Show #999 1988-12-29 (taped 1988-10-03) Regular

Jeff Richmond game 5.

Contestants

Joe Myers — an advertising writer from Wichita, Kansas

Perry Barber — a baseball umpire from New York City, New York

Jeff Richmond — a city planner from West Hollywood, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $43,103)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jeff	$200	$1,700	$8,600	$15,199 5-day champion: $58,302	$8,800 19 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W
Perry	$1,100	$1,400	$600	$0 3rd place: Tappan electric range	$600 14 R, 7 W
Joe	$400	$800	$1,000	$1,998 2nd place: a trip to Roseland Ranch in Stanfordville, New York	$1,000 11 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

ROARING '20s	BASEBALL	MYTHOLOGY	MIDDLE NAMES	RODENTS
$100 [1] The hierarchy of this group which thrived in the '20s included the Exacted Cyclops & the Imperial Wizard Ku Klux Klan Jeff	$100 [6] The 1968 baseball draft for this team included Bill Buckner, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey & Steve Garvey Dodgers Jeff	$100 [8] Post held by Neith for the ancient Egyptians, Minerva for the Romans & Athena for the Greeks goddess of wisdom Perry	$100 [7] Caspar Weinberger's middle name, it's the first name of weatherman Scott Willard Perry	$100 [13] The name of this rodent is derived from its barking call prairie dog Perry Joe
$200 [2] Moe Smith & Izzy Einstein gained fame as government agents enforcing this prohibition Perry	$200 [18] A "stopper" is a team's best one of these relief pitcher Perry	$200 [9] Xochipilli was the Nahua god of flowers & patron of dance, games & sports in what is now this country Mexico Perry	$200 [17] The only U.S. President whose middle name was Henry William Henry Harrison Perry	$200 [14] In movies, this rodent was "on the Moon" 4 years after it "Roared" Mouse Joe
$300 [3] Sports stars of the decade included Bill Tilden in tennis & Walter Hagen in this sport golf Joe	$300 [19] In 1987 this full-time baseball player got a "part-time" job carrying a football for the Raiders Bo Jackson Joe	$300 [10] Clotho who spun the thread of life, Lachesis who measured its length & Atropos who cut it 3 Fates Perry	$400 [24] It's the middle name of 2 famous Marys, actress Place & cosmetics queen Ash Kay Perry	$300 [15] Chipmunks, marmots & groundhogs all belong to the family named for this rodent squirrel
$400 [4] This black dancer took Paris by storm at the Theatre des Champ Elysees Josephine Baker Perry	$400 [20] Reason the 1968 All-Star Game, played in Houston was historically significant 1st All Star Game played indoors Joe	$400 [11] Norse myth predicted that this god, their chief deity, would eventually be eaten by a ferocious wolf Odin or Woden Perry	$500 [25] Jackie Onassis' middle name, it's also her sister's first name Lee Jeff	$400 [16] Found only in the western hemisphere, these "pocket" rodents live almost wholly subterranean lives gopher Jeff
$500 [5] Introduced in 1923, this gas additive gave cars more power than regular ethyl Joe	$500 [21] With 28, this state has more minor league teams than any other Florida Jeff Perry Joe	$500 [12] Because Venus was jealous, this lover of Cupid had to go through many trials before they were united Psyche Perry Joe	DD $600 [23] It was middle name for Chaplin & Churchill & a maiden name for Princess Di Spencer Jeff	$500 [22] Fish & wildlife technician Richard Thomas figured out the answer to this rodent riddle is about 700 lbs. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Jeff

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN LITERATURE	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	AUSTRALIA	HOLLYWOOD HISTORY	NONPOTENT POTABLES	"R.D."
$200 [13] Ask not which Hemingway book outsold all others; it was this novel whose hero was Robert Jordan For Whom the Bell Tolls Joe	$200 [1] Kodak stopped producing instant film & cameras due to infringement on this company's patents Polaroid Jeff	$200 [2] In Aussie English, it's called a "jumbuck", & we're not pulling the wool over your eyes sheep Jeff Perry	$200 [14] "The Little Princess", she was turned down for a part in the "Our Gang" series before she was a star Shirley Temple Jeff	$200 [12] CO2in H2O carbonated water Jeff Joe	DD $200 [7] A New York City street urchin provided the inspiration forthis1964 No. 1 hit:"When she was just a kid her clothes were hand me downs..." "Rag Doll" Jeff
$400 [15] If his parents hadn't had 14 children, we couldn't read "The Red Badge of Courage" Stephen Crane Jeff	$400 [16] This chocolate company has become the largest food conglomerate in the world Nestle Jeff	$400 [3] The most popular bush balladist was probably "Banjo" Patterson & this his most famous work Waltzing Matilda Perry	$400 [19] Isabella Rossellini is the daughter of R. Rossellini & this famous actress Ingrid Bergman Perry	$400 [21] Consumption of this beverage peaked around 1950 when the average American downed 600 glasses a yr. milk Perry	$400 [8] An old joke says if you're feeling this way, get the number of the truck that hit you run down Joe
$600 [18] "The victor belongs to the spoils," he claimed in "The Beautiful & the Damned" F. Scott Fitzgerald	$600 [17] A 1986 U.S.-Japan agreement set prices on these electronic parts to avoid undercutting U.S. producers (computer) chips (semiconductors) Perry	DD $500 [6] The 2 Australian states named for a royal personage Victoria & Queensland Jeff	$600 [23] In his autobiography, Melvyn Douglas claims her laughter in "Ninotchka" was dubbed in (Greta) Garbo Perry Joe	$600 [22] After the Civil War, this dentist learned to pasteurize grape juice, which he then sold (Thomas B.) Welch Jeff	$600 [9] A slang term from the early part of the century meaning "amateur" or "small time" rinky-dink Jeff
$1,000 [26] This author of "The Octopus" was the reader at Doubleday who accepted Dreiser's "Sister Carrie" Frank Norris	$800 [27] By 1879 this man controlled about 95% of the oil refining capacity of the U.S. Rockefeller Joe	$600 [4] More than 1,200 miles long, this top tourist attraction can't be seen from the shore of the mainland Great Barrier Reef Jeff	$800 [24] He moved from the east to Flagstaff to make "The Squaw Man" but changed his mind & went on to L.A. Cecil B. DeMille Perry	$1,000 [28] The ingredient which makes root beer foamy is the sap of this desert tree yucca tree Joe	$800 [10] An example of this type of mathematical group that goes on indefinitely is1⁄3= .333333... repeating decimal Jeff
—	$1,000 [25] This nationwide shoe chain is a subsidiary of Woolworth's Kinney Perry Joe	$800 [5] Australia's 3 major political parties are the National, Liberal & this Labor Jeff	$1,000 [20] Ex-postmaster general who came to Hollywood to clean up the industry; his production code lasted until 1966 (Will) Hays Jeff	—	$1,000 [11] In communist Chinese propaganda, a term for 1 who served counter-revolutionary interests running dog Jeff

Final Jeopardy!

LANDMARKS

Irish-born architect J. Hoban designed this building in 1792 & finished rebuilding it 25 years later

White House

Perry "What is Blarney Castle?" — wagered $600

Joe "What is theUS Capitol White Ho" — wagered $998

Jeff "What is the White House?" — wagered $6,599

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