Show #944 1988-10-13 (taped 1988-08-01) Regular

Contestants

Steve Biddle — an advertising executive from Palm Bay, Florida

Sherry Schwabacher — a metaphysical bookstore clerk from Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi

Alec Iorio — an international freight forwarder originally from St. Louis, Missouri (whose 4-day cash winnings total $23,301)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Alec $600 $2,800 $2,000 $0
3rd place: Maytag Jetclean dishwasher + either the Jeopardy! box game or the Jeopardy! computer game
$3,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Sherry $800 $2,500 $4,500 $2,999
New champion: $2,999 + either the Jeopardy! box game or the Jeopardy! computer game
$4,200
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Steve $1,000 $3,600 $3,000 $0
2nd place: Ashley Sight & Sound Entertainment cabinet + Casablanca lighting + either the Jeopardy! box game or the Jeopardy! computer game
$3,000
17 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY "BABY" SONGS LITERATURE COOKING STAR TREK BONES
$100 [21]
Appropriate nickname of Ivan IV, who killed his oldest son with his own hands
"the Terrible"
Steve
$100 [3]
A 1920s standard proclaims, "You've got the cutest little" one of these
Baby Face
Sherry
$100 [16]
In "A Christmas Carol", Scrooge 1st says "Humbug" when his nephew Fred does this
wishing him a "Merry Christmas!"
Alec
$100 [1]
Cooks made this condiment from grapes, walnuts or mushrooms back when the tomato was considered toxic
ketchup
Alec
$100 [11]
Star Trek was originally produced by Desilu, a studio named for these 2 Hollywood legends
Desi Arnaz & Lucille Ball
Sherry
$100 [26]
Also called mycloid tissue, it can be red or yellow & fills the cavities of bones
marrow
Steve
$200 [22]
1 year before Robert the Bruce died, he was finally recognized by Edward III as king of this
Scotland
Alec
$300 [5]
After Mac Davis wrote a few Top 10 hits for Elvis, he wrote this song for himself that reached No. 1
"Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me"
Steve
$200 [17]
A classic 1826 novel by Sir Walter Scott, or a classic 1969 rock concert in upstate New York
Woodstock
Sherry
$200 [2]
Heavenly Hash candy is made with chocolate, nuts & these
marshmallow
Sherry
$200 [12]
Mark Lenard played 2 roles in the TV series, a Romulan commander & the Vulcan father of this character
Mr. Spock
Steve
$200 [27]
If a bone lacked this element, it would lose its rigidity & become flexible
calcium
Steve
$300 [23]
The name of this Muslim empire, which ruled in India for centuries, is Persian for "Mongol"
Mughal Empire
Alec
$400 [9]
Just 2 months after "Where Did Our Love Go', the Supremes had their 2nd No. 1 hit with this song
"Baby Love"
Alec
$300 [18]
This pivotal animal from "Alice in Wonderland" became the title of a classic 1967 acid rock hit
White Rabbit
Steve
$300 [6]
"Joy of Cooking" says floating a paper towel on top of soup is a good way to do this
degrease it (remove the fat)
Steve
$300 [13]
Act One usually began with Kirk dictating into this special computer file
Captain's Log
Alec
$300 [28]
Ligaments link bone to bone while these link bone to muscle
tendons
Steve
$400 [24]
King Menes, who unified the upper & lower regions of this ancient country, was killed by a hippopotamus
Egypt
Sherry
DD $500 [4]
A former lead singer with the Limelighters, Glenn Yarborough had this solo Top 20 hit:
"Baby, The Rain Must Fall"
Sherry
$400 [19]
"Cannery Row"'s California community
Monterey
$400 [7]
This powder made from sassafras leaves is traditionally used in gumbo
file
Steve
$400 [14]
After dropping off this man & his crew on Ceti Alpha V, Kirk felt his wrath
Khan
Steve
$400 [29]
A spineless jellyfish is in this animal group because it has no bones
invertebrates
Alec
$500 [25]
The government of Italy established this as an independent state in 1929
Vatican City
Sherry
$500 [10]
The group Bread had their 2nd & last million seller with this 1971 hit
"Baby I'm-A Want You"
Steve
$500 [20]
In "The Prince & the Pauper", the prince is the son of this English king
Henry VIII
Alec
$500 [8]
Fortunately, the main ingredient in hush puppies isn't puppies or shoes, it's this
corn meal
Alec
$500 [15]
This character's last name is from the Swahili word for "freedom"
Uhura
Sherry
$500 [30]
Human bones range in size from the femur in the leg to the smallest bones located in this
ear
Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. CITIES FARMING WEATHER PEOPLE OLD TESTAMENT BY THE NUMBERS
$200 [1]
Its nickname, "The Windy City", didn't come from the weather but from the inflated claims of early PR men
Chicago
Steve
$200 [16]
Cereal producer whose "belt" stretches from Ohio through Iowa & west to Nebraska
corn
Alec
$200 [11]
From the Greek "kauma", meaning heat, it's a condition of little or no wind
calm
Steve
$200 [6]
In 1946 this future First Lady was in the Broadway musical "Lute Song" with Yul Brynner
Nancy Reagan
Alec
$200 [17]
On the way to Haran, he stopped to sleep using rocks for pillows
Jacob
Alec
$600 [25]
ZPG
zero population growth
Steve
$400 [2]
Translation of its original name is "The Village of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porciuncula"
Los Angeles
Alec
$400 [19]
Separating the wheat from the chaff by beating it is called threshing; by using air, this
winnowing
Alec
$400 [12]
The thermometer was invented by Galileo, but this instrument was invented by his associate, Torricelli
barometer
Alec
$400 [7]
His mom Jackie is an ex-wrestler who manages the "Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling"
Sylvester Stallone
$400 [18]
According to the Ten Commandments, making this type of image is a no-no
graven image
Sherry
$800 [24]
Title shared by Richard Nixon's 1988 best seller & an album by Prince
1999
$600 [3]
This city boasts the 1st subway system in a Southern state
Atlanta
Steve
$600 [13]
A 1,000-year-old weather myth says it will rain for this many days if it rains on St. Swithin's Day, July 15
40
Steve
$600 [8]
In 1986 this relative was the official photographer for Queen Elizabeth II's 60th birthday
Prince Andrew
Alec Steve
$800 [21]
Sarah was Abraham's wife, while Keturah was only this
handmaiden (concubine)
Sherry
$1,000 [23]
In music, a hemidemisemiquaver
64th note
Alec Sherry Steve
$800 [4]
This state capital was named for the Scottish title of the Duke of York
Albany
$800 [14]
The return of this S. Pacific current in 1986-87 was blamed for the weak monsoon in India & warm winter in Alaska
El Nino
Sherry
$1,000 [10]
This executive producer of "The Tonight Show" used to date Judy Garland & Joan Crawford
Fred de Cordova
Sherry
DD $1,000 [20]
Not counting the serpent, the 3rd person in the Bible to whom God spoke directly
Cain
Alec
$1,000 [5]
The 1st regular radio broadcasts began in 1920 at KDKA in this city
Pittsburgh
Steve
$1,000 [15]
Indra, Perun, Perkaunas, Donar & Thor
gods of thunder
Alec Sherry Steve
DD $2,000 [9]
Controversial anchorwoman who titled her 1988 book "Too Old, Too Ugly & Not Deferential to Men"
Christine Craft
Alec
$1,000 [22]
The 32,000 who came at his 1st call for troops in Judges 7 were too many, so he & God reduced them to 300
Gideon
Alec Sherry

Final Jeopardy!

ELECTIONS

He was the last major party presidential candidate to lose 2 elections to 2 different men

Thomas Dewey

Alec "Who was H. Humphrey?" — wagered $2,000
Steve "Who is R. Nixon?" — wagered $3,000
Sherry "Who was Adlai S" — wagered $1,501

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