Show #896 1988-06-27 (taped 1988-03-21) Regular

Contestants

Bill Gellert — a research associate from Washington, D.C.

Lenny Manning — an accountant originally from Sweden

Robin Carter — a substitute teacher originally from San Antonio, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Robin	$1,900	$3,700	$6,000	$0 2nd place: Frigidaire refrigerator/freezer & Emerson 10" TV + Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$7,300 24 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Lenny	$-500	$-800	$-400	$-400 3rd place: Henley luggage + Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$-400 4 R, 4 W
Bill	$500	$1,300	$7,900	$3,799 New champion: $3,799	$7,700 19 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE	AUTHORS	BUSINESS '88	FRUITS	CELEBRITIES	SMART AS A FOX
$100 [1] "Hydrohily" is pollination where the pollen is carried by this water Robin	$100 [3] In 1986, he was the top-selling hard cover nonfiction author in U.S. & starred in the top-rated TV sitcom too Bill Cosby Bill	$100 [6] The Los Angeles area leads the U.S. in making Oriental ramen, which are these noodles Bill	$100 [13] "Swedish" Lingonberries are closely related to this American fruit grown in bogs cranberries Robin	$100 [14] Named for Jerome Kern, this Grateful Dead star is grateful to be alive after a brush with death in 1986 Jerry Garcia Robin	$100 [12] Other category on this board that's a common part of a fox's diet fruits Bill
$200 [2] Newton's 1st law of motion states an object continues in this state unless acted on by an external force at rest Bill	$200 [4] In 1919, he began subdividing his ranch in Tarzana, California Edgar Rice Burroughs	$200 [27] Since leaving the astronaut corps, she's joined the board of directors of Apple Computer (Sally) Ride Lenny	$200 [20] You can sprinkle cut bananas with citrus juice to prevent this going brown (darkening) Robin	$200 [19] Larry Harmon founded a "university" to train people how to act like one of these clown Robin Bill	$200 [15] Term for a fox home, it can be in a cave, among rocks or in a hollow tree den Robin
$300 [9] Type of physicist who works with a linear accelerator particle physicist (nuclear physicist) Robin	$300 [5] Ironically, the N.C. home of this poet noted for his Lincoln bio was built by a Confederate official Carl Sandburg Robin	$500 [28] With the addition of the name "Hutton", the largest U.S. brokerage in terms of capital, is now called this Shearson Lehmann Hutton Robin Lenny	$300 [21] The strikingly beautiful akee fruit must only be eaten when ripe for this reason it's poisonous otherwise Robin	$300 [24] Of Linda Evans, Lynda Carter, or Nancy Reagan, men's choice for a fantasy date in a July '87 Gallup poll Nancy Reagan Bill	$300 [16] 50 to 63 days, depending on the species gestation period Robin
$400 [10] It's the study of the motion & behavior of projectiles, including bullets ballistics Robin	$400 [7] An ordained minister, cookbook author & TV chef Jeff Smith is better known as this Frugal Gourmet Robin	—	$400 [22] The tangerine is actually a variety of this small "Chinese" orange Mandarin Bill	DD $300 [26] They stunned the world by getting married on Oct. 20, 1968 on the isle of Skorpios Jacqueline Kennedy & Onassis Bill	$400 [17] Since it belongs to the family Canidae, a male fox is appropriately called this dog
$500 [11] Viruses are encased in a coat of this nutrient protein Robin Lenny	$500 [8] Vassar grad Mary McCarthy's novel about 8 Vassar grads in the 1930s & '40s The Group Robin	—	$500 [23] Ripe papayas break down when shipped a long way because of this feature they share with cantaloupes large hole in the center	$400 [25] This couple's 1960s TV show featured "Allie", an alligator puppet Jim & Tammy Bakker Robin	$500 [18] The swift fox is also called this, because it's small like a little cat kit fox Robin

Double Jeopardy! Round

COUNTRIES	WEIGHTS & MEASURES	FLORIDIANS	60 YEARS AGO	DUMB AS AN "OX"	BROADWAY SONGS
$200 [2] This country boasts the largest number of recreational walk-thru mazes, including the Shiga Ritto Japan Bill	$200 [15] It used to be 480, is now 500 in most cases, but for printers is 516 sheets of paper ream Bill	$200 [10] The light bulbs in his Ft. Myers home have burned 12 hours a day since he installed them & they still work Edison Robin	$200 [7] Station WGY in Schenectady, NY began regular test broadcasts in this medium TV Robin	$200 [1] The shoe is named for this city; the cloth is named for the university there Oxford Bill	$600 [22] Numerical rating of Val's "Looks" in "A Chorus Line" song title Three Bill
$400 [3] One of the world's largest level area, the Steppes are found in this country Soviet Union Robin	$400 [16] 1000 cubic centimeters equal 1 of these liter Robin	$400 [11] In the '50s, this Jacksonville-born singer was known as "the kid with the white bucks" Pat Boone Bill	$400 [8] The British reduced the age for women voters from 30 to this 21 Bill	$400 [13] It's the color that's sort of reddish brown...or maybe brownish red oxblood Bill	$800 [19] "Fiddler on the Roof" tune which tells us "Poppa must scramble for a living" "Tradition" Robin Lenny
$600 [4] This country has the highest waterfall, largest lake, & largest oil reserves in South America Venezuela Bill	$600 [17] A distance of some 93,000,000 miles, called an astronomical unit, is based on this distance from the earth to the sun Robin	$600 [20] This Oscar-winning actor was born in Miami when his Bahamian parents went there to sell tomatoes Sidney Poitier Lenny	$600 [9] The Pacific was crossed from California to Australia for the 1st time by this method air, airplane Robin	$600 [24] Iron rust, Fe2O3, & CO2are forms of this oxide Bill	$1,000 [21] "They whistle for a spell" is one answer to this musical question from "Camelot" "What Do the Simple Folk Do?"
$1,000 [6] The Dutch called the people in what is now this country Stammerers, or "Hottentots" South Africa Bill	$800 [18] Round lots of stock on the the New York Stock Exchange are multiples of this number 100 Robin Lenny	$1,000 [28] In 1925, he founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters which he headed for the next 43 years Philip Randolph	$800 [12] Opened 11/13/28, this 1st U.S. twin-tube underwater traffic tunnel linked Manhattan & N.J. Holland Tunnel Robin Lenny	$800 [25] Deafening silence & jumbo shrimp are examples of this contradiction in terms oxymoron Bill	—
DD $1,200 [5] The 2 West European countries that have political holdings in Asia Portugal & Great Britain Bill	$1,000 [23] This land measure is exactly 10,000 square meters & about 2 1/2 acres hectare Robin	DD $1,300 [27] In '78, he thought he'd give Bruce Springsteen a break & invited him onstage to join in thefollowing: "Don't you know that I danced, I danced till a quarter to three / With the help, last night, of Daddy G / He was swingin on the sax like a nobody could / And I was dancin' all over the room / Oh, don't you know the people were dancin' like they were mad" Gary U.S. Bonds Robin	$1,000 [14] This Scandinavian explorer was lost while trying to rescue an Italian explorer Roald Amundsen Lenny	$1,000 [26] Common term for what occurs in physical activity when the heart & lungs can't supply enough "air" to muscles anoxia (hypoxia or oxygen debt) Robin	—

Final Jeopardy!

BROADCASTING

According to Nielsen, it's the night of the week on which the most people are watching prime time TV

Sunday

Robin "What is Wednesday?" — wagered $6,000

Bill "What is Thursday?" — wagered $4,101

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