Show #848 1988-04-20 (taped 1988-01-18) Regular

Contestants

Matt Lieff — a training manager from Cheltenham, Pennsylvania

Sharon Keld — a product manager from Chicago, Illinois

Tom Lawrence — a performing waiter from Davenport, Iowa (whose 2-day cash winnings total $18,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$900	$1,400	$6,600	$9,601 3-day champion: $28,401	$6,600 24 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Sharon	$-200	$900	$-600	$-600 3rd place: Casio CW-30 portable typewriter + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version	$1,000 8 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Matt	$1,800	$2,800	$4,800	$9,600 2nd place: Sound Design video center & Abatrak vertical blinds + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version	$4,800 13 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS & AUTHORS	NURSERY RHYMES	HITS OF THE '80s	I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN	WOMEN	WEAPONS
$100 [1] A copy of this 1841 Victor Hugo novel may have a straight spine, but the main character doesn't The Hunchback of Notre Dame Tom	$100 [21] Along with "all", these 2 objects fall when the bough breaks baby & cradle Tom	$100 [6] The only #1 pop hit for Kenny Rogers, it has a 1 word title "Lady" Tom	$100 [16] This building shaped like a Latin cross is the seat of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New York St. Patrick's Tom Sharon	$100 [26] Some say this was originally done to ears to let demons out of the body pierce Tom	$100 [5] Varieties of these include concussion, smoke, tear-gas & hand grenades Tom
$200 [2] One of his poems reads, in its entirety, "The cow is of the bovine ilk: one end is moo, the other milk" Ogden Nash Tom	$200 [22] British children chant this is "broken down", not "falling down" "London Bridge" Tom	$200 [7] This '86 Whitney Houston hit was a remake of a '77 George Benson, not Muhammad Ali, hit "The Greatest Love of All" Matt	$200 [17] The acronymic name for the artsy area south of Houston Street SoHo Matt	$200 [28] Vonda Kay Van Dyke, winner of this 1965 nat'l title, went on to write a beauty book for teens Miss America Tom	$200 [8] A bunch of artillery shells shot off at once, or just one shot in tennis volley Tom Sharon
$300 [3] He met his wife Zelda at an Alabama country club dance in 1918 F. Scott Fitzgerald Tom	$300 [23] After the notorious pie incident, Simple Simon went fishing to catch this mammal whale Sharon	$300 [9] This Juice Newton song has been the biggest hit of the '80s to start with a "Q" "Queen of Hearts" Tom	$300 [18] Landmark overlooking the East River between 42nd & 48th Streets U.N. Sharon	$300 [29] According to Hebrew legend, Lilith was actually his 1st wife, but they didn't get along Adam Matt	$300 [13] In the Encyclopaedia Britannica, this weapons designer falls between poets Elizabeth & Robt. John Browning Matt
$400 [4] Created by P.G. Wodehouse, he's the perfect English gentleman's gentleman Jeeves Matt	$400 [24] "See-saw Margery Daw, sold her bed & lay upon" this straw Sharon	$400 [10] In 1985, DeBarge wondered, "Who's Holding" her "Now" Donna Tom	DD $500 [19] It's over 50 blocks long but only 3 blocks wide Central Park Sharon	$400 [30] Margaret Bourke-White was known for her work in this field photojournalist	$400 [14] Weapon pictured on the flag of Saudi Arabia sword Matt
$500 [12] Gene Fowler said writing is easy: "All you do is stare at" this "until drops of blood form on your forehead" the page (blank sheet of paper) Matt	$500 [25] Dr. Foster stepped in a puddle up to his middle & never went to this British city again Gloucester	$500 [11] This song originally released in 1968 became a posthumous hit for Elvis in 1981 "Guitar Man"	$500 [20] Frank Lloyd Wright designed this unusual circular museum on Fifth Avenue Guggenheim Sharon	$500 [27] In 1935, Vogue editor Edna Chase was given this French award for service to French fashion Legion of Honor Tom Matt	$500 [15] Weapon whose name is used to describe a stalk of asparagus spear Tom

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE	GREEK MYTHOLOGY	PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA	BODIES OF WATER	"LITTLE" MOVIES	15-LETTER WORDS
$200 [21] All the centripetal force keeping the earth in orbit is provided by this from the sun gravity Sharon	$200 [22] Dionysus bestowed this as a reward at King Midas' own request Midas Touch (Golden Touch) Sharon	$200 [2] He named one of his kids Mary Abigail, the other Millard Powers (Millard) Fillmore Tom	$200 [16] West Point is on the west side of this river Hudson Sharon	$200 [1] Mae West & W.C. Fields co-wrote the script for this comedy classic, & they didn't come "cheep" My Little Chickadee Matt	$200 [7] He'll spin your straw into gold, but will take your firstborn unless you guess his name Rumpelstiltskin Tom
$400 [24] Members of genus "lepus", Jack rabbits are these, usually larger than rabbits, w/longer, black-tipped ears hares	$400 [23] Fleeing advances from a god, Orpheus' wife Eurydice died after she stepped on this animal & it bit her snake Tom	$400 [12] Since Bartlett's quotes are ordered by date of birth, this president is quoted first Washington Tom	$600 [18] This watershed's development has been called the widest experiment ever conducted by the U.S. government Tennessee Valley Authority Matt	$400 [3] Dustin Hoffman film that climaxed with Custer's Last Stand Little Big Man Tom	$400 [8] An expert in the rules & procedures used by a legislative body parliamentarian Tom
$600 [25] It's the continuous path along which a current can flow circuit Matt	—	$600 [13] That Bull Moose Theodore Roosevelt took his 1st presidential oath in this city in New York Buffalo Tom	$800 [19] Bombay, India is built on islands in this sea named for the land on its other shore Arabian Sea	$600 [4] This 1941 film of Lillian Hellman's southern saga boasted Bette Davis as a vicious Vixen The Little Foxes Tom	$600 [9] What you're charged with if you mouth off to your military superior or won't follow directions insubordination Tom
$800 [26] A diploid cell's nucleus has these aligned in pairs chromosomes Matt	—	$800 [14] Some now say this president's supposed affairs w/Sally Hemmings was merely a rumor spread by his enemies Jefferson Matt	$1,000 [20] Named for a German geographer, this cool current in the Pacific is also known as the Peru Current Humboldt Sharon	$800 [5] Kristy McNichol-Tatum O'NeO'NeO'NeO'NeO'NeO'NeO'NeO'Nealmutnagepssummerp Little Darlings Tom	DD $800 [10] The performance of tests in a lab to prove a theory experimentation Tom
$1,000 [27] The edible orange part of a carrot is actually this, swollen with stored food taproot Tom	—	$1,000 [15] His uncle Sardis Birchard, financed his education at Kenyon College & Harvard Law School Rutherford B. Hayes Tom	DD $1,100 [17] Type of body of water, common in parts of the South that's mentioned in this song:"Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo / Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio / Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gay-o..." bayou Sharon	$1,000 [6] Ricky Schroder starred as Cedric in the TV version, but Mary Pickford did it 1st, in 1921 Little Lord Fauntleroy Tom	$1,000 [11] Those less fortunate than or not having the same advantages as you underprivileged Matt

Final Jeopardy!

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

From 1820-1860, this accounted for a least 2/3 of U.S. exports

cotton

Matt "What is cotton?" — wagered $4,800

Tom "What is cotton?" — wagered $3,001

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