Show #611 1987-04-13 (taped 1986-12-10) Regular

Contestants

Jim Ryan — a writer from Alexandria, Virginia

Bev Praver — an entertaining educator from Covina, California

Chris Walkey — a jeweler originally from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Chris $200 $100 $200 $400
3rd place: Colortyme VCR
$900
10 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
Bev $1,000 $1,000 $3,000 $1,000
2nd place: Magnavox VideoWRITER word processor & Ortho day bed
$3,700
14 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Jim $700 $1,500 $5,900 $6,050
New champion: $6,050
$5,500
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

TRAINS MONEY STARTS WITH "P" FAMOUS NAPOLEONS DISNEYLAND HONDURAS
$100 [11]
By improving the railroad sleeping car, he managed to get it named after him
George Pullman
Bev
$100 [16]
From the Latin "duplus", meaning double, this Spanish coin was used in America until the 1800s
doubloon
Jim
$100 [1]
The courage needed to remove chicken feathers or eyebrows
pluck
Chris
$100 [18]
Though he set it in 1901, Napoleon Lajoie still holds a Major League record in this sport
baseball
Jim
$100 [3]
Between the parade & the fireworks she flies over Fantasyland summer nights at about 9:30 P.M.
Tinker Bell
Chris
$100 [17]
This explorer landed at Cape Honduras in 1502, claiming the land for Spain
Columbus
Jim
$300 [13]
Shot in New Jersey in 1903, this film, some 10 minutes in length, is often called the 1st western ever
The Great Train Robbery
Bev
$200 [20]
Hiding a money's source by channeling it through an intermediary, it doesn't wash with the feds
laundering
Jim
$200 [2]
Children's game where one repeatedly covers & uncovers one's face
peek-a-boo
Bev
$200 [19]
Napoleon gradually seizes power in this George Orwell story
Animal Farm
Bev
$200 [5]
The July 17, 1955 opening day TV show was hosted by A. Linkletter, B. Cummings, & this future Calif. governor
Ronald Reagan
Bev
$200 [24]
The nation's leading source of income is this fruit
bananas
Jim
$400 [14]
The cities at the end of the line for the "20th Century Limited"
New York & Chicago
Chris Bev
$300 [4]
This travel document originally gave you permission to go through a harbor
passport
Bev
$300 [21]
Cinco de Mayo commemorates 1862 Mexican triumph over his forces
Napoleon III
Bev Jim
$300 [8]
He gets more phone calls than anyone else at Disneyland
Mickey Mouse
Jim
$300 [25]
The city of Copan was a scientific & ceremonial center for this Indian civilization
Mayans
Chris Bev
$500 [15]
Name for members of a railroad work gang, from the Gandy Co. of Chicago which made tools for them
Gandy dancers
Bev Jim
$400 [6]
A part of Oklahoma, or to beg in the streets
Panhandle
Jim
$400 [22]
Famed self-help author Og Mandino says this man's "Think & Grow Rich" is best how-to-succeed book
Napoleon Hill
Jim
$400 [9]
You can board steam-powered railroad trains at New Orleans Square, Main Street, U.S.A., & , oddly, here
Tomorrowland
Bev
DD $700 [12]
Thiswas the 1st No. 1 hit for "The Monkees":"Cause I'm leaving in the morning / And I must see you again / We'll have one more night together / Till the morning brings my train and I must go / Oh, no, no, no / Oh, no, no, no..."
"Last Train To Clarksville"
Bev
$500 [7]
It's the stuff that makes jelly thicken
pectin
$500 [23]
In 1804, this man crowned Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of the French
Napoleon Bonaparte
Jim
$500 [10]
There's one of these on Main Street open 7 days a week--but only from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
bank (Bank of America)
Bev

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CAPITALS WALKIN' SONGS 1966 RENAISSANCE FASHION POETIC BIRDS ACCORDING TO SPOCK
$200 [1]
Douglas, a manly name, is fitting for the capital of this isle in the Irish Sea
Isle of Man
Jim
$200 [17]
20 years apart, the Left Banke and Southside Johnny & the Jukes told her to "Walk Away"
Renée
Jim
$200 [6]
After winning 27 games in 1966, this National League pitcher retired
Sandy Koufax
Jim
$200 [25]
It's said that these stiff skirt supports were developed in Spain to hide a royal pregnancy
hoops
Chris Bev
$200 [9]
William Blake wrote this "redbreast in a cage puts all heaven in a rage"
robin
Jim
$200 [12]
Since it emphasizes the wrong food, never withhold this course to make jr. eat all his spinach
dessert
Chris
$400 [2]
Of Bermuda, Hong Kong, or the Seychelles, the 1 whose capital is not named Victoria
Bermuda
Chris
$400 [18]
This invitation comes between "Walk right in" & "daddy let your hair hang down"
sit right down
Jim
$600 [8]
Otto Preminger & "Swifty" Lazar came to blows over film rights to this new book by Truman Capote
In Cold Blood
Chris
$400 [26]
1st carried for display during the 1400s, they were called "napkins"
handkerchiefs
Bev
$400 [13]
In "A Song of Sixpence" 1 of these pecked off the maid's nose
blackbird
Chris
$400 [20]
Many babies, after learning to stand, keep standing until exhausted, since they don't know how to do this
sit down
Chris
DD $700 [3]
This European capital is on 2 separate islands, Sjaelland & Amager
Copenhagen
Chris
$600 [19]
"Walk on , walk on with hope in your heart & you'll never..." do this
walk alone
Bev
DD $800 [7]
George Harrison, Brigitte Bardot, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Frank Sinatra, Luci Baines Johnson, & Wm. O. Douglas
famous people who got married
Jim
$600 [27]
From Old French "pome d'ambre", these perfume holders were worn to ward off odor & infections
pomanders
Chris Bev
$600 [14]
A dead one was hung about the ancient mariner's neck
albatross
Jim
$600 [21]
About this birthday, baby starts to throw toys & food, not to drive mom crazy, but just because he can
first
Chris Jim
$800 [4]
It's said early dictators copied European architecture to make this capital of Paraguay look European
Asunción
Jim
$800 [24]
In 1964 the Shangri-Las wanted you to "Remember--walking..." here
in the sand
Bev
$800 [10]
The Georgia state legislature refused to seat him because of his views on Vietnam & the draft
Julian Bond
Jim
$800 [28]
A lady's "coif" wasn't her hairdo but 1 of these usually white & worn under her hood
cap (bonnet)
Chris
$800 [15]
While Shelley wrote "To a Skylark" Keats wrote an "Ode to" this bird
Nightingale
Jim
$800 [22]
To discourage twins' private language, mom might refuse their demands unless expressed this way
in English
Chris
$1,000 [5]
The headquarters of the Organization of American States is located in this capital city
Washington, D.C.
$1,000 [11]
April 18, 1966, he said "Half of this (Oscar) belongs to some horse somewhere in the valley..."
Lee Marvin
Chris
$1,000 [16]
Tennyson said, "He clasps the crag with crooked hands"
eagle
$1,000 [23]
Playing pat-a-cake, etc. to excess can spoil baby to the point he forgets how to do this for himself
play by himself (amuse himself)
Bev

Final Jeopardy!

SPORTS

They are the only Major League Baseball team which prints their media guide in 2 languages

Montreal Expos

Chris "Who are theToronto BMontr. Expos" — wagered $200
Bev "Who are the San Diego Padres?" — wagered $2,000
Jim "Who are the Montreal Expos?" — wagered $150

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