Show #898 1988-06-29 (taped 1988-03-21) Regular

Contestants

Murry Cann — a financial consultant from Larkspur, California

Rick Cook — a writer from Phoenix, Arizona

Bill Gellert — a research associate from Washington, D.C. (whose 2-day cash winnings total $6,998)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bill	$300	$3,000	$9,700	$6,700 2nd place: Mallin patio/poolside furniture & Helix double cassette recorder + Jeopardy! box game or computer version	$10,200 21 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Rick	$3,000	$3,700	$6,300	$12,300 New champion: $12,300	$6,100 19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Murry	$1,200	$1,500	$1,500	$95 3rd place: Sam Moore Furniture Industries wing chair + Jeopardy! box game or computer version	$3,100 13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE OLD WEST	FAMILIAR PHRASES	COMIC BOOKS	"MAN"LY MOVIES	PSYCH 101	OIL
$100 [16] This outlaw pair is purportedly buried in the desolate village of San Vicente, Bolivia Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid Murry	$100 [22] Some 400 years ago, English jurist Sir Edward Coke stated, "A man's house is..." this his castle Bill	$100 [12] We told you last year he changed his red & blue webbed costume for a b&w one, well, he's switched back Spider-Man Murry	$100 [6] Sir Thomas More A Man for All Seasons Murry	$100 [29] A false belief, of grandeur, for example delusion Rick	$200 [15] Feline nickname for the 1st well drilled in a new area wildcat Murry
$200 [17] The riders employed by this service were all issued Bibles & were forbidden to drink or swear Pony Express Bill	$200 [23] Someone setting up a ruse might throw this colorful fish at you red herring Rick	$200 [13] Craig Russell at Eclipse Comics has begun to adapt these; the next will be "The Magic Flute" operas Rick	$200 [7] In the 1st film, this title character wasn't, an many assume, Detective Nick Charles The Thin Man Rick	$200 [21] Common name of the thought-reform method used on POWs to induce a state of dependence, debility & dread brainwashing Murry	$300 [2] Reforming is a process used to obtain toluene, which you need to make this explosive TNT Rick
$300 [5] This famous shootout of Oct. 26, 1881 actually took place on Fremont Street, not in a horse pen Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Murry	$300 [28] To the French, it's "a white paper"; to us, it's a white credit card that's merged with Diners Club carte blanche Bill	$300 [9] While most comics are monthlies, DC's 50-year-old Action Comics are now issued this often weekly Bill	$300 [1] Film biography of silent screen star Lon Chaney Man of a Thousand Faces Rick	$300 [18] For boys, the Oedipal period ends when they begin to identify with this person father Bill	$500 [4] God instructed Noah to use this oil product on the inside & outside of the ark pitch Rick
$400 [14] Taken from the New Hampshire town where it was made, the name Concord was synonymous with this vehicle stagecoach Rick Murry	$400 [25] The holes punched in free tickets reminded people of bullet holes she fired into small cards Annie Oakley Rick	$400 [27] Steel yourself--in 1987, this city was totally destroyed in Marvel's New Universe comics Pittsburgh Bill	$400 [10] Some felt this 1966 French film looked like a series of expensive commercials A Man and a Woman Murry	$400 [19] Considered by some a form of psychology, it's the study of handwriting to determine personality graphoanalysis (graphology) Bill	DD $600 [3] This term is from the Latin meaning "rock oil" petroleum Rick
$500 [8] Bob Younger blamed himself for his gang's capture after the botched Northfield hold-up in this state Minnesota Rick	$500 [24] In some versions of rotation pool, a player with the cue ball in this position faces a tough shot behind the 8 ball Bill	$500 [26] American counterpart to the French science fiction/fantasy comic "Metal Hurlant" Heavy Metal Rick	$500 [11] A caricature of Alexander Woollcott, in the movie he was played by Monty Wooley The Man Who Came to Dinner Murry	$500 [20] Field of psychology associated with Jean Piaget, Erikson & Anna Freud childhood psychology (child psychology) Bill Rick	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. CITIES	HISTORICAL DRAMAS	4-SYLLABLE WORDS	NATIONAL LEADERS	NEEDLEWORK	RAGTIME
$200 [13] It began as a military outpost called Camp Worth Fort Worth, Texas Murry	$200 [1] The last scene of this Arthur Miller play is set in a Salem jail cell in 1692 The Crucible Bill	$200 [12] One who claims that his beliefs prevent him from bearing arms is this type of an objector conscientious Murry	$200 [7] King Hussein Jordan Rick	$200 [5] They include the jacquard, continental, & herringbone-gone-wrong stitches Rick	$200 [26] Recent decade when ragtime experienced a short revival '70s Bill
$400 [14] Folks living in this city are called "Yalies" & "Townies" New Haven Murry	$400 [22] In the 19th c., Edwin Booth, Edwin Forrest & Henry Irving all starred onstage as this wily French cardinal Richelieu Bill	$400 [18] A camera enthusiast may refer to it as "a long lens" telephoto Rick	$400 [2] King Hassan Morocco Bill	$400 [8] These were 1st made to show examples of stitches a worker could do samplers Rick	$400 [27] Ragtime is said to have been born in this Midwest state along the Mississippi River Missouri Bill
$800 [16] Alabama city named for the inventor of a process for manufacturing steel Bessemer Rick Murry	$600 [23] "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" dramatizes the story of the Inca Atahualpa & this explorer Pizarro Murry	DD $500 [21] From Greek for "drinking party", it's a meeting or conference for discussion of a topic symposium Bill	$600 [3] President Hussein Iraq Bill Murry	$600 [9] The name of this needlework technique derives from the French meaning "to put on" appliqué' Rick	$600 [28] "Treemonisha" & "A Guest of Honor" are the 2 operas written by this ragtime composer (Scott) Joplin Bill
$1,000 [17] A Money magazine survey says the best place to live in the U.S. is Nashua, a town of 75,000 in this state New Hampshire Bill	$800 [24] Pierre Corneille's greatest play was about this medieval Spaniard who defeated the Moors El Cid Bill	$600 [19] Adjective form of the word that describes a word that reads the same forwards & backwards palindromic Bill Rick	$800 [4] President Herzog Israel Rick	$800 [10] Telling the story of the Norman conquest, the Bayeux Tapestry isn't a tapestry but this form of needlework embroidery Rick	—
DD $1,600 [15] City celebrated in song in both a 1959 Wilbert Harrison No. 1 hit & thefollowing:"Y' c'n turn the radiator on whenever you want some heat /With ev'ry kind o' comfort ev'ry house is all complete /You c'n walk to privies in the rain and never wet your feet! /They've gone about as fur as they can go (Yes sir!) /They've gone about as fur as they can go!..." Kansas City Murry	$1,000 [25] In 1911, he starred on Broadway in his most famous role, "Disraeli" George Arliss	$800 [20] Meaning proximity, it's what Zelda Gilroy claimed would snare Dobie Gillis one day--& did propinquity	$1,000 [6] President Husak Czechoslovakia Bill	$1,000 [11] Needlepoint is generally done on this type of fabric canvas Rick	—

Final Jeopardy!

THE 20th CENTURY

In Jan. of 1923, U.S. occupation troops completed their "final withdrawal" from this country

Germany

Murry "What is Nicaragua" — wagered $1,405

Rick "What is Germany" — wagered $6,000

Bill "What is Nicaragua?" — wagered $3,000

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