Show #987 1988-12-13 (taped 1988-09-27) Regular

Mark McDermott game 5.

Contestants

Val Webster — an applications specialist from Sparks, Maryland

Rob Reilly — a consultant originally from Delaware

Mark McDermott — an editorial writer originally from Iowa (whose 4-day cash winnings total $35,101)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$300	$3,700	$12,100	$7,779 5-day champion: $42,880	$11,100 28 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Rob	$-400	$0	$2,600	$4,700 2nd place: an Ashley Super bedroom group + a GTE telephone	$2,000 11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Val	$600	$800	$200	$0 3rd place: a Service Merchandise gift certificate	$600 9 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

IN THE NEWS	NEW JERSEY	SLANG	CELEBRITY MARRIAGES	ENGINEERING	THE BIG TOP
$100 [1] San Diego's Wild Animal Park celebrated the arrival of the 1st of these bred & hatched in captivity (California) condor Val	$100 [5] New Jersey's executive mansion isn't in the capital but in this university town Princeton Val	$100 [24] To a chuckwagon cook, these were "hen fruit" eggs Val	$100 [19] Marsha Mason said she'd only known this man for 3 weeks before she married him Neil Simon Mark	$100 [11] These 2 cities each have 3 of the 6 tallest buildings in the U.S. Chicago & New York Rob	$100 [10] U.S. circuses traveled about more after the 1st of these, big enough to house them, was made in 1826 a tent Rob
$200 [2] This great composer has outlived his U.S. copyright on "Alexander's Ragtime Band" Irving Berlin Mark	$200 [6] Forming New Jersey's border with Pennsylvania, it's easier to cross than it was in 1776 the Delaware River Val	$200 [25] To a lunch counter waitress, "Eve with a lid on it" refers to this type of pie apple pie Mark	$200 [20] In 1979 this heiress married her former bodyguard 2 months after her release from prison Patricia Hearst Mark	$200 [12] 274 million cubic yds. of earth & rock went into the new Cornelia Tailings in Ariz., biggest earthen one ever dam Val	$200 [14] Originally devised to mark a running course for horses ridden bareback, it's about 40 feet in diameter a circus ring Mark
$300 [3] "Winning Colors" was a fitting winner for this event on Mother's Day weekend 1988 the Kentucky Derby Rob	$300 [7] For a day of fun & frolic, why not visit Campbell's Soup Museum in this city opposite Philadelphia Camden Mark	$300 [26] Genre of film you've seen if you've watched a "chopsocky" kung fu (martial arts) Mark	$300 [21] Susan, the only daughter of this president, married one of his Secret Service agents (Gerald) "Jerry" Ford Mark	$300 [13] Term for the canal section in which a ship is raised or lowered lock Mark	$300 [15] Barnum once featured a "white" 1 of these, but found it unpopular, expensive & hard to get rid of an elephant Mark
$400 [4] Joan Quigley became a star celebrity in May of '88 for this reason she was the Reagans' astrologer Mark Rob	$400 [8] Bell Labs in Holmdel designed & built this 1st communications satellite in 1962 Telstar Val	$400 [27] In conversation it means "nonsense", but in a deli it's a cold cut bologna Rob	$400 [22] Her 1st marriage to French playboy Philippe Junot, lasted 2 years, 1978-80 Princess Caroline (of Monaco) Mark Rob	$400 [17] 2nd c. historian Antipater of Sidon recorded this septet of engineering achievements the Seven Wonders of the World Mark	$400 [16] This subtitle was 1st used to describe P.T. Barnum's circus in 1872 "The Greatest Show on Earth" Rob
$500 [28] Don Soffer's yacht, in the news again in '88 when seized under the Coast Guard's zero tolerance policy Monkey Business Mark	$500 [9] Elected president in 1884 & 1892, he was the only U.S. president born in New Jersey Grover Cleveland Mark Rob	$500 [29] Term for the small spare tire that comes with many new cars; perhaps they're cheaper by the dozen donut Val	$500 [23] No longer married to Quincy Jones, this "Mod Squad" star has returned to acting Peggy Lipton Mark	DD $400 [30] In 1953 the Eiffel Tower grew about 70 feet taller with the addition of one of these a TV antenna Val	$500 [18] Meaning "circus of the sun", it was founded in 1984 for the street musicians of Quebec City Cirque du Soleil

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN REVOLUTION	DOCTORS & LAWYERS	OSCAR-WINNING SONGS	LITERATURE	SURVEYS	ISLANDS
$200 [12] Fighting began in 1775 in this state Massachusetts Rob Val	$200 [11] This TV judge once passed out fortune cookies that read, "Lean settlement better than fat lawsuit" Judge Wapner Mark	$200 [5] A wish for an Oscar came true for Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne after dropping this many "Coins in the Fountain" 3 Val	$200 [7] Spanish kingdom Samuel Shellabarger's "Captain" was "from" Castille Mark	$200 [16] It's still the USA's top newspaper in circulation, even with a dip after the October crash The Wall Street Journal Rob	$600 [2] Indonesia controls 3/4 of this, world's 3rd largest island; the rest belongs to Malaysia & Brunei Borneo Rob
$400 [13] Some 5,000 men, 1/6 of the total force of these mercenary soldiers, deserted Hessians Mark	$400 [14] Attorney credited with having saved Leopold & Loeb from the death sentence Clarence Darrow Mark	$400 [6] "Come on along & listen to" this winner from "Gold Diggers of 1935" "The Lullaby Of Broadway" Val	$400 [18] You might want to keep a swatter handy while reading this 1st novel published by William Golding Lord of the Flies Mark	$400 [17] The Jobs Rated Almanac says this job of computing insurance rates & risks is best of all actuary Mark	$800 [3] The 3 largest islands in the Caribbean are Cuba, Hispaniola & this one Jamaica Mark Rob Val
$600 [24] Ben Franklin told his fellow patriots, "We must indeed all hang together" or this shall happen we shall all hang separately Mark Val	$600 [15] In 1986 Dr. Robert Gale made headlines as a specialist in this procedure needed by Chernobyl victims bone marrow transplant Rob Val	$600 [8] Yep, Gary Cooper might have told you this song began "Do not forsake me, oh my darlin'" "High Noon" Mark	$600 [21] Author of "A Man Without a Country", his great-uncle was Nathan Hale (Edward) Everett Hale Mark	—	DD $1,000 [1] On its stamps, the name of this island country is spelled "I-S-L-A-N-D" Iceland Rob
—	$800 [19] In 1982 he represented Sheika Dena al-Fassi in the highest ever alimony claim Marvin Mitchelson Mark	$1,000 [10] Not only did this 1944 film win "Best Picture", it provided the year's best song, "Swinging on a Star" Going My Way Mark	$800 [22] Detective who found "The Purloined Letter" in a pasteboard card rack just below the mantelpiece C. Auguste Dupin Mark Rob	—	$1,000 [4] The southernmost city in the lower 48 states is on this island Key West Mark
—	$1,000 [20] In '84 Dr. Bob Simon began an underground medical effort to aid the Mujahadeen rebels in this country Afghanistan Val	DD $1,800 [9] 1967 film which gave us the following Oscar-winning song: Doctor Dolittle Mark	$1,000 [23] Sheep rancher & author of 1903's "The Way of All Flesh" Samuel Butler	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

MONARCHS

He was the last person to hold the title Emperor of India

King George VI

Val "Who was G Kahn" — wagered $200

Rob "Who was George VI" — wagered $2,100

Mark "Who was George V of UK" — wagered $4,321

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