Show #859 1988-05-05 (taped 1988-01-25) Regular

Mark Lowenthal game 2.

Contestants

Paul Hjelmervik — a stage manager from Baltimore, Maryland

Debra Malki — a human resources consultant from Winnetka, Illinois

Mark Lowenthal — a State Department employee from Reston, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$400	$1,200	$7,800	$9,600 2-day champion: $21,800	$7,400 25 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W
Debra	$0	$1,600	$2,400	$1 3rd place: Vita-Vac Air Cleaner vacuum by Vita-Mix	$2,400 9 R, 3 W
Paul	$2,000	$1,300	$2,300	$4,500 2nd place: Mallin Cameo Collection patio furniture + a John Deere self-propelled mower with electronic ignition	$2,100 12 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

MATHEMATICS	MUSEUMS	MOVIE CLASSICS	ACRONYMS	HISTORY	BREAKFAST CEREAL
$100 [20] It's a geometric solid; the $100,000 one on TV is just a plane triangle a pyramid Mark	$100 [2] The Craddock-Terry Shoe Museum in Lynchburg, Va. boasts a pair of her "heels of fortune" Vanna White Debra Paul	$100 [3] In "Road to Morocco", this duo sang, "Like Webster's Dictionary, we're Morocco-bound" Hope & Crosby Paul	$100 [13] If you belong to SAG you belong to this, & may be ineligible to be a game show contestant the Screen Actors Guild Mark	$100 [1] She restored Charles VII to the throne, but he didn't lift a finger to save her from the stake Joan of Arc Debra	$100 [12] If you wake up with Kellogg's Corn Flakes, you'll see this farm animal on the front of the box a rooster Mark
$500 [25] In Roman numerals, the largest number represented by a single letter with no markings 1,000 (the letter M) Mark Paul	$200 [18] The Heard Museum in Phoenix displays Hopi Indian dolls collected by this senator Barry Goldwater Mark	$200 [4] At the end of "Now, Voyager", Bette Davis says, "Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have" these the stars Mark	$200 [14] Since it also means animal droppings, the Santa Clara Co. area transit decided against using this acronym SCAT	$200 [5] It's said this royal grandmother of Kaiser Wilhelm II wouldn't let him visit Ireland Queen Victoria Mark	$200 [22] Lucky Charms, Freakies, & Circus Fun all have oddly-shaped bits made of this marshmallow Debra
—	$300 [19] Appropriately, Louisville, Kentucky's Derby Museum is adjacent to this racetrack Churchill Downs Paul	$300 [7] In "A Day at the Races", he told Margaret Dumont, "Marry me, & I'll never look at any other horse!" Groucho Marx Paul	$300 [15] The "E" in "CARE" no longer stands for Europe, but this Everywhere Mark	$300 [6] In 1881, despite a $10,000 reward for the arrest of these brothers, the posters left out "dead or alive" the James Brothers (Frank & Jesse) Paul	$400 [26] This cereal inspired by a cartoon show can be used to make Yabba-Dabba-Doo Squares (Cocoa & Fruity) Pebbles Mark Debra Paul
—	$400 [21] This S.D. city where Wild Bill Hickok died also boasts a Chinese tunnel museum with opium den Deadwood Paul	$400 [8] The only Alfred Hitchcock film to win an Oscar as Best Picture, it was partially set in Monte Carlo Rebecca Mark	$400 [16] Now headquartered in the Big Apple, "CORE" is the "Congress of" this Racial Equality Mark	$400 [9] Darius I ruled this vast empire from 2 capitals, Susa & Persepolis the Persian Empire Mark	$500 [24] If regular Shredded Wheat is too big for you, you can get it in this "Size" Spoon Size Debra Paul
—	$500 [23] Her farmhouse in Kenya, now a museum, is in Karen, the Nairobi suburb named for her Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) Debra	DD $700 [11] In "Gone with the Wind", these 2 relatives of Scarlett's died from falling off horses her daughter & her father (Gerald O'Hara & "Bonnie Blue" Butler) Paul	$500 [17] The North American Air Defense Command NORAD Mark	$500 [10] In 1858, the Brittish government took over the rule of India from this company the East India Company Paul	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

MAMMALS	GOVERNMENT	"T" ON THE MAP	RUSSIAN COMPOSERS	PLACES OF WORSHIP	LAST WORDS
$200 [17] A white Persian with orange eyes is a popular breed of these a cat Mark	$200 [1] In Louisiana, the equivalent of this local unit of government is called a parish a county Debra	$200 [3] The city on Honshu that shares its name with the cars made there Toyota Mark	$200 [21] Famous for aquatic operatic scenes, Rimsky-Korsakov was an officer in this Russian service the navy Debra	$200 [2] It can be any room with 2 candelabra, an ark to hold the Scriptures, & a platform to read them from a synagogue Paul	$200 [5] Founder of Communism, he said, "last words are for fools who haven't said enough" Karl Marx Mark Debra
$400 [19] Ambergris, a substance formed in the intestines of sperm whales, is used in this beauty product perfume	$400 [4] If no candidate has a majority of electoral votes, this body selects the U.S. vice president the U.S. Senate Mark Paul	$400 [9] Since 1578, it's been "Shroud City" Turin Mark	DD $400 [27] Composer offollowing, it's now believed he poisoned himself in 1893 to avoid a sex scandal: Tchaikovsky Mark	$400 [15] A stained-glass window at Wash. Cathedral contains a piece of this, presented by Apollo 11 astronauts the Moon Mark	$400 [13] This silent screen swashbuckler's last words, in 1939, were "I've never felt better" Douglas Fairbanks Mark
$600 [20] In 1799, the 1st complete specimen of one of these was found in a block of ice in Siberia a mammoth Paul	$600 [6] The Bureau of Customs is part of this Cabinet department Treasury Mark	$800 [11] It's the largest of the Canary Islands Tenerife Mark	—	$600 [26] The holiest of all objects of this religion, a mirror, is at Ise, a shrine in Japan Shinto Mark	$600 [14] When her husband Robert asked her how she felt, this poet replied, "Beautiful" Elizabeth Barrett Browning Debra
$800 [24] The giant panda is at home in this type of forest, where lunch is always at hand bamboo Mark	$800 [7] Adopted by Congress in 1913, this act completely reorganized the U.S. banking system the Owen-Glass Act (the Federal Reserve Act of 1913) Mark	DD $1,000 [10] In 1888, these 2 "T" islands in the West Indies merged into a single British colony Trinidad & Tobago Mark	—	$800 [23] Many call this city's Episcopal Cathedral, under construction since 1892, St. John the Unfinished New York City Mark	$800 [16] He died during the Battle of Trafalgar; his last words were, "Thank God I have done my duty" Lord Nelson Paul
$1,000 [25] Really a rodent, the jerboa looks like a tiny one of these a kangaroo	$1,000 [8] Monetary phrase for a government official or employee who accepts the minimum salary required by law a dollar-a-year man Mark	$1,000 [12] This island country in the South Pacific is the only country in Polynesia still ruled by a king Tonga Mark Debra Paul	—	$1,000 [22] Their typical place of worship is a stupa, a circular mound of earth covered with bricks & plaster Buddhists Debra	$1,000 [18] Dying in 1950, this 94-year-old playwright reportedly said, "Well, it will be a new experience, anyway" George Bernard Shaw Mark

Final Jeopardy!

19th C. AMERICANS

Sam Houston served under Andrew Jackson in this war

the War of 1812

Paul "What is the War of 1812" — wagered $2,200

Debra "What was the Mexican-American War?" — wagered $2,399

Mark "What was the War of 1812?" — wagered $1,800

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