wade "What is 1996" — wagered $5,300
Roger "What is 1996" — wagered $3,601

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