Show #1090 1989-05-05 (taped 1989-01-30) Regular

Contestants

Michael Konik — a writer from New York City, New York

Phil Bergen — a librarian from Needham, Massachusetts

Bill Schuler — a systems administrator from San Francisco, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bill $800 $700 $1,700 $3,400
3rd place: Fred Joaillier his & her watches
$1,700
7 R, 5 W
Phil $1,200 $1,700 $8,500 $8,250
New champion: $8,250
$9,300
23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Michael $200 $1,600 $4,000 $3,401
2nd place: Trip to Mount Snow, Vermont
$5,000
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

ZOOLOGY DISC JOCKEYS RELIGION HOLLYWOOD "BAR"S POTENT POTABLES
$100 [22]
Another name for the frigate bird, or a Portuguese jellyfish
man o' war
Bill Michael
$100 [10]
In July 1954 Memphis DJ Dewey Phillips became the 1st to air a record by this future superstar
Elvis Presley
Phil
$100 [6]
Abraham, Moses & Jesus are considered prophets in this holy book of Islam
the Koran
Michael
$100 [12]
In 1988 Penthouse magazine offered a $50,000 reward for this late sex symbol's missing diary
Marilyn Monroe
Phil
$100 [2]
Dog talk
barking
Michael
$300 [9]
If she were alive to see her picture on the Bombay gin label, she might not be amused
Queen Victoria
Phil
$500 [23]
The eggs of a fish in the ovary, or a big deer
roe
$200 [11]
In 1969 Detroit DJ Russ Gibb & his listeners discovered musical "clues" to this Beatle's "death"
Paul McCartney
Phil
$200 [7]
The name for this heavenly being comes from the Greek word for "messenger"
angel
Bill
$200 [13]
He was a Hollywood tycoon before becoming an ambassador & the father of a president
Joseph Kennedy
Phil
$200 [3]
Examples are the Goths, the Vandals & Conan
barbarians
Bill
$500 [24]
Stolichnaya's Pertsovka vodka gets its spicy flavor from these, pictured on the label
red peppers
$300 [18]
Dr. Johnny Fever & Venus Flytrap were resident DJs in this CBS sitcom
WKRP in Cincinnati
Phil
$300 [1]
Roman Catholics are married at this kind of mass
nuptial mass
Phil
$300 [16]
Gloria Swanson, Janet Gaynor & Louise Dresser were the 1st people ever nominated for this award
Academy Award for Best Actress
Phil
$300 [8]
A bass, a baritone, a tenor & a lead getting a haircut
barbershop quartet
Bill
$400 [19]
Cleveland DJ Alan Freed is credited with popularizing this music term, which had been around for years
rock and roll
Michael
$400 [4]
Ceremony whose name means "daughter of the commandment" in Hebrew
bat mitzvah (or bas mitzvah)
Bill
$400 [17]
George Raft is entombed at Forest Lawn next to this man who played Chico in "Chico & the Man"
Freddie Prinze
Michael
$400 [14]
A tsetse that's taken to frequenting taverns
barfly
Phil
$500 [20]
In 1965 the real Adrian Cronauer was a morning drive-time disc jockey here
Vietnam
Michael
$500 [5]
Heritage USA, described as a "religious Disneyland", is a theme park located in this state
South Carolina
Bill
$500 [21]
Watching a group of kids argue over pieces of wood inspired him to produce the "Our Gang" comedies
Hal Roach
Phil
DD $1,000 [15]
A Venetian boat song, or this duet from Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffmann":
barcarolle
Phil

Double Jeopardy! Round

MEDICINE FAMOUS FRENCHMEN FASHION HISTORY BOOKS & AUTHORS U.S. STATES THE SUPERNATURAL
$200 [13]
A sharp pain in your temple, blurred vision & nausea are all symptoms of this type of severe headache
migraine
Phil
$200 [4]
Louise, Mimi, Gigi & Fanny were a few of the fictional women in this debonair Frenchman's life
Maurice Chevalier
Bill Phil
$200 [6]
This large shoulder scarf, sometimes made of mink, was the big fashion news of 1950
mink stole
$200 [16]
"The Mystery of Marie Roget" is Poe's sequel to this story about "The Murders in" this place
the Rue Morgue
Michael
$200 [3]
This state has an entire museum devoted to barbed wire, but as far as we know, there's no Toto museum
Kansas
Phil
$200 [26]
Pyromancy is the art of doing this with fire
fortune telling
Phil
$400 [14]
If you've had a myocardial infarction, you've had one of these--so stop smoking, eat right & exercise
heart attack
Michael
$400 [5]
Robespierre met the same fate just 18 months after demanding that this king be guillotined
Louis XVI
Michael
$400 [7]
The clothes & hairstyles of the 1960s produced this gender-blender look
unisex
Bill Phil Michael
$400 [17]
He also wrote "The Life & Death of Mr. Badman", but he's more famous for "The Pilgrim's Progress"
John Bunyan
Phil
$400 [11]
The only state represented by 2 senators of Japanese descent
Hawaii
Phil Michael
$400 [27]
To the Greeks, Hecate was a goddess of sorcery, in this Shakespeare play, she was a witch
"Macbeth"
Michael
$600 [23]
Surgery is only occasionally recommended now for this inflammation of lymphoid tissue in the throat
tonsillitis
Bill
$600 [10]
A 19th c. writer & statesman, or a thick slice of beef filet with béarnaise or chateau sauce named for him
Chateaubriand
Phil
$600 [8]
The bright red jacket worn at a fox hunt isn't called a "red" but this
pink coat
Bill
DD $800 [18]
With success of new Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys books, these Laura Lee Hope kids were brought back
the Bobbsey Twins
Phil
$600 [12]
South Carolina's flag has a blue field with this state tree in the center
palmetto
Phil
DD $1,000 [29]
From the Greek for "distant experience", it's also called thought transference or mind reading
mental telepathy
Michael
$800 [24]
Too much alcohol or rich food doesn't cause this joint inflammation, but it may trigger attacks
gout
Bill
$800 [21]
Film director whose "Stolen Kisses" was a sequel to his "The 400 Blows"
Francois Truffaut
Phil
$800 [9]
An 1882 French play that lent its name to a soft felt hat with foldable brim & creased crown
fedora
Bill
$800 [19]
Her 1st novel was "Adam Bede"
George Eliot
Phil
$800 [1]
This Southeast state's official seal depicts an Indian girl strewing flowers
Florida
$1,000 [28]
The Bible says this Hebrew king asked the witch of Endor to raise up the spirit of Samuel
Saul
$1,000 [25]
It's defined as a wound or shock caused by sudden physical injury
trauma
Phil
$1,000 [22]
In his 1835 book about America, he said, "I know of no country where the love of money has taken stronger hold"
de Tocqueville
Michael
$1,000 [15]
These shoes, also known as "spike heels", are almost as pointed as the daggers of the same name
stilettos
Michael
$1,000 [20]
In the Wilkie Collins novel "The Moonstone", the Moonstone was this
big diamond
$1,000 [2]
This state's Black Warrior National Forest was renamed in honor of T. Bankhead's father
Alabama
Phil

Final Jeopardy!

WOMEN IN POLITICS

In 1974 she became the 1st woman head of state anywhere in the Americas

Isabel Peron (of Argentina)

Bill "Who is Isabell Peron?" — wagered $1,700
Michael "Who is Nancy Reagan?" — wagered $599
Phil "Who is" — wagered $250

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