Show #6770 2014-02-07 (taped 2013-12-17) Battle of the Decades

Battle of the Decades: The 1980s game 5.

Contestants

Bob Verini — an academic director for a test preparation company from Los Angeles, California

Jerome Vered — a writer from Los Angeles, California

Tom Cubbage — an attorney from Washington, D.C.

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$2,000	$2,600	$13,000	$16,801 Quarterfinalist	$13,000 15 R, 0 W
Jerome	$-400	$1,000	$8,400	$10,000 2nd place: $5,000	$12,400 16 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs)
Bob	$1,800	$5,800	$14,000	$1,999 3rd place: $5,000	$12,200 16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

MYTH DIAGNOSIS	STOCK SYMBOLS	ARCHIPELAGOS	NOTABLE NAMES	THE T IS SILENT	'80s ACTORS & ROLES
$200 [26] Constantly holding up the sky has torn this titan's rotator cuff; sorry, big guy, you need surgery Atlas Bob	$200 [11] Its stock symbol is AXP; don't leave home without it American Express Jerome	$200 [16] Cape Kumukahi southeast of Hilo is the easternmost point of this island group the Hawaiian Islands Jerome	$200 [1] Before becoming Secretary of State in 1997, she was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (Madeleine) Albright Tom Jerome	$200 [19] Type of bridge seen here a trestle Tom	$200 [3] She was the spurned Alex in "Fatal Attraction" Glenn Close Bob
$400 [27] In love with his reflection, this son of Liriope has the personality disorder named for him Narcissus Jerome	$400 [12] With the symbol KO, this beverage company is a real knockout Coca-Cola	$400 [17] New Hanover is part of this archipelago NE of New Guinea named for a German who never went there the Bismarck Archipelago Tom	$400 [2] The co-founders of Google are Larry Page & him Sergey Brin Bob	$400 [20] Cartilage on a plate gristle	$400 [4] A role in this film brought Haing Ngor an Oscar The Killing Fields Bob
$600 [28] This ferryman of the dead has forearm compartment syndrome, a result of his "death grip" on the oar Charon Bob	$800 [14] The initials of the founder, JWN is the symbol for this high-end department store chain Nordstrom	$600 [18] The only tea plantation in Europe is found in this Portuguese island group in the Atlantic the Azores Bob	$600 [8] Shewas still being detained by her government when she won the Nobel Peace Prize Aung San Suu Kyi Jerome	$600 [23] To jostle & push, or a 1975 No. 1 disco hit by Van McCoy hustle Jerome	$600 [5] This rap group entered the medical field in "Disorderlies" the Fat Boys
$800 [29] This king of Corinth says it's his punishment to keep rolling the same boulder up a hill, but it sounds more like OCD Sisyphus Bob	DD $1,000 [13] This verb is the 3-letter stock symbol for Sotheby's BID Jerome	$800 [21] Chile maintains a naval base on Navarino Island in this archipelago Tierra del Fuego Jerome	$800 [9] This Palm Beach socialite-turned-designer known for her tropical-print shift dresses died in 2013 (Lilly) Pulitzer Tom	$800 [24] This weed has prickly leaves & a silky down attached to the seed-like fruit thistle Bob	$800 [6] Makeup!He was"The Elephant Man" John Hurt Bob
$1,000 [30] Electra has unresolved Daddy issues about him; is it guilt because he sacrificed her sister Iphigenia? Agamemnon Jerome	$1,000 [15] In December 2013 shares of this company with more than 5,000 stores, symbol AZO, were driven up to around $500 AutoZone	$1,000 [22] About 3/4 of the population of this archipelago lives on the main island of Rarotonga the Cook Islands	$1,000 [10] In 1987 Alan Greenspan succeeded him as head of the Fed Paul Volcker	$1,000 [25] "White Christmas" has 3 silent "T" words:Christmas, listen & this verb that follows "the treetops" glisten Bob	$1,000 [7] Jennifer Grey's "Dirty Dancing" dad (Jerry) Orbach Tom

Double Jeopardy! Round

1980s BOOKS	PHYSICS	FIRST LADIES' FATHERS	"DUM" IT UP	NO LONGER AROUND	SONG OF THE YEAR
$400 [3] This novel by Arthur C. Clarke is subtitled "Odyssey Two" 2010 Bob	$400 [26] The first shell around a nucleus can have a maximum of this many electrons two Jerome	$400 [1] John V. Bouvier, a Southampton, New York stockbroker Jackie Kennedy Jerome	$400 [11] A direct popular vote, usually on a single issue a referendum Tom	$400 [16] In 2011 this U.N. organization, FAO for short, declared the first eradication of an animal disease, rinderpest the Food and Agricultural Organization Jerome	$400 [21] The Bionic Man & the newly famous Jimmy Carter turn up in Alan Jackson's song about this year 1976 Tom Bob
$800 [4] This auto executive wrote the bestselling hardcover nonfiction book of 1984 & 1985 (Lee) Iacocca Bob	$800 [27] It's the term for the minimum amount of fissile material needed to achieve a self-sustaining chain reaction critical mass Tom	$800 [2] Marvin Pierce, a Rye, New York magazine publisher Barbara Bush Bob	$800 [12] In a 1941 film, this circus performer is forced to join a clown act Dumbo Tom	$800 [17] Answering its own musical question "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?", in 1986 this group went The Clash Tom Jerome	$800 [22] Type of title object in the songs "Ol' '55" & "Sweet Little '66" an automobile Jerome
$1,600 [6] This New England title establishment is located in Derry; would you like turndown service? Hotel New Hampshire Jerome	$1,200 [28] This massless subatomic particle sounds like an adhesive; it binds elementary particles together a gluon	$1,200 [8] Meatpacker John Doud (Mamie) Eisenhower Tom	$1,200 [13] The World Trade Organization has an anti-this agreement dumping Tom	$1,200 [18] Richard LaMotta created this treat of vanilla ice cream between 2 cookies; Nestle bought the brand & phased it out the Chipwich	$1,200 [23] "I got my first real six-string / Bought it at the five & dime", begins this reminiscing song by Bryan Adams "Summer Of '69" Tom
$2,000 [7] This James Herriot book completes a series that began with "All Creatures Great & Small", & its title completes the rhyme The Lord God Made Them All Jerome	$1,600 [29] In the 1930s physicist Ernest Lawrence developed this first circular particle accelerator a cyclotron Jerome	$1,600 [9] Frederick Dent, a Missouri planter & merchant Julia Dent Grant Jerome	$1,600 [14] AKA aluminum oxide, it's used as an abrasive corundum	$1,600 [19] This province made up the northeastern paart of South Africa until 1994 Transvaal Tom Jerome	$1,600 [24] It's the subtitle of Eurythmics' "Sexcrime" & the title of the movie soundtrack it's on "1984" Bob
DD $3,000 [5] Drug-fueled debauchery in New York City takes up much of this Jay McInerney debut novel Bright Lights, Big City Bob	$2,000 [30] Meaning to neutralize a magnetic field, this term is derived from the name of a German scientist to degauss Jerome	DD $3,000 [10] William Bolling, a Virginia judge Edith Bolling Galt Wilson Jerome	$2,000 [15] 3-word Latin phrase meaning to refute an argument by showing that its consequences are nonsensical reductio ad absurdum Bob	$2,000 [20] This large flightless bird of New Zealand was hunted to extinction by the Maori in the 17th century the moa Jerome	$2,000 [25] "Justine never knew the rules, hung down with the freaks & ghouls" in this song by Smashing Pumpkins "1979" Tom

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD POLITICS

When these 2 men swapped jobs in 2012, their country's media described the move as "castling"

Putin & Medvedev

Jerome "Who are Putin & Medvedev?" — wagered $1,600

Tom "Who are Putin + Medvedev?" — wagered $3,801

Bob "Who are [something crossed out]?" — wagered $12,001

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