Show #1251 1990-01-29 (taped 1989-09-26) Regular

Contestants

Terry Ragazzini — a homemaker from Wilton, Connecticut

David Harris — a librarian from Austin, Texas

Rob Lasker — a humanities student from Detroit, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Rob $1,100 $2,300 $1,300 $100
3rd place: Vivitar TEC 155 Zoom Camera
$2,000
16 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
David $500 $1,100 $3,300 $6,600
2nd place: Pub Table & 4 Bar Stools
$3,300
11 R, 2 W
Terry $800 $1,500 $5,300 $6,601
New champion: $6,601
$4,900
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "G" THE BIBLE SNAKES TELEVISION ONTARIO THANKS, GUYS
$100 [16]
This adhesive can be made from animal hides, bones, vegetables or fish
Glue
Terry
$100 [26]
Half of the Psalms are attributed to this king whose name means "Beloved (Of God)"
David
Terry
$100 [12]
Snakes have a peculiar respiratory system; most of them have only one of these
Lung
Rob
$100 [3]
He placed 6th in the U.S. Olympic decathlon trials in 1948 before limping into TV's "Gunsmoke"
Dennis Weaver
Terry
$100 [1]
Natural wonder shared by Ontario & New York State; it's a famous honeymoon destination
Niagara Falls
Rob
$100 [8]
Jim Cole, who keeps us posted on fruit imports & exports, works for this Cabinet dept.
the Dept. of Agriculture
David
$200 [17]
Some folks eat these leaping insects jellied, roasted or dipped in honey
Grasshoppers
Rob David
$200 [27]
This New Testament apostle is also called Simon, Simeon or Cephas
Peter
Rob
$200 [13]
Snakes used in these acts sway in response to the musician's movements; they can't really hear the music
Snake Charmer
Rob
$200 [4]
Dan Rather hosts this documentary series that condenses 2 days of coverage into a single hour
48 Hours
Terry
$200 [2]
The 2 capitals located in Ontario; 1 is the provincial capital & the other the national capital
Toronto & Ottawa
David
$200 [22]
When we have a question about this, the "Breakfast of Champions", we call Kathryn Newton
Wheaties
Rob
$300 [18]
Some of these muscles are minimus & some of them are maximus
Gluteus
Rob
$300 [28]
This came out of the rock at Horeb after Moses struck it with his rod
water
Rob David
$300 [14]
In Hopi Indian snake dances, priests carry these snakes in their mouths
Rattlesnakes
Rob
$300 [5]
In 1966 this ex-producer of "ABC's Wide World of Sports" received the 1st of his more than 40 Emmy nominations
Roone Arledge
David
$300 [9]
The Ambassador Bridge, world's largest int'l suspension bridge, links Windsor, Ontario & this city
Detroit, Michigan
Rob
$300 [23]
Richard Arnold, researcher for this Paramount "enterprise", told us about Vulcan mating customs
Star Trek
David
$400 [19]
Romany is known as the language of these nomadic people
Gypsies
Rob
DD $700 [29]
This gospel writer was a tax collector at Capernaum when Jesus 1st met him
Matthew
Rob
$400 [15]
Related to the boa constrictor, this largest South American snake is also called the water boa
Anaconda
David
$400 [6]
Carroll O'Connor stars as chief Bill Gillespie in this NBC series based on 1967's "Best Picture"
In the Heat of the Night
David
$400 [10]
Tyrone Guthrie was the 1st to direct the Shakespeare-oriented festival in this town
Stratford
Rob
$400 [24]
When we need to know about this, the King of Beers, we call Mary McHugh
Budweiser
Rob
$500 [20]
Part eagle & part lion, these mythical beasts were famous for guarding gold
Griffins
Rob
$500 [21]
The hamadryad, the longest poisonous snake, is also known by this name
King Cobra
$500 [7]
He played sheriff Sam Cade in the early 1970s drama "Cade's County"
Glenn Ford
Terry
$500 [11]
The large bay & its smaller bay that form the northern border of Ontario
Hudson Bay & James Bay
David
$500 [25]
Mr. Otha Day of this bandleader's archive told about the 1st performance of "Rhapsody In Blue"
Paul Whiteman
Rob Terry

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY POETRY COLORS THE NILE NICKNAMES FILMS OF THE 1930S
$200 [1]
He was called "Black Dan" due to his swarthy complexion & "Godlike Daniel" from his imposing style
Daniel Webster
Rob
$200 [16]
Completes the title of Alan Seeger's most famous poem, "I Have a Rendezvous with..."
Death
Terry
$200 [2]
A person who brings his own lunch to work instead of using the cafeteria
Brown Bagger
Rob
$200 [26]
It's what the ancient Greek historian Herodotus called "the gift of the Nile"
Egypt
Rob
$200 [21]
He got his nickname as a kid from his fondness for the comic strip "Bingville Bugle"
Bing Crosby
Terry
$200 [8]
Tibetans were played by Pala Indians from California in this film based on James Hilton's novel
Lost Horizon
Terry
$400 [4]
A branch of the military that was part of the army before it became independent in 1947
Air Force
David
$400 [17]
"I never saw a moor, I never saw the sea; yet know I how the heather looks, and what" one of these "must be"
a wave (by Emily Dickinson)
$400 [3]
A yellowish-pink color which describes a pretty girl from Georgia
Peach
David
$400 [22]
Eleanora Fagan was known as Billie Holiday & John Henry Holliday was known as this
"Doc" Holliday
Terry
$400 [9]
In 1932 Paul Muni was "A Fugitive From" this
A Chain Gang
Rob
$600 [5]
He resigned as Secretary of State April 15, 1959 & died a few weeks later
John Foster Dulles
Terry
$800 [19]
Leigh Hunt wrote, "Jenny" did this to "me when we met, jumping from the chair she sat in"
Kissed Me
$600 [10]
It can precede bull, gate, horde or rule
Golden
Terry
$600 [23]
The musical "Call Me Madam" was inspired by this "Hostess with the Mostes"
Perle Mesta
Terry
$600 [13]
In this film E.G. Robinson uttered the dying words, "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?"
"Little Caesar"
David
$800 [6]
He, not FDR, was the only Democrat Vermont supported for president since the Civil War
Lyndon Johnson (LBJ)
Rob
DD $1,000 [18]
"Freely", "Purely", & "To the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach"
"How Do I Love Thee?" (by Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
Terry
$800 [11]
In "An Essay On Criticism", Alexander Pope wrote "All looks" this color "to the jaundiced eye"
Yellow
Rob Terry
$800 [24]
This state's name is Indian for friendship but its people didn't want "The Friendship State" on lic. plates
Texas
David
$800 [14]
This Greta Garbo film in which she played a Russian was remade in 1957 as the musical "Silk Stockings"
"Ninotchka"
Terry
$1,000 [7]
These unpopular laws that dealt with citizenship & free speech contributed to John Adams' defeat in 1800
Alien & Sedition Laws
$1,000 [20]
Milton had him bemoaning, "O loss of sight, of thee I most complain!"
Samson
$1,000 [12]
The word iodine comes from "ion", the same Greek root that gave this flower its name
Violet
$1,000 [25]
He, not Valentino, was "The Great Lover" of the silent screen
John Gilbert (Greta Garbo's lover)
$1,000 [15]
In this 1936 film Gary Cooper portrayed a tuba player from Mandrake Falls who inherits $20 million
"Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"

Final Jeopardy!

ROYALTY

If Prince Charles keeps his name when he becomes king, this number will follow it

III

Rob "What is IV?" — wagered $1,200
David "What is III?" — wagered $3,300
Terry "What is CHARLES III?" — wagered $1,301

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