Show #1221 1989-12-18 (taped 1989-08-30) Regular

Contestants

Lea Hall — a real estate agent from Los Angeles, California

Harris Peet — a writer from Los Angeles, California

Avrom Simon — a physician from Chicago, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $18,099)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Avrom	$200	$400	$2,600	$1,599 3rd place: Casio Music System	$2,600 7 R, 2 W
Harris	$100	$400	$1,800	$3,600 2nd place: Easy-Rest Reading Chair	$4,500 16 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Lea	$1,600	$2,900	$9,500	$13,700 New champion: $13,700	$8,300 25 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

1968	CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS	THE EARTH	SIGNS & SYMBOLS	TV WESTERNS	FILE UNDER "A"
$100 [3] Bob Seagren did this 17 ft. 8 1/2 in. off the ground in Mexico City pole vault Harris Lea	$100 [12] Panettone is a popular Christmas pastry from this country Italy Harris	$100 [13] When a hot spring ejects steam & boiling water it's called this geyser Harris	$100 [1] Batman's partner, Robin, has this symbol on his shirt R Harris	$100 [23] This Gene Barry lawman wore a derby & fancy clothes & carried a gold-topped cane Bat Masterson Lea	$100 [16] A diplomatic official, or the kind of briefcase he might carry attache Lea
$200 [4] In May students were demonstrating at the Sorbonne in Paris & at this oldest university in N.Y. Columbia Lea	$200 [19] From the French for "crib", it's a tableau of the nativity creche Avrom	$300 [14] For a dune to form you need sand, a place for it to accumulate & this wind Lea	$200 [8] Uncle Pennybags 1st appeared on this game in 1936 Monopoly Harris	$200 [24] This Will Hutchins character got his nickname because he was 1 grade lower than a "tenderfoot" "Sugarfoot" Harris	$200 [15] The kind of necktie you might wear to an English racetrack Ascot Lea
$300 [5] 85% of the cars sold in the U.S. in 1968 had this type of large engine a V8 Avrom Lea	$300 [20] It's believed Santa's reindeer & sleigh were 1st mentioned in this author's "Knickerbocker History" Washington Irving Lea	$400 [26] It's the most abundant type of coal bituminous Harris	$300 [9] From the Latin for "key" comes this symbol on a musical staff clef Harris	$300 [28] Though he declined the lead role in "Gunsmoke", this Western superstar did introduce the 1st episode John Wayne	$300 [2] The adjective most often used to describe James Randi "Amazing" Lea
$400 [6] This body adopted a code of ethics by a 406-1 vote; only Peter Freilinghuysen called it unclear & ineffective House of Representatives Lea	$400 [21] In Germany wreaths are hung with 4 candles representing the 4 Sundays of this holy season Advent Lea	$500 [27] From French for "hillock", it resembles a mesa, but is smaller; it's also the name of a Montana city Butte Lea	$500 [11] Grinding tool & receptacle commonly seen on signs indicating a drug store mortar & pestle Lea	$400 [29] Paladin's base of operation was the Hotel Carlton in this West Coast city San Francisco Harris	$400 [17] This adjective meaning shocked or terrified may derive from the word "ghost" aghast Lea
$500 [7] Completes the title of the 1968 Marjorie Kellogg novel "Tell Me That You Love Me, ..." Junie Moon Avrom	$500 [22] A French cake called a buche de Noel is shaped like & named for this symbol of Christmas a yule log Lea	—	DD $700 [10] In other words, these symbols are cudgels, shovels, pumping organs & girls' best friends clubs, spades, hearts & diamonds Harris	$500 [25] Early episodes of this Western anthology series were adapted from its namesake author's stories Zane Grey ("Zane Grey Theatre") Harris	$500 [18] This goddess was associated with animals & with chastity--the chased & the chaste, so to speak Artemis Harris Lea

Double Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTIAL DAUGHTERS	FRANCE	SHAKESPEAREAN QUOTES	SICKNESS & HEALTH	LEFTOVERS	SINGERS FROM VIRGINIA
$200 [7] On June 12, 1971 she married law student Edward Finch Cox in the Rose Garden at the White House Tricia Nixon Avrom	$200 [21] In 1966 France withdrew from the military wing of this organization NATO Harris	$200 [26] He said, "As Caesar loved me, I weep for him...but, as he was ambitious, I slew him" Brutus Lea	$200 [6] German physicist & Nobel Prize winner Robert Koch found that these rodents conveyed the black plague rats Lea	$200 [11] According to World Book, about 80% of all leather goes to make this item of apparel shoes Lea	$200 [16] This Norfolk-born Las Vegas superstar is part American Indian--he's a descendant of Pocahontas Wayne Newton Lea
$400 [5] In 1980 she told her dad that nuclear arms control was the most important issue of the day Amy Carter Avrom	$400 [24] During WWII German occupation this motto was replaced by "Work, Family, Fatherland" "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" Harris	$400 [27] Hamlet says of him, "Here hung these lips that I have kissed I know not how oft" Yorick Lea	$400 [4] The reason surgical instruments are autoclaved to sterilize them Harris	$400 [12] A South Carolina city gave its name to this Roaring '20s dance which began there The Charleston Lea	$400 [17] When FDR introduced this patriotic singer to King George VI, he said, "...This Is America" Kate Smith Harris
$600 [8] From 1987-89 she served as co-chairman of the Republican National Committee Maureen Reagan Harris	$600 [22] France-Soir, Le Monde & Le Figaro newspapers Lea	$600 [28] "Twelfth Night" opens with the line "If music be the food of love," do this play on Lea	$600 [3] The word vaccine comes from the Latin for this animal cow Avrom	$600 [13] In the early 1960's these 2 New York Yankees were known as the "M & M Boys" Mickey Mantle & Roger Maris Harris	$800 [14] Winchester, VA singer who died tragically 2 years after her biggest hit, "I Fall to Pieces" Patsy Cline Harris
$800 [9] This former first daughter has written many murder mysteries including "Murder in the White House" Margaret Truman Lea	$800 [23] Theater that's also known as the "Maison de Moliere", after the great comic playwright La Comedie Francaise	DD $2,000 [29] He asked, "Is this a dagger which I see before me?... or art thou but a dagger of the mind" Macbeth Lea	$800 [2] Arteriosclerosis is 1 cause of this bulging & thinning in the wall of a blood vessel or the heart an aneurysm	$800 [20] They include the solitaire, the giant moa & the great auk extinct birds	$1,000 [15] This Virginia-born actress made her movie debut in "American Graffiti" & later sang with her famous papa Mackenzie Phillips Avrom
$1,000 [10] For a brief time in the 1960s actor George Hamilton dated this presidential daughter Lynda Bird Johnson Lea	$1,000 [25] The cathedral in this town 50 mi. SW of Paris is considered the finest example of Gothic architecture Chartres Lea	—	$1,000 [1] In 1799 Sir Humphrey Davy discovered this gas could be used as an anesthetic Nitrous Oxide (Laughing Gas) Avrom Lea	$1,000 [19] Cicely Tyson was nominated for an Emmy for playing this founder of Chicago's West-Side Preparatory School Marva Collins Avrom	DD $2,000 [18] A native of Newport News, shewas a professional vocalist & band leader by age 21:"Oh mister, ...please play me a rhapsody..." Ella Fitzgerald Harris

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS NAMES

He said, "I saw a fleet of fishing boats, ...flew down...& yelled at them, asking if I was on the right road to Ireland"

Charles Lindbergh

Harris "Who is LINDBERGH?" — wagered $1,800

Avrom "Who is St. Patrick?" — wagered $1,001

Lea "Who is Lindberg?" — wagered $4,200

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