Show #762 1987-12-22 (taped 1987-09-15) Regular

Every clue was written by Harry Eisenberg, who had each category begin with the letter "H".

Contestants

Jeri Anderson — a housewife from Las Vegas, Nevada

Leah Krinsky — a stand-up comic and actress originally from New York City

Karen Dauphin — a teacher from Burbank, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Karen	$700	$1,700	$1,700	$0 3rd place: Sarah Coventry jewelery+ Jeopardy! box game or computer version	$1,700 8 R, 2 W
Leah	$700	$800	$5,600	$3,399 2nd place: a trip for 2 to Atlanta+ Jeopardy! box game or computer version	$5,200 12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Jeri	$1,500	$2,600	$8,600	$3,600 New champion: $3,600	$8,300 22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "H"	HOLIDAYS	HORTICULTURE	HIT TUNES	HINTS FROM HELOISE
$100 [21] By definition, a golfer who averages par for his game doesn't have one a handicap Karen	$100 [6] Type of pudding most associated with Christmas plum pudding Karen Leah	$100 [11] Term for raising vegetables for market regardless of whether one owns a pickup or a Mack truck farming Karen	$100 [16] A Dolly Parton-Sly Stallone movie bomb, "Rhinestone", was based on this 1975 Glen Campbell hit song "Rhinestone Cowboy" Leah	$100 [1] You can buy pink variety of this fish & add red food dye to make it appear like the more expensive kind salmon Leah Jeri
$200 [22] In the '20s, Americans created this word to replace the French "coiffure" hairdo Jeri	$200 [7] Waubeka, Wisc., not Philadelphia was where the annual observance of this June 14 holiday began Flag Day	$200 [12] Plant breeder said to have added over $1 billion to the world's wealth by developing the Idaho potato Luther Burbank Jeri	$200 [17] Top hit of 1960, this movie theme by Percy Faith is considered #1 instrumental single of the rock era "Theme from A Summer Place "	$200 [2] You can find spices quicker if you realize most stores display them in this order alphabetical Leah
$300 [23] When the bicycle became popular about 1890, long, upward curving mustaches came to be called this a handlebar Jeri	$300 [8] While this day is hardly noted in Mexico itself, it is a major holiday among Mexican-Americans Cinco de Mayo Jeri	$300 [13] All orchid blossoms have this many petals 3 Jeri	$300 [18] Singer who had both 1st & last songs to reach #1 in 1957 with "Don't Forbid Me" & "April Love" Pat Boone Jeri	$300 [3] Refrigerator odors can be eliminated by cleaning shelves, bins & walls with this on a damp sponge baking soda Leah
$400 [24] Figuratively, it can rerer to a small person; literally, it's 1/16 of a gallon a half-pint Jeri	$400 [9] The 2 months in which Ash Wednesday can fall February & March Jeri	$400 [14] When shopping for this salad vegetable, you can get an English one that's 2 feet long a cucumber Karen	DD $300 [19] Heard here, Billboard says he'll always be known as "The Father of Rock & Roll":"Get out in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans /Get out in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans..." Bill Haley Jeri	$400 [4] Cooking meat soup a day ahead & refrigerating it makes it easy to remove this fat Leah
$500 [25] At these early American events, a young man who found a red ear of corn got to kiss girl of his choice corn husking (bee) Jeri	$500 [10] Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" may have 1st played on the eve of this holiday also called 12th Night Epiphany Karen	$500 [15] Huckleberries are often confused with this other berry that has much smaller seeds blueberries Karen	$500 [20] Only '80s song to top Billboard's pop chart for 10 weeks is this Olivia Newton-John hit "Physical"	$500 [5] Scraping corrosion from both ends of these with an emery board can extend their lives a battery Jeri

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	HEALTH & FITNESS	HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS	HIPPIES	HOPEFUL QUOTES	HODGEPODGE
$200 [2] Some claim the modern era began with this 14th c. epidemic which devastated medieval society Bubonic Plague (or Black Plague) Karen	$200 [7] It's believed 1st diagnosed victim having this muscle strain was a lame race horse a Charley horse Jeri	$200 [26] Football team whose offices are at 1265 Lombardi Ave. the Green Bay Packers Jeri	$200 [12] Expression "Haight is love" referred to this place Haight-Ashbury Leah	$200 [16] Some 160 years B.C., Roman dramatist Terence wrote, "Where there's" this, "there's hope" while there's life Jeri	$200 [21] Though few have it as a family name, over half of this country's population are Flemings Belgium Jeri
$400 [3] In 1869, the president of the Dominican Republic offered to sell his country to this country the United States Karen	$400 [8] After applying "dynamic tension" exercises, this former "97 pound weakling" took the name of a mythical giant Charles Atlas Leah	—	$400 [13] Learned individuals regarded as "high priests" were often referred to by this Hindu term gurus Jeri	$400 [17] Completes Alexander Pope's quote, "Hope springs eternal" there in the human breast Leah	$600 [23] When Khrushchev visited Calif., this man wanted to show him his own sub fleet--the world's 8th largest Walt Disney Jeri
$600 [4] Ben Bella overthrew Ben Khedda after this country gained independence from France Algeria Jeri	$600 [9] The initials in the name of this popular product stand for mineral oil Haley's M-O Jeri	—	$600 [14] Song which spoke of "Mystic crystal revelation & the mind's true liberation" "Aquarius" Jeri	$800 [19] St. Paul wrote the Corinthians that along with hope, one should have these 2 virtues faith & charity Leah	$800 [24] Greater Cincinnati Airport is in this state Kentucky
$800 [5] In 1968, Albania became the 1st country to ever withdraw from this alliance the Warsaw Pact Leah Jeri	$800 [10] Enzyme derived from papaya juice that's used both to tenderize meat & to treat indigestion papain Jeri	—	$800 [15] Diminutive name for the youngest teenage hippies who didn't understand the philosophy but liked being "hip" teenyboppers Karen Leah	DD $1,000 [18] On the night before Christmas, "the stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes of" this that St. Nicholas soon would be there Leah	DD $1,000 [22] Some Indianans are miffed that Webster's 3rd defines this as "awkward person" or an "ignorant rustic" a Hoosier Jeri
$1,000 [6] Japan's gov't didn't approve 1931-32 conquest of this part of China but couldn't stop the army Manchuria Karen	$1,000 [11] Scientific name of this root, panax, is related to panacea & many Chinese consider it a cure for many ills ginseng Leah	—	$1,000 [1] Timothy Leary encouraged "Turn on, tune in, drop out" at famous San Francisco "Human Be-In" held there Golden Gate Park Leah	$1,000 [20] Charles Revson said, "In the factory we make these, "in the store we sell hope" cosmetics Jeri	$1,000 [25] It's reported Egypt's Nasser offered him his daughter in marriage, but Elijah Muhammad was against it Muhammad Ali

Final Jeopardy!

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

The last time the Republicans had a majority in the House of Representatives was during this decade

the 1950s

Karen "What is the 70's" — wagered $1,700

Leah "What is the 60's?" — wagered $2,201

Jeri "What are the 1980's?" — wagered $5,000

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