Show #954 1988-10-27 (taped 1988-09-06) Regular

Contestants

Norton Moses — a college professor from Billings, Montana

Cheryl Davis-Plotts — a victims specialist and crisis interventionist originally from Pennsylvania

Bob Chauls — a composer and professor from Westlake Village, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $36,798)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bob $900 $1,300 $7,300 $2,700
2nd place: Broyhill cherry-finished desk & Scott audio system
$9,800
27 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs)
Cheryl $900 $1,100 $2,700 $1
3rd place: Visitel telephone display
$2,700
8 R, 1 W
Norton $1,700 $2,500 $5,900 $11,700
New champion: $11,700
$5,900
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

PEOPLE HISTORY FURNITURE SPORTS TRIVIA 7-LETTER WORDS WALL ST.
$100 [6]
Orson Welles was the 1st to call this comedian "The Great One"
Jackie Gleason
Bob
$100 [1]
In 1918 the anti-Bolsheviks were the "Whites" & Trotsky's Soviet army this color
red
Cheryl
$100 [26]
This emperor's love of the grandeur of ancient Rome popularized the "Empire" style in France
Napoleon
Cheryl Norton
$100 [11]
The head official in soccer, hockey, football & boxing
referee
Bob
$100 [21]
For a surgeon, this knife is a cut above the rest
scalpel
Cheryl
$100 [16]
A bull market generally lasts longer than this type of market
bear market
Norton
$200 [7]
Actor-director who said, "Even if I won the Nobel Prize, it would say 'Meathead Wins Nobel'"
Rob Reiner
Bob
$200 [2]
In 1942, 26 countries at war with the Axis 1st called themselves this, later the name of a world org.
United Nations
Norton
$200 [27]
"Romantic" name for a chair built to hold 2 people
loveseat
Bob
$200 [12]
This great Baltimore QB was originally drafted but released by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Johnny Unitas
Bob
$200 [22]
From the Latin for "soldier", it's a citizen army activated during emergencies
militia
Bob
$200 [17]
It's nicknamed the "Big Board"
New York Stock Exchange
Bob
$300 [8]
In 1952 this movie "Sherlock Holmes" hosted a TV game show called "Your Lucky Clue"
Basil Rathbone
Norton
$300 [3]
In 1956 the Soviet Union invaded Hungary; in 1968 it invaded this other ally
Czechoslovakia
Bob
$300 [28]
Both a bed & a chair with curving lines were named for this Venetian vessel
gondola
Bob
$300 [13]
Retiring in 1955, he became the only heavyweight champion who never lost a fight in his career
Rocky Marciano
Norton
$300 [23]
It may be fancy or plain, but a 6-shooter calls it home
holster
Bob
$300 [18]
The collection of securities held by an investor, or the case in which they could be carried
portfolio
Norton
$400 [9]
"Lion in Winter" star who said of himself, "I was sort of the Vanessa Redgrave of the '50s"
Peter O'Toole
Cheryl
$400 [4]
During the 4th century the Goths split into the Ostrogoths & this other group
the Visigoths
Cheryl
$400 [29]
One famous style of Chippendale furniture was inspired by & later named for this Asian country
China
Bob
$400 [14]
He succeeded Joe DiMaggio as the Yankees' regular centerfielder
Mickey Mantle
Norton
$400 [24]
A preacher serving more than one church is said to ride one
circuit
Bob
$400 [19]
Bonds with a credit rating of BB or lower are speculative & are usually called this
junk
Bob
$500 [10]
In 1988 this "Big" star married Rita Wilson, his co-star in the 1985 film "Volunteers"
Tom Hanks
Bob
$500 [5]
Common name of the book that is orig. record of William the Conqueror's survey of England
The Domesday Book
Norton
$500 [30]
Born in Scotland in 1768, this American designer's furniture featured lyre & plume carvings
Duncan Phyfe
Bob Norton
$500 [15]
This school took the 1988 NCAA men's basketball title despite 11 losses, most ever for a winning team
Kansas
Bob
DD $1,500 [25]
The name for this fish comes from the practice of eating it on holy days
(holy) halibut
Bob
$500 [20]
The ticker tape symbol for this corporation is "F"
Ford

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CARIBBEAN SHAKESPEARE GOVERNMENT & POLITICS CELEBRITY RELATIVES LANGUAGES SALT
$200 [8]
Of the Bahamas, Barbados or Bermuda, the one not in the Caribbean
Bermuda
Bob Norton
$200 [1]
"Henry VI, Part I" is the only Shakespearean play which opens in this London church
Westminster Abbey
Bob Norton
$200 [2]
Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1979-83, he won the top job in 1982
Mario Cuomo
Bob
$200 [26]
Her father was speaker of the House of Representatives, William Brockman Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
Cheryl
$200 [3]
Guinness says the longest word in this language is the 22-letter "superextraordinarisimo"
Spanish
Bob Cheryl
$200 [17]
Substances such as magnesium carbonate are added to table salt to stop it from doing this
caking
Bob
$600 [10]
Native to Trinidad, this type of band uses instruments made from discarded oil drums
steel drum
Bob
$400 [18]
Cleopatra called it "The pretty worm of Nilus...that kills and pains not"
asp
Bob
$400 [12]
In April '88 the State Department reported $15 mil. in delinquent travel advances, with $695 owed by this lt. col.
Oliver North
Norton
$400 [4]
Among the 7 vowels in the Greek alphabet, omicron is the short "O" & this is the long
omega
Bob
$400 [22]
In his "Last Supper", Leonardo da Vinci depicted this man as having just spilled the salt
Judas
Norton
$800 [11]
Religious group centered in Jamaica that worships the late emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia
the Rastafarians
Norton
$600 [19]
In "Juilus Caesar", Brutus' 1st line is "A soothsayer bids you beware" this
the ides of March
Bob
$600 [13]
On March 16, 1988 President Reagan sent 3,200 troops to this Central American country
Honduras
Bob
$600 [5]
The newspaper with the world's largest daily circulation is printed in this language & that's the truth
Russian ("Pravda")
$600 [23]
The need to transport salt from Syracuse, N.Y. was one of the main reasons this was built in the 1800s
Erie Canal
Bob
DD $1,000 [9]
Collective name for all the Caribbean islands that extend from Florida to Venezuela
West Indies
Bob
$800 [20]
In act 3 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", he had a fling with a fairy queen
Bottom
Cheryl
DD $800 [14]
2 of the 3 men who were prime minister of Canada in 1984
(2 of) Turner, Trudeau & Brian Mulroney
Norton
$800 [6]
Independent South American country whose official language is Dutch
Suriname
Bob
$800 [24]
You can go soak your feet in hydrated MgS04, also called this after a town in England
epsom salts
Cheryl
$1,000 [16]
A chain of about 600 islands & a sweet red syrup share this name
Grenadine
Norton
$1,000 [21]
In "The Tempest", this sprite has the power to make himself invisible
Ariel
Bob
$1,000 [15]
Enacted in 1966, the FOIA stands for this, & they have to tell you if you ask
Freedom of Information Act
Bob
$1,000 [7]
Derived from Hindustani, Urdu is the official language of this country
Pakistan
Bob
$1,000 [25]
Name of the parent company whose salt uses the slogan "When It Rains It Pours"
Morton
Bob

Final Jeopardy!

WEATHER

With an average of 7.4 inches of rain annually, it's the driest state in the U.S.

Nevada

Cheryl "What is Ari" — wagered $2,699
Norton "What is Nevada?" — wagered $5,800
Bob "What is Arizona?" — wagered $4,600

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