Show #904 1988-07-07 (taped 1988-03-22) Regular

Contestants

Mike Harris — a teacher and graduate student from Hermon, California

Susanna Betzl — an aspiring actress and writer from New York City, New York

Kevin Frear — a U.S. Army captain from Baumholder, Germany (whose 3-day cash winnings total $39,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kevin	$100	$1,900	$4,100	$8,200 4-day champion: $47,200	$3,900 14 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Susanna	$1,400	$2,500	$4,500	$8,000 2nd place: La-Z-Boy sofa + Magnavox CD player	$4,500 13 R, 2 W
Mike	$400	$-100	$300	$0 3rd place: Ricci serving bowl set	$2,300 10 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

CHEMISTRY	H. G. WELLS	VEGETABLES	FOREIGN WORDS	DID YOU NOTICE?	BEVERLY HILLS
$100 [17] The 1st of these to be synthesized was mauve in 1856 dyes Susanna	$100 [1] One of his 1st works, it was partially set in the year 802,701 The Time Machine Kevin Susanna	$100 [11] A gherkin is a small one of these used for pickling a cucumber Mike	$100 [6] We use this 5-letter French word to describe something outmoded or past its prime passé Susanna	$100 [15] Movie studio whose logo shows 22 stars arcing over a mountain Paramount Susanna	$200 [24] Beverly Hills city limit signs now announce Beverly Hills is sister city to this French film town Cannes Kevin
$200 [18] The cyanide process isn't used for murder but to remove these 2 precious metals from their ores gold & silver Kevin	$200 [2] Country in which Wells set "The War of the Worlds" England (Great Britain) Kevin	$200 [12] If you were served "poisson et petit pois" in Paris, you'd get fish & this vegetable peas Susanna	$200 [7] Italian for "broad", it's a musical direction meaning to play slowly largo Kevin Susanna Mike	$300 [20] You can be sure this electrical giant connects the "S" to the "T" in its logo Westinghouse	$300 [25] One of Frank Lloyd Wright's last buildings stands on this street famous for its exclusive shops Rodeo Drive Kevin
$300 [22] Heating a mixture of calcium oxide, sodium carbonate & sand produces this glass Kevin	$300 [3] J. M. Barrie, it's said, told Wells, "It is very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle" these ears Kevin	$300 [13] Like the turnip, this root vegetable can trace its "nip" ending back to the same root, "nepe" a parsnip Susanna	$300 [8] "Ricksha" is a shortened form of this Asian word meaning "man power carriage" jinrickshaw	DD $400 [19] Reason you probably didn't see this box of Wheaties at your local supermarket: because the Redskins won the Super Bowl Kevin	—
—	$400 [4] Completes the title of his 1933 look into the future of mankind, "The Shape of..." Things to Come Kevin	$400 [14] As asparagus is eaten in spears, bamboo is eaten in this "similar" form shoots Kevin	$400 [9] The Hindi word for an elephant seat--the one you ride on, not the one it sits on howdah Susanna	$400 [21] Trademarked name of those little sticky yellow note papers from 3M Post-Its Susanna	—
—	$500 [5] Wells' letters & papers are held in the city of Urbana at the University of this central state Illinois Kevin Mike	$500 [16] The potatolike "Eleocharis tuberosa", it's found on pond bottoms & in Chinese dishes the water chestnut Susanna	$500 [10] The Swedish word for hot mulled punch glögg Susanna	$500 [23] 1 of the 2 numbers represented on the domino on the Domino's Pizza box 1 or 2 Mike	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

MYTHOLOGY	MAPS	RADIO TO TV	1933	THE POST OFFICE	"WOO" WORDS
$200 [12] Egyptians believed Apis, a sacred bull, was son of a virgin cow impregnated when struck by this lightning Mike	$200 [17] A map with a scale of1/63,360will represent one of these as 1 inch one mile	$200 [4] John Larkin played this attorney on radio, Raymond Burr on TV Perry Mason Mike	$400 [9] U.S. federal judge John Woolsey ruled this James Joyce novel did not "tend to be an aphrodisiac" Ulysses Kevin Mike	$800 [11] An envelope with a stamp indicating it was mailed from the place & on the day it was originally issued a first-day cover Susanna	$800 [24] Brothers Charles & Frank, they nickled & dimed their way through life the Woolworths Kevin
$400 [13] By a twist of fate, Jocasta was both mother & this to Antigone grandmother Kevin Susanna Mike	$400 [18] As the lines of latitude on a map are called parallels, the lines of longitude are called these meridians Mike	$400 [5] He led the "Talent Scouts", 1st on radio, then later on TV Arthur Godfrey Kevin Mike	$800 [2] Despite the Depression, this city staged its World's Fair, The Century of Progress Exposition Chicago Mike	DD $1,000 [10] VI is the authorized 2-letter postal abbreviation for this locale the Virgin Islands Mike	$1,000 [23] The only first, middle or last name of a U.S. president that fits this category Woodrow Wilson Kevin
$600 [14] Described as birds with the faces of maidens, these monsters snatched people & carried them off harpies Susanna	$600 [19] Using pictures of landmarks to watch for, Rand McNally published its 1st guide to these in 1907 roads	$600 [6] June Whitley played Margaret Anderson to Robert Young's Jim on this 1949 radio series Father Knows Best Mike	DD $1,000 [1] The pope proclaimed 1933 a Holy Year as it was believed to be the 1900th anniversary of this the crucifixion of Christ Mike	$1,000 [22] It is the safest way the U.S. Postal Service offers for sending valuables registered mail	—
$800 [15] Pegasus, the winged horse, was born from the neck of the Medusa after this man cut off her head Perseus Mike	$800 [20] 2nd century Greco-Egyptian whose "Geography" was still being used to design maps in the 15th century Ptolemy Mike	$800 [7] This 1960s rural sitcom was based on a 1950 radio show starring Gale Gordon & Bea Benaderet Green Acres Kevin	$1,000 [3] On February 15, Giuseppe Zangara tried to do this assassinate Franklin Roosevelt Kevin	—	—
$1,000 [16] She was the royal sorceress of Colchis, niece of Circe, & wife of Jason Medea Susanna	$1,000 [21] The science of toponymics tries to standardize these on maps around the world place name spellings Kevin	$1,000 [8] Turning 50 in 1987, this CBS soap is the only one left in production that began on radio The Guiding Light Mike	—	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

SONG CLASSICS

In a song from the '30s musical "Roberta" this line follows "When a lovely flame dies..."

smoke gets in your eyes

Mike "What is The embers remain" — wagered $300

Kevin "What is 'Smoke gets in your eyes'?" — wagered $4,100

Susanna "What is "smoke gets in your eyes"" — wagered $3,500

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