Show #847 1988-04-19 (taped 1988-01-18) Regular

Contestants

Fred Bernstein — an SAT tutor from West Cornwall, Connecticut

Dale Armstrong — a project manager from San Rafael, California

Tom Lawrence — a performing waiter from Davenport, Iowa (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$1,000	$2,100	$9,400	$8,800 2-day champion: $18,800	$9,600 27 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Dale	$300	$2,200	$600	$300 2nd place: trip on Delta to Mexico & stay at Radisson Paraiso Hotel Acapulco + Jeopardy! box game	$600 10 R, 4 W
Fred	$-400	$-600	$100	$1 3rd place: Maytag Jetclean dishwasher + Jeopardy! box game	$-200 6 R (including 1 DD), 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. HISTORY	CHILDREN'S LITERATURE	HOMONYMS	BASEBALL	FURNITURE	TRIVIA
$100 [13] An earthquake in 1811 at New Madrid, Mo. caused this "Big River" to flow backwards for a time Mississippi Tom	$100 [26] Island on which you'd find Ben Gunn marooned Treasure Island Tom	$100 [6] To smooth your press-on nails with an emery board or put them in a cabinet for storing letters file Tom	$100 [1] In 1920, this man hit more home runs than any American League team other than his own Babe Ruth Tom	$100 [18] Adirondack furniture of the early 1900s was made of unmilled hickory sticks, often with this left on bark Dale	$100 [11] To see the Columbia Icefield, largest icefield in the Rockies, head for this country Canada Tom
$200 [14] On Christmas Day, 1868, Andrew Johnson offered amnesty to all who had taken part in this Civil War Tom	—	$200 [7] To hit the boss or refuse to work for him strike Tom	$200 [2] This Boston pitcher was the only one to win 20 or more games in both 1986 & 1987 Roger Clemens Tom	$200 [22] The Dictionary of Furniture says one 18th century name for this style of stuffed seat was the "Turkey Sofa" Ottoman Fred	$200 [12] A classic Sloppy Joe is made with this meat hamburger (ground beef) Dale
$300 [19] In 1901, right after being shot, this president cautioned against hurting his attacker McKinley Tom	—	$300 [8] A braid of hair hanging down in a straight line, or a group of people waiting in a straight line queue Dale	$300 [3] The Cubs' Hack Wilson holds the record for the most of these in 1 season, 190 RBIs Tom	$300 [23] Of Louis XIV, XV, or XVI, style of furniture which is primarily Baroque XIV	$300 [15] The big number on the front of an L.A. firefigher's helmet represents this station number Dale
$400 [20] At this southern showdown in 1815, the British lost over 2000 men, while the U.S. lost only about 20 Battle of New Orleans Dale	—	$400 [9] Term for lowest-ranking Annapolis grad or highest profile newsman on the nightly news broadcast anchorman Tom	$400 [4] In Sept. 1987, an arbitrator found baseball owners guilty of collusion for not doing this in 1985 they did not sign any free agents Tom Fred	$400 [24] Type of chair a cooper might aptly make barrel chair Dale	$400 [16] The arachnid called the harvestman is better known by this "paternal" name daddy longlegs Tom
$500 [21] John Paul Jones' flagship the Bonhomme Richard, was named for this patriot Benjamin Franklin Fred	—	DD $500 [10] It could be mere chance or a stroke of good luck if you caught this flatfish fluke Tom	$500 [5] Though he missed the entire month of April, this Montreal outfielder led the Majors in runs scores in '87 Tim Raines Tom	$500 [25] Popular in 18th century America, highboys & lowboys were these chest of drawers Dale	$500 [17] In English, it's the second person singular pronoun in the nominative case you Fred

Double Jeopardy! Round

NORTH CAROLINA	MUSICALS	SNAKES	FRUITS & VEGETABLES	FOREIGN PHRASES	MAIDEN NAMES
$200 [16] Blowing Rock is called "the only place in the world where snow falls" this way up Tom Fred	$200 [6] In "Of Thee I Sing", a "Miss White House" contest is held to pick a woman for this "job" First Lady Fred	$200 [11] In the U.S., "roundups" of these snakes result in their widespread extermination rattlesnakes Tom	$200 [22] Its varieties include Indian, sweet & pop corn Dale	$200 [21] A Dutch doctor might take a "rontgenfoto" of you, one of these x-ray Tom	$200 [8] Mrs. Blake Edwards Julie Andrews Dale
$400 [30] It took place at Kill Devil Hill on December 17, 1903 the first man-powered flight Tom Dale	$400 [2] Oscar Hammerstein II wrote new lyrics to Bizet's music for this black version of "Carmen" Carmen Jones Tom	$400 [12] Snakes belong to the order squamata, which means covered with these scales Tom	$400 [26] In India, a form of this called "ghee" is made by churning water buffalo milk butter Dale	$400 [20] It's how the Spanish "Bienvenido" translates into German, just ask Joel Grey willkommen Tom	$400 [1] Signora Carlo Ponti Sophia Loren Tom
$600 [27] In 1585, the 1st English colony in America settled on this island, now part of North Carolina Roanoke Dale	$600 [3] This Lerner & Loewe show set in Calif. features a ballet number called "Hand Me Down That Can O' Beans" Paint Your Wagon Tom	$600 [13] Though some say the python is the longest snake, all say this S. American snake is the heaviest anaconda Tom	$600 [23] It was a French chef who pioneered the development of this technique of food storage & preservation canning Tom Dale Fred	$600 [17] In Italian, this celebration night is "Fina d'Anno" New Year's Eve Fred	$600 [7] Mrs. R. Sargent Shriver Eunice Kennedy Tom
$800 [29] This philanthropic tobacco family made Durham a major educational & medical center Duke Fred	$800 [4] In this 1935 musical comedy, Jimmy Durante made his 1st entrance clinging to a huge elephant Jumbo Tom	$800 [14] The Jacobson's organ works with the tongue to let the snake sense these odors (smells) Tom	$800 [24] The catawba is a native North American variety of this fruit grape Dale Fred	$1,000 [19] Translation of the Latin query "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" quoted in the Tower Report Who guards the guards?	$800 [9] Mrs. Mark Gero Liza Minnelli Fred
$1,000 [28] Indian actors star in "Unto These Hills", an outdoor drama based on this tribe's tragic history Cherokee	DD $1,300 [5] Comedian heard here, playing the role of a songwriter in a 1979 musical:"Oh ho they’re playing my song / That table’s humming along / That couple half out the door / Is comin’ back to hear more of my music..." Robert Klein Tom	$1,000 [15] Clocked at a speed of 7 mph, this deadly African snake is said to be the fastest of all snakes black mamba	$1,000 [25] Classifications of this type of tea include gunpowder, imperial & hyson green	DD $1,100 [18] Alphonse Karr wrote in 1849, "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose" & it still means this the more things change the more they stay the same Fred	$1,000 [10] Mrs. Fred MacMurray June Haver Tom

Final Jeopardy!

WORD ORIGINS

This word for a newspaper with capsule stories was originally a trade name of a capsule-like pill

tabloid

Fred "What is" — wagered $99

Dale "What is a digest" — wagered $300

Tom "What is a gazette?" — wagered $600

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