Show #1017 1989-01-24 (taped 1988-10-31) Regular

Brian Wangsgard game 3.

Contestants

Rob Jurina — an office manager and freelance writer from Hollywood, California

Debbie Morgan — a merchandise manager from Fountain Valley, California

Brian Wangsgard — a senior marketing representative from Redlands, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $31,599)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Brian $200 $3,100 $11,100 $16,599
3-day champion: $48,198 + choice of Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger
$9,100
23 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Debbie $300 $1,000 $2,800 $2,800
2nd place: a trip to Honolulu on Continental & stay at Waikiki Marina Hotel + choice of Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger
$2,800
10 R, 2 W
Rob $1,500 $1,400 $1,200 $2,400
3rd place: Louis XV chair & ottoman by Sam Moore + choice of Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger
$3,200
14 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

FAMILIAR PHRASES FIRST LADIES FOOD FOOTBALL FOLK SONGS '50s TV
$100 [18]
This phrase that means to feel blue comes from "domp", Dutch for mental haze or dullness
down in the dumps
Debbie
$100 [1]
His wife, Louisa, was the only First Lady born abroad, but she was buried in Quincy, Mass.
John Quincy Adams
Debbie
$100 [9]
The Mayans made corn, one of their primary foods, into flat cakes now called this
tortilla
Brian
$100 [6]
The midfield stripe is on this yard line
50-yard line
Brian
$100 [23]
In "Clementine", this numerical phrase describes the miner
forty-niner
Debbie
$100 [13]
He was the only regular to star with Jackie Gleason in the entire Honeymooners series
Art Carney
Brian
$200 [19]
It means "in excellent condition" & is probably from Old English "fetel", a girdle worn by warriors
in fine fettle
Brian
$200 [2]
Tom Selleck said this first lady helped him overcome his fear of dancing with the Princess of Wales
Nancy Reagan
Rob
$200 [11]
Federal cabinet department responsible for grading meat
Agriculture
Brian
$200 [7]
An era began when he was named head coach of the Green Bay Packers in 1959
Vince Lombardi
Brian
$200 [24]
They "were lovers, oh lordy, how they could love," but the song's about a fight
"Frankie and Johnny"
Brian
$200 [14]
In the sitcom "I Married Joan", he was the "I"
Jim Backus
Rob
$300 [20]
Name phrase that expresses an equal exchange as between Bochco & Spielberg for example
even Steven
Debbie
$300 [3]
Mrs. Nixon was nicknamed Pat because she was born on the eve of this holiday
St. Patrick's Day
Rob
$300 [27]
Popular name for the millions of gardens that grew about 40% of U.S. vegetables during WWII
victory gardens
Brian
$300 [8]
Halfback Fred Gehrke 1st painted these on L.A. Rams' helmets back in 1948, & they're still there
horns
Debbie Rob
$300 [25]
In many versions, the 2nd verse of this protest song starts, "We'll walk hand in hand"
"We Shall Overcome"
Debbie
$300 [15]
John Glenn won $12,500 on this musical game show where he had to run 25 ft. & ring a bell to answer
Name That Tune
Brian
$400 [21]
A pioneer phrase meaning very fast, it came from the speed with which their log cabins burned
like a house on fire
$400 [4]
She was the only first lady born in Kentucky
Mary Todd Lincoln
Rob
DD $1,000 [28]
It's what Little Miss Muffet would have eaten if she'd had soybean curds & not whey
tofu
Brian
$400 [10]
In an attempt to balance team talent in 1936, football became the 1st pro sport to hold one
draft
Rob
$400 [26]
After "my grandfather & me" arrived on this sloop, "around Nassau Town we did roam"
Sloop John B
Brian
$400 [16]
Robert Young played this famous father who knew best
Jim Anderson
Rob
$500 [22]
Noblemen riding steeds taller than the average mounts gave us this phrase
on their high horse
Debbie
$500 [5]
She co-wrote the 1988 book "Wildflowers Across America"
Lady Bird Johnson
Debbie
$500 [12]
At different times in the '70s & '80s these 2 leagues tried to challenge the NFL but failed
World Football League & United States Football League (USFL)
Brian Rob
$500 [17]
On "The People's Choice" Cleo the talking dog was this breed
basset hound
Brian Rob

Double Jeopardy! Round

FIRST LINES "F" IN BIOLOGY FLYING MACHINES FAMOUS NAMES FAIRY TALES FACTS & FIGURES
$200 [8]
"Once upon a time there were 4 little rabbits, & their names were--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail & Peter"
Peter Rabbit
Debbie
$200 [25]
The substance used to preserve the frogs that are dissected in biology class
formaldehyde
Rob
$200 [11]
Now in the Smithsonian, "The Flyer" was their plane
Wright brothers
Brian
$200 [3]
This New Zealander who conquered Mt. Everest also explored the South Pole
(Sir Edmund) Hillary
Rob
$200 [1]
In "Hansel & Gretel", Gretel ended up shoving her into an oven
witch
Debbie
$200 [16]
Sales of Avon's Skin-So-Soft bath oil doubled in 1988 people were using it to repel these
insects
Brian
$400 [9]
"It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville nine that day;"
Casey at the Bat
Debbie
$400 [26]
The fennec is the smallest of these animals, the common red is best known
fox
Brian
$400 [12]
You can see this plane with the world's largest wing span, 319' 11", in Long Beach, California
Spruce Goose
Brian
$400 [4]
Australian-American media magnate who's been compared to Citizen Kane
(Rupert) Murdoch
Rob
$400 [2]
This little man said, "Today I bake, tomorrow brew; next day I'll have the queen's child too..."
Rumpelstiltskin
Rob
$400 [17]
Some experts believe about 1/2 of the 711 works attributed to this Dutch artist were done by others
Rembrandt
Rob
$600 [10]
"The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham."
Matthew (The New Testament)
Brian
$600 [27]
The union of 2 gametes to form a zygote
fertilization
$800 [14]
This name for an airship came from a Latin word meaning "to steer"
dirigible
$600 [5]
In 1949, at age 73, he became the 1st Chancellor of West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Brian
$600 [21]
This breakfast food rolled its way to safety until it agreed to sit on a pig's snout
pancake
$800 [19]
Normally this many holes are played in a pro golf tournament, like the U.S. Open
72
Brian
$800 [24]
"Those who wish to win favor with a prince...offer him those things which they hold most precious..."
The Prince
Brian
$800 [28]
By definition, a substance capable of killing a non-green plant such as mold or mildew
fungicide
Rob
$1,000 [15]
This British jet fighter can come to a standstill in midair & hover in one place
Harrier
Brian
$800 [6]
Ariel's husband, who wrote "The health of nations is more important than the wealth of nations"
Will Durant
Rob
$800 [22]
Nationality of Aladdin, the boy with the magic lamp
Chinese
Rob
$1,000 [20]
In sales, it's the world's biggest rubber company
Goodyear
Debbie
$1,000 [30]
"Howard Roark laughed."
The Fountainhead
$1,000 [29]
The 2 leg bones that fit the category
femur & fibula
Brian
DD $2,000 [13]
The highest model number of Boeing aircraft currently in commercial use
767
Brian
$1,000 [7]
This conservative former Calif. senator has been called a "Samurai in a tam o'shanter"
(S.I.) Hayakawa
Rob
$1,000 [23]
The Little Match Girl was carried to heaven by this relative
grandmother
DD $2,000 [18]
According to the Dept. of Energy, 55% of our electricity is produced using this fuel
coal
Rob

Final Jeopardy!

FILMS OF THE '40s

This 1941 film is the only one with a color in its title to win the "Best Picture" Oscar

How Green Was My Valley

Rob "What was How Green Was My Valley?" — wagered $1,200
Debbie "What is How Green Was My Valley" — wagered $0
Brian "What is How Green Was My Valley?" — wagered $5,499

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