Show #624 1987-04-30 (taped 1987-01-07) Regular

Contestants

Ira Levine — a banker from Studio City, California

Lance King — a teacher originally from Buffalo, New York

Linda Shewey — a housewife from Richmond, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Linda $800 $2,400 $3,200 $6,200
2-day champion: $14,200
$3,200
13 R, 4 W
Lance $100 $1,200 $3,400 $400
3rd place: Maytag washer & dryer
$3,900
16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Ira $-100 $600 $1,400 $1,800
2nd place: trip on Eastern to Atlanta & stay at Viscount Hotel
$1,400
7 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

FOOTBALL FRANCE THE INSTRUMENT PLAYED NURSERY RHYMES DOGS THE JET SET
$100 [1]
In the U.S. a football field is a little larger than this common land measurement
acre
Lance
$100 [17]
The chateau at Usse, not one in Anaheim, is said to be the inspiration for this fairy tale
Sleeping Beauty
Ira
$100 [26]
Al Hirt, Harry James, & Herb Alpert
trumpet
Lance
$100 [4]
It scared Miss Muffet off her tuffet
spider
Lance
$100 [14]
In this war, the U.S. used Labrador retrievers to stalk & track enemy camps in the jungle
Vietnam War
$100 [11]
It's said her marriage contract with Onassis limited him to "3 connubial visits" per week
Jackie Onassis
Linda
$200 [2]
In the pros, it was 5'2" Jack Shapiro
shortest player
Lance
$200 [18]
They could almost hang a "closed for vacation" sign on Paris during this summer month
August
Ira
$200 [27]
Chico Marx, Duke Ellington, & Elton John
piano
Lance
$200 [7]
In "The Queen of Hearts" the King of Hearts beat him "full sore"
the Knave of Hearts
Lance
$300 [16]
It's said early nobility kept lap dogs in their laps to draw these pests off themselves
fleas
Linda
$200 [12]
Ex-MGM boss who said, "I wept because I had no movie studio, until I met a man who had no sports teams"
Ted Turner
$300 [3]
Of 20, 25, or 30, # of seconds a college team has to put the ball in play
25
Linda Lance
$300 [19]
Pilgrimage center that is home of the 2nd largest Roman Catholic church in the world
Lourdes
Linda
$300 [28]
Christopher Parkening, Django Reinhardt, & Joan Jett
guitar
$300 [8]
In some southern versions, the 3rd little pig doesn't get roast beef but these pig innards
chitlins
Lance
$400 [22]
Though hounds, the borzoi, saluki, & whippet depend on this sense to hunt their prey
sight
Linda Lance Ira
$300 [13]
Prince Andrew's mother-in-law lives with a polo player in this country against which Andrew fought
Argentina
Lance
$400 [5]
Ohio State coach who said, "When you pass the ball, 3 things can happen, & 2 of them are bad"
Woody Hayes
Linda
$400 [23]
I.M. Pei designed a 70' glass pyramid as an addition to this famous French museum
Louvre
Lance
$400 [29]
Woody Allen, Jimmy Dorsey, & Artie Shaw
clarinet
Linda
$400 [9]
It's where the crooked man who went a crooked mile found a crooked sixpence
against a crooked stile
Ira
DD $500 [15]
Number of teeth an adult dogs has, 10 more than an adult human
42
Lance
$400 [20]
This "Rive Gauche" designer swore to get his revenge on those who once "terrorized & bullied" him
Yves St. Laurent
$500 [6]
Until 1936, college teams also competed for this "colorful" Canadian Football League trophy
Grey Cup
Linda
$500 [25]
Surprisingly, this, not grapes, is France's leading single crop
wheat
$500 [10]
Perhaps Little Tommy Tucker's voice wasn't that great, since all he got for supper was this
white bread & butter
Linda Lance Ira
$500 [24]
It's said when he died in Greece, this English romantic poet still carried the collar of his deceased dog
Byron
Linda
$500 [21]
"Turn your old ermine coat into a bathrobe," said this Vogue editor in her book "D.V."
Diane von Furstenberg
Linda

Double Jeopardy! Round

19THCENTURY AMERICA SHAKESPEARE ON BROADWAY "FORT"s BUSINESS BIGGIES WINE ADD A LETTER
$200 [8]
This 19th century American war created an enormous demand for rope
Civil War
Linda Lance
$200 [14]
For "West Side Story", Romeo & Juliet became these 2
Tony & Maria
Lance
$200 [7]
The 1st military flight took place at this post named for a Texan founding father
Fort Sam Houston
Linda
$200 [1]
Said to be largest cereal mill in world, this co.'s mill in Cedar Rapids, Iowa really feels its oats
Quaker
Lance
$200 [10]
From Old German for "wormwood", it's the wine that turns plain gin into a martini
vermouth
Ira
$200 [2]
Adding a "P" to the end of this liquor turns it into this word for your end
rum & rump
$400 [13]
It's said the Shakers were the 1st to sell these garden products in small, labeled paper packets
seeds
Linda
$400 [15]
Gower Champion staged a "Rockabye" version of this tragedy to say "Good night, sweet prince"
Hamlet
Linda
DD $300 [9]
Home of TV cavalry unit whose theme was thefollowing:"His medal of honor pleased and thrilled / His proud little family group / While pinning it on some blood was spilled / And so it was planned he'd command F Troop / Where Indian fights are colorful sights and nobody takes a lickin'..."
Fort Courage
Lance
$400 [11]
Name of this sportswear firm was derived from founder's name, Adolf "Adi" Dassler
Adidas
$400 [21]
The finest wines of this country come from the Piedmont region in the north
Italy
Ira
$400 [3]
Add an "F" to this body of water & it turns into this, a frozen crystal of water vapor
lake & flake
$600 [16]
From 1801-1805, the Tripolian War was fought against them
Barbary pirates
Linda
$600 [19]
In 1775, Benedict Arnold, not Ethan Allen, 1st thought of an attack on this British stronghold
Fort Ticonderoga
Linda
$600 [12]
In 1976, this Philip Morris brand knocked off Winston as #1 selling cigarette in the U.S.
Marlboro
DD $500 [5]
Adding a "P" to the end of this word for streetcar gets you this un"desire"able
tram & tramp
Lance
$800 [17]
Last Whig to be elected president, he refused postage due letter informing him of nomination
Zachary Taylor
Ira
$800 [20]
Seeing the flag still waving over this fort inspired Francis Scott Key to write the national anthem
Fort McHenry
Lance
$600 [4]
Adding an "L" to this barnyard animal which gives you the time of day yields this object which also does
cock & clock
Lance
$1,000 [18]
Begun in 1817, the Erie Canal was designed by this New York governor
(DeWitt) Clinton
Ira
$1,000 [6]
Put an "L" in this vessel, & it swells up to this word for "swell"
boat & bloat
Lance

Final Jeopardy!

MEDICINE

In 1977, the world's last naturally-occurring case of this disease occurred in Somalia

smallpox

Ira "What is small pox" — wagered $400
Linda "What is small pox?" — wagered $3,000
Lance "What is leprosy?" — wagered $3,000

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