Show #18 1984-10-03 (taped 1984-08-15) Regular

Elise Beraru game 3.Elise sets a new single-day cash winnings record of $23,800.

Contestants

Margaret Magnus — a waitress from Burbank, California

Roger Gerhardstein — a teacher originally from Bellevue, Ohio

Elise Beraru — an insurance underwriter from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $12,250)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Elise	$1,200	$3,800	$13,800	$23,800 3-day champion: $36,050	$13,800 31 R, 3 W
Roger	$900	$2,000	$800	$1,600 2nd place: Speed Queen washer and dryer & set of Crown luggage	$5,700 12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Margaret	$300	$1,000	$600	$1,199 3rd place: Botany 500 men's clothing	$600 6 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

TRIOS	1953	"TOASTS"	OSCAR SONGS	SPAIN	FAST FOOD
$100 [11] Education's "3 R's" reading, 'riting & 'rithmetic Roger	$100 [16] Manager Casey Stengel considered retiring until they won 5th-straight World Series the Yankees Elise	$100 [1] Sauteed egg-dipped bread French toast Margaret	$100 [6] Only Oscar winner sung by a cricket, it's Disney's theme "When You Wish Upon a Star" Roger	$400 [23] Mustachioed painter who could be knighted "Sur Real" Salvador Dalí Elise	$400 [24] T. Jefferson popularized this French side-dish, now America's favorite vegetable French fried potatoes Elise
$200 [12] Red, blue & yellow pigments the primary colors Elise	$200 [17] Hillary & Tenzing were the 1st to go there, but only stayed 15 minutes the summit of Mt. Everest Elise	$200 [2] Campfire confection toasted marshmallows Elise Margaret	$200 [7] She sang '80's "Fame" & '83's "What a Feeling" Irene Cara Elise	$500 [22] Don Quixote's creator, he was the real "Man from La Mancha" Don Miguel de Cervantes Roger	$500 [21] Gable taught Colbert how to do it; now even Emily Post says it's correct dunking doughnuts Elise
$300 [13] The rub-a-dub guys three men in a tub (the butcher, the baker & the candlestick maker) Margaret	$300 [18] Sang "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend", then married a baseball star Marilyn Monroe Elise	$300 [3] Original name of "The Ed Sullivan Show" Toast of the Town Elise	$300 [8] '38 winner that became Bob Hope's theme song "Thanks for the Memory" Roger	—	—
$400 [14] For a troika, you'd put this behind 3 horses a sleigh Elise Margaret	$400 [19] Chief Justice appointed by Eisenhower, he served until the Nixon era Earl Warren Elise	$400 [4] "Rank" of George Jessel Toastmaster General Elise	DD $500 [9] 1960songnamed for day Melina Mercouri rested: "Never On Sunday" Roger	—	—
$500 [15] 3 rulers ruling a triumvirate Elise Roger	$500 [20] Now nation's best-selling magazine, 1st cover featured Lucy & her baby TV Guide Elise	$500 [5] Named for an Australian soprano, it's thin, crisp bread Melba toast Elise	$500 [10] This 1st winner, from "Gay Divorcee", is also a Lincoln luxury car "The Continental" Elise	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

ECONOMICS	FAMOUS QUOTES	DRAMA	BIRDS	WHITE HOUSE	SPORTS TRIVIA
$200 [26] Colloquial term for current president's economic policies Reaganomics Margaret	$200 [12] Dickens' character known for saying "God bless us every one!" Tiny Tim Elise	$200 [7] Because 1st was named Thespis, they're known as thespians actors Roger	$200 [1] Cuckoo family-member Geococcyx Californianus ; goes "Beep beep" in cartoons a roadrunner Elise	$200 [21] It wasn't until 1818 that it was painted this color white Margaret	$200 [2] It begins a boxer's round or starts Pavlov's dog salivating a bell Elise
—	$400 [13] You bet your life he believed "A man is as young as the woman he feels" Groucho Marx Elise	$400 [8] Wrote for Sgt. Bilko before fathering "The Odd Couple" Neil Simon Elise	$400 [22] Bird named after bright red robes of a Roman Catholic clergyman a cardinal Elise	$400 [20] East lawn Easter tradition rolling Easter eggs Elise	$400 [3] In swimming, a race without a compulsory stroke freestyle Elise
—	$600 [14] Dumas quote translated from "Tous pour un, un pour tous" "All for one, one for all" Roger	$600 [9] Matinee idol whose familiarity with Ford's Theatre let him pass through security there John Wilkes Booth Roger	$600 [23] While ostriches lay the largest eggs, these birds lay the smallest a hummingbird Roger	$600 [19] FDR added one indoors as a therapeutic aid a swimming pool Elise	$600 [4] Throughout his NBA career, this star known as "The Stilt" never fouled out Wilt Chamberlain Elise
—	$800 [15] Someone somewhere in the country says it before David Hartman & Joan Lunden do "Good Morning, America" Elise	$800 [10] He planted "The Cherry Orchard" & hatched "The Sea Gull" Chekov Elise	$800 [24] Member of India's starling family, famous for ability to mimic voices a myna Roger Margaret	$800 [18] Instead of bowing, Jefferson the libertarian encouraged this form of address shaking of hands Elise	$800 [5] Won gold medal for rowing in '24 Olympics but better known as baby doctor Benjamin Spock Elise
—	$1,000 [16] '36 Olympian who said "I came along when the black American needed an image" Jesse Owens Roger	$1,000 [11] Sophocles' "complex tragedy" Oedipus Rex Elise	DD $5,000 [25] With both eyes facing forward, it has greatest range of binocular vision in birds the owl Roger	$1,000 [17] His inaugural bash became a brawl when his backwoods pals vandalized the White House Andrew Jackson Elise	$1,000 [6] Mary Queen of Scots is said to have been 1st woman to play this sport golf Elise

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

In the 1860 election for his 1st term, more Americans voted against him than for him

Abraham Lincoln

Margaret "Who is Lincoln?" — wagered $599

Roger "Who was Abraham Lincoln?" — wagered $800

Elise "Who was A Lincoln?" — wagered $10,000

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