Show #457 1986-09-09 (taped 1986-08-05) Regular

Contestants

Kevin Cummins — a computer operator from Los Angeles, California

Blair Pethel — a journalist from Greensboro, North Carolina

Susan Sackett — a writer from Studio City, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Susan $700 $1,400 $5,100 $1,001
2nd place: trip on Western to Honolulu & stay at Pacific Beach Hotel
$4,300
16 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Blair $1,200 $2,600 $7,000 $3,700
New champion: $3,700
$7,000
19 R, 2 W
Kevin $900 $1,100 $500 $1,000
3rd place: Olympia Carrera typewriter
$500
10 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

AUTOMOBILES EXPLORERS WOMEN BIBLICAL QUOTES TOUCHDOWN TOPICS STUPID ANSWERS
$100 [11]
A "glow plug" is used for cold starts in this engine that doesn't use spark plugs
a diesel
Blair
$100 [2]
He died in Spain May 20, 1506, still believing he had reached the East Indies
Christopher Columbus
Susan
$100 [1]
For axing her stepdaughter, in 1899 Martha Place was 1st woman in U.S. executed in one of these
an electric chair
Blair
$100 [18]
According to Romans 6:23 "The wages of sin is..." this
death
Susan
$100 [26]
During actual playing time, pros replace it about every 6 minutes
a football
Kevin
$100 [3]
Extremely small tropical fish discovered in 1866 by the Rev. R.J. Lechmere Guppy
a guppy
Susan
$200 [16]
To conserve gas & rubber, this was the natl. speed limit for much of WWII, 20 miles lower than 1974
35
Susan
$200 [8]
To win a bet, mountain man Jim Bridger rode dangerous rapids to discover this Utah lake
the Great Salt Lake
Blair
$300 [14]
Sense that becomes more sensitive during pregnancy
smell
Susan Blair Kevin
$200 [19]
Moses' 4 word message to the pharaoh
Let my people go
Blair
$200 [27]
Now retired with his pet gator, Ted "Mad Stork" Hendricks backed up this L.A. team at linebacker
the Raiders
$200 [4]
On Sverdlov Square in Moscow, it's the home theater of the Bolshoi Ballet
the Bolshoi Theatre
Kevin
$300 [17]
French company that's the world's oldest continuous car manufacturer
Peugeot
Susan Blair
$300 [9]
English explorer who apparently made up the story about Pocahontas saving his life
John Smith
Kevin
$400 [15]
This European-born Indian citizen won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize
Mother Teresa
Susan Blair
$300 [20]
According to Matthew 28:19, Jesus commanded his disciples to baptize in the name of these
the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit
Blair
$300 [5]
Largest city & capital of Luxembourg
Luxembourg City
Blair
$400 [23]
In a tune from 1905, this car was "merry"
an Olsmobile
Susan
$400 [10]
In 1508, he searched for the Northwest Passage, not Cissy, Buffy & Jody
Sebastian Cabot
DD $500 [13]
# of Oscar categories won every year exclusively by women
2
Susan
$400 [21]
One of these biblical brothers was "a keeper of sheep", the other, "a tiller of ground"
Cain & Abel
Kevin
$400 [6]
Word in the title of "Flashdance... What A Feeling" not used in the song lyrics
Flashdance
Kevin
$500 [24]
In 1932, it became the 1st company to sell a low-priced car with a V-8 engine
Ford
Susan
$500 [12]
In 1776, the infamous Capt. Bligh was sailing master for this South Seas explorer
Captain Cook
Susan
$500 [25]
On her 1st try for political office, she became 1st woman governor of Washington
Dixy Lee Ray
$500 [22]
God answered this sufferer's complaints: "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundations?"
Job
Blair
$500 [7]
After careful research, the magazine "Monthly Detroit" has changed its name to this
Detroit Monthly
Blair

Double Jeopardy! Round

RIVERS THE CALENDAR SHOW BIZ BUSINESS ASIA "S.S." BIOLOGY
$200 [25]
Among the big cities on this "Big River" is big El Paso, Texas
the Rio Grande
Kevin
$200 [17]
Month in which "Here we go gathering nuts"
May
Susan Blair
$200 [1]
Although Paul McCartney owns "Tomorrow", as of Aug. 15, '85, this singer has "Yesterday" in the palm of his glove
Michael Jackson
Blair
$200 [2]
Country which ruled the Philippines for over 300 years, until 1898
Spain
Susan
$200 [3]
He misspelled his name in cement at Grauman's Chinese, but spelled "Rocky" right in 4 screenplays
Sylvester Stallone
Susan
$400 [16]
When treated with iodine, a food containing this substance, like a potato, will turn purple
starch
Blair
$400 [26]
World's longest continuous truss bridge spans this river at Astoria, Ore.
the Columbia
Blair
$400 [18]
This civilization's calendar from 4000 B.C. was used by Copernicus in the 16th century
Egypt
Blair
$400 [8]
Studio formed by 1916 Famous Players-Lasky merger, merged w/Desilu in 1967, & now owned by Gulf & Western
Paramount
Kevin
$400 [10]
This fanatically religious Mideast country has "God is great" written 22 times on its flag
Iran
Blair
$400 [4]
For Frank & Nancy Sinatra in 1967, saying "I love you" was this
something stupid
Kevin
$600 [24]
At 3 lbs., the human brain weighs 5 times less than this land mammal's
an elephant
Kevin
$600 [19]
Adding a bissextile, or a second February 24th, was the Romans' way of handling this
a leap year
Susan
$600 [9]
2 of the 3 record labels that make up "WEA"
(2 of) Elektra(/Asylum), Warner's (or Atlantic)
Susan Kevin
$600 [11]
About half of all Chinese exports pass through this port
Shanghai
Blair Kevin
$600 [5]
Composer & lyricist of "A Funny Thing... Forum", "Follies", & "Sweeney Todd"
Stephen Sondheim
Blair
$800 [23]
Process following mating where 2 gametes fuse to form a zygote
fertilization
$800 [20]
Unlike historians, astronomers include a year numbered this in their calculations
0
Blair
$800 [14]
A planned water-thrill park at Disney World will be named this, reflecting 1984 film hit
Splash
Susan
$800 [12]
This wild cat is found in Israel, Korea, Malaysia & Java, as well as Africa
the leopard
Susan
$800 [6]
An '85 satellite conference between children in U.S. & U.S.S.R. was dedicated to her, "The Littlest Envoy"
Samantha Smith
Blair
$1,000 [22]
The term for this branch of biology was coined in the 1860s & is Greek for "study of the home"
ecology
$1,000 [21]
When Pope Gregory made calendar change, the date after Thurs. Oct. 4, 1582, Oct. 15, 1582, fell on this day
Friday
Susan Kevin
DD $1,500 [15]
MGM announced new merchandising for these 2 films celebrating 50th anniversaries in 1989
Gone with the Wind & The Wizard of Oz
Susan
$1,000 [13]
Forming most of Vietnam's northwestern border, it's the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia
Laos
Susan Kevin
$1,000 [7]
George McGovern's 2nd 1972 running mate
Sargent Shriver
Kevin

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. STATES

Despite govt. predictions to the contrary, in 1985 this became the least populated U.S. state

Wyoming

Kevin "What is Wyoming?" — wagered $500
Susan "What is Alaska?" — wagered $4,099
Blair "What is Alaska?" — wagered $3,300

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