Show #1116 1989-06-12 (taped 1989-02-13) Regular

Contestants

John Katchmer — a word processor originally from Millersville, Pennsylvania

Robert Plunkett — an attorney from Simi Valley, California

Julie Harris Neiger — a teacher from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Julie	$600	$1,800	$8,600	$4,100 2nd place: 4-day Bahamas cruise + 3-day Disney World trip	$7,400 19 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W
Robert	$1,300	$2,900	$9,900	$2,599 3rd place: Dykstra Glass grandfather clock	$9,900 19 R, 1 W
John	$2,000	$2,900	$4,500	$6,000 New champion: $6,000	$4,500 17 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

AUTHORS	TRANSPORTATION	WEDDINGS	SPORTS	POTLUCK	DOUBLE TALK
$100 [1] As a teenager, she cut her hair, dressed in boyish clothes & called herself William Cather Willa Cather Julie	$100 [10] From the Old Norse word for a roof beam, it's a craft of beams lashed together raft Julie	$100 [23] Facing the altar, it's the side of the church where the relatives & friends of the bride sit left side Julie	$100 [4] At the Highland Games, all Scots who want to toss the caber or the weight must wear this kilt Robert	$100 [5] This Tijuana Brass leader now markets a women's perfume called "Listen" Herb Alpert John	$100 [21] A really dumb person or the toy Tommy Smothers plays with on his "Comedy Hour" yo-yo Robert
$200 [2] Playwright Oliver Goldsmith may have written some of the rhymes attributed to this old woman Mother Goose Julie	$200 [11] A London cab drove for 70 days from Buckingham Palace to this Australian opera house Sydney Opera House Julie	$300 [25] She & Rep. Nicholas Longworth had a White House wedding in 1906 Alice Roosevelt Julie	$200 [6] Persia may have been the birthplace of this equestrian team sport polo John	$200 [14] In the U.S., no company can now sell a 3-wheeled "ATV", which stands for this all-terrain vehicle John	$200 [22] In a certain Coleridge poem it precedes "everywhere, nor any drop to drink" Water, water Julie
$300 [3] Shortly before his death, Washington Irving completed a 5-volume biography of this president Washington John	$300 [15] Like the Wrights, the Dodge Brothers began their career in transportation making these bicycles Robert	DD $400 [24] Title of thefollowingin which Marilyn McCoo addressed her then-fiance, Billy Davis Jr.:"...and love won't carry me / Till you marry me Bill / Bill I love you so / I always will / And in your voice I hear a choir of carousels..." "Wedding Bell Blues" Julie	$300 [7] Though Hartford isn't a seaport, its pro hockey team is called this Whalers John	$300 [16] Saying "Nikon has the perfect camera for both", its ads include photos of Einstein & this Stooge Moe Robert	$300 [28] It's the capital of America Samoa Pago Pago Julie Robert
$400 [12] Though he was born in Prague, Franz Kafka wrote his novels in this language German Robert	$400 [19] The events at the '88 Summer Olympics ran from A to Y, archery to this yachting John	$400 [26] At the end of a traditional Jewish marriage ceremony the groom smashes one of these with his foot glass Robert	$400 [8] They lost back to back Super Bowls in 1987-1988 Denver John	$400 [17] In America, wine made by the Charmat Process can be labeled champagne, but in France it must be labeled this sparkling wine	—
$500 [13] After this philosopher sired Heloise's illegitimate child, her uncle had him emasculated Abelard Robert	$500 [20] Name of the high speed passenger trains running between Washington, D.C. & NYC Metroliner John	$500 [27] During the bride & groom's 1st dance, the bride's father should dance 1st with this person groom's mother Julie	$500 [9] Sizzling the pits, lollipop & digging lips are terms in this sport, whether on the court or on the beach volleyball John	$500 [18] The highest price paid for any Chinese ceramic work of art was for a 15th c. vase from this dynasty Ming Robert	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY	FOOD	THE MIDDLE EAST	MYTHOLOGY	WEATHER	SINGERS & ROLES
$200 [2] In 1915 he chartered a "peace ship" & built his millionth car; he was busy Henry Ford John	$200 [1] This bottled bean extract must contain at least 35% alcohol vanilla John	$200 [7] War broke out on Sept. 22, 1980 when fighter bombers from this nation attacked 10 Iranian airfields Iraq John	$200 [12] At the end of their story, Psyche & this cute Roman love god lived happily ever after Cupid Julie John	$200 [19] The National Hurricane Center is based in this Florida city Miami Robert John	$200 [17] The Beatle who wrote & starred in "Give My Regards to Broad Street" Paul McCartney Julie
$400 [3] In 1894 while the gov't was trying to break the Pullman strike, Congress made this a national holiday Labor Day John	$400 [13] Served by the Indians at the 1st Thanksgiving, this food explodes when cooked popcorn Robert	$400 [8] The building of Egypt's Aswan High Dam in the 1960s was financed by loans from this country Soviet Union John	$400 [24] Name given the 6 priestesses who tended the fire of Vesta, goddess of the hearth the Vestal virgins Robert	$400 [20] In 1921 Silver Lake, Colorado saw 76 inches of this fall in a 24 hour period, a world record snow Julie	$400 [18] Michael Jackson's 1st feature film was this 1978 musical The Wiz John
$600 [4] On July 26, 1775 Congress established this service & put Ben Franklin in charge Postal Service Robert	$600 [14] An important product of Hawaii which Luther Burbank called "the perfect nut" macadamia Julie	$600 [9] Of all the Arab countries, this one has the highest percentage of Christians, about 40% Lebanon Robert	$600 [25] This Sophocles heroine was walled up in a cave as punishment for burying her brother's body Antigone Julie Robert	$600 [28] This condition, a layer of warm air over a layer of cool, allows pollutants to build up over a city temperature inversion (or thermal inversion) John	$600 [21] Country singer who played Buck, a country singer, in "Honeysuckle Rose" Willie Nelson Julie
$800 [5] 2 of the 3 things Nixon "froze" August 15, 1971 (2 of) wages & prices (or rents) Robert	$800 [15] Also called the "butter bean", it was 1st cultivated by Peruvian Indians lima bean Julie	$800 [10] In 1917 Britain issued the Balfour Declaration which called for the creation of this Jewish-Palestinian state Robert	$800 [26] Helen of Troy's husband, Menelaus, was king of this Greek city-state Sparta Julie	$800 [29] Nearly all weather occurs in this, the lowest layer of the atmosphere the troposphere John	$800 [22] Frank Sinatra won an Oscar for his role as Maggio in his 1953 Oscar-winning film From Here to Eternity Julie
$1,000 [6] John Adams & Jefferson both died on the July 4th that marked this anniversary of our independence 50th Robert	DD $1,500 [16] This twice baked, hard toasted bread is a long-lasting treat for tots a zwieback Julie	$1,000 [11] In 1941 Syria gained its independence from this European country France Robert	$1,000 [27] Castor & Pollux were mothered by Leda & fathered by Jupiter in this disguise a swan Robert	$1,000 [30] The National Weather Service is part of this Cabinet department the Department of Commerce	DD $1,500 [23] The 2 singer-actresses who played Esther in "A Star is Born", 1 in 1954 & the other in 1976 Judy Garland & Barbra Streisand Julie

Final Jeopardy!

VOCABULARY

This 7-letter synonym for dictionary is from a Greek word for "word"

lexicon

John "What is lexicon?" — wagered $1,500

Julie "What is logo?" — wagered $4,500

Robert "What is Thes ?" — wagered $7,301

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