Show #540 1987-01-02 (taped 1986-10-07) Regular

Keith Bell game 1.

Contestants

Keith Bell — a personnel specialist from Alexandria, Virginia

David Weintraub — an assistant professor of travel and tourism from Middletown, New York

J.C. Turner — a pharmacy student from Amelia, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $15,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
J.C. $2,000 $4,900 $6,300 $800
2nd place: Maytag washer & dryer + Donvier ice cream makers
$5,900
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
David $200 $800 $400 $401
3rd place: Panasonic dishwasher
$400
4 R, 2 W
Keith $400 $700 $7,600 $13,901
New champion: $13,901
$9,500
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

FOREIGN PHRASES ODD JOBS 1960 "WILLIAMS" POTATOES MEAT
$100 [9]
Why one might wish to avoid a Viennese sailor leaning over the rail mumbling "Ich bin seekrank"
because he's seasick
J.C.
$100 [14]
He's the guy who keeps your steinway sounding the way it should
a piano tuner
David
$100 [6]
He was re-elected to the U.S. Senate & at the same time elected Vice President of the U.S.
Lyndon Johnson
J.C. Keith
$100 [19]
"Black Clark Gable", he says his career turning point was playing a space pirate in "Star Wars" sequels
Billy Dee Williams
J.C.
$100 [1]
Potatoes are made up of about 20% starch & protein & about 80% this
water
David Keith
$200 [25]
The most popular organ meat, though Dennis the Menace might not agree
liver
J.C.
$200 [10]
It's how things go when they go "de mal en pis"
from bad to worse
J.C.
$200 [15]
Peter Jennings or the athlete who runs the last leg in a relay
an anchor
Keith
$200 [7]
Shirley Jones & Burt Lancaster both won Oscars for their roles in this 1960 film
Elmer Gantry
J.C.
$200 [20]
Unprecedented for an athlete, this "Splendid Splinter" missed 5 seasons while on combat duty
Ted WIlliams
$200 [2]
The external buds on a potato are called this, if you see what I mean
eyes
Keith
$300 [27]
Age at which a lamb becomes a sheep & its meat, mutton
when they're 1
$300 [11]
"Si kitu", it's how Emily Litella would end her "Weekend Update" segment in Swahili
Never mind
J.C.
$300 [16]
Profession most associated with "serving up stax of wax"
disc jockey
Keith
$300 [8]
17 days before leaving office in 1960, President Eisenhower cut diplomatic ties with this country
Cuba
David
$300 [21]
He's responsible for the NBC News theme & in 1985 won 15th Grammy for "Olympic Fanfare & Theme"
John Williams
Keith
$300 [3]
It's said eating 5 lbs. of potatoes a day plus 1 quart of this will provide all nutrients humans need
milk
J.C.
$400 [12]
Latin for "nourishing mother", it denotes the institution that nourished one's mind
the alma mater
$400 [17]
Slang for a fountain worker, it came from pulling the water handle, not from being an idiot
a soda jerk
J.C.
$400 [23]
After a record 8 stays of execution, this author of "Cell 2455 Death Row" was finally executed
(Caryl) Chessman
J.C.
$400 [22]
Though she won America's most coveted beauty drown, her biggest exposure was in "Penthouse"
Vanessa Williams
J.C.
$400 [4]
Producing about ⅓ of global crop, it's the largest potato-growing country in the world
the Soviet Union
$500 [13]
This negative pair is either "Nem...nem" in Portuguese, or "Ni...ni" in Spanish
Neither...nor
J.C.
$500 [18]
Since Pierce Brosnan was unavailable, Timothy Dalton was picked for this odd job
James Bond
J.C.
$500 [24]
Country which led the world in oil production in 1960
the United States
David Keith
DD $900 [26]
If you asked this country singer what he believed in, he'd answer with the following:But I believe in loveI believe in...
Don WIlliams
J.C.
$500 [5]
Leafroll, mosaic, spindle tuber & scab are 4 of these
diseases (that affect potatoes)
J.C.

Double Jeopardy! Round

THEATER SPORTS RULERS LEFTOVERS DIAMONDS THE U.N.
$200 [1]
Chekhov play in which Treplev shoots himself shortly after Nina tells him, "I am a sea gull"
The Sea Gull
J.C.
$200 [7]
Popular sport in which a Whaler could face off against a Flame
ice hockey
J.C.
$200 [6]
Familial relationship of the famous Cleopatra to her 2 husbands who were Egyptian kings
brother and sister
J.C.
$200 [13]
The word navigation comes from Latin "navis", meaning this
ship
J.C.
$600 [23]
Diamonds are sorted at benches covered with paper of this color
white
$800 [24]
In 1965, the Security Council was enlarged from 11 to this many members
15
$400 [2]
So they would look taller, Greek tragic actors wore "kothornoi" which were these
elevator shoes (or boots)
J.C. Keith
$400 [8]
Of tennis, table tennis, & badminton, game whose net's top is highest off the ground
badminton
J.C. Keith
$400 [11]
One of the greatest kings of Israel, he was the son of David & Bathsheba
Solomon
J.C.
$400 [14]
Floral name for stained glass church windows made in circular shape
a rose window
Keith
$800 [22]
You don't have to be really bright to figure out this is the most popular cut of diamond
the brilliant cut
Keith
DD $1,000 [21]
In 1971, this Asian country became the only 1 ever expelled from the UN
the Republic of China or Taiwan
Keith
$600 [3]
The Abbey Theatre, which opened in 1904, originally presented only the plays of this nation
Ireland
David
$600 [9]
In golf, it's the opposite of an "eagle"
a double bogey
J.C.
$600 [18]
Surprisingly, Frederick the Great of Prussia disliked this language & spoke it poorly
German
Keith
$600 [15]
A hardware store will sell threaded casing, upholstery & box varieties of these
nails
Keith
$1,000 [17]
In 1880, Cecil Rhodes founded this company & acquired virtual control of the Kimberley diamond mines
De Beers
Keith
$800 [4]
Founded in the 17th century, this French national theater was also called "La Maison de Moliere"
the Comédie-Française
Keith
$800 [10]
The NFL Bears & Cowboys played their 1st exhibition game of 1986 in this city
London
Keith
$800 [19]
Number of French kings named Louis up through the French Revolution
16
Keith
$1,000 [16]
The pancreas or thymus gland, not the animal's brains, provide this delicacy
sweetbread(s)
Keith
DD $1,900 [5]
1st staged circa 1593, Marlowe's "Edward II" is called 1st English play to deal with this daring subject
homosexuality
Keith
$1,000 [12]
In 1953, they became 1st major league ball club in ½ a century to move; in 1966, they moved again
the Braves
David
$1,000 [20]
In bloodless "Glorious Revolution" of 1688, James II of England fled, & they became joint sovereigns
William III & Mary II
Keith

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN LITERATURE

Inspirational 19th century song from which John Steinbeck got the title "The Grapes of Wrath"

"The Battle Hymn Of The Republic"

David "What is the Battle Hymn of the Republic?" — wagered $1
J.C. "What is his eye is on the sparrow?" — wagered $5,500
Keith "What is the Battle Hymn of the Republic" — wagered $6,301

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