Show #726 1987-11-02 (taped 1987-08-25) Regular

Contestants

Delores Teus — a vice president and project director originally from Manila, Philippines

Ken Freedman — a professional snake handler from Long Beach, California

Rich Kenney — a manufacturer's representative from North Branford, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,601)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Rich	$500	$2,500	$4,100	$8,190 2nd place: Merillat kitchen & bath cabinetry + a Videowriter word processor	$5,900 19 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 1 DD)
Ken	$100	$900	$4,700	$8,201 New champion: $8,201	$4,300 13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Delores	$400	$300	$1,700	$3,400 3rd place: a New Home sewing machine	$1,700 10 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS & AUTHORS	TRANSPORTATION	PEOPLE	PHYSICAL SCIENCE	UNCOMMON WORDS
$100 [18] In the last 50 years, this Dale Carnegie book has sold more than 15 million hardcover copies How to Win Friends and Influence People Ken	$100 [17] According to the kids' riddle, it has 4 wheels & flies garbage truck Ken	$100 [3] Deeming it "too ornate", this pope snubbed Imelda Marcos by refusing to stay in her Coconut Palace John Paul II Rich Delores	$100 [9] Data from resistivity gauges, gravimeters, & creep meters are being used in efforts to predict these earthquakes Ken	$100 [2] Your "funiculus" is usually called this, & it was cut right after your were born umbilical cord Delores
$200 [19] Author of "The Witches of Eastwick" John Updike Rich	$200 [16] It's estimated that nearly 1/2 of the 85,000 of these in Paraguay were stolen from Brazil automobiles Rich	$200 [4] The 2 first ladies who've made the Best-Dressed Hall of Fame Jackie Kennedy & Nancy Reagan Rich Ken Delores	$200 [8] Devised by Alessandro Volta, the "voltaic pile" was the earliest one of thise battery Ken	$200 [12] A "monopode" has only 1 of these foot Ken
$300 [20] W/encouragement from J. Susann, this "3's Company" star published a book of poetry "Touch Me" Suzanne Somers Rich	$400 [7] A "Mother Goose & Grimm" comic had the Lone Ranger giving this to Tonto for their 25th anniversary Silver	$300 [5] Among reasons the Queen of Denmark knighted him was his portrayal of Hans Christian Andersen Danny Kaye Rich	$300 [1] Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, or a term for what holds 2 or more atoms together in a compound Bond Ken	$300 [13] What a "frugivorous" person eats fruit only Rich
$400 [21] E.B. White's "Little" mouse who made his debut in 1945 Stuart Little	DD $500 [6] City in which you'd seethe followingtransportation sign:Oxford Circus Station Subway London Rich	—	$400 [10] This element, No. 16, is always found near volcanoes, bringing true meaning to "fire & brimstone" sulfur Rich	$400 [14] Of a little tree, a little barrel, or a little rodent, what a "firkin" is little barrel Rich Ken Delores
$500 [22] Author of "The New York Times Cookbook" & food columnist for the paper Craig Claiborne Delores	$500 [23] On a 3-masted schooner, the masts fore to aft are the foremast, the mainmast, & this mizzenmast Rich	—	$500 [11] The 2 subatomic particles in an ordinary hydrogen atom proton & electron Ken	$500 [15] The number of people who govern a "heptarchy" 7 Rich

Double Jeopardy! Round

LATIN AMERICA	MYTHS & LEGENDS	"KINGS"s & "QUEEN"s	PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA	IN THE OCEAN	SELF-DIRECTED
$200 [1] In South America, as a of Jan. 1987, only Ecuador & Paraguay were using these U.S. volunteers Peace Corps Rich	$200 [16] Ghost ship which was the basis for the Wagner opera "Der Fliegende Hollander" Flying Dutchman Rich	$200 [22] "Jeopardy!" is a production of Merv Griffin Enterprises, distributed by this company King World Rich Delores	$200 [6] The Federalists referred to this as "Mr. Madison's War" War of 1812 Rich	$200 [7] The bottle-nosed species is one of the best known of these, sometimes called the smallest whales porpoise (dolphin) Ken	$200 [12] Woody Allen 1st wanted to call this Best Picture of '77 "Anhedonia", the inability to feel joy Annie Hall Rich
$400 [28] The lessons of this war spurred the building of the Panama Canal Spanish-American War	$400 [18] Every February, Apache Junction, Arizona celebrates the legend of this gold mine Lost Dutchman Mine Ken	$400 [23] In 1987's "Wanted Dead or Alive", Rutger Hauer played the great-grandson of this actor's Josh Randall Steve McQueen Rich	$400 [2] He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the second of 9 children John (F.) Kennedy Delores	$400 [8] Until it breaks off & falls into the ocean, an iceberg is part of one of these glacier Rich	$400 [13] Mr. Spock might say it was only logical that this actor directed "...the Search for Spock" (Leonard) Nimoy Delores
$600 [27] 20th century Mexican artists Rivera, Orozco, & Siqueiros are best known for painting these murals Ken Delores	$800 [20] Coach who, in 1928, invoked he legend of halfback George Gipp Knute Rockne Rich	$1,000 [24] In this code, rule 11 states "No shoes or boots with springs allowed", rule 2 says "No hugging" Marquess of Queensberry rules pertaining to boxing	$600 [3] When he took office, his reassuring credo was "Let us continue" LBJ (Lyndon Baines Johnson) Rich Delores	$800 [10] In May 1987, archaeologists began a study of this Union ship sunk 16.8 mi. off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina the Monitor Rich	$600 [14] "I went into this business for the money, & the art grew out of it," he said, reflecting "Modern Times" Charlie Chaplin Delores
$800 [26] Tho it's unknown among Indians of the highlands of Peru, visitors can get soroche, a disease caused by this high altitude	DD $1,000 [19] Month during which the Romans honored their god of war March Ken	—	$800 [4] He was once accused of adultery & later was 1st president to escape an assassin's bullet Andrew Jackson Rich	$1,000 [11] He was the 1st astronaut to splash down in the ocean Alan Shepard Rich Delores	$800 [15] As both star & director, he was a winning pair in "One-Eyed Jacks" Marlon Brando Ken
$1,000 [25] The only country on mainland South America that's not independent French Guiana Delores	$1,000 [21] The legend of this lost land is related in Plato's "Timaeus" Atlantis Ken Delores	—	$1,000 [5] Probably the only president who knew Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, Italian & Anglo-Saxon Thomas Jefferson Rich	DD $2,000 [9] Ocean that's bordered by all 4 continents whose names begin with "A" Indian Rich	$1,000 [17] This star of "Billy Jack" listed his 9-year-old son as director on the film "The Master Gunfighter" Tom Laughlin Ken

Final Jeopardy!

THE SUPREME COURT

He served the longest on the court, having been an associate justice from 1939 to 1975

William O. Douglas

Delores "Who was Justice Douglas?" — wagered $1,700

Rich "Who is William O. Douglas?" — wagered $4,090

Ken "Who is William O. Douglas" — wagered $3,501

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