Show #993 1988-12-21 (taped 1988-09-28) Regular

Contestants

Elizabeth Krown Spellman — a management services officer from California

John Hawekotte — an attorney and CPA originally from Chicago, Illinois

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	$300	$4,800	$9,599 3rd place: Hitachi 20" TV	$2,900 11 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
John	$1,700	$6,300	$8,700	$12,400 New champion: $12,400	$8,500 28 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Elizabeth	$400	$200	$5,000	$9,801 2nd place: trip on Delta to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico & stay at Villa Del Mar	$6,200 15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

1987	LAW	SPORTS	TELEVISION	FOOD & DRINK	A CHRISTMAS CAROL
$100 [8] This astronaut left NASA to accept a fellowship at Stanford, her alma mater Sally Ride John	$100 [22] Dividing the spectators from the proceedings in the courtroom, you have to pass it to become a lawyer the bar John	$100 [16] The Kentucky Derby was 1st run in 1875 when this racetrack opened Churchill Downs Elizabeth	$100 [5] Beach community where Jack, Chrissy & Janet found out that "Three's Company" Santa Monica John	$100 [1] Traditionally, the crisscross designs on peanut butter cookies are made with this tines of a fork Elizabeth	$100 [17] "A Christmas Carol" was 1st published on the 19th of this month in 1843 December John
$200 [9] Paris' famous naughty nightclub that turned 100 in 1987 Folies Bergère John	$200 [23] Legal term for those most closely related by blood to the dead guy next of kin John	$200 [18] In 1983 the A.M.A. called for banning this sport in the U.S. due to danger of brain damage boxing John	$200 [6] He played a troubled teenager on "The Guiding Light" before he hit it big in "Footloose" Kevin Bacon Stuart	$200 [2] Koala Springs sparkling mineral water juice is produced in this country Australia Stuart	$200 [27] City in which the story is set London John
$400 [11] This "Piano Man"s 6-concert high tech tour of the USSR began at Moscow's Olympic Stadium Billy Joel John	$300 [24] We can't keep silent; Ernesto, not Carmen, is first name of this man associated with the famous police warning Miranda John	$300 [19] The French Open is the only tournament of the tennis grand slam played on this type of surface clay John	$300 [13] Gail Davis starred in this, the 1st western series with a woman in the title role Annie Oakley John	$300 [3] One of Edgar A. Poe's stories concerns a container of this wine named for Montilla, Spain Amontillado Stuart Elizabeth	$300 [28] This bird Scrooge sent the Cratchits for Christmas dinner was "twice the size of Tiny Tim" turkey John Elizabeth
DD $500 [10] People prayed for 18-month-old Jessica McClure who fell into a well shaft by her home in this state Texas John	$400 [25] If a judge hears a case "in camera", it doesn't mean on the air but this in private (in his chambers) Stuart John	$400 [20] Insisting that Olympic athletes be non-pro, this IOC president from '52-'72 was nicknamed "Slavery" Avery Brundage John	$400 [14] This "Danny Thomas Show" co-star was 1 of the von Trapp children in "The Sound of Music" Angela Cartwright John	$400 [4] A major brand of brie depicts this woman on the label, wearing a suit of armor Joan of Arc John	$400 [29] When Bob Cratchit was late the morning after Christmas, Scrooge did this to Bob's salary raised his salary Stuart John
$500 [12] In 1987 adult film star Ilona Staller got herself elected to this country's parliamanet Italy Stuart	$500 [26] In some states the people can change the law by referendum or by this procedure initiative	$500 [21] The NFL's Rams got that name when they played for this city Cleveland John	$500 [15] This sitcom serviceman had a girlfriend named Lou Ann Poovie Gomer Pyle John	$500 [7] Chowder made from this large sea snail is a specialty of Key West, Florida & the Cayman Islands conch Stuart	$500 [30] As the 1st paragraph states, "Old Marley was dead as" this doornail

Double Jeopardy! Round

POLITICIANS	ANIMALS	WORLD AUTHORS	ABBREVIATIONS	MEXICO	TUNES OF THE '20s
$200 [17] In the late '40s Stuart Symington served as the 1st sec'y of this armed service Air Force Elizabeth	$200 [1] The wisent is the European relative of this large American plains animal buffalo (bison) Elizabeth	$200 [11] "Canterbury Tales" author buried in Westminster Abbey, not as an honor, but because he lived there Chaucer Elizabeth	$200 [6] Abbreviation in the title of Bruce Springsteen's smash 1984 album U.S.A. John	$200 [25] Unlike their American counterparts, Mexican senators can't do this at the end of their term run for re-election John	$200 [26] "Birds in the trees seem to twitter" this girl's name Louise Elizabeth
$400 [18] The only former AFL "Player of the Year" who's a congressman Jack Kemp John	$400 [2] This continent's only bear, the spectacled bear, might munch on a vicuna for lunch South America Stuart	$400 [12] A Danish historian reports that this "Ugly Duckling" author may have been a king's son Hans Christian Andersen Stuart	$400 [7] The letters ESP stand for extra-sensory perception; collectively, "esp." stands for this especially John	$400 [24] Deep fry your tortilla until it becomes crisp & you'll have one of these tostada Elizabeth	$400 [27] "Maaaaaa--he's making" these "at me" eyes Elizabeth
$600 [19] As a WWII sailor, this senator & former Oregon gov. saw the devastation of Hiroshima firsthand (Mark) Hatfield Elizabeth	$600 [3] Of dig in the ground, fish in the water or shoot in the air, how you'd get a gar fish in the water John	$600 [13] This Russian count wrote "pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy" Tolstoy Elizabeth	$600 [8] Among abbreviations the Random House Dictionary lists for this are Je., Ju. & Jun. June Stuart John	$800 [22] As a tourist, you might find yourself in hot water in this city whose name means "hot waters" Agua Caliente Stuart	$600 [28] "Down on the heels, up on the toes, that's the way to do" this "Varsity Drag" Stuart Elizabeth
$800 [20] As a young lawyer, this Georgia senior senator was also a part-time peanut farmer Sam Nunn Stuart	$800 [4] The great white whale Moby Dick was probably of this type, the largest of toothed whales sperm whale Stuart	$800 [14] As Irish expatriates in Paris, James Joyce & this "Endgame" writer became close friends Beckett Elizabeth	$800 [9] On a whiskey bottle, v.o. stands for this very old Elizabeth	$1,000 [23] Many Mexican Catholics consider her shrine the holiest spot in the country Virgin Mary Stuart	—
$1,000 [16] A long-time protégé of Richard Daley, the 1st elected office she held was mayor of Chicago Jane Byrne John	$1,000 [5] Related to the horse & rhino, this forest dweller's nose is like a short trunk tapir John Elizabeth	$1,000 [15] This Nobel Prize winner set his 1988 best seller "Love in the Time of Cholera" in his native Colombia Gabriel García Márquez Stuart	DD $1,200 [10] In chemistry Rh is the symbol for rhodium while in meteorology RH stands for this relative humidty Elizabeth	DD $2,500 [21] Heard here, the Jarabe Tapatio is also known by this title "Mexican Hat Dance" Stuart	—

Final Jeopardy!

MOVIE DIRECTORS

Joan Fontaine is the only performer who won an Oscar for acting in any of his 53 films

Alfred Hitchcock

Stuart "Who was Alfred Hitchcock?" — wagered $4,799

Elizabeth "Who is Alfred Hitchcock?" — wagered $4,801

John "Who is Alfred Hitchcock?" — wagered $3,700

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