Show #899 1988-06-30 (taped 1988-03-21) Regular

Contestants

Randy Waite — a high school teacher from Salina, Kansas

Carol Reeve — a homemaker from Orinda, California

Rick Cook — a writer from Phoenix, Arizona (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,300)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Rick $200 $600 $5,200 $10,200
2nd place: trip on Eastern and stay at Mullet Bay Resort on St. Martin + Jeopardy! box game
$3,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Carol $1,400 $2,900 $6,500 $10,500
New champion: $10,500
$6,500
16 R, 1 W
Randy $1,200 $3,300 $8,300 $3,500
3rd place: Emerson 25" TV + Jeopardy! box game
$5,600
19 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

NORTH DAKOTANS SPORTS MAMMALS PROVERBS ROCK TRIVIA HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
$100 [26]
In 1971, his autobiography, "Wunnerful, Wunnerful!" became an instant best seller
Lawrence Welk
Randy
$100 [21]
The book "Diamonds Are Forever" contains works by artists & writers dealing with this sport
baseball
Rick
$100 [2]
In 1978, the 1st giant panda conceived by artificial insemination was born in this Asian country
China
Randy
$100 [17]
"He that makes himself" one of these "shall be eaten by the wolf"
sheep
Randy
$100 [13]
John Lennon insisted "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" was inspired by a painting by this boy, his son
Julian
Randy
$100 [7]
Mexicans observe November 2 as "Dia de Muertos", Day of this
Day of the Dead
Rick
$400 [28]
Prolific Western novelist whose great-grandfather was scalped by the Sioux
Louis L'Amour
Rick Randy
$200 [20]
1 of the 2 people AP named greatest male & female athlete of the first half of this century
(1 of) Babe Didrikson (or Jim Thorpe)
Carol
$200 [6]
It takes the wool from as many as 40 of these Kashmir animals to make a cashmere overcoat
goats
Rick
$200 [22]
Do this "in haste & repent at leisure"
marry
Rick Carol
$200 [10]
The original title of this Buddy Holly hit was "Cindy Lou"
"Peggy Sue"
Randy
$200 [8]
The Festival of Fast Breaking isn't an NBA holiday, but one of this religion
Muslim (Islam)
Carol
DD $700 [27]
Growing up in N.D. she was Norma Delores Egstrom, but had thefollowinghit under this name:"Never know how much I love you / Never know how much I care..."
Peggy Lee
Randy
$300 [19]
Senator Bill Bradley played pro ball for this team
New York Knicks
Randy
$300 [1]
Largest of the anthropoid apes, they weren't discovered by Europeans until 1847
gorillas
Carol
$300 [23]
It's "not steel, yet it cuts"; it's "a woman's sword & she does not let it rust"
her tongue
Carol
$300 [3]
The Stone Poneys' hit "Different Drum" was written by Mike Nesmith before he joined this group
The Monkees
Rick
$300 [9]
The Greeting Card Assn. says members of this profession receive the most Valentine cards
teachers
Randy
$400 [14]
1 of 2 AFL teams for which Congressman Jack Kemp played pro ball
(1 of) Buffalo (Bills) or (Los Angeles Chargers)
Carol
$400 [5]
Red Sindhi, Red Danish & Red Poll are 3 types of this common farm animal
cows (cattle)
Rick Carol Randy
$400 [24]
According to the proverb on perserverance, it's how "the goose is plucked"
one feather at a time (feather by feather)
Rick
$400 [11]
In 1956, Elvis' initial 2-week run at this famous resort city was shortened due to poor audience response
Las Vegas
Randy
$400 [15]
The French call this holiday "Fete nationale du 14 Juillet"
Bastille Day
Carol
$500 [18]
This Redskins defensive tackle is a nephew of former Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz
Dave Butz
Randy
$500 [4]
"Musical" name of the adorable baby seals hunted near Newfoundland for their soft white coats
harp seals
Carol
$500 [25]
In the rhyming proverb "What can't be" this, "must be endured"
cured
Rick
$500 [12]
Their 1977 hit "We Are the Champions" was once the theme song of the N.Y. Cosmos soccer team
Queen
Randy
$500 [16]
Besides Lincoln & Washington, 1 of 2 other presidents whose birthdays fall in February
(1 of) Ronald Reagan or William Henry Harrison

Double Jeopardy! Round

NEWSPAPERS FASHION HISTORY FAMOUS "CHASE"s THE PLAYWRIGHT IN QUESTION WARS POTENT POTABLES
$200 [23]
At about 11 million, this Russian newspaper has, it's claimed, the world's biggest daily circulation
Pravda
Rick
$200 [5]
In ancient times this country popularized a loose, flowing tunic called the "chiton"
Greece
Rick
$200 [13]
This category's coffee
Chase & Sanborn
Randy
$200 [11]
"The Wedding", "The Bear", "Uncle Vanya"
Anton Chekhov
Randy
$400 [2]
At one time, there were 48,000 South Koreans fighting in this other Asian country's "civil war"
Vietnam
Rick
$600 [24]
Originally a 16th c. medicine made by a monk, it's said only 3 people at a time know its complete formula
Benedictine
Carol
$800 [19]
Atlanta paper which the Encyclopedia of American Journalism calls "leading paper of the South"
The Constitution
Carol
$400 [6]
Hannibal wore these accessories as a disguise, but Dolly Parton just wears them to look pretty
wigs
Randy
$400 [12]
In 1973, this American financial institution was 1st to open an office in Russia in 50 years
Chase Manhattan Bank
Carol
$400 [10]
"The Dreamy Kid", "More Stately Mansions", "Strange Interlude"
(Eugene) O'Neill
Carol Randy
$600 [1]
This Frankish king's war against Saxons was so brutal a court scholar politely complained
Charlemagne
Carol
$800 [25]
A light Bohemian beer with a strong hops flavor, or the tall glass it's served in
Pilsner
Rick
$1,000 [20]
A rider in the recent federal spending bill forced Rupert Murdoch to sell this paper
New York Post
Rick Randy
$600 [15]
A 17th century woman wore her "commode", a silk-covered wired form 2 or 3 tiers high, on this
her head
Carol
$600 [14]
This TV series made money the old-fashioned way--it earned it
The Paper Chase
Rick
$600 [7]
"The Jealous Husband", "The Seductive Countess", "The Misanthrope"
Molière
Randy
$800 [3]
The Wars of the Roses ended when Richard III was "unhorsed" at the battle here
Bosworth Field
$1,000 [26]
It's said the heat from a ship's hold improved the taste of this Portuguese island dessert wine
Madeira
Carol
DD $2,600 [18]
This city's "News" & "Free Press" are trying to get the Justice Dept. to okay joint operation
Detroit
Rick
$800 [16]
Though empire dresses of the 1800s had low necklines these features were especially high
waistline
Rick
$1,000 [22]
Pulitzer Prize playwright who made us all see a 6-foot invisible rabbit named "Harvey"
Mary Chase
$800 [8]
"Curse fo the Starving Class", "Buried Child", "A Lie of the Mind"
Sam Shepard
Carol
$1,000 [4]
During the Gurkha War in the early 19th century, Britain invaded this mountainous country
Nepal
Rick
$1,000 [17]
A "chatelaine" was the mistress of a chateau or this, which she wore to hang keys on
chain
Rick Randy
DD $3,000 [21]
Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury, as Chief Justice he presided over Johnson's impeachment
Salmon P. Chase
Randy
$1,000 [9]
"American Buffalo", "Glengarry Glen Ross", "Sexusal Perversity in Chicago"
David Mamet
Randy

Final Jeopardy!

RIVERS

The USA's 2 longest rivers meet just 10 miles north of this major city

St. Louis

Rick "What is St. Louis" — wagered $5,000
Carol "What is St. Louis?" — wagered $4,000
Randy "What isSt.New Orleans?" — wagered $4,800

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