Show #755 1987-12-11 (taped 1987-09-01) Regular

Sandra Gore game 4.Missing introductions.

Contestants

Joanne Serin — a teacher from North Hollywood, California

John Zanier — an administrative manager from Los Angeles, California

Sandra Gore — a researcher originally from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 3-day cash winnings total $38,302)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sandra	$2,400	$2,800	$8,600	$9,205 4-day champion: $47,507	$10,200 23 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
John	$1,200	$2,100	$4,600	$9,200 2nd place: an Emerson stereo TV + a 12-volume Motion Picture Guide to movies	$3,400 15 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Joanne	$800	$1,100	$900	$1,000 3rd place: a set of Correla art glass	$900 10 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "H"	IOWA	THE ROYAL FAMILY	BOTTOMS UP	BILLIARDS	FINAL RESTING PLACES
$100 [3] 50% milk & 50% cream half and half Joanne	$100 [15] The Hawkeye State is Iowa's nickname, the oak is its state tree, & the geode is this the state mineral (or rock) Sandra	$100 [5] By rights, he'll be the next King of England Charles John	$100 [12] U.S. Customs law states you have to be at least this age to bring alcohol into the U.S. 21 Joanne	$100 [20] You might put a bit of this "language" on a ball to make it spin the way you want English Sandra	$100 [1] Mumtaz Mahal's mausoleum The Taj Mahal Sandra
$200 [4] According to Webster's. you can give one by slipping in a match above someone's shoe sole & lighting it a hot foot John	$300 [26] Though Iowa is 3rd to Texas & Nebraska in U.S. beef cattle, it leads in production of this animal hogs John	$200 [6] Edward VIII abdicated the throne even tho she'd tried to end their affair & run away to France Wallis Warfield Simpson John	$200 [13] Term used to mean a wine is unsweet, rather than sweet brut (dry and sekt acceptable) Sandra	$200 [21] Piece of billiards equipment composed of a butt, shaft, & tip the cue stick Joanne	$200 [2] Thomas Jefferson is buried here Monticello Joanne
$300 [19] From Old English for "stone", it means sharpening a knife with a stone hone Sandra John	$400 [27] It's the name of Iowa's longest interior river as well as its capital Des Moines John	$300 [7] Trooping the Colour, an annual military ceremony, celebrates this royal event the Queen's birthday Sandra	$300 [14] In 1789 a Baptist minister in Kentucky was 1st to make this type of whiskey bourbon John	$300 [22] World Book calls it the most popular pool, or pocket billiards, game in the U.S. 8-ball	$300 [8] Geoffrey Chaucer, Isaac Newton, & Dr. Livingstone, I presume, are all entombed in this church Westminster Abbey Sandra
$400 [24] Expression which "sanctifies" a city in Spain or Ohio Holy Toledo John	DD $500 [25] 1957 musical written by an Iowan from which the followingcomes:"Oh, there's nothing halfway /About the Iowa way to treat you /When we treat you /Which we may not do at all /There's an Iowa kind of special /Chip-on-the-shoulder attitude /We've never been without /That we recall /We can be cold /As our falling..." The Music Man John	$400 [10] In 1974 Ian Ball was committed to a mental institution after trying to kidnap this princess Princess Anne Joanne	$400 [16] Known for its brewery & its book, this company is also Britain's, & the world's, largest Scotch maker Guinness Sandra	$400 [23] In 9-ball the balls are racked not into a triangle but into this shape a diamond John Joanne	$400 [9] An unmarked tomb in the Inner Hebrides holds the body of this king, Shakespeare's slain Thane Macbeth John
—	—	$500 [11] He was the last King of England George VI Sandra	$500 [17] The two main groups of alcoholic beverages are fermented, like beer, & this type, like gin distilled Sandra	—	$500 [18] Though his tomb is in Seville, this explorer's remains remain in Santo Domingo Christopher Columbus Joanne

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOTANY	THE CLERGY	TECHNOLOGY	ICELAND	ACTOR & ACTRESSES	8-LETTER WORDS
$200 [9] As a young man, Luther Burbank was strongly influenced by the works of this evolutionist Darwin John	$200 [17] Highest ratings in history of ABC's "Nightline" came when Ted Koppel had this couple as guests Jim & Tammy Bakker Sandra	$200 [8] In turn, they've used the sun, water or sand, weights, coiled springs, pendulums, etc.... clocks Sandra	$200 [6] Since this seismic threat is everpresent, most homes in Iceland are built of reinforced concrete earthquake Sandra	$200 [1] "The Great Dictator" was the 1st film in which he spoke Charles Chaplin Joanne	$200 [21] You can find this part of your body between your neck & arm your shoulder Joanne
$400 [10] When used in botany, "old world" is a synonym for this hemisphere the Eastern Hemisphere Joanne	$400 [18] He described his political followers as a "Rainbow Coalition" Jesse Jackson Sandra	$400 [15] Device in your home that might have a pickup cartridge & cuing lever a (phonograph) turntable John	$400 [7] Of none, 3, or 13, the number of navigable rivers in Iceland none John	$400 [2] Her father, the most decorated U.S. pilot of WWII, named her after "The Swoose", his B-17 bomber Swoosie Kurtz Sandra	$400 [22] From Latin for "grandson" or "nephew", it's hiring your grandson or nephew nepotism John
$600 [11] Chloroplasts are structures containing chlorophyll in plants, & thus, able to perform this process photosynthesis Sandra	$600 [19] The Rev. Carl McIntyre organized marches in all 50 states & D.C. promoting victory in this war Vietnam Joanne	$600 [16] New dishes made to hold this substance play the theme to "General Hospital" soap (soap dishes) Sandra	$600 [14] Under a NATO agreement, the only foreign military forces on Iceland belong to this country the United States John	$600 [3] Sean Connery was playing James Bond while James Coburn struck sparks as this "comic strip imitation" Our Man Flint Sandra	$800 [24] If you're a criminal, this type of platform can be fatal a scaffold
$800 [12] The bets variety of this hydrocarbon is the orange pigment in carrots carotene Sandra	$800 [20] It's said this Harlem "father" taught his followers never to say "hello" because if began w/a swear word Father Devine Joanne	$800 [26] Edison designed his movie camera to use the roll film invented by this man George Eastman Sandra Joanne	$800 [29] So many Icelanders have the same name that phone books will list this along with name & address the occupation John	$800 [4] This "Star Wars" star wrote of drug dependency in "Postcards from the Edge" Carrie Fisher Sandra	$1,000 [25] This describes thin, not uncommon, air rarefied John
$1,000 [13] Halophytes are plants adapted to live in soils containing high concentrations of this common compound salts	$1,000 [28] This late Episcopal bishop was tried for heresy for questioning the trinity Bishop (James) Pike Sandra	$1,000 [27] In 1899 this Italian-born inventor sent a radio wave across the English Channel (Guglielmo) Marconi Sandra	$1,000 [30] From Old Norse for "tale", these narratives such as the "Edda", are considered foundation of Iceland's culture the sagas Sandra	DD $1,600 [5] The 2 charming Frenchmen who starred with Leslie Caron in "Fanny" Maurice Chevalier & Charles Boyer Sandra	DD $1,500 [23] A galosh an overshoe John

Final Jeopardy!

ELECTIONS

1st president for whom 18-year-olds across the USA could have voted

Richard Nixon

Joanne "Who was Nixon?" — wagered $100

John "Who was Richard Nixon" — wagered $4,600

Sandra "Who was Nixon" — wagered $605

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