Show #852 1988-04-26 (taped 1988-01-19) Regular

Introductions and first 17 clues entered from audiorecording.

Contestants

Liz Urban — an attorney originally from Kennebunk, Maine

Scott Jameson — an engineer from Saratoga, California

Blaze Newman — a teacher from Encinitas, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Blaze $300 $2,000 $8,200 $11,200
2-day champion: $14,600
$8,200
22 R, 4 W
Scott $800 $700 $1,300 $2,200
2nd place: trip on Eastern to Tampa Bay & stay at Safety Harbor Spa & Fitness + Jeopardy! box game
$3,300
11 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Liz $100 $-300 $1,100 $1
3rd place: Maytag washer & dryer + Jeopardy! box game
$900
7 R (including 1 DD), 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

FLAGS FASHION POTPOURRI MAMMALS SPIRITUAL SONGS ENDS WITH "A"
$100 [25]
In Israel, the counterpart to this features a red star of David, in Muslim countries, a red crescent
the Red Cross flag
$100 [8]
In People's 1987 Best & Worst Dressed Survey, this dog took the best of breed in his classic yachting blazer
Spuds McKenzie
Blaze Scott
$100 [2]
The name of this language in the language itself is Igpay Atinlay
Pig Latin
Liz
$100 [3]
Before they mature, these deer appendages are covered with soft hair called velvet
antlers
Blaze
$100 [20]
It's the actual river referred to in the spiritual "Deep River"
Jordan
Liz
$100 [15]
Whether flavored with strawberry, peach or banana, a margarita always contains this
tequila
Blaze
$200 [26]
In international code, the flag for "Q" is this jaundiced color, the same as the quarantine flag
yellow
Liz
$200 [4]
"Dress for Success" says one of these is the only completely acceptable ring for men to wear
a wedding ring
Scott
$200 [5]
According to legend, even vain vampires can't see these in their mirrors
their reflection
Scott
$200 [9]
From the age of three months to three years, these largest primates often ride piggyback
gorillas
Blaze
$200 [21]
"Oh, a-rocka my soul in" this person's bosom
Abraham
Scott
$200 [16]
In astronomy her name refers to a constellation and in the movie to a strain of virus
Andromeda
Scott
$300 [1]
Of navy, beige or black, color of a man's raincoat that "Dress for Success" says makes the best impression
beige
Scott
$300 [6]
Daniel Boone called this, his Boone companion, Ticklicker
his rifle
Blaze Liz
$300 [10]
Warthogs are found naturally only on this continent
Africa
Liz
$300 [22]
"It was good for Paul & Silas & it's good enough for me"
that old time religion
Blaze
$300 [17]
Three Rivers, Riverfront, Busch & Yankee
stadia
$400 [13]
An ornament that hangs from a watch chain, or the vest pocket in which to put a watch
a fob
Blaze
$400 [7]
Tropical fruit which tops the men's singles trophy awarded at Wimbledon
a pineapple
Blaze
$400 [11]
German for badger dog, this dog was bred for short legs so it could pull badgers from their burrows
dachshund
$400 [23]
Black spiritual from the days of slavery that some Jewish people now associate with passover
"Let My People Go" ("Go Down Moses")
$400 [18]
While many a Roman emperor declared himself to be a god, this one, it's said, claimed to be all the gods
Caligula
Blaze
$500 [14]
This did not become an integral part of men's trousers until the 19th century
the fly
Blaze Liz
$500 [27]
Most parts of the digestive system are included in this long "canal"
alimentary canal
Blaze Scott
$500 [12]
Found primarily in the Amazon basin, the capybara or water hog is the largest animal of this order
Rodentia
$500 [24]
"So I'll cherish" it "till my trophies at last I lay down...& exchange it some day for a crown"
"The Old Rugged Cross"
$500 [19]
1 of the tribes of the Iroquois whose name ends with "a"
Seneca
Blaze

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S.CITIES SHORT STORIES DYNASTIES MOVIE DANCERS WINE STARTS WITH "Z"
$200 [25]
Boulder City was founded in 1931 to house people working on this
Hoover Dam
Scott
$200 [6]
In "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" the occurence is this tragic event
hanging
Blaze
$200 [12]
This Southeast Asian country has been ruled by the Mac, Tran, & Ngo dynasties
Vietnam
Liz
$200 [3]
He sang & danced in "Idiot's Delight" the same year he made "Gone with the Wind"
Clark Gable
Blaze
$200 [9]
When 1st bottled & deprived of air, wines suffer from "bottle sickness", called a wine's version of this phobia
claustrophobia
Blaze
$200 [19]
In 1982, M.M. Ricci of Montreal set a record in growing a 36-pound specimen of this squash
zucchini
Scott
$400 [18]
It's named in honor of St. Anthony of Padua, Italy
San Antonio
Blaze
$400 [7]
"The Kugelmass Episode" is a story by this clarinet-playing Academy Award-winning director
Woody Allen
Blaze
$400 [16]
Deriving their name from Welsh for "Theodore" they ruled England from 1485-1603
Tudor
Liz
$400 [2]
His "Make 'Em Laugh" dance in "Singin' in the Rain" was called "funniest musical number ever done"
Donald O'Connor
Blaze
$400 [20]
Oldest datable wine, circa 230 B.C., it was salvaged & drunk by this modern oceanographer
Jacques Cousteau
Blaze
$400 [21]
German count who gave his name to the cigar-shaped dirigible airships he built
Zeppelin
Blaze
DD $1,000 [17]
It was reportedly Dorothy Parker who called it "72 suburbs in search of a city"
Los Angeles
Liz
$600 [8]
Tessie Hutchinson is the fatally unlucky winner of this contest in a Shirley Jackson story
"The Lottery"
Scott
$600 [13]
The Oldenburg lineage includes the Duke of Edinburgh & the rulers of these 2 Scandinavian nations
Denmark & Norway
Liz
$600 [1]
In this dancer's 1st dramatic film, he tangoed across the screen as "Valentino"
Rudolf Nureyev
Blaze Liz
$600 [24]
Unlike other wines, this cocktail wine is occasionally stored in open barrels
sherry
Blaze
$600 [22]
This African island group was an independent country in 1964, but for just 3 1/2 months
Zanzibar
$800 [10]
Business establishment referred to in the Hemingway title, "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"
cafe or restaurant
Blaze
$800 [14]
It was the title used by Mongol rulers of the Yuan dynasty in China, not their last name
Khan
$800 [4]
She was a ballerina in Paris when she was chosen to co-star in "An American in Paris"
Leslie Caron
Blaze
$800 [26]
After wine is swirled in its glass, the path the drops take down the glass is called this
legs
Scott
$800 [23]
There were racial disturbances in 1943 directed against Latinos dressed in these baggy outfits
zoot suits
Scott
$1,000 [11]
"With that faint, fleeting smile playing about his lips, he faced the firing squad", according to Thurber
Walter Mitty
Blaze
$1,000 [15]
Russia grew vastly in size & power under this house that succeeded the Riurukid dynasty in the 17th cent.
Romanov
Liz
$1,000 [5]
"Deer Hunter" Oscar-winner who surprised his fans with a striptease dance in "Pennies from Heaven"
Christopher Walken
Blaze
DD $2,000 [27]
Italian name for this type of bottle, often used for Chianti:
fiasco
Scott
$1,000 [28]
These humped cattle of India were crossed with U.S. cattle to create breed better suited to warm climes
zebus

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTS

1 of 2 20th century presidents who were the only 2 ever sworn in during August

(1 of) Gerald Ford or Calvin Coolidge

Liz "Who was Harry S. Truman" — wagered $1,099
Scott "Who is Gerald Ford" — wagered $900
Blaze "Who is Ford?" — wagered $3,000

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