Show #1210 1989-12-01 (taped 1989-08-23) Regular

Contestants

Sam Longoria — an engineer and consultant originally from Enumclaw, Washington

Candy Martinez — a systems consultant from Fremont, California

Jeff Slike — an ATM repairman originally from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (whose 3-day cash winnings total $31,300)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jeff $1,200 $1,600 $7,200 $7,200
3rd place: Wallace Silversmiths 15-piece punch set
$4,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Candy $600 $2,900 $8,500 $15,101
New champion: $15,101
$7,300
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Sam $1,800 $3,900 $7,500 $15,000
2nd place: Grandfather clock & lamp
$7,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "Z" SPORTS NICKNAMES NATIONAL ANTHEMS THE HUMAN BODY FOOD FACTS TV GUIDE SAYS
$100 [4]
It can follow temperate, torrid, time or twilight
zone
Candy
$100 [1]
"The Bronx Bombers"
the New York Yankees
Jeff
$100 [18]
When Prince Charles becomes ruler of Great Britain, this will be the title of the national anthem
"God Save The King"
Jeff
$100 [10]
Of blood, sweat or tears, the one that's not a product of an exocrine gland
blood
Jeff
$100 [17]
On menus, the word that usually follows "clams on the half..."
shell
Candy
$100 [12]
"In Salem, Mass. Samantha tries to help a warlock who's been turned into a bed warmer"
Bewitched
Jeff
$200 [5]
Title character of a Woody Allen film who becomes famous as the "Human Chameleon"
Zelig
Sam
$200 [2]
Former Los Angeles Rams end David Jones had this "religious" nickname
"Deacon"
Jeff
$200 [19]
"Yes, we love this land", sing the fjord dwellers of this country
Norway
Sam
$200 [25]
Your spinal cord is shielded by the spinal column & your brain is shielded by this
the skull
Sam
$200 [21]
"Potage" is a fancy name for this type of dish, especially a thick one
soup
Candy
$200 [13]
"Another shot glass is fired in the continuing 'Bar War' with Gary's Old Towne Tavern"
Cheers
Jeff
$300 [6]
In sailing, when you're tacking, your boat is on this kind of course
zig-zag
Jeff
$300 [3]
Heavyweight boxer Luis Firpo was called the "Wild Bull of" this Argentine region
the Pampas
Sam
$300 [20]
This large Asian country's "Jana-Gana-Mana" means "Thou art the ruler of the minds of all the people"
India
Candy Sam
$300 [28]
About 40% of your body weight consists of 100s of these contracting tissues
muscles
Sam
$300 [22]
Despite its name, this sauce served with plum pudding isn't "difficult" to make
hard sauce
Candy
$300 [14]
"Charles leaves the farm for the city to pursue a career as a cabinetmaker"
Little House on the Prairie
Sam
$500 [9]
Spanish explorers called the villages of these Pueblo Indians "The 7 Cities of Cibola"
the Zuni
Candy
$400 [7]
This outfielder, disgraced in the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919, was nicknamed "Shoeless"
Joe Jackson
Sam
$400 [29]
Smetana's "The Moldau" resembles the music of "Hatikva", this country's anthem
Israel
Sam
$400 [27]
It's the widest part of the alimentary canal
the stomach
Candy Sam
$400 [23]
Introduced in 1930, it was "America's 1st Biscuit Mix", but now it's used for all kinds of baking
Bisquick
Sam
$400 [15]
"Guess who's not invited to the Inaugural Ball & can't find anyone to take her"
Murphy Brown
DD $900 [8]
Collective name of Frank Beard & the 2 guys with beards seen here:
ZZ Top
Sam
$500 [11]
Drag racer Don Garlits sports this nickname
"Big Daddy"
Jeff
$500 [30]
This country's "Ymnos Pros Tin Elephterian" is a hymn to liberty, not tin elephants or even grape leaves
Greece
Candy
$500 [26]
In 1984, 12-day-old Baby Fae received the heart of one of these animals
a baboon
Sam
$500 [24]
The oil of these spice buds stuck in hams is a source of artificial vanilla flavoring
cloves
Candy
$500 [16]
"Puppets portray Yasir Arafat & Joan Rivers on a date"
D.C. Follies
Sam

Double Jeopardy! Round

NUMBER, PLEASE ANCIENT HISTORY WATERFALLS ETIQUETTE MODERN LITERATURE SAN FRANCISCO MOVIES
$200 [14]
1 of 2 numbers that are naturals in craps
(1 of) 7 or 11
Jeff
$200 [6]
The Hellenistic Age began with the death of this Macedonian conqueror
Alexander the Great
Jeff
$200 [11]
On Oct. 24, 1901 Annie Taylor became the 1st person to go over these falls in a barrel--& survive
Niagara Falls
Jeff
$200 [26]
Wait until the hostess has opened hers before unfolding yours, & don't tuck it under your chin
your napkin
Candy
$200 [19]
One year after "Life with Father", Clarence Day published "Life with" her
Mother
Candy
$200 [1]
This Steve McQueen film was about a San Francisco detective, not Roy Rogers' dog
Bullitt
Sam
$400 [15]
Paul Simon had his only No. 1 hit in 1976 with a song about this many "Ways To Leave Your Lover"
50
Candy
$400 [7]
Ancient fort that was the site of the last stand of the Jewish zealots against Rome in 73 A.D.
Masada
Candy
$400 [12]
Plunging 212 feet, Shoshone Falls on this river is Idaho's highest waterfall
Snake River
Jeff
$400 [27]
According to Amy Vanderbilt, it's who should get into a rowboat first
the person doing the rowing
Candy Sam
$400 [22]
The 2-letter title of Richard Nixon's 1978 memoirs
RN
Candy
$400 [2]
Burt Lancaster played a famous ornithologist cooped up on a San Francisco island in this acclaimed film
The Birdman of Alcatraz
Jeff
$600 [16]
After this many days of captivity, Iran released the 52 American hostages on January 20, 1981
444
$600 [10]
After winning the 1st Punic War, Rome made this island its 1st province
Sicily
Candy
$600 [13]
This waterfall on Africa's Zambezi River was named for an English queen
Victoria Falls
Sam
$600 [28]
Traditionally, if Bob dances with Sue & Jim cuts in, it's when Bob can dance with Sue again
after the dance is over (or when she gets a new partner)
Candy
$600 [23]
Freud 1st wrote of the Oedipus complex in this landmark book published in 1899
The Interpretation of Dreams
$600 [3]
The "shattering" climax of Orson Welles' "The Lady from Shanghai" takes place in S.F. in a maze of these
mirrors
Sam
$800 [17]
Originally there were this many Marx Brothers
5
Jeff
$1,000 [8]
Historic nickname for the curved region between the Mediterranean & Mesopotamia
the Fertile Crescent
Candy
$800 [20]
Located in north central Texas, not Kansas, it's the largest U.S. city named for a waterfall
Wichita Falls
Sam
$800 [24]
His experiences as an enlisted man shaped his 1951 novel "From Here to Eternity"
James Jones
Jeff
$800 [5]
In "Klondike Annie", this sex symbol fled her sordid life in S.F. & became an evangelist in the Yukon
Mae West
Sam
$1,000 [18]
If we were to end this category the way a reporter finishes an article, we'd put this number on it here
30
Sam
DD $2,000 [9]
Starting around 550 B.C. this empire conquered the Medes, the Lydians, the Chaldeans & Egypt
the Persians
Candy
$1,000 [21]
Longfellow's poem "The Song of Hiawatha" made this waterfall in Minneapolis famous
Minnehaha Falls
Jeff Candy
DD $3,600 [25]
He died in 1922 before the last 3 volumes of his "Remembrance of Things Past" were published
Marcel Proust
Jeff
$1,000 [4]
She brought down the house singing "San Francisco" in the 1936 film of the same name
Jeanette MacDonald

Final Jeopardy!

LANGUAGES

To have taken the 1st modern IQ test in 1905 you had to understand this language

French (the Binet-Simon test)

Jeff "What is English" — wagered $0
Sam "What is FRENCH?" — wagered $7,500
Candy "What is French?" — wagered $6,601

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