Show #687 1987-09-08 (taped 1987-06-15) Regular

Contestants

Tom Facelle — a physician originally from White Plains, New York

Brenda Berstler — a homemaker from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Ken Higgins — a woodworker from Anchorage, Alaska (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,550)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ken	$200	$1,000	$2,700	$0 3rd place: Ducane 2002 gas grill + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version	$3,200 10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Brenda	$300	$2,400	$11,500	$10,500 New champion: $10,500	$11,800 24 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Tom	$1,900	$3,200	$3,800	$2,199 2nd place: Admiral refrigerator & Multipure drinking water system + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version	$3,800 17 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

FEATHERED FRIENDS	5-LETTER WORDS	FAMOUS MORGANS	SPORTS FIGURES	MISSISSIPPI	HEADS
$100 [14] This part of a peacock is about 5 times as long as his body the tail Tom	$100 [18] The plural of fungus fungi Brenda	$100 [1] A congressional committee investigated this man in 1912 because of the financial power he was wielding J.P. Morgan Brenda	$100 [2] In late 19th c. football games it was worth 1 point, then 2, not 6 like today a touchdown Tom	$100 [13] Mississippi's population has a larger proportion of this ethnic group than any other state black Ken	$100 [26] If you take a head count, you'll find only 2 of this king's 6 wives lost theirs King Henry VIII Brenda
$200 [16] Auks swim using their feet as a rudder & these as paddles their wings Ken	$200 [19] Part of your book, or part of your back the spine Tom	$200 [7] Chuck Barris saved the footage of this panelist ripping open her blouse for "The Gong Show Movie" Jaye P. Morgan Brenda	$200 [3] For boxing, it usually measures 18-20 ft. square the ring Tom	$200 [15] On Jan. 9, 1861, Mississippi became the 2nd state to do this secede from the Union Ken	$200 [12] On this Disneyland ride, a headhunter offers 2 of his heads for 1 of yours the Jungle River Cruise Ken
$300 [17] In winter, a male emperor penguin does not eat for 2 months while he's keeping this warm the eggs Brenda	$400 [24] The fruit of the Mangifera indica tree the mango Brenda	$300 [8] This doctor began his comic strip practice in 1948 Rex Morgan M.D. Ken	$300 [4] On Feb. 24, 1987, for the 1st time in his career, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored this many points on 1 shot 3 Tom	$300 [20] Over 55% of the land in Mississippi is covered by these forests Brenda	$300 [11] It's said this man's wife would pull his head out of a bag & ask, "Have you met Sir Walter?" Sir Walter Raleigh
$400 [29] In falconry, this is removed from a falcon only after the game has been sighted the hood Ken	DD $500 [23] Title of thefollowinghit which spun up to No. 1 in 1969:"First time that I saw you, girl / I knew that I just had to make you mine" "Dizzy" Brenda	$400 [9] 1 of the 2 women who have starred on "Dallas" who fit the category (1 of) Morgan Fairchild (Morgan Brittany) Tom	$400 [5] The Spanish embassy says that it is customary for these sports figures to retire at age 40 matadors (bullfighters) Tom	$400 [21] Of Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, or Jeb Stuart, the one that is not a county in Mississippi Jeb Stuart Ken Brenda	$400 [27] Some said her prince came to claim her from Copenhagen Harbor, but only got away with her head the Little Mermaid Ken
$500 [30] Most birds are diurnal, which literally means this they are active during the day	$500 [25] Tangle removed by the teeth of a comb, or to growl while baring the teeth snarl Tom	$500 [10] He's back as Bill Gannon in the new "Dragnet" feature Harry Morgan Tom	$500 [6] The top class for international race cars Formula 1	$500 [22] Though nicknamed for a neighboring state, this author was actually a native of Mississippi Tennessee Williams Brenda	$500 [28] To "Teach" this pirate named Edward a lesson, his head was stuck on the bowsprit of a ship Blackbeard Brenda Tom

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT HISTORY	FIRST LADIES	MUSICALS	STATE OBJECTS	"TAIL"s	AMERICAN POETRY
$200 [1] This term for nonphysical love comes from the Greek philosopher who taught such a concept platonic Tom	$200 [2] Lucy Webb Hayes was the 1st first lady with this academic distinction a college graduate Brenda	$200 [3] 1962's racy Roman romp in which Zero Mostel played a "social zero"--a slave A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Brenda	$200 [18] The state animal of South Dakota, known for chasing New Mexico's state bird, the roadrunner coyote Tom	$200 [9] Your coccyx's nickname the tailbone Tom	$600 [16] "April is the cruelest month," begins "The Waste Land", his poem dedicated to Ezra Pound Thomas Eliot Tom
$400 [22] Ancient Egyptians thought all specimens of this beetle, which they considered sacred, were male a scarab Ken	$400 [6] When he died suddenly in office in 1923, rumors said his wife Florence had poisoned him Harding Brenda	$400 [4] Based on a Fellini film, the Gwen Verdon hit attracted "big spenders" to the box office Sweet Charity Brenda Tom	$400 [20] This animal is the state fossil of Nebraska, tusk, tusk a mammoth Ken	$400 [13] At "The Camptown Races", "I'll bet my money on" this a bobtail nag Brenda	$800 [17] Because she "could not stop for death", death "kindly stopped for" her, in 1886 Emily Dickinson Brenda
DD $500 [23] 2 of the 5 earliest Roman emperors, all of whom called themselves "Caesar" after Julius (2 of) Augustus or Octavian, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius & Nero Ken	DD $500 [12] Of our 1st 4 presidents, the only 1 who was his wife's 1st husband John Adams Brenda	$600 [5] According to its title, where Bernadette Peters & the other "Dames" were in the 1968 musical at Sea Tom	$600 [21] The commonwealth beverage of Massachusetts, you can sip it in the ocean spray at Cape Cod cranberry juice Ken	$600 [14] Mike Collins, Ron Collins or Tom Collins a cocktail Brenda	$1,000 [19] anyone lived in a pretty how town, but this poet lived in Cambridge, Paris, NYC & New Hampshire E.E. Cummings Brenda
$800 [24] War between Athens & Sparta, its name derives from peninsula on which Sparta was located the Peloponnesian War Ken	$600 [10] When Cleveland was single, Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, this relative, served as his first lady his sister Tom	$800 [7] Replacing Cleo Laine in "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", this "Hot Lips" showed off her hot pipes Loretta Swit Brenda Tom	$800 [26] This Revolutionary War spy was made state hero of Connecticut in 1985 Nathan Hale Tom	$800 [15] Part of a canal lock, or what you should never do to the car in front of you tailgate Tom	—
$1,000 [25] Legend says Archimedes saved his city, Syracuse, but setting attacking Roman ships afire after using these mirrors Tom	$800 [11] She was instrumental in drafting the United Nations' Declaration of Human Rights Eleanor Roosevelt Brenda	$1,000 [8] "Coco" was the 1st Broadway musical for both composer Andre Previn & this star, who played Chanel Katharine Hepburn Brenda	$1,000 [27] The beignet, featured at New Orleans' Cafe Du Monde, is this state object of Louisiana a doughnut Brenda	$1,000 [28] The conclusion the tail end Brenda	—

Final Jeopardy!

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Of the 56 people to sign the Declaration, the greatest number, 9, represented this state

Pennsylvania

Ken "What is Mass." — wagered $2,700

Tom "What is Virginia" — wagered $1,601

Brenda "What is Virginia?" — wagered $1,000

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