Show #570 1987-02-13 (taped 1986-11-11) Regular

Contestants

Lew Fox — a retired businessman originally from Floral Park, New York

Sue O'Donnell — a registered nurse from DeWitt, New York

Virginia Sielen — a homemaker from Oakton, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,599)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Virginia	$1,600	$4,100	$7,300	$9,001 2-day champion: $17,600	$7,300 21 R, 1 W
Sue	$600	$1,300	$900	$1,000 3rd place: Tappan microwave	$2,700 12 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Lew	$500	$1,700	$4,500	$9,000 2nd place: Broyhill 6-piece oak bedroom set + the quality of comfort (bedding) from The Company Store	$4,500 14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

GAMES	YELLOW SONGS	OLD TESTAMENT	TRANSPORTATION	IN OTHER WORDS...	1927
$100 [1] One version says this game was created by monks & named after 1st line of Psalm 110, "Dixit Dominus meo" dominoes Sue	$100 [13] In the film version of "The Wizard of Oz", it's what the Munchkins advised Dorothy to "follow" the Yellow Brick Road Sue	$100 [7] The Bible says to cast this "upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days" bread Sue	$100 [27] It's from the Latin for "two" & the Greek for "wheel" bicycle Virginia	$100 [6] Placing one's pedal extremity amidst one's oral cavity putting one's foot in one's mouth Lew	$300 [17] "Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best they can," he said...& went to Florida Al Capone Sue
$200 [2] Edwin S. Lowe, the man who developed this game, lived to age 75, the highest number on its cards bingo Virginia	$200 [14] Beatles hit some consider among the best kiddie songs of recent times "Yellow Submarine" Lew	$200 [9] In the Bible, the sins of the people were laid upon this farm animal which was then allowed to escape scapegoat Lew	$200 [28] The Eskimos stretched skin over a framework to make theirs, while Indians used birchbark canoes Virginia	$200 [8] Comparable to removing an infant's Snickers like taking candy from a baby Lew	$400 [18] T.S. Eliot, born in St. Louis & educated at Harvard, became a citizen of this country Great Britain Lew
$300 [3] Number of pieces with which each player begins a game of chess 16 Virginia	$300 [21] Product whose classic song jingle went, "You'll wonder where the yellow went..." Pepsodent Sue	$300 [20] The Bible calls it "the great sea", which is apt since it was the largest in the known world Mediterranean Virginia Lew	$300 [10] Name for the Paris-Vienna-Instanbul run which began in 1883 Orient Express Virginia	$300 [11] Gape wide, small flat seed found on hamburger buns! Open, sesame! Virginia	$500 [19] Even the Gulf Stream was darkened by silt when this river flooded some 18 million acres Mississippi Virginia
$400 [4] Board game where you bear off backgammon	$400 [22] Song which predicted a future craze for "electrical banana" "Mellow Yellow" Virginia	$400 [24] In separate incidents, the prophets Elijah & Elisha asked God to do this for 2 little boys bring them back to life	DD $400 [15] Form of transportation Jimmy Carter chose to go to White House after his inauguration walking Lew	$400 [12] Rapidity creates refuse haste makes waste Sue	—
$500 [5] There is a penalty in this Oriental game for calling a false woo mah-jongg Virginia	$500 [23] "The Yellow Rose of Texas" was originally sung by soldiers in this war Civil War Virginia	$500 [25] She put goat skins on her son Jacob to help him deceive his father, her husband Isaac Rebekah	$500 [16] In 1986, Evelien Brink became the 1st woman to cross the Atlantic via this mode of transportation (helium) balloon Lew	$500 [26] Pointless to lacrimate about an accidentally disseminated lacteal substance There's no use crying over spilt milk Virginia	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CITIES	ANIMAL TRIVIA	STARTS WITH "H"	POLITICS	ART	SHOW BIZ BUSINESS
$200 [1] Western subway trains pass thru the eastern sector of this city, though all stations but one are closed Berlin Virginia	$200 [8] 1 of 2 animals on which you'd put a howdah in which to ride (1 of) camel (or elephant) Lew	$200 [12] Rim of basketball goal, or a shot that's scored in it hoop Lew	$200 [4] The "Union Party" was a coalition that successfully elected him president in 1864 Lincoln Virginia	$200 [22] The word art comes from the word "ars", meaning "skill" in this language Latin Virginia	$200 [21] In 1984, this studio established "Touchstone Films" to make films different from its usual product Disney Virginia
$400 [2] Lausanne is French-speaking while Lucerne is a German-speaking city in this country Switzerland Lew	$400 [27] When we gave 2 musk-oxen to China in 1972, they reciprocated with this animal gift giant pandas Virginia	$400 [3] The "final resting place" for an epitaph headstone Sue	$400 [17] The Republicans were organized in 1854 to oppose the spread of this slavery Lew	$400 [23] Rodin's famous 1886 statue of lovers, so named because they're doing it kissing Lew	$400 [13] He directed 1970 movie M·A·S·H, but his son made more money for writing the "theme song" lyrics Robert Altman Sue
$600 [5] City located directly north of Windsor, Ontario, Canada Detroit Virginia	$600 [24] The hedgehog does this when threatened roll up into a ball Virginia Lew	$600 [9] The Piltdown Man or the Cardiff Giant, for example hoax Sue	$600 [20] Nickname of "States Rights Democrats", who opposed Truman in 1948 Dixiecrats Virginia	—	$600 [14] DGA members have called Ted Turner's plan to do this to classic films "cultural butchery" colorizing them Virginia
$800 [6] While Sydney is the largest city on Australia's east coast, this is the largest on its west coast Perth Sue	$800 [26] 1978 film that was the last "Best Picture" Oscar winner with an animal mentioned in the title The Deer Hunter	$800 [10] From Latin for "guest room", most people need insurance to pay for guest rooms in these institutions hospitals Virginia Sue	$800 [18] Called the 1st national party in the U.S., it was organized by Alexander Hamilton Federalists Sue Lew	—	$800 [15] She left NBC News in June 1986 over a salary dispute. And so it goes. Linda Ellerbee Sue
DD $800 [7] Only city mentioned in the following song is this one in N. Africa:"See the pyramids along the Nile /Watch the sunrise on a tropic isle /Just remember darlin' all the while..." Algiers Sue	$1,000 [25] Named for its feeding habit, this tree-boring bird's tongue doesn't extend past its beak woodpecker* (sapsucker) Sue	$1,000 [11] A "modest pastry" that's usually eaten reluctantly humble pie Sue Lew	$1,000 [19] Only successful write-in candidate in Senate history, this former So. Carolina gov. was elected in '54 Strom Thurmond	—	DD $1,000 [16] 3 of the 4 founders of United Artists (3 of) Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Charles Chaplin & D.W. Griffith Sue

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS LASTS

The very last to do this so far was Eugene Cernan

walk on the Moon

Sue "What was to walk on the moon?" — wagered $100

Lew "What is visiting the moon?" — wagered $4,500

Virginia "What is walk on the moon?" — wagered $1,701

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