Show #1189 1989-11-02 (taped 1989-08-21) Regular

Contestants

Marti Ermiter — a claims represenative originally from Wheeling, Illinois

Joe Roberts — a director of planning & building from Perth Amboy, New Jersey

Harry Cortez — a mail processor from Petaluma, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Harry	$400	$1,200	$4,200	$4,200 2nd place: table and chair set & crystal stemware set+Jeopardy! box or computer game	$4,200 16 R, 4 W
Joe	$2,100	$3,500	$9,700	$10,700 New champion: $10,700	$9,500 24 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Marti	$600	$0	$100	$0 3rd place: a Pawley's Island hammock+Jeopardy! box or computer game	$1,800 9 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE	FAMOUS WOMEN	WORLD TRAVEL	GOLDEN OLDIES	AWARDS	MILK
$100 [21] Aristotle taught that this was formed by rain reflecting the sun's rays a rainbow Harry	$100 [1] In 1953 Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to do this faster then the speed of sound fly a plane Marti	$100 [14] A re-creation of the White House in TR's time is found in the Museum of American History of this institution the Smithsonian Joe	$100 [6] In a Jerry Reed song, it's the line that follows "When you're hot, you're hot" when you're not, you're not Harry	$100 [16] Though he never won a Grammy, the 1988 TV special for this composer's 100th birthday won an Emmy Irving Berlin Joe	$100 [11] Name of the process that breaks up the fat globules in milk so they don't rise to the surface homogenization Joe
$200 [24] The 2 places on Earth that are at 90olatitude the North & South Poles Joe	$200 [2] Born Florence Nightingale Graham, this cosmetics queen renamed herself for the poem "Enoch's Arden" Elizabeth Arden Marti	$200 [15] The world's largest blue coral reef is off this country's Ishigaki Island south of Okinawa Japan Joe	$200 [7] The Drifters, the DeFranco Family & Emmylou Harris all had hits singing "Save" this "for me" the last dance Joe Marti	$200 [17] The Boston Art Institute gave an honorary degree to Carroll Spinney, who's a big bird on this Sesame Street Marti	$200 [12] The 1st big herd of dairy cattle in what is now the U.S. was imported by this Virginia colony in 1611 Jamestown Harry
$300 [25] In statistics normal distribution in an experiment produces a curve shaped like this object a bell Joe	$300 [3] Her maiden name was Ann Clare Boothe Clare Boothe Luce Marti	$300 [22] Leopards & tigers roam Corbett National Park in Uttar Pradesh in this country India Joe	$300 [8] Dusty Springfield sang that he was "the only one who could ever reach me" the son of a preacher man Joe Marti	$300 [18] The TV show "Owen Marshall" was one of the recipients of this organization's Gavel Awards the American Bar Association Harry	$300 [13] Carl Scheele, a Swedish chemist, first isolated this acid in sour milk in 1780 lactic acid Harry Joe
$400 [26] A bacterium called "Lactobacillus San Francisco" was isolated in 1973 on this kind of bread sourdough bread Marti	$400 [4] She was 20 when she became Helen Keller's teacher, & she was formerly blind herself Annie Sullivan Harry	$400 [23] If you walk from river to river on this NYC street, you'll pass the U.N., Grand Central Sta. & the main library 42nd Street Marti	$400 [9] Ivory Joe Hunter sang, "When I lost my baby, I almost lost" this my mind Joe	$400 [19] In the Spring of '45 he picked up a Pulitzer Prize in Music for his ballet "Appalachian Spring" Aaron Copland Harry	$500 [28] In 1975 Daniel Peter used this Swiss man's condensed milk to make the 1st milk chocolate Nestle Harry
—	$500 [5] Ella Fitzgerald called this jazz singer, nicknamed "Sassy", "the greatest singing talent in the world" Sarah Vaughan Joe	$500 [29] City you'd visit to tour the Carlsberg & Tuborg breweries Copenhagen Harry	$500 [10] Del Shannon said, "I wonder, I wa-wa-wa-wa wonder why, why, why, why, why, why she" did this ran away Marti	$500 [20] At the 1983 Academy Awards Ben Kingsley won for playing Gandhi & she won for playing Sophie Meryl Streep Joe	DD $800 [27] In 1956 a group of mothers founded this organization to promote breastfeeding La Leche League Marti

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. POLITICS	DANCE	VOCABULARY	GREECE	MODERN NOVELS	NEBRASKAN ACTORS
$200 [7] When she ran for Congress in 1970, Bella Abzug's campaign slogan said "This woman's place" is here in the House Joe	$200 [20] Chubby Checker was on the Top 40 charts with this dance in 1960, '61 & '62 the twist Joe	$200 [12] The Damson plum is so named since it was the plum of this Syrian capital Damascus Harry	$200 [13] Ancient Greeks believed this mountain, Greece's highest point, was the home of the gods Olympus Harry Marti	$200 [3] When this Pearl Buck novel begins, it's Wang Lung's wedding day The Good Earth Marti	$200 [1] French director Roger Vadim was a son-in-law of this performer from Grand Island, Nebraska Henry Fonda Harry
$400 [8] After 3 terms this liberal Republican senator from Connecticut was defeated for reelection in 1988 (Lowell) Weicker Joe	$400 [22] Considered an innovator of modern dance, she revived the dancing barefoot style of ancient Greece Isadora Duncan Harry	$400 [16] A tarpan is a horse, & a tarpon is this a fish Harry	$400 [14] In 1981 Greece became the 10th full member of this group of nations the Common Market Joe	$400 [19] This beloved detective made her final appearance in Agatha Christie's "Sleeping Murder" Miss Marple Marti	$400 [2] You have 5 seconds to identify the star of "48 Hrs." who fits the category Nick Nolte Joe
$600 [9] Had he won the 1976 GOP nomination, his running mate would have been Penn. Senator Richard Schweiker Reagan Joe	DD $900 [25] In July 1988 she announced she was folding her 23-year-old dance company & joining the ABT Twyla Tharp Marti	$600 [21] A halyard is a rope used to raise or lower one of these a flag Joe	$600 [15] This peninsula is named for Pelops, the mythological ruler of southern Greece Peloponnesia Joe	$600 [23] Set in the Outback, this novel opens "On December 8, 1915, Meggie Cleary had her 4th birthday" The Thorn Birds Marti	$600 [4] 50 actors were tested before this Nebraskan was chosen to play TV's "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" David Janssen Harry
DD $1,000 [10] While Senate Minority Leader, he made the Billboard Top 40 in 1967 with the following:"Down through the years..." Everett Dirksen Joe	—	$800 [27] Snakelike, or a greenish mineral used as a decorative stone serpentine	$800 [17] The Greek national emblem consists of a white cross surrounded by a wreath of these leaves laurel leaves Harry	$800 [28] In Chapter 1 of this Edna Ferber novel, "All Texas was flying to Jett Rink's party" Giant Joe	$800 [5] He was one of the "Magnificent 7" in 1960 & "The President's Analyst" in 1967 James Coburn Harry
$1,000 [11] This author of "Dragon's Teeth" ran for governor of California in 1934 using the slogan "End poverty in Calif." Upton Sinclair Harry	—	$1,000 [26] From the Latin word for small hand, it's another word for handcuffs manacles Joe	$1,000 [18] In 490 B.C. the Athenians defeated the Persians on this plain 25 miles northeast of Athens Marathon Harry	$1,000 [24] In his novel "Falconer", Falconer is a prison John Cheever	$1,000 [6] This actor, once billed as "The man with the perfect profile", was married to B. Stanwyck from 1939-51 Robert Taylor Harry

Final Jeopardy!

THE CALENDAR

The 1st leap year of the 21st century

2004

Marti "What is 2003?" — wagered $100

Harry "What is 2001?" — wagered $0

Joe "What is 2004?" — wagered $1,000

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