Show #689 1987-09-10 (taped 1987-06-15) Regular

Contestants

Stephanie Chastain — a homemaker from Phoenix, Arizona

Ted Cooperstein — a lawyer originally from Potomac, Maryland

Brenda Berstler — a homemaker from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Brenda	$1,600	$2,200	$3,600	$7,000 2nd place: Trip to St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands	$3,700 15 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Ted	$300	$1,500	$6,900	$10,801 New champion: $10,801	$6,900 21 R, 6 W
Stephanie	$1,400	$2,000	$5,400	$0 3rd place: Ensoniq digital electric piano	$5,400 16 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORD ORIGINS	WOMEN IN SPORTS	THE POST OFFICE	PETS	SUBURBS	SUDDEN DEATH
$100 [8] Anglo-Saxons called this animal a "coppe", & its web was known as a "copweb" the spider Brenda	$100 [1] Kathy Whitworth is the 1st woman to have earned over $1 million in this sport golf Brenda	$100 [15] Within the U.S., you can no longer send letters "Air Mail", since it has now merged with this class first class Ted	$100 [6] The breed the British generally call the "Alsatian" we generally call this the German Shepherd Ted	$100 [14] Famed for its universities, this Boston suburb is named for an English university town Cambridge Stephanie	$100 [9] Guinness says a viper at the Philadelphia Zoo committed suicide by doing this to itself biting itself Ted
$200 [10] Name of this shoulder ornament derives from "epaule", French for "shoulder" an epaulet Stephanie	$200 [2] 1st woman athlete ever to earn $1 million was this Norwegian skater turned movie star Sonja Henie Brenda	$200 [21] When unloaded & disassembled, this firearm is mailable, though pistols & revolvers usually are not a rifle Stephanie	$200 [7] To impoverish his enemies, the king of Siam gave them elephants of this color, not allowed to work white Stephanie	$200 [27] Orange & its neighbor to the north, West Orange, are both suburbs of this New Jersey city Newark Ted	$200 [16] One who is dead is botanically described as "pushing up" these flowers daisies Ted
$300 [11] From Arabic verb "gharafa", meaning "to draw water", comes this word for a glass bottle a carafe Ted	$300 [3] In 1980, Rachel McLish became this sport's 1st Miss Olympia bodybuilding Brenda	$300 [22] The reuse of these is punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment stamps Brenda	DD $300 [20] Requiring very little exercise, this breed of dog is popular among apartment dwellers a Yorkshire terrier Brenda	$300 [28] Birthplace of Henry Ford, this Detroit suburb is still Ford Motor Co. headquarters Dearborn Ted	$300 [17] It's said St. Sebastian was shot full of these but died from being battered by cudgels arrows Ted
$400 [12] The Latin verb "colorare", to color, inspired this term for a musically colorful soprano coloratura Stephanie	$400 [4] Celebrity Register calls her "The Pixie from the West Virginia Hills" Mary Lou Retton Brenda	$400 [23] Though it's sent by Western Union, it's delivered by the post office, usually the next day mailgram Brenda Stephanie	$400 [25] Guinea Pigs didn't originate in Guinea, but came from this continent South America Brenda Ted	$400 [29] Gilley's, the world's largest country & western nightclub, is in this Houston suburb Pasadena	$400 [18] He died in a Porsche Spyder on September 30, 1955 James Dean Brenda
$500 [13] This word for someone with ESP comes from the Greek for soul, "psukhe" psychic Stephanie	$500 [5] Unable to walk at age 7, she went on to win 3 gold medals in track in 1960 Olympics Wilma Rudolph Brenda	$500 [24] The meaning of the "ZIP" in ZIP Code Zone Improvement Plan Brenda	$500 [26] The World Book says toucans probably use this enormous, colorful body part to attract a mate beak (or bill) Ted	$500 [30] Chicago wags used to say if you smell gunpowder, you're in this suburb Cicero	$500 [19] An account of his death by poison appears in Plato's "Phaedo" Socrates Brenda

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE OLD WEST	"EE"	ASTRONOMY	SHAKESPEARE	PEOPLE	HOLIDAYS
$200 [1] It's what a "spike driver" worked on, all the live long day the railroad Stephanie	$200 [3] Australia's "Great Barrier" is one a reef Ted	$200 [23] In the northern hemisphere, this season begins when the Sun "crosses the equator" from south to north spring Brenda Ted	$200 [9] Play in which Mistress Page says "Wives may be merry, & yet honest too" The Merry Wives of Windsor Ted	$200 [2] Winning an award, the editor of this weekly magazine thanked "my mother, Frank Sinatra & Princess Di" People Magazine Brenda	$200 [10] France's great national holiday celebrated on July 14, commemorates this event the Bastille Day Ted
$400 [4] Outraged cattlemen would shoot, dynamite & club these animals or stampede them over cliffs sheep Stephanie	$400 [15] In boxing, he always starts a fight the referee Stephanie	$400 [24] Now past Uranus, Voyager II is expected to reach this planet at 9 P.M. PDT, August 24, 1989 Neptune Ted Stephanie	$400 [13] The cast of this comedy includes an Amazon queen, a bellows-mender & a flock of fairies A Midsummer Night's Dream Stephanie	$400 [5] Mary Pickersgill made the flag that was described by this man in 1814 Francis Scott Key Stephanie	$400 [11] August 30th, Huey P. Long Day, is a holiday in this state, but only if proclaimed by the governor Louisiana Ted
$600 [19] In the 1870s, this company produced the "Peacemaker" Colt Brenda Ted Stephanie	DD $800 [20] You'll have to go far south to find this, the only state capital with "EE" Tallahassee Brenda	$600 [27] Markarian 348, 13 times the size of the Milky Way, may be the largest of these in the universe galaxy Ted	$600 [14] In 1613, this theater most associated with Shakespeare burned down during a performance of "Henry VIII" the Globe Brenda	$600 [6] Former sec'y to Lt. Col. Oliver North, she was granted immunity from prosecution for her testimony Fawn Hall Ted	$600 [12] It occurs 3 days before Easter Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) Brenda Ted Stephanie
$800 [26] This wagon the Dutch designed to cross the West was named for the valley they left in Pennsylvania the Conestoga Ted	$800 [21] This southern European country is the only independent nation in the world to fit this category Greece Ted	$800 [28] In March 1987, scientists were watching the closest of these stellar events in nearly 400 yrs. supernova Ted	$800 [16] In "Hamlet", the 4 words that follow "Alas, poor Yorick!" "I knew him, Horatio" Ted	$800 [7] Though she became famous in 1851 for wearing Turkish pantaloons, she stopped wearing them in 1859 Amelia Bloomer Ted Stephanie	$800 [17] Father's Day always falls on this day of the year the third Sunday in June Ted Stephanie
$1,000 [25] Just as Missourians made Jesse James a legend, this state glorified robber Sam Bass Texas Brenda	$1,000 [22] Incomparable, or The British House of Lords during a holiday peerless (without peer) Stephanie	—	—	$1,000 [8] In September 1986, Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore were made honorary citizens of this N.Y. town New Rochelle Stephanie	$1,000 [18] In Alaska, the last Monday in March is a state holiday honoring this Secretary of State (William) Seward Brenda Ted

Final Jeopardy!

THE CENSUS

Last year in the 19th century in which a general census of the United States was taken

1900

Brenda "What is 1900?" — wagered $3,400

Stephanie "What is 1896?" — wagered $5,400

Ted "What is 1900?" — wagered $3,901

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