Show #789 1988-01-28 (taped 1987-10-19) Regular

Final Jeopardy! logo flashes on the game board's monitors instead of the show's logo.

Contestants

Chris Beauregard — a librarian from Scotia, New York

Ernie Bonner — a firefighter from Galveston, Texas

Steve Kravitz — a trust and estate attorney from West Palm Beach, Florida (whose 2-day cash winnings total $28,300)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Steve $2,100 $2,900 $11,100 $7,100
3-day champion: $35,400
$12,100
29 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 2 DDs)
Ernie $800 $400 $-200 $-200
3rd place: a Smith Corona electric typewriter
$-200
5 R, 3 W
Chris $0 $2,200 $3,200 $6,400
2nd place: a weekend for 2 at La Costa Hotel and Spa + a set of golf clubs
$3,200
13 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

ISLANDS MOVIE TRIVIA DRUG STORE FOOTBALL FLOWERS "M.B."
$100 [11]
The island of Sumatra in the Indian Ocean was visited by this Italian explorer in about 1292
Marco Polo
Ernie
$100 [6]
In 1983, all the Plitt theaters in North America switched to serving this on their popcorn
butter
Steve
$100 [17]
For most of its 100 plus years, it's been the world's best-selling mouthwash
Listerine
Chris
$100 [1]
A forward pass is only legal when thrown from behind this
the line of scrimmage
Steve
$100 [26]
The name of this popular patio flower comes from Greek "geranos" meaning crane
geranium
Chris
$100 [16]
The World Book says most of these have from 72-96 members & sometimes feature baton twirlers
marching bands
Ernie
$200 [12]
Baffin, Victoria, & Ellesmere Islands, 5th, 9th, and 10th largest in world, all belong to this country
Canada
Steve
$200 [7]
As far as we know, it's the only movie with a guest appearance by the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man
Ghostbusters
Steve
$200 [22]
The best-selling brand of children's vitamins in the U.S. is named for these cartoon characters
the Flintstones
Steve
$200 [2]
Teams hit "paydirt" by successfully reaching this part of the field
the end zone
Ernie
$200 [27]
This Asian variety of lily is aptly named since it's orange splashed with black
a tiger lily
Chris
$200 [18]
What the "M.B." stands for in your M.B.A. degree
masters of business
Steve
$300 [13]
For a while in 1814, this 86-square-mile island was Napoleon's total domain
Elba
Steve
DD $200 [10]
He was Judy Garland's companion on the road to Oz & later became her daughter's father-in-law
Jack Haley
Steve
$300 [23]
People spray Chloraseptic to relieve this pain
a sore throat
Chris
$300 [3]
Total number of minutes in a regulation pro game
60
Steve
$300 [28]
In March of 1987, a Van Gogh painting featuring these flowers sold for $39,921,750
sunflowers
Chris
$300 [19]
This small round object made of naphthalene can keep your Dior from disintegrating
a moth ball
Chris
$400 [14]
The Act of Union in 1707 united 2 kingdoms into this island nation named for the island it was on
Great Britain
Steve Chris
$300 [8]
"Fatso" star who played Gene Wilder's hefty aunt in "Haunted Honeymoon"
Dom DeLuise
Steve
$400 [24]
It's said a Sumerian clay tablet from 2000 B.C., calling for plant materials, is the oldest one known
prescription
Chris
$400 [4]
2 of the 4 types of body pads the NCAA requires a player to wear
(2 of) shoulder pads, thigh pads, hip pads, & knee pads
Steve
$400 [29]
From the French "pensee", it's pansy's pensive meaning, even though yours may be far away
thought
Chris
$400 [20]
Colorful title of Melissa Manchester's 1st Billboard top 40 hit
Midnight Blue
$500 [15]
If you hold you family reunion on Reunion, you're on an island which belongs to this country
France
$400 [9]
An ex-slave was hired to sit on a porch & tell folk tales for 1946 Georgia premiere of this Disney film
Song of the South
Steve
$500 [25]
In the '50s, ads for this hair product warned guys not to use "that greasy kids stuff"
Vitalis
Ernie
$500 [5]
TV partner of Bubba Smith, this linebacker was one penalized for biting
Dick Butkus
Ernie
$500 [21]
Overwhelming, as with wonder or perplexity
mind boggling
Chris

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY WORLD LITERATURE EQUIVALENCIES COMPOSERS FAMOUS AMOS's PALINDROMES
$200 [1]
The first permanent English settlement in the American colonies
Jamestown
Chris
$200 [6]
Upton Sinclair set "The Jungle" not in the third world but in this Second City
Chicago
Steve
$200 [16]
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer is equivalent of this U.S, cabinet secretary
Secretary of the Treasury
Steve
DD $100 [23]
Songwriter who emigrated from Russia to New York in the 1890s, which may have inspiredthe following
Irving Berlin
Steve
$200 [22]
John Amos got an Emmy nomination for playing this character as an adult in
Kunta Kinte
$200 [11]
Not tilted
level
$400 [2]
In 1773, Ben Franklin tested this form of execution & knocked off chickens, a 10-lb. turkey & a lamb
electrocution
Steve
$400 [7]
It's the beloved country in Alan Paton's "Cry the Beloved Country"
South Africa
Steve
$400 [17]
While Canada is divided into provinces, Australia has 6 of these
states
Steve
$200 [21]
He was born Ferenc Liszt, but known by this German version of his 1st name
Franz
Steve
$400 [24]
This comedian of Lebanese descent, aka Amos Jacobs, was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal for humanitarianism
Danny Thomas
Steve
$400 [12]
As the last word in a palindromic phrase, it's what owls might say it's "too hot to" do
hoot
Steve
$600 [3]
In 1843, Mexico said annexation of this as a U.S. state would be equal to a declaration of war
Texas
Chris
$600 [8]
Subtitled "The Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure", in 1821 it became 1st book tried for sexual obscenity in U.S.
Fanny Hill
Steve Chris
DD $500 [19]
JFK's equivalent of FDR's "New Deal" and Truman's "Fair Deal"
the New Frontier
Steve
$600 [25]
Black composer James A. Bland, born in NYC in 1854, wrote this state song of Virginia
"Carry Me Back To Old Virginny"
Steve
$600 [26]
On "The Real McCoys", he was Grandpappy Amos "Head of the clan, he roars like a lion, but he's gentle as a lamb"
Walter Brennan
$600 [13]
French pronoun or French magazine, both concerned with women
elle
Steve Ernie
$800 [4]
Napoleon's grand-nephew, Attorney General Charles Bonaparte, established this U.S. agency in 1908
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
$800 [9]
He died in 1924, leaving unfinished his only 3 novels, "The Trial", "The Castle" & "Amerika"
(Franz) Kafka
Steve
$600 [18]
While "Venus" was a #1 hit for Frankie Avalon, no one's had a hit about this, her Greek equivalent
Aphrodite
Steve
$800 [28]
This native of Washington, D.C. wrote several novels & an autobiography called "Marching Along"
(John Philip) Sousa
Chris
$800 [27]
While Andy's occupation was trying to get rich quick, Amos of "Amos & Andy" did this for a living
drove a cab
Steve Ernie
$800 [14]
For Mae West, this "diamond" was a theatrical gem
Lil
Ernie
$1,000 [5]
His 16-minute flight on July 21, 1961 made him the 2nd American in space
(Virgil "Gus") Grissom
Steve Chris
$1,000 [10]
1941 Arthur Koestler novel which showed his disillusionment with Communism
Darkness at Noon
$1,000 [20]
In most Islamic countries, it's the equivalent of the Red Cross
the Red Crescent
Steve
$1,000 [15]
Jahan of India and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, for example
shahs
Chris

Final Jeopardy!

STATE CAPITALS

1 of 2 letters that begins the names of 6 state capitals, more than any other

C or S

Chris "What is C and S?" — wagered $3,200
Steve "What is A?" — wagered $4,000

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