Show #955 1988-10-28 (taped 1988-09-06) Regular

Contestants

Paul Thompson — a creative director from Royal Oak, Michigan

Alex Szabo — a postal clerk from Berea, Ohio

Norton Moses — a college professor from Billings, Montana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,700)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Norton	$700	$2,400	$5,400	$100 3rd place: Merillat shelving system	$5,400 15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Alex	$700	$1,700	$6,400	$10,850 New champion: $10,850	$5,700 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Paul	$0	$1,100	$3,700	$7,400 2nd place: Trip to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	$3,700 15 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

SILENT MOVIES	SCIENCE	GAMES	CLASSICAL MUSIC	POTENT POTABLES	SLEEP & DREAMS
$100 [1] Called Valentino's best film, this sequel to "The Sheik" was unfortunately his last Son of the Sheik Alex	$100 [11] The 1st solvent widely used by modern dry cleaners, it was unleaded gasoline Paul	$100 [2] Mumblety-peg is played by throwing this implement knife Norton	$100 [6] Tho German-born, this 18th century composer famed for his "Messiah" is buried in Westminster Abbey Handel Paul	$100 [8] Invented in ancient Greece, the wine press was more productive than this time-honored method stomping by the feet Alex	$100 [9] Older women & worrywarts are the most common victims of this sleep disorder insomnia Alex
$200 [13] When John Barrymore played Ahab in the original film version, it was called "The Sea Beast" Moby Dick Norton	$200 [12] It's the solar system's 2nd largest planet Saturn Norton	$200 [3] In Monopoly, Atlantic Avenue is yellow & Pacific Avenue this color green Norton	$200 [22] Robert Schumann was a noted composer of this 19th C. period which immediately followed the Classical Romantic Alex	$200 [16] The name for this liquor is a corruption of French for "juniper", whose berries flavor it gin	$200 [10] Women dream equally about both sexes, but in men's dreams, members of this sex appear most often men Norton Paul
DD $200 [14] Many considerthis1925 film Charlie Chaplin's greatest comedy: The Gold Rush Norton	$300 [20] Depending on the length of the path this takes, thunder might be a short clap or a long rumble lightning Norton	$300 [4] On a standard craps table, this 4-letter word is spelled with the biggest letters come	$300 [23] In 1929 Arturo Toscanini, not Bo Derek, conducted the U.S. premiere of this Ravel work Bolero Norton	$300 [17] Alexis Lichine says it's "like liquid fire in the throat" when tossed down after licking salt tequila Paul	$300 [28] This largest of all seals can suspend breathing during sleep for half-hour stretches elephant seal
$400 [15] "A Fool There Was", based on Kipling's poem "The Vampire" made this siren the very 1st "vamp" Theda Bara Paul	$400 [24] 20th century Austrian zoologist Karl von Frisch discovered the dance of these insects bees Alex	$400 [5] Board game in which a player can create a prime, a barrier of 6 points which an opponent cannot pass backgammon Alex	$400 [25] From Greek for "recitation of epic poetry", Rachmaninoff wrote one "on a theme of Paganini" rhapsody Norton	$400 [18] Term for a jigger of liquor, even in the dark shot Paul	$400 [29] It's the instrument scientists use to record brainwaves during a sleep study EEG Alex
$500 [21] The 1st film to win an Oscar as "Best Picture", it starred Clara Bow & featured Hedda Hopper Wings Alex	$500 [27] It's the special field of computer science trying to come up with machines that think for themselves artificial intelligence Norton Alex	$500 [7] Author J.R.R. Tolkien helped inspire G. Gygax & D. Arneson to invent this role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons	$500 [26] His operas include "Il Trovatore" & "La Traviata" Verdi Norton	$500 [19] Tia Maria is a West Indian liqueur made with this liquor rum Norton	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S.A.	CHILDREN'S LITERATURE	WORLD HISTORY	QUOTES	UNIVERSITY TOWNS	OH "NO"!
$200 [6] On New Year's Eve, there's a fireworks display on this well-known Colorado mountain Pikes Peak Alex	$200 [25] After the ogre turned himself into one of these, Puss in Boots ate him a mouse Norton Alex	$200 [12] This French dynasty began with Henry IV in 1589 & ended with Louis-Philippe in 1848 Bourbon Paul	$200 [21] According to Dorothy Parker, "Women and" these "never forget" elephants Paul	$200 [1] Tucson University of Arizona Paul	$200 [11] In a popular carol, this word precedes "Born is the king of Israel" noel Norton
$400 [7] 4 days after arriving in Salt Lake Valley, he marked the site for Salt Lake City's Temple Square Brigham Young Alex	$400 [26] He was "bred and born in a briar patch" Brer Rabbit Alex	$600 [18] This South African city was founded in April 1652 as a supply station for the Dutch East India Co. Cape Town Norton	$400 [22] 1927 movie that gave us the quote "You ain't heard nothin' yet, folks" The Jazz Singer Alex	$400 [2] Gainesville University of Florida Paul	$400 [13] This word can refer to whims or sundries notions Paul
$600 [8] Indians knew of this natural passage into Kentucky long before Dr. Thos. Walker found it in 1750 the Cumberland Gap Alex	$600 [27] In the Hans Christian Andersen tale, she was born inside a tulip-like flower Thumbelina	$800 [19] In 1866 Cyrus Field laid the 1st permanent one transatlantic cable Alex	$600 [23] Preachers have defined one as "A man who has no invisible means of support" an atheist Paul	$600 [3] Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Norton	$600 [14] Song which says, "Each man's joy is joy to me, each man's grief is my own" "No Man is an Island" Paul
$800 [9] The tallest pueblos in the Southwest, 5 stories high, were built near this northern New Mexico city Taos Norton Paul	$800 [28] One version says she slept in the hearth; another that she used to sit in the chimney-corner Cinderella Alex	$1,000 [20] Historic event at which a band played the tune "The World Turned Upside Down" the end of the Revolutionary War Alex Paul	$800 [24] "Ticker tape ain't spaghetti", this former mayor said in a 1946 speech on war relief Fiorello LaGuardia Alex Paul	DD $1,000 [4] Norman University of Oklahoma Norton	$800 [15] 4-word phrase signifying a soda pop bottle is a throwaway no deposit, no return Paul
$1,000 [10] Mountains in this neighboring state can be seen on a clear day from Boston's Hancock Tower New Hampshire Paul	$1,000 [29] The fathers of Hop O'-My-Thumb and Hansel & Gretel did this for a living cut wood	DD $1,100 [17] From mid 1948 to late 1949 an average of 4,000 tons of provisions a day were being flown into this city Berlin Alex	$1,000 [30] According to Oliver Wendell Holmes, "A man has his will--but a woman has" this her way Alex Paul	$1,000 [5] Missoula University of Montana Paul	$1,000 [16] Ruby Keeler starred in the 1971 revival of this 1925 musical No, No, Nanette Alex

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

He was the 1st candidate to receive Hawaii's electoral vote

John F. Kennedy

Paul "Who was J f Kennedy?" — wagered $3,700

Norton "Who was Nixon?" — wagered $5,300

Alex "Who was John F. Kennedy?" — wagered $4,450

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