Show #1267 1990-02-20 (taped 1989-10-10) Regular

Contestants

Larry Minton — a lumber salesman from Fullerton, California

Freddye Silverman — a systems analyst from Baltimore, Maryland

Terry Swart — a medical research technician from Norwalk, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $18,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Terry	$600	$700	$5,100	$4,999 3-day champion: $23,499	$5,900 16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Freddye	$700	$1,800	$2,600	$100 2nd place: Keller Royal Anne dining furniture	$2,600 11 R, 2 W
Larry	$500	$800	$400	$0 3rd place: a Sierra Cricket-On-the-Hearth fireplace	$1,400 14 R, 7 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE EARTH	BOTTOMS UP	INSURANCE	BACKYARD GAMES	FROM THE LATIN	SINATRA
$100 [7] The modified Mercalli scale ranks these 1-12: 1 - not felt except by few, 12 - total destruction earthquakes Terry	$100 [8] This California firm is the largest producer of wine in the U.S. Gallo Larry	$100 [26] Since 1896 it's used the Rock of Gibraltar in its ads Prudential Larry	$100 [17] Competition in which you walk on your hands while your partner holds up your legs a wheelbarrow race Terry	$100 [2] Your mom could tell you this word for marriage comes from the Latin for "mother" matrimony Larry	$100 [1] He did his own fight scenes when he appeared on this TV P.I.'s show in February 1987 Magnum, P.I. Larry
$300 [14] Basalt is an igneous rock & rock salt is this type sedimentary Larry	$200 [9] Word that can precede dress, party & table cocktail Larry	$200 [27] In 1988 this British firm celebrated its 300th anniversary Lloyd's of London Terry	$200 [18] Before the invention of plastic this racket game used a cork stuck with feathers badminton Terry	$200 [3] "Pondus", the Latin word for weight, gave us this adjective meaning weighty or unwieldy ponderous Terry	$200 [22] The Arizona radio station Sinatra bought in 1989 was dubbed KFAS, the FAS standing for this Francis Albert Sinatra Larry
$400 [15] William Smith was the 1st to date rocks using these found within them fossils (that he found inside the rocks) Terry	$300 [10] Beef bouillon & a shot of vodka are the main ingredients in this drink bullshot Terry	$300 [28] Actuaries compute rates for various risks & these decide if the company will take the risk & insure you underwriters	$300 [19] To play this you stand behind the 10 Off area & shoot your disk down the court into the scoring area shuffleboard Larry	$300 [4] This adjective meaning shifty or deceptive is derived from "de via", meaning away from the road devious Freddye	$300 [23] As Joey Evans in this 1957 film, Sinatra belted out "The Lady Is A Tramp" Pal Joey Freddye
$500 [16] The stratosphere includes this layer of the atmosphere that absorbs ultraviolet light ozone Larry	$400 [11] One story says this rum drink made the 1st man who drank it feel "like the living dead" a zombie Freddye	$400 [29] Basic types of life insurance are whole life, endowment & this term life Freddye	$400 [20] In this game 2 players join hands & form an arch that falls after the "Take the key and lock her up" stanza London Bridge Freddye	$400 [5] Meaning explosive or changeable, it comes from "volare", to fly volatile Larry	$400 [24] Sinatra made his 1st record in July 1939 as a vocalist for this trumpeter's band Harry James Larry
DD $1,000 [13] We're in the Holocene epoch of the Quaternary period of the Cenozoic one of these an era Larry	$500 [12] 1st made in Scotland in the 18th c., this liqueur blends old scotch, honey, herbs & spices drambuie Larry	$500 [30] Used in setting rates, the theory of this was developed by Blaise Pascal & Pierre de Fermat in the 1600s the theory of probability Terry Larry	$500 [21] The order of shooting in croquet follows the order of the color rings on this pegs Terry	$500 [6] Whales belong to this order of mammals whose name comes from the Latin for whale, "cetus" Cetacean Larry	$500 [25] Dying in this film, Sinatra warns Prew, "Watch out for Fatso, he'll try to crack you..." From Here to Eternity

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. HISTORY	VEGETABLES	POETS	POTPOURRI	NEWFOUNDLAND	MOVIE QUOTES
$200 [21] Date during WWII on which the Allies put Operation Overlord into action June 6, 1944 (D-Day)	$200 [1] 1st grown in Belgium about the 13th century, these vegetables look like tiny cabbages Brussels sprouts Terry	$200 [16] William Butler Yeats wrote his own: "Cast a cold eye on life, on death. Horseman, pass by!" an epitaph Larry	$200 [6] The number of times a year the snow goose sets off on a migration 2 Terry	$200 [23] In the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713 Britain obtained Newfoundland from this country France Larry	$200 [11] Movie in which Margaret Hamilton cackles, "Well, my little pretty, I can cause accidents, too." The Wizard of Oz Freddye
$400 [22] In 1763 these surveyors began work to settle a boundary dispute between the Penns & the Calverts Mason & Dixon Terry	$400 [2] This root can be eaten raw w/dip or baked in a cake that usually comes w/cream cheese icing carrots Freddye	$400 [17] He often had visions of angels & dead people; perhaps he saw a "Tyger! Tyger! Burning Bright!", too William Blake Freddye	$400 [7] MCA Home Video has sold over 15 million copies of this movie, calling it the all-time top-selling video E.T. Freddye	—	$400 [12] 1967 movie in which Faye Dunaway said, "We rob banks." Bonnie and Clyde Terry
DD $800 [24] In 1964 it was established as the "Domestic Peace Corps" VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) Terry	$600 [3] "Swiss" vegetable that's also known as the "spinach beet" chard Larry	$600 [18] "Weighty" name of the pro-Fascist American poet who was declared insane in 1946 Ezra Pound Terry	$600 [8] In November 1988 this former leader of CCR was acquitted of plagiarizing--himself John Fogerty Terry	—	$600 [13] "Do you Alice, Ruth, Martha, Liza, Sarah, Dorcas, take these men to be your lawfully married husbands?" Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Freddye
$800 [25] State in which Nat Turner led a slave revolt in 1831 Virginia Larry	$800 [4] The part of the plant you're eating when you chow down on corn, peas or lima beans seeds Terry	$800 [19] Queen Elizabeth I gave him a pension for life after he dedicated "The Faerie Queen" to her Edmund Spenser Terry	$800 [9] The Energy Dept. picked this state in which to build the estimated $4.4 billion Supercollider Texas Larry	—	$800 [14] In "Now, Voyager", this actress says, "Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars." Bette Davis Freddye
$1,000 [26] Formally organized in the 1870s, it began as a secret order of garment workers in 1869 the Knights of Labor Freddye	$1,000 [5] Escarole is a name commonly used by cooks & greengrocers for this salad vegetable endive Terry Freddye	DD $1,000 [20] 20th century American poet heard here, reading one of his own works:"With a Dutchman, I went once to Rembrandt Square, and down to Zanfra too. I should have stayed & spent my lifetime on that beach. I might have been a sailor, singing songs to myself only, or to a friend in Amsterdam..." Rod McKuen Terry	$1,000 [10] Serving briefly under Reagan, he didn't sign any dollar bills until Bush appointed him Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady	—	$1,000 [15] Eccentric character who said "Life is a banquet & most poor suckers are starving to death!" Auntie Mame Larry

Final Jeopardy!

GOVERNMENT

This man resigned his Senate seat January 3, 1989

Dan Quayle

Larry "[blank screen]" — wagered $400

Freddye "Who is Wright?" — wagered $2,500

Terry "Who is Wright?" — wagered $101

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