Show #830 1988-03-25 (taped 1987-12-07) Regular

Contestants

Dave Gramling — a teacher and department chairman from Chelmsford, Massachusetts

Margie Melby — an acccounting manager from Grenada Hills, California

Pat O'Connor — an executive assistant from Levittown, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Pat	$0	$1,000	$3,800	$6,800 2nd place: La-Z-boy recliner + a set of lamps	$3,800 14 R, 5 W
Margie	$-200	$700	$300	$300 3rd place: Maytag dishwasher	$-600 10 R (including 2 DDs), 9 W
Dave	$900	$2,100	$6,800	$7,800 New champion: $7,800	$6,900 19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

REPTILES	SAINTS	EASY SONGS	FORECASTERS	LANDMARKS	A.K.A.
$100 [3] Funk & Wagnalls says this is the principal activity of both sexes of alligators in the spring mating Margie	$100 [1] Boy Scouts in England know that this man, their patron saint, also holds that post for the country Saint George Dave	$100 [9] In 1982, country crooner Janie Fricke sang that despite appearances, "It Ain't Easy Bein'" this Easy Margie	$100 [8] Celebrity Register calls her "America's foremost psychic"; the tabloids called her for predictions Jeane Dixon Dave	$100 [7] This complex includes the Conference & Secretariat Buildings & the General Assembly Hall the United Nations complex Dave	$100 [10] Tho he's really from Brooklyn, Edward Thomas hopped to the top as a country singer with this name Eddie Rabbitt
$200 [4] It's reported Capt. Cook gave one of these to the King of Tonga in the 1770s & it lived into the 1960s a tortoise Margie Dave	$200 [6] Saint who got his name from giving Jesus a piggyback ride across a river Saint Christopher Pat Dave	—	$200 [13] For "Good Morning America", it's Spencer Christian the weather forecaster Pat	$200 [11] In a June 1987 speech, Reagan challenged Gorbachev to "tear down this wall" the Berlin Wall Pat Margie	$200 [2] His real name is Michael J. Pollack Michael J. Pollard Margie
$300 [5] Only when a snake is at rest does it stop its constant extending & withdrawing of this the tongue Dave	$300 [12] This saint's feast day is December 6; St. Anastasia got the 25th Saint Nicholas Dave	—	$300 [20] She, according to legend, forecast the fall of Troy, but, alas, was not believed Cassandra Pat	$300 [23] Site of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial Pearl Harbor Margie	$300 [16] Some say his real name was George Brewer, some say George Beselo, but all say he was "Superman" George Reeves Dave
DD $500 [19] The St. Louis Zoo clocked a lizard-like male tuatara doing this only 4 times in 1 minute breathing Margie	$400 [14] The patron saint who stands against atheistic communism & for children's aspirin Saint Joseph Pat Margie	—	$400 [21] Spatulamancers divine the future by "reading" this specific bone of an animal the shoulder blade	$400 [24] The original Hull House founded by Jane Addams & Ellen Starr is on the campus of this city's U. Chicago Margie Dave	$400 [17] One source says Suzanne Bruce so admired this leading man that she changed her name to Jane Powell Dick Powell Pat Margie
$500 [18] A baby green mamba loses this off the tip of its snout soon after breaking out of its shell its egg tooth	$500 [15] In the Roman Church, beatification is the step before this, which makes one a saint canonization Pat	—	—	$500 [25] If you want to see where the Medici skeletons are buried go to this city's Church of San Lorenzo Florence Dave	$500 [22] This co-founder of the United Artists studio was born Douglas Ullman Douglas Fairbanks Margie

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. HISTORY	9-LETTER WORDS	SHIPS	WOMEN IN FICTION	THE MOUNTIES	GOING FOR BAROQUE
$200 [5] In 1903, the U.S. & U.K. settled their old dispute over the boundary between Canada & this U.S. territory Alaska Dave	$400 [11] Traditionally, hay fever sufferers have blamed this for their misery, but ragweed is the real culprit goldenrod Pat Margie Dave	$200 [9] In October 1987, in the S. Pacific, one of these erupted 130' beneath the research ship Melville a volcano Margie	$200 [2] Both Rebecca & Rowena love this title hero of a Sir Walter Scott romance (Wilfred of) Ivanhoe Pat	$200 [14] Mounties must have a Canadian driver's license & no criminal record, & speak either of these 2 languages English & French Pat	$200 [20] Antonio Vivaldi dies in poverty & obscurity in this Austrian city, not his native Venice Vienna Dave
$400 [1] It was the colonial capital of Virginia in 1700 & when you visit it today, you'll swear it still is Williamsburg Pat	DD $1,000 [10] 9-letter word found in the title of the following:"Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone /Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone /The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang..." jailhouse ("Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley) Margie	$400 [17] In Sept. 1987 the Walt Disney Company announced plans to buy this Calif. tourist attraction the Queen Mary Margie	$400 [3] Esmeralda, a lovely gypsy accused of witchcraft, finds a genuine protector in him The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Pat	$400 [15] These people have been recruited as Mounties only since 1974 women Pat Dave	$400 [24] Like many notable Baroque composers, Couperin held this instrumental post in a church organist Dave
$600 [6] This was finally ratified 3/4 of the states & went into force in December 1791 the Bill of Rights Margie Dave	—	$600 [18] For clipper ships, this attribute was the top priority speed Pat	$600 [4] The nickname of Annie P. Miller, heroine of a Henry James novella Daisy Miller Pat Dave	$600 [16] The Mounties are the only police force in these 2 Canadian territories the Yukon Territory & the Northwest Territories Margie	$600 [25] Most authorities recognize the beginning of this century as the start of the Baroque period the 17th century Dave
$800 [7] Though the 4th, not the 1st, chief justice, he did more than any other to shape the Supreme Court John Marshall Margie Dave	—	$800 [22] Mississippi riverboat named for the outlet of the Sacramento River, where it originally ran the Delta Queen Pat	$800 [12] She was the object of Heathcliff's obsessive desire Cathy (Earnshaw) Pat	$800 [19] The Mounties weren't "Royal" until 1904, by this monarch's decree Edward VII Margie Dave	—
$1,000 [8] Usually known by name of a Maryland creek, this 1862 battle is known as the bloodiest day of the Civil War Antietam Pat Dave	—	$1,000 [23] The 1st nuclear submarine was produced in this state's shipyards Connecticut Dave	$1,000 [13] Supposedly, Tolstoy got the idea for this book after seeing a woman who had jumped in front of a train Anna Karenina Pat	DD $900 [21] Besides Quebec, the only Canadian province not policed by the Mounties Ontario Dave	—

Final Jeopardy!

CENTRAL AMERICA

Some 18 years before starting Panama Canal, the U.S. began a canal in this country but abandoned it

Nicaragua

Margie "What is Costa Rica?" — wagered $0

Pat "What is Nicaragua?" — wagered $3,000

Dave "What is Nicaragua?" — wagered $1,000

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