Show #650 1987-06-05 Regular

Eugene Finerman game 5.

Contestants

Keith Lindloff — an attorney from Houston, Texas

Nancy Kool — a managing editor from Phoenix, Arizona

Eugene Finerman — a writer from Chicago, Illinois (whose 4-day cash winnings total $44,902)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Eugene	$1,100	$1,000	$10,500	$13,000 5-day champion: $57,902	$9,800 18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Nancy	$1,100	$800	$3,700	$0 3rd place: Maytag JetClean dishwasher	$4,700 18 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs)
Keith	$1,200	$2,400	$3,400	$10 2nd place: Marcy Fitness Products home exercise module + Tultex sweats	$3,400 15 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

EASY OPERA	FIRSTS	AMY VANDERBILT SAYS	FAMOUS CATTLE	THE KING	"BLACK"
$100 [1] Of "the three B's", the only one who composed an opera Beethoven Eugene	$100 [11] "Famous first facts" says the 1st for hatching chicks was patented in 1843 an incubator Nancy	$100 [23] Of younger or older, bride who enters 1st at a double wedding older Nancy	$100 [14] Husband of Elsie the Cow, he became most famous for promoting Borden's white glue Elmer Keith	$100 [21] Elvis once unsuccessfully auditioned for this man's popular "Talent Scouts" program Arthur Godfrey Eugene	$100 [6] "Farriers" is the term used when these craftsmen specialize in shoeing horses a blacksmith Keith
$200 [2] Color of the title bird in Rimsky-Korsakov's "Le coq d'or" gold Nancy	$200 [12] Despite A.M.A. objections, in 1965 it became the 1st U.S. gov't sponsored health insurance Medicare Keith	$400 [26] When writing to a Cabinet officer, this phrase should precede the name in the address the Honorable Keith	$200 [15] When "the little dog laughed to see such sport", this was the sport he was watching the cow jumping over the Moon Keith	$200 [22] Shortly before his Army discharge, Elvis achieved this NCO rank sergeant Eugene Nancy Keith	$200 [7] A horned pagan god, not necessarily Satan, was the deity originally worshipped in this service a black mass Eugene Nancy
$300 [3] Though an Italian opera, "The Girl of the Golden West" premiered in this country in which it's set the United States Eugene	$300 [13] The wearer of these items, 1st introduced at a London party in 1769, couldn't stop & smashed a mirror roller skates Nancy Keith	$500 [24] It's the only reason for refusing an audience with the pope being gravely ill Nancy	$300 [16] Though it started in the barn, only legend says her lantern-kicking cow caused the Chicago fire Mrs. O'Leary Nancy	DD $500 [25] Jesse Garon Presley Elvis's dead twin brother Nancy	$300 [8] Officially backed by Peace & Freedom Party & this group, Eldridge Cleaver ran for president in 1968 the Black Panthers Keith
$400 [4] The legend for this Gounod opera is based on a conjurer who supposedly lived in 16th c. Germany Faust Eugene	$400 [19] The 1st modern strike of this type was held at a Hormel packing plant in 1933 a sit-down strike Nancy	—	$400 [17] It's what finally made Ferdinand fighting mad stung by a bee	—	$400 [9] By mid-19th c. this tribal group claimed Great Plains lands twice the size of New England the Blackfeet Nancy
$500 [5] Famed for tragic operas, this Italian composer had tragedy of wife & 2 children dying in a 2-year period Giuseppe Verdi Eugene	$500 [20] In 1930, this character 1st appeared & solved the "Murder at the Vicarage" Miss Marple Nancy Keith	—	$500 [18] Because the Israelites demanded a god to lead them, he created the golden calf Aaron Keith	—	$500 [10] In the late 70s, annual compensation to U.S. miners who had this disease totalled some $1 billion black lung disease Nancy

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOTANY	REFORMERS	WORLD CITIES	POTTERY	NOVEL PLOTS	"WHITE"
$200 [1] Mangrove trees grow equally well in fresh, brackish, or this type of water saltwater Keith	$200 [21] Former minister who tried to simplify spelling & issued a dictionary with Wagnalls in the 1890s (Isaac Kaufmann) Funk Keith	$200 [11] The more populous half of Berlin West Berlin Eugene	$200 [26] To potters, this term means baking pots, while to employers it means dismissing employees firing Nancy	$200 [15] Young David Balfour gets abducted Kidnapped Keith	$200 [6] It's also called a leukocyte a white blood cell Nancy
$400 [2] Very hardy types of this simple plant live in the hot springs of Yellowstone Park algae Nancy	$400 [22] She appeared in the 1903 play "Hatchetation", which had a saloon-smashing scene Carrie Nation Keith	$400 [12] You can put another shrimp on the barbie, mate, at Coogee or Curl Curl Beaches in this city Sydney Eugene	$400 [30] Before use in ceramics, clay must be cut & beaten to get rid of these air bubbles Nancy	$400 [17] Jean Valjean steals a loaf of bread, so Inspector Javert hounds him the rest of his life Les Misérables Eugene	DD $500 [7] Title of this song, which hit Top 10 nearly 5 years after its 1st album appearance:"And I love you /Yes I love you /Oh, how I love you..." "Nights In White Satin" Nancy
$600 [3] The starch from this New World grain, "Zea mays", can be made into urethane foams corn Nancy	$600 [23] He often supported himself by surveying, but is more famous for his survey of "Civil Disobedience" Thoreau Eugene	$600 [13] In Roman times, Amman, Jordan had the same name as this Pennsylvania city Philadelphia Keith	$600 [29] Color closely associated with Delft ceramics blue Eugene	$600 [18] Life on the Mississippi, according to Edna Ferber Show Boat Eugene	$600 [8] His return to gangster films, this 1949 flick put Cagney back on top of the world, ma White Heat Eugene
$800 [4] A naturalist said this giant cactus looks like "a tree designed by someone who had never seen a tree" a saguaro Nancy	$800 [24] Since no magazine would take her article on pollution, she turned it into a book "Silent Spring" Rachel Carson Eugene	$800 [14] w/Same letters & syllables, names of Tokyo & this city show both have been Japanese "capital"s Kyoto Nancy	$800 [27] Authorized in 1901 to use "Royal" on its products, it was appointed in 1968 to make Queen Elizabeth's China Royal Doulton Nancy Keith	$1,000 [20] The 2nd Mrs. Maxim de Winter's memories of menace at Manderley Rebecca Eugene	$800 [9] In London, this street leads north from the Houses of Parliament to Trafalgar Square Whitehall Eugene Nancy Keith
$1,000 [5] Some types of these are pinnate, twice-compound, & palmate leaves Nancy	$1,000 [25] Lincoln called this artist, known for political cartoons & Civil War drawings, "our best recruiting sgt." Thomas Nast Eugene	$1,000 [16] North American metropolis occupied by the U.S. in 1847 & France in 1863 Mexico City Eugene	$1,000 [28] The hard paste type of this material is so hard ordinary steel will not cut it porcelain Nancy	DD $1,500 [19] Sex, soma, & suicide, starting in the year 632 after Ford Brave New World Eugene	$1,000 [10] It's said the1st cavalry charge of the Revolution was at this N.Y. battle of October 28, 1776 (the Battle of) White Plains Keith

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY ELECTIONS

Only year in which the winner defeated not only the incumbent but the previous president, too

1912

Keith "What is 1916?" — wagered $3,390

Nancy "What is1921916?" — wagered $3,700

Eugene "What was 1912?" — wagered $2,500

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