Show #450 1986-05-30 (taped 1985-12-16) Regular

Marvin Shinkman game 5.

Contestants

Paul Beress — a sales manager from Van Nuys, California

Kathleen Guzzi — a housewife from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Marvin Shinkman — a stamp dealer from Van Nuys, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $39,203)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Marvin $1,900 $3,400 $5,200 $0
3rd place: White-Westinghouse refrigerator/freezer
$4,900
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Kathleen $1,400 $1,900 $5,300 $100
2nd place: trip on Delta to Hollywood, Florida & stay at the Diplomat Hotel
$5,300
13 R, 2 W
Paul $100 $2,200 $4,400 $4,000
New champion: $4,000
$4,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

1956 CORPORATE AMERICA ABOUT "FACE" CALIFORNIA JARGON DYNASTIES
$100 [20]
On July 26, he, the president of Egypt, nationalized the Suez Canal Company
Nasser
Marvin
$100 [11]
When they pleaded guilty to check-kiting charges in May 1985... people listened
E.F. Hutton
Marvin
$100 [18]
This begins an ice hockey game
face-off
Marvin
$100 [4]
The California state flag has a red star & this animal on it
(grizzly) bear
Marvin
$100 [3]
When Lee Majors does one on "The Fall Guy", he calls it a "gag"
a stunt
Paul
$100 [1]
Playboy publisher Hugh begat Playboy Enterprises President Christie
Hefner
Marvin
$200 [21]
The Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus did this for the last time, in July in Pittsburgh
play under a tent
Marvin
$200 [15]
Publishing firm founded by Bennett Cerf & Donald Klopfer to publish luxury editions of books "at random"
Random House
Paul
$200 [23]
"Elevating" cosmetic surgery people keep secret--except Phyllis Diller, Betty Ford, Mr. Blackwell...
a face lift
Marvin
$200 [5]
Gilroy has a festival dedicated to this pungent lily; local vampires leave town that weekend
garlic
Marvin
$200 [9]
In law enforcement, "Mirandizing" someone is doing this
reading their rights
Marvin
$200 [2]
Oil magnate John D. begat philanthropist John D., Jr., who begat N.Y. Gov. Nelson, Ark. Gov. Winthrop, etc.
the Rockefellers
Kathleen
$300 [22]
Due to ankle injuries, Orson Welles played this Shakespearean king in a wheel-chair on B'way
King Lear
Kathleen
$300 [16]
The sponsor of "Let's Dance" on NBC Radio in 1934 was this baker, then also known as "N.B.C."
National Biscuit Company
Paul
$300 [24]
Song sung and drawn by Dick Van Dyke in the film "Bye Bye Birdie"
"Put On A Happy Face"
Kathleen Paul
$300 [6]
The 1960 Winter Olympics were held in this Northern California resort
Squaw Valley
Paul
$300 [10]
A promotion to "CEO" makes you one of these
chief executive officer
Kathleen
$300 [7]
Movie producer Darryl begat movie producer Richard
Zanuck
Paul
$400 [30]
Previously family-owned, stock in this auto company was 1st publicly traded on January 17
Ford
Kathleen
$400 [17]
3M is offering "blank" video cassettes with this pre-recorded on the tape
promos (ads)
$400 [25]
Long-running CBS Sunday morning interview show, now with moderator Lesley Stahl
Face the Nation
Paul
$400 [27]
He went from being Governor of California to Chief Justice of the U.S. in 1953
Earl Warren
Marvin
$500 [13]
When "Variety" tells of a movie's "B.O.", it's not a critic's assessment, but this
box office
Marvin
$400 [8]
Children's book illus. N.C. begat "Christina's World" painter Andrew, who begat JFK portraitist Jamie
Wyeth
Kathleen
$500 [29]
At Democratic convention, he lost V.P. nomination on 2nd ballot to Estes Kefauver
John F. Kennedy
Marvin
$500 [19]
Some thought WWII-era Levi's were fakes because this was painted on to conserve thread
the seam on the pocket (pocket trim)
Paul
$500 [26]
The words "ten dollars" on a $10 bill, for example
face value
Kathleen Paul
$500 [28]
Sierra Club founder whose memorial trail finds the way through the Sierras to Mt. Whitney
John Muir
Paul
DD $700 [12]
If you play poker with a "mechanic", he won't get the cards greasy--he'll do this
he'll cheat
Marvin
$500 [14]
Stage actor Osgood begat film actor Anthony, who begat son Osgood, who's now 11
(Tony) Perkins
Kathleen

Double Jeopardy! Round

TYPOGRAPHY HUMORISTS WATERGATE THE '85 TV SEASON DID YOU NOTICE? SPACE TRAVEL
$200 [18]
The word "typo" is short for this longer term
typographical error
Paul
$200 [5]
Washington, D.C. based humorist who wrote "While Reagan Slept"
Art Buchwald
Marvin
$200 [3]
Because they fixed "leaks", Nixon's "Special Investigations Unit" was called this
Plumbers
Marvin
$200 [10]
Though dead 5 years, he's introducing segments of "his" show--in color this time
Alfred Hitchcock
Paul
$200 [1]
Beatle who played his guitar left-handed
Paul McCartney
Kathleen
$400 [24]
Of 6, 8, or 10, number of Apollo flights that landed on the Moon
6
$400 [19]
To a typesetter, what "upper case" means
capital
Marvin
$400 [6]
Raconteur of Lake Wobegon, Minn., he never mentions his own name on "A Prairie Home Companion"
Garrison Keillor
$400 [4]
When Nixon said, "I am not a crook," it was, some feel aptly, in this Florida land of fantasy
Disney World
Kathleen
$400 [11]
CBS's "Hometown" got this dubious distinction for the 1985 season
the first show cancelled
Paul
$400 [2]
Musical instrument appropriately found in the A&M Records company symbol
trumpet
Marvin Paul
$600 [25]
Russian word for "union", Apollo linked up with one July 17, 1975
soyuz
Kathleen
$600 [20]
In official corporate logo, the symbol between "Gulf" and "Western"
a plus
Paul
$600 [15]
She "Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression"
Erma Bombeck
Marvin
$600 [7]
Robert Bork took this job & fired Archibald Cox as Watergate Special Prosecutor
acting attorney general
Marvin Kathleen
$600 [12]
After his disastrous 1983-84 talk show, he's got "Growing Pains" on ABC
Alan Thicke
Marvin
DD $400 [23]
2 digits, 1 or the other of which is found in the middle of every U.S. area code
0 & 1
Paul
$1,000 [22]
Name for the extensions at the top & bottom of letters in some typefaces
serif
Paul
$800 [16]
In his "Devil's Dictionary", he called birth "The 1st & direst of all disasters"
Ambrose Bierce
Paul
$800 [8]
In the June 23, 1972 tape, which had the 18 1/2 minute gap, Nixon spoke with this aide
Mr. Haldeman
$800 [13]
In tradition of the '50s "Have gun will travel, wire Paladin", 1985 had "Odds against you? Call..." him
The Equalizer
Kathleen
DD $1,400 [21]
Named for its Swiss origin, this is the most used typeface family in the world
Helvetica
Paul
$1,000 [17]
Among his works are "Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!", "Anybody Got a Match?" & "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis"
Max Shulman
$1,000 [9]
Month in which Nixon announced his resignation
August (1974)
Kathleen
$1,000 [14]
New Disney Sat. morn. cartoon characters, they're odd animal hybrids like moose-seal & bee-lion
The Wuzzles
Kathleen

Final Jeopardy!

GENERALS

Highest rank, General of the Armies of U.S., was given only to Pershing in 1919 & this deceased president in 1976

George Washington

Paul "What is 5 star general" — wagered $400
Marvin "Who was Eisenhower" — wagered $5,200
Kathleen "Who was Eisenhower?" — wagered $5,200

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