Show #1101 1989-05-22 (taped 1989-01-31) Regular

Contestants

Nancy Doman — an administrative assistant from Garden Grove, California

Lisa Miller — an accounting clerk from San Antonio, Texas

Phil Bergen — a librarian from Needham, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,250)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Phil $1,400 $2,700 $6,100 $12,200
2nd place: Sam Moore chair & ottoman + Baldwin lamp
$6,100
17 R, 0 W
Lisa $0 $1,500 $7,100 $14,200
New champion: $14,200
$7,100
16 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Nancy $900 $3,100 $8,100 $1,999
3rd place: Maytag Jetclean dishwasher
$8,300
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

LITERATURE "P"s & "Q"s 1982 BUSINESS & INDUSTRY CELEBRITY RELATIVES TURTLES
$100 [2]
T.S. Eliot, not an aged marsupial, wrote "Old Possum's Book of" these "Practical" creatures
Cats
Nancy
$100 [5]
2 bits of a piece of eight
a quarter
Nancy
$100 [18]
After 11 months of internment by the Polish government, this Solidarity leader went home in November
Lech Wałęsa
Nancy
$100 [1]
In France it could be bought only in pharmacies until 1987; now it's used in diet drinks
saccharin (any kind of artificial sweetener)
Nancy
$100 [9]
This Cuban bandleader's grandfather Alberto de Acha was 1 of the founders of the Bacardi rum co.
Desi Arnaz
Nancy
$100 [8]
This may sound fishy, but the exposed body parts of most turtles are covered with these
scales
Lisa
$200 [3]
Aldous Huxley got its title from "The Tempest" & set it in the year 632 AF (after Ford)
Brave New World
Lisa
$200 [20]
It's often called Atlanta's most famous street
Peachtree Street
Lisa
$200 [19]
By the time he died in 1982, he'd been top Soviet leader longer than anyone except Stalin
Brezhnev
Phil
$200 [13]
United Airlines is saving $80,000 by eliminating these from martinis served on morning flights
an olive
Phil
$200 [11]
Helen Hayes' son & Lillian Gish's godson, he was Jack Lord's sidekick on "Hawaii Five-O"
James MacArthur
Phil Lisa
$200 [10]
Head bobbing, butting & bellowing can all be part of this elaborate ritual
mating
Lisa
$300 [4]
Of S.C. Foster, E. M. Forster or C.S. Forester, the one who wrote "The African Queen"
C.S. Forester
Phil Lisa
$300 [21]
For hundreds of years it was the only effective remedy for malaria
quinine
Nancy
DD $200 [28]
Family name of the father & daughter who created thefollowingmusic:"I do not talk funny... / I'm sure (Valley Girl) / Whatsa matter with the way I talk? (Valley Girl)"
Zappa
Nancy
$300 [26]
Former Miss America now selling chicken products under the "By George" label
Phyllis George
Phil
$300 [12]
Emma Samms' niece, Jennifer Pharis, plays her daughter on this TV series
Dynasty
Phil
$300 [14]
As you can tell by their name, these turtles have strong jaws & may bite fiercely if disturbed
snapping turtles
Nancy
$400 [6]
"Across Spoon River" was the title of his 1936 autobiography
Edgar Lee Masters
Phil
$400 [24]
A nasty little lobster might grab you with one of these
pincers
Nancy
$300 [23]
Richard Attenborough won the "Best Director" Oscar for this "Best Picture" of 1982
Gandhi
Phil
$400 [27]
He's given America many cups of tea but was unable to win the America's Cup in 5 attempts
(Sir Thomas) Lipton
Nancy
$400 [16]
This actress' little sister, Sara Gilbert, plays Roseanne Barr's daughter on "Roseanne"
Melissa Gilbert
Lisa
$400 [15]
Dr. Seuss said this fictional turtle he created was a caricature of Adolf Hitler
Yertle (the Turtle)
Lisa
$500 [7]
This heroine of "Vanity Fair" is a scheming social climber, unlike her more virtuous friend Amelia
Becky Sharp
Nancy
$500 [25]
It can be the highest point on a mountain or the highest point on a roof
the peak (pinnacle)
Phil
$500 [17]
Roy Dotrice, who plays father to Vincent on this TV series, is Edward Woodward's father-in-law
Beauty and the Best
Lisa
$500 [22]
Glenda Jackson & Ben Kingsley were drawn together by their love of turtles in this 1985 film
Turtle Diary
Nancy

Double Jeopardy! Round

FIRST FAMILY TRIVIA U.S. RIVERS REFERENCE BOOKS MUSICALS EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY LEFTOVERS
$200 [11]
Before the 1988 election, she joked that if George lost she might get a facelift & dye her hair red
Barbara Bush
Phil
$200 [2]
This river forms most of the border between Washington & Oregon
the Columbia River
Lisa
$200 [12]
The word for this type of book came from the Greek for "circle of learning"
encyclopedia
Lisa
$200 [1]
This hit show was based on Margaret Landon's book "Anna & the King of Siam"
The King and I
Phil
$200 [7]
Many copies of this book have been found in Egyptian tombs, but not one of them is complete
the Book of the Dead
Nancy
$200 [24]
"Pupple", a canine spoof of this weekly, featured dogs named Princess Fi & Prince Snarls
People magazine
Phil
$400 [13]
Frederick Dent, Ellen Wrenshall, Jesse Root & Ulysses Simpson
children of Ulysses S. Grant
Lisa Nancy
$400 [5]
The name of this Alaskan river might be abbreviated Cu
the Copper River
Phil
$400 [17]
The N.Y. Times & AP have this type of reference book so that grammar & usage are consistent
a style book
Nancy
$400 [3]
Set in South America, this play opened in N.Y. in 1979 with Patti Lu Pone in the title role
Evita
Phil
$400 [8]
The creator god of this city was Ptah, not Elvis
Memphis
Lisa
$600 [14]
First lady who was born Claudia Alta Taylor
Lady Bird Johnson
Lisa
$600 [6]
From its source near Three Forks, Montana to its mouth near St. Louis, this river traverses 7 states
the Missouri River
Nancy
$600 [21]
Oldest firm of its kind in the U.S., this company issued its 1st map in 1872
Rand McNally
Phil
$600 [4]
Title character who starts out as a poor girl from Missouri & ends up a rich passenger on the Titanic
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Phil
$600 [20]
This sun god, the main god of Ancient Egypt, became the official deity of the pharaohs
Amun-Ra
Nancy
DD $800 [15]
His wife, Rachel, lived to see him elected but died before he was inaugurated
Andrew Jackson
Lisa
$800 [22]
Harpers Ferry, WV was founded in the 1740s by Robt. Harper, who established a ferry across this river
the Potomac
Phil
$800 [26]
Britannica calls this dictionary "the supreme completed achievement in all lexicography"
The Oxford English Dictionary
Nancy
DD $800 [9]
Name of the character who says he's a graduate of Gary Conservatory, class of 1905
(Professor) Harold Hill
Lisa
$800 [18]
A statue of this doglike mammal, representing the god Anubis, guarded King Tut's tomb
a jackal
Nancy
$1,000 [16]
The 1st White House wedding took place in 1812, & this first lady's sister Lucy was the bride
Dolley Madison
Lisa
$1,000 [23]
Although it flows for 310 miles through mid-Nebraska, this river is too shallow for navigation
the Platte
Lisa
$1,000 [25]
Published annually since Joseph Pulitzer revived it in 1886, it says it "does not decide wagers"
The World Almanac
Nancy
$1,000 [10]
"Applause" was the Broadway musical version of this Oscar-winning Bette Davis film
All About Eve
Lisa
$1,000 [19]
Horus, the life giver, was sometimes depicted holding this crosslike symbol of life
the ankh
Nancy

Final Jeopardy!

AWARDS

In 1931 this social worker became the 1st American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize

Jane Addams

Phil "Who is Jane Addams?" — wagered $6,100
Lisa "Who was Addams?" — wagered $7,100
Nancy "Who is Dorothy Day?" — wagered $6,101

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