Show #353 1986-01-15 (taped 1985-09-10) Regular

Contestants

Linda Shrum — a mother from Las Vegas, Nevada

Joe Escarce — a physician originally from Miami, Florida

Bill Fleming — a police sergeant from Mission Viejo, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bill $700 $1,300 $4,300 $8,600
2-day co-champion: $20,000
$4,300
16 R, 1 W
Joe $300 $1,700 $3,700 $7,400
2nd place: Frigidaire refrigerator + Krupp kitchen products
$5,100
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Linda $600 $3,100 $4,600 $8,600
New co-champion: $8,600
$5,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HOUSEHOLD HINTS SPORTS QUOTES VERMIN MUSICAL MONTHS YOUNG STARS "UPPER"s
$100 [21]
By trimming its ends periodically, you can keep it sweeping clean
a broom
Bill
$100 [4]
"I usually take a 2-hour nap, from 1 o'clock to 4" said this great Yankee catcher
Yogi Berra
Bill
$100 [16]
Plural of louse
lice
Linda
$100 [1]
According to George M, Cohan, the date on which "Yankee Doodle Dandy" was born
the 4th of July
Bill
$100 [10]
"Silver Spoons" star who sparred with "The Champ"
Ricky Schroder
Linda
$100 [22]
The top part of a pie, or the top part of a social class
the upper crust
Joe
$200 [27]
To soften hardened brown sugar get to the "core" of the matter by slicing this fruit into the box
an apple
Linda
$200 [7]
"If horses won't eat it, I don't want to play on it" said Dick Allen of this surface
Astroturf
Bill
$200 [17]
There are also granary, rice, & coffee bean types of these, besides the boll
a weevil
Joe
$200 [2]
In October of '57, Pat Boone released this springtime hit
"April Love"
Bill
DD $300 [11]
This24-year-old has already made 17 films & had a baby
Nastassja Kinski
Linda
$200 [23]
College juniors or seniors, regardless of sex
upperclassmen
Bill
$300 [28]
Adding this to water of cut flowers will keep them fresher longer, not make them whiter
bleach
Linda
$300 [8]
This Dr. said, "No one would undergo a sex change for a reason as shallow as playing tennis"
Dr. Renée Richards
$300 [18]
The 1st animal to learn how to fly, they now flee when you turn on the kitchen light at night
a cockroach
Linda
$300 [3]
The month Billy Joe jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
June
Joe
$300 [12]
Henry Thomas & Drew Barrymore played brother & sister in this Spielberg film
E.T.
Linda
$300 [24]
Old Dr. Pepper ads called it "The Friendly..." this
"The Friendly Pepper-Upper"
Bill Joe
$400 [9]
Probably the world's greatest female athlete, she said, "My goal was to be the greatest athlete ever"
Babe Didrikson
Linda
$400 [19]
At 3 a.m., June 21, 1985, Disney sent the exterminator into Fantasyland to rid it of these pests
mice
Linda
$400 [5]
Original title of Four Seasons "Oh What A Night" commemorates this month in 1963
December
Bill Linda
$400 [13]
Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" & a spy in "Falcon & the Snowman"
Sean Penn
Linda
$400 [25]
What you don't want an opponent to get
the upper hand
Joe
$500 [15]
"Show me a good loser & I'll show you a loser" said this legendary Boston Celtics coach
Red Auerbach
Joe
$500 [20]
On "Barney Miller", this kid's show which also starred Hal Linden was once called "Vermin, Vermin, Vermin"
Animals, Animals, Animals
$500 [6]
One of Neil Diamond's top selling albums was this one, recorded live at L.A.'s Greek Theater in 1972
Hot August Night
Bill
$500 [14]
One of the 2 stars of "Sixteen Candles" who also appeared in "The Breakfast Club"
(1 of) Molly Ringwald (or Anthony Michael Hall)
Joe
$500 [26]
Because of uppercuts, Leon Spinks doesn't wear his in the ring
his upper plate
Linda

Double Jeopardy! Round

NATIONAL HEROES MONEY BOOKS & AUTHORS 1939 STATE CAPITALS LEFTOVERS
$200 [20]
Ironically, this national hero of India was assassinated by a fellow Hindu
Mahatma Gandhi
Joe
$200 [22]
The Secret Service reports that in 1984 they seized almost $90 million worth of it
counterfeit money
Bill
$200 [15]
Actual identity of Richard Bachman, who wrote "Thinner"
Stephen King
$200 [9]
She lobbied for the theater with her father, Speaker of the House, & her uncle, Senator Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
Bill
$200 [2]
Appropriately, this capital's name means "Indiana city"
Indianapolis
Joe
$200 [1]
The depth of water a ship draws, or type of beer
draft
Joe
$400 [21]
"Light-Horse Harry" Lee was 1st to call G. Washington "1st in war, 1st in peace, & 1st" there
first in the hearts of his countrymen
Bill
$400 [23]
Main currency unit of India, Nepal, & Sri Lanka
the rupee
Linda
$400 [16]
Baseball manager who calls his autobiography "The Artful Dodger"
Tommy Lasorda
Bill
$400 [12]
Singer once billed as "Tiny Little", she persuaded Irving Berlin to write "God Bless America"
Kate Smith
Bill
$400 [3]
Of Dover, N.J.; Dover, Del.; & Dover, N.H.; the one that's a state capital
Dover, Delaware
Bill
$400 [4]
The 7th sign of the zodiac is symbolized by a pair of these
scales
Bill Linda
DD $500 [24]
2 of 5 South American countries for whom Simon Bolivar is national hero
(2 of) Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia & Venezuela
Linda
$600 [17]
He couldn't tell filmmakers who killed one victim in his "The Big Sleep"
Raymond Chandler
Bill
$600 [13]
Because they kept Marian Anderson from performing, the 1st lady resigned from this women's club
the Daughters of the American Revolution
$600 [6]
Dome of Minnesota state capitol building in this city is patterned after St. Peter's in Rome
St. Paul
Joe
$600 [5]
In photography, it's technique to condense into seconds a drawn-out event such as a flower opening
time-lapse photography
Joe
$800 [25]
Early 20th c. Chinese revolutionary revered by both Nationalists & Communists
Sun Yat-sen
Linda
$800 [19]
Born Salvatore Lombino, he writes serious novels as Evan Hunter & 87th Precinct novels under this name
Ed McBain
$800 [14]
After serving 7 1/2 years for tax evasion, he was released from prison in November
Al Capone
Linda
$800 [7]
"Bare mountain" is the meaning of name of this Vermont capital
Montpelier
Joe
$800 [10]
French for "silver" or "money", it symbolizes faith & purity in heraldry
argent
Joe
$1,000 [26]
His Muslim enemies referred to Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar of Spain by this name, meaning "Lord"
El Cid
Linda
$1,000 [18]
On September 3, this U.S. ambassador to Britain sent news that England declared war on Germany
Joseph Kennedy Sr.
Linda
DD $1,400 [8]
Guthrie, which was founded & became populous in just 1 day, was its 1st capital
Oklahoma
Joe
$1,000 [11]
In 1889, Jane Addams opened this famous settlement house in Chicago to help immigrants
Hull House
Linda

Final Jeopardy!

TELEVISION

It ran on CBS for 20 years, longer than any other U.S. prime-time series with continuing characters

Gunsmoke

Joe "What is Gunsmoke?" — wagered $3,700
Bill "What was Gunsmoke?" — wagered $4,300
Linda "What is Gunsmoke?" — wagered $4,000

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