Show #163 1985-04-24 (taped 1985-01-08) Regular

Contestants

Marcia Yaross — a biologist from Irvine, California

Albert Powell — a bank employee from Brooklyn, New York

Doug Miller — an assignment editor from Houston, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,900)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Doug $900 $1,600 $3,600 $2,300
2-day champion: $5,200
$5,300
16 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs)
Albert $-200 $-100 $700 $100
3rd place: Oneida Silversmiths gift certificate
$700
11 R, 6 W
Marcia $-600 $200 $2,400 $1,401
2nd place: the Eastman recliner furnished by Action Industries, Inc. (Action by Lane) + Kelvinator range
$3,400
11 R, 7 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE '20s ROCK 'N ROLL INDIA FASHION ASTRONOMY STUFFED
$100 [6]
Pronoun possessed by Clara Bow
it
Albert Marcia
$100 [1]
You can do anything to Elvis, but don't step on these
his blue suede shoes
Doug
$100 [10]
In Nov. 1982, this Oscar-winning film had its world premiere in New Delhi
Gandhi
Doug
$100 [20]
This mounted figure appears on Ralph Lauren products
a polo player
Albert
$100 [13]
3rd planet from the Sun
the Earth
Doug
$100 [18]
Their caps are stuffed as an appetizer
a mushroom
Marcia
$200 [7]
Shipwreck Kelly excelled at sitting on these
flagpoles
Doug
$200 [2]
"Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" explemplified this "sugary" pre-teen rock style of the late '60s
bubble gum
Doug Albert Marcia
$200 [11]
He sought & taught Nirvana in India 500 years before Christ
Buddha (Siddhārtha Gautama)
Doug Albert
$200 [21]
Thin model who wound up dancing to Tommy's tune
Twiggy
Albert
$200 [14]
From Greek "to omit", the partial or total obscuring of one celestial body by another
an eclipse
Doug
$200 [19]
Stuffed at Roy's museum along with Trigger is this, the family dog
Bullet
Doug
$300 [8]
Vernon Castle's dancing partner who originated the bob hairstyle
Irene Castle
Albert Marcia
$300 [3]
Popular '50s D.J. who coined the term "rock 'n' roll"
Alan Freed
Doug
DD $500 [12]
This Lawrence Welk chart-topper is named for a city in India:
Calcutta
Doug
$300 [22]
Ankle stockings that '40s teen-agers wore & were named for
bobbie socks
Doug
$300 [15]
Theory that a massive explosion started the universe
the Big Bang
Marcia
$400 [9]
Car company that also owned the 1st airline to carry mail
the Ford Motor Company
Albert
$400 [4]
In February '61, he had a "Runaway" hit
Del Shannon
Albert
$400 [23]
Medicinal name of Jackie Kennedy's Halston hats
pillbox hats
Doug
$400 [16]
Approximately 5.88 trillion miles
a light-year
Doug Marcia
$500 [5]
Manager of the most successful group in rock history, which broke up 4 years after his death
Brian Epstein
Doug
$500 [24]
Menswear used to symbolize conformity in '56 Gregory Peck film title
a gray flannel suit
Doug Marcia
$500 [17]
From Greek "long-haired", they have tails up to a hundred million miles
a comet
Marcia

Double Jeopardy! Round

MATHEMATICS LABOR UNIONS FIRST LINES ISLANDS SIGHT & SOUND RELIGION
$200 [3]
By definition, a number is odd if it's not divisible by this
2
Albert
$200 [6]
In August 1981, President Reagan fired them for striking illegally
PATCO (the air traffic controllers)
Albert
$200 [5]
Trio onstage as "Macbeth" begins with "When shall we three meet again?"
the three witches (or the three Weird Sisters)
Doug Albert
$200 [1]
Napoleon escaped from this island to fight another hundred days
Elba
Albert
$200 [7]
Light, sound & the sea all travel in them
waves
Albert
$200 [8]
The belief that old souls return to Earth in new bodies
reincarnation
Albert
$400 [4]
Number above the denominator
a numerator
Doug
$400 [12]
For nearly 40 years, Australian-born Harry Bridges led this dockworkers' union
the Longshoremen's Union
Marcia
$400 [11]
Man-on-the-street Louis Nye greeted him each week with "Hi-ho, Steverino!"
Steve Allen
Albert Marcia
$400 [2]
In 1972, the United States returned this island to Japan
Okinawa
Albert
$400 [16]
Early version of a hearing aid named for the musical instrument it resembled
a trumpet
Albert Marcia
$600 [10]
In pi, digit which follows 3.1
4
Doug
DD $1,200 [20]
Construction trade of first AFL-CIO chief, George Meany
plumbing
Doug
$600 [13]
Famous document that opens, "When in the course of human events"
the Declaration of Independence
Doug
$600 [9]
Large Canadian city on a St. Lawrence River island of the same name
Montreal
Marcia
$600 [17]
Electronically recorded visual record of the human voice now used for identification of criminals
a voiceprint
Marcia
$800 [21]
The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
the hypotenuse
Marcia
$800 [14]
Before this series self-destructed, it opened, "Good morning, Mr. Phelps"
Mission: Impossible
Doug
DD $1,000 [23]
For over 200 years, Knights of St. John ruled this Med. island for which they are also named
Malta
Marcia
$800 [18]
Kind of vision used to see object to the side while looking straight ahead
peripheral vision
Marcia
$1,000 [22]
Number represented by 10 in a binary system
2
Marcia
$1,000 [15]
Poet whose "Sonnet on His Blindness" begins, "When I consider how my light is spent"
John Milton
Marcia
$1,000 [19]
This part of the eye operates like the diaphragm of a camera to regulate the amount of light received
the iris
Doug

Final Jeopardy!

ROYALTY

Queen Elizabeth II's father, he became this king when his brother abdicated the throne

George VI

Albert "Who is George VII?" — wagered $600
Marcia "Who is George V" — wagered $999
Doug "Who was King John IV?" — wagered $1,300

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