Show #983 1988-12-07 (taped 1988-09-26) Regular

Mark McDermott game 1.

Contestants

Mark McDermott — an editorial writer originally from Iowa

Mina Wender — a teacher from Baltimore, Maryland

Joe Ornstein — a proofreader from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Joe	$800	$600	$5,400	$10,799 2nd place: a trip to Desert Inn Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas	$5,900 11 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Mina	$800	$2,000	$4,000	$8,000 3rd place: Conair Cuisine kitchen appliances	$4,000 14 R, 4 W
Mark	$200	$1,600	$8,800	$10,801 New champion: $10,801	$8,600 24 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

CLASSICAL MUSIC	GARDENING	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	GUINNESS SPORTS RECORDS	"DAY"s	KNIGHTS
$100 [6] Way before Benny Goodman, the direction "mit Schwung", meaning this, appeared on Wagner's scores with swing Mina	$100 [1] The time to pull these is when they still look too puny to amount to anything weeds Mark	$100 [17] Hundreds were killed during this transportation strike in 1877, the 1st nationwide strike in the U.S. railroad strike Mark	$100 [22] In 1971 record holder Harry Drake shot one of these over 1 mile arrow Mina	$100 [2] A convertible couch daybed Mark	$100 [12] German for "knight", it's the last name of the man who plays "Hooperman" (John) Ritter Mark
$200 [7] "The Swan", labeled "D' Anni 93" & dated 1737, is believed to be the last violin he ever made Stradivarius Joe	$200 [27] It's better if this is done less often but more thoroughly, so that longer roots can develop watering Joe Mina Mark	$200 [18] With foreign claims of over $1 trillion, this country is the world's largest creditor nation Japan Mark	$200 [23] Of approximately 12, 25 or 32 hours, the longest recorded fight between a fisherman & a fish 32 hours Mark	$200 [3] June 6, 1944 D-Day Joe	$200 [13] When one knight wanted to challenge another, he threw this down the gauntlet Mina
$300 [9] An international piano competition named for this pianist is held about every 4 years in Ft. Worth, Texas Van Cliburn Mina	—	$300 [19] In the early '70s Standard Oil of New Jersey spent millions to change its name to this Exxon Mark	$300 [24] The attendance record for basketball was set when 75,000 saw this team in Berlin in 1951 the Harlem Globetrotters Mark	$400 [5] A Cincinnati nightclub owner changed this singer's name when she became famous locally for "Day by Day" Doris Day Mina	$300 [14] In 1559 King Henry II of France died after he was wounded by 1 of these weapons in a tournament lance Mina
$400 [10] Nicolai Berezowsky & Francis Poulenc have composed works about this kiddy lit elephant Babar Joe	—	$400 [20] This Japanese co. has the same last 6 letters in its name as Firestone, whose tire business it's buying Bridgestone Mark	$400 [25] In 1977 Kitty O'Neill covered this distance in a dragster in just 3.72 seconds 1/4 mile Mina	DD $500 [4] Title of the following, it was a hit for The Monkees in 1967 & for Anne Murray in 1980: "Daydream Believer" Joe	$400 [15] One of the oldest British orders of knighthood was founded in Scotland & named for this prickly plant Order of the Thistle Mina
$500 [11] Saint-Saens work based on a Henri Cazalis poem that begins "Zig et zig et zig, la mort en cadence" "Danse macabre" (the dance of death) Mina	—	$500 [21] Corporations can't purchase a competitor's stock under this 1914 antitrust act which followed Sherman's the Clayton Act	$500 [26] Guinness says at the approximate age of 59, he was the oldest man to play major league baseball Satchel Paige Mark	$500 [8] Her name before she married actor Christopher George Lynda Day Joe Mina	$500 [16] The motto of the English knights, named for this accessory, means "Evil be to him who evil thinks" garter Mark

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 20th CENTURY	WOMEN	10-LETTER WORDS	WORLD CAPITALS	MEAT	TITLE CHARACTERS
$200 [23] Seeing a market for black music among whites, Berry Gordy Jr. founded this record company Motown Mark	$200 [14] Miss Santa Cruz gave up her title after protesting on stage during a 1988 pageant in this state California Mark	$200 [15] A German response to a forced expulsion of air from the mouth & nose gesundheit Mark	$200 [11] In 1541 Pedro de Valdivia, a Spanish conquistador, founded this Chilean city Santiago Mark	$200 [4] This indigenous animal is now a major source of dog food in Australia kangaroo Joe	$200 [1] Alexandre Dumas' resourceful Edmond Dantes The Count of Monte Cristo Mina
$400 [24] Not a 1930s football game but the name given to areas plagued by "black rollers" during the decade the Dust Bowl Mark	$400 [20] As a ball girl, this Czech tennis star watched Martina Navratilova & thought about beating her Hana Mandlikova	$600 [17] From Latin for "brother", it means to mix with others in a brotherly way fraternize Mark	$400 [12] To see the Wasa, a sunken 17th century warship salvaged in 1961, go to this Scandinavian capital Stockholm, Sweden Joe Mina	$400 [5] This term consists of the Armenian words for "skewer" & "roast meat" shish kebab Mina	$400 [2] James Fenimore Cooper's noble Uncas The Last of the Mohicans Joe
DD $400 [26] In 1956 Pres. Kubitschek of this country announced plans to move the capital some 600 miles inland Brazil Mark	$600 [21] This younger princess of Monaco can't stand her friends calling her "Princess" Stephanie Mark	$800 [18] It describes words that express similar meanings, such as teeny & weeny synonymous Mina	$600 [13] The Gulistan Palace in this city houses the Peacock Throne Tehran Mina	$600 [8] For some this stomach lining is meat, while to others it means something of no value tripe Mark	$600 [3] D.H. Lawrence's strange, sensitive gatekeeper Mellors Lady Chatterley's Lover Mark
$600 [25] The independence of this country in 1975 marked the end of the Portuguese empire in Africa Angola Mark	$800 [22] In 1978 she & her husband William pleaded guilty to kidnapping Patty Hearst in 1974 Emily Harris Mark	DD $1,000 [16] In titles, it precedes ridge, kid & hotel heartbreak Mark	$800 [28] You'd be "wise" if you knew the capital of this island group was Honiara on Guadalcanal the Solomon Islands Joe	$800 [9] The great French gourmet Brillat-Savarin called it "the king of American fowls" turkey Joe	$800 [6] Kaufman & Hart's sharp-tongued Sheridan Whiteside The Man Who Came to Dinner Mark
$1,000 [27] In August 1941 FDR & Churchill signed this famous document aboard a cruiser off Newfoundland the Atlantic Charter	$1,000 [30] She left NBC in '83 to become chief Washington correspondent for the "MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour" on PBS Judy Woodruff Joe	$1,000 [19] The mistress of a castle or chateau chatelaine Mina	$1,000 [29] Most of the inhabitants of Tirane, capital of this European country, are of Muslim descent Albania Joe	$1,000 [10] U.S. breeders developed this "India" variety by crossing various humped cattle known as Zebus brahma bull Mina	$1,000 [7] Fyodor Dostoyevsky's saintly but foolish Prince Lvov Nikolayevitch Myshkin The Idiot Joe

Final Jeopardy!

TELEVISION

This TV star was posthumously honored by having a bus depot in Brooklyn named for him

Jackie Gleason

Mina "Who was Jackie Gleason?" — wagered $4,000

Joe "Who is Jackie Gleason?" — wagered $5,399

Mark "Who was Jackie Gleason?" — wagered $2,001

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