Show #375 1986-02-14 (taped 1985-10-01) Regular

Dan Green game 4.

Contestants

Jared — an entertainment lawyer from San Jose, California

Ben Harris — originally from New York City

Dan Green — a teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 3-day cash winnings total $24,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Dan $0 $600 $600 $1,200
4-day champion: $26,000
$1,600
11 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Ben $1,900 $2,300 $2,500 $0
2nd place: Windjammer cruise to the Bahamas
$2,300
13 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Jared $600 $900 $2,500 $0
3rd place: Olympus camera
$2,500
14 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

4-LETTER WORDS FASHION TRIVIA WORLD HISTORY MOVIE ANIMALS "BLACK"
$100 [16]
It can be piano, Parker House, or Chinese egg
a roll
Dan
$100 [24]
Americans used the French word "braciere", meaning arm protector, for this
a bra
Ben
$100 [19]
Sato & Suzuki are the most common names in this country
Japan
Dan
$100 [1]
In 1932, he began campaigning for president of Germany before even becoming a German citizen
Adolf Hitler
Ben
$100 [6]
The 3 dogs who later played this role all descended from the 1st German Shepherd to do so
Rin Tin Tin
Dan
$100 [9]
A bachelor's "bible"
a little black book
Jared
$200 [17]
Past participle of "clothe", like a guarantee when covered in iron
clad
Jared
$200 [25]
Charlemagne repopularized this accessory by wearing his sword in it
a belt
Dan Jared
$200 [20]
Like domestic cats but unlike other big cats, mountain lions can do this
they can purr
Ben
$200 [2]
He sold us the Louisiana Purchase at 4¢ an acre
Napoleon Bonaparte
Ben
$200 [7]
Elephants which wore false ears in Johnny Weissmuller "Tarzan" films came from this continent
the Asian elephant
Ben
$200 [10]
North American flower resembling the daisy
a black-eyed Susan
Dan
$300 [18]
A fabric woven of flat gold or silver thread
lamé
$300 [26]
When 1st developed in San Francisco in the 1850s, they were called "waist overalls" & sold for 22¢
blue jeans
Dan
$300 [21]
He said, "I came in with Halley's comet in 1835 & I expect to go out with it"
Mark Twain
Dan
$400 [4]
1 of 2 charges on which an English court tried Joan of Arc
heresy (or witchcraft)
Ben
$300 [8]
George C. Scott playing Dr. Terrell, taught this animal to speak English
dolphins
Dan Jared
$300 [11]
Chuck Norris wears one...& we'd be the first to agree he deserves it
a black belt
Jared
$400 [22]
The White Cliffs of Dover are composed of this substance
chalk
Jared
DD $500 [3]
In 1786, top U.S. leaders invited Prince Henry of Prussia to become this
King of the United States
Ben
$400 [14]
He had 1959 title role, co-starring with Fred MacMurray
The Shaggy Dog
$400 [12]
Negative vote used especially against admitting one to membership in a club
blackballing
Jared
$500 [23]
Facetious & abstemious are 2 of the few words in English containing this
all 5 vowels in their proper order
$500 [5]
While U.N. headquarters is in New York, the League of Nations was headquartered here
Geneva, Switzerland
Ben Jared
$500 [15]
In 1973, James Franciscus was the voice of this animal
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
$500 [13]
A shoeshine boy
a bootblack
Ben Jared

Double Jeopardy! Round

ROARING '20S AWARDS LIGHT SPORTS HISTORY MILLARD FILLMORE
$200 [16]
Ads in the '20s claimed it ended halitosis; today it kills germs that cause bad breath
Listerine
Dan
$200 [21]
Susan Porubcan was awarded $40,000 by Bob Barker for her Country Apple Coffee Cake in this competition
Pillsbury Bake-Off
Jared
$200 [11]
1977 film for which the light saber was invented
Star Wars
Dan
$200 [2]
An archer splitting a competitor's arrow embedded in target is called this, after English outlaw
a Robin Hood
Ben
$200 [1]
In chronology of presidents, Fillmore fills this lucky number
13
Jared
$600 [18]
Setting 5 speed records in 1920 alone, sports writers dubbed this horse "Big Red"
Man o' War
Dan
$400 [22]
Major award you can take home if your "liner notes" are voted best
a Grammy
Jared
$400 [12]
The electrical device called a torch in England is called this in America
a flashlight
Ben
$400 [7]
It's said Ty Cobb had choice of playing pro ball or accepting an appointment to this school
West Point
Dan
$400 [3]
Fearing jokes about his lack of education, Fillmore turned down honorary degree from this English U.
Oxford
Ben
$800 [19]
Actress Coleen Moore said this term came from pretty girls who wore their galoshes unbuckled
a flapper
Ben
$600 [23]
Nominated 5 times for Best Actor, Dustin Hoffman took home the Oscar only for this film
Kramer vs. Kramer
Ben Jared
$600 [13]
Optical device used by Newton to show light was composed of all colors in spectrum
a prism
Jared
$600 [8]
Rudyard Kipling painted golf balls this color to find them on snow-covered "greens" in Vermont
red
Dan Ben Jared
$600 [4]
Under Fillmore, a treaty was signed with Peru regarding use of these bird droppings found off the coast
guano
Ben
DD $1,000 [17]
"Tent creeper" in title of this song:
The Sheik Of Araby
Dan
$800 [24]
In 1976, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature & the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for "Humboldt's Gift"
Saul Bellow
$800 [14]
In dim light, the dilator muscle makes it open wider
the pupil of the eye
Dan Ben
$800 [9]
In 1726, Ben Franklin swam 3 ½ miles down this European river, "demonstrating stunts & figures"
the Thames
$800 [5]
Many believe phony H.L. Mencken story that Fillmore installed 1st one of these in the White House
bathtub
Jared
$1,000 [20]
This postmaster general who took $160,000 in oil-tainted bonds was later "czar" of movie morals
Will Hays
$1,000 [25]
Bill Keane, Brant Parker, & Jim Unger were winners of 1984 "Reubens" in this field
cartooning
Jared
$1,000 [15]
Engineering unit for measuring illumination, not light per se
a lumen (per square foot or foot-candle)
Ben Jared
$1,000 [10]
Controversy over this dangerous football formation led to the formation of the NCAA
the flying wedge
Dan
$1,000 [6]
When his party didn't run him for 2nd term, he joined this one, which seemed to favor ignorance
the Know-Nothings
Jared

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. GEOGRAPHY

Geographic distinction of the city of Leadville, Colorado

the highest incorporated U.S. city

Dan "What is the highest city?" — wagered $600
Ben "What is a mountain top" — wagered $2,500
Jared "What is the point where 4 states meet?" — wagered $2,500

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