Show #878 1988-06-01 (taped 1988-03-07) Regular

Contestants

Pam Brown — a graduate student from Stillwater, Oklahoma

Bob Palitz — an engineer from Honolulu, Hawaii

Jack Koenig — an actor and househusband from New York City, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jack $500 $1,100 $7,900 $9,399
2-day champion: $15,399
$7,900
17 R, 2 W
Bob $800 $600 $1,100 $1
2nd place: Berkline Wall-Away sofa & Bauer table lamp
$2,600
12 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
Pam $600 $2,600 $3,200 $0
3rd place: General Electric gas range
$4,300
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN MUSIC ANIMALS ROYAL ANNES THE MOVIES FITNESS NUMBER, PLEASE
$100 [25]
Its 2nd verse begins, "My native country, thee, land of the noble free"
"My Country 'Tis of Thee" ("America")
Jack
$100 [10]
The Bismarck flying fox, this type of mammal, has a 5 1/2 foot wingspan
bat
Bob
$100 [4]
Anne of Brittany married 2 kings of this country, Charles VIII & Louis XII
France
Pam
$100 [21]
In "Desire Under the Elms", Sophia Loren married Burl Ives but lusted after this "Psycho" star
Anthony Perkins
Pam
$100 [5]
FOF says that in the U.S. they are: height 5'9", weight 162 lbs., chest 39", waist 32" & hips 38"
typical men's measurements
Bob Pam
$100 [15]
Number of dollars in a "C-note"
100
Bob
$200 [27]
In the song "Dixie", "In Dixie Land I'll take my stand to" do these 2 things
live and die in Dixie
Jack
$200 [11]
Of king, queen or soldier, type of termite that has been known to live 50 years
queen
$200 [8]
Reportedly, the ghosts of Elizabeth I & this woman, her mother, both haunt Windsor Castle
Anne Boleyn
Pam
$200 [7]
In this comedy based on a 1933 German film, Julie Andrews played a woman playing a man playing a woman
Victor Victoria
Pam
$200 [6]
In race walking, no running is allowed, & one foot must always be judged as doing this
touching the ground
Jack
$200 [16]
Referring to the keyboard, this number is a slang term for a piano
88
Pam
$300 [29]
"The Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming" in this George M. Cohan song
"Over There"
Jack
$300 [12]
Every year Arctic terns fly over 11,000 miles south to winter on this continent
Antarctica
Bob
$300 [9]
Familial relationship of England's Queen Anne to the queen who preceded her, Mary II
younger sister
$300 [1]
In "Love & Death", Woody Allen plotted to assassinate this emperor
Napoleon
Jack
$300 [17]
In 1986, the AMA reported this activity does not wear out joints but increases bone density
jogging (running)
Bob
$300 [18]
At a baseball game, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" is traditionally played during this inning
7th
Bob
$400 [28]
Even today, Southerners despise this song because it glorifies Sherman's march to the sea
"Marching Through Georgia"
Pam
$400 [13]
Blue, lilac & seal are 3 of the official color points of this cat breed
Siamese
DD $300 [22]
She's the royal mother of Peter & Zara Phillips
Princess Anne
Pam
$400 [2]
This actress' daughter Tisha Sterling played her as a young woman in "The Whales of August"
Ann Sothern
$400 [24]
This winter sport which uses more muscles than any other is considered the ultimate aerobic activity
cross-country skiing
Jack
$400 [19]
In classical mythology, the number of Furies
3
Jack Bob
$500 [26]
In the chorus of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", this single word of praise is sung 6 times
glory
Bob Pam
$500 [14]
The male of this Arctic aquatic mammal has a single spiral tusk
narwhal
$500 [23]
This wife of Henry VIII was the daughter of a German duke
Anne of Cleves
Pam
$500 [3]
Marlene Dietrich's 1st American film, named for the north African country where it was set
Morocco
Bob
$500 [20]
Number of syllables in a traditional haiku poem
17

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE UNIVERSE THE 1950s THE TEXAS RANGERS CELEBRITY AUTHORS STARTS WITH "C" PRESIDENTIAL RESTING PLACES
$200 [1]
Approximately 18 billion years ago
when was the universe formed
Pam
$200 [2]
On January 29, 1958, Japanese warships visited this harbor, but this time on a ceremonial visit
Pearl Harbor
Bob
$200 [20]
It was the Rangers' use of this man's new firearm that made it famous in the Old West
(Samuel) Colt
Bob Pam
$200 [4]
"Pretty Baby" whose book for coeds, "On Your Own", has a section called "B's Are OK Too!"
Brooke Shields
Pam
$200 [5]
The 10th sign of the zodiac
Capricorn
Bob
$200 [13]
Though Wm. H. Harrison, Taylor, Lincoln & Wilson all died in this city, only Wilson was entombed there
Washington, DC
Jack
$400 [3]
For the Earth, Vega, Thuban & Polaris all have been, & will in turn become again this star
the North Star
Jack
$400 [24]
In May 1955, this wife of the U.S. vice-president won a "Mother-of-the-Year" award
Pat Nixon
Bob
$400 [21]
These emblems in the shape of a circled star were originally carved out of Mexican silver pesos
their badge
Jack
$400 [9]
In "Detour", her daughter Cheryl Crane wrote about the killing of Johnny Stompanato
Lana Turner
Pam
$400 [10]
An acrobat who specializes in unnatural body postures
contortionist
Pam
$400 [14]
It's the largest city in which a president's remains rest
New York City
Jack
$600 [6]
One of its moons, Titan, is larger than Mercury & has an atmosphere
Saturn
Jack Bob
$600 [28]
On Dec. 16, 1950, at age 22, she married Charles Black & announced her retirement from films
Shirley Temple
Bob
$800 [27]
Ex-Ranger Frank Hamer is remembered as the man who tracked & killed this bank-robbing couple
Bonnie & Clyde
Jack
$600 [18]
This blonde's biography was called "Living With the Kennedys"
Joan Kennedy
Pam
$600 [11]
In England, the title held by an earl's wife
countess
Pam
$600 [15]
While Garfield is buried in Cleveland, Cleveland is buried in this New Jersey college town
Princeton
Jack
$800 [7]
The word for this celestial body comes from the Greek word for "wanderer"
planet
Bob
$1,000 [25]
On Feb., 25, 1954, General Naguib resigned as this country's president; on Feb. 27 he was back in the post
Egypt
Bob
$1,000 [26]
The headquarters of the Rangers is in this city named after the man who formed the 1st group
Austin
Pam
DD $1,000 [19]
Mystery novelist who turned to non-fiction with a 1986 biography of Bess Truman
Margaret Truman
Pam
$800 [12]
The art of writing or deciphering secret codes
cryptography (cryptology)
Jack
$800 [16]
If you know his nickname was the "Kinderhook Fox", you'll know he was buried in Kinderhook, NY
Martin Van Buren
Jack
$1,000 [8]
High energy electromagnetic radiation; who knows their effect on man-in-the-moon marigolds?
gamma rays
Jack
DD $1,500 [29]
This singer had the last No. 1 hit of the '50s with the following:
Frankie Avalon
Bob
$1,000 [22]
"If your children have never hated you, you've failed as a parent", she said in "This 'N That"
Bette Davis
Jack
$1,000 [23]
Architectural term for having battlements
crenulated
$1,000 [17]
He died in San Francisco on August 2, 1923 & was buried in Marion, Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Jack

Final Jeopardy!

BRIDGES

The longest bridge over the Mississippi crosses the river at this major city

New Orleans

Bob "What is St. Louis?" — wagered $1,099
Pam "What is St. Louis?" — wagered $3,200
Jack "What is New Orleans?" — wagered $1,499

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