Show #942 1988-10-11 (taped 1988-08-01) Regular

Contestants

Mike Myers — a director of marketing originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

John Krahulec — a computer consultant originally from Buffalo, New York

Alec Iorio — an international freight forwarder originally from St. Louis, Missouri (whose 2-day cash winnings total $10,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Alec $2,400 $4,500 $4,200 $2,900
3-day champion: $13,700
$10,700
27 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
John $0 $-700 $700 $1,398
2nd place: Emerson video camcorder & Easy-Rest recliner and sofa bed + either the Jeopardy! box game or the Jeopardy! Challenger
$700
5 R, 4 W
Mike $400 $1,000 $1,400 $0
3rd place: Greif Companies his-and-her tailored clothing + either the Jeopardy! box game or the Jeopardy! Challenger
$1,400
9 R, 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

TV STARS DELAWARE GAMES FRENCH FOOD TERMS COLLEGES FINAL RESTING PLACES
$100 [1]
These comic siblings own a California winery that produces "mom's favorite red"
Smothers Brothers
Mike
$100 [2]
In 1631 this country established the 1st European settlement in Delaware, at Zwaanendael
The Netherlands
Alec Mike
$100 [6]
In haunted houses, rattling bones are skeletons; in casinos, rattling "bones" are these
Dice
Alec
$100 [12]
This French salad dressing both means & is made with a "little vinegar"
Vinaigrette
Alec
$100 [16]
It has the largest university library in the U.S.
Harvard
$100 [14]
His tomb in the Hollywood Hills rests between 2 trees shaped like candelabras
Liberace
John
$200 [3]
A Los Angeles DJ jokingly said that to say this "Equalizer" star's name, you'd have to say "wood" 3 times
Edward Woodward
Alec
$200 [22]
These people destroyed the 1st European settlement in Delaware, in 1632
Native Americans
Alec
$200 [8]
The 1st square after "Go" in Monopoly, it's impossible to land there on your 1st roll
Mediterranean
Alec
$200 [13]
In French, this cut of steak is literally a "dainty fillet"
Filet mignon
John
$200 [17]
This service academy was founded in 1845 at the Army's Fort Severn
U.S. Naval Academy
John
$200 [15]
Poet Ben Jonson was buried in this position, probably because it was cheaper that way
Vertically (standing up)
Mike
$300 [4]
Guest host on "The Tonight Show", he once appeared on the cover of People as "The Sexiest Man Alive"
Jay Leno
$300 [9]
The highest-numbered solid-colored ball in a standard game of pocket billiards
8
Alec
$300 [19]
"Crunchy little balls" in French, these are often made of seafood
Croquettes
Alec John
$300 [18]
From Latin "to initiate", it marks the end, not the beginning, of a college career
Commencement
Alec
$300 [25]
Jonathan Swift is buried in this capital next to a woman called Stella, thought to be his secret wife
Dublin
$400 [5]
One of the big three, this TV anchorman dropped out of prep school in the 10th grade
Peter Jennings
Mike
$500 [11]
No matter what word the 1st player puts down in "Scrabble", he always receives this bonus
Double Word
Alec
$400 [20]
French for "rawness", these are raw vegetables served as appetizers
Crudités
Mike
$400 [23]
The University of New Haven is actually located in West Haven in this state
Connecticut
Alec
$400 [26]
In 1944 this lady evangelist was reportedly buried with a working telephone beside her
Aimee Semple McPherson
Alec
$500 [7]
In June 1988 her "Family" was renamed "The Hogan Family"
Valerie Harper
Alec
DD $1,000 [10]
Games that are the title subject of thefollowingsong:
"Games People Play"
Alec
$500 [21]
Not a canonized Frenchman but a term for various types of thick pea soup
Saint-Germain
$500 [24]
Operated by the Congregation of Holy Cross, this university has its own hotel, power plant & post office
Notre Dame
Alec
$500 [27]
Cecil B. De Mille is buried behind this movie studio where he filmed his biblical spectaculars
Paramount Studios
John

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT HISTORY MAN IN SPACE WORD ORIGINS SCANDINAVIA BIOGRAPHIES BIRDS
$200 [6]
He's known to most by this Latin adaptation of his Chinese title, Kung Fu-Tzu
Confucius
Alec
$200 [13]
In June 1985 Prince Sultan Salman Al-Saud went into space in one of this country's spacecrafts
United States
Alec Mike
$200 [1]
From the Greek "ek", meaning out & "kentron" meaning center, it's a person who's a little off-center
Eccentric
Alec
$200 [26]
It's the largest of the Scandinavian countries
Sweden
Alec John Mike
$200 [11]
"Bogey's Baby"
Lauren Bacall
Alec
$200 [21]
Often vividly colored, it's the most prominent feature of a toucan
Beak
Mike
$600 [8]
This small country included the great ports of Tyre & Sidon
Phoenicia
Alec Mike
$400 [14]
Number of times Sally Ride rode into space
Two
John
$400 [2]
From the Latin "mirari", to wonder at, we get miracle & this device people look into
Mirror
Alec
$400 [27]
Discovery of oil under the North Sea has transformed this country's economy
Norway
Mike
$400 [12]
"Come Up & See Me Some Time!"
Mae West
John
$400 [22]
The Asian jungle fowl is the direct ancestor of this domestic bird
Chicken
Alec
$800 [9]
After his death in 922 B.C., the 12 tribes of Israel split into 2 kingdoms
Solomon
Alec
$600 [15]
On this Apollo mission, a tank on the service module exploded & the lunar module was used as a lifeboat
Apollo 13
Mike
$600 [3]
Type of building named for Rome's Palatine Hill which had some
Palace
Mike
$600 [28]
He was chief of the gods in both Scandinavian & German mythology
Odin (or Woden)
Alec Mike
$600 [16]
"Notes on a Cowardly Lion"
Bert Lahr
Alec
$600 [23]
This urban bird produces a substance called crop milk to feed its young
Pigeon
Alec
$1,000 [10]
Upon his assassination in 336 B.C., he was succeeded by his son, Alexander the Great
Philip II of Macedon
Alec
$800 [18]
On April 18, 1985 Reagan asked, by radio, if this senator would come back down & help him with the budget
Jake Garn
Mike
$800 [4]
Sports whose name is derived from the phrase "association football"
Soccer
Alec
$800 [17]
"Wired", by Bob Woodward
John Belushi
John
$800 [24]
One scene in "Out of Africa" featured Lake Nakuru & the 2 million of these birds that inhabit it
Flamingos
DD $7,100 [7]
An ancient parallel to today's Suez Canal was a canal linking the Nile river & this sea
Red Sea
Alec
$1,000 [19]
Skylab was originally the 3rd stage of this rocket
Saturn
Mike
$1,000 [5]
Its name comes from the place from which much of it is shipped, Oporto, Portugal
Port wine
Alec
$1,000 [20]
President profiled in "Mornings on Horseback"
Theodore Roosevelt
Alec
$1,000 [25]
This government service regulates all banding of migratory birds in the U.S.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Final Jeopardy!

1988

In April the late Dr. Paul D. White became familiar to many people who saw his portrait on this

A stamp

John "What is a stamp" — wagered $698
Mike "What is ?" — wagered $1,400
Alec "What is TV?" — wagered $1,300

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