Show #996 1988-12-26 (taped 1988-10-03) Regular

Jeff Richmond game 2.

Contestants

Peter Perl — a newspaper editor from Washington, D.C.

Dee Ann Redman — a sales representative from Billings, Montana

Jeff Richmond — a city planner from West Hollywood, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jeff	$1,800	$3,800	$5,100	$9,001 2-day champion: $15,301	$5,500 16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Dee Ann	$1,300	$2,900	$4,500	$8,995 2nd place: a trip on Eastern to Tampa, Florida & stay at Sheraton Saint Key Resort	$4,500 21 R, 5 W
Peter	$700	$0	$-800	$-800 3rd place: Merillat modular shelving system	$-1,200 7 R (including 1 DD), 7 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S.A.	NICKNAMES	THE BIBLE	HOLLYWOOD MARRIAGES	GUINNESS RECORDS	JEOPARDY! KEY WORDS
$100 [1] From 1980-87 this state's population rose about 31%, yet it now averages only 1 person per square mile Alaska Dee Ann	$100 [2] English sailors were nicknamed this from the fruit they ate to prevent scurvy limey Dee Ann	$100 [16] Signs that a person was "in" this included torn clothes, ashes on the head, & wearing sackcloth mourning Dee Ann	$100 [23] Mike Todd's son was best man when she married Eddie Fisher Elizabeth Taylor Jeff	$100 [11] Eileen Foucher did this dance for 106 hours, which must have been hard on her stomach belly dancing Jeff	$100 [21] Silent president Calvin Coolidge Jeff
$200 [7] Postal abbreviations include NC for North Carolina, SC for South Carolina & DC for this District of Columbia Dee Ann	$200 [3] One source we have calls Betty Grable the "No. 1" this, another hangs it on Dorothy Lamour pin-up girl Dee Ann	$200 [17] He encouraged his son Solomon to build the temple & even gave him the plans David Jeff	$200 [27] She's the wife of actor Maxwell Caulfield & the daughter of Sir John Mills Juliet Mills Dee Ann Peter	$200 [12] Pius IX was the pope with the longest one on record reign	$200 [22] Spineless sea creature jellyfish Dee Ann
$300 [8] At the Julius Sturgis Company in Lititz, Penn. you can learn how to twist these pretzels Peter	$300 [4] Nickname of singer King, ballplayer Reese, & comic Herman Pee Wee Dee Ann	$300 [18] Deuteronomy ends with his death at age 120 on a mountain overlooking the Promised Land Moses Jeff	$300 [28] Matt Lattanzi, who played a small role in "Grease 2", married this star of "Grease" no. 1 Olivia Newton-John Dee Ann	$300 [13] The largest one ever built, 50 1/2 feet tall, was named Scrubbie, not Ray Bolger scarecrow Jeff	$300 [24] Russian empress Catherine the Great Dee Ann
$400 [9] He said, "A penny saved is a penny earned," & it's traditional to throw a penny onto his grave Benjamin Franklin Peter	$400 [5] During the 1950s this 5' 4" blonde was known as "The Singing Rage" Patti Page Dee Ann	DD $300 [19] When asked if he believed in paying tribute, Jesus coined this proverb Pay unto Caesar what is Caesar's (Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's) Jeff	$400 [29] He might have sung his own song "What Kind of Fool Am I?", when he got divorced from Joan Collins Anthony Newley Dee Ann	$400 [14] The shortest on record, lasting only 38 minutes in 1896, was between the United Kingdom & Zanzibar war Jeff	$400 [25] Cowboy humorist Will Rogers Dee Ann
$500 [10] The "Peace Garden" state, it shares an International Peace Garden with Manitoba North Dakota Jeff	$500 [6] U.S. general who was called "The Napoleon of Luzon" & "The Beau Brummel of the Army" (Douglas) MacArthur Jeff	$500 [20] According to Mark 1:3, he was the "voice crying in the wilderness" John the Baptist Jeff	$500 [30] We assume she's Burt Bacharach's favorite songwriting partner because he married her Carole Bayer Sager Dee Ann	$500 [15] Norman Bates could tell you the highest price ever paid for a stuffed one of these was $32,400 bird	$500 [26] Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí Jeff Peter

Double Jeopardy! Round

ZOOLOGY	CAPITAL CITIES	THE '50s	WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY	2 FIRST NAMES	SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA
$200 [14] Some snails breathe with gills while others breathe by use of these lungs Dee Ann	$200 [4] The Thai name for this capital is Krung Thep, which means "city of angels" Bangkok Dee Ann	$200 [18] In exile, he told Argentine followers to cast blank ballots in a 1957 election, & they did (Juan) Peron Peter	$200 [10] In Hades, Tantalus couldn't quite reach his food & drink, which is how we got this word tantalize Jeff	$200 [5] The doormat at her Nashville museum reads, "Howdee!" Minnie Pearl Dee Ann	$400 [1] Many scholars now believe it was either "Henry VIII" or "The 2 Noble Kinsmen", written about 1613 the last play Shakespeare wrote
$400 [15] These bears have traveled as far south as the Gulf of St. Lawrence, over 700 mi. from the Arctic Circle polar bears Dee Ann	DD $300 [12] European capital in the title of the following: Warsaw Jeff	$400 [9] Competing in the Winter Olympics for the 1st time in 1956, this country won 1/4 of all events Soviet Union Dee Ann	$400 [16] Phrase named for a king of Phrygia, a person who has it makes money from any project Midas touch Dee Ann	$400 [6] In 1988 he won the "Best Actor" Oscar Michael Douglas Peter	$600 [2] A glove maker named John & a farmer's daughter named Mary Shakespeare's parents Dee Ann
$600 [24] Fireflies are not flies but, like ladybugs, are these beetles Dee Ann	$400 [3] Name of the 1st capital of New York state or the 2nd & present capital of Jamaica Kingston Jeff	$800 [19] He wrote the beat novel "On the Road" Jack Kerouac Peter	$600 [17] Daughter of Aesculapius, the god of medicine, her name means "all heal" & is now a cure-all Panacea Jeff	$600 [7] This "Bat" had his 1st audition in 30 years when he tried out for the lead in Broadway's "La Cage aux Folles" Gene Barry Jeff	—
$800 [25] Species of this animal include the common brown, leaf-nosed & flying fox bats Dee Ann Peter	$600 [11] 16th c. Jewish refugees from Spain & Portugal helped make it the diamond-cutting capital of the world Amsterdam Dee Ann Peter	DD $1,000 [8] In May 1956 India observed the 2,500th anniversary of this person's death the founder of Buddhism (Buddha) Peter	$800 [21] The serpent Apollo killed near Delphi, it later became the name of a family of large snakes Python Peter	$1,000 [23] From 1975-79 you could "point" to her on "60 Minutes" while she debated with James. J. Kilpatrick Shana Alexander Peter	—
$1,000 [26] In birds, this thoracic bone is proportionately big in order to support the large muscles used in flight sternum (breastbone) Dee Ann	$1,000 [13] 1 of 5 African capitals with 2-word names (1 of) Addis Ababa (Cape Town, Port Louis, Porto-Novo, & Sao Tomé) Jeff Peter	$1,000 [20] He talked to teenagers in the top-selling nonfiction book of 1959, "Twixt 12 & 20" Pat Boone Dee Ann	$1,000 [22] This term for a dancer came from the name of the Greek muse of dance Terpsichore Peter	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

MOUNTAINS

Soviet mountain range thought to be where the white race originated

Caucasus Mountains

Dee Ann "What is the Caucausus" — wagered $4,495

Jeff "What are the Caucasus Mtns?" — wagered $3,901

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