Show #135 1985-03-15 (taped 1984-12-04) Regular

Paula Tupper game 4.

Contestants

Sheree Nelson — a high school teacher from La Verne, California

Rich Perloff — a waiter from Los Angeles, California

Paula Tupper — a law student from Santee, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $22,299)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Paula	$1,000	$3,000	$3,000	$5,999 4-day champion: $28,298	$3,900 17 R (including 1 DD), 9 W (including 2 DDs)
Rich	$400	$1,300	$3,500	$900 2nd place: Pinseeker golf clubs + Serengeti Drivers sunglasses	$3,500 16 R, 3 W
Sheree	$-400	$100	$-100	$-100 3rd place: Crown luggage	$-100 7 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

FOREIGN CUISINE	CHEMISTRY	SPORTS	DOUBLE MEANINGS	THE '50s	RITUALS
$100 [1] This just about wraps up a burrito or taco a tortilla Paula	$100 [22] The British call this element aluminium aluminum Rich	$100 [7] You can muscle your way up in this sport by doing the snatch or clean & jerk weightlifting Sheree	$100 [6] Dashing to the florist, or the Kentucky Derby the Run for the Roses Paula Rich	$100 [8] "Rashomon," Best Foreign Film of '51, was from this country Japan Rich	$100 [14] You remove them before entering a house in Japan your shoes Rich
$200 [2] Hungarian for "pepper", it spices up goulash paprika Paula	—	$200 [9] Sport featured in the movie "Heaven Can Wait" football Paula Sheree	$200 [15] Soap opera Custer or Patton might have gone to if sick General Hospital Paula Rich	$200 [10] Like, to these cats & chicks, Kerouac was the most the beatniks (the Beat Generation) Rich	$200 [17] Late every December 31st, people across the nation watch this city drop the ball New York City Sheree
$300 [3] What it's called when "I eats me spinach" as a major ingredient of an Italian dish Florentine Paula Sheree	—	$300 [11] In a meet, these are performed in this order: forward, back, reverse, inward & forward with a half twist dives Rich	$300 [16] Describes how Dorothy left Kansas, or a Mitchell novel Gone with the Wind Sheree	$300 [24] The only human figure on the standard B & W test pattern the Indian head	$300 [18] On the belief the sun needed nourishment, this civilization sacrificed about 20,000 people a year the Aztecs Paula Rich
$400 [4] Served like rice, this common N. African dish is steamed semolina flour couscous Paula	—	$400 [12] With 1 ½ billion viewers, this '82 championship had largest TV audience in sports history World Cup Rich	$400 [21] A den painted deep red, or Sherlock Holmes' first story A Study in Scarlet Rich	DD $500 [25] Popular TV Western featuring this theme:"I'll tell you a story, a real true life story /A tale of the Western frontier /The West, it was lawless /But one man was flawless /And his is the story you'll hear..." Wyatt Earp Paula	$400 [19] Hebrew ceremony which takes place under a canopy called a huppa a wedding (a marriage) Paula
$500 [5] Type of seafood French call Coquilles St. Jacques because its shell was emblem of St. James church a scallop Paula	—	$500 [13] '57 MVP, this guard led NBA in assists for 8 straight seasons with Boston Celtics Bob Cousy Rich	$500 [23] Honest Abe's diaries, or his building toy sets Lincoln Logs Paula	—	$500 [20] Part of a pilgrim a Pope washes on Maundy Thursday feet Paula

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. STATES	NUMBER PLEASE	POETRY	MUSIC	MONEY
$200 [11] Highest elevation in this "Sunshine State" is only 345 feet Florida Rich	$200 [7] Taft was the first president to get up and stretch during this inning of a ball game the seventh inning Paula	$200 [1] Title of Katharine Lee Bates poem which begins "O beautiful, for spacious skies" "America The Beautiful" Rich	$200 [6] A musical symbol, or a short informal letter a note Rich	$200 [12] Those who are "penny-wise" may be this "foolish" a pound Rich
$400 [19] "Last Chance Gulch" is now the main street of its capital, Helena Montana Sheree	DD $200 [24] The Henry who defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field & established Tudor dynasty Henry VII Paula	$400 [2] His poems were the catalyst for "Cats" T.S. Eliot Paula	$400 [8] "Music City, U.S.A." Nashville, Tennessee Rich	$400 [13] 100 Russian kopecks equals this a ruble Rich
$600 [20] Only U.S. railroad owned and operated by Federal gov't. is found entirely within this sizeable state Alaska Sheree	$400 [9] Straw Boss said "Bless my soul" when Tennessee Ernie mined this much coal "Sixteen Tons" Paula Rich	$600 [3] Completes "He started to sing as he tackled the thing that couldn't be done..." "And he did it." Paula Sheree	$600 [15] British national anthem whose melody is used for "My Country 'Tis Of Thee" "God Save The Queen" Paula	$600 [14] He was on the dime immediately before FDR Mercury Paula
$800 [21] First state to forbid slavery & guarantee universal male suffrage & public education to all Vermont	$600 [10] Biblical Psalm that begins "The Lord is my shepherd" the 23rd Psalm Paula Sheree	$800 [4] He wrote "There was a little girl, she had a little curl" & "The Wreck of the Hesperus", too (Henry Wadsworth) Longfellow Paula	DD $800 [16] What A.S.C.A.P. stands for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Paula	$800 [18] This note is the highest denomination in circulation in the U.S. the $10,000 bill Paula Sheree
$1,000 [22] During the Civil War, this Midwest state sent proportionally the most men into the Union Army Kansas Sheree	$1,000 [23] The Astors & the Vanderbilts led this list of 1880's New York elite the 400 Paula	$1,000 [5] Valiant & bold & unaccustomed to fear was this son of the prophet Abdullah Bulbul Amir	$1,000 [17] A funny thing happened to this songwriter on his way to the Forum Stephen Sondheim Paula Sheree	$1,000 [25] Charles Pinckney urged "Millions for defense, but not a damned penny for" this tribute Rich

Final Jeopardy!

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Site of Nov. '78 headline tragedy, it's the only S.A. country with English as official language

Guyana

Paula "What is Guyana" — wagered $2,999

Rich "What is Venezuela" — wagered $2,600

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