Show #1022 1989-01-31 (taped 1988-11-01) Regular

Contestants

Midge Elias — a diet book author from Beverly Hills, California

Michael Logan — a graphic designer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania

Garrett Simpson — a public defender from Glendale, Arizona (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Garrett	$900	$3,400	$17,000	$25,500 2-day champion: $43,800	$7,600 24 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W
Michael	$1,500	$2,600	$4,200	$3,100 2nd place: Ashley bedroom group & Sunset lamp	$4,200 19 R, 4 W
Midge	$-300	$500	$1,300	$300 3rd place: Vita-Vac vacuum	$1,300 5 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

NEW YORK CITY	PARTS OF SPEECH	TV TRIVIA	BUSINESS	WATER	"TOWER"s
$100 [1] Some tenants of the Chrysler Building refer to this rival building as "Old Kong" Empire State Building Michael	$100 [10] The comparative form of "good" better Garrett	$100 [6] MTV game show hosted by Ken Ober, or a device to turn off an MTV game show hosted by Ken Ober Remote Control Garrett	$100 [13] This "candy-coated popcorn, peanuts & a prize" product is big in Bolivia Cracker Jack Michael	$100 [12] This French water co. has acquired springs in Oasis, Tex., Calistoga, Calif. & Poland Spring, Maine Perrier Garrett	$100 [17] Guinness says it took 2 years, 2 months & 2 days to build at a cost of 7,799,401 francs & 31 centimes Eiffel Tower Michael
$200 [2] Over 10,000 jobs were lost in NYC because of this October 1987 event stock market crash Michael	$200 [14] The reflexive pronoun in the following: She gave herself a gift. herself Michael	$200 [7] City in which Robert Stack's Eliot Ness was based Chicago Garrett	$200 [22] A company called Trunk & Hunk operates these 2 animal rides at the San Diego Zoo elephant ride & camel ride Garrett	$200 [26] Water near the bottom of the ocean is near this temperature, fresh water's freezing point 32 degrees Fahrenheit Michael	$200 [18] It's described in Genesis 11:1-9 Tower of Babel Michael
$300 [3] Some 4.5 billion has been budgeted to renovate these 3 N.Y. area airports over the next 10 years LaGuardia, Kennedy and Newark Garrett Midge	$300 [15] The Old English word for the numeral "one" became this indefinite article an Michael	$300 [8] SNL alumnus Harry Shearer played the Eddie Haskell type character in the 1957 pilot of this sitcom Leave it to Beaver Michael	$300 [23] In 1988 this German auto company closed its U.S. plant Volkswagen Garrett	$300 [27] Ill. Gov. Thompson suggested diverting water from these to alleviate low water levels on the Mississippi Great Lakes Garrett	$300 [19] Former Texas senator who chaired the review board investigating the Iran-Contra Affair John Tower Garrett
$400 [4] Plans to renovate this midtown intersection call for thousands of colored lights Times Square Michael	$400 [16] Once defined as "anyplace a cat can go", "on" & "in" are examples of this part of speech prepositions Garrett Midge	$400 [9] In the '60s, this character sported the no. 1 U.N.C.L.E. badge Mr. Waverly Garrett	$400 [24] This man holds the lease on the Omni Coliseum that hosted the 1988 Democratic National Convention Ted Turner	$400 [28] Only half the water from the Niagara River flows over the falls; the rest of the flow is used for this hydroelectric power Midge	$500 [21] The enclosed observation post of a submarine conning tower Garrett
$500 [5] Due to corrosion, the Williamsburg Bridge, linking these 2 boroughs, was closed during the spring of '88 Brooklyn & Manhattan Garrett	—	$500 [11] "Mr. Rogers" & "Sesame Street" didn't debut on PBS, but on this, its forerunner National Educational Television (NET) Michael	$500 [25] Bally Manufacturing Corp., which started making these in 1931, sold off that division in 1988 pinball machines Garrett	—	DD $800 [20] 1974 film that gave us the following Oscar-winning song:"We may never love like this again /Don't stop the flow /We can't let go..." The Towering Inferno Garrett

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN LITERATURE	VITAMINS & MINERALS	THE MIDDLE AGES	ACTORS & ROLES	TRANSPORTATION	FAMOUS WOMEN
$200 [3] Completes the title of Walter D. Edmonds' 1936 historical novel, "Drums Along the ..." Mohawk Michael	$200 [1] This edible organ is the only meat with nutritionally significant amounts of vitamin C liver Midge	$200 [13] In the 12th C., these "pumpers" became widespread in Europe, especially Holland windmills	$200 [12] Feodor Chaliapin, son of the famous opera singer, played Cher's granddad in this 1987 film Moonstruck Garrett	$200 [16] British term for a one horse carriage that sounds like it might be "in the ointment" fly Garrett	$200 [4] When she became queen in 1837, she exiled her mother to a distant part of Buckingham Palace Queen Victoria Garrett
$400 [8] William Sydney Porter probably used this pseudonym to conceal the fact that he was in jail O. Henry Garrett	$400 [2] Olives, clams & buckwheat are high in this mineral vital to the blood iron Michael	$400 [14] Before he was King of England, William the Conqueror was Duke of this region Normandy Garrett	$600 [23] John Lone was the frozen prehistoric man in "Iceman" & the star of this Oscar-winning 1987 film The Last Emperor	$400 [17] This Pennsylvania city got a railroad in 1838; Monopoly sets got it later Reading Garrett	$400 [5] Time says Soviets joke that she's the 1st spouse of a Soviet leader to weigh less than he does Raisa Gorbachev Michael
$600 [9] Book in which Jody learns, when he kills his fawn, that "Love's got nothing to do with corn" The Yearling Garrett	$600 [24] Beer is relatively rich in this vitamin group B vitamins Michael	$1,000 [27] In 632 Muhammad died & was buried in this holy city, not Mecca Medina Michael Midge	$800 [22] In 1988 Joan Rivers took over Linda Lavin's role as the mother in this Neil Simon play Broadway Bound Michael	$600 [18] It can be a boat or a balloon basket gondola Garrett	$600 [6] Fortune Magazine says England's queen is richest woman in the world & this Dutch queen makes 2nd Beatrix Garrett Michael Midge
$1,000 [11] "More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered" was 1 of this author's favorite quotes Truman Capote Michael	$800 [26] The body converts carotenes found in some plants, into this vitamin, found only in animals vitamin A Michael	DD $7,900 [15] Medieval French society consisted of three groups of people: the nobility, the common people & them clergy Garrett	$1,000 [21] He played Lord Byron, on stage, but he's more famous for starring in "I, Claudius" Derek Jacobi	$800 [19] One of these powered a 17-second trip for Bill Suitor during the 1984 Olympic opening ceremonies rocket belt	$800 [7] Longtime companion of Jean-Paul Sartre, she's best known for her feminist book "The Second Sex" Simone de Beauvoir Garrett
DD $2,500 [10] In "The Sun Also Rises" Hemingway quotes this author as saying, "You are all a lost generation" Gertrude Stein Garrett	$1,000 [25] Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body while this is 2nd phosphorus Michael Midge	—	—	$1,000 [20] This liner was known as the Seawise University when destroyed by fire in 1972 in Hong Kong Queen Elizabeth I Michael	$1,000 [28] She won a degree from the Univ. of VT. in 1902 & was the 1st grad of a co-ed college to be first lady Grace or Mrs. Calvin Coolidge Michael

Final Jeopardy!

POLITICAL QUOTES

President who said, "The ballot is stronger than the bullet"

Abraham Lincoln

Midge "Who was" — wagered $1,000

Michael "Who was Jefferson" — wagered $1,100

Garrett "Who was Abraham Lincoln" — wagered $8,500

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