Show #615 1987-04-17 (taped 1986-12-10) Regular

Every clue was prepared byJeopardy!staff researcher Victoria Haselton, whose ESL class she taught was in the audience.

Contestants

Anne Hallerman — a nursery school teacher from Richmond, Virginia

Bill Johnston — an aerospace engineer from Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Jim Ryan — a writer from Alexandria, Virginia (whose 4-day cash winnings total $30,250)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jim	$-100	$500	$2,200	$4,400 3rd place: a Catalina cruise	$2,000 13 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Bill	$300	$1,100	$5,300	$6,000 2nd place: an Emerson video recorder + Karl-Lorimar home videos	$5,500 13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Anne	$-100	$3,100	$5,900	$10,601 New champion: $10,601	$5,900 17 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

BIRDS	GEMS	FOREIGN SPORTS	ADVERTISING MYTHOLOGY	CHILDREN'S SONGS	GET THE "POINT"
$100 [5] In Holland, if you find one of these living on your roof, expect good luck &, maybe, a bigger family a stork Jim	$100 [21] On Oct. 1. 1983, Gov. Deukmejian approved benitoite as this state's official gemstone California Jim	$100 [22] In '86, American Greg Lemond pedalled 2500 miles to become the 1st non-European ever to win this the Tour de France Bill	$100 [7] Naming it after a Buddhist goddess, this company 1st called their camera a "Kwanon" Canon Jim	$100 [8] Handicapped rodents mutilated by farmers wife "Three Blind Mice" Jim	$100 [1] Impressing your boss will earn these, even if you're not a young Girl Scout brownie point Bill Anne
$200 [6] When ducks molt all their wing feathers at the same time, they can't do this fly Anne	$200 [23] The color of this soft gem varies according to the waters from which it comes pearl Anne	$200 [27] Eton boys are called dry-bobs if they play cricket & this if they row wet-bobs Anne	$200 [14] His winged foot appears between the "Good" & the "Year" in the company logo Mercury Bill	$200 [9] Young couple in hiking tragedy; boy sustains grave head injury "Jack and Jill" Jim	$200 [2] According to Robert's Rules, any member who notices a breach of a rule may rise to this a point of order Jim
$300 [15] Puffins use these, rather than feet, to propel them while swimming underwater wings Bill	$300 [24] It's not the drill but this powdered gem which, rubbed on by the drill, cuts the stone diamond Jim	—	$300 [18] He used to carry the heavens on his shoulders; now he moves furniture Atlas Anne	$300 [10] Female suspect named in sheep incident at local school "Mary Had A Little Lamb" Bill Anne	$400 [4] Seurat developed this painting technique which uses small dots of individual colors the pointillist technique Bill
$400 [16] Of cliff, barn, or cave swallows, the species that returns to San Juan Capistrano cliff swallows Anne	$400 [25] In the early '7os, feuds among miners closed the emerald mines in this northern-most country in South America Colombia Jim	—	$400 [19] This Trojan War veteran fights stains in your sink Ajax Anne	$400 [11] Placed by parents perilous perch, infant takes plunge in windstorm "Rock-a-bye Baby On A Treetop" Anne	DD $500 [3] She left her sisters in 1978 & had this hit in 1979 Bonnie Pointer Jim
$500 [17] The Pacific, Central, & Mississippi flyways are among the North American routes birds use for this migration Anne	$500 [26] The French called it the "Turkish stone", but the finest comes from Nishapur, Iran turquoise	—	$500 [20] Homer's "rosy fingered dawn", she makes bathrooms rosy with her pastel prints Aurora Bill	$500 [12] Arachnid escapes drowning in sudden cloudburst "The Eensy Weensy Spider" Jim Anne	$500 [13] If your airplane has insufficient fuel to go back to where it started, you're here the point of no return

Double Jeopardy! Round

CONSERVATION	MUSEUMS	AUTOS BY THE NUMBERS	WOMEN AUTHORS	RELIGION	EUPHEMISMS
$200 [11] 4000 Finnish women have pledged not to have these until Finland changes its nuclear energy policy children Anne	$200 [6] Both Montezuma & emperor Maximilian had palaces on site of this country's Nat'l Museum of History Mexico Bill	$200 [19] XJ6 Jaguar Bill	$200 [22] Margaret Sanger dedicated her book on birth control to this relative who had had 11 children her mother Anne	$200 [1] Mohammed's flight from this city marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar Mecca Bill	$200 [12] It's "the, bottomless pit , "Gehenna", "blazes", "blue blazes", or "you-know-where" Hades (Hell) Anne
$400 [15] In 1986 members of the Sea Shepherd Society sank 2 of 4 Icelandic ships which hunted these whales Jim	$400 [7] When Lord Elgin took Greek sculptures from the Parthenon, he sold them to this museum the British Museum Anne	—	$400 [23] Natives on her African coffee plantation believe she was writing a new Koran Isak Dinesen Jim	$400 [2] Ancient Japanese shugendo teaches that sacred power can be found at the top of these mountains Jim	$400 [13] In prison, it's known as "the hair curler" because it gives you a "permanent wave" an electric chair Jim
$600 [16] It's said in 1974 soviets could earn a copy of "Hound of the Baskervilles" for recycling this paper	$600 [8] F. Lloyd Wright designed this NYC museum around a spiral ramp so that visitors would not lose their way the Guggenheim Museum Bill	—	$600 [24] Her only non-fiction work was "Every Night, Josephine!" describing her French poodle's lifestyle Jacqueline Susann Anne	$600 [3] Hindus believe that if you die in the city of Varanasi you will be released from this cycle reincarnation Jim	$600 [14] If you're "eating for 2", you "have 1 of" these pastries "in the oven" a bun Jim Bill Anne
$800 [20] Coca-Cola has decided to shelve cans made of this until they perfect a recycling system plastic Jim	DD $600 [9] 2 of 3 U.S. museums hosting 1st exchange exhibition of 1985 Geneva US/USSR cultural agreement the National Museum, the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Bill	—	$800 [25] Muckraker Ida Tarbell earned the name "terror of the trusts" for her history of this oil co. Standard Oil Bill	$800 [4] It's believed Stonehenge & its sister monument Woodhenge are relics of this Celtic religion the Druid religion Anne	$800 [17] In "The Women's Room" Mira finds this euphemism crossed off the toilet door ladies
$1,000 [21] Hereford, Texas will soon be home of the nation's 1st electric power plant fueled by this (cow) manure Anne	$1,000 [10] Commissioned as offices by the Medicis in 1559, this Florence palace now houses Botticellis Uffizi Palace	—	—	$1,000 [5] The way the Catholic church sees it, he was revolting--starting October 31, 1517 Martin Luther Bill	DD $1,700 [18] In the lingo of hospital & gov't this pair becomes "negative patient care outcome & income enhancement" death and taxes Jim

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD LEADERS

In 1962, he asked "How can you... govern a country that has 246 different kinds of cheese?"

Charles de Gaulle

Jim "Who is Charles de Gaulle?" — wagered $2,200

Bill "Who was de Gaulle" — wagered $700

Anne "Who is Charles de Gaulle?" — wagered $4,701

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