Show #882 1988-06-07 (taped 1988-03-08) Regular

Michael Rankins game 3.

Contestants

Steve Silva — an aviation student from San Diego, California

Bill Henner — a commodities trader from Chicago, Illinois

Michael Rankins — a customer service represenative from Rohnert Park, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $22,999)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Michael	$1,700	$2,000	$11,200	$10,200 3-day champion: $33,199	$10,600 24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Bill	$1,500	$3,200	$4,800	$350 2nd place: Yamaha PSR-90 portable keyboard & Maxima stereo system	$4,800 14 R, 0 W
Steve	$1,400	$3,200	$4,600	$100 3rd place: Kosta Boda crystal stemware	$5,500 15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AUTHORS	BALLADS & FOLK SONGS	ENTERTAINING AT HOME	WILL ROGERS	CRUSTACEANS	STARTS WITH "CRU"
$100 [21] Though this Phrygian slave may have been phictional, he's still phamous for his phables Aesop Steve	$100 [22] "Low Bridge, Everybody Down" is subtitled "15 Years on" this "Canal" Erie Canal Bill	$100 [14] Tulip-shaped glasses are good for champagne since the elongated shape preserves the life of these bubbles Michael	$100 [1] Will was named after this founder of Pennsylvania William Penn Steve	$100 [8] This sign of the zodiac is not the disease but the crustacean Cancer Bill	$100 [3] This verb can refer to driving, flying or sailing cruising Michael
$200 [23] Appropriately, his sister-in-law built him a study that was inspired by a riverboat's pilothouse Mark Twain Michael	$200 [24] According to a folk song, "He lives with his 5 & 40 wives in the city of the Great Salt Lake" Brigham Young Steve	$200 [17] Putting the liquor away, emptying ashtrays or openly stifling a yawn are 3 ways to encourage this getting people to leave Steve	$200 [2] Rogers said all he knew was what he read there the newspaper Bill	$200 [9] Copper is a common antifouling agent used to keep these from growing on ship hulls barnacles Michael	$200 [4] A military expedition of the 11th, 12th or 13th century Crusade Bill
$300 [28] Surname shared by authors Robert, Maxwell & Sherwood Anderson Bill	$400 [26] "Ballad" is derived from the Late Latin "ballare", meaning to do this dance Michael Steve	$300 [18] Of 3, 5 or 7, the maximum number of courses Emily Post says should be served at one meal 5 Steve	$300 [12] During his lectures, Will often performed tricks with 1 of these lasso (lariat, rope) Michael	$300 [10] Popular in the South, over 100 mil. lbs. of these freshwater cousins of lobsters are raised in the U.S. crayfish Michael	$300 [5] From the Dutch meaning "to curl", it's a fried, twisted cake cruller Michael
$400 [29] Novelist who conceived his play "Prisoners" while imprisoned in the gulag in the 1950s Solzhenitsyn Bill	$500 [27] At the end of this song, Betsy calls her lover Ike a "big lummox" & they get divorced "Sweet Betsy From Pike"	$400 [20] Nuts or shellfish in food should never be discussed for this health reason many people are allergic to them Bill	$400 [15] Will's birthday, November 4, is a holiday in this state Oklahoma Steve	$400 [11] Crustaceans range in size from copepods of .008 inches to the 12 foot Japanese variety of this crab Steve	$400 [6] The dastardly Disney dame who wanted to do away with the "101 Dalmatians" Cruella de Vil Michael
$500 [30] He won a Pulitzer Prize 4 years before he became president JFK (John F. Kennedy) Michael	DD $600 [25] Heard here, "The Cowboy's Dream" is sung to the tune of this other traditional song: "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean" Steve	$500 [19] Since red wines produce this, the bottle should stand upright for one day before opening sediment Bill	$500 [16] He explained his political leanings saying, "I belong to no organized political party--I am" this a Democrat Steve	$500 [13] Shrimp belong to the order "Decapoda", meaning this 10-legged Bill	$500 [7] A small glass bottle for holding oil, vinegar, water or wine cruet Bill

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CIVIL WAR	'70s TV	GEOGRAPHY	TECHNOLOGY	OOPS!	COLLEGES
$200 [4] Geographically, Bull Run, for which 2 major battles were named, was this creek (river) Steve	$200 [10] The streets of this city were the beat of police detective lieutenant Mike Stone San Francisco Michael	$200 [13] If the U.S. had not bought the land from this country, Tucson would still belong to it Mexico Michael	$200 [19] Some thermometers use a bimetallic strip in place of this mercury (any kind of alcohol) Bill	$200 [24] The largest crew NASA has sent into space on one of these craft isn't 7, as we said, but 8 a Space Shuttle Bill	$600 [11] This term, which originally denoted the leader of 10 men, now refers to a high-ranking college official dean Michael
$400 [5] The Gettysburg Address ends "Gov't of the people, by the people, for the people shall not" do this perish from the earth Michael	$400 [6] This sitcom spin-off of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" lasted only 4 1/2 seasons to Mary's 7 Rhoda Steve	$600 [16] Country in which there's a city named for Manuel Luis Quezon the Philippines Michael	$400 [20] When an airplane is in normal flight, air pressure is higher on this surface of a wing bottom Michael Steve	$400 [25] Mayor Joseph Steineger, Jr. "corrected" us after we called this city a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Kansas Bill	$800 [12] Founded in 1801, this state U. located at Columbia, was 1st to get annual state appropriations South Carolina Steve
$800 [8] This future 2-time president paid a substitute to take his place in the army Grover Cleveland Michael	$600 [3] Character who introduced the exclamation "Shazbot!" into our language Mork Steve	$800 [17] European river with the shortest name, though the river itself is the longest in Italy the Po Bill	$600 [21] Probably the most familiar farm machine, it can act as both a power unit & a pulling device tractor Michael	$800 [27] We erred in saying this coach led the Dolphins & Colts to 7 Super Bowls, but his 6 times is still the record Don Shula Michael	$1,000 [15] While a Lit.D. is doctor of literature, this degree is abbreviated Litt.D. doctor of letters Michael
$1,000 [9] Northern newspapers gave this Union general the nickname "Fighting Joe" Joseph Hooker	$800 [2] The 1979 sequel to this 1977 miniseries was subtitled "The Next Generations" Roots Michael	DD $1,000 [14] The Bitterroot Mountain range forms the irregular boundary between Idaho & this state Montana Michael	$800 [22] While modern computers are usually digital, earlier electronic ones were of this type analog Michael	$1,000 [26] We said it was Linda Gray's leg on "The Graduate" poster, but Mel Brooks called & said it was this star's Anne Bancroft Michael	—
DD $1,200 [7] When Union general John C. Fremont freed Missouri slaves in 1861, Lincoln did this demoted his command Steve	$1,000 [1] Played by Robert Conrad in a 1970s series, he died in 1988 & is buried in Arlington Nat'l Cemetery "Pappy" Boyington Michael	$1,000 [18] The 1493 line of demarcation drawn by Pope Alexander VI was to stop land fights between these countries Spain & Portugal Steve	$1,000 [23] A "Lucifer" was an early type of this made by Samuel Jones of London in the early 19th century match Michael	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

PROVERBS

"Nature needs but 5, custom gives thee 7, laziness takes 9, & wickedness 11" refers to this

hours of sleep

Steve "What is days in a week?" — wagered $4,500

Bill "What are fingers?" — wagered $4,450

Michael "What are ?" — wagered $1,000

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