Show #978 1988-11-30 (taped 1988-09-14) Regular

Yael Sofaer game 5.

Contestants

Jack Lechner — a freelance writer originally from Arlington, Virginia

Laura Winters — a teacher from Northridge, California

Yael Sofaer — a programmer and analyst originally from Israel (whose 4-day cash winnings total $47,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Yael	$600	$2,800	$5,995	$2,989 3rd place: DIA leather chair	$6,400 21 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 2 DDs)
Laura	$300	$400	$4,000	$7,750 2nd place: Jenn-Air grill-range & Maytag Jetclean dishwasher	$4,000 9 R, 1 W
Jack	$3,400	$3,900	$4,500	$9,000 New champion: $9,000	$4,500 19 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

FICTION	ANATOMY	SPORTS	MUSICAL JONESES	WOMEN IN THE NEWS	POT LUCK
$100 [1] "Sweet Thursday" was his sequel to "Cannery Row" John Steinbeck Laura	$100 [21] This joint is the juncture of the femur, tibia & patella knee Laura	$100 [26] Teddy Roosevelt said, "In life, as in" this sport, "the principle to follow is: hit the line hard" football Jack	$100 [3] He guesses he's had about 5,000 room keys thrown his way during performances Tom Jones Laura	$100 [11] In a TV interview she apologized to Vietnam vets for any hurt her anti-war activities caused them Jane Fonda Jack	$100 [16] The only place in the U.S. where you can use its stamps for postage is at its post office in New York City United Nations Yael
$200 [2] Robert Louis Stevenson's unfinished masterpiece "Weir of Hermiston" was set in this, his native country Scotland Laura Jack	$200 [22] Almost all oxygen needed by the body is carried by the hemoglobin in these cells red blood cells Yael	$200 [27] State in which the Preakness is run Maryland Jack	$200 [6] Rickie Lee Jones' only Top 10 hit told us "Chuck E.'s in" this Love Jack	$200 [12] Raisa Gorbachev reportedly carries this credit card, even though we know who she is American Express Jack	$200 [17] MoMA sells cookie cutters shaped like the Sears Tower, the Guggenheim Museum & this Sydney landmark Opera House Yael
$300 [4] This book is so long some people quit reading it before Pierre marries Natasha War and Peace Yael	$300 [23] This tube connects the back of the throat to the middle ear eustachian tube Yael	$300 [28] This former Laker guard is second only to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in NBA playoff scoring Jerry West Jack	$300 [7] He wrote the theme songs for "The Bill Cosby Show", "Roots" & "Sanford and Son" Quincy Jones Laura	$300 [13] Recently L. Minnelli joined this famous, formerly all male club, but they haven't roasted her yet Friars Club Yael	$400 [19] A presidential candidate in 1948, this 85-year-old senator has represented South Carolina for over 33 years Strom Thurmond Yael
$400 [5] Anna Sewell's only book, it was published just months before her death Black Beauty Jack	$400 [24] An axon is the extended fiber of this type of cell neural (nerve) cell Yael	$400 [29] Manager who won more World Series games than any other Casey Stengel	$400 [9] "Relative" moniker of Louis Marshall Jones, longtime favorite on "Hee Haw" Grandpa Jones Jack	$400 [14] A group led by Madalyn Murray O'Hair wants to get these words removed from U.S. currency "In God We Trust" Jack	$500 [20] Encyclopedia Americana calls it the 1st real lighthouse; World Book calls it the tallest Pharos of Alexandria
$500 [8] His novel "The Third Man" was written originally as a screenplay Graham Greene Jack	$500 [25] This secretion from the liver passes on to the gall bladder then to the small intestine bile Jack	$500 [30] In soccer, this starts play at the beginning of a period or after a goal kick-off Yael	$500 [10] Dubbed "The Dietrich of the New Decade", this provocative Jamaican has stunned crowds worldwide Grace Jones Jack	$500 [15] She resigned as Screen Actors Guild president to produce a movie based on her autobiography Patty Duke Astin Jack	DD $900 [18] 2 of the 4 signs of the Zodiac which aren't mammals (2 of) Cancer, Libra, Scorpio & Pisces Yael

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORD ORIGINS	THE 20th CENTURY	SWITZERLAND	SWEETS	"G.R."	OLD TESTAMENT
$200 [2] 1st animal alphabetically, its Afrikaans name comes from Dutch for "earth" & "little pig" aardvark Yael	$200 [12] The reason this country gave for expansion was "lebensraum", or "living space" for a crowded populace Germany Jack	$200 [18] The 1815 Treaty of Vienna guaranteed this policy which Switzerland had adopted some time before neutrality Yael	$200 [1] This traditional Christmas dish contains suet, currants & raisins but no plums plum pudding Yael	DD $5 [11] Group that had its last Top 10 hit with the following: The Grass Roots Yael	$600 [28] Its east entrance was guarded by cherubim the Garden of Eden Yael Jack
$400 [3] The Indus, the chief river of Pakistan, gave its name to this Indian religion Hinduism Yael	$400 [13] During his U.S. visit in 1959, Khrushchev visited her at Hyde Park Eleanor Roosevelt Laura	$400 [19] Much of the milk produced in Switzerland is used to make emmentaler, which is this popular export cheese Laura	$400 [14] The 3 major types of this are sulphured, unsulphured & blackstrap molasses Yael	$200 [7] In 1983 she published "Hey, Get Back to Work", the autobiography of Roseanne Roseannadanna Gilda Radner Jack	$800 [26] This false god was fashioned out of old jewelry the golden calf Yael Jack
$600 [4] The word "short" in shortbread is a shortened form of this word shortening Yael	$600 [15] The 1st commercial phone call sent via 1 of these was placed by LBJ to west European leaders in 1965 satellite Jack	$600 [20] Switzerland's international airline, it's one of the few in Europe that's privately owned Swiss Air Yael	$600 [23] It was a song title by itself, followed "My boy..." & was paired with roses "Lollipops"	$400 [8] This dancer said of break dancing, "You can't dance on your head...it's like flying a plane on the ground" Ginger Rogers Yael	$1,000 [25] The 1st time Moses went up Mt. Sinai to take down God's word, he spent this much time there 40 days
$800 [5] Slip-on shoe with a rope sole, its name comes from spartum, a rope-producing plant espadrille Laura	$800 [16] On August 24, 1939 "Lepke" Buchalter, "president" of this criminal org., surrendered to Walter Winchell Murder Incorporated Jack	DD $1,000 [21] These 2 major rivers whose names differ by only 1 letter both rise in Switzerland Rhine & Rhone Yael	$800 [24] The name of this custard dessert with a caramel glaze is French for "burnt cream" creme brulee Yael	$600 [9] A player with fewer than 10 points in unmatched cards can lay down his hand in this game gin rummy Jack	—
$1,000 [6] In Latin, it referred to a child in school or reflected in someone's eye pupil Yael	$1,000 [17] It's not known if the 1948 death of this country's foreign minister, Jan Masaryk, was murder or suicide Czechoslovakia Yael Jack	$1,000 [22] This Latin name for Switzerland appears on Swiss postage stamps Helvetia Yael Laura Jack	$1,000 [27] This fruit is the main ingredient in the sauce served over peach melba raspberries Laura	$800 [10] "If I've done anything, I've brought passion to television news," said this controversial talk show host Geraldo Rivera Yael	—

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS NAMES

Surveyor general of India from 1830-43, in 1865 a mountain was renamed in his honor

Sir George Everest

Laura "Who was Everest?" — wagered $3,750

Jack "Who is Everest?" — wagered $4,500

Yael "Who is Cook?" — wagered $3,006

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