Show #1064 1989-03-30 (taped 1988-12-06) Regular

Jim Tompkins-MacLaine game 1.

Contestants

Jim Tompkins-MacLaine — a musician originally from Tiffin, Ohio

Alan Israel — a coin laundry owner from Redondo Beach, California

Hugh McElaney — a U.S. Air Force contract negotiator from Upton, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Hugh $500 $1,300 $2,100 $2,599
2nd place: Trip to the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Fort Lauderdale
$5,100
10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Alan $1,500 $800 $800 $0
3rd place: Whirlpool French door refrigerator
$700
10 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Jim $800 $3,200 $9,400 $10,000
New champion: $10,000
$10,200
27 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "S" NEW YORK CITY BABIES BRITISH POLITICS SURVEYS POTPOURRI
$100 [1]
Kookie worked at Dino's Lounge, a restaurant next door to this address
77 Sunset Strip
Jim
$100 [7]
Manhattan's longest street, one section of it is known as "The Great White Way"
Broadway
Jim
$100 [2]
Fed. standards require these have mattresses that fit snugly in the frame & slats no more than 2 3/8" apart
cribs
Hugh
$100 [13]
Although it hasn't been done since the early 1700s, the queen has the right to do this to legislation
veto (or reject it)
Jim
$100 [23]
Biggest market outside France for the genuine version of this is Britain; doesn't that pop your cork
champagne
Jim
$100 [15]
In a letter on his discoveries, Amerigo Vespucci used the term "Mundus Novus", meaning this
New World
Jim
$200 [3]
A particularly forceful scoring shot in basketball
slam dunk
Alan
$200 [9]
You'll probably get a kick out of seeing the Rockettes perform at this theater, their home
Radio City Music Hall
Jim
$200 [8]
This body part accounts for 1/4 of a baby's height but only about 1/7 of an adult's body
the head
Alan
$200 [18]
Of Parliament's 2 houses, it is referred to as the upper house
House of Lords
Jim
$200 [24]
In an August 1988 poll, 76% of adults said these sporting events improve cooperation among nations
the Olympic Games
Alan
$200 [16]
Oh Cisco, it's the nickname of tennis star Richard Alonzo Gonzales
Pancho
Jim
$300 [4]
Slang for a diamond, or a type of handheld firework that emits tiny glittering flashes
sparkler
Alan
$300 [11]
It includes the homes of the NYC Ballet, the NYC Opera & the Juilliard School of Music
Lincoln Center
Jim
$300 [10]
The La Leche League says this is the best food for infants
mother's milk
Alan
$300 [25]
By order of popularity, the top 5 in L.A. are Lady, Max, Brandy, Duke & Rocky
dog names
$300 [17]
The purse in the 1988 Monopoly World Championships was $15,140 for this reason
the amount of money in the bank of the Monopoly game
Hugh
DD $500 [5]
Ency. Britannica says thisis 1 of most frequently recorded pop songs of all time:
"Stardust"
Alan
$400 [21]
Famous as a literary hangout, this hotel bears the same name as the Indian tribe that once inhabited the area
the Algonquin Hotel
Jim
$400 [12]
A woman is in the best physical shape for pregnancy during this decade of her life
her twenties
Hugh
$400 [26]
In a survey by Rolling Stone magazine, this Rolling Stones hit was the No. 1 single of the past 25 years
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Jim
$400 [19]
Varieties of this include the sugar & the Swiss chard
beets
Alan
$500 [6]
E.B. White wrote the classic cartoon caption "I say it's" this "and I say the hell with it"
spinach
$500 [22]
In 1933 King Kong climbed the Empire State Building; in 1976 he climbed these twin skyscrapers
the World Trade Center
Hugh
$500 [14]
Baby Talk magazine says some babies may outgrow this clothing size before they are born
newborn size
Alan Jim
$500 [20]
The capital of Nova Scotia was named after George Montagu Dunk, the 2nd Earl of this
Halifax
Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC NAMES FASHION DESIGNERS SCIENCE BOOKS & AUTHORS ACTORS & ROLES "O" ON THE MAP
$200 [1]
In 1867 this country returned to imperial rule under a teenager called Meiji
Japan
Alan
$200 [16]
Oleg Cassini is perhaps most famous for designing clothes for this First Lady
Jacqueline Kennedy
Jim
$200 [26]
Of AC, BC or DC, the current you get from a battery
DC (direct current)
Hugh Jim
$200 [14]
According to the title of a 1969 Philip Roth novel, it's what Alexander Portnoy had
a complaint
Jim
$200 [9]
He played a "Good Neighbor" named "Sam"
Jack Lemmon
Jim
$200 [3]
The capital of Canada & the province in which it lies
Ottawa, Ontario
Alan
$400 [2]
This U.S. general was nicknamed "Black Jack" when he led black troops, not when he played cards
John J. Pershing
Hugh
$400 [17]
Adolfo is perhaps most famous for designing clothes for this First Lady
Nancy Reagan
Alan
$400 [27]
Darwin explained how the fittest of each species survived through this evolutionary process
natural selection
Hugh Alan
$400 [19]
In a Poe story, Roderick Usher had a visitor come to his house during this season
fall
Jim
$400 [10]
Broadway's "Sweet Charity", she was Magnum's mom on "Magnum, P.I."
Gwen Verdon
Jim
$400 [5]
Though called its "Maid", Joan just liberated this city, she didn't do windows
Orleans
Alan
$600 [4]
In 19th century America, she was known as "The Moses of Her People"
Harriet Tubman
Hugh
$600 [20]
He owns a 13,000-acre spread in Colorado, the Double RL Ranch, named for himself & his wife, Ricky
Ralph Lauren
Jim
$600 [23]
When you repeat the twice-told tales he published in 1837, that makes them thrice-told
Hawthorne
Hugh
$600 [11]
Before playing the psychic Tangina in this film, 4' 3" Zelda Rubinstein worked on a shrimp boat
Poltergeist
Jim
$600 [7]
The largest of the Ryukyu Islands, the U.S. still has bases on it
Okinawa
Jim
$800 [6]
Cabinet member who was stabbed the same night Lincoln was shot
Seward
Hugh Alan
$800 [21]
The daughter of a concentration camp survivor, she grew up in Brussels & married a prince
Diane von Furstenberg
Jim
$1,000 [25]
Author of 1931's "Tragic America", he also wrote 1925's "An American Tragedy"
Thedore Dreiser
Jim
$800 [12]
Gregory Peck said his favorite role was Atticus Finch in this film that won him an Oscar
To Kill a Mockingbird
Jim
DD $800 [8]
Term for that part of the globe which includes the Pacific islands, Australia & New Zealand
Oceania
Jim
$1,000 [18]
The supporters of this exiled Stuart king were known as Jacobites
King James II
Hugh Jim
$1,000 [22]
This svelte socialite was only 21 when she married 63-year-old conductor L. Stokowski
Gloria Vanderbilt
Jim
DD $3,000 [24]
This 1979 Norman Mailer novel has been compared to Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood"
The Executioner's Song
Hugh
$1,000 [13]
She gained 25 pounds to play "Madame Sousatzka"
Shirley MacLaine
Hugh
$1,000 [15]
This river forms part of the boundary between Colombia & Venezuela
the Orinoco
Jim

Final Jeopardy!

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

Headquartered near St. Paul, this company churns out the top-selling brand of butter in the U.S.

Land O’Lakes

Alan "What is Dairy Maid" — wagered $800
Hugh "What is Land O Lakes" — wagered $499
Jim "What is "Land O Lakes"?" — wagered $600

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