Show #977 1988-11-29 (taped 1988-09-14) Regular

Yael Sofaer game 4.

Contestants

Laurie Russell — a reservation agent from Orlando, Florida

Roy Marcus — a product development manager originally from Bayside, New York

Yael Sofaer — a programmer and analyst originally from Israel (whose 3-day cash winnings total $35,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Yael	$400	$5,000	$13,400	$12,400 4-day champion: $47,401	$13,400 29 R, 0 W
Roy	$2,100	$2,700	$4,100	$8,098 3rd place: a Casio integrated music system	$3,900 15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Laurie	$1,000	$1,100	$6,100	$12,100 2nd place: a trip to the Miyako Hotel in San Francisco	$5,900 12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

STARTS & ENDS WITH "O"	STATE CAPITALS	THE OLYMPICS	COINS	RAGTIME & BLUES	THE KENNEDY WOMEN
$100 [1] Only state that fits the category Ohio Yael	$100 [17] In 1863 the U.S. Army established Ft. Boise, which grew into this state's capital Idaho Yael	$100 [6] With a total of 6, this nation has hosted more summer & winter games than any other USA Roy	$100 [26] This 1848 event ultimately led to the establishment of the San Francisco Mint the Gold Rush Laurie	$100 [12] Some of the earliest ragtime came from minstrels doing a version of this popular "pastry" dance cake walk Roy	$100 [7] Daughter of Boston mayor John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, she was born July 22, 1890 Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Roy
$200 [2] It was 1st called a biscuit, then a sandwich & finally in 1974, a chocolate sandwich cookie Oreo Laurie	$200 [18] Andrew Jackson's home, the Hermitage, served as model for the gov's mansion in this Florida capital Tallahassee Roy	$200 [22] At the Moscow games, Scotsman Allan Wells, 28, became the oldest winner of this, the shortest sprint the 100-meter dash Yael	$200 [27] Issued in 1979, this U.S. coin was criticized for looking too much like a quarter the Susan B. Anthony dollar Yael	$200 [13] Song that laments, "Since my man & I ain't together, keeps rainin' all the time" "Stormy Weather" Roy	$200 [8] Mrs. Edwin A. Schlossberg, who had her 1st child after graduating from Columbia Law School Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg Roy
$300 [3] Margarine oleo Yael	$300 [19] Originally called Waterloo, it was renamed for the "Father of Texas" Austin Yael	$300 [23] A 1952 game in this sport had so many fouls, Uruguay finished with only 4 men & Argentina with just 3 basketball Yael	$300 [28] The New Zealand 20-cent coin features this bird the kiwi Yael	$400 [15] A Memphis park was named after this man whose "St. Louis Blues" made him immortal in American music W.C. Handy Roy	$300 [9] She's the mother of Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II & 10 other Kennedys Ethel Kennedy Laurie
$400 [4] Surpass the performance of another outdo	$400 [20] The name of this state capital means "holy faith" Santa Fe Yael	$400 [24] Marine Lt. Billy Mills stunned the world when he won the 10,000m run in 1964 in this city Tokyo Yael	$400 [29] From Greek for "coin", it's one who studies or collects coins a numismatist Yael	DD $500 [14] Title of the following which became a ragtime favorite in the early 1900s: "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" Roy	$400 [10] Maria Shriver of NBC News is the daughter of Sargent Shriver & this Kennedy woman Eunice Kennedy Shriver Roy
$500 [5] In musical directions this means it's important; don't skip it, you have to do it obbligato Laurie	$500 [21] This Kentucky capital claims to have had the 1st Boy Scout troop in the U.S., organized in 1909 Frankfort Yael	$500 [25] This took place on Aug. 23, 1988 at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece the lighting of the Olympic torch Yael	$500 [30] Guinness says the most valuable private coin collection belongs to these Texas brothers the Hunts Yael	$500 [16] One of the last ragtimers, he was 95 years old in '78 when a musical revue named for him opened on B'way Eubie Blake Yael	$500 [11] 1st Kennedy woman to run for Congress, she lost in Maryland in 1986 but may try again Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Roy

Double Jeopardy! Round

IN THE DICTIONARY	OPERA	THE MIDDLE EAST	ASTRONOMY	ACTORS & ACTRESSES	NAME THE POET
$200 [17] From the Greek word for "treasure", it's a book of synonyms thesaurus Yael	$200 [1] "Amahl & the Night Visitors" takes place in a cottage on the road to this biblical town Bethlehem Roy	$200 [8] The Middle East includes parts of this many continents 3 Roy Laurie	$200 [6] From Latin for "mixing bowl", these are found on Mercury & Mars as well as on the Moon craters Laurie	$200 [22] She went from "mayor" of Universal City, California to an L.A. "Police Woman" on TV Angie Dickinson Roy	$200 [27] "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses" Dorothy Parker Roy Laurie
$400 [18] Whether it's shaped like a wedge or a ball, a "peen" is found at the end of this hammer Yael	$400 [2] This "devilish" opera by Gounod was a favorite of Queen Victoria Faust Yael	DD $500 [9] The shrine all Muslims face when they pray is in the city of Mecca in this country Saudi Arabia (the Kaaba) Laurie	$400 [7] People often mistake this brightest planet for a UFO Venus Yael	$400 [30] He's been a "Delicate Delinquent", "Disorderly Orderly" & "Geisha Boy" Jerry Lewis Yael	$400 [26] "I celebrate myself, and sing myself, and what I assume you shall assume" Walt Whitman Yael
$600 [19] This 5-letter word can precede game, shock or oil company shell Roy	$600 [3] Some 50 years after he wrote his 1st comic opera, this Italian wrote his 2nd, "Falstaff" Verdi Laurie	$600 [11] 2 of the 3 longest rivers in the Middle East Nile & Euphrates (or the Tigris) Yael	$600 [10] This 16th century Polish astronomer spent most of his life as a well-to-do clergyman Copernicus Yael	$600 [14] The Film Encyclopedia describes this Kentucky-born actor as a "Samson-size star of the '40s & '50s" Victor Mature Roy	$600 [23] "Do not go gentle into that good night... rage, rage against the dying of the light" Dylan Thomas Yael
$800 [20] You might give a silver "salver", which is one of these, as a wedding gift tray Yael	$800 [4] Marie Antoinette once acted in the play on which Rossini based this opera set in Spain The Barber of Seville Yael	$800 [12] Located on the Persian Gulf & the Gulf of Oman, this country consists of 7 sheikdoms United Arab Emirates Yael	$1,000 [29] Quasar is an acronym for this, meaning "star-like" quasi-stellar	$800 [15] Gable's middle name was Clark while his true first name was this William Roy	$800 [24] This Massachusetts poetess asked, "I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you--nobody--too?" Emily Dickinson Laurie
$1,000 [21] Geophagy is the practice of doing this with earthy substances like clay eating them Yael	$1,000 [5] In the "Elixir of Love", a girl reads the story of these lovers about whom Wagner later wrote an opera Tristan & Isolde Laurie	$1,000 [13] The 2 countries that were at one time part of the British-ruled Palestine Mandate Israel & Jordan Roy	DD $1,500 [28] 1 of the 2 types of orbiting bodies classed as minor planets in our solar systems asteroids Laurie	$1,000 [16] 2 of the 3 men who married "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. & Buddy Rogers Yael	$1,000 [25] Irish poet who wrote, "I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree" William Butler Yeats Laurie

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN HISTORY

Historically significant event of June 17, 1972

the Watergate break-in

Roy "What was the Watergate break-in?" — wagered $3,998

Laurie "What was Watergate" — wagered $6,000

Yael "What is Nixon's resignation?" — wagered $1,000

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