Show #670 1987-07-03 (taped 1987-03-03) Regular

Eric Berman game 2.

Contestants

Bill Wray — an institutional investor from Marietta, Georgia

Elaine Brewer — a music publishing executive originally from Indianapolis, Indiana

Eric Berman — a journalist from Crown Point, Indiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Eric $2,700 $5,400 $11,200 $11,900
2-day champion: $23,300
$11,100
26 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Elaine $800 $1,200 $1,600 $3,200
3rd place: Lloyd/Flanders wicker furniture
$2,600
12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Bill $300 $1,400 $5,200 $7,100
2nd place: trip to Bermuda
$5,800
14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD RELIGION NEWSPAPERS AUTHORS' MAIDEN NAMES COUNTIES BASEBALL LINGO THE 4THOF JULY
$100 [9]
Pakistan's capital is a new city, built in the 1960s to honor this religion
Islam
Eric
$100 [6]
City whose papers include the Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Express & Daily Telegraph
London
Eric
$100 [24]
Laura Wilder's maiden name
Ingalls
Bill
$100 [8]
A congressman, irrelevantly praising his home county, Buncombe in N.C., gave us this word for nonsense
bunkum (bunk)
Bill
$100 [1]
Carl Hubbell named this pitch which can also mean any zany player, whether he throws it or not
a screwball
Eric
$100 [15]
The "4th of July" was 1st celebrated in this city, July 8, 1776
Philadelphia
Elaine
$200 [13]
Country with the world's largest Jewish population
the United States
Bill
$200 [7]
It describes itself as "The Daily Diary of the American Dream"
The Wall Street Journal
Elaine
$200 [26]
Helen Brown's maiden name
Gurley
Elaine
$200 [22]
This county has over 1000 governmental entities besides the Chicago city government
Cook County
Elaine
$200 [2]
A New York Mets outfielder, or a bruise resulting from sliding
Strawberry
Eric
$200 [18]
While most of the others didn't sign till Aug. 2, he signed the Declaration of Independence 1st on July 4th
John Hancock
Eric
$300 [14]
In 1984 many Buddhists marked the 25th anniversary of his flight from Tibet
the Dalai Lama
Eric
$300 [10]
This paper, the 1st to do so, began publishing the Pentagon Papers June 13, 1971
the New York Times
Eric
$300 [29]
Elizabeth Browning's maiden name
Barrett
Eric
$300 [23]
While 3 are named for the fruit, 5 other U.S. counties took this same name to honor Dutch royal family
Orange
Eric
$300 [3]
To fail in a critical situation, or to move your grip up the bat
to choke
Eric
$300 [19]
The United States granted independence to this country on July 4, 1946
the Philippines
$400 [16]
Most sacred shrine of this religion is the Golden Temple at Amritsar, India
the Sihks
Bill
$400 [11]
Joseph Pulitzer began his career founding this St. Louis paper by merging 2 others
the Post-Dispatch
Eric
$400 [30]
Claire Luce's maiden name
Booth
Eric
$400 [27]
While the Republic of Ireland has 26 counties, Northern Ireland has this many
6
Bill
$400 [4]
The 2nd game of a double header, or the last congratulatory drink the winning pitcher might have
a nightcap
Eric
DD $500 [20]
Date of the Sesquicentennial of the United States
July 4, 1926
Eric
$500 [17]
While the Anglican Church is official in England, this church is official in Scotland
Presbyterian Church
Bill
$500 [12]
Founder of the Christian Science Monitor
Mary Baker Eddy
Elaine
$500 [25]
Mary Rinehart's maiden name
Roberts
Eric
$500 [28]
America's smallest county in area, it's found in America's largest city in population
New York (County)
Bill
$500 [5]
For a batter to strike out swinging or someone in the stands who hopes it won't happen
fan
Eric
$500 [21]
Only president born on the 4th of July was this New England Yankee few would have called a dandy
Calvin Coolidge
Eric

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN INDIANS PROVERBS FOLK MUSIC ECOLOGY TESTS "GOOD", "BETTER" & "BEST" MOVIES
$200 [6]
There's a city named for the Munsee Indians in this state named for Indians
Indiana
Eric
$200 [7]
It was said among the ancient Greeks, there is many a slip 'twixt the cup & this
the lip
Bill
$200 [19]
"John Henry told his captain...before I'd let your steam drill beat me...I'd die" this way
"with a hammer in my hand"
Elaine
$200 [17]
Type of pollution which can be measured in decibels
noise pollution
Eric
$200 [12]
Number of states requiring this for a marriage license has declined but may go up again due to AIDS scare
a blood test
Eric Bill
$200 [1]
A 1950 film featured Jack Carson as one of these famous ice cream vendors
The Good Humor Man
Elaine
$400 [24]
Indians called these northern people "eaters of raw meat"
Eskimo or Inuit
$400 [8]
What soon happens to "a fool & his money"
they are soon parted
Bill
$400 [28]
It was good enough for Paul & Silas, & it's good enough for me"
"That Old-Time Religion"
Elaine
$400 [18]
Colorful code name for the defoliant containing dioxin used on jungle areas in Vietnam
Agent Orange
Elaine
$400 [13]
Sgt. Barry Sadler sang, "100 men we'll test today but only 3" would win 1 of these
the green beret
Bill
$400 [2]
1964 film based on Gore Vidal's play in which the title character didn't win
The Best Man
$600 [25]
Washington Irving coined this term, alleged to be American Indians' version of heaven
the happy hunting ground
Eric
$600 [9]
In Aesop, the rural "cousin" who said "Better beans & bacon in peace than cakes & ale in fear"
the country mouse
Bill
$800 [21]
He said, "I have been to seek a wife, she's the joy of my life"
Billy Boy (Billy Boy)
Bill
$600 [26]
Because these chemicals cause overabundance of algae in rivers, some states now ban them in detergents
phosphates
Elaine
$600 [14]
One step for a boy scout to earn any of the 119 of these is to pass the respective test
a merit badge
Eric
$800 [4]
Film title describing Jack Lemmon who lived next door but pretended he was married to Romy Schneider
Good Neighbor Sam
Elaine
$800 [22]
This Indian guide of Lewis & Clark only lived to age 25
Sacajawea
Elaine
DD $600 [10]
Proverbial title of the followingsong from 1967:"Oh don't it hurt deep inside /To see someone do something to her..."
"Silence Is Golden"
Bill
$1,000 [20]
Group formed in 1949 when Ronnie Gilbert & Fred Hellerman joined Lee Hays & Pete Seeger
The Weavers
$1,000 [27]
The EPA was established during this president's administration
Nixon
Eric Elaine
$800 [15]
In 1905, Frenchmen Alfred Binet & Theodore Simon developed the 1st scales for measuring this
intelligence quotient, I.Q.
Bill
DD $1,000 [3]
This 1946 "Best Picture" also won Best Director, Best Actor & Best Supporting Actor Oscars
The Best Years of Our Lives
Elaine
$1,000 [23]
The French called them "Pierced Nose", though few of them had one
the Nez Perce
Eric
$1,000 [11]
Not to look a gift horse in the mouth, the Trojans ignored this warning which became a proverb, too
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts
Eric Elaine
$1,000 [16]
Since 1942, students nationally have been taking this Midwest university's basic skills test
Iowa
Eric
$1,000 [5]
Apt title warning of a 1980 horror film, 'cause the Santa Claus who's coming to town is deadly
You Better Watch Out
Bill

Final Jeopardy!

MONARCHS

Last 3 reigning monarchs of this European country have all been women

the Netherlands

Elaine "What is the Netherlands?" — wagered $1,600
Bill "What is the Netherlands?" — wagered $1,900
Eric "What is the Netherlands?" — wagered $700

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