Show #1274 1990-03-01 (taped 1989-10-11) Regular

Contestants

Kathy Rice — a computer specialist from Antioch, California

Jerry Fried — an artist originally from Lakewood, New Jersey

Deborah Hummel — a proofreader from York, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Deborah $1,500 $3,400 $6,800 $799
2-day champion: $12,199
$6,400
15 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Jerry $1,000 $2,200 $6,400 $0
3rd place: Magnavox Movie Maker VHS Camcorder
$6,400
16 R, 1 W
Kathy $1,600 $2,500 $6,400 $100
2nd place: Trip to Bermuda
$5,700
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

NICKNAMES SONG LYRICS TRANSPORTATION CITY FLAGS FANTASTIC FILMS "TABLE"S
$100 [2]
"The Father of Pennsylvania"
William Penn
Kathy
$100 [15]
Evita sang, "Don't" do this "for me Argentina--the truth is I never left you"
Cry
Kathy
$100 [11]
In 1830 England's Manchester & Liverpool Railway became the 1st to have all trains powered by this
Steam
Deborah Kathy
$100 [26]
This Spanish mission & a star are depicted on San Antonio's flag
The Alamo
Kathy
$100 [1]
Marty McFly traveled back to 1955 in a souped-up DDDDDDDDeLoreaninthis film
"Back To The Future"
Kathy
$100 [7]
Ping-Pong
Table Tennis
Kathy
$200 [3]
"The King of Ragtime"
Scott Joplin
Kathy
$200 [20]
When he's "Hoppin' down the bunny trail, hippity hoppin' Easter's on its way"
Peter Cottontail
Deborah
$200 [12]
This light Russian sleigh is pulled by 3 horses
Troika
Kathy
$200 [27]
The 4 stars appearing on this city's flag stand for Fort Dearborn, a fire & 2 World's Fairs
Chicago
Kathy
$200 [6]
This huge creature 1st waddled through Tokyo & its suburbs in 1956
Godzilla
Kathy
$200 [18]
A menu for the subject matter of a book usually placed before the text
Table of Contents
Kathy
$300 [4]
"Schnozzola"
Jimmy Durante
Kathy
$300 [22]
The woman who "cries the whole night long; he was my man but he done me wrong' "
Frankie
$300 [14]
The 1st of these high-speed German highways was opened between Cologne & Bonn in 1932
Autobahn
Jerry
$300 [28]
The Y-shaped design on this city's flag represents the convergence of the Mississippi & Missouri rivers
St. Louis
Deborah
$300 [8]
Steve Martin is a scientist who falls in love with a brain--hence this title
"The Man With Two Brains"
Jerry
$300 [19]
Moving around a restaurant to hobnob & exchange gossip with friends & acquaintances
Table Hopping
Jerry
$400 [5]
"The Handcuff King"
Harry Houdini
Jerry
$400 [23]
"When I dream about the moonlight on" this river, "then I long for my Indiana home"
The Wabash
Kathy
$400 [16]
Smaller than a junk, this Oriental boat usually has a cabin with a roof made of mats
Sampan
Kathy
$400 [29]
A steamboat & a cotton plant appear on this Tennessee's city flag
Memphis
Deborah
$400 [9]
Means by which Jack the Ripper & H.G. Wells get to 1970s San Francisco in "Time After Time"
Time Machine
Deborah
$400 [21]
To reverse the situation & gain the upper hand
Turn the Tables
Jerry
$500 [13]
"The Belle of Amherst"
Emily Dickinson
Deborah
$500 [25]
John Denver's 2-word description of West Virginia in the 1st line of "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Almost Heaven
Deborah
$500 [17]
Surprisingly, the Cadillac Motor Car Co. was founded by & originally named for this man
Henry Ford
DD $500 [30]
Its flag features a pioneer family, a covered wagon & 2 sea gulls
Salt Lake City
Deborah
$500 [10]
Futuristic S. Kubrick film starring M. McDowell as Alex, a psychopathic gang leader
"A Clockwork Orange"
Deborah
$500 [24]
If you can still walk while your buddy is falling down intoxicated, you have done this to him
Drink him under the table
Jerry

Double Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA 1984 AMERICAN PLAYS MAGAZINES MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CHAIRS
$200 [3]
He was our country's 1st blue-eyed president
George Washington
Deborah Jerry
$200 [12]
After a lengthy hiatus, Garry Trudeau brought this strip back to 810 daily papers
"Doonesbury"
Jerry
$200 [21]
"I'm Not Rappaport" takes place on a battered bench near the lake in this famous park
Central Park
Deborah
$200 [2]
It's published by Gruner & Jahr, not by mom & dad as its name implies
Parents' Magazine
Kathy
$200 [1]
A little larger than the violin, it's the alto or tenor of the family
Viola
Deborah
$200 [23]
The French version of a day bed, the chaise longue, literallly means this
Long Chair
Jerry
$400 [14]
He won the presidency with help from a song called "Grandfather's Hat Fits Ben"
Benjamin Harrison
Kathy
$400 [13]
This science fact & fiction writer published his 300th book which he called "Opus 300"
Isaac Asimov
Kathy
$600 [24]
Lee Strasberg played the original peddler in this 1931 play which inspired "Oklahoma!"
"Green Grow The Lilacs"
$400 [6]
Final Frontier is "The magazine of" this kind of "exploration"
Space
Jerry
$400 [4]
Phil Collins once said, "Whatever else I am, I'm" one of these "first"
A Drummer
Jerry
$400 [28]
A collapsible chair intended for outdoor use, especially aboard a ship
Deck Chair
Jerry
$600 [15]
One of Reagan's last official acts as president was writing a thank-you note to this world leader
Margaret Thatcher
Kathy
$600 [18]
The Boston Symphony had to pay this actress $100,000 for canceling her contract due to her PLO support
Vanessa Redgrave
Jerry
DD $800 [22]
The play in which Amanda says, "I want you to stay fresh and pretty--for gentleman callers."
"The Glass Menagerie"
Deborah
$600 [9]
Comparing itself to People, this magazine says it reaches "A better class of people"
Us
Jerry
$600 [5]
You insert a roll into this instrument for it to tickle its own ivories
Player Piano
Deborah
$800 [27]
Also called a slat-back chair, this chair is named for an object you might climb
Ladder-Back Chair
Deborah
$1,000 [17]
1 of the 2 presidents who could have used the Pony Express while in office
Buchanan & Lincoln (1860-1861)
$800 [19]
98% of voters in Pakistan elected this leader killed 4 years later in a plane crash
Zia Ul-Haq
Kathy
$800 [29]
This playwright dedicated "A Delicate Balance" to J. Steinbeck with "affection and admiration"
Edward Albee
$800 [10]
This magazine's "Transition" column features birth, marriage, divorce & death announcements
Newsweek
Kathy
$800 [7]
From the Greek "psallein", to pluck, we get this plucked type of zither that's mentioned in the Bible
Psalterion
Jerry Kathy
$1,000 [26]
He not only designed the Gateway Arch, he created furniture such as the sculptured "Womb" chair
Eero Saarinen
DD $1,500 [16]
2 of the 7 men who were under 50 years old when they became president
Cleveland, Garfield, Grant, JFK, Pierce, Polk & Teddy Roosevelt
Kathy
$1,000 [20]
In December this founder of est announced that he was giving last of his weekend transformation sessions
Werner Erhardt
Jerry
$1,000 [25]
He revised his 1st play, "Farther Off From Heaven", & retitled it "The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs"
William Inge
$1,000 [11]
This founder of Weight Watchers is a cosulting editor of Weight Watchers magazine
Jean Nidetch
Jerry
$1,000 [8]
For his set of pipes, the god Pan cut this into different lengths & strapped them in a row
Reeds
Deborah

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD HISTORY

City that was the seat of government of the viceroyalty of New Spain

Mexico City

Jerry "What is St. Augustine?" — wagered $6,400
Kathy "What is Barcelona?" — wagered $6,300
Deborah "What is St. Augustine?" — wagered $6,001

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