Show #1038 1989-02-22 (taped 1988-11-14) Regular

Contestants

Lynda Ramsey — a registered nurse from Long Beach, California

Kyle Barrett — a graduate student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Raisa Deber — a teacher from Toronto, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,300)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Raisa $1,600 $2,600 $10,800 $10,100
2-day champion: $21,400
$10,600
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Kyle $600 $2,100 $5,500 $0
3rd place: Oneida Silversmiths gift certificate
$5,500
18 R, 5 W
Lynda $1,300 $1,200 $200 $300
2nd place: Trip to Villa del Mar resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
$-100
10 R (including 1 DD), 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY SINGERS ABBREVIATIONS '70s ADVERTISING U.S. HISTORY MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS
$100 [25]
California has more cars than this, the world's largest country
Russia (Soviet Union)
Kyle
$100 [21]
In the People magazine poll for '88, she was voted favorite female singer for the 2nd year in a row
Whitney Houston
$100 [14]
Pilots know "IFR" stands for instrument flight rules & everyone should know "Fri." stands for this
Friday
Kyle
$100 [4]
1 of this company's ads stated "Rabbits Eat Peanuts"
Volkswagen
Kyle
$100 [7]
On December 20, 1967, 2% of the American population was stationed in this country
Vietnam
Kyle Lynda
$100 [1]
"Mandibles"
Jaws
Raisa
$200 [26]
Natives of this large French island speak a dialect of Italian, not French
Corsica
Kyle
$200 [22]
In 1957 both Steve Lawrence & Harry Belafonte sang about this type of ship
banana boat
Lynda
$200 [15]
In weather terms "DP" means dew point; in baseball lingo it stands for this
double play
Raisa Kyle
$200 [5]
A lawsuit claimed this spokesman, a 1976 decathlon champ, didn't really eat Wheaties
Bruce Jenner
Kyle
$300 [9]
He announced he was "in control here" after President Reagan's 1981 shooting
Al Haig
Raisa
$200 [2]
"Village Lacking Compassion"
Town Without Pity
Raisa
$300 [27]
The only port of this Hashemite kingdom is Aqaba on the gulf of the same name
Jordan
Raisa Lynda
$300 [23]
In the '50s he made stars out of the Comets
Bill Haley
$300 [16]
In a letter sent to Nanook, Esq., Esk., the abbreviations stand for these 2 words
esquire & Eskimo
Raisa
$300 [6]
Avery Schreiber's piano playing was ruined by these tortilla chips that "Taste as Good as They Crunch"
Doritos
Kyle Lynda
$400 [10]
In 1834 this new party got off to a good start with Henry Clay's support
Whigs
Lynda
$300 [3]
"Equine Plumage"
Horse Feathers
Kyle
$400 [28]
Viking explorers gave this island its name, not because they were color blind, but to attract settlers
Greenland
Raisa
$400 [24]
Musical group led by sisters Ann & Nancy Wilson
Heart
Kyle
$400 [17]
It's the abbreviation indicating a 2nd afterthought is added to a letter
PPS
Raisa
$400 [19]
"Meow Mix Tastes So Good, 9 Out of 10 Cats" do this
ask for it by name
Kyle
DD $500 [8]
From 1965 until becoming vice president, Gerald Ford held this post in the House
minority leader
Lynda
$400 [12]
"The 13th Letter of the Alphabet"
M
Kyle
$500 [18]
"5th" is short for fifth, & "fth" is short for this marine measure
a fathom
Raisa Kyle
$500 [20]
Using a picture of Hoffman & Redford, this paper said, "If You Liked the Movie, You'll Love the Newspaper"
The Washington Post
Raisa
$500 [11]
By 1879 this company controlled over 90% of the oil refined in the U.S.
Standard Oil
Raisa
$500 [13]
"This is some deranged, frenzied, lunatic, crazy planet"
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Raisa

Double Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "TR" MYTHOLOGY LONDON SCULPTURE PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS MILLARD FILLMORE
$200 [6]
Possessions, such as linens & clothing, that a bride brings to her marriage
trousseau
Raisa
$200 [21]
Jason assembled the Argonauts to help him fetch this item
the golden fleece
Kyle
$200 [1]
For the 1st time since WWI these can stay open from 11 A.M. to 11 P.M. & don't have to close for 3-5:30
pubs
Lynda
$200 [26]
That giant of pop art, Claes Oldenburg, designed a huge tube of this cosmetic for Yale University
lipstick
Kyle
$200 [16]
In 1943 he could have stopped by the Pulitzers on a snowy evening to pick up his 4th for poetry
Robert Frost
Lynda
$200 [11]
Introduced to this man in 1855, Fillmore worried about having to kneel & kiss his hand or foot
the pope
Kyle
$400 [7]
First name of Mr. Lopez who had a major hit in 1963 singing "If I Had a Hammer"
Trini
Raisa
$400 [22]
This nation of warrior women supposedly lived around the Caucasus
the Amazons
Raisa
$400 [2]
Some of the 1st ones in London were Euston, King's Cross, Victoria & Paddington
train stations
Kyle
$400 [27]
This sculptured portrait of the head & shoulders literally puts people on a pedestal
bust
Kyle
$400 [17]
He was awarded one Pulitzer for "The Dragons of Eden", not billions & billions
Carl Sagan
Lynda
$400 [12]
Fillmore shuffled off the proverbial mortal coil in this city
Buffalo
Raisa
$600 [8]
The steady tropical winds that blow toward the equator
trade winds
Lynda
$600 [23]
This Egyptian goddess, who tricked Ra into giving her power, was made into a Sat. morning TV heroine
Isis
Kyle
$600 [3]
London's oldest section, known as "The City", was founded in 43 A.D. by these people
Romans
Kyle
$600 [28]
A good example of kinetic sculpture is this kind of moving art, created by Alexander Calder
mobile
Raisa
$600 [18]
He's still listed as the winner for fiction in 1926 even tho he turned down the prize for "Arrowsmith"
Sinclair Lewis
Raisa
$600 [13]
The White House lacked one of these, so Millard's wife, an ex-teacher, made a 2nd floor room into one
library
Kyle Lynda
$800 [9]
Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly sang this Oscar-nominated song as a duet in the film "High Society"
"True Love"
Lynda
$800 [24]
In the underworld Odysseus met this guy, who had to keep pushing a rock up a hill
Sisyphus
Kyle
$800 [4]
Foreign ambassadors are officially accredited to "The Court of" this palace
St. James
Raisa
$800 [29]
This many-armed Hindu god is usually depicted stomping a dwarf who represents evil
Shiva
Lynda
DD $1,000 [19]
This university was given a special citation in 1947 for a job well done in giving out Pulitzers
Columbia
Raisa
$800 [14]
Born in this year, Fillmore is the only president born in the last year of a century
1800
Raisa Lynda
$1,000 [10]
Lebanese city whose name means 3 city-states because it had settlers from 3--Sidon, Tyre & Arvad
Tripoli
Raisa
$1,000 [25]
These 2 sons of Zeus were called the Dioscuri, & by some accounts were Helen's brothers
Castor & Pollux
$1,000 [5]
Street that's home to London's oldest theater & the Muffin Man
Drury Lane
Raisa
$1,000 [20]
Berke Breathed, who draws this strip, won the 1987 Pulitzer for Editorial Cartooning
Bloom County
Kyle Lynda
$1,000 [15]
During Fillmore's term, Comm. Perry set out to convince this country to trade with the U.S.
Japan
Raisa

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD POLITICS

2 countries whose governments are headed by a chancellor

(West) Germany & Austria

Lynda "What are Germany and Austria" — wagered $100
Kyle "What are West Germany & Denmark" — wagered $5,500
Raisa "What are West Germany & East Germany?" — wagered $700

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