Show #295 1985-10-25 (taped 1985-08-05) Regular

Mark Leinwand game 2.

Contestants

Al Lusher — a high school teacher from North Hollywood, California

Faye Ringel — a college professor from Norwich, Connecticut

Mark Leinwand — an attorney and a businessman from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,950)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mark $300 $1,700 $8,000 $15,500
2-day champion: $24,450
$5,900
18 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W
Faye $1,600 $3,900 $7,500 $14,999
2nd place: Frigidaire refrigerator-freezer + Cutco cutlery
$7,500
18 R, 0 W
Al $1,200 $1,600 $6,400 $0
3rd place: Arthur Murray dance lessons
$6,400
14 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

FARAWAY PLACES MOVIES NUMBERS THE HUMAN BODY DANCE SONGS HATS
$100 [3]
China borders it on the north, & South Korea on the south
North Korea
Al
$100 [1]
Color of the movies' "Dahlia", "Max", & "Lagoon"
Blue
Mark
$100 [19]
Number of meters in one kilometer
a thousand
Mark
$100 [15]
A calf's is tasty with onions; a human's is his largest organ, except for the skin
the liver
Faye
$100 [5]
A version of the Twist was named for this famed N.Y.C. lounge
the Peppermint Lounge
Al
$100 [9]
Moving its tassel to the left means you've graduated
the mortarboard
Faye
$200 [4]
You'd find Mauritius, the Maldives, & Madagascar in this ocean
the Indian Ocean
Faye
$200 [2]
In "Casablanca", Frenchmen drown out singing Germans with this song
"The Marseillaise"
Al
$200 [21]
Number of dots in an umlaut, or number of vowels joined together in a diphthong
2
Mark
$200 [20]
Not the legendary American lumberjack, but a swelling near the big toe
a bunion
Al
$200 [17]
It's the official state song of Missouri
"The Missouri Waltz"
Al
$200 [10]
The Western hat was originally named for this easterner who designed it
a Stetson
Mark
$300 [6]
Mountains crowd to 10 ft. apart around this famous pass between Pakistan & Afghanistan
the Khyber Pass
Faye
$300 [11]
At the end of it, Gable trumpets & "The Walls of Jericho" fall
It Happened One Night
Faye
$300 [23]
In the Bible, the number of the book of Numbers
the fourth book
$300 [22]
A curse on an egg-laying fowl, or a common childhood viral disease
chicken pox
Faye
$300 [24]
Edie Gorme "blamed" this dance for her romance
the Bossa Nova
Mark
$300 [12]
Ironically, this bishop's hat was once worn by Jewish high priests
the miter
Faye
$400 [7]
Sp. for "big feet", Patagonia is a region in S. South America belonging primarily to this country
Argentina
Faye
$400 [14]
Author Ken Kesey said it would have been better with Kirk Douglas in Jack Nicholson's part
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Al
$400 [28]
In Olympic boxing, maximum number of rounds in each bout
3
Mark
$400 [26]
Soft substance consisting of cells & connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones
marrow
Faye
DD $400 [25]
Request the Drifters make of their girl in this song:"You can dance every dance with the guy that gives you the eye /Let him hold you tight..."
"Save The Last Dance For Me"
Mark
$400 [13]
Unlike the haberdasher, this person makes women's hats
milliner
Al
$500 [8]
This term is used for not one but several invisible surface points in Antarctica
South Pole
$500 [18]
Anti-war film in which the hero is cut down while reaching for a butterfly
All Quiet on the Western Front
$500 [29]
Number of years in a sesquicentennial
150
Faye
$500 [27]
The medical examination of a dead body to find out the cause of death; a postmortem
an autopsy
Faye
$500 [16]
Lacy headgear worn by the ladies of Spain
the mantilla
Faye

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD POLITICS FICTIONAL VILLAINS THE '50s LABOR UNIONS NORTH CAROLINA IT'S LATIN TO ME
$200 [3]
Though, according to his family, born in Cairo in 1929, he now heads the PLO
Yasser Arafat
Mark
$200 [5]
Character from "Uncle Tom's Cabin" whose name has some to mean any overbearing boss
Simon Legree
Faye
$200 [19]
In 1955, a Rudolf Flesch book explained "Why Johnny Can't" do this
read
Mark
$200 [24]
Of 19, 30, or 41%, percentage of U.S. labor force that's unionized
19%
$200 [1]
Fayetteville was 1st American city named for this Revolutionary War hero
Marquis de Lafayette
Faye
$200 [2]
Name for the college or university one has attended, or the school's song
alma mater
Mark
$400 [4]
Following '84 U.S. invasion, signs appeared in E. European countries saying, "We envy" this island
Grenada
Mark
$400 [10]
Popular film & novel in which Kasper Gutman, Joel Cairo, & Brigid O'Shaughnessy appear
The Maltese Falcon
Al
$400 [20]
He first denied, then admitted, he was coached prior to winning $129,000 on TV's "Twenty-One"
Charles Van Doren
Mark
$400 [25]
Over the past 30 years, every president of this union has had problems with the gov't.
the Teamsters
Mark
$400 [18]
With a population of over 115,000, this Army base could be called North Carolina's 4th-largest city
Fort Bragg
$400 [6]
Meaning "and others", it looks like a misprint of Israel's national airline
et al
Mark
$600 [7]
With about 40 million members, this country's Communist Party is world's largest
China
Al
$600 [11]
"Strong men tremble" when they hear the name of this villain of Broadway's "Oliver!"
(Bill) Sikes
Faye Al
$600 [22]
"Rock Around The Clock" became a big hit after it was used as theme for this film
The Blackboard Jungle
Mark
DD $700 [26]
The name AFTRA, whose members were formerly barred from being on game shows, stands for this
the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Mark
$1,000 [17]
For over 25 years he published a unique newspaper, "The Carolina Israelite" in Charlotte
Harry Golden
Faye
$600 [12]
A defendant's plea which, while not admitting guilt, accepts punishment anyway
nolo contendere
Faye
$800 [8]
Since it gained independence from Malaysia in 1965, Lee Kuon Yew has been its only prime minister
Singapore
Mark
$800 [16]
The evil Milady de Winter poisoned Mme. Bonacieux in this French swashbuckler
The Three Musketeers
Al
$800 [21]
Known for electing liberals to office, this state also sent Joe McCarthy to the Senate
Wisconsin
Al
$800 [13]
Whether or not you're having fun, how "time flies" in Latin
tempus fugit
Al
$1,000 [9]
Longest-reigning Communist leader, the late Enver Hoxha led this country for 41 years
Albania
Mark Al
$1,000 [14]
The decadent Snopes clan were featured in this author's "The Hamlet", "The Town", & "The Mansion"
Faulkner
Faye
DD $3,000 [23]
Year in which the Soviets launched Sputnik
1957
Mark
$1,000 [15]
Meaning "Whither goest thou?", the words that sent Peter back to Rome
Quo vadis?
Al

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENCE

From name of Greek sun god, it is the 2nd most abundant element in the universe

helium

Al "Helium" — wagered $6,400
Faye "What is Helium?" — wagered $7,499
Mark "What is helium?" — wagered $7,500

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