Show #892 1988-06-21 (taped 1988-03-15) Regular

Contestants

Tom Schmidt — a computer salesman originally from Wood Haven, New York

Linda Mossman — a substitute teacher from Elizaville, New York

Steve Herron — a letter carrier from Shawnee, Oklahoma (whose 3-day cash winnings total $18,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Steve	$1,100	$1,100	$6,300	$0 3rd place: Maytag dishwasher + Jeopardy! box game	$6,300 20 R, 3 W
Linda	$100	$600	$8,000	$12,601 New champion: $12,601	$7,000 12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Tom	$800	$2,000	$5,200	$10,400 2nd place: La-Z-Boy reliner & al/sy lamps + Jeopardy! box game	$5,000 14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

NEW YORKERS	NURSERY RHYMES	WORLD WAR II	ACTORS & ACTRESSES	INVENTORS	STARTS WITH "VI"
$100 [7] Gimbel's made it policy not to fire anyone because of old age after his "Death of a Salesman" opened Arthur Miller Tom	$100 [1] One went to market, one stayed home, one had roast beef, one had none & one cried "Wee, wee, wee" little pigs Linda	$100 [2] On Christmas Day, 1941, this British crown colony fell to the Japanese Hong Kong Steve	$100 [9] Though she was born in Toronto, this silent screen star became "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford Steve	$100 [20] George Luger became a big shot when he invented one of these in 1898 pistol Steve	$400 [22] The husband of a vicereine viceroy Steve
$200 [8] His "Tropic of Cancer" was printed in English in Paris in 1934 but not in the U.S. until 1961 Henry Miller Steve	$200 [3] They ate their pie with their mittens on Three Little Kittens Steve	$200 [14] He signed the famous letter warning FDR that Germany might be working on an atom bomb Einstein Tom	$200 [10] Of Richard Burton, Julie Andrews or Robert Goulet, the 1 who won a Tony for "Camelot" (Richard) Burton Steve Tom	$400 [24] John Dunlop made his 1st pneumatic tires for this kind of vehicle bicycle Steve Tom	$500 [21] Date of birth, date of marriage, date of death, or in another context 36"-24"-36" vital statistics Linda
$400 [12] Barry Goldwater said he chose this man as his running mate because "He drives Johnson nuts" William E. Miller Steve Tom	$300 [4] Reposing on a low stool, she imbibed coagulated milk Little Miss Muffet Steve	$300 [15] The "PT" in PT boat stood for this patrol torpedo Steve Tom	$300 [16] This glamorous Swede promised to marry John Gilbert but stood him up at the altar Garbo Tom	$500 [23] In the early '30s he produced the 1st piece of plastic embedded with polarizing crystal (Edwin) Land Tom	—
DD $500 [11] New Yorker who topped pop charts in 1955 with the followingsong about a Texan:"There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am gonna see / Nobody else could miss her..." Mitch Miller Tom	$400 [5] Though he ate like a slob, he nonetheless concluded, "What a good boy am I" Little Jack Horner Steve	$400 [17] He said 1942 was "not even the beginning of the end but... perhaps the end of the beginning" Churchill Linda	$400 [18] She was "Miss Deepfreeze" in 1953, but warmed up to William Holden 2 years later in "Picnic" Kim Novak Linda	—	—
$500 [13] An economist, he headed the Major League Baseball players' union from 1966-83 Marvin Miller	$500 [6] In the 2nd verse, she "fell fast asleep & dreamt she heard them bleating" but "they were still a-fleeting" Little Bo Peep Tom	—	$500 [19] She played a ballerina-turned-prostitute in the 1940 classic "Waterloo Bridge" Vivien Leigh	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE SOLAR SYSTEM	PLACE NAMES	SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS	THE ROMAN EMPIRE	FLAGS	HETERONYMS
$200 [14] On the moon, these include the Jules Verne, the Plato, & the Giordano Bruno craters Steve	$200 [6] Canadian province whose name is Latin for "New Scotland" Nova Scotia Tom	$200 [7] Beethoven thought about basing an opera on this play & even began a witches' chorus Macbeth Steve	$200 [5] In most months the ides fell on the 13th, but in March, May, July & October it fell on this date 15th Steve Linda	$200 [24] Symbol in the center of the Japanese flag circle Steve	$200 [8] To conduct an orchestra, or a poor conductor lead [leed] & lead [led] Steve
$400 [21] Its atmosphere is made up of about 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen & 1% mixed gases Earth Steve	$400 [13] Despite its name, this South American body of water is an estuary, not a river of silver Rio de la Plata Linda	$400 [22] Verdi's is "Moor" famous, but this "William Tell" composer wrote an "Otello" opera, too Rossini Tom	$600 [1] In 73 B.C., Spartacus assembled a force on this site that would explode with force in 79 A.D. Mount Vesuvius Tom	$400 [25] To see the only North American national flag w/out red, white or blue, "come back to" this Caribbean island Jamaica Tom	$400 [9] Book of the Bible the Silhouettes might ask you to get Job [jobe] & job [jawb]
$600 [23] This planet was discovered in 1781; in 1977, astronomers discovered it has rings Uranus Steve	$600 [15] The Atlantic Ocean isn't named for a lost continent but for these Moroccan mountains Atlas Mountains Steve	$600 [18] Mozart's rival Salieri wrote an opera about this comic character from "The Merry Wives of Windsor" Falstaff Linda	$800 [2] Rome helped the Mamertines defend Messana setting off their 1st war with this city-state Carthage Linda	$800 [28] Not surprisingly, this tiny country takes its flag's colors from those of France & Spain Andorra Tom	$600 [10] The top of your head or a paste of liver pate [pāt] & pate [pah-tay] Steve
$800 [26] In 1967, the U.S. probe Mariner 5 & the Russian probe Venera 4 arrived there within hours of each other Venus Linda	$800 [16] Britannica says this city got its name from the Greek phrase "Eis ten Polin", meaning "in the city" Istanbul Tom	$800 [19] Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I wrote the opera "Timone Misantropo", based on this play Timon of Athens Linda	$1,000 [3] The "Traveling Emperor", during 121-129 A.D. he went to Spain, Gaul, Germany, Athens, Britain, Africa & Syria Hadrian Linda	—	$800 [11] A line of seats in an arena or a loud fight over who gets to sit in them row [rō] & row [rau] Linda
$1,000 [27] Its visible surface is called the photosphere Sun Linda	$1,000 [17] South Sea island group which Captain Cook named for the "royal" group that sponsored his voyage there Society Islands	$1,000 [20] His opera based on "Measure for Measure" is called "Das Liebesverbot", which has a nice "ring" to it Wagner Steve	DD $1,400 [4] If a Roman showed you his domus, you'd be looking at this house Linda	—	$1,000 [12] Put the tennis ball in play a second time or secure a court for your next match a week early reserve [REE-serv] & reserve [ri-ZERV] Steve

Final Jeopardy!

THE U.S. CONGRESS

He is the oldest member of Congress

Claude Pepper

Tom "Who is [something illegible crossed out] Pepper?" — wagered $5,200

Steve "Who is Sen. Strom Thurmond" — wagered $6,300

Linda "Who is Senator Claude Pepper?" — wagered $4,601

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