Show #889 1988-06-16 (taped 1988-03-14) Regular

Stephen Lebowitz game 5.

Contestants

Steve Herron — a letter carrier from Shawnee, Oklahoma

Jimmie Bucci — a temporary service manager originally from North Tarrytown, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $100)

Stephen Lebowitz — a physician from Los Angeles, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $50,900)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Stephen	$1,300	$1,600	$1,000	$1,898 2nd place: a trip on Eastern to Washington, D.C. & stay at the Madison Hotel + Jeopardy! box game	$5,800 14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Jimmie	$-500	$-300	$1,900	$1,700 3rd place: Gibson refrigerator/freezer + Jeopardy! box game	$1,900 6 R, 4 W
Steve	$1,700	$2,700	$9,000	$10,000 New champion: $10,000	$9,900 28 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS AMERICANS	IN THE NEWS	FOOD	GAMES	BROWNS	AUTOMOBILES
$100 [6] Mary Baker Eddy founded the Church of Christ, Scientist in this New England city Boston Steve	$100 [1] The only part of his NBC interview cut on Soviet TV was his admitting he discussed affairs with Raisa Gorbachev Stephen	$100 [13] NutraSweet said "Simplesse", a substitute for this, could cut the calories in ice cream by over 50% fat Jimmie Steve	$100 [11] In "Hangman" dashes or blanks indicate the number of these letters Steve	$100 [7] He's known as the Godfather--of Soul & Funk, that is James Brown Steve	$400 [18] In 1986, this company sold some 169,000 cars in the U.S., most ever by an import in its 1st year Honda Steve
$200 [23] It's said William Pitt told the House of Lords that this man ranked with Newton as a scientist Benjamin Franklin Stephen	$200 [2] In January 1988, the Supreme Court ruled that this type of newspaper could be censored school	$200 [14] To "coddle" food, cook it in water just below this temperature boiling point Steve	$200 [19] In "Crazy Eights", these cards score 50 points each eights Steve	$200 [8] As governor, he warned Californians to lower their expectations of what government can do for them Jerry Brown Steve	$500 [25] AMC has become this division of Chrysler Jeep-Eagle Jimmie
$300 [24] In 1962, this att'y general sent Congress a civil rights bill aimed at curbing police brutality Robert Kennedy Stephen Jimmie	$300 [3] A new study indicates aggressive, type A personalities are actually less likely to die from this cause heart attacks Stephen	$300 [15] More types of these expensive fungi have been found in Pacific Coast woodlands than anywhere else truffles	$400 [21] Many players own their own set of these, used to play "301" in a pub darts Steve	$300 [9] His properties in Pennsylvania included a concealed room for hiding fugitive slaves John Brown Steve	—
$400 [27] A former lawyer & schoolteacher, this noted lexicographer helped found Amherst College in 1821 Noah Webster Stephen	$400 [4] This embattled oil company announced it may owe the IRS $6 1/2 billion in back taxes Texaco Steve	$400 [16] Julia Child says this "wickedly rich" chocolate dessert may be made a day or so before serving chocolate mousse Steve	$500 [22] Term for what players do to determine the order of shooting in pool lag Steve	$400 [10] According to her 1982 bestseller, she believed in "Having It All" Helen Gurley Brown Stephen	—
$500 [26] Personally mild in temperament, William Lloyd Garrison was best known for radical opposition to this slavery Stephen	$500 [5] In its 5-year-long eruption, this volcano on a slope of Mauna Loa has destroyed over 50 homes Kilauea Stephen Jimmie	$500 [17] The French use this fruit to make "tarte aux framboises" raspberries Stephen Jimmie	DD $1,000 [20] In "Going on a Trip", what you might say if the player before you is "taking an apple & a book" apple, book & C word Steve	$500 [12] His creator said he "represents the insecurity in all of us, & our desire to be liked" Charlie Brown Steve	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

GERMANY	BIOLOGY	CLASSICAL LITERATURE	WESTERNS	OPERA	"G.L."
$200 [12] East Germany ranks 1st in world production of lignite, which is a type of this fuel coal Steve	$200 [15] The species "rhizobium" of these micro-organisms plays an important role in nitrogen fixation in plants bacteria Stephen	$200 [23] If you read Ovid's "Metamorphoses" in English, it was metamorphosized from this, its original language Latin Steve	$200 [2] In "The Life & Times of Judge Roy Bean", the judge reads' this N.Y. paper to follow Lily Langtry's career New York Times Steve	$200 [24] During a performance of an opera about this queen of Egypt, Handel had a 1/2 fist-fight w/the composer Cleopatra Steve	$200 [7] Amy Vanderbilt says for a wedding, it should include all close friends & odd family retainers guest list Steve
$400 [13] Germans call this city "Koln", but we call it this Cologne Steve	$400 [16] The part of a cell where chromosomes are found nucleus Stephen	$400 [22] This book of the Bible contains songs by David, Asaph, the Korahites & others Psalms Steve	$400 [3] This legendary stock pen was a setting in "Law & Order", "Darling Clementine", & "Hour of the Gun" O.K. Corral Steve	$400 [25] "Don Giovanni" is the Italian name of this legendary seducer Don Juan Stephen	$400 [8] Black's Law Dictionary says English law originally defined this as theft worth 12 pence or more grand larceny Steve
$600 [14] German is one of the newer European nations since it wasn't unified until late in this century 19th Stephen	$600 [17] Calcite crystals form this, the iridescent lining of nautilus shells mother-of-pearl Steve	$600 [21] His epic, the "Aeneid", describes the founding of Rome Virgil Jimmie Steve	$600 [4] The boat in "Man in the Wilderness" was based upon the notes of this pair of U.S. explorers Lewis & Clark Steve	$600 [26] Opening night at the Met for the 1918 season was November 11, which coincided with this WWI event Armistice Stephen	$600 [1] Its extreme thinness is achieved by hammering it between layers of parchment gold leaf Steve
$800 [18] Founded in 1386, it's the oldest university in West Germany University of Heidelberg Jimmie	$800 [20] The term for a parasite's "meal ticket" host Jimmie	$800 [11] One encyclopedia says his portrait of Socrates is the best drawn character in Greek literature Plato Steve	$800 [5] It's claimed the final fight of this Peckinpah classic used more rounds than the 1923 Mexican Revolution The Wild Bunch Steve	$1,000 [28] Richard Strauss' 1-act opera about this temptress is based on a play by Oscar Wilde Salome Stephen	DD $900 [9] He led the group who gave us thefollowing No. 1 song in 1965:This diamond ring doesn't shine for me anymore / And this diamond ring doesn't mean what it meant before / So if you've got… Gary Lewis Steve
—	DD $4,800 [27] The standard divisions in biological classification, remembered by the initials "KPCOFGS" kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species Stephen	$1,000 [19] Writing during army campaigns, Marcus Aurelius originally titled this self-reflective work "to himself" The Meditations Stephen	$1,000 [6] This primary color was not used in "A Man Called Horse" since 19th c. Sioux had no access to it blue Jimmie	—	$1,000 [10] Once asked if he would "swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, & nothing but the truth" he replied "No" G. Gordon Liddy Jimmie

Final Jeopardy!

MILITARY MEN

"A better army...probably never faced an enemy," Grant wrote of his service as a lieutenant in this war

Mexican War

Stephen "What is the Mexican War?" — wagered $898

Jimmie "What is the War of 1812?" — wagered $200

Steve "What is the Mexican War?" — wagered $1,000

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