Show #1025 1989-02-03 (taped 1988-11-01) Regular

Contestants

Michelle Stein-Evers — a political analyst and human rights assistant from New York City, New York

Tyler Ochoa — an attorney originally from La Mesa, California

Curt Surls — a law clerk originally from Iowa Falls, Iowa (whose 2-day cash winnings total $16,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Curt $1,200 $1,900 $5,200 $200
3rd place: Sierra fireplace
$4,000
15 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Tyler $400 $2,600 $6,400 $12,800
New champion: $12,800
$7,400
21 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Michelle $1,300 $3,500 $7,300 $1,300
2nd place: trip to Las Vegas
$7,300
17 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

VICE PRESIDENTS LYRICS MONEY KID STUFF FOOD FAMOUS DAVIDS
$100 [3]
Serving for 8 years, he was our very 1st vice president
John Adams
Tyler
$100 [11]
Whitney Houston asked, "where do broken" ones of these "go, can they find their way home"
hearts
Curt
$100 [1]
Hey big spenders, in 1969 the government stopped issuing the $5,000 & $10,000 bills & these 2 below them
the $1,000 bill & the $500 bill
Curt Michelle
$100 [14]
"Birthdayland" at Walt Disney World was built to celebrate his 60th
Mickey Mouse
Tyler
$100 [20]
Bacteria produces gas bubbles that create these as Swiss cheese ripens
the holes (the eyes)
Tyler
$100 [2]
Camp David, the presidential retreat, was named for this grandson of a president
(David) Eisenhower
Tyler
$200 [4]
With the Pres. in the hospital, he became the 1st "Acting President" per the 25th Amendment
George Bush
Michelle
$200 [27]
Sitcom whose theme song begins, "Making your way in the world today takes ev'rything you've got"
Cheers
Curt
$200 [13]
American colonists who wanted "2 bits" in change chopped up a dollar coin from this country
Spain
Curt Tyler
$200 [15]
The "Toys R Us" logo is not accurate here because our computer can't print this
a backwards R
Tyler
$200 [23]
Of a banana, a tomato or a strawberry, the one that is not technically a berry
a strawberry
Michelle
$200 [5]
Fittingly, he played a character named "Bernie" on a 1970s TV sitcom
David Birney
Michelle
$300 [9]
World Book lists this as the profession of over 65% of our vice presidents
a lawyer
Curt
$300 [28]
Song in which Michael Jackson insults the opposition with "your talk is cheap, you're not a man"
"Bad"
Curt
$300 [19]
When a 16 month period of hyperinflation hit this country in Aug. 1922, prices increased 10 billion-fold
Germany
Michelle
$300 [16]
The story of "Pinocchio" originated in this country
Italy
Tyler
$300 [24]
Cock-a-leekie, which is made with chicken, leeks & cream, is this type of dish
a soup
Michelle
$300 [6]
Paul Shaffer told him, "I know Johnny Carson. You're no Johnny Carson."
David Letterman
Curt Tyler
$400 [10]
Up through 1933, VPs normally took their oath in this chamber, now they usually join the President
the Senate chamber
Michelle
$400 [29]
The first line of this Elton John - Bernie Taupin song is "Goodbye, Norma Jean"
"Candle In The Wind"
Curt
$400 [21]
Federal Reserve notes are signed by those holding these 2 posts
the Secretary of the Treasury and the Treasurer of the United States
Tyler
$400 [17]
If this talking bear got a new tape, it might say its maker, Worlds of Wonder, filed for bankruptcy
Teddy Ruxpin
Tyler
$400 [25]
Napoleon is said to have named this lobster dish for the month in which it was 1st served to him
lobster Thermidor
Michelle
$400 [7]
Of Crosby, Stills, Nash or Young, the one named David
David Crosby
Michelle
DD $600 [12]
During the 1970s we had a total of this many different vice presidents
4
Curt
$500 [30]
"You got to pick 'em up just to say hello", Randy Newman sang about these people
short people
Michelle
$500 [22]
U.S. coin on which you'd find a torch & sprigs of oak & laurel
a dime
Michelle
$500 [18]
In the nursery rhyme "Rub-A-Dub-Dub", they are the 3 knaves
the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker
Tyler Michelle
$500 [26]
A chocolate drop covered with white pellets of sugar, or a person who has no equal
a nonpareil
Michelle
$500 [8]
This producer's search for Scarlett O'Hara ended with the discovery of Vivian Leigh
David Selznick
Tyler

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY LITERATURE DOGS ASSASSINATIONS ANTONYMS SECRETARIES
$200 [1]
The Boston Mountains of Arkansas are the highest peaks of this mountain range
the Ozarks
Curt
$200 [14]
In this novel, Friday goes to Europe & gets scared when he sees snow for the 1st time
Robinson Crusoe
Tyler
$200 [23]
Many puppies of this black & white spotted breed are born deaf
dalmatians
Curt
$200 [9]
The 1979 assassination of Lord Mountbatten is attributed to this organization
IRA
Michelle
$200 [6]
In the West Indies St. Martin is part of the Leeward Islands & St. Vincent is part of these
Windward Islands
Curt
$200 [19]
If you saw the 1st episode of "Dynasty", you know that this character was once Blake's secretary
Crystal
$400 [2]
Of 10, 46 or 132, the number of islands that make up Hawaii
132
Curt
$400 [15]
The 1st line of "Rebecca" is "Last night I dreamt I went to" this place "again"
Manderley
Tyler
$400 [27]
The cattle dogs that followed this empire's legions evolved into the rottweiler
Roman
$400 [10]
Tho some say the murder weapon was an ax, & others an icepick, all agree he was killed in exile in 1940
Trotsky
Curt
$400 [7]
Historic Massachusetts town that's an antonym of discord
Concord
Curt Tyler
$400 [20]
She was in the news more than any other church secretary in 1987
Jessica Hahn
Tyler
$800 [4]
City that's the easternmost state capital
Augusta, (Maine)
Tyler
$600 [16]
Emily Bronte died tragically just 1 year after the publication of this, her only novel
Wuthering Heights
Tyler Michelle
$600 [28]
Beagles & harriers were bred to chase & flush out these mammals
rabbits
Tyler
$600 [11]
Nathuram Godse shot him January 30, 1948
Gandhi
Tyler
$800 [21]
This comparative form of far is an antonym of hinder
further
Curt Tyler
$600 [24]
From 1953-57 she played "Private Secretary" Susie McNamara on TV
Ann Sothern
Curt
$1,000 [5]
State where you'd find the Dry Tortugas, site of Ft. Jefferson Nat'l Monument
Florida
Michelle
$800 [17]
"I have never begun a novel with more misgiving" is the 1st line of his book "The Razor's Edge"
Somerset Maugham
Tyler
$800 [12]
Of the 2 presidents who died in Buffalo, N.Y., the one who was assassinated
McKinley
Curt
DD $1,000 [8]
These 5-letter adjective antonyms for town & country both contain "ur" in that order
rural & urban
Tyler
$800 [25]
It was the 1st film in which Canadian actress Lois Maxwell played Miss Moneypenny
Dr. No
DD $1,700 [3]
It's the only New England state that does not border the Atlantic Ocean
Vermont
Curt
$1,000 [18]
His famous story "Death in Venice" opens in Munich, not in Italy
Thomas Mann
Michelle
$1,000 [13]
In '74 wife was killed by a bullet meant for him, & in '79 he was killed by the Korean CIA chief
Park (Chung-hee)
Michelle
$1,000 [22]
This word for a liquid that can dissolve other substances is also an antonym of bankrupt
solvent
Tyler
$1,000 [26]
Fawn Hall worked for Oliver North at this organization
National Security Council
Tyler

Final Jeopardy!

GREAT BRITAIN

1 of the 3 former prime ministers currently sitting in the British House of Lords

(1 of) James Callaghan, Harold Wilson & Alexander Douglas-Home

Curt "Who is Heath?" — wagered $5,000
Tyler "Who is Callahan?" — wagered $6,400
Michelle "Who is MacMilian?" — wagered $6,000

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