Show #864 1988-05-12 (taped 1988-03-01) Regular

1988 Senior Tournament quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

Don Maynard — a director of regulatory affairs from Cary, North Carolina

Ed Cohen — a synagogue administrator from Daly City, California

Ross Cameron — a student from Vallejo, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ross	$1,600	$4,300	$6,100	$8,801 Automatic semifinalist	$8,600 19 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Ed	$1,600	$1,400	$4,400	$8,800 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$4,400 20 R, 5 W
Don	$-200	$-1,100	$900	$0 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$900 8 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 1880s	WEAPONS	CHOCOLATE	SCIENCE	ACTRESSES' REAL NAMES	EUROPEAN MUSEUMS
$100 [8] Milk shake lovers probably know that Wm. Horlick introduced this flavorful additive in the 1880s malt Don	$100 [23] A weapon for battling gladiators, today one divides battling tennis players net Don	$100 [5] Of sweet, bittersweet, or milk chocolate, the 1 that accounts for about 90% of sales in the U.S. milk chocolate Ed	$100 [9] The decimal numbering system uses this number as its base 10 Don	$100 [3] Donna Belle Mullenger, who had "a wonderful life" Donna Reed Ed	$200 [22] This city boasts a Byzantine museum & an Acropolis museum Athens Don
$200 [18] It wasn't until this Apache chief surrendered in 1886 that wagon trails could pass safely thru Ariz. Geronimo Ed	$200 [1] An AA gun is a weapon designed as anti- this aircraft Ross	$200 [6] As far as we know, this was the 1st European country to enjoy the taste of chocolate Spain Ross	$200 [10] This discharge can be produced in snowstorms, sandstorms & volcanic clouds as well as thunderstorms lightning Ed	$200 [4] One biographer said she was named for Norma Talmadge & Jean Harlow Marilyn Monroe Ed	$300 [21] It houses the richest & most complete collection of Spanish paintings in the world Prado Ed
$300 [24] John W. Powell co-founded this society which said we "will not be confined to professional geographers" National Geographic Society Ross	$300 [2] The oldest of all explosives, its formula appears in a 13th century book by Roger Bacon gunpowder Ed	$300 [27] This country is the largest producer of cacao beans in the Western Hemisphere Brazil Ed	$300 [14] If you degauss something, you neutralize this type of field magnetic Ross	$300 [7] Monetta Eloyse Darnell, who starred in "Forever Amber" Linda Darnell Ed	$400 [20] Uffizi Gallery in this city has world's finest collection of Italian Renaissance paintings Florence Ed Don
$400 [25] He devised the vaccine to prevent hydrophobia Louis Pasteur Ed Don	$400 [13] It's the thrown weapon most identified with the Gauchos bola Don	$400 [28] Largest prestige boxed-candy company in U.S., the bow colors on the boxes indicate type of candy inside Russell Stover Ed Don	$400 [16] In units of force, "N", named after a noted English scientist, stands for this Newton Ross	$400 [11] Chinese-American actress of the '30s whose real name, Wong Liu Tsong, meant "frosted yellow willow" Anna May Wong Ed	$500 [19] The married name of 18th century Frenchwoman Marie Grosholtz, it's still found on a London museum Tussaud Ross
$500 [26] The Mayerling tragedy of 1889 involved the suicide of this Cent. European country's crown prince Austria-Hungary Ross	DD $800 [15] Amendment to the Constitution pertaining to your right to bear arms Second Amendment Ross	$500 [29] Chocolate & cocoa differ basically in the amount of this fatty substance they contain cocoa butter Ross	$500 [17] One was erected on California's Mt. Hamilton in the 1880s with an endowment from James Lick telescope (observatory) Ross	$500 [12] Born Liliane-Marie-Madeleine Carre, Lili Damita was best known for marrying this swashbuckler Errol Flynn Ross	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

MYTHOLOGY	BODIES OF WATER	"HOUSE"s	GOLDEN OLDIES	LITERARY CLASSICS	DIRECTORS' REAL NAMES
$200 [19] King Midas once judged a music contest between Apollo on the lyre & this guy on the pipes Pan Ross	$200 [1] This Great Lake is the deepest, highest above sea level, & farthest north & west of all the Great Lakes Superior Ed	$200 [2] Virginia village in which Lee surrendered, ending the Civil War Appomattox Court House Ed	$200 [15] Nat "King" Cole said it's what "They try to tell us" we are too young Ed	$200 [18] 1860 novel in which a brother & sister drown when the River Floss floods The Mill on the Floss Ed	$200 [10] Samuel Wilder Billy Wilder Ed
$400 [20] The 1st horse, Scyphius, was created by this Roman god of water; I guess that makes it a sea horse Neptune Ross	$400 [4] In 1964, claiming U.S. ships had been attacked in this gulf, LBJ ok'd air raids against North Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin Don	$400 [25] Haile Selassie, Nehru & Krushchev have all slept in this official guesthouse of the president Blair House Ross	$400 [7] In title of their 1956 hit, The 4 Lads were doing this while "watching all the girls go by" standing on the corner Ed	$400 [17] His best-known novel, "Of Human Bondage", has been called a thinly-disguised autobiography Somerset Maugham Ross	$400 [11] William Berkeley Enos, who was most famous for his choreography Busby Berkeley Ross
$600 [21] Major goddess of the Babylonians, or Hoffman/Beatty film that met with minor success Ishtar Don	$600 [5] Named by Captain Cook for the many plants along the shore, Botany Bay is on this continent Australia Ross	$600 [26] It's where Jesus said there "are many mansions" in my Father's house Ed	$600 [16] In 1957, he spent time with "Diana", but in '59, he was a "Lonely Boy" Paul Anka	$600 [3] Little boys once wore little velvet suits inspired by this Frances Hodgson Burnett book Little Lord Fauntleroy Don	$600 [12] Epic director whose famous middle initial stood for "Blount", not Bible Cecil B. DeMille Ross Don
$800 [22] 6 virgins attended to the sacred flame of this Roman goddess Vesta Ed	$1,000 [24] 2 of the 3 largest islands which along with Italy, border the Tyrrhenian Sea (2 of) Sicily & Corsica (or Sardinia) Ed Don	$1,000 [29] U.S. religious sect known for its traveling bearded baseball team, or a royal family of Ancient Israel House of David Ed	$800 [27] Kay Starr's 1952 smash that could be the theme for a current game show smash "Wheel of Fortune" Ross	$800 [8] "The Swiss Family Robinson" was written in this language German	$800 [13] Born Elaine Berlin, she directed her own daughter Jeannie Berlin in "The Heartbreak Kid" Elaine May Ed
$1,000 [23] Edith Hamilton says he wasn't too intelligent, but he was smarter than Atlas, whom he tricked Hercules	DD $2,000 [6] The Atlantic & Pacific Oceans each touch this number of inhabited continents 4 Ross	—	DD $4,000 [28] Doris Day's conclusion about men that's the title ofthis1952 No. 1 Hit: "A Guy is a Guy" Ross	$1,000 [9] "Master"ful adventure novel which climaxes in upstate N.Y., where R.L. Stevenson began writing it The Master of Ballantrae	$1,000 [14] Sean Aloysius O'Fearna directed "How Green Was My Valley" under this name John Ford Ed

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTS

He was last president to have a Secretary of War & 1st to have a Secretary of Defense

Truman

Don "Who was Eisenhower?" — wagered $900

Ed "Who was Truman?" — wagered $4,400

Ross "Who was Truman" — wagered $2,701

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