Show #992 1988-12-20 (taped 1988-09-28) Regular

Contestants

Colleen Ligibel — a housewife from Mission Hills, Kansas

Richard Frick — an engineer from Rancho Santa Margarita, California

Stuart Jacobson — a business associate originally from New York City (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Stuart	$1,100	$1,700	$5,100	$8,001 2-day champion: $20,402	$5,400 16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Richard	$0	$-200	$800	$1,599 2nd place: Ortho day bed & Bob Mitchell Designs fabric + Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$1,800 9 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Colleen	$800	$2,000	$3,000	$500 3rd place: Vita-Vac vacuum by Vita Mix + Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$3,800 16 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

CHRISTMAS	NOVELS	ADS & COMMERCIALS	CALIFORNIA	HORSES	ARTS & ARTHURS
$100 [2] The X in Xmas represents the Greek letter chi, 1st letter of this name in Greek Christos (Christ) Stuart	$100 [1] The last line of this fish story is "The old man was dreaming about the lions." The Old Man and the Sea Colleen	$100 [10] At one time the only choice, this communications company now says it's "The right choice" AT&T Colleen	$100 [4] Folks in L.A. for the 1st time may be surprised to see the L.A. River flowing on a bed of this material cement (concrete) Richard	$100 [26] Technically, all thoroughbreds foaled during the calendar year are considered 1 year old on this date January 1st Stuart	$100 [21] 250 dance studios bearing his name can be found from Etobicoke, Canada to Crow's Nest, Australia Arthur Murray Colleen
$200 [7] In England letters to Father Christmas are sent by throwing them in here, near the stockings fireplace Stuart	$200 [3] Graham Greene's adventure novel "The Comedians" is set in this country during the regime of "Papa Doc" Haiti Richard	$200 [11] A box of this contains "2 scoops of raisins" (Kellogg's) Raisin Bran Colleen	$200 [5] California has its faults, & the longest one is called this San Andreas Fault Stuart	$200 [27] You'll usually find the saddles, bridles & halters in this room near the stables tack room Colleen	$200 [22] In 1976 President Ford awarded this piano virtuoso the Medal of Freedom, highest U.S. civilian honor Arthur Rubinstein Stuart
$300 [15] In the old beggar's rhyme, "Christmas is coming" & they are getting fat goose (geese) Colleen	$300 [6] The hero of this Twain novel gets hit over the head with a crowbar in the U.S. & wakes up near Camelot A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Colleen	$300 [12] "Because so much is riding on your tire" Michelin Stuart Richard Colleen	$300 [18] John Frémont, 1st American to view this lake on the California Nevada border, simply called it Mountain Lake Lake Tahoe Colleen	$300 [28] Part of the horse on which pasterns, gaskins & cannons are located legs Richard	DD $200 [25] Singer whose only solo Top 10 hit wasthe following:"I bruise you / You bruise me..." Art Gunfunkel Stuart
$400 [16] The 1st one was established in 1909 by Merkel Landis at the Carlisle Trust Co. in Carlisle, Penn. Christmas club account Colleen	$400 [8] Australian Morris West wrote "The Devil's Advocate" & this book about papal succession The Shoes of the Fisherman Stuart	$400 [13] In a Pantene shampoo ad Kelly LeBrock says, "Don't hate me because I'm" this beautiful Colleen	$400 [19] At $35-45,000 per acre, the best grape growing land in this valley is the most expensive farm-land in the state Napa Valley Colleen	$400 [29] To Bob up & down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trot post Stuart Richard	$300 [23] TV star born Bernice Frankel, she once said, "I've done everything except stag movies & rodeos" Bea Arthur Stuart
$500 [17] Most famous line of Francis P. Church's September 21, 1897 editorial in the New York Sun Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. Colleen	$500 [9] Sinclair Lewis novel about a "prosperous, extremely married & unromantic" realtor Babbitt Stuart	$500 [14] Women wearing this "can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, & never let you forget you're a man" Enjoli	$500 [20] Richard Meier has been commissioned to design a new building for this, the world's richest museum Getty Richard	—	$400 [24] His 1968 victory at Forest Hills was called the most notable feat by a black man in tennis Arthur Ashe Stuart

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC NAMES	FITNESS	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	COMPOUND WORDS	PHILOSOPHY	THINGUMAJIGS
$200 [9] He said he killed out of sympathy for Jackie Kennedy so she wouldn't have to endure Oswald's trial Jack Ruby Colleen	$200 [21] "Walk Out", "Start Up" & "Workout with Weights" are 3 tapes by this workout celebrity Jane Fonda Richard	$200 [1] The Drake Passage joins these 2 big bodies of water Atlantic & Pacific Oceans Colleen	$200 [6] A rudely shouted remark about a referee's patronage, for example, or Garfield phoning a friend catcall	$200 [26] This theory that would have us believe we're in the worst universe is the opposite of optimism pessimism Stuart Colleen	$200 [16] The small perforated rubber disk in your faucet that prevents leakage washer Colleen
$400 [10] The Solomonic Dynasty of Ethiopia claimed descent from King Solomon & this famous queen Sheba Colleen	$400 [22] It's mainly women who are plagued with these fatty deposits found on the thighs & buttocks cellulite Richard	$400 [2] Dalmatians aren't just dogs but people from Dalmatia, a region in this Adriatic country Yugoslavia Stuart	$400 [7] It can be the spine of a mountain range, a book or a person backbone	$400 [27] Empedocles held there were 4 basic substances: air, earth, water & fire, & these 2 basic emotions love & hate Stuart	$400 [17] A person with this job is supposed to hand you a mashie niblick at the proper time caddie Richard
$600 [11] Popular nickname of 11th c. Spanish military hero Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar from Arabic for "lord" El Cid Stuart	$600 [23] This famous body-building gym has its own film & TV placement service for casting calls Gold's Gym	$600 [3] Captured from Syria in 1967, this region was annexed by Israel in 1981 Golan Heights Richard	$600 [8] Joe's occupation in the song "One For My Baby" bartender	—	$600 [18] Part of a drill in which you insert a key to tighten or loosen its hold on the bit chuck Richard
DD $800 [14] Miguel Hildalgo y Costilla, who began Mexico's struggle for independence, was a member of this profession priesthood Colleen	$800 [24] A form of this acid has been called "acid of fatigue" since it increases in muscles during exercise lactic acid Stuart	$800 [4] The whirlpool off Messina, Sicily, now called Galofalo, was known as this in ancient times Charybdis	$800 [12] Traditionally, this potent potable is made by freezing hard cider apple jack Stuart	—	$800 [19] A rheostat may change the intensity of these in your dining room light Richard
$1,000 [15] Diamond magnate who, it's said, did more than anyone in his time to enlarge the British Empire Cecil Rhodes Stuart	$1,000 [25] This 10-session method of massage to realign the body applies intense pressure & is often painful rolfing Stuart	DD $1,000 [5] Number of main islands in the Greek group called the Dodecanese 12 Richard	$1,000 [13] They're found on basketball courts, tennis courts & softball diamonds baselines Colleen	—	$1,000 [20] If the typewriter keys strike this, you forgot to put the paper in platen Stuart Richard

Final Jeopardy!

LANGUAGE

The Hawaiian alphabet uses 12 of the 26 letters in the English alphabet & runs from "A" to this letter

Richard "What is W?" — wagered $799

Colleen "What isPU" — wagered $2,500

Stuart "What isOW [another letter scratched out] ?" — wagered $2,901

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