Show #990 1988-12-16 (taped 1988-09-27) Regular

Contestants

Jay Malarcher — a teacher from New Orleans, Louisiana

Amy Winograd Friedman — a business librarian originally from Lexington, Massachusetts

Nancy Feinstein — an emergency room nurse and travel agent from Petaluma, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $9,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Nancy	$1,200	$1,200	$3,600	$1,200 3rd place: Videowriter typewriter	$4,400 11 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Amy	$700	$1,200	$4,000	$7,201 New champion: $7,201	$4,600 17 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Jay	$1,900	$3,400	$2,800	$5,600 2nd place: Glassfyre fireplace	$2,800 17 R, 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. HISTORY	SHOW MUSIC	DAYS OF THE WEEK	DANCE	FAMOUS COUSINS	ONOMATOPOETIC WORDS
$100 [12] Ransom money found in Bruno Hauptmann's garage helped convict him in this case the Lindbergh kidnapping case Amy	$100 [6] Irving Berlin wrote, "Blue days, all of them gone, nothing but" these "from now on" blue skies Nancy	$100 [11] Armchair quarterbacks are noted for 20/20 hindsight on this weekday morning Monday Jay	$100 [17] Popular at carnivals, the hootchy-kootchy is a form of this tummy twister belly dancing Jay	$100 [26] First Lady whose cousin Dorothea Dandridge was Patrick Henry's 2nd wife Martha Washington Jay	$100 [1] Hummingbirds hum & bees do this buzz Nancy
$200 [13] He became F.B.I. director way back in 1924 & held the post for 48 years J. Edgar Hoover Amy	$200 [7] "...he jes' keeps rollin' along" Ol' Man River Jay	$200 [21] Day considered unlucky for new projects or love affairs, since Jesus was crucified on that day of the week Friday Jay	$200 [18] One could be Scotch or Virginia a reel Jay	$200 [27] The 2nd Earl of Essex was not only a favorite courtier of this queen, he was also her cousin Elizabeth Jay	$200 [2] A boa constrictor's boo a hiss Nancy
$300 [14] On October 4, 1957, the Soviets launched Sputnik while he became Teamster Union president Jimmy Hoffa Jay	$300 [8] Title line that follows "I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you..." Come Rain or Come shine Nancy	$300 [22] It's sometimes called "hump day" Wednesday Jay	$300 [19] He created half the ballets the NYC Ballet performed in its 1988 winter season George Balanchine Amy Jay	$300 [28] Child actress Samantha Biddle Barrows of "Days of Our Lives" is this "Mayflower Madam"s cousin Sydney Biddle Barrows Amy	$300 [3] In the mid-1800s William & Andrew Smith began producing drops to cure this condition a cough Jay
$400 [15] From Latin for "money", the 1st one was authorized by Congress on April 2, 1792 U.S. mint	$400 [9] It begins, "Hear my voice where you are! Take a train; steal a car; hop a freight; grab a star..." Come Back to Me	$400 [23] Day of the week on which the U.S. changes to Daylight Saving Time Sunday Jay	$400 [20] A 1919 song lamented, "I wish I could" do this dance "like my sister Kate" the shimmy Nancy	$400 [29] These 2 distant cousins married on March 17, 1905 & Uncle Teddy gave the bride away Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt Nancy	$400 [4] The 2 words, both with double "z"s, that describe soda in a can & steak in a pan fizz and sizzle Amy
$500 [16] He founded Savannah in 1733--in fact, he founded the whole colony of Georgia (James) Oglethorpe Jay	$500 [10] In "Hey, Look Me Over", the 3 words that follow, "Look out world" here I come Nancy	$500 [24] Solomon Grundy was christened on this day Tuesday Amy	$500 [25] World Book says blacks in the U.S. combined African dances with English clog & Irish jig to create this form tap Jay	DD $800 [30] In 1894, shortly after ascending the throne, he married his distant cousin, a German princess named Alix Czar Nicholas II Nancy	$500 [5] A spot of light on a radar screen a blip Jay

Double Jeopardy! Round

NAMES IN THE NEWS	SHAKESPEARE	FLAGS	COUNTRIES	WESTERNS	"EX" MARKS THE SPOT
$200 [7] 1988's Miss Burbank, "Powerjaws" Jayne Johnson, borrowed her gown from this Merv Griffin employee Vanna White Amy	$200 [2] Mark Antony said, "I come to bury" this man, "not to praise him" (Julius) Caesar Amy	$200 [21] The Stars & Stripes was planted 1st at this location on July 20, 1969 the moon Amy	$200 [12] In 1988 Australia observed this anniversary of its founding 200th	$200 [25] A 1972 movie portrayed the "The Life & Times of" this man Judge Roy Bean Jay	$200 [1] The ramp you'd use to get off the freeway, parkway, thruway or interstate the exit ramp Amy
$400 [8] This 10-year-old's 6-year-old sister was also a "test tube baby" Louise Brown Amy	$400 [3] In a Shakespeare poem, Adonis rejects this goddess of love Venus Jay	$600 [23] On the Olympic flag, the top 3 rings are blue, black & red; the bottom 2 are these colors green & yellow Nancy	$400 [13] Country in which you can see the giant carved stone heads of the ancient Olmecs Mexico Amy Jay	$400 [26] The last episode of TV's "Wyatt Earp" portrayed this famous event the gunfight at the OK corral Nancy	$400 [16] The twin cities on the Arkansas-Texas border are both named this Texarkana Nancy
$600 [9] Cutting ties to the West Bank in July 1988, he said the PLO alone will represent the Palestinians King Hussein of Jordan Amy Jay	$600 [4] In "King Lear", she poisons her sister Regan Goneril Jay	$800 [24] Number of short stripes on the flag of the United States 7	$600 [14] In this country, you can follow the Copernicus trail which covers the places in which he lived & worked Poland Jay	—	$600 [17] This New Hampshire prep school was established way back in 1781 Phillips Exeter Amy
$800 [10] Controversial film "The Last Temptation of Christ" is based on a novel by this author of "Zorba the Greek" Nikos Kazantzakis	$800 [5] Despised title king whose mother is Elinor of Aquitaine King John Amy	DD $1,000 [22] The symbols of this country's flagrepresent the yin & yang & the balance of harmony & life: South Korea Amy	$800 [15] The 2 Central American countries that have 2-word names El Salvador & Costa Rica Jay	—	$800 [19] Paul Revere went through this town on his famous ride, then, after the British caught him, went back on foot Lexington Amy
$1,000 [11] Allotted 15 minutes, this governor spoke for 32 at the Democratic National Convention Bill Clinton Amy	DD $1,400 [6] 3 of the 4 kings named Henry in the titles of Shakespearean plays (3 of) Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI and Henry VIII) Amy	$1,000 [27] This Cabinet department, created in 1979, has a symbolic tree in the center of its flag the Department of Education Amy Jay	$1,000 [18] Mournful folk songs called Fados are performed in the popular Fado houses of this country Portugal Nancy Amy	—	$1,000 [20] Anglo-Saxon kingdom that by 927 A.D. had conquered Essex & Sussex to take over all of England Wessex Amy

Final Jeopardy!

ADVERTISING

1 of the top 5 advertisers on network TV sports shows in 1987 was this Cabinet department

the Department of Defense

Jay "What is the Dept. of Defense?" — wagered $2,800

Nancy "What is the Dept. of Interior?" — wagered $2,400

Amy "What is Dept. of Defense?" — wagered $3,201

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