Show #1011 1989-01-16 (taped 1988-10-11) Regular

Peggi Malys game 4.

Contestants

Arlene Adams — a student from Seattle, Washington

Martha Davey — a teacher originally from Manhattan, New York

Peggi Malys — a medical student from Orlando, Florida (whose 3-day cash winnings total $27,999)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Peggi $800 $2,400 $5,600 $8,801
4-day champion: $36,800
$5,600
14 R, 0 W
Martha $1,000 $700 $3,900 $7,400
3rd place: Colortyme remote table model TV
$5,900
16 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Arlene $1,000 $2,400 $4,400 $8,799
2nd place: trip on Delta to Puerta Vallarta, Mexico & stay at Villa Del Mar Resort
$4,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. CITIES GOLDEN OLDIES THE PLANETS CANDY MOVIE TRIVIA BY THE NUMBERS
$100 [20]
Natives of this Texas city often refer to it as "The Big D"
Dallas
Peggi
$100 [14]
In '61 R. Nelson was a "Travelin' Man", R. Orbison was "Running Scared" & R. Charles was told to do this, Jack
Hit the road
Peggi
$100 [10]
When viewed from above, all planets revolve in this direction around the sun
counterclockwise
Peggi
$100 [4]
In 1906 the town of Derry Church, Penn. changed its name to this to honor a local candymaker
Hershey
Martha
$100 [2]
The only Woody Allen film whose title is a borough of New York City
Manhattan
Martha
$100 [1]
A long piece of lumber whose width & depth now usually run 1 1/2" x 3 1/2"
2x4
Arlene
$200 [23]
It's Alabama's only seaport
Mobile
Arlene
$200 [16]
In the '60s "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" was a hit, once for Marvin Gaye & once for this group
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Arlene
$200 [25]
The new science of astrogeology deals with the structure of every planet known to man except this one
earth
Arlene
$200 [8]
This candy assortment originally appeared in 1912 & is famous for its "index"
Whitman's Sampler
Peggi
$200 [11]
The WSJ compared the carrot-shredding "Robot-Coupe" food processor to this human-shredding hero
RoboCop
Martha Arlene
$200 [3]
In Jewish mysticism & Islam, the highest heaven
7th heaven
Arlene
$300 [24]
U.S. coins with the mint mark "CC" were made in this Nevada city from 1870-93
Carson City
Martha
$300 [17]
This 1st Four Seasons hit went all the way to number 1, baby
"Sherry"
$300 [26]
It's the planet astronomers know least about
Pluto
Martha
$300 [9]
Noted for its distinctive triangular shape, Toblerone is made exclusively in this country
Switzerland
Martha
$400 [21]
Shortly after this landmark documentary film was released, its Eskimo hero died of hunger
Nanook of the North
Peggi
$300 [5]
Maximum number of aces you can have in a full house poker hand
3
Martha
$400 [28]
The Indian name for Mt. Rainier, it became the name of a city 40 miles away
Tacoma
Martha
$400 [18]
The 2 1961 hits with "River" in their titles, both begin with "Moo"
"Moon River" & "Moody River"
Arlene
$400 [27]
Sunlight reflects so well off the cloudy atmosphere of this planet that it's the 3rd brightest object in the sky
Venus
Arlene
$400 [12]
This candy is known for its pink can & the slogan "Brown & Haley makes 'em daily, cept Sunday"
Almond Roca
Arlene
DD $500 [13]
At this movie motel you might hearthe following:
Bates Motel
Arlene
$400 [6]
The prefix mega- means this
million
Martha
$500 [29]
The Pony Express began operating & Walter Cronkite began life in this Missouri city
St. Joseph
Peggi Martha
$500 [19]
1 of 3 Freddy Cannon top 10 hits that have geographic settings in their titles
(1 of) "Palisades Park", "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", & "Tallahassee Lassie"
Arlene
$500 [15]
In 1936 Phil Silvershein created the small, thick candy bar which he named this
Chunky
Arlene
$500 [22]
In "The Band Wagon", Fred Astaire went "dancing in the dark" with this gorgeous brunette
Cyd Charisse
Peggi
$500 [7]
Number of days Rumpelstiltskin gave the miller's daughter to guess his name
3
Peggi

Double Jeopardy! Round

ALPHABETICALLY FIRST NOVEL CHARACTERS CALIFORNIANS MILITARY HISTORY THE WHITE HOUSE 4-LETTER WORDS
$200 [11]
Alphabetically 1st of the 7 deadly sins, you'll be mad if you don't get it
anger
Arlene
$200 [1]
He had a German father & an English mother, & his original name was Robinson Kreutznaer
Robinson Crusoe
Martha
$200 [12]
The only president born in California, but California doesn't have him to kick around anymore
Nixon
Arlene
$200 [18]
They 1st defeated the Persians on land at the Battle of Marathon
Greeks
Martha
$200 [13]
To send a letter to the White House mail it to this street address
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Martha
$200 [4]
A piece of work that's part of your assigned job, if you don't do it you might be "taken to" it
task
Peggi
$400 [14]
Of all the cereals Post makes, this one is alphabetically 1st
Alpha-Bits
Arlene
$400 [2]
Fyodor, the father of these title brothers, was "one of the most senseless...men in the whole district"
Karamazov
Martha
$400 [15]
Despite Indian protests, this founder of the California missions was beatified in September 1988
Junipero Serra
Arlene
$400 [23]
In this final military campaign, Julius Caesar defeated 2 sons of this man, his rival
Pompey
$400 [16]
In 1961 this First Lady had a fine arts committee restore rooms to their former appearance
Jacqueline Kennedy
Peggi
$400 [6]
Given to a borrower, or the 40 weekdays before Easter
Lent
Peggi
$600 [17]
By their legal names, he's alphabetically 1st of Joseph P. Kennedy's children
Edward Kennedy
Arlene
$600 [3]
His last words were "Thou damned whale! Thus, I give up the spear!"
Captain Ahab
Arlene
$600 [21]
Born in Martinez, Calif., this Yankee Clipper was a Californian long before he married Marilyn
Joe DiMaggio
Arlene
DD $1,000 [28]
Fort Necessity National Battlefield in Pennsylvania is site of the 1st battle of this war
7 Years War (French & Indian War)
Martha
$600 [24]
Now a mystery novelist, this presidential relative wrote "Murder in the White House"
Margaret Truman
Martha
$600 [8]
Say it once & it's a puppet; say it 3 times & it's a bad Cary Grant imitation
Judy
Peggi
$800 [19]
Of all the spaces on a Monopoly board, this one comes alphabetically 1st
Atlantic Ave.
Martha
$800 [5]
It's the only novel we know that has characters named Scout, Atticus & Boo
To Kill a Mockingbird
Arlene
$800 [22]
This Pulitzer Prize winning team of historians must have liked the civilization they found in L.A.
(Will & Ariel) Durant
Peggi
$800 [25]
2 of the 3 colorful rooms that are open to the public
(2 of) Red Room & Blue Room (or Green Room)
Peggi Arlene
$800 [9]
Meaning "backtalk", this 4-letter word has 3 "S"s
sass
Martha
DD $1,000 [20]
Alphabetically 1st of the republics of the Soviet Union
Armenia
Martha
$1,000 [7]
This Dickens novel is narrated by Philip Pirrip
Great Expectations
Martha Arlene
$1,000 [26]
Brightly colored paintings of this British-born L.A. painter toured the U.S. in 1988
David Hockney
$1,000 [27]
Except for the private quarters, this room reflects each administration's changes more than any other
Oval Office
Martha
$1,000 [10]
Believed a cure for colic, this stone's name is from Spanish "piedra de ijada", stone of the colic
jade

Final Jeopardy!

POETRY

In a famous poem, the Mongol Empire summer palace called Shangtu is known as this

Xanadu

Martha "What is Xanadu?" — wagered $3,500
Arlene "What is Xanadu?" — wagered $4,399
Peggi "What is Xanadu?" — wagered $3,201

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