Show #1255 1990-02-02 (taped 1989-09-26) Regular

Contestants

Terry Swart — a medical research technician from Norwalk, California

Chris Mullins — an English teacher from Manhattan Beach, California

Gretchen Radtke — a law school graduate from Redwood City, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,250)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Gretchen $700 $1,900 $4,700 $0
3rd place: Dessert of the Month Club
$4,700
14 R, 1 W
Chris $1,000 $1,900 $8,100 $1,200
2nd place: a La-Z-Boy Signature II sleep sofa
$6,900
20 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Terry $0 $1,900 $4,300 $8,300
New champion: $8,300
$4,100
12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT GREECE INVENTIONS NURSERY RHYMES U.S. STATES BODY LANGUAGE I TV
$100 [24]
Carrying news of a Greek victory, Pheidippides ran from this plain to Athens, about 23 miles
Marathon
Chris
$100 [19]
Though he may not have tried it himself, da Vinci designed what is probably the 1st of these "fall-breakers"
a parachute
Gretchen
$100 [6]
A man by this name wears whiskers on his chinnegan
Michael Finnegan
Gretchen
$100 [7]
Hey, it's the "Bay State"
Massachusetts
Chris
$100 [11]
The logo used by the Pinkerton Detective Agency led to the use of this term for a private detective
private eye
Chris
$100 [1]
He was the "I" in "I Love Lucy"
Desi Arnaz (Ricky Ricardo)
Gretchen
$200 [25]
When he conquered Thebes, he destroyed every house but the one the poet Pindar had lived in
Alexander the Great
Chris
$200 [20]
Richard Nixon's pal Robt. Abplanalp invented the valve for this type of can
an aerosol can
Chris
$200 [17]
Higgledy piggledy; it's the color of the hen that lays eggs for gentlemen
black
Gretchen
$200 [8]
The state that contains the mouth of the Mississippi
Louisiana
Chris
$200 [13]
Ironically, this expression came from the fact that male deer have front teeth only in their lower jaw
buckteeth
Gretchen
$200 [2]
We can't tell if the "I" in the title of this series referred to Bill Cosby or Robert Culp
I Spy
Chris
$300 [26]
The Greeks considered this site of the oracles the "Omphalus" or navel of the world
Delphi
Terry
$300 [21]
The typewriter was 1st mass-produced in the 1870s by this gun manufacturer
Remington
Gretchen
$300 [18]
We'll have tea if she puts the kettle on
Polly
$300 [9]
In 1947 British driver John Cobb was 1st to travel over 400 MPH on this state's salt beds
Utah
Chris
$300 [14]
Someone able to sniff out a big story for the paper is said to have this
a nose for news
Terry
$300 [3]
He was the "I" in "I Dream of Jeannie"
Larry Hagman (Tony Nelson)
Gretchen
$400 [27]
It's very likely that Sophocles & Socrates attended the dedication of this temple in 438 B.C.
the Parthenon (the Temple of Athena)
Gretchen
$400 [22]
In 1960 the FDA approved production of Enovid, the 1st of these
birth control pills
Terry
$400 [29]
Here comes a candle to light you to bed, here comes a chopper to... uh-oh
chop off your head
Chris
$400 [10]
It contains both the highest & lowest points in the lower 48 states
California
Terry
$400 [15]
When we keep someone at a distance, we're said to keep them this far away
at arm's length
Terry
$400 [4]
"One Day at a Time" star who was the "I" in the TV film "I Was a Mail Order Bride"
Valerie Bertinelli
Gretchen Chris Terry
$500 [28]
According to Collier's Ency., in the 7th cent. this city-state won most of the recorded Olympic victories
Sparta
Terry
$500 [23]
Only president granted a patent at any time in his life; he got it in 1849 for a ship flotation device
Abraham Lincoln
$500 [30]
"Betwixt", a word you don't often run into, is in line 3 of the rhyme about this man & his eating habits
Jack Sprat ("could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean")
DD $500 [12]
3 of the top 10 U.S. cities in population are in this state
Texas (Dallas, Houston, San Antonio)
Chris
$500 [16]
Meaning maudlin sentimentality, it's often accompanied by the playing of a make-believe violin
hearts & flowers
$500 [5]
Daniel Hugh Kelly was the "I" in this 1987-88 series about an architect who wed his Latino housekeeper
I Married Dora

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 20TH CENTURY PLAYS CANADA BUSINESS & INDUSTRY RECORD ALBUMS FRENCH PHRASES
$200 [13]
The thief who stole it from the Louvre in 1911 tried to sell it to the Italian government for $95,000
the Mona Lisa
Terry
$200 [14]
Their 1st 3 Broadway plays were "I'll Say She Is", "The Cocoanuts" & "Animal Crackers"
the Marx Brothers
Chris
$200 [23]
Mackenzie, Keewatin & Franklin are districts of these territories
the Northwest Territories
Chris
$200 [1]
These fig-filled items weren't named after a fruit-struck scientist but for a town near the factory
Fig Newtons
Chris
$200 [2]
Quincy Jones produced his "Thriller" album & his "Bad" one, too
Michael Jackson
Terry
$200 [10]
On the contrary, this is French for "on the contrary"
au contraire
Terry
$400 [19]
In 1963 this was set up as a link between the White House & the Kremlin
the Hot Line
Chris
$400 [15]
This title character's partner-in-crime was Mrs. Lovett, who baked & sold meat pies
Sweeney Todd
Gretchen
$400 [24]
Residents of this province have the highest per capita income in the country
Ontario
Gretchen
$400 [4]
Tab was the leading diet cola before this soft drink was introduced in 1982
Diet Coke
Chris Terry
$400 [3]
This TV series inspired an album featuring Ron Perlman reading Shakespeare's sonnets
"Beauty And The Beast"
Gretchen
$400 [11]
Trompe l'oeil refers to deceiving this, especially in art
deceiving the eye
Gretchen Chris
$600 [20]
This Islamic title, meaning "sign from God", became well-known to the Western world in the 1970s
Ayatollah
Chris Terry
$600 [16]
A very short-run play in 1963, written by D. Starkweather, was titled "So Who's Afraid of" this playwright
Edward Albee
Chris
$600 [6]
Though it owns them both, this company doesn't use a Fruit Loop filling for its Mrs. Smith's pies
Kellogg's
Gretchen
$600 [5]
The 2 Madonna albums whose titles begin with "Like A..."
"Like A Prayer" & "Like A Virgin"
Gretchen
$600 [25]
Julia Child ended her show with this French phrase
Bon appetit !
Chris
$800 [21]
He personally directed the amphibious landing at Inchon, Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Chris
$1,000 [18]
He wrote "Amadeus" & his twin brother, Anthony, wrote "Sleuth"
Peter Schaffer
Chris
$800 [7]
Coors beer is brewed in this Colorado city
Golden
Terry
DD $1,000 [8]
Controversial TV personality heard singingherehis 1989 album:"Mother-in-law says you're a no-good bum /God I wish that woman would shut her trap /But there's a sure-fire cure called the 'Loudmouth Method' /I think you'd better give it a try!"
Morton Downey Jr. ("Zip It Up")
Terry
$1,000 [22]
In 1956 France gave this country its independence; in 1957 Sultan Muhammad V took the title King
Morocco
DD $2,000 [17]
1953 Arthur Miller play inspired by the atmosphere of McCarthyism in the early 1950s
The Crucible
Chris
$1,000 [12]
Among the brand names in this Anglo-Dutch company's stable are Ragu, Close-Up, Q-Tips & Wisk
Unilever (Lever Brothers)
$1,000 [9]
Her "21 Hit Singles" album includes "Ave Maria", "Fire Down Below" &, of course, "Goldfinger"
Shirley Bassey
Terry

Final Jeopardy!

POLITICS

He was the last man holding the office of gov. when elected vice president of the U.S.

Spiro Agnew (1968)

Terry "Who is Spiro Agnew?" — wagered $4,000
Gretchen "Who was" — wagered $4,700
Chris "Who is Cabot Lodge" — wagered $6,900

« Back to Games