Show #532 1986-12-23 (taped 1986-10-01) Regular

Frank Hughes game 5.

Contestants

Susan Powell-Turton — a retail manager originally from Fort Worth, Texas

Scott Cooper — an Army lawyer from Washington, D.C.

Frank Hughes — an account executive from Torrance, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $24,300)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Frank $600 $1,500 $5,700 $6,600
5-day champion: $30,900
$5,900
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Scott $200 $500 $3,300 $0
3rd place: an Emerson audio rack system
$3,100
12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Susan $100 $300 $2,800 $2
2nd place: a trip to San Francisco
$2,500
10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING LAKES & RIVERS SPECTATOR SPORTS DINING OUT MORTAL MATTERS FEMALE FACTS
$100 [13]
Of a dove, pigeon, or lovebird, the 1 you could train to say "Polly wants a cracker"
Lovebird
Frank
$100 [10]
Because of their salt water, the Caspian & Aral, 1st & 4th largest lakes in the world, are called these
Seas
Susan
$100 [1]
In 1954, NBA scoring & attendance dramatically increased when teams had to do this within 24 sec.
Take a shot
Scott
$100 [7]
"Restaurant" comes from the Latin "restaurare", which means to do this. as to one's strength
Restore
Susan
$100 [2]
A TV version of this Arthur Miller play starring Dustin Hoffman came in the ratings
Death of a Salesman
Scott
$200 [22]
As of 1986, Miss Americas are no longer "3-dimensional", as these stats have been dropped from telecasts
Figure measurements
Frank
$200 [14]
Of an exacta, quinella, or daily double, bet in which you must pick winner of 2 successive races
Daily double
Frank Susan
$200 [11]
Australia's longest permanently flowing river; also the surname of Jan & Anne
Murray
Susan
$200 [20]
Up through 1920, baseball fans could see this many games in a day for the price of only 1
3
$200 [8]
If you're "'shelling out" for the Italian pasta called conchiglie, it should be shaped like this
A shell
Susan
$200 [3]
A General Motors ad in Flemish translated to "Corpse by Fisher" instead of this
"Body by Fisher"
Frank
$300 [23]
1 study said white, single, educated woman over 40 are more likely to be killed by a terrorist than find this
A husband
Scott
$300 [15]
Of an optician, optometrist, & ophthalmologist, the 1 that's not a doctor
Optician
Susan
DD $200 [19]
1 of the 3 state capitals that lie on the Missouri River
Bismarck, Pierre, or Jefferson City
Frank
$300 [21]
The largest grandstand at a race track, 1/4 mi. long & seating 30,000, is found at this Triple Crown site
Belmont
Frank Susan
$300 [9]
You'd most properly order a Charlotte, Russe for this dinner course
Dessert
Susan
$300 [4]
Phil Spector got the title of this Teddy Bears hit from his father's tombstone
"To Know Him is to Love Him"
$400 [16]
Of a fen, swamp, or marsh, the 1 where woody plants don't grow but grasses & lilies do
Marsh
$300 [12]
Changing names many times on its 2900 mile course, the Congo River is called this in Zaire
Zaire
$400 [5]
In Henry VI Pt. II Dick shouts "the 1st thing we do, let's kill all the... members of this profession
Lawyers
Frank
$500 [17]
Of a mediator, arbitrator, or conciliator, the 1 whose decision is legally binding
Arbitrator
Frank
$400 [18]
This major Swiss lake is actually a widening of "France's" Rhone River
Lake Geneva
Frank
$500 [6]
Tree of Peace transplanted from Costa Rica's "Mt. of the Dead" to this NYC site died after 2 months
United Nations

Double Jeopardy! Round

TRADE NAME ORIGINS POP INSTRUMENTALS BOOKS & AUTHORS IRELAND MAD SCIENTISTS TIME
$200 [22]
Tho elves appeared in the ads, this Eastman camera got name from designer Brownell's nickname
The Brownie
Scott
$200 [17]
"Theme from the Apartment", "Exodus" & "Midnight Cowboy" were all top 10 hits by this piano duo
Ferrante & Teicher
Scott
$200 [2]
In her best seller "Enter Talking", she credits Carson with giving her her big break
Joan Rivers
Scott
$200 [1]
Bogs still covering 1/9 of the island are valuable sources of this fuel
Peat
Scott Susan
$200 [11]
Many mistakenly think it's the name of the monster, but it's really the name of the scientist who made him
Frankenstein
Scott
$400 [13]
Psychological disruption of bodily rhythms caused by high-speed air travel thru several time zones
Jet lag
Susan
$400 [26]
This medication derives its name from "continuous action", since its effect last several hours
Contac
Frank
$400 [18]
Being featured in the 1980 Winter Olympic ceremonies made this flugelist "feel so good"
Chuck Mangione
Susan
$400 [4]
This author of "The Martian Chronicles" & "Fahrenheit 451" lives in L.A. but doesn't drive
Ray Bradbury
Frank
$400 [3]
Before 500 B.C. the Celts came to Ireland from this Gallic, not Gaelic, country
France
Scott
$400 [12]
Peter Sellers played an RAF captain, the president of the U.S. & this "mad scientist" in a '64 film
Dr. Strangelove
Scott
$600 [14]
Sidereal time is measured by the Earth's rotation in relation to these; just ask Sydney Omarr
Stars
Scott Susan
$600 [25]
From Latin for "snowy", this cream's name refers to its coolness & ability to keep skin white
Nivea
Frank
$800 [20]
Working with only a "fraction" of the material, Walter Murphy made it to #1 with this piece in '76
Beethoven's 5th
Frank
$600 [5]
1983 Umberto Eco best seller about murder in a medieval monastery
The Name of the Rose
Frank
$600 [8]
Noted for "heh! heh! heh!" laugh, mad scientist Dr. Sivana was this comic book superhero's arch-rival
Captain Marvel
$800 [15]
When the sun crosses the celestial meridian at any particular place, it's this time there
12 noon
Frank
$800 [24]
Originally used for transporting miners in Minn., they were: painted gray because of dusty roads
Greyhound
DD $900 [19]
2 of 5 current TV shows with themes by Mike Post
Magnum P.I., L.A. Law, Hill Street Blues, The A-Team, Hunter
Susan
$800 [6]
In 1986, his 2nd posthumous novel, "The Garden of Eden", was published 25 years after his death
Ernest Hemingway
Frank
DD $1,000 [9]
Singer who portrays a mad scientist in the followingsong
(Bobby "Boris") Pickett
Scott
$1,000 [16]
Term for time long past, specifically antedating legal records from the year 1189
Time immemorial
Scott
$1,000 [23]
Paperback symbol chosen because it had an "air of dignified flippancy & was easy to draw in black & white"
Penguin
Scott
$1,000 [21]
This 1955 hit by Billy Vaughn was in the Top 40 27 weeks, longer than any other pop instrumental
"The Melody of Love"
$1,000 [7]
Author of "No Exit" in 1945, he said no thanks to a Nobel Prize in 1964
(Jean-Paul) Sartre
Scott
$1,000 [10]
While Ed Norton was probably his foremost fan, mad scientist Dr. Pauli was his foremost enemy
Captain Video
Frank

Final Jeopardy!

MYTHOLOGY

Though it's said he fathered 50 sons, Priam was the last king of this city-state

Troy

Susan "What is Rome?" — wagered $2,798
Scott "What is Sparta?" — wagered $3,300
Frank "What is Troy" — wagered $900

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