Show #953 1988-10-26 (taped 1988-09-06) Regular

Contestants

Lorne Erdile — a medical researcher from Baltimore, Maryland

Mary Leland — a computer scientist from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey

Bob Chauls — a composer and professor from Westlake Village, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $23,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bob	$800	$2,500	$6,700	$13,398 3-day champion: $36,798	$6,600 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Mary	$400	$2,500	$7,700	$1,999 3rd place: Dystra Glass grandfather clock	$7,700 15 R, 0 W
Lorne	$400	$1,100	$5,100	$10,100 2nd place: trip on Delta to Lexington, Kentucky & stay at Gratz Park Inn	$4,900 16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

GOVERNMENT	WORD ORIGINS	ICE SKATING	SINGING CELEBRITIES	NEW YORK STATE	"POLE"s
$100 [8] The Constitution says one of these surveys "shall be made within 3 years after the 1st meeting of the Congress" census Lorne	$100 [6] This piece of moviemaking equipment was named for electricians John & Anton Kliegl Klieg light Lorne	$100 [18] In the desert it's an animal, but on the ice it's a spin camel Mary	$100 [25] She recorded a pop album over 20 years ago, back when she was "The Flying Nun" Sally Field Lorne	$100 [1] This river, the longest in the state, starts in the Adirondacks in Lake Tear of the Clouds Hudson Bob	$100 [7] Santa's ho-ho-home North Pole Bob
$200 [10] The Office of Ombudsman was instituted in this country & has spread to Finland, Norway & Denmark Sweden Lorne	$200 [12] A church seen in the distance was the original finish site for this type of horse race steeplechase Mary	$200 [19] This beautiful brunette was the only U.S. gold medal winner at the Grenoble Olympics in 1968 Peggy Fleming Mary	$200 [26] Of "Italiannette", "Sermannette" or "Hawaiianette", the 1 that isn't an Annette Funicello album Sermannette Lorne	$200 [2] The 2 Great Lakes that border New York Lake Erie & Lake Ontario Bob	$200 [9] Northwest Indians used to ridicule someone by carving that person's face upside-down on one of these totem pole Bob
$300 [22] Until 1868, the lower house of the N. Carolina legislature was referred to by this British term House of Commons Bob Lorne	$300 [13] Type of orange so named because Chinese officials wore robes of a similar color Mandarin orange Mary	$300 [20] 1960 Olympic gold medalist, her name rhymes with "ice" Carol Heiss	$300 [27] This late actor's album of Rod McKuen songs was appropriately titled "Rock, Gently" Rock Hudson Lorne	$300 [3] The 2 Canadian provinces that border New York Quebec & Ontario Lorne	$300 [11] 2 scientists having completely opposite views about magnets may be described as this at opposite poles (poles apart) Bob Mary Lorne
$400 [23] To be elected to the House of Representatives, you have to have been this for 7 years U.S. citizen Lorne	$400 [14] Tyrolean garment whose name is short for the German for "girl dress" dirndl	$400 [21] At the 1988 Winter Olympics, both Katarina Witt & Debi Thomas skated to music from this opera Carmen Bob	DD $300 [29] Shewas one of the most talked-about women of 1987:"Satan is a roaring lion / On Earth this very hour / We know he’s looking ‘round about for whom he may devour / But the Devil is defeated / The Victory’s yours today / So when he rears…" Tammy Faye Bakker Bob	$400 [4] In 1964 this Barrier Island off the coast of Long Island was made a national seashore Fire Island Mary	$400 [16] Each spring, women at Bryn Mawr College participate in a ritual dance around 5 of these maypoles Bob
$500 [24] No longer the same as domestic mail, it now costs this much to send a 1 oz. 1st class letter to Canada 30 cents Bob	$500 [15] Accessory whose name comes from Old Italian, meaning "to shield the sun" parasol Mary	—	$400 [28] British romance novelist who recorded an "Album of Love Songs Sung Especially For You' Barbara Cartland Bob	$500 [5] The New York State Thruway is named after this former governor & presidential candidate Thomas Dewey Bob	$500 [17] One of these might indicate the establishment operated by Sweeney Todd barber pole Mary

Double Jeopardy! Round

PLAYWRIGHTS	PLANTS & TREES	RADIO TO TV	EUROPEAN HISTORY	NURSERY RHYMES	FAMOUS WOMEN
$200 [8] When he was a playwright, Pope John Paul II translated "Oedipus" into this, his native language Polish Lorne	$200 [1] One of his achievements was the Shasta daisy, a feat of no small potatoes Luther Burbank	$200 [23] 1st playing Father on radio in 1949, he knew best Robert Young Bob	$200 [3] At the end of this war, Spain lost Puerto Rico & the Philippines Spanish-American War Bob	$200 [21] While the king was in the counting house counting all his money, the queen was eating bread & this honey Lorne	$200 [10] The 1st 2 people to see Jesus after he rose from the dead both had this first name Mary Bob
$400 [11] London-born playwright of Portuguese descent whose family name was anglicized from da Pinta Harold Pinter Lorne	$400 [2] A flower whose roots were used in medicine, it was named after the physician to the Greek gods, Paion peony Bob	$600 [24] When it began on radio in 1930, this long-running western wasn't hosted by Ronald Reagan Death Valley Days Mary	$400 [4] This party governed Britain for the 1st time in 1924 when Ramsay MacDonald formed a cabinet Labour Lorne	$400 [22] The pieman would let Simon have a pie if Simon would show him this 1st a penny	$400 [12] Hatshepsut, 1 of the 1st great women in history, ruled this country for some 20 years Egypt Bob
$600 [16] Playwrights born in this country include Dion Boucicault, Lady Gregory, John Synge & Samuel Beckett Ireland Bob	$600 [9] A tree of the genus Castanea, or any stale, old joke chestnut Mary	—	$600 [5] The 1st of these long-term Soviet plans was instituted by Stalin in 1928 Five-Year Plan Lorne	$600 [25] Whereas Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, she sat among the cinders Polly Flinders Mary Lorne	$800 [14] VP of the Nat'l American Women's Suffrage Assn. but more famous for her work at Hull House Jane Addams Mary
$800 [17] He wrote the play "Deathtrap", but he's more famous for the novel "Rosemary's Baby" Ira Levin Mary	$800 [19] The climbing President Hoover is a variety of this flower rose Lorne	—	DD $1,000 [6] Its emergence as a unified nation was proclaimed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, January 18, 1871 Germany Lorne	$800 [26] According to the "One Two Buckle My Shoe" rhyme, it's what you're supposed to lay straight sticks Bob Mary	DD $1,000 [13] Clara Barton didn't resign from the presidency of this until she was 82 Red Cross Bob
$1,000 [18] This "Golden Boy" author grew up in the Bronx & used it as his setting for "Awake & Sing" Clifford Odets Lorne	$1,000 [20] The sapodilla tree produces this chewing gum ingredient chicle Mary	—	$1,000 [7] Year that Rome fell, it's generally accepted as marking the close of Ancient Times 476 A.D. Bob	$1,000 [27] 1st line of the rhyme that ends "Turn 'em out, knaves all three!" Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub	$1,000 [15] Wife of South African activist, her African name Nomzamo, means "trial" Winnie Mandela Bob

Final Jeopardy!

RELIGION

Almost struck by lightning in 1505, this young man vowed to become a monk & did soon after

Martin Luther

Lorne "Who was Martin Luther?" — wagered $5,000

Bob "Who is Martin Luther?" — wagered $6,698

Mary "Who is St. Francis of Assissi?" — wagered $5,701

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