Show #971 1988-11-21 (taped 1988-09-13) Regular

Contestants

Barbara Bradley — a teacher from Glendale, Arizona

Dennis McNeil — a Catholic priest from Painesville, Ohio

Steve Brown — a chief petty officer from Twentynine Palms, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $26,799)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Steve	$1,500	$2,400	$7,000	$5,799 3-day champion: $32,598	$7,400 19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Dennis	$900	$2,200	$800	$1 3rd place: Sound Design home entertainment center	$600 13 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Barbara	$800	$3,100	$4,100	$100 2nd place: trip on Eastern to St. Martin & stay at Mullet Bay Resort	$4,100 17 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

POETRY	FAMOUS WOMEN	SPORTS	DOUBLE LETTERS	THE FUNNIES	MARS
$100 [14] Robert Browning ended "Pippa's Song" with "God's in his heaven--all's right with" this the world Barbara	$100 [2] She escaped Nazi Germany, fought for Israeli independence & found fame as a therapist on TV (Dr.) Ruth Westheimer Dennis	$100 [26] A Harvard study indicates this alley sport burns more calories than rowing or tennis bowling Barbara	$100 [17] Surname of singers Dorothy, Judy & Phil Collins Dennis	$100 [1] Last name of American comic strip artist Al or British comic strip character Andy Capp Barbara	$100 [7] Though its probe sent back info for only 20 sec., this country achieved the 1st soft landing on Mars Soviet Union Dennis
$200 [15] It's to whom Vachel Lindsay referred in the poem "Bryan, Bryan, Bryan, Bryan" William Jennings Bryan Steve	$200 [9] Maria Callas wasn't born in Greece but in this American city where she often came to sing New York Barbara	$200 [27] "Mr. October", he said, "The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play" Reggie Jackson Steve	$200 [18] It's the only name of a Zodiac sign with double letters, as any straight arrow will tell you Sagittarius Dennis	$200 [3] 1938's "Best Actor" Oscar was mistakenly engraved to this comic strip cop instead of Spencer Tracy Dick Tracy Dennis	$200 [8] In 1908 astronomer Percival Lowell claimed these were built by an advanced civilization canals Barbara
$300 [20] Completes the title of the work by Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country..." Churchyard Dennis	$300 [10] She played on a championship high school basketball team before becoming a senator from Maine Margaret Chase Smith Steve	$300 [28] If a polo game is tied at the end of regulation play, the match is decided this way sudden death overtime Dennis	$300 [19] Legal relationship of a tenant to his landlord lessee Barbara	$400 [5] Snuffy Smith used to share title billing with this character Barney Google Steve	$300 [11] One of these on Mars, the Olympus Mons, is 100 times as big as the largest one on Hawaii volcano Steve
$400 [21] Longfellow peom which begins "This is the forest primeval" Evangeline Barbara	$400 [13] She married John Macy, the critic who helped edit Helen Keller's autobiography Anne Sullivan Barbara	$400 [29] The 1st NFL championship game on network TV was between the L.A. Rams & this Ohio team in 1951 Cleveland Browns Dennis	$400 [24] While it's 1 of the 3 primary colors of light, it's not 1 of the 3 primary colors of paint green Dennis Barbara	DD $500 [4] This strip by Harold R. Foster took place in the days of King Arthur Prince Valiant Dennis	$400 [12] Mars' satellites Deimos & Phobos are named after the sons of this Greek god of war Ares Barbara
$500 [22] Pope poem with the lines, "Plague on't! Tis past a jest – nay prithee, pox! Give her the hair" The Rape of the Lock Barbara	$500 [23] Franz Liszt's daughter Cosima married this composer & helped develop the Bayreuth Festival Richard Wagner Steve	$500 [30] The defensemen in this popular sport are called the "backline" hockey Dennis	$500 [25] Double talk, or a flashy action intended to deceive, it's probably an alteration of razzle dazzle razzmatazz Barbara	$500 [6] Hard-boiled mystery writer who supplied scripts for the Secret Agent X-9 strip Dashiell Hammett Steve Barbara	$500 [16] It's now believed they're made up of frozen carbon dioxide & water ice caps Dennis

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 1940s	WORLD TRAVEL	PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	COMPOSERS	ANIMALS
$200 [16] On Feb. 1, 1941 the Japanese announced this food would be rationed, a major blow to the Diet's diet rice Steve	$200 [1] As a bonus, Delta, United & Continental tripled this for some frequent flyers in 1988 mileage Dennis	$200 [21] Though Nixon & Hoover were not close friends, they were both "Friends" of this religion Quakers Steve	$200 [26] Though his name was the "G" in MGM, he was never part of that company Goldwyn Steve	$200 [5] Handel premiered this religious oratorio at a music hall in Dublin in 1742 Messiah Steve	$200 [3] That hole in your sweater was made by the larvae, not the adult of this insect moth Barbara
$400 [17] The International War Crimes Tribunal began hearings in this city November 20, 1945 Nuremberg Steve	$400 [2] The oldest museum in Bombay & one of the largest in London share the name of this royal pair Victoria and Albert Dennis	$600 [23] Greatly interested in agriculture, this Virginia president once invented a plow Thomas Jefferson Steve	$400 [27] This type of stock gets priority in receiving dividends but often lacks voting rights preferred stock	$400 [6] He called his own "Firebird" an "audience lollipop" Stravinsky Barbara	$400 [12] Animal tamers can trust lions & tigers in ways they can't trust this big cat, "Panthera pardus" panther (leopard) Barbara
$600 [18] On June 14, 1940 German troops entered this foreign capital Paris Steve	$600 [4] Traveling from Norway to the Netherlands, you'll want to exchange your kroner into these guilders Steve	$800 [24] 1st pres. to use make-up for TV, his actor friend Robert Montgomery supervised its application Dwight David Eisenhower Steve Dennis Barbara	$600 [28] 48 of the 50 states provide unemployment compensation for a maximum duration of this many weeks 26	$600 [7] "I shall hear in heaven", this composer said, but he died in 1827 saying, "Too bad! Too bad! It's too late!" Beethoven Steve	$600 [13] These nocturnal animals form the 2nd largest order of mammals bats
$800 [19] Country in which Leon Trotsky was assassinated Mexico Steve	$1,000 [11] The film "A Room with a View" used a view from a room in the Quisisana e Pontevecchio in this city Florence Barbara	$1,000 [25] Getting no votes on the 1st ballot at the 1844 Democratic convention, he went on to become president Polk Dennis Barbara	—	$800 [8] In 1918 Rachmaninoff moved to this country, which became his home for the rest of his life United States Barbara	$800 [14] Usually nocturnal, these freshwater crustaceans resemble small lobsters crawdads (crayfish) Dennis
$1,000 [20] In 1949 Siam became Thailand & this country was renamed Jordan Transjordan Dennis	DD $2,000 [10] Frommer's has no separate "dollarwise" guide to Liechtenstein; they combine it with this country Switzerland Steve	DD $2,000 [22] This state passed a law against body snatching after an 1876 attempt to steal Lincoln's Illinois Steve	—	$1,000 [9] "While I was writing Boris, I was Boris", said this composer of "Boris Godunov" Modest Mussorgsky Steve	$1,000 [15] The 4 kinds of anthropoid apes gorillas, chimpanzees, gibbons, orangutans

Final Jeopardy!

MUSICALS OF THE '80s

The hero of this Tony Award-winning "Best Musical" is sometimes known by a number, 24601

Les Misérables

Dennis "Who is Fred Flintstone?" — wagered $799

Barbara "Who is Superman?" — wagered $4,000

Steve "What is "Cats"?" — wagered $1,201

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