Show #825 1988-03-18 (taped 1987-11-18) Regular

Contestants

Bob Twillman — a graduate student originally from Boonville, Missouri

Dan Zellman — a manufacturer's representative from North Hollywood, California

Cheryl Van Middlesworth — a housewife from Cerritos, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Cheryl $1,595 $2,295 $7,000 $7,500
2-day champion: $14,300
$6,700
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Dan $700 $900 $2,700 $200
3rd place: Kraco cordless telephone & beeper-less remote answering machine
$2,700
12 R, 4 W
Bob $900 $2,400 $2,400 $4,800
2nd place: Berkline SpeedMotion Wallaway sofa & Ambatrak vertical blinds
$2,400
12 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

BIRDS TREES MUSIC ON THE MAP THE PAPAL VISIT NOTORIOUS RHYME TIME
$100 [6]
Amazons, lovebirds & lorikeets all belong to this family
parrot
Dan Bob
$100 [20]
The 4600-year-old "Methusaleh", oldest known living thing, is a bristlecone variety of this tree
pine tree
Dan
DD $5 [14]
You can buy a record w/"The Hawaiian Wedding Song" on 1 side &this Andy Williams hit on the other:"Once I was alone /So lonely /And then /You came..."
"Canadian Sunset"
Cheryl
$100 [25]
In honor of his visit, pranksters covered up 1 letter so the Hollywood Sign read this way
Holywood
Cheryl
$100 [15]
Pirate who reportedly smuggled slaves into Louisiana using a blacksmith shop as a cover
Jean Lafitte
Cheryl
$100 [1]
Officially, a punch below the belt; unofficially, hitting a guy when he's down
low blow
Cheryl
$200 [7]
Itisthe main diet of toucans, but not in loop form
fruit
Bob
$200 [21]
The bark of the cinchona tree contains this compound used to treat malaria
quinine
Dan
$100 [11]
This state's polka "started in Scranton"
Pennsylvania
Bob
$200 [27]
When he landed in New Orleans, this appropriate song was playing
"When the Saints Go Marching In"
Bob
$200 [16]
"Bugsy" Siegel insisted on being called this, his real first name
Benjamin
Dan
$200 [2]
Solidified hog fat
hard lard
Cheryl
$300 [8]
Completes the proverb "One swallow does not make a..."
summer
Bob
$300 [22]
John Denver built "Starwood", his Colorado home, among these "trembling" trees
aspen
Cheryl
$200 [12]
"When I dream about the moonlight on the Wabash, then I long for my...home" there
Indiana
Bob
$300 [28]
He was in this city almost 2 days, the longest stay of any of this papal tour
Los Angeles
Dan Bob
$300 [17]
On October 5, 1892, this gang robbed 2 Coffeyville, Kansas banks at the same time
Daltons
Cheryl Bob
$300 [3]
A less expensive electronic paging device
cheaper beeper
Dan
$400 [9]
The albatross only comes to land to do this
lay eggs (breed, mate)
Bob
$400 [23]
The state tree of Texas, even though Georgia leads in production of this hickory's nutty fruit
pecan
Dan
$300 [13]
It's "down the way where the nights are gay & the sun shines daily on the mountaintop"
Jamaica
Cheryl
$400 [29]
Souvenir posters of John Paul's visit to this Calif. town read "Thou Hast Made My Day"
Carmel
Bob
$400 [18]
His famous treason trial took place in Richmond, VA. in 1807
Aaron Burr
Dan Bob
$400 [4]
Recipes are bound to end up in this
cook book
Cheryl
$500 [10]
Of beaks, flight, or feathers, the only feature exclusive to birds
feathers
Dan
$500 [24]
Sanskrit for "enlightenment", this sacred tree of India is called the bo tree for short
bodhi
Cheryl
$500 [26]
It's where you'd find a red rose "growing in the street right up through the concrete"
"Spanish Harlem"
$500 [30]
Apt nickname for the pope's plane on his U.S. visit
Shepherd One
Bob
$500 [19]
Buck Barrow's baby brother
Clyde Barrow
Cheryl
$500 [5]
All the blazers belonging to comedian Buddy
Hackett's jackets
Cheryl

Double Jeopardy! Round

FRENCH LITERATURE AMERICAN HISTORY THE MOVIES 20THC. FASHION ARTISTS "FAST" OR "SLOW"
$200 [11]
Steve Martin's 1987 film "Roxanne" was based on this 1897 play by Edmond Rostand
Cyrano de Bergerac
Dan
$200 [12]
Thomas McKean of Delaware signed it sometime between 1776 & 1781, but no one knows when
Declaration of Independence
Bob
$200 [5]
In "The Prince & the Showgirl" Laurence Olivier played the Prince & this blonde sex symbol the Showgirl
Marilyn Monroe
$200 [19]
The commonest fabric you can find acid washed, stone washed, or distressed
denim
Dan
$200 [9]
When he was shot in '68, he said, "I wish I had died...& gotten the whole thing over with"
Andy Warhol
$200 [23]
Sluggish, like the syrup produced in refining sugar
slow as molasses
Bob
$400 [14]
Author of "Voyage au Centre de la Terre"
Jules Verne
Dan
$400 [13]
In 1928, '32, '36, '40, '44 & '48, Norman Thomas ran for president of this party's ticket
Socialist Party
Cheryl
$400 [4]
Reuniting Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett & Spencer Tracy, "Father's Little Dividend" was a sequel to this
Father of the Bride
Bob
$600 [20]
Since nylon stockings were scarce during WWII, women started doing this to cover their legs
painting them
Cheryl
$400 [8]
The world's finest collection of paintings by Dutch artists is in this Amsterdam museum
the Rijksmuseum
Cheryl
$600 [16]
Among the aliases Edmond Dantes used in this Dumas novel were Sinbad the Sailor & Lord Wilmore
the Count of Monte Cristo
Cheryl
$600 [15]
In 1843, the gov't moved this from Jan. 1 to July 1, & in 1976 to Oct. 1
the beginning of the (government) fiscal year
Cheryl
$600 [1]
Finding himself in jeopardy, Max von Sydow challenges Death to a game of this in "The Seventh Seal"
chess
Dan
DD $895 [22]
The hobble skirt of 1910 was so named because of this feature
tight at the bottom
Cheryl
$600 [6]
He chose to eschew worldly things & burned many of his early paintings, though not "The Birth of Venus"
Botticelli
Dan
$1,000 [18]
Known for his violent tragedies, this 17th century playwright's "Phedre" includes suicide & a sea monster
Jean Racine
Cheryl
$800 [2]
Though she appears on TV, her last film was "With Six You Get Eggroll", in 1968
Doris Day
$1,000 [21]
Long-time trademark of author Jackie Collins, these prints became wildly fashionable in '87
animal (leopard) prints
$800 [7]
Van Gogh studied Greek & Latin to prepare for this vocation but failed to qualify
clergy (ministry)
Dan
DD $2,000 [17]
These 2 cutting comedies about a Spanish hairstylist display P. Beaumarchais' razor wit
The Marriage of Figaro & The Barber of Seville
Cheryl
$1,000 [3]
Clarendon Court was setting for this Grace Kelly musical before it was Claus & Sunny von Bulow's home
High Society
$1,000 [10]
Like his hero Cervantes, this Mexican muralist had just one hand
José Orozco
Dan

Final Jeopardy!

THE OLYMPICS

Due to war, the modern Olympic Games were canceled 3 times, in these years

1916, 1940 & 1944

Bob "What were 1916, 1940, 1944" — wagered $2,400
Dan "What were☹?" — wagered $2,500
Cheryl "What are 1940; 1944 & 1916?" — wagered $500

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