Show #721 1987-10-26 (taped 1987-08-24) Regular

Contestants

Carol Cling — a journalist from Las Vegas, Nevada

Tim Kozel — an attorney from Los Angeles, California

John Lamb — a savings and loan executive originally from New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
John $-100 $2,400 $5,400 $10,800
2nd place: Jenn-Air grill range & Le Creuset cookware
$5,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Tim $500 $1,100 $2,600 $5,200
3rd place: Casio electronic typewriter
$3,700
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Carol $1,500 $2,000 $12,000 $13,201
New champion: $13,201
$10,400
24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE U.N. THE BIG CATS SOLITAIRE INDIANA FLYING ACES "BAD"
$100 [1]
Danny Kaye was well known for his work with this U.N. agency
UNICEF
Carol
$100 [3]
Of the order "Carnivora", it's presently the largest African carnivore
lion
Carol
$100 [9]
If an ace, king, queen, jack & 10 of a suit make a royal flush, you're playing this kind of solitaire
poker solitaire
Tim
$100 [17]
A race is run in Daviess County every fall by these "fall" poultry, & the winner doesn't get eaten
turkeys
Carol
$100 [12]
Shoot down at least 5 enemy aircraft, including airships or observation balloons
qualifications for an ace
Tim
$100 [2]
A Boy Scout gets them as a sign of merit
badges
Tim
$200 [8]
Each member nation may have up to 5 representatives in this body
General Assembly
Carol
$200 [5]
These, not khaki fatigues, provide the leopard camouflage
spots
Tim
$200 [13]
In "clock", one pile is put in the center, & this many piles dealt in a circle around it
12
Tim
$200 [18]
Since Parke County has 34 of these quaint bridges, a yearly festival is held for them
covered bridges
Tim
$200 [25]
On his WWII plane, German ace Gen. A. Galland had a picture of him, America's most popular cartoon star
Mickey Mouse
Carol
$200 [4]
It "flowed" between the Hatfields & McCoys
bad blood
Tim
$300 [21]
The son of this wealthy U.S. industrialist donated the site for U.N. headquarters
Rockefeller
John
$300 [6]
This New World big cat, Panthera onca, swims & climbs well but usually stalks prey on the ground
jaguar
Carol
$300 [14]
Name shared by a type of solitaire & the song you might hum when playing it on New Year's Eve
Auld Lang Syne
Carol
$300 [19]
Not surprisingly, the name for this Indiana town came to its inhabitants on Christmas Eve 1851
Santa Claus
Carol
$300 [26]
WWI ace Frank Luke was the 1st U.S. airman honored with this medal
Congressional Medal of Honor
John
$300 [7]
A region of rugged terrain, or a 1973 film that followed Martin Sheen & Sissy Spacek into such terrain
badlands
John
$500 [23]
One of the very 1st acts of the U.N. was establishing a commission to control this energy
nuclear (atomic)
John
$400 [10]
After a kill, this central organ is generally the only one a tiger will not eat
the stomach
John Tim
$400 [27]
In "klondike", these four cards are put above the tableau as foundation cards
aces
Tim Carol
$400 [20]
About 1920, Detroit began replacing this city as the leading producer of automobiles
Indianapolis
John
$400 [15]
The residence of England's Duke of Beaufort gave this game its name
badminton
Carol
DD $600 [22]
U.S. president who was present at the signing of the U.N. Charter
Harry Truman
John
$500 [11]
Unlike most big cats, this, also known as the hunting leopard, is active during the day
cheetah
Carol
$500 [28]
Generally, these 2 cards aren't used to play solitaire
jokers
John
$500 [24]
A southern Indiana farm, now a national memorial, is where this president grew to manhood
Abraham Lincoln
John
$500 [16]
Used once, it's a town in Austria, & twice it's a spa in West Germany
Baden
Carol

Double Jeopardy! Round

CLASSICAL MUSIC PHYSICS FOOD & DRINK HISTORICAL NICKNAMES THE MOVIES "GOOD"
$200 [24]
Astronomical body in the title "Clair De Lune"
the moon
Tim
$200 [29]
The layer of fertile material surrounding the core in a breeder reactor, or Linus' source of security
blanket
Carol
$200 [3]
When not encased in a bun, this meat can be called "Salisbury steak"
hamburger
John
$200 [4]
Supposedly, Sen. Joe McCarthy called this Democrat "Senator Halfbright"
William Fulbright
John
$200 [7]
1938 film "bio" of Sir Robin of Locksley
( The Adventures of ) Robin Hood
Tim
$200 [12]
In 1987, it was April 17
Good Friday
Carol
$600 [27]
Performed in 1671, "Pomone" by Robert Cambert was the 1st of these in French
opera
John
$400 [28]
This process is the reverse of evaporation
condensation
Tim Carol
$400 [17]
Of Dr. Pepper, Orange Crush or Coca-Cola, the oldest
Dr. Pepper
John Tim
$400 [5]
The person who called her "The Untamed Heifer" was executed; perhaps she preferred "Good Queen Bess"
Elizabeth I
John
$400 [9]
Title of the 1978 film about an American who escapes a Turkish prison is Turkish slang for "escape"
Midnight Express
Carol
$400 [16]
This ice cream company was bought by Lipton in 1961
Good Humor
Carol
$800 [25]
Brahms "Wiegenlied" is often known in the U.S. by this infantile title
"Brahms' Lullaby"
Carol
$800 [8]
Archimedes knew if the upthrust on an object in fluid equals the object's weight, the object will do this
float
Carol
$600 [23]
During the Renaissance, this sweetener was very expensive & was sold in pharmacies as a medicine
sugar
Carol
$600 [6]
When he became Nixon's White House chief of staff, this gen. was called "The New Haldeman"
Alexander Haig
Carol
$600 [10]
Though the 2nd movie about Harry Callahan, it wasn't called "Dirty Harry II"
Magnum Force
Carol
$600 [19]
He went to Russia as part of a 1962 cultural exchange program, licorice stick & all
Benny Goodman
Tim
$1,000 [26]
The 2 string family instruments needed to perform a piano trio
violin & cello
Carol
$1,000 [2]
Degaussing is neutralizing this kind of field in an object by using an equal & opposite field
magnetic field
John
$800 [20]
Roots of this common yellow-flowered weed are roasted & used as a coffee substitute
dandelions
Tim
$800 [14]
Facts on File says "The Kid's Killer" was a left-handed compliment for this Old West lawman
Pat Garrett
John Carol
$800 [11]
According to title of a 1984 film, thoroughfare where you'd be likely to find "Danny Rose"
Broadway
John
$800 [21]
You might finnish a conversation in Finnish with .."Hyvasti", which means this
goodbye
Tim
DD $2,000 [30]
Title of the symphonic fairy tale by Prokofiev from which the followingis taken:
Peter and the Wolf
Carol
DD $1,100 [1]
Traditionally, the visible spectrum is divided into this number of color regions
7
Tim
$1,000 [18]
A peach half with vanilla ice cream in the center, covered with raspberry sauce
Peach Melba
Carol
$1,000 [15]
Caesar had his Brutus, Charles I his Cromwell, & George III had him, "The Voice of the Revolution"
Patrick Henry
John
$1,000 [13]
Based on Somerset Maugham's "Rain", this Rita Hayworth movie was originally in 3-D
Miss Sadie Thompson
Carol
$1,000 [22]
It forms a trilogy along with "Sons" & "A House Divided"
The Good Earth

Final Jeopardy!

POETRY

This animal in Dixon Merritt's limerick "can take in his beak food enough for a week"

pelican

Tim "What is a pelican?" — wagered $2,600
John "What is a pelican?" — wagered $5,400
Carol "What is a pelican?" — wagered $1,201

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