Show #1121 1989-06-19 (taped 1989-02-14) Regular

Cathy Boggs game 2.

Contestants

Alina Lopo — a university professor originally from Havana, Cuba

Steve Schneider — an attorney originally from Brooklyn, New York

Cathy Boggs — a telecommunications policy analyst originally from Appleton, Wisconsin (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Cathy	$1,200	$4,000	$10,600	$20,600 2-day champion: $26,100	$10,400 23 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Steve	$700	$1,700	$9,200	$7,800 2nd place: a trip to Monterey, California	$8,300 17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Alina	$1,900	$3,000	$5,200	$3,200 3rd place: Revereware cookware	$5,200 17 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY	GRAMMAR	ASTRONOMY	CELEBRITY MARRIAGES	POT LUCK	THE FOOT
$100 [9] FDR called December 7, 1941 "a date which will" do this live in infamy Steve Alina	$100 [18] It's also called the interrogation mark question mark Alina	$100 [4] An early system classified stars as giants or these, of which our sun is one dwarves Alina	$100 [1] This Oscar winner married 2 actresses, Dixie Lee & Kathryn Grant Bing Crosby Steve	$100 [22] Edwin Armstrong invented this, now the most popular radio band in the U.S. F.M. Steve	$100 [13] Your foot touches the ground only at the heel & the ball, unless this is "fallen" arch Cathy
$200 [10] Following his service in the American Revolution, T. Kosciusko led a revolution in this country Poland Alina	$200 [23] The shortest personal pronoun in the English language I Alina	$200 [5] Isaac Newton built the 1st telescope of this type reflecting Cathy Alina	$200 [2] This Olympic gold medalist was once married to the late Dean-Paul Martin Dorothy Hamill Cathy	$200 [27] This infant is the 5th person & the 1st female in line for the British throne Beatrice Cathy Alina	$200 [15] Named for a Greek warrior, it runs from the heel bone to the calf muscle Achilles tendon Cathy
$300 [14] 1988 was the 400th anniversary of the defeat of this famous fleet Spanish Armada Alina	$300 [24] It's the preposition in the following: Alex walked under the ladder under Alina	$300 [6] The average distance between the earth & this is 239,000 miles, not too far the moon Cathy	$300 [3] Sam Elliot made his movie debut in this 1969 western which co-starred his future wife Katharine Ross Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Alina	$300 [28] This English suffix that follows Shrews, Sud & Gaston means "castle" bury Cathy	$300 [19] Describing humans, it's from the Latin for "two-footed" bipedal Alina
$400 [16] After these wars ended in 1485, the royal houses of York & Lancaster were united War of the Roses Cathy	$400 [25] This punctuation mark is most frequently used after the salutation in a business letter colon Cathy	$400 [11] It's defined as all space & everything contained in it cosmos or universe Cathy Alina	$400 [7] In a recent autobiography, she told how 2nd husband Harry Karl, squandered all their money Debbie Reynolds Cathy	$400 [29] The Bible says it contained Aaron's rod, a pot of manna, as well as the 10 Commandments Ark of the Covenant Steve	$400 [20] A wedge-shaped bone in the foot, it's also the term for ancient wedge-shaped writing cuneiform Alina
$500 [17] After teaching French at a Connecticut girls' school, he served as premier of France during WWI Georges Clemenceau Steve	DD $700 [26] It has more uses than any other punctuation mark comma Cathy	$500 [12] The crab nebula is the remnant of one of these witnessed by Chinese astronomers in 1054 supernova Alina	$500 [8] She was the widow of Florenz Ziegfeld when she played a witch in "The Wizard of Oz" Billie Burke Steve	$500 [30] This 44 carat blue diamond was presented to the Smithsonian in 1958 by Harry Winston Hope diamond Cathy	$500 [21] Like your thumb, an ape's big toe is this, meaning it can be moved toward the other digits opposable Cathy

Double Jeopardy! Round

STATE HOLIDAYS	MUSICALS	CHINA	FAMOUS ALICES	FICTION	AIRPORT DESIGNATIONS
$200 [21] Alabama, Florida, Mississippi & South Carolina observe Robert E. Lee's birthday in Jan. & his in June Jefferson Davis Steve	$200 [8] Irving Caesar wrote lyrics for 1927's "Yes Yes Yvette" & this 1925 antonymic predecessor No, No, Nanette Steve	$200 [22] 1st used as a medicine, it was originally boiled with rice, onion or ginger tea Alina	$200 [20] This TV Alice lived in Brooklyn with her bus driver husband, Ralph Alice Kramden Cathy	$200 [10] The hero of this Sir Walter Scott saga is the son of Cedric the Saxon Ivanhoe Alina	$200 [17] ATL Atlanta Cathy
$400 [23] Every year on August 16th, this state observes the anniversary of the Battle of Bennington Vermont Cathy Alina	$400 [7] Ads hyping this current "Musical Sensation" say "Don't Miz Out!" Les Miserables Cathy	$400 [25] 2 of the 3 rivers connected by China's Grand Canal, the world's longest artificial waterway (2 of) Yangtze, Yellow & Huai	$400 [19] Vincent Furnier Alice Cooper Cathy	$400 [9] Much of his "East of Eden" is set in the Salinas valley, just east of Monterey Bay, CA John Steinbeck Steve	$400 [14] SFO San Francisco Steve
$600 [24] This year Texas will celebrate what would have been this president's 81st birthday Lyndon Johnson Steve	$800 [5] He won a Tony for co-writing the musical "Redhead" long before he wrote "The Other Side of Midnight" Sidney Sheldon Cathy	$600 [28] This former European name for China was derived from the pre-Mongol people called Khitan Cathay Steve	$600 [15] According to Arlo Guthrie, "You can get anything you want" here Alice's Restaurant Cathy	$600 [1] In James Joyce's "Ulysses", she's Leopold Bloom's unfaithful wife Molly Bloom Steve	$600 [13] LGA LaGuardia (New York) Alina
$800 [26] State that celebrates Andrew Jackson's birthday, March 15 Tennessee Cathy	$1,000 [6] Peter Allen starred in & co-wrote the songs for the 1988 musical named for this gangster Legs Diamond Steve	—	$800 [16] Her middle initial, B., stood for Babette Alice B. Toklas Alina	$800 [2] His "Mosses from an Old Manse" is called one of the finest collections of stories in American lit (Nathaniel) Hawthorne Cathy	$800 [12] PHX Phoenix Alina
DD $1,000 [27] Californians celebrate it on Luther Burbank's birthday, Nebraskans on Julius Morton's birthday Arbor Day Cathy	DD $1,500 [4] This 1927 musical whose title song is heard here, was written as a spoof of warmongering Strike Up the Band Steve	—	$1,000 [18] Born Alice J. Leppert, this blonde actress was Fox's top musical star until replaced by Betty Grable Alice Faye Steve	$1,000 [3] William Saroyan wrote "The Human Comedy", & this 19th c. Frenchman wrote "La Comedie Humaine" Honore de Balzac Steve	$1,000 [11] DTW Detroit Cathy

Final Jeopardy!

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

In a Eugene Field poem, the wooden shoe stands for a trundle bed, & these 3 for 2 eyes & a head

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

Alina "What are buttons?" — wagered $2,000

Steve "?" — wagered $1,400

Cathy "What is Winkin Blinkin, and Nod?" — wagered $10,000

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