Show #945 1988-10-14 (taped 1988-08-01) Regular

Contestants

Melinda Finberg — a graduate student from Yardley, Pennsylvania

Gloria Sarver — a computer systems administrator from St. Clair Shores, Michigan

Sherry Schwabacher — a metaphysical bookstore clerk from Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,999)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sherry	$1,000	$1,600	$6,000	$7,401 2-day champion: $10,400	$6,000 20 R, 3 W
Gloria	$300	$1,500	$3,700	$5,700 2nd place: trip to Mexico	$4,500 14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Melinda	$1,500	$1,400	$600	$600 3rd place: Jules Jurgensen watches	$1,400 10 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

"C" IN SHAKESPEARE	ROCKS & MINERALS	ACTRESSES	ICE CREAM	BODIES OF WATER	MUSICAL ANAGRAMS
$100 [1] Juliet's maiden name Capulet Sherry	$100 [7] Cinnabar is the ore of this most common metal that is liquid at room temperature mercury Sherry Gloria	$100 [10] She played "Lili", "Gigi" & "Fanny" Leslie Caron Sherry Melinda	$100 [3] When setting up an ice cream maker, use table salt or this type which dissolves more slowly rock salt Sherry	$100 [9] Of Hudson Bay, the Atlantic or Lake Ontario, the one into which the Hudson River flows Atlantic Sherry	$100 [14] The king is dead, long "lives" the king Elvis Sherry
$200 [2] Tragic tramp who two-timed Troilus Cressida Gloria	$200 [16] Cut from the "Cullinan", the world's largest diamond, the "Star of Africa" is now part of this collection crown jewels Sherry Melinda	$200 [12] Her back was to the camera in her famous WWII pin-up picture because she was pregnant at the time Betty Grable Sherry	$200 [8] It's the most popular fruit flavor of ice cream in the U.S. strawberry Melinda	$200 [11] Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "The Bridge" is about a bridge over this city's Charles River Cambridge or Boston Sherry Gloria	$200 [15] From 9-5, she's "no party doll" Dolly Parton Melinda
$300 [4] Co-conspirator who says, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves..." Cassius Sherry	DD $800 [27] Rocks that can be split into pieces with flat surfaces, & women with not so flat surfaces both have this cleavage Melinda	$300 [13] Born "Far From the Madding Crowd" on a tea plantation, she won an Oscar for "Darling" Julie Christie Melinda	$300 [24] In soda fountain jargon, a "house boat" is this type of ice cream concoction banana split Sherry	$300 [21] The Little Minch Strait separates the Outer & Inner islands of this group off Scotland Hebrides Melinda	$300 [17] His last name anagrams to "spent singer", though his 4-hour concerts prove otherwise Bruce Springsteen
$400 [5] In "Hamlet", he's the king of Denmark Claudius Melinda	—	$400 [20] Princess Yasmin Aga Khan is the daughter of this late sex symbol Rita Hayworth Gloria	$400 [25] Harry Burt started this co. whose 1st white truck used a set of bells from the family bobsled Good Humor Melinda	$400 [22] Malta isn't surrounded by milk but by this body of water Mediterranean Gloria	$400 [18] The last name of this Canadian singer is an anagram of "tight fool" Gordon Lightfoot Gloria
$500 [6] This play about a king of Britain contains the famous poem "Hark, hark! the lark..." Cymbeline Melinda	—	—	$500 [26] Originally without a stick, this ice cream bar was named in 1921 by future candy magnate Russell Stover Eskimo Pie Sherry	$500 [23] The Valley of the Jhelum River in India is known as the "Vale of" this Kashmir Gloria	$500 [19] She can deliver a song as well as "Mormon ideas" Marie Osmond Sherry Gloria

Double Jeopardy! Round

AUTOBIOGRAPHIES	SHIPS	ROARING '20s	ITALY	PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA	HODGEPODGE
$200 [11] Dodgers' catcher who concluded, "It's Good to be Alive" Roy Campanella Sherry	$200 [23] Eskimos have large boats called umiaks or "women's boats" & these smaller ones meaning "men's boats" kayaks Gloria	$200 [6] Ferdinand Morton recorded the blues under this "sweet" nickname Jelly Roll Morton Sherry	$200 [20] The annual invasion by over 18 million of these boosts Italy's income by about $1.3 billion tourists Melinda	$200 [16] Only president to join a religion while in office, he became a Presbyterian February 1, 1953 Eisenhower Sherry Gloria	$200 [1] More than 25% of the world's daily newspapers are published in this language English Gloria
$400 [12] She wrote "Beloved Infidel" Sheilah Graham	$600 [25] The largest battleships of all time were built by this country & sunk by the U.S. in WWII Japan Sherry Melinda	$400 [7] Of Ederle's channel swim, Boston Marathon winner's time or a U.S. Steel work day, the one that was 14h 31m in 1926 Ederle's channel swim Sherry	$400 [21] As a 17-year-old student in 1901, Mussolini showed his speaking ability eulogizing this opera composer Verdi Sherry	$400 [17] He was blinded in 1 eye as a result of a 1904 boxing match with a white house aide, but kept it secret Theodore Roosevelt Sherry	$400 [2] Though California & South Carolina grow far more peaches, this is known as the "Peach State" Georgia Gloria
$600 [13] He wrote "My Wicked Wicked Ways" Errol Flynn Gloria	DD $1,000 [24] Ship for which the following movie theme was named: Exodus Gloria	$600 [8] This legacy of the Roaring '20s was begun in Atlantic City in 1921 Miss America Pageant Melinda	$600 [22] It means your fellow Italian, especially if he's a rustic or peasant paisan (paisano) Gloria	$600 [18] The 22nd & 24th presidents, whose initials were G.C. Grover Cleveland Gloria	$600 [3] The famous code of this Babylonian king said a priestess who drinks in a wine shop "shall be burned" Hammurabi Gloria
$800 [14] At age 82, this "Thin Man" co-star published "Being & Becoming" Myrna Loy Sherry Gloria	—	$800 [9] The Supreme Court ruled on May 27, 1929 that this type of presidential veto was constitutional pocket veto Sherry	—	DD $1,000 [19] As a 7-year-old boy, this future president watched the Battle of Bunker Hill John Quincy Adams Gloria	$800 [4] Buddhists & Hindus regard this flower as sacred lotus Sherry
$1,000 [15] He's written 62 books including his autobiography "My Life on Trial" Melvin Belli	—	$1,000 [10] Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg & this French Foreign Minister drafted the 1928 Pact of Paris (Aristide) Briand	—	—	$1,000 [5] The 1-word name for vitamin B2 riboflavin Melinda

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD HISTORY

An allied army of Americans, Britons, Germans, Frenchmen, Russians & Japanese ended this in 1900

Boxer Rebellion

Melinda "What is the Boer War" — wagered $0

Gloria "What was the Boxer Rebellion?" — wagered $2,000

Sherry "What was the Boxer Rebellion?" — wagered $1,401

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