Show #986 1988-12-12 (taped 1988-09-27) Regular

Mark McDermott game 4.

Contestants

Steve Holloway — a retail store manager from Orlando, Florida

Terry Vlasich — a contacting specialist originally from Ironwood, Michigan

Mark McDermott — an editorial writer originally from Iowa (whose 3-day cash winnings total $29,502)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$300	$2,700	$8,500	$5,599 4-day champion: $35,101	$8,500 21 R, 4 W
Terry	$1,200	$1,100	$5,700	$100 2nd place: trip on Eastern to the Bahamas & stay at Princess Resort & Casino	$3,300 12 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Steve	$700	$1,000	$5,400	$0 3rd place: Scott 27" stereo color monitor receiver	$4,200 14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA	BASEBALL	AUSTRIA	ENGLISH LITERATURE	HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES	CELEBRITY SPELLING
$100 [2] President Taft let Pauline Wayne graze on the lawn, Pauline being one of these cow Mark Steve	$100 [7] This mid-season classic started as an event of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair All-Star Game Terry	$100 [8] Some 71% of Austria is covered by this mountain range compared to 62% of Switzerland Alps Steve	$100 [18] He named his son Hamnet, probably in honor of a baker in Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Mark	$100 [20] Its 1st observance took place in New York City on Tuesday September 5, 1882 Labor Day Steve	$100 [1] Last name of TV star Dom, who called his new cookbook "Eat This" D-E-L-U-I-S-E Steve
$200 [3] It's never been a "red phone"; it began as a teletype in 1963 & now includes a fax machine hotline between Washington & Moscow Terry	$200 [9] To baseball players, stripper Morganna Roberts is better known by this nickname Kissing Bandit Steve	$200 [14] If you want to be served a breaded veal cutlet in an Austrian restaurant, ask for this wiener schnitzel Mark	$200 [19] John Selden complained, "Preachers say, do as I say, not" this as I do Steve	$200 [21] March 2 was the date of this state's 1836 declaration of independence & is now a legal holiday there Texas Steve	$200 [17] Little Miss Knight Pulliam who plays little Rudy on "The Cosby Show" K-E-S-H-I-A Mark Steve
$400 [5] It was Teddy Roosevelt who 1st had the name of this engraved on presidential stationery The White House Steve	$300 [10] In the early days "Germany" Schaeffer was famous for stealing this base, which used to be legal first base Terry	$300 [13] For over 6 centuries until 1918, this family ruled Austria Hapsburgs Mark	$300 [25] There have been over 300 editions of this treatise on sport, nature & human conduct by Izaak Walton The Compleat Angler Mark	$300 [22] Since 1818, a new star is added to the flag on this date following a state's admission to the Union July 4th Terry	$300 [26] Surname of the author who was famous for her "Love Machine" (Jacqueline) S-U-S-A-N-N
DD $500 [4] Position that follows Vice President on the list of presidential succession Speaker of the House Terry	$400 [11] The unusual thing Jimmy Piersall did after hitting his 100th career homer in 1963 ran the bases running backwards Mark Terry	$400 [15] To obtain its independence from the Allies after WWII, Austria agreed to a permanent policy of this neutrality Mark	$400 [27] Eric Knight is probably best remembered for this 1940 canine classic for kids Lassie Come Home Mark Terry	$400 [23] Special name for the day before Easter Holy Saturday Mark	—
$500 [6] In 1945 Truman increased the number of stars on the Presidential Seal from 4 to this many 48	$500 [12] As a Major League manager, he won more games than any other but he lost even more than he won Connie Mack Terry	$500 [16] In 1867, under the dual monarchy, both the Austrians & Hungarians pledged allegiance to him Emperor Franz Joseph	—	$500 [24] The once common alternative name for Memorial Day Decoration Day Mark	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

BUSINESS '88	SCIENCE	NATIONAL PARKS	NURSERY RHYMES	ABBREVIATIONS	GEOMETRY
$200 [3] You might start seeing the double "G" on the loafers of the 12,000 Arabs who bought 47.8% of this company Gucci Mark	$200 [1] The only known bird with nostrils in the tip of its bill is this New Zealand variety kiwi Steve	$200 [17] The Painted Desert is part of this park known for Indian ruins & rock-hard wood Petrified National Forest Steve	$200 [8] Form of corporal punishment the old lady in the shoe gave to her many children spanking Steve	$200 [9] If you are familiar with reference books, you will know that OED stands for this Oxford English Dictionary Mark Terry	$800 [26] The word geometry is from the Greek words "ge" & "metron", meaning to measure this the earth Mark
$400 [4] At the end of '88 Sony will release the Video Walkman, a portable TV with this built in VCR Mark	$400 [2] Working in this field of science kept Edwin Hubble up nights astronomy Mark	$400 [22] Talk about bad ideas--a 19th century doctor set up a TB hospital in this Kentucky cavern Mammoth Cave Mark	$400 [18] If you "hush, li'l baby, don't say a word, daddy'll buy you" this, which will make noise enough mockingbird Terry	$400 [10] An MOR radio station plays music of this type middle of the road Steve	$1,000 [25] 1 of 2 words for the unproven but accepted assumptions on which geometry is based (1 of) axioms or postulates Mark Terry
$600 [5] One of four Triangle Publications magazines bought by Rupert Murdoch in 1988 (1 of) TV Guide ( Daily Racing Form , Good Food or Seventeen ) Mark	$600 [14] In biology it's cells splitting & making identical offspring, but in physics, it's nuclei splitting, making energy fission Mark Terry	$600 [23] Colorful lava walls tower 2,000 ft. above this deep blue lake in Oregon Crater Lake Terry	$600 [19] The 2 crooked creatures that lived in the crooked house with the crooked man cat & a mouse Mark Terry	$800 [12] q.i.d., seen on prescription labels, is an abbreviation for Latin "quarter in die" which means this 4 times a day Steve	—
$800 [6] Home video game makers have been hit hard in '88 by a shortage of SRAMs, which are these memory chips (static random access memory chips) Mark	$800 [15] Liquified petroleum gas is usually a mixture of these 2 gases propane & butane Steve	DD $3,000 [24] This mountain park in the Southeastern U.S. drew more visitors in 1987 than any other national park (Great) Smoky Mountains National Park Terry	$800 [20] "Betwixt the two of them, they licked the platter clean" Jack Sprat & his wife Terry	$1,000 [13] 4 years after you take your SATs, you might take the GMAT which stands for this graduate management admission test Terry	—
$1,000 [7] It's the 1st automobile in 10 yrs. to get a "not acceptable" rating from Consumer Reports Suzuki Samurai Mark	$1,000 [16] True segmented worms include earth-worms & these, formerly used for medicinal purposes leeches Mark	—	$1,000 [21] In "It's Raining, It's Pouring", it's the why the old man couldn't get up in the morning he bumped his head Mark	DD $1,800 [11] Those who don't take ROTC courses in school can later attend OCS, which is this officer's candidate school Steve	—

Final Jeopardy!

FRUITS & VEGETABLES

In pounds per capita, the most consumed fresh fruit in U.S.--mostly the yellow Cavendish variety

bananas

Steve "What is oranges?" — wagered $5,400

Terry "What are apples?" — wagered $5,600

Mark "What are peaches?" — wagered $2,901

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