Show #99 1985-01-24 (taped 1984-10-17) Regular

Paul Boymel game 5.Paul Boymel sets a new total cash winnings record of $56,200.

Contestants

Tink Miller — a controller originally from Sarasota, Florida

Jim Timmermann — a newspaper editor from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,400)

Paul Boymel — an attorney from Potomac, Maryland (whose 4-day cash winnings total $46,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Paul	$1,000	$4,300	$11,400	$9,800 5-day champion: $56,200	$10,600 31 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Jim	$-200	$1,100	$4,900	$100 2nd place: Skyway luggage & Dakotah bedroom ensemble	$4,900 13 R, 4 W
Tink	$400	$800	$1,100	$0 3rd place: Oneida Silversmiths gift certificate	$1,600 6 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

SCOTLAND	THE '30s	KID STUFF	GANGSTER MOVIES	LEAPS & JUMPS	ROCK 'N ROLL
$100 [9] Lively "Highland" dance the Highland fling Paul	$100 [8] He was voted Boxer of the Yr. 3 times during the decade Joe Louis Paul Tink	$100 [15] In rhyme, what Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear Paul	$100 [4] In gangster gab, they're "choppers", "rods" & "gats" guns Paul	$100 [19] Its distinguishing characteristic is February 29th leap year Jim	$100 [3] Group that "gathers no moss" The Rolling Stones Paul
$200 [12] This Bonnie Prince led the Jacobites against the English in 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles) Jim	$200 [7] '30s divorce capital where Luce's "Women" awaited their divorces Reno (Nevada) Paul	$200 [16] New stuffed version of this popular beagle will wear a mohawk & be called "Mr. S" Snoopy Tink	$200 [2] Shelley Winters' "Bloody Mama" Ma Barker Jim	$200 [22] Auto part you attach a cable to in order to jump-start a car a battery Tink	$200 [18] Elvis' '60 musical question for someone sitting home on Sat. evening "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" Paul
$300 [13] Cap with pom-pom named for Burns' hero tam o' shanter Jim	$300 [10] Famous choreographer of Hollywood musicals, his "Dames" & "Gold Diggers" danced up a storm Busby Berkeley Paul	$300 [17] Ali Baba gained entrance to the thieves' treasure with these words Open sesame Jim	$300 [1] "Asphalt Jungle's" gorgeous golden-haired gun moll Marilyn Monroe Paul Tink	$300 [23] To Annie, these were "leapin'" lizards Paul	$300 [26] He was the morning DJ on "W·O·L·D" Harry Chapin Jim
$400 [14] Of all James Bonds films, she is only singer to appear on screen while singing theme Sheena Easton Paul Jim	$500 [21] Bruno Hauptmann allegedly received $50,000 ransom for him the Lindbergh baby Paul	$400 [25] Classical prodigy who composed variations on "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" at the age of 5 Mozart Paul	$400 [5] Color of the "Heat" that Jimmy Cagney felt in classic '49 flick White Paul	$400 [24] In this 440 you go: 13 strides, jump, 13 strides, jump, etc. the hurdles Paul	—
$500 [20] Featuring & called Saint Andrew's Cross, it has never been officially adopted the Scottish flag Jim	DD $700 [11] Established in 1935, 90% of all U.S. workers are required to participate in this program Social Security Paul	—	$500 [6] His gangster characters terrorized "The Petrified Forest" & "High Sierra" Humphrey Bogart Paul	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPE	AMERICAN LITERATURE	REPUBLICANS	WARS	SCIENCE	MYTHOLOGY
$200 [13] 2 official languages of the Iberian Peninsula Spanish & Portuguese Paul	$200 [3] "Under a spreading chestnut tree" it stands the village smithy Tink	$200 [16] Supreme Court Chief Justice from '53 to '69, who the right wing wanted impeached Earl Warren Paul	$200 [8] Length of time of 1967 Mideast war Six Days Paul	$200 [5] A rain gauge actually measures any form of this precipitation Paul	$200 [22] Picture writing that gave us 1st information about Egyptian mythology Heiroglyphics Jim
DD $500 [12] Irrigation system still used in Lombardy was designed by this Italian artist/engineer Leonardo da Vinci Tink	$400 [1] First name of authors Pene du Bois & Saroyan William Paul	$400 [15] First governor of California or any state to be of Armenian descent Governor Deukmejian Paul	$400 [9] America's foe in War of 1812 Great Britain Jim	$400 [6] Ammonium carbonate, useful when crooners make women swooners smelling salts Paul Jim	$400 [21] The Valkyries led the Vikings to this Norse heaven Valhalla Paul
$600 [11] Nickname for part of Norway where the Sun shines 24 hours a day the Land of the Midnight Sun Paul Tink	$600 [2] Number of years Richard Henry Dana spent "Before the Mast" Two Paul	$600 [17] In '66 Winthrop Rockefeller became 1st GOP governor of this state since Reconstruction Arkansas Jim	$800 [19] In 1939-40 Finns on skis fought invaders from this country Russia Paul	$600 [7] Unit of frequency equal to 1 cycle per second that sounds like it could rent you a car a hertz Paul Jim	$600 [20] According to legend, whoever could untie it would become Lord of Asia the Gordian Knot Paul
$800 [10] Slavic for plains, it's most populous country in Central & Eastern Europe, except Russia Poland Paul Jim	$800 [4] He went "On the Road" to find the Beat Generation Jack Kerouac Paul	$800 [25] Nevada Senator & head of Pres. Reagan's re-election effort Paul Laxalt Paul	$1,000 [23] In 1801, the Barbary state of Tripoli became 1st country to do this declare war on the United States Jim	$800 [26] Latin for a botanical garden where trees & shrubs are grown an arboretum Jim	—
$1,000 [18] Small mountainous country ruled by president of France & the bishop of Urgel, Spain Andorra Jim	$1,000 [27] "Dusk--of a summer night" is the first paragraph of his "An American Tragedy" Theodore Dreiser Paul	$1,000 [24] President in between Grover Cleveland's 2 terms Benjamin Harrison Paul	DD $1,100 [14] War for which Tom Lehrer wrote this song: [Instrumental piano opening]"[Paul lip syncs]So long, mom, / I'm off to drop the bomb, / So don't wait up for me..." World War III Paul	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. GEOGRAPHY

Each one of these 2 letters begins the names of 8 states

M & N

Tink "What is NE?" — wagered $1,100

Jim "What are N, O?" — wagered $4,800

Paul "What are N and T?" — wagered $1,600

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