Show #860 1988-05-06 (taped 1988-01-25) Regular

Mark Lowenthal game 3.

Contestants

Joe Sansonese — a writer from Westlake Village, California

Michael Edelstein — an obstetrician and gynecologist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mark Lowenthal — a State Department employee from Reston, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $21,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$2,000	$3,700	$9,500	$15,001 3-day champion: $36,801	$9,400 24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Michael	$700	$500	$7,500	$9,500 2nd place: Admiral refrigerator & Emerson 10" television + Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$7,300 15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Joe	$1,100	$2,000	$600	$0 3rd place: American Flyer luggage + Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$1,800 12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE	SOCIAL STUDIES	MOUNTAINS	PETS	WEREWOLVES	5-LETTER WORDS
$100 [11] The skin of an albino lacks this quality pigment Michael	$100 [6] Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras, & Brahmans are the names of 4 of these social divisions found in India caste Joe	$100 [1] Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the western hemisphere, is in this chain Andes Michael	$100 [16] A pane of glass over a fish tank controls temperature & keeps the inhabitants from doing this leaping out Mark	$100 [21] He only played "Teen Wolf" One, not "Teen Wolf Too" Michael J. Fox Mark Joe	$200 [25] The cutting part of a sword, or the sword itself blade Michael Joe
$200 [12] Some mistakenly believe the mass migrations of these rodents always end in suicide by drowning lemmings Joe	$200 [7] Thoreau's refusing to pay taxes is 1 example of this public refusal to obey a law civil disobedience Mark	$200 [2] In 1865, the 1st to climb this peak on the Swiss-Italian border didn't need an E Ticket Matterhorn Joe	DD $300 [17] Type of pet sung about by Michael Jackson in thefollowing No. 1 hit:"Ben, the two of us need look no more /We both found what we were looking for..." rat Mark	$400 [27] 1 of 2 men who, in the 1940s, played not only a wolf man but Frankenstein's Monster & Dracula too Lon Chaney, Jr. (or Bela Lugosi) Mark	$300 [24] A tract of land staked out by a miner claim Mark
$300 [13] It's the clear, almost colorless, liquid part of the blood, or the highly ionized "4th state" of matter plasma Joe	$300 [8] Also called citizenship education, it's the study of the rights & responsibilities of citizens civics Mark	$300 [3] It's both the highest point in Washington as well as the state's best-known landmark Mount Rainier Mark Joe	$300 [18] If this man's pet chow, Jo-Fi, got up on the couch, it risked undergoing analysis Sigmund Freud Mark	$500 [26] A 1987 Halloween episode of "Highway to Heaven" had Mark & Jonathan watching this 1957 classic I Was a Teenage Werewolf Joe	$400 [23] It's a verb done to flowers, chickens, & eyebrows, & a noun that means courage pluck Mark
$400 [14] These animals have actually built islands in the sea coral	$400 [9] Demography is the study of size, distribution & composition of this population Mark	$400 [4] In 1987, these 2 mountains were battling to see which was the tallest in the world Everest & K2 Mark	$400 [19] The 2 best-known varieties of this little pet are the common & the golden hamsters Joe	—	$500 [22] A stonecutter, or a type of jar mason Joe
$500 [15] It's -459.67° F or -273.15° C absolute zero (zero Kelvin) Michael	$500 [10] One of America's early social workers, her Hull House spearheaded the U.S. settlement house movement Jane Addams Mark	$500 [5] Harvard, Yale & Columbia are among the mountains over 14,000' high in this state Colorado Mark	$500 [20] From Greek for "bloodlessness", this condition can affect cats suffering from too many fleas anemia	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN CAPITALS	BROADWAY MUSICALS	BEST SELLERS	20th CENTURY PRESIDENTS	CONSTELLATIONS	IN THE TEENS
$200 [6] Many warships & ocean liners, including the Titanic were built in this capital of Northern Ireland Belfast Joe	$200 [11] In 1978, Angela Lansbury played Anna in a revival of this musical set in the Far East The King and I Michael	$200 [17] Bookstore section in which you'd most likely find the works of John MacDonald & Ross Macdonald mysteries Joe	$200 [1] Only president to suggest a play that was used in the Super Bowl Richard Nixon Mark	$200 [12] Aquila, Corvus, & Cygnus are different starry "species" of these birds Mark	$200 [26] The 17th Amendment provides for the direct election of these senators Mark
$400 [9] European capital where you can visit the Museo Taurino to learn about this "national sport" Madrid Joe	$400 [20] TV "Golden Girl" who played the matchmaker in "Fiddler on the Roof" Bea Arthur Mark	$400 [19] Common English translation of the Russian title "Odin den Ivana Denisovicha" One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Michael	$400 [2] Woodrow Wilson was the 1st non-clergyman to become president of this school Princeton Michael	$400 [13] It's the Latin name for the "smaller lion" Leo Minor Michael	$400 [27] Highest-ranking member of the U.S. executive branch greeted by a 19-gun, not a 21-gun, salute vice president Mark
$600 [10] It's the largest city in Yugoslavia, as well as the capital Belgrade Mark	$600 [23] In 1979, she starred in the Broadway flop "Got Tu Go Disco" but found fame in 1980 singing "Fame" Irene Cara Mark	$600 [21] In 1984, he delved back into the world of organized crime with "The Sicilian" (Mario) Puzo Michael	$600 [3] With over 600, he vetoed more congressional bills than any other president Franklin Delano Roosevelt Michael	$600 [14] In English, this constellation is "the table", not a club for people with high IQs Mensa Michael	$600 [28] As a unit of measure when weighing people in England, a "stone" equals this many pounds 14 Mark
$800 [8] It's the largest city in Bulgaria, as well as the capital Sofia Michael	$800 [24] He wrote a musical version of his own "Wizard of Oz" in which Dorothy went to Oz with her pet cow (Frank) Baum Michael	$800 [22] This author's on his 3rd odyssey, this one set in 2061 Arthur Clarke Mark Michael	$800 [4] He & Grant were the only men who had both parents alive to see them become president JFK Mark	DD $1,000 [15] 88 constellations are recognized: 28 northern, 48 southern, & 12 classified as this equatorial (zodiacal) Michael	$800 [29] The 18th consonant of the English alphabet, it's sometimes called a semi-vowel W
DD $1,200 [7] This mountain city whose name means "bear" still has a bear pit Bern, Switzerland Joe	$1,000 [25] The 1949 musical "Miss Liberty" featured as a character this sculptor of The Statue of Liberty Bartholdi Michael	$1,000 [18] She received her 1st Pulitzer Prize in 1963 for "The Guns of August" Barbara Tuchman Mark	$1,000 [5] The 1556 German science classic "De re metallica" was translated into English by this president & his wife Herbert Hoover Mark Joe	$1,000 [16] She's "the lady in the chair" Cassiopeia Michael	$1,000 [30] Number of nations who are members of OPEC 13 Mark

Final Jeopardy!

BODIES OF WATER

It has the largest surface area of any lake south of the equator

Lake Victoria

Joe "What is Lake Titicaca" — wagered $600

Michael "What is Lake Victoria?" — wagered $2,000

Mark "What is Lake Victoria?" — wagered $5,501

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