Show #1042 1989-02-28 (taped 1988-11-15) Regular

Contestants

Greg Siek — an extension agent from Cleveland, Ohio

Chris McKillop — a management consultant from Toronto, Canada

Nancy Burke — a secretary from Buffalo, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Nancy $700 $1,600 $6,400 $12,800
2nd place: Trip to Pirate's Cove, Nassau, Bahamas
$7,400
15 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Chris $2,200 $3,900 $10,300 $12,801
New champion: $12,801
$7,900
26 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Greg $500 $2,100 $3,900 $150
3rd place: Royal Queen cookware
$3,900
13 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY ROCK 'N' ROLL SONGS PEOPLE TENNIS MATH COLORFUL PHRASES
$100 [1]
In 1900 this country acquired the island of Tutuila in Samoa, & still has it
USA
Chris
$100 [7]
This composer might roll over in his grave if he heard Chuck Berry tell him to in this 1956 song
"Roll Over Beethoven"
Chris
$100 [13]
This Chrysler executive said he was 11 years old before he learned he was Italian
Lee Iacocca
Greg
$100 [21]
In the 1870s it was 4 ft. 8 in. high in the center & 7 ft. at the sides
the net
Chris
$100 [23]
When you divide 16 by 3, you get a quotient of 5 & 1 left over, which is called this
the remainder
Greg
$100 [6]
If you go out on the town, you're said to be doing this to it
paint the town red
Chris
$200 [2]
Country which proclaimed its "Declaration of the Rights of Man & the Citizen" in 1789
France
Chris
$200 [8]
Some mistakenly think the title of this 1971 Ike & Tina Turner hit is "Rollin' on the River"
"Proud Mary"
Greg
$200 [14]
The 2 men who faced off on October 5, 1988 in "The Omaha Showdown"
Dan Quayle & Lloyd Bentsen
Nancy Greg
$200 [22]
A famous foe of Billie Jean King, his autobiography is titled "Tennis is My Racket"
Bobby Riggs
Greg
$200 [24]
.005 can also be stated as this fraction
5 thousandths (005/1000)
Greg
$200 [9]
Sensationalistic reporting in a magazine or newspaper
yellow journalism
Chris
$400 [4]
SEATO, which was abolished in 1977, was an acronym for this
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Greg
$300 [16]
"I Am a Rock" was the 3rd Top 10 hit for this twosome
Simon & Garfunkel
Greg
$300 [15]
He played Cary Grant in "Sophia Loren: Her Own Story" before becoming ambassador to Mexico
John Gavin
Chris
$300 [30]
Mary Outerbridge played tennis on this British Atlantic island & literally imported the game to the U.S.
Bermuda
Chris
$300 [25]
If you took advanced algebra in the '60s, you probably used this device based on logarithms
slide rule
Greg
$300 [10]
Activist group that fights for the rights of the elderly
Gray Panthers
Chris
DD $500 [3]
An 1888 convention declared it free & open to all ships at all times--that lasted til WWI
Suez Canal
Chris
$400 [17]
He "was a rollin' stone" according to a No. 1 hit by The Temptations in 1972
Papa
Chris
$400 [19]
Johnny Carson's anniversary shows often feature a clip of this man throwing a hatchet
Ed Ames
Chris
$400 [28]
To accommodate TV, the length of matches was limited by the introduction of this in 1970
tiebreakers
$400 [26]
Of a rhombus, a quadrilateral or a trapezoid, the one that describes the other two
quadrilateral
Nancy
$400 [11]
Moonshine
white lightning
Chris
$500 [5]
Chu Yuen-chang, a monk who drove the Mongols out of China in 1382, began this dynasty
Ming
$500 [18]
In 1973 Johnny Rivers sang about this "disease" & "The Boogie Woogie Flu"
"The Rockin' Pneumonia"
Greg
$500 [20]
Barbara Harris recently became the 1st woman bishop of this religious denomination
Episcopalian Church
Chris
$500 [29]
1 of the 2 Americans who won gold in women's doubles at the '88 Olympics
Pam Shriver & Zina Garrison
$500 [27]
The next prime number after 13
17
Nancy
$500 [12]
The go-ahead
green light
Nancy

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CONSTITUTION JEWELRY SHAKESPEARE INSECTS PERSIA POTPOURRI
$200 [4]
According to the 12th Amendment, if you're ineligible to be president, you can't be this either
vice president
Chris
$200 [1]
The Franklin Mint is selling a jewelry collection named after this Atlanta media mogul
Ted Turner
Nancy
$200 [30]
In 1599 Shakespeare became a co-owner of this famous London theatre
the Globe
Chris
$200 [26]
An aquatic bug called the water boatman uses its long, flat hind legs as these
paddles/oars
Chris
$200 [5]
Persians called their homeland "Land of the Aryans", from which we get this name for Persia
Iran
Nancy
$200 [14]
As spokesman for this Calif. product, "Head of the Class"'s Tony O'Dell got the license plate "GRAPVIN"
raisins
Nancy Chris
$400 [21]
These 1st 3 words of the Preamble were written really big
We The People
Greg
$400 [2]
Czar Alexander III commissioned Peter Faberge to make the 1st of these jeweled holiday gifts
Easter eggs
Nancy Chris
$400 [29]
This comedy opens with a duke planning his wedding to an Amazon
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Nancy
$400 [25]
Most common in the early spring, they're also called "dayflies" because of their short lives
mayflies
Chris
$400 [6]
The palace at ancient Susa was built with silver from Egypt & cedars from this land
Lebanon
Nancy
$400 [22]
Adding 3 of these beans to Sambuca Romana liqueur supposedly brings good fortune
coffee beans
Chris
$600 [20]
The 1st amendment to be added in the 20th century allowed Congress to tax this
income
Chris
$600 [3]
Term for the ornamental metalwork made by twisting together fine wires of gold or silver
filigree
Greg
$800 [13]
In the last scene of "Hamlet", Hamlet's mother dies by accidentally doing this
drinking a cup of poison
Greg
$600 [23]
In the Orient, the males of these insects are caged for their songs, this Buddy Holly group wasn't
crickets
Chris
$600 [7]
At its peak, the ancient Persian empire included land on this many continents
3 (Asia, Africa & Europe)
Chris
$600 [12]
"Japan" is a lacquer of this color that can make your furniture look Japanese
black
Nancy
$1,000 [18]
Only this many states sent delegates to the convention in 1787
12
Greg
$800 [16]
Cloisonne jewelry consists of different colors of this separated by metal strips
enamel
Nancy
DD $1,000 [15]
2 of 3 Verdi operas based on Shakespeare's plays, all with 1-word titles
(2 of) "Falstaff", "Othello" & "Macbeth"
Nancy
$800 [24]
By definition, insects that are oviporous do this
lay eggs
Nancy
$800 [8]
On January 10, 1920 Persia became one of the original members of this group the U.S. wouldn't join
League of Nations
Nancy
$800 [11]
This word can refer to a soft cushion or a soft, young pigeon
squab
Chris
DD $3,000 [19]
It became law on December 15, 1791
the Bill of Rights
Chris
$1,000 [17]
Though you may walk like an Egyptian while wearing these, their name is from Hindi for "glass bracelets"
bangles
Chris
$1,000 [28]
Shakespeare said "to paint" this flower "is wasteful and ridiculous excess"
lily
Chris
$1,000 [27]
Oxidation of luciferin in insects causes them to produce this
light
Greg
$1,000 [9]
Even though he lost to the Greeks at the Battle of Marathon, he's still considered a "great" king
Darius
Nancy Chris
$1,000 [10]
West Yellowstone, the "Snowmobile Capital of the World", is in this "Treasure State"
Montana
Chris

Final Jeopardy!

ACADEMY AWARDS

The 1st person to win a special Oscar, he won in 1929 for writing, acting, directing & producing

Charlie Chaplin

Greg "Who was Eric Von Str" — wagered $3,750
Nancy "Who is Charlie Chaplin?" — wagered $6,400
Chris "Who was Chaplin?" — wagered $2,501

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