Show #1174 1989-10-12 (taped 1989-06-21) Regular

Contestants

Stacie Macias — a homemaker from Lake Elsinore, California

John Meyer — a songwriter originally from New York City

Liza Taylor — a novelist originally from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,999)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Liza $300 $2,400 $7,400 $8,700
2nd place: Trip to Acapulco, Mexico + either the Jeopardy! box game or the Jeopardy! computer game
$7,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
John $500 $1,400 $3,000 $500
3rd place: Vita-Vac vacuum by Vita-Mix + either the Jeopardy! box game or the Jeopardy! computer game
$3,000
12 R (including 1 DD), 7 W
Stacie $1,300 $2,800 $8,400 $14,800
New champion: $14,800 + either the Jeopardy! box game or the Jeopardy! computer game
$7,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

ENGLAND MOVIE SEQUELS FURNITURE SPORTS TRIVIA REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS INSERT COIN
$100 [9]
The archbishops of Canterbury & York & 24 bishops are members of this house of Parliament
House of Lords
John
$100 [5]
As Fanny Brice, Barbra Streisand won an Oscar for 1968's "Funny Girl" but not for this sequel 7 years later
Funny Lady
John
$100 [1]
The piece of furniture mentioned in "Rock-a-bye Baby"
cradle
Liza
$100 [26]
The NFL team with the worst overall record gets 1st choice in this the next year
the draft
Stacie
$100 [21]
World Book warns that a soft-shelled turtle can do this with lightning speed
bite
Liza
$100 [16]
A porcelain or plastic porker with a slot in its back
piggy bank
John
$200 [11]
The nation's most prestigious financial institution, it's known as "The Old Lady of Threadneedle St."
Bank of England
Liza John
$200 [8]
Clint Eastwood again played Dirty Harry in this 1973 sequel named for a .357 caliber weapon
Magnum Force
John Stacie
$200 [2]
She was the 1st First Lady to have a chair & a sewing table named for her
Martha Washington
$200 [27]
For an ABC special, this U.S. 1988 Olympic gold medalist skated on a glacier
Brian Boitano
$200 [25]
To fit in with their surroundings, many tree frogs have the ability to do this
change color
Liza
$200 [20]
A slip-on shoe with a slot for a coin in the vamp
penny loafer
Stacie
$300 [10]
This privateer grew up on an abandoned ship on the River Medway with his dad, mum & 11 brothers
Sir Francis Drake
Stacie
$300 [4]
Legal position sought by "The Shaggy Dog" in the sequel
DA (district attorney)
Stacie
$300 [3]
A long seat designed for 2 or more people, it replaced the "settle" & its name differs by just 1 letter
settee
John
$300 [28]
Soviet teams that play U.S. teams in this winter sport include the Soviet Red Army & Dynamo Riga
ice hockey
Liza
$300 [24]
The dusky salamander must keep its skin moist to absorb oxygen since it lacks these organs
lungs
Liza
$300 [19]
On July 16, 1935 these were 1st installed on the streets of Tulsa, Oklahoma
parking meters
John Stacie
$400 [12]
What you would call a Mr. "Cholmoundley" if you wanted to pronounce his name correctly
Chumley
John
$400 [6]
In this 1952 follow-up to "Bedtime for Bonzo", "Bonzo Goes" here without Ronald Reagan
to college
$400 [15]
The French word for a large, movable wardrobe originally used to store arms
armoire
John Stacie
$400 [29]
For every Belmont, Preakness & Kentucky Derby jockey since 1930, it's been 126
their weight
Liza
$400 [22]
If you run into a mugger in India, you've met up with this type of big reptile
crocodile
Liza
$400 [18]
Inserting a coin in a fruit machine in England is the equivalent of doing this in the U.S.
putting a coin in a slot machine
Liza
DD $500 [13]
To placate this king, Cardinal Wolsey gave him the palace at Hampton Court
Henry VIII
John
$500 [7]
This, not "The Return of the Pink Panther", was the 1st sequel to "The Pink Panther"
A Shot in the Dark
Stacie
$500 [14]
An elaborate gentleman's dressing table was named for this 19th century dandy
Beau Brummell
Stacie
$500 [23]
The cottonmouth, a swamp-dwelling snake, is also known by this name that sounds like beach footwear
(water) moccasin
John
$500 [17]
The Greeks put a coin in the mouth of the dead so they could pay the fare for his boat ride
Charon
John

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORD ORIGINS GEOGRAPHY LITERATURE BROADWAY NAME'S THE SAME THE SUPREME COURT
$200 [20]
The term for these beauty preparations is derived from the Greek "kosmos", meaning order
cosmetics
Liza
$200 [7]
This chain of Alaskan islands separates the Bering Sea & the Pacific Ocean
the Aleutians
Liza
$200 [15]
All of the titles of Erle Stanley Gardner's stories about him begin with "The Case of the..."
Perry Mason
Liza John
$200 [2]
The TKTS stand in this famous Broadway square sells half-price tickets to Broadway shows
Times Square
Liza
$400 [21]
1946 marked his 16th year as N.Y. Yankees manager, while this Wisconsinite ran for the Senate
Joe McCarthy
John
$600 [26]
In 1804 justice Samuel Chase was impeached for statements made against this president's administration
Thomas Jefferson
Liza John
$400 [19]
Originating in Swedish pagan harvest feasts, it means "sandwich table"
smorgasbord
Liza
$400 [8]
This river links the Sea of Galilee & the Dead Sea
the Jordan
Stacie
$400 [3]
1902 Arthur Conan Doyle story that was set on the moors in the county of Devon
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Liza
$600 [1]
Of all of Irving Berlin's musicals, this pistol-packin' one ran the longest on Broadway
Annie Get Your Gun
Stacie
$600 [22]
Sculptor known for his life-size figures, or the actor who played the hapless son in "Where's Poppa?"
George Segal
Liza
$800 [27]
In 1920 future justice F. Frankfurter helped found this organization that champions civil rights
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
Stacie
$600 [18]
An unusually large person, animal or thing, from the name of the elephant exhibited by P.T. Barnum
Jumbo
Stacie
$600 [9]
In 1961, after Trujillo was assassinated, the Dominican Republic changed Ciudad Trujillo back to this
Santo Domingo
Stacie
DD $600 [4]
"Out of Africa" was based on Isak Dinesen's life as a coffee plantation owner in this country
Kenya
Liza
$800 [13]
This restaurant at 234 W. 44th St. is famous for opening night parties
Sardi's
John
$800 [23]
The founder of modern economics, or the pen name of George Goodman, author of "The Money Game"
Adam Smith
John
$1,000 [25]
The ruling in his favor read "...the person must be warned that he has the right to remain silent"
Miranda
John
$800 [17]
The Spanish named these natives of Peru after their word for their king
Incas
Liza
$800 [10]
Though half of Tyrol is now part of Italy, before WWI all of it belonged to this country
Austria
Stacie
$800 [5]
The TV miniseries "The Thorn Birds" was based on this Australian author's best seller
Colleen McCullough
Stacie
DD $1,000 [12]
1 of the longest-running shows of all time, it gave us the following song:"Summer lovin', had me a blast/Summer lovin', happened so fast..."
Grease
Stacie
$1,000 [24]
In 1912 he was 1st Lord of the Admiralty while this man was running for N.H. governor
Winston Churchill
$1,000 [16]
This word sometimes used for whales is late Latin & came from the Hebrew bible
leviathan
Liza
$1,000 [11]
The Phoenicians founded this capital of Sicily over 2,500 years ago
Palermo
John
$1,000 [6]
Edith Wharton tragedy about a New England farmer with a nagging wife & a sweet young paramour
"Ethan Frome"
Liza
$1,000 [14]
In 1960 a theater on 47th Street was named for this New York Times drama critic
Brooks Atkinson

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICANA

When the "Star-Spangled Banner" was written, this man was president of the U.S.

James Madison

John "Who was John Adams?" — wagered $2,500
Liza "Who wasJeffersonMadison" — wagered $1,300
Stacie "Who was James Madison?" — wagered $6,400

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