Show #985 1988-12-09 (taped 1988-09-26) Regular

Mark McDermott game 3.

Contestants

Keith Herrell — a copy editor from Cincinnati, Ohio

Mary Zeiss Stange — a rancher and college professor from Ekalaka, Montana

Mark McDermott — an editorial writer originally from Iowa (whose 2-day cash winnings total $24,402)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$2,400	$3,600	$7,400	$5,100 3-day champion: $29,502	$6,800 21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Mary	$200	$1,700	$5,100	$50 3rd place: clothing from the Greif Companies	$5,600 15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Keith	$700	$1,100	$7,600	$399 2nd place: a trip to Cocoa Beach Hilton and Towers in Melbourne, Forida	$8,900 17 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

SICKNESS & HEALTH	SPORTS	SINGERS	FLORIDA	FURNITURE	FOOD PHRASES
$100 [20] Soon to be sold in the U.S., Upjohn's new drug Rogaine will be of interest to men losing this their hair Mary	$100 [11] In 1982 Gordon Johncock won this auto race by only .16 seconds over Rick Mears the Indianapolis 500 Keith	$100 [1] A big No. 1 hit in 1983, "Say, Say, Say" featured the duet of Paul McCartney & him Michael Jackson Mary	$100 [7] Florida, the 4th most populous state, has 19 U.S. representatives & this many U.S. senators 2 Mark	$100 [25] Some cheaper woods are stained black to resemble this rare & expensive furniture wood ebony Mary	$100 [15] What you might want to say to a noisy bivalve that you want to quiet down clam up Mary
$200 [21] In the 1970s trauma-care centers sprung up in the U.S. inspired by these military facilities triage (or MASH) units Mary	$200 [12] Its regulation size is a 26-27" circumference, so watch out when it gets "spiked" at 70 m.p.h. volleyball Mark Keith	$200 [3] She sang the title song in "Alfie" before she got "Moonstruck" Cher Mark	$200 [8] It's a bird, it's a plane, it's this teen of steel, the 1st TV series made at the Disney-MGM Florida Studios Superboy Mark	$200 [26] In Chinese decor, a ping is this ornamental device used for privacy screen Mark	$200 [2] If a Frenchman calls you "mon petit chou", meaning this, it might go to your head my little cabbage Mark
$300 [22] A 36% drop in children's tooth decay over the past 7 years is attributed to this fluoridated water Mark	$300 [13] The 1st world championships of this ocean sport were held in the early '60s in Australia surfing Mark	$300 [4] In August '86 Peter Cetera dislodged this singer with the same first name from #1 spot on the pop charts Peter Gabriel	$300 [9] Spanish explorer who gave Florida its name (Juan) Ponce de Leon Mark	$300 [27] The ancient Egyptians came up with what's now called the camp stool, a chair that can do this fold Mark Mary	$400 [17] To be frisky, playful & full of energy is to feel these your oats Mary
$400 [23] A patient who is febrile has this fever Mary	$400 [14] Baseball was supposedly invented in this N.Y. village, now home to the Baseball Hall of Fame Cooperstown Mark	$400 [5] In the name of this 1985 group of 46 singers, the USA stands for "United Support of Artists" USA for Africa Mark	$400 [10] In 1988, for the 1st time in 26 years, hunters were allowed to go after this animal, but without guns alligators Keith	$400 [28] With his 1925 Wassily chair, Marcel Breuer of the Bauhaus School of Design introduced steel in this form tubular Keith	DD $500 [16] Food phrase that's the title of the following1965 Top 10 hit: "A Taste Of Honey" Mary
$500 [24] 2 of the 3 illnesses for which the DTP shot is given to children (2 of) diphtheria, tetanus & pertussis (whooping cough) Mark	—	$500 [6] Her latest album, "Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm", should chalk up a big success for this singer-painter Joni Mitchell Mark	$500 [19] This Florida lake is the 2nd largest body of fresh water wholly in the U.S. Lake Okeechobee Mary	—	$500 [18] Speaking of her love for Caesar, Cleopatra described these "days" as when she was "green in judgment" salad days Mark

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CIVIL WAR	BOOKS	NEWSCASTERS	ARCHAEOLOGY	STARTS WITH "K"	PRESIDENTIAL COLLEGES
$200 [16] Completes the inscription on a Civil War campaign medal, "With malice toward none, with..." charity for all	$200 [15] "Lone Star Baby" is a guide for expectant parents who live in or near this state capital Austin Mark	$200 [1] About 12 million people a day tune into 1 of his 3 syndicated news reports on ABC Radio Paul Harvey Mary	$200 [11] This city's walls tumbled down long before Kathleen Kenyon proved it's 1 of the oldest cities known Jericho Keith	$200 [9] According to Jewish dietary laws, putting butter on your steak isn't this kosher Mark	$200 [6] 1 of 2 presidents who were graduates of West Point Grant (or Eisenhower) Keith
$600 [18] The widow of Confederate gen. D.H. Helm was offered amnesty because she was this woman's half-sister Mary Todd Lincoln Keith	$400 [26] "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" was set in a prison camp during this man's regime Stalin Keith	$400 [2] He's a descendant of the doctor who treated Lincoln's assassin Roger Mudd Mark	$400 [21] As Mexico City's subway system is being expanded, ruins from this Indian culture keep turning up Aztec Keith	$400 [10] If a Scotsman's skirt is crooked, you might say it's "out of" this kilter Mary	$400 [7] The only president whose alma mater is Annapolis Jimmy Carter Keith
$800 [19] Known for his Gettysburg charge, he sold insurance after the war (George) Pickett Mark	$600 [27] "The Bird Era" isn't about "Sesame Street", it's a history of this basketball team from 1978-88 the Boston Celtics Keith	$600 [3] This "60 Minutes" anchor had previously worked for the CBC & for CBS in London & Vietnam Morley Safer Keith	$600 [24] This method of dating can tell the age of an artifact that is up to 40,000 years old carbon-14 dating Mark	$600 [12] These have been worn since the 7th century, but the familiar wide obis weren't added until over 1000 years later kimonos Mary	$600 [8] In 1908 this former big man on campus, Yale's that is, became a big man in the White House William Howard Taft Mark
DD $1,000 [17] Present at Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, he went on to lose a June 1876 Indian battle George Armstrong Custer Mark	$800 [29] The tragic death of his daughter Dominique influenced his writing "People Like Us" Dominick Dunne Keith	$800 [4] Maury Povich is having a "Current Affair" with this NBC newscaster, his wife Connie Chung Keith	$800 [25] In the 1800s, the great library of Ashurbanipal was unearthed at Nineveh, last capital of this empire Assyrian Empire Mary	$800 [13] Pretentious bad taste, especially in the arts kitsch Keith	$1,000 [23] 17 years after getting a degree from this Pac 10 school in Calif., Herbert Hoover became a trustee Stanford Keith
$1,000 [20] As secretary of state at the time, he signed the Emancipation Proclamation as a witness Seward Mark Mary	$1,000 [30] One biography of this woman is entitled "The Lonely Hunter" Carson McCullers Mary	$1,000 [5] He filled in for Frank Reynolds on "The Iran Crisis: America Held Hostage" & soon got his own show Ted Koppel Keith	$1,000 [28] Sir L. Woolley is best known for his discoveries at Ur, a city in ancient Sumer, now part of this country Iraq Mark	$1,000 [14] Sudanese capital whose name means "elephant's trunk" Khartoum Mary	DD $1,300 [22] If Jefferson, Monroe or Tyler had written home for money, it would have been sent to this Virginia college William & Mary Keith

Final Jeopardy!

THE CENSUS

Decade in the 20th century in which the fewest immigrants were admitted to the U.S.

the 1930s

Mary "What is the 1970's?" — wagered $5,050

Mark "What is the 1920's?" — wagered $2,300

Keith "What are the 1940's" — wagered $7,201

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