Show #327 1985-12-10 (taped 1985-08-19) Regular

Contestants

David Church — a management consultant from Pomona, California

Michael deHaven Newsom — a law professor from Chevy Chase, Maryland

Sister Carol Cimino — a director of development from Rochester, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $599)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sister Carol	$600	$2,100	$5,300	$9,300 2-day champion: $9,899	$5,300 17 R, 2 W
Michael	$1,500	$1,800	$5,300	$1,500 2nd place: Panasonic VHS camera recorder & selection of video cassettes	$6,000 16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
David	$-500	$-700	$1,300	$1,300 3rd place: vacation in Palm Springs	$1,800 7 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

BODIES OF WATER	CHOCOLATE	1932	PROVERBIAL ANATOMY	WEATHER	"BULL"
$100 [7] Largest undrained freshwater swamp in lower 48 U.S. states, fortunately for Pogo Okefenokee Swamp Michael	$100 [17] This European nation discovered chocolate in Mexico, then kept it a secret for almost 100 years Spain Sister Carol	$100 [22] Completed in 1932, this NYC movie house still has more seats than any other in the world Radio City Music Hall Michael	$100 [12] Cervantes wrote in "Don Quixote", "A bird" here "is worth two in the bush" a hand Sister Carol	$100 [2] Some say it comes in like a lion & goes out like a lamb March Sister Carol	$100 [1] Informal discussion group bull session Michael
$200 [8] Lake Kinneret & the Sea of Tiberias are other names for this Biblical "Sea" Sea of Galilee Sister Carol David	$200 [18] Largest stockholder of this U.S. chocolate co. is an orphanage started by co.'s founder Hershey David	$200 [23] On July 8th, it dropped to 41.22, its lowest point of the Great Depression Dow Jones David	$200 [13] Ovid said, "Ugly is a field without grass, a plant without leaves, or" this without hair the head Michael	$200 [3] If the air is ½ saturated, this is the relative humidity 50% Michael	$200 [27] Weapon of Indiana Jones & Zorro bullwhip Sister Carol David
$300 [9] Wheeling, W.V. is a port on this major river Ohio River Michael	$300 [19] Field ration D a 600 calorie chocolate starvation preventative, was developed for this war World War II David	$300 [24] French medics found fewer germs were exchanged during a kiss than this less intimate greeting handshake David	$300 [14] This is the mirror of the soul eyes Sister Carol	$300 [4] In Poland, it's "God's gift to Poland", in England "all hallow's summer", & in America, this Indian summer Sister Carol David	—
$400 [10] North American Bay named for explorer whose crew mutinied & cast him adrift there Hudson Bay Michael	$400 [20] Cocoa is a misspelling of this word from Maya for "bitter juice" cacao Sister Carol	$400 [25] Physicists Millikan & Compton debated over origin of these particles from space cosmic rays	$400 [15] Livy claimed, "Let a fool hold this & he will pass for a sage" tongue Sister Carol	$400 [5] General term for all moisture that falls precipitation Michael	—
$500 [11] It's the largest river gorge in the world Grand Canyon Sister Carol	$500 [21] This fat is more than ½ the weight of chocolate liquor, basis for all chocolate products cocoa butter David	DD $500 [26] 2 of the starring guests registered at MGM's "Grand Hotel" (2 of) Wallace Beery, Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt David	$500 [16] A gluttonous man may dig his grave with these teeth	$500 [6] Name for a nighttime rainbow that is illuminated by the moon instead of the sun moonbow Sister Carol	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. CITIES	SPORTS	INVENTIONS	COLONIAL EMPIRES	GAS
$200 [1] One of this city's radio stations is WWDC Washington, D.C. Michael	$200 [10] In a typical major league game of this sport, there is less than 10 minutes of action baseball David	$200 [15] Without this, conductor Fred Waring's invention, it would be hard to get a margarita blender	$200 [16] 1867 British North America Act gave this country independence Canada Michael	$200 [5] 2 of 4 gasses used to make balloons go "up up & away" (2 of) Helium, hot air, hydrogen, natural gas Sister Carol
$400 [2] City in New York named after founder Adrian van der Donck's nickname of "Dejonkheer" Yonkers Sister Carol	$400 [11] This state's Charleston Golf Club predates the U.S. Constitution South Carolina Michael	$400 [21] Used in cooking & developed by Corning in 1915, it helped make large chemical plants possible Pyrex	$400 [17] A walk down Kaiser Street in Namibia's capital shows it once belonged to this country Germany Sister Carol	$400 [6] In the "ideal gas law", pV equals RT, it's what the "p" stands for pressure Michael
$600 [3] When Peter Demens extended the railroad to this Florida site, he named it for his Russian birthplace St. Petersburg Sister Carol	$600 [12] In 1892, John Doyle of Cleveland got the 1st base hit for this type of hitter in N.L. history pinch-hitter David	$600 [22] Computers are successors to an invention used to count this in 1890 census	$600 [18] Much smaller European country which ruled Indonesia until 1949 Netherlands Sister Carol	DD $700 [7] Kind of gas heard here: "Classical Gas" Michael
$800 [4] Warren G. Harding's home & tomb are in this Ohio city named for "The Swamp Fox" Marion Sister Carol	$800 [13] Originally trained as a pilot, at 39 she became the 1st woman to race in the Indianapolis 500 Janet Guthrie David	$800 [24] Edison invented this office device in 1875 & sold the patent to A.B. Dick of Chicago mimeograph machine Sister Carol Michael	$800 [19] Tahiti is under the colonial rule of this country France Michael	$800 [8] HCN, it's the gas chambers deadly gas hydrogen cyanide David
$1,000 [23] Founded in land swindle, it was inaccessible until made capital & road from Detroit was built Lansing Michael	$1,000 [14] 1st to develop feinting as a major boxing tool, he became 1st black heavyweight champ Jack Johnson Michael	$1,000 [25] In 1914, there wasn't a dry eye in the house after Germany developed explosive shells for this tear gas Sister Carol	DD $1,000 [20] Last remaining colony anywhere on mainland of the Americas French Guiana Michael	$1,000 [9] In 1817, this eastern port city was 1st in U.S. to use gas for lighting its streets Baltimore, Maryland

Final Jeopardy!

LANGUAGES

Per 1980 census, after English & Spanish, the 3rd most popular language spoken at home in the U.S.

Italian

David "What is Italian?" — wagered $0

Michael "What is French?" — wagered $3,800

Sister Carol "What is Italian?" — wagered $4,000

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