Show #374 1986-02-13 (taped 1985-10-01) Regular

Dan Green game 3.

Contestants

Bob Mesch — a counselor-tutor from San Diego, California

Lori Reichart — from Northridge, California

Dan Green — a teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 2-day cash winnings total $18,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Dan $200 $900 $3,000 $6,000
3-day champion: $24,800
$4,700
17 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Lori $-100 $1,400 $3,200 $300
2nd place: Hero Jr. personal robot + Joy games carpet
$3,200
10 R, 3 W
Bob $1,200 $1,000 $600 $0
3rd place: Frigidaire laundry center
$500
7 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

HOTELS POLITICAL TRIVIA WASHINGTON STATE FAIRIES & WEE FOLK #1 SONGS "LIFE"
$100 [18]
Common name for a motor hotel
a motel
Dan
$100 [8]
In 1976, they were "Grits & Fritz"
Carter & Mondale
Lori Bob
$100 [24]
In dollars, it's the state's fishing industry's most valuable catch
salmon
Dan
$100 [12]
Sprite who carries "sleepy dust" to tired tots
the Sandman
$100 [2]
Billboard says the Rock Era began July 9, 1955, when this Bill Haley classic hit#1
"Rock Around The Clock"
Dan
$100 [1]
William Bendix starred in both radio & TV versions of this sitcom
The Life of Riley
Bob
$200 [22]
You'd find the Fairmont, Mark Hopkins, & Hyatt Embarcadero in this city
San Francisco
Lori
$200 [14]
Truman left nothing to "spare" when he installed this in the White House basement
a bowling alley
Lori
$200 [26]
1 of 3 crops in which Washington is the nation's production leader
(1 of) apples (hops and rhubarb)
Lori
$200 [13]
From "boggart" meaning specter, this evil fairy kidnaps children who leave home without permission
the boogeyman
Dan Bob
$200 [4]
Led by Diana Ross, this group had 12 chart-toppers, 10 more than the Beach Boys
the Supremes
Dan
$200 [3]
A person imprisoned for the duration of his natural years
a lifer
Bob
$300 [23]
Of resort, commercial, or residential, the type representing highest % of rooms in U.S.
commercial
$300 [19]
In 1970, Rose Kennedy went to Ethiopia for a mutual birthday party with this leader
Haile Selassie
Dan
$300 [27]
Seattle-born comedienne who was Mrs. Jack Benny
Mary Livingstone
$300 [15]
Abbey lubbers were minor devils who tempted these clerics to drunkenness
monks
$300 [9]
This rock legend only had one#1 hit, "That'll Be The Day"
Buddy Holly
Dan Bob
$300 [5]
With an estimated 29 years for males, Chad in northern Africa has about the lowest this in the world
the life expectancy
Dan
$400 [25]
In 1407, this "record" was introduced in French hotels to allow police to check on guests
the guest register
Lori
$400 [20]
In 1932, Hattie Caraway of Arkansas was 1st woman elected to this
the United States Senate
$400 [28]
Largest American glaciers outside Alaska are found on this highest Washington peak
Mt. Rainier
Lori
$400 [16]
In Scotland they wail & wash the clothes of people who'll die soon
banshees
Lori
DD $500 [10]
Amazingly this immortal rocker didn't have a No. 1 hit until 1972, w/following:"We got the new alma mater /We must do our alma mater /When I was..."
Chuck Berry
Bob
$400 [6]
For 21 weeks in 1977 this song lit up Debby Boone's career
"You Light Up My Life"
Dan
$500 [21]
At over 13 million square miles, Guinness calls this group the largest political division in the world
the British Commonwealth of Nations
$500 [17]
The fairy king & queen in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Oberon & Titania
Lori
$500 [11]
Including "Shadow Dancing", his 1st 3 Top 40 songs hit#1
Andy Gibb
$500 [7]
Now in its 7th season, it is NBC's longest running prime time series
Facts of Life
Dan

Double Jeopardy! Round

WEATHER ART ANIMALS TV BOBS COLLEGES "DEATH"
$200 [16]
1 of the most powerful strokes of this ever recorded could have lit 600,000 60-watt light bulbs
lightning
Bob
$200 [9]
He gained fame as a portrait painter before inventing the telegraph
Samuel Morse
Dan
$200 [3]
Of the ostrich, flamingo, or mute swan, the one with the longest neck
the ostrich
Dan Bob
$200 [13]
From 1972 to '74, he was hosting both "Truth or Consequences" & "The Price is Right"
Bob Barker
Lori
$200 [21]
Late in the 19th century, this was established as the highest type of degree in American grad schools
Ph.D.
Dan
$200 [1]
Overtime in football or most golf tournament playoffs
sudden death
Lori
$400 [17]
Though found worldwide, most tornados occur in this country
the United States
Dan
$400 [10]
The kind of paintings jokingly said to "fetch a much better price than old mistresses"
Old Masters
Lori
$400 [7]
A porcupine's quills are a specially adapted form of these
hair
Dan Bob
$400 [14]
If you go by some of his commercials, his middle name is "for Texaco"
Bob Hope
Dan
$400 [22]
The University of Chicago was established with a $30 million grant from this oil magnate
John D. Rockefeller
Bob
$400 [2]
A beetle that makes a peculiar rapping sound, or a guard's vigil over a criminal before execution
a death watch
Bob
$600 [18]
The presence of this delayed discovery of San Francisco Bay for 200 years
fog
$600 [11]
During Napoleonic Wars, French soldiers used this Da Vinci fresco for target practice
The Last Supper
Dan
$600 [8]
Animal from which we get ornamental tortoise-shell
hawksbill turtle
$600 [23]
Founded in the 12th century, the Sorbonne is the seat of this French university, 1 of Europe's oldest
the University of Paris
$600 [4]
From what Judas gave to Jesus, it's what Mafiosi give to those on whom they've put out a contract
a kiss of death
Dan
DD $1,000 [19]
About 80% of the Earth's fresh water is in these 2 forms
snow & ice
Dan
$800 [12]
Ancient Chinese artists were forbidden from depicting these appendages when painting women
the feet
Lori
$800 [24]
The College des Jesuites was founded in 1635, 1 year before Harvard, in this Canadian city
Quebec
Dan
DD $700 [5]
Stanley Andrews, Ronald Reagan, & Robert Taylor, for 3
hosts of Death Valley Days
Dan
$1,000 [20]
Most devastating hurricane in American history killed 6000 people in this southern city in 1900
Galveston, Texas
$1,000 [15]
Transparent & gouache are major techniques using this medium
watercolors
Lori
$1,000 [25]
These prestigious grants were 1st funded by sale of U.S. surplus left overseas at end of WWII
Fulbright scholarships
$1,000 [6]
The subtitle of this movie made for TV was "The Dorothy Stratten Story"
Death of a Centerfold

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS NAMES

In 1985, this person became the 1st professional athlete ever to appear on the front of a Wheaties box

Pete Rose

Bob "Who was John McEnroe" — wagered $600
Dan "Who is Pete Rose?" — wagered $3,000
Lori "Who was Bruce Jenner?" — wagered $2,900

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