Show #952 1988-10-25 (taped 1988-09-06) Regular

Contestants

Tony Amato — an operations manager from North Arlington, New Jersey

Maureen Rubin — a professor from Chatsworth, California

Bob Chauls — a composer and professor from Westlake Village, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bob	$800	$2,100	$6,300	$9,900 2-day champion: $23,400	$7,300 21 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs)
Maureen	$200	$1,200	$-400	$-400 3rd place: Regal cookware + Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$-400 7 R, 6 W
Tony	$1,200	$2,300	$4,900	$2,900 2nd place: trip to Palm Springs & stay at Mission Hills Resort Hotel & Hatteras hammocks + Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$5,100 15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

GERMANY	BOOKS	MAIDEN NAMES	SPORTS	TIME	ANTONYMS
$100 [10] In 1953 East German labor unrest led to a military response by this power Soviet Union Bob	$100 [3] His books "Shogun", "Whirlwind", "Noble House" & "Tai-pan" have all inspired board games James Clavell Tony	$100 [13] Mrs. Jerry Stiller Anne Meara Tony	$100 [1] Nickname of dragster Don Garlits Big Daddy	$100 [21] While p.m. stands for post meridiem, a.m. stands for this ante meridiem Bob	$100 [25] According to Galatians 6:7 "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also" do this reap Tony
$200 [11] Forced to abdicate in 1918, he died in exile in Holland in 1941 Kaiser Wilhelm (II) Tony	$200 [7] Some think the characters in this Jackie Collins novel resemble Rod Stewart, James Brown & Sade Rock Star Tony	$200 [14] Mrs. John Zaccaro Geraldine Ferraro Tony	$200 [2] In 1916 Georgia Tech beat Cumberland College 222-0 in this sport football Maureen	$200 [22] Britain & the U.S. began using daylight-saving time during this war World War I Bob Tony	$200 [26] What Americans call a private school the British call this public school Bob
$300 [17] Students at this university, founded in 1386, were famous for their cheek scars that resulted from dueling University of Heidelberg Bob	$300 [8] Elliott Roosevelt writes mystery novels which feature this historic figure as a detective Eleanor Roosevelt	$300 [15] Mrs. John Cassavetes Gena Rowlands Maureen	$300 [4] A hackle is a long narrow neck feather usually from a cook, used by fishermen to make these lures Bob	$300 [23] A standard one of these consists of 86,400 seconds day Bob Maureen	$300 [27] These 2 lens types are antonyms, though they both begin with "con" concave & convex Bob
$400 [18] The "Pan Am World Guide" says this North Sea port has more bridges than Amsterdam & Venice combined Hamburg Bob	DD $300 [12] 2 of the 3 James Michener novels named for U.S. states (2 of) Alaska & Texas ( Hawaii ) Tony	$400 [16] Mrs. John Gregory Dunne Joan Didion Bob	$400 [5] After losing 737 games in just 7 years, they won the 1969 World Series New York Mets Tony	$400 [24] The time of day when a standard digital clock displays 4 consecutive numbers 12:34 Bob	$400 [28] In poetry, euphony is pleasing & harmonious while this is harsh & discordant cacophonic (cacophony) Maureen
$500 [19] In thanks for deliverance from a plague, the village of Oberammergau 1st performed 1 of these in 1634 passion play Bob	$400 [9] Richard Adams' novel "Traveller" is a tale of the Civil War as seen thru the eyes of this man's horse Robert E. Lee Bob	$500 [20] Mrs. Ossie Davis Ruby Dee Tony	$500 [6] Lynne Cox made a medical & political splash in 1987 by swimming in the icy waters of this passage Bering Strait	$500 [30] U.S. railroads adopted time zones in 1883; in 1884 this international time standard was adopted Greenwich Mean Time Bob	$500 [29] Pronounced one way it's the antonym of bore; the other way, of exit entrance & entrance Bob

Double Jeopardy! Round

AVIATION FIRSTS	BROADWAY MUSICALS	19TH C. AMERICANS	PUBLICATIONS	FRENCH FOOD TERMS	AQUATIC LIFE
$200 [17] Nicknamed the "Jumbo Jet", it made its 1st flight February 9, 1969 747 Bob Maureen	$200 [3] In the 1960s Pia Zadora, Bette Midler & A. Barbeau all played Tevye's daughters in this musical Fiddler on the Roof Bob	$200 [2] On the 4th of July 1845 he went to live at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts Thoreau Bob	$200 [1] Membership in this society includes a subscription to the magazine that's No. 4 in world circulation National Geographic Tony	$200 [25] Meaning "crustlet", these cubes of stale bread are fried & used in soups & salads croutons Maureen	$200 [16] The British Museum has a piece of timber that had been penetrated 22" by the snout of one of these fish swordfish Maureen
$400 [18] On July 2, 1900 this type of German dirigible made its maiden flight zeppelins	$400 [4] Angela Lansbury played a "madwoman" in "Dear World", the musical version of this French play The Madwoman of Chaillot Bob	$400 [9] In 1891, this great showman asked that his obituary be published a few days before his death Phineas T. Barnum Bob	$400 [7] This Pleasantville, N.Y. magazine has the lowest zip code in the U.S., 00401 Reader's Digest Tony	$1,000 [26] Though in French it means "white food", it actually refers to a pudding thickened with cornstarch blancmange Bob	$400 [22] In Ancient Rome, these large eels kept in captivity were decorated with jewelry & fed unwanted slaves moray eels
$600 [19] Paul MacCready won the Kremer Prize in 1977 for creating the 1st successful aircraft powered by this human power (man) Bob Maureen	DD $500 [5] This Cole Porter show about a shipwreck was rewritten after the Morro Castle disaster:"The world has gone mad today / And good's bad today / And black's white today / And day's night today / And most guys today / That women prize today / Are just silly gigolos / And though I'm not a great romancer / I know that I'm bound to answer / When you propose..." Anything Goes Bob	$600 [10] Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney is best known for having handed down this decision Dred Scott Bob	$600 [8] This country's largest newspapers all have the word "Shimbun" in their names Japan Bob Maureen	—	DD $500 [24] Though ungainly in appearance, these aquatic mammals may have given rise to the legend of mermaids manatee or sea cow Bob
$800 [20] On the 1st polar flight in 1926, Floyd Bennett was the pilot while this man was navigator Admiral Byrd Maureen Tony	$800 [6] Neil Simon, Burt Bacharach & Hal David collaborated on this musical based on "The Apartment" Promises, Promises Maureen	$800 [11] 1st called "The Western Star", he later became "The Great Compromiser" Henry Clay Tony	$800 [12] The oldest continuously published almanac in the U.S. The (Old) Farmer's Almanac Maureen	—	$600 [23] A human can die within minutes of being stung by the sea wasp, a type of this invertebrate jellyfish
$1,000 [21] Name of the plane that made the 1st round-the-world flight without refueling Voyager	$1,000 [15] This 1984 musical was inspired by a painting, "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grand Jatte" Sunday in the Park with George Tony	$1,000 [14] He was president when the U.S. declared war on Mexico & some called it his war James Knox Polk Bob Maureen	$1,000 [13] Employees protested when William Shaw was retired as editor of this magazine after 35 years The New Yorker Tony	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

THE NOBEL PRIZE

He was knighted in 1953, the same year he won the Nobel Prize for Literature

Winston Churchill

Tony "Who is __?" — wagered $2,000

Bob "Who was W. Churchill" — wagered $3,600

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