Show #872 1988-05-24 (taped 1988-01-26) Regular

Mark Lowenthal game 5.

Contestants

Bill Pawlak — an auditor from Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Joshua Kosman — a music critic originally from Haverford, Pennsylvania

Mark Lowenthal — a State Department employee from Reston, Virginia (whose 4-day cash winnings total $45,501)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$900	$1,800	$2,200	$4,400 5-day champion: $49,901 + Jeopardy! box game	$3,200 20 R, 8 W (including 1 DD)
Joshua	$-100	$700	$2,700	$1,699 2nd place: Silent Thunder limited edition serigraph by Eyvind Earle from Robert Bane Editions & Smart Start lighting + Jeopardy! box game	$4,200 15 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Bill	$200	$-700	$-1,100	$-1,100 3rd place: Emerson VHS recorder + Jeopardy! box game	$-1,100 2 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

WESTERN SONGS	INDIANS	HAITI	PROVERBS	FOOD & DRINK	1987
$100 [24] In the chorus that begins "Whoop-ee ti yi yo", they're told to "git along" little dogies Mark	$100 [21] The name of this tribe has appeared on Jeeps & women's shoes Cherokees Mark	$100 [1] Most Haitian literature is written in this, Haiti's official language French Mark	$100 [6] "A stitch in time..." does this saves nine Joshua	$100 [16] This rich soup usually has a milk base, except for the Manhattan variety made with tomatoes clam chowder Mark	$100 [9] Next in the sequence: Robert Bork, Douglas Ginsburg Anthony Kennedy Mark Joshua
$200 [27] A cowboy laments, "Oh bury me not" there, "where the wild coyotes will howl over me" on the lone prairie Joshua	$200 [22] These, carried over from Europe, killed more Indians than war did smallpox germs (diseases) Mark	$200 [2] The 1st European structure on Haiti was a fort built from timbers of his wrecked flagship Columbus Mark	$200 [7] Completes Jesus' words to Peter, "The spirit indeed is willing..." but the flesh is weak Joshua	$200 [17] The Dutch dye the rind of Edam cheese this color red Mark	$200 [12] In Sept. 1987, Burbank passed a ban on the sale of these to take effect Jan. 1, 1988--after Christmas toy guns that look like real ones Mark
—	$300 [23] A river & desert in Southern California both share the name of this tribe Mojave Joshua	$300 [3] A literacy drive uses the phrase "goute sel", Creole for a taste of this, which is used to awaken zombies salt Bill	$300 [8] "Man may work from sun to sun, but..." this is also true a woman's work is never done Mark	$300 [18] This popular drink comes from a spring in Vergeze, France Perrier Joshua	$300 [13] 16-year-old Jenifer Graham's refusal to do this in biology class made headlines dissect a frog
—	$400 [25] In 1778, the 1st U.S.-Indian treaty gave the Delaware tribe the chance to join the Union as this a state	$400 [4] By 1788, they outnumbered Haitian colonists by at least 8 to 1 slaves Mark	DD $500 [10] Proverbial title of thefollowing, a number 1 hit in 1963:"My friends all tell me /Go to him, run to him /Say sweet lovely things to him /And tell him, he's the one /Deep in my heart I know it /But it's so hard to show it /Cause it's easier, easier said than done /My buddies tell me..." "Easier Said Than Done" Joshua	$400 [19] Type of fish canned on Steinbeck's "Cannery Row" sardines Mark Bill	$400 [14] This Salvadoran leader said he was "tickled to death" over O.A. Sanchez's 1987 Nobel Peace Prize (José Napoleón) Duarte Mark
—	$500 [26] A hogan is a type of dwelling associated with this tribe Navajo Mark	$500 [5] Haiti's "royal" capital city Port-au-Prince Bill	$500 [11] Completes the proverb, "Money, like manure, does no good till it is..." this spread Mark	$500 [20] Farina is the Italian word for this wheat product flour Mark Bill	$500 [15] The Navy will now allow sailors to carry umbrellas, but only in the left hand to permit this saluting Mark

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE	WORLD RELIGION	MOVIE AUTHORS	THE 1890s	DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS
$200 [21] About 25 million years ago a believed ancestor to these flightless Antarctic birds stood 5' 4" tall penguins Mark	$200 [12] Lamaism is the form of Buddhism centered in this land Tibet Mark	$200 [6] Ken Russell's '87 film "Gothic" explored Lord Byron's odd relationship with this literary couple the Shelleys Joshua	$200 [10] In 1891, Whitcomb Judson took out a patent on the slide fastener, later called this zipper Joshua	$200 [1] Yours, mine & ours are this type of pronoun possessive Bill
$400 [22] Term for the piping through which secretions leave a gland, or heat leaves a furnace duct Mark	$400 [14] Among the 108 Hindu names of this river are "Eternally Pure" & "Dwelling in the Matted Locks of Shiva" Ganges Joshua	$400 [7] Jason Robards won an Oscar for this role, Lillian Hellman's lover, in "Julia" Dashiell Hammett Joshua	$400 [13] On June 11, 1896, the government bought the D.C. house in which he died 31 years earlier Abraham Lincoln Joshua	$400 [2] From Old French "to know", it's one with discriminating tastes in matters of the arts connoisseur Joshua
DD $1,000 [23] It can be abbreviated "at. no." atomic number Mark	$600 [15] 1567 was the last year the Roman Catholic church sold these indulgences Bill	$600 [8] Her mysterious disappearance in 1926 inspired a 1979 film starring Vanessa Redgrave Agatha Christie Joshua	$600 [18] The music hall that opened on NYC's 57th Street in 1891 was renamed this in 1898 Carnegie Hall Mark	$600 [3] Expression of mild annoyance, or the popcorn candy you just spilled, causing the annoyance fiddle-faddle Joshua
—	$800 [16] The term "Episcopalian" refers to church government by these officials bishops Mark Joshua	$800 [9] This 1937 film won Oscars for Best Picture, Screenplay & Supporting Actor but not for Paul Muni The Life of Emile Zola Mark	$800 [19] In 1895, Pres. Cleveland asked U.S. citizens not to give aid to this island's rebels fighting against Spain Cuba Mark	$800 [4] Used to describe the work projects of FDR's 1st administration, it's slang for a useless & wasteful project boondoggle Mark Joshua
—	$1,000 [17] The term "Presbyterian" refers to church government by presbyters, meaning these elders Joshua	$1,000 [11] M. Steenburgen played author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings in this 1983 film set in the Florida backwoods Crosscreek Mark	$1,000 [20] Pianist/composer discovered while playing rag in 1899 at the Maple Leaf Club in Sedalia, Mo. (Scott) Joplin Mark	DD $1,000 [5] 1 of 2 U.S. presidents whose official 1st & last names each contain double letters William Henry Harrison or Millard Fillmore Joshua

Final Jeopardy!

THE U.S. SENATE

The only state ever to elect a Black senator by popular vote

Massachusetts

Mark "What is Massachusetts?" — wagered $2,200

Joshua "What is LA.?" — wagered $1,001

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