Show #757 1987-12-15 (taped 1987-09-14) Regular

Contestants

Robin Maisel — an attorney from Long Beach, California

Winona Phillips — a limousine service owner originally from Manhattan Beach, California

Stephanie Johns — a writer from Morristown, New Jersey

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Stephanie $800 $2,700 $4,100 $0
2nd place: Keller bedroom furniture + Helix TV/clock radio
$4,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Winona $400 $2,400 $1,200 $0
3rd place: Krementz his & her signet rings
$1,200
15 R, 5 W
Robin $1,300 $1,000 $8,100 $8,000
New champion: $8,000
$8,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORD ORIGINS GUINNESS RECORDS CHARLESTON, S.C. MATHEMATICS TV TAKEOVERS “DARK” SONGS
$100 [1]
The English word for a Buddhist monk, from the Tibetan “blama”
lama
Stephanie
$100 [14]
21-year-old Lynda Kuerth swallowed 23 of these ballpark treats in 190, seconds without the buns
hot dogs
Winona
$100 [28]
The Union suffered its 1st defeat of this war at Charleston’s Fort Sumter
the war between the Union and the Confederacy (the Civil War)
Stephanie
$100 [6]
In a fraction, the numerator is the dividend, & this is the divisor
the denominator
Robin
$100 [20]
In 1986, she took over Charlotte Rae’s post taking care of the girls on “Facts of Life”
Cloris Leachman
Winona
$100 [9]
Brian De Palma directed the video of this Bruce Springsteen 1984 hit
"Dancing In The Dark"
Winona
$200 [2]
The name of this Italian dish comes from the Greek word for chamber pot, “lasanon”
lasagne
Robin
$200 [17]
John McPherson did this to 4444 women in just 8 hours, at the rate of 1 every 6.48 seconds
kissing
Winona
DD $100 [29]
Though written in ’35 & set in Charleston, this show, featuringthe following, didn’t play there until ’70:"There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York /Come wid me /Dat's where you belong..."
Porgy and Bess
Stephanie
$200 [7]
Of a rhombus, pentagon, or parallelogram, the one not a quadrilateral
a pentagon
Stephanie Robin
$200 [19]
The I.M.F., it was led by Dan Briggs until Jim Phelps took over in the 2nd season
Impossible Mission Force
Stephanie
$200 [10]
Song that begins, “I’ll be down to get you in a taxi, honey”
"The Darktown Strutter's Ball"
Stephanie
$300 [3]
Big wheels play this gambling game whose name means “little wheel”
roulette
Robin
$300 [21]
In 1976, a 4-woman team did this to 12 chickens in 32.9 seconds
plucked them
Stephanie
$200 [27]
The British suffered 1 of their 1st defeats of this war at Charleston’s Fort Moultrie
the American Revolutionary War
Robin
$300 [8]
This type of calculator was used by early Romans, then the Chinese, & the Japanese, who still use it
an abacus
Winona
$300 [15]
After “replacing” Lynn Redgrave on “House Calls”, she replaced Meg Foster on “Cagney & Lacey”
Sharon Gless
Winona
$300 [11]
Appropriate title for Cher’s 1974 #1 hit
"Dark Lady"
Stephanie
$400 [4]
These long-tailed birds got their name from a river in the Caucasus, the Phasis
the pheasant
Stephanie
$400 [22]
The world's most common single-letter surname is this one, found in the 2nd word of this clue
O
Winona
$300 [26]
The most damaging of these geologic disasters ever in eastern U.S. hit Charleston in 1886
an earthquake
Stephanie
$400 [24]
Number of zeros you need to write three hundred fifty thousand in numerals
4
Stephanie
$400 [18]
Between Barbara Bel Geddes & Barbara Bel Geddes, she played Miss Ellie
Donna Reed
Winona
$400 [12]
“Relative”ly speaking, this 1970 song was a big hit for Tom Jones
"Daughter Of Darkness"
$500 [5]
This adjective meaning “tearfully sentimental” was derived from the Bible's Mary Magdalene
maudlin
Robin
$500 [23]
The only man ever to drive 48 of these in a single hitch was Dick Sparrow of Zearing, Iowa
horses
Stephanie
$500 [25]
Type of angle that falls between obtuse & acute
a right angle
Stephanie Winona Robin
$500 [16]
It was Meredith MacRae who replaced Gunilla Hutton as Billie Jo Bradley on this ’60s series
Petticoat Junction
Stephanie
$500 [13]
Theme song from the 1984 movie “Eddie & the Cruisers”
"On The Dark Side"

Double Jeopardy! Round

1933 PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA SPORTS TEXTILES SCIENTIFIC SPELLING
$200 [1]
Mahatma Gandhi's weight fell to 80 lbs. during a 3-week fast protesting ostracism of these "outcastes"
the untouchables
Robin
$200 [16]
He was the only president born on July 4th, though he probably kept silent about it
Coolidge
Winona
$200 [21]
The Encyclopedia of Sports calls it "A goal game, usually played in a swimming pool, w/7 men on a team"
water polo
Robin
$200 [3]
Some say Japan's transformation into a modern nation was based on producing this luxury fabric
silk
Winona
$200 [4]
The only element on the periodic table that starts with "K", its symbol is Kr
K-R-Y-P-T-O-N
Winona
$400 [2]
Time reported that children of Hameln, Germany proclaimed on his birthday in '33 "You are now our Pied Piper"
Hitler
Stephanie
$400 [18]
Though his inauguration speech was the longest, his term was the shortest
(William Henry) Harrison
Winona Robin
$400 [22]
While subject of debate, most authorities place the origin of ice hockey in this country
Canada
Robin
$400 [9]
Apollo astronauts wore garments made of yarn coated with this DuPont non-stick substance
Teflon
Winona
$400 [5]
The "A" in DNA
A-C-I-D
Stephanie
$600 [13]
On Dec. 5, when predominantly Mormon Utah became 36th state to consent, this came to an end
Prohibition, or the Volstead Act
Robin
$600 [17]
President whose oath of office was administered by judge Sarah T. Hughes
Lyndon Johnson
Robin
DD $500 [25]
The ITTF, the International Federation for this sport, holds a World Championship every 2 years
table tennis
Robin
$600 [11]
EA says this hat material was once made by wetting fibers with water or whey & beating them with sticks
felt
Winona
$600 [6]
Temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 0°
C-E-N-T-I-G-R-A-D-E
Stephanie Winona
$800 [14]
Over 2 million New Yorkers turned out for election which chose him the city's 99th mayor
Fiorello La Guardia
Robin
$800 [19]
"When they say 'Mr. President', I...turn around and expect to see Roosevelt", he said after his election
Taft
Stephanie Winona
$600 [23]
One who loves this sport is a "toxophilite", Greek for "bow loving"
archery
Robin
$800 [10]
French for "caterpillar", it's associated with bathrobes & bedspreads
chenille
Stephanie
$800 [7]
Temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 32°
F-A-H-R-E-N-H-E-I-T
Winona
$1,000 [15]
It was reported in June that Americans were hoarding $604 million worth of this, defying a 2-month-old law
gold
Robin
$1,000 [20]
In 1874, 5 years after leaving office, he was elected to the Senate, becoming the only former pres. to do so
Andrew Johnson
Winona
$800 [24]
In 1976, this bowl game was moved from Tulane Stadium to the Louisiana Superdome
the Sugar Bowl
Winona Robin
$1,000 [12]
The word "textile" comes from the Latin "texere", meaning to do this
to weave
Stephanie Robin
$1,000 [8]
The opposite of the type of exercise featured at Fonda's, it means "in the absence of oxygen"
A-N-A-E-R-O-B-I-C
Stephanie

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

The only 2 countries whose capitals end in "K", their names both end in "land"

Iceland and Thailand

Winona "What are Greenland and Ireland?" — wagered $1,200
Stephanie "What are Greenland & Finland Iceland?" — wagered $4,100
Robin "What are Denmark & __" — wagered $100

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