Show #693 1987-09-16 (taped 1987-06-16) Regular

Contestants

Sheryl Hirsch-Kramer — a freelance calligrapher from Edison, New Jersey

Tom Bendycki — a copy editor originally from Cleveland, Ohio

Ted Cooperstein — a lawyer originally from Potomac, Maryland (whose 4-day cash winnings total $32,552)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Ted $-300 $2,500 $7,900 $6,999
2nd place: trip on Eastern to Nashville & stay at Sheraton Music City
$7,700
18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Tom $1,900 $2,600 $4,400 $8,400
New champion: $8,400
$7,400
20 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Sheryl $1,600 $2,200 $3,600 $1
3rd place: Krementz his & her signet rings
$3,600
12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

ORGANIZATIONS BIRDS ACTORS & ROLES FAMOUS QUOTES U.S. CURRENCY SPORTS TRIVIA
$100 [14]
The rank above Life Scout, it's as high as you can fly in the U.S. Boy Scouts
an Eagle Scout
Sheryl
$100 [26]
From the Latin "aquila", it can be golden, harpy, or bald, for example
an eagle
Ted
$100 [7]
According to the title of the '86 film, Redford & Winger were "Legal" these
Legal Eagles
Ted
$100 [25]
On July, 20, 1969, it was announced "Houston, Tranquility Base here," this "has landed"
the Eagle
Tom
$100 [8]
Nickname of the U.S. $10 gold coin minted between 1795 & 1933, it also came in double & half varieties
an eagle
Tom
$100 [2]
In golf it's the term for a score of 2 under par on any hole
an eagle
Ted Tom
$200 [15]
The United Service Organizations, or USO, was founded during this war
the Second World War
Ted Tom
$500 [27]
With the capture of AC-9 on April 19, 1987, none of the North American species of these are left in the wild
the condor
Ted
$200 [9]
Both Rob Lowe in "Youngblood" & Paul Newman in "Slapshot" played this sport
hockey
Sheryl
$200 [24]
The only line from "The History of Ali Baba" quoted in Bartlett's or Penguin's Quotations
Open sesame
Sheryl
$200 [13]
While the Bureau of Engraving & Printing produces paper money, this bureau makes coins
the Mint
Tom
$200 [3]
Sport in which you might do a "gelandesprung", a jump made from a crouch using both poles
skiing
Sheryl
$300 [16]
According to their name, ZPG advocates this for world survival
zero population growth
Ted
$300 [10]
Walter Hill cast him as a cop in "48 Hrs." & as a Texas Ranger in "Extreme Prejudice"
Nick Nolte
Tom
$300 [1]
According to Alphonse Karr, "The more things change, the more..." this happens
they stay the same
Tom
$300 [17]
Only president to have his name on both the front & back of a currently circulated bill
Abraham Lincoln
Sheryl
$300 [4]
After 1064 games in 1985, Pete Weber had an average of 213.64 in this sport
bowling
Ted Sheryl
$400 [22]
Environmental group whose new director called the $23 million operation "a gutsy grassroots organization"
the Sierra Club
$400 [11]
J. Carrol Naish played him 39 times, Sidney Toler, 22, & Warner Oland, 17
Charlie Chan
Tom
$400 [20]
On May 1, 1898, it was said to the captain of the Olympia, Charles Vernon Gridley
"You may fire when ready, Gridley"
Ted
$400 [18]
Hide used as a unit of trade by the Indians, our slang word for $1 is a shortened form of it
a buckskin
Tom
$400 [5]
Professional name of wrestling star Andre Rousimoff
Andre the Giant
Sheryl
DD $700 [23]
Some PTA groups have expanded into PTSAs, adding this group to their name & membership body
students
Ted
$500 [12]
In films, Barbra Streisand played "Funny Girl", and this actress played "Funny Face"
Audrey Hepburn
Sheryl
$500 [21]
Hermann Goering said "Guns will make us powerful," this "will only make us fat"
butter
Ted
$500 [19]
Lowest denomination of coin with reeding or milling
a dime
Ted
$500 [6]
Relying on this erratic pitch, Carl Hubbell struck out Ruth & Gehrig in the 1934 All-Star Game
the screwball
Tom

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY THIRD WORLD GEOGRAPHY SHOES STARTS WITH "J" OPERA COLORS
$200 [3]
In 1664, the province of New Netherland & the city of New Amsterdam were both renamed this
New York
Tom
$200 [8]
It was India's capital from 1912 until 1931, when a "New" one was created
Delhi
Tom
$200 [23]
He "lives in a shoe" & his dog Tige, "he lives there too"
Buster Brown
Tom
$200 [13]
To get a car engine going by using a booster cable connected to the battery of another car
a jump start
Ted
$400 [22]
The condition of Tosca, Salome, & the Snow Maiden at the end of their operas
dead
Tom
$400 [19]
In geographic circle, it's the name of a free state in S. Africa; in tea circles, it's the name of a pekoe
Orange
Ted
$400 [4]
No, he didn't just fade away, but died at age 84 in Walter Reed Hospital April 5, 1964
Douglas MacArthur
Sheryl
$400 [9]
The 2nd largest city in the Mideast, it's the capital of Iran
Tehran
Ted
$400 [24]
USA Today's "Great Moments in Shoe History" lists this foreign ex-first lady's birth
Imelda Marcos
Tom
$400 [14]
These preserves sound like they're squeezed in tight or stuck in traffic
jams
Sheryl
$600 [20]
Complex in which you'd find the New Met
Lincoln Center
Sheryl
$600 [18]
The colorful name of this part of your anatomy is probably from the Dutch for "little finger"
the pinky
Ted
$600 [6]
The East & West telegraph wires linked up in this state, over 7 yrs. before the railroads joined there
Utah
Ted
$600 [11]
Coffee is grown on the slope of this extinct volcano whose Kibo Peak is the highest in Africa
Mount Kilimanjaro
Ted
$800 [26]
Saintly brothers Crispin & Crispinian
the patron saints of shoemakers
$600 [17]
A short crowbar used by burglers, or the nickname of our 39th president
Jimmy
Ted
$1,000 [21]
His opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" was based on a true story of 2 men betting who could seduce the other's fiancee
Mozart
Ted
$800 [2]
Shades of this color include goya, Japanese, & lobster
red
Ted Tom
$800 [7]
On Sept. 24, 1969, the trial of this group began, with Judge Julius Hoffman presiding
the Chicago 8 later changed to 7
Tom
$800 [12]
The "Yang di-Pertuan Agong" serves as head of state of this nation which once included Singapore
Malaysia
Ted
$1,000 [27]
Sequin-covered red peau de soie pumps, with heels that clicked smartly
the ruby slippers
Ted
$800 [16]
1st name shared by Nehru, a PM of India, & Shoudhurry, a student on "Head of the Class"
Jawaharlal
Tom
$1,000 [1]
From the same origin as the word for lapis lazuli, it's the light purplish blue color of the sky
azure
Tom Sheryl
$1,000 [5]
Heading to Baltimore on Sept. 18, 1830, this famous little locomotive raced a horse & lost
the Tom Thumb
Tom
$1,000 [10]
The 2 mutually hostile communist countries on the Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam & China
Tom
DD $3,000 [25]
Unusual footwear in the title of thefollowing: "Put on your red dress baby / 'Cause we're going out tonight / Put on your red dress baby / 'Cause we're going out tonight"
"Hi-Heel Sneakers"
Tom
DD $1,000 [15]
2 Olympic events fitting the category: in 1 you throw something; in the other you can be thrown
javelin & judo
Sheryl

Final Jeopardy!

THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Recent studies show this planet has a moon that's more than half its size

Pluto

Sheryl "What is Jupiter?" — wagered $3,599
Tom "What is Pluto?" — wagered $4,000
Ted "What is Uranus?" — wagered $901

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