Show #950 1988-10-21 (taped 1988-08-02) Regular

Missing player introductions, Jeopardy! Round, and first 8 clues of the Double Jeopardy! Round.

Contestants

Dennis — from

Kathryn — from

Harriet Helfand — an attorney from Fallston, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Harriet $2,500 $2,500 $5,800 $11,599
2-day champion: $20,400
$6,100
11 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Kathryn $400 $400 $6,600 $600
2nd place: a Berkline sofa + al/sy lamps
$6,600
11 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Dennis $4,600 $4,600 $6,000 $5
3rd place: Princess House tableware
$4,200
11 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

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$300 [12]
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Dennis
$400 [6]
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Dennis
$400 [7]
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Dennis
$400 [8]
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Dennis
$400 [9]
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Dennis
$400 [10]
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Dennis
$400 [11]
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Kathryn
$500 [1]
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Harriet
$500 [2]
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Harriet
$500 [3]
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Harriet
$500 [4]
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Harriet
$500 [5]
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Harriet
DD $2,300 [13]
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Dennis

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 20TH CENTURY AUTO-BIOGRAPHIES AVIATION CARTOONS GERSHWIN PALINDROMES
$200 [9]
It's alleged that from Nov. '65 - Feb. '86 this couple stole $5-10 billion of their gov't funds
Marcoses
Harriet
$200 [6]
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$200 [21]
Lindbergh wasn't the 1st to fly the Atlantic, but he was the 1st to do it this way
non-stop (solo)
Kathryn
$200 [23]
NBC found "No problem" in this alien's 1st cartoon season, so they've added another 1/2 hour to the TV show
Alf
Dennis
$200 [16]
George's older brother & frequent collaborator on lyrics
Ira
Dennis
$200 [1]
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Kathryn
$400 [10]
In the 20th c. this Asian country has suffered the most deaths from earthquakes, over half a million
China
Harriet
$400 [7]
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$400 [22]
Every October Albuquerque hosts the world's largest race of these
hot air balloons
Dennis
$400 [24]
This 70-year-old cat will soon be seen in his 1st full-length feature cartoon
Felix
Harriet
$400 [17]
"When You Want 'Em You Can't Get 'Em" in 1916, for which he received $5
the first song Gershwin sold (first published)
Kathryn
$400 [2]
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Kathryn
DD $500 [13]
2 of 3 countries that came under full communist control in 1975
(2 of) Vietnam, Cambodia, & Laos
Harriet
$600 [8]
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$600 [28]
A sky surfer "surfs" on one of these
a glider or sail plane
Kathryn
$600 [25]
This character didn't speak until his "New Adventures" on CBS in 1987; before that he only sang
Mighty Mouse
$600 [18]
Despite popular legend, Gershwin didn't go to Europe to write this but sketched it out in New York
An American In Paris
Dennis
$600 [3]
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$600 [11]
On June 10, 1935 Bill W. & Dr. Bob founded this self-help organization in Akron, Ohio
Alcoholic Anonymous
Kathryn
$800 [12]
Claiming she was misrepresented, she sued the ghostwriter of her autobiography "Ecstasy and Me"
Hedy Lamarr
Harriet
$800 [26]
Only article of clothing regularly worn by Bugs Bunny
white gloves
$800 [19]
Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Victor Herbert & J.P. Sousa went to its premiere on Lincoln's birthday, 1924
Rhapsody In Blue
Kathryn
$800 [4]
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$1,000 [14]
Hitler spent 9 months in jail when this attempt to seize the Bavarian state gov't failed in 1923
(Beerhall) Putsch
Kathryn
$1,000 [15]
"The Street Where I Live"
Alan Jay Lerner
$1,000 [27]
The voice of Waldo Wigglesworth on Hoppity Hooper, he's best remembered as Uncle Tonoose
Hans Conried
Harriet
DD $1,000 [20]
To get the right atmosphere for "Porgy & Bess", Gershwin spent time in this state, the opera's setting
South Carolina
Kathryn
$1,000 [5]
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Kathryn

Final Jeopardy!

EUROPEAN HISTORY

Germany's 3rd Reich was the Nazi regime, the 2nd was the 1871-1918 monarchy, while the 1st Reich was this

Holy Roman Empire

Harriet "What were the Holy Roman Empire?" — wagered $5,799
Dennis "What was the rule of the Hapsbu" — wagered $5,995
Kathryn "Who was Charlaman" — wagered $6,000

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