Show #666 1987-06-29 (taped 1987-03-03) Regular

Doug Molitor game 2.

Contestants

Dave Eubanks — a teacher from Simi Valley, California

Debbie Ordas — an office manager from Maplewood, New Jersey

Doug Molitor — a writer from Brentwood, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,700)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Doug $700 $3,100 $7,000 $11,201
2-day champion: $19,901
$7,500
22 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Debbie $-200 $1,100 $5,600 $7,900
2nd place: a Whirlpool refrigerator & an ice cream maker
$5,900
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Dave $800 $2,200 $1,600 $3,100
3rd place: a weekend for 2 at Catalina island
$1,600
8 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

TRANSPORTATION SWEETS SINGERS' AUTOBIOGRAPHIES U.S. HISTORY MARINE BIOLOGY STERN LOOKING
$100 [23]
Name of the plane on which Lyndon Johnson took the oath of office
Air Force One
Doug
$100 [7]
This sweet treat was originally made from a marsh plant called the mallow
a marshmallow
Doug
$100 [12]
"I, Tina"
Tina Turner
Debbie
$100 [6]
National office held by Aaron Burr when he shot Alexander Hamilton
vice president
Debbie
$100 [1]
In the male octopus, 1 of the 8 appendages functions as a sexual organ
the tentacle
Doug
$100 [14]
When a caterer says "Light my fire", he's referring to a can of this under the warming tray
sterno
Debbie
$200 [24]
Used in New England, a dory is a flat-bottomed type of this
a fishing boat
Dave
$200 [19]
In "Sing a Song of Sixpence", the "queen was in the parlor eating bread &" this
honey
Doug
$200 [13]
"Happy Trails"
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
Doug
$200 [8]
The Treaty of Ghent, ending this war, was signed in Belgium on Christmas Eve of 1814
the War of 1812
Dave
$200 [2]
Despite its name, this huge mammal doesn't have a hump on its back
the humpback whale
Doug
$200 [15]
A sternutation; a proper response to one is the German word for "good health"
a sneeze
Debbie
$300 [25]
A mike was strung outside to 52nd Street to record the sound of this for "Leader of the Pack"
a motorcycle
Doug
$300 [20]
Sweet role played by Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like it Hot", or a sweet island crop
Sugar Kane
Doug
$300 [28]
"Lady Sings the Blues"
Billie Holiday
Doug
$300 [9]
Common name for the Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944, which provided veterans' benefits
the G.I. Bill of Rights
$300 [3]
When bivalves get scared, they pull these shut until the danger has passed
their shells
Doug
$400 [17]
It's also called the breastbone
the sternum
Dave
$400 [26]
For air travelers, the 3 main U.S. gateways to S. America are L.A., NYC, & this city
Miami
Debbie Dave
$400 [21]
This chocolate substitute is also called "St. John's bread" because it's said John the Baptist ate it
carob
Debbie
$400 [29]
Who's Sorry Now?
Connie Francis
Dave
$400 [10]
Ben Franklin helped start regular postal service in both the U.S. & this country
Canada
Debbie Dave
$400 [4]
The part of a cuttlefish you'll find in a birdcage is called this
the cuttlebone
DD $500 [16]
Thefollowingis an example of one:
a sternwheeler
Debbie
$500 [27]
From his steamship enterprises, Cornelius Vanderbilt earned this nickname
Commodore
$500 [22]
The type of molasses produced after several boilings is known by this "dark" name
blackstrap
Doug
$500 [30]
"Yes I Can"
Sammy Davis Jr.
Doug
$500 [11]
In 1793, Geo. Washington laid the cornerstone of this building, "The cornerstone of Washington, D.C."
the U.S. Capitol
Dave
$500 [5]
A whole colony of poisonous polyps hangs from the float of this colorful stinging creature
Portuguese man o' war
Dave
$500 [18]
Last name of characters played by Harold Gould & Nancy Walker on "Rhoda"
Morgenstern
Debbie

Double Jeopardy! Round

PEN NAMES PATENTS ANCIENT ROME WOMEN MEDICAL SPELLING SPORTSCASTERS
$200 [6]
I predict that one of you will know this pen name of Michel de Nostredame
Nostradamus
Debbie
$200 [12]
Patent law says applications must be made by this person, except if he is insane or dead
the inventor
Doug
$200 [9]
This Roman slave is the subject of a Russian ballet & a Kirk Douglas film
Spartacus
Doug
$200 [1]
In 1968, Ruth Eisemann-Schier was the 1st woman to make this notorious roster
Ten Most Wanted by the FBI
Debbie
$200 [17]
From the Latin word for "swollen vein", adjective for veins that stick out
V-A-R-I-C-O-S-E
Debbie Dave
DD $500 [26]
The 2 regular CBS football commentators who have coached Super Bowl champions
John Madden & Hank Stram
Doug
$400 [7]
Alfred Gerald Caplin signed his popular comic strip with this name
Al Capp
Debbie
$400 [22]
No. 223,898, the 1st public demonstration of it was held December 31, 1879 in Menlo Park
the incandescent
Doug
$400 [10]
It's believed the 1st gladiatorial battles took place at these death-related rites
a funeral
Debbie
$400 [2]
6'2" tall, she was born in Pasadena & played basketball at Smith College before becoming "The French Chef"
Julia Child
Debbie
$400 [18]
Rabies, or a morbid dread of water
H-Y-D-R-O-P-H-O-B-I-A
Doug
$600 [8]
Invented name of Francois-Marie Arouet who said "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him"
Voltaire
Dave
$600 [23]
After Americans, residents of this country received the most U.S. patents in the fiscal year of 1986
Japan
DD $500 [11]
Caligula's uncle Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus is usually known by this singular name
Claudius
Debbie
$600 [3]
In 1940 she was the presidential candidate of the Surprise Party, but George Burns wasn't VP
Grace Allen
Debbie
$600 [19]
Inflammation of a bursa
B-U-R-S-I-T-I-S
Doug
$800 [15]
Masculine pen name of London poetess Florence Margaret Smith, played by Glenda Jackson in a 1978 biopic
Stevie
Doug
$800 [24]
The captain of the Harvard baseball team got patent No. 200,358 in 1878 for this safety device
the catcher's mask
Doug Debbie
$800 [13]
He married Calpurnia but was called "the husband of every woman & the wife of every man"
Julius Caesar
Doug
$800 [4]
Born in 1857, Beatrice, later Princess Henry of Battenberg, was the last of this queen's 9 children
Queen Victoria
Debbie
$800 [20]
World Book calls this, discovered in 1928, "the least poisonous antibiotic available"
P-E-N-I-C-I-L-L-I-N
Doug
$1,000 [16]
1-word nom de plume of Marie Henri Beyle, who penned "The Charterhouse of Parma"
Stendhal
$1,000 [25]
Legal term for copying a patented invention without the patent owner's permission
patent infringement
Doug Dave
$1,000 [14]
Shakespeare's poem inspired by Sextus, son of King Tarquin, who attacked a Roman lady named Lucretia
The Rape of Lucrece
Doug
$1,000 [5]
Named Republican Nat'l Committee Co-chair in 1987, she's been a Republican longer than her father
Maureen Reagan
Debbie
$1,000 [21]
The thigh bone
F-E-M-U-R
Doug

Final Jeopardy!

N. AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY

Only state east of the Mississippi that borders Canada but not the Atlantic or a Great Lake

Vermont

Dave "What is Vermont" — wagered $1,500
Debbie "What is Vermon" — wagered $2,300
Doug "What is Vt.?" — wagered $4,201

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