Show #1161 1989-09-25 (taped 1989-06-19) Regular

Contestants

Sarah Taxman — a card store owner from Kansas City, Missouri

John DeAngeli — a text department processor originally from New York City

Tom Smolich — a Catholic priest originally from Sacramento, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $32,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$1,000	$3,000	$6,200	$7,001 3-day champion: $39,802	$6,200 21 R, 1 W
John	$1,000	$1,300	$3,500	$7,000 2nd place: Lehigh bedroom furniture + bed sheets from Norman's of Salisbury	$3,500 15 R, 4 W
Sarah	$100	$1,200	$1,400	$2,400 3rd place: New Home sewing machine + Nintendo Entertainment System featuring Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune Family & Junior edition video games	$2,900 9 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	CELEBRITIES' REAL NAMES	DANCE	SWANS	LAKES	"GOOD" & "BAD"
$100 [4] In 1985 this country voluntarily limited car exports to the U.S. to 23 million a year Japan John	$100 [11] Milton Berlinger Milton Berle Tom	$100 [10] It follows bunny, record & sock a hop Tom	$100 [22] Like other waterfowl, swans have this type of feet webbed feet Tom	$100 [15] The lake along Chicago's Lakeshore Lake Michigan John	$100 [1] It's a contraction of "God be with you" goodbye
$200 [5] This NYC avenue is synonymous with advertising, but only 2 of the top 16 ad agencies are located there Madison Avenue Tom	$200 [12] Shirley Betty Shirley MacLaine John	$200 [19] The music & dance show hosted by Don Cornelius "Soul Train" Tom	$200 [27] It's the reason swans can feed in much deeper water than ducks a long neck Tom	$200 [16] 1 of the world's largest lakes, it was formed when Hoover Dam was built Lake Mead Tom	$200 [2] Completes Mae West's line, "When I'm good, I'm very very good, but..." "when I'm bad I'm better" Tom
$300 [8] These products have been a top-selling product since Proctor & Gamble 1st marketed them in 1961 Pampers John Sarah	$300 [20] Edward Albert Heimberger Eddie Albert Sarah	$300 [21] To dance with stamping steps in heavy shoes, it's also a block in the drain clog John	$300 [28] Unlike humans, some swans choose these when they're only 2 or 3 years old a mate John	$300 [17] Lake Titicaca is the largest lake on this continent South America Tom	$300 [3] There has never been a "bad" Supreme Court justice, but we do have this "good" one Thurgood Marshall John
$400 [9] This company now sells Squirt, Vernors & its own cream soda, but it still sells more root beer than anything A&W John Sarah	$400 [23] Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland Joan Fontaine John Sarah	DD $500 [25] Dance that Eydie Gorme sang about in the following 1963 hit:"I was at a dance / When he caught my eye / Standin' all alone / Lookin' sad and shy..." the bossa nova Sarah	—	$400 [18] Named for a British king in 1755, this New York lake empties into Lake Champlain from the north Lake George Sarah	$400 [6] It's illegal to remove fossil specimens you may find in this national park in South Dakota the Badlands Tom
$500 [13] Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co. announced its fee for its own buyout of this company was $75 million (RJR) Nabisco Tom	$500 [24] Concetta Franconero Connie Francis	$500 [26] Sometimes done out in a meadow, it's a traditional dance of Romania & Israel the hora Sarah	—	$500 [14] One of the most visited lakes in Canada, it's called "The gem of the Canadian Rockies" Lake Louise Tom	$500 [7] Franklin Roosevelt's plan for promoting harmony between the U.S. & Latin America the Good Neighbor Policy John

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN LITERATURE	MUSEUMS	TITLE ROLES	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	GOVERNMENT	SHAKESPEAREAN ANAGRAMS
$200 [4] He lost a N.Y. mayoral race but won the Pulitzer for "The Executioner's Song" Norman Mailer Tom	$200 [1] The 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas houses a museum devoted to his assassination John F. Kennedy John	$200 [2] Tammy Grimes was this "unsinkable" character on stage; Debbie Reynolds on the screen Molly Brown Sarah	$200 [16] Both James Madison & Woodrow Wilson went to this institution when it was called the College of N.J. Princeton John	$200 [11] The USSR is taking this type of survey in 1989 that the U.S. government will take in 1990 the Census Tom	$200 [9] Shakespeare wasn't the "DRAB" of Avon, he was this the Bard Tom
$400 [5] In this 1955 novel, Humbert Humbert marries widow Charlotte Haze just to be near her Nymphet daughter "Lolita" Tom	$400 [3] This abolitionist's home in Akron, Ohio, not Harpers Ferry, is now a museum John Brown Tom	$400 [27] Peter Boyle got an Emmy nomination for his role as this U.S. senator in 1977 film "Tail Gunner Joe" (Joseph) McCarthy Sarah	$400 [17] Of BYU, LSU or NYU, the one that's state sponsored LSU John	$400 [12] The government depart that issues passports the Department of State Tom	$400 [10] Cressida could tell you his name is an anagram of "OILRUST" Troilus John
$600 [6] Jack London's "Call of the Wild" featured the exploits of this sledge dog & his master, John Thornton Buck	$600 [24] Reapers & other types of farm machinery are seen at his memorial museum in Steeles Tavern, Virginia Cyrus McCormick	$600 [28] Henry Winkler co-produces this ABC series in which Richard Dean Anderson plays title role MacGyver Sarah	$600 [18] From 1878-1910 this military academy was located on the U.S.S. Chase the United States Coast Guard Academy John	$600 [13] This state holds the nation's 1st presidential primary; in 1988 both Bush & Dukakis won there New Hampshire Tom	$600 [21] Toward the end of the play, she thought Hamlet was starting to "GET RUDER" Gertrude Tom
$800 [7] Name of James Fenimore Cooper character introduced in "The Pioneers"; he appeared in 4 additional books Natty Bumppo Sarah	$800 [25] Once the home of Italian kings, the Pitti palace in this city houses some of the world's great paintings Florence John	—	$800 [19] This Washington, D.C. school is the only liberal arts college for the deaf in the U.S. Gallaudet Tom	$800 [14] In 1956 Congress designated this our national motto "In God We Trust" John	$800 [22] If you were Timon, you might hasten to leave this city Athens Sarah
$1,000 [8] Frederick Faust wrote "Destry Rides Again" & the "Dr. Kildare" series of books under this pseudonym Max Brand	$1,000 [26] 1 of 3 states with museums devoted to Buffalo Bill Cody 1 of (Wyoming, Nebraska, or Colorado) Tom John	—	$1,000 [20] "Cosmos" author Carl Sagan is a professor of astronomy & space sciences at this eastern university Cornell John	$1,000 [15] With Congress in session, a President has this many days, excluding Sundays, to veto a bill, or it becomes law 10	DD $1,000 [23] The last name of 1 of Shakespeare's most famous heroines, it's an anagram of "PALE CUT" Capulet Sarah

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

The 2 nations planning to build a 10-mile bridge between them to link Europe to Africa

Morocco & Spain

Sarah "What are Spain and Morocco?" — wagered $1,000

John "WHAT ARE MOROCCO AND SPAIN" — wagered $3,500

Tom "What are Morocco + Spain?" — wagered $801

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