Show #946 1988-10-17 (taped 1988-08-02) Regular

Contestants

John Heacock — a waiter and teacher originally from Monkton, Maryland

Carl Rush — a consultant from San Francisco, California

Sherry Schwabacher — a metaphysical bookstore clerk from Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi (whose 2-day cash winnings total $10,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sherry	$1,700	$2,000	$6,000	$1,799 2nd place: Keller dining furniture & Troy lighting	$6,600 18 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Carl	$200	$1,300	$4,100	$0 3rd place: Ricardo luggage	$5,300 14 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs)
John	$200	$700	$5,100	$1,900 New champion: $1,900	$5,100 14 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

ZOOLOGY	TRANSPORTATION	DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS	OKLAHOMANS	COUNTRY MUSIC	BOWLING
$100 [8] Found in South American waters, they have enough power in their tails to light a dozen lightbulbs electric eels John	$100 [10] By attaching a piston engine to a bicycle, Gottlieb Daimler invented this motorcycle Sherry John	$100 [1] Rhyming with "Voodoo", it means both Voodoo & bad luck Hoodoo Carl	$100 [18] This director of "Splash" & "Cocoon" was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, not Mayberry Ron Howard Carl	$100 [6] This Larry's brothers aren't Darryl & Darryl but Rudy & Steve Gatlin Carl	$100 [16] The National Bowling Hall of Fame is next to Busch Stadium in this city St. Louis Carl
$200 [9] A scorpion's stinger is located there tail Sherry	$200 [11] In answer to the age-old question, archaeologists believe it was invented by the Sumerians the wheel Sherry	$200 [2] One who vends volumes bookseller Sherry	$200 [19] Multibillionaire & art collector who began his career as an oil field worker near Bartlesville John Paul Getty John	$200 [7] Of We Five, The Seekers or The New Christy Minstrels, the folk group Kenny Rogers sang with in 1966 The New Christy Minstrels John	$200 [17] For a right-handed bowler, the "pocket" of a "Brooklyn hit" lies between these 2 pins 1 & the 2 Carl John
$300 [15] In the tropics, these insects may consume up to 1/3 of annual production of dead grass, leaves & wood termites Carl John	$300 [12] When Cleopatra 1st met Antony, she dressed as Aphrodite & entertained him on board this type of ship barge Sherry	$300 [3] Adjective for folks totally lacking the 32 enamel-coated structures used in mastication toothless Sherry	$300 [20] Spavinaw-born baseball star said to have hit the longest home run in Major League history Mickey Mantle John	$300 [24] Husband & wife featured on "Wanted: The Outlaws", country's 1st platinum album Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter	—
$400 [22] About 90% of flea species are found on mammals while about 10% are found on these animals birds Carl	$400 [13] During the '50s students tried to stuff as many of themselves as possible into one of these cars a Volkswagen Bug Sherry	$400 [4] A foolishly optimistic person, like the title heroine of an Eleanor Porter 1914 best seller Pollyanna Sherry	$400 [21] This folk singer, born in 1912, was named for the man elected president that year Woody Guthrie John	DD $600 [25] The followingsingerhas had more No. 1 hits than any other artist in any field of music:"She tried to hide it by the faded denim clothes she wore / But I knew she'd never been inside a bar before / And I felt like a peasant who just had met a queen / And she knew I saw right through those tight fittin' jeans..." Conway Twitty Sherry	—
$500 [23] Snake family named for the facial indentations where their heat sensors are located pit vipers Sherry	$500 [14] It was the 1st mode of public transportation that could travel faster than a horse train (locomotive) Sherry John	$500 [5] Brawl or uproar named for the Irish town whose fairs became famous for their free-for-alls donnybrook Sherry	—	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD LITERATURE	HISTORY	PUCCINI OPERAS	FORTUNE TELLING	AFRICA	WORD ORIGINS
$200 [9] Dostoyevsky's "The House of the Dead" tells of his 4 years spent in a penal colony here Siberia John	$200 [11] In 1867, when it was sold to the U.S. for $7.2 million, only 30,000 people lived there Alaska Carl	$200 [21] "Tosca" was based on a play written for this great French actress of the late 1880s Sarah Bernhardt John	$200 [19] For centuries, seers have read fortunes from these left in the bottom of a cup tea leaves Carl	$200 [15] It was King Leopold II's personal domain in Africa until the Belgian gov't took it over in 1908 the Congo John	$200 [4] These beads or the prayers you say while using them are named for the Latin word for rose garden rosary Sherry
$400 [2] "Rabbit is Rich" not only made him richer, it won him a Pulitzer Prize Updike John	$400 [12] After a revolt failed in 1834, Garibaldi fled overseas to this continent to fight in a guerrilla war South America Carl John	$400 [25] 1 full-length & 3 1-act Puccini operas were 1st staged by this American opera company Metropolitan Opera John	DD $500 [20] Chiromancy, which is this, is the only common form of psychic reading that uses a magnifying glass palmistry Carl	$400 [16] The only river that completely crosses the Sahara Desert Nile	$400 [5] Preferred ship accommodations described as "port out, starboard home" may have evolved into this word posh Sherry
$600 [1] The 1st book by Gertrude Stein to receive major critical attention was this "Autobiography" The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Sherry	$600 [10] In 1930 he made the news when he broke the law making salt from seawater Mohandas Gandhi Carl	$600 [28] Of Mimi, Manon or Musetta, the one who dies of consumption Mimi Sherry	$600 [23] Ancient Greeks believed the gods spoke through prophets called these sibyls* (oracles) Sherry John	$600 [18] Francis Scott Key was a member of the society that founded this African country Liberia Sherry	$600 [6] A hangman at Tyburn Prison was named this, & his name came to be used for any machine that hoists derrick
$800 [3] Creator of "Penrod", he once served as an Indiana State legislator Booth Tarkington Carl	DD $700 [14] 1 of 3 men who gave orations at Stalin's funeral & began wrestling for power right afterwards (1 of) Malenkov, Molotov & (head of the KGB) Lavrentiy Beria Carl	—	$800 [26] In the traditional tarot deck, this figure is suspended upside down with one leg across the other the Hanged Man Carl	$800 [22] This country & its "Equatorial" namesake are located some 1,500 miles apart Guinea Sherry	$800 [7] Since the 1640s this word has meant "one who counts"; the machine arrived over 300 years later computer Sherry John
$1,000 [8] Like his father, this great romantic German writer practiced law Goethe John	$800 [13] The 1st reigning queen of the English house of Tudor "Bloody Mary"	—	$1,000 [27] From Greek for "mind", it's the study of the conformation of the skull to aid in "reading" lives phrenology Sherry	$1,000 [24] Every winter, a famous road rally race is run from Paris to this capital of Senegal Dakar Carl	$1,000 [17] This word for "the West" came from the Latin "to fall" because the west is where the sun fell Occident John

Final Jeopardy!

ACADEMY AWARDS

He was nominated posthumously for "Best Actor" 2 years in a row, in February 1956 & February 1957

James Dean

Carl "Who is Frederic" — wagered $4,100

John "Who is Spencer Tracy?" — wagered $3,200

Sherry "Who was Humphrey Bogar" — wagered $4,201

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