Show #1278 1990-03-07 (taped 1989-10-23) Regular

Elaine Zollner game 4.

Contestants

Bob Malone — an auditor from Yardley, Pennsylvania

Kathleen Merryman Archbold — a features reporter from Tacoma, Washington

Elaine Zollner — a physician from Los Angeles, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $31,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Elaine $3,500 $4,700 $7,200 $4,199
4-day champion: $35,600
$6,400
25 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Kathleen $500 $500 $5,100 $500
2nd place: trip on Hawaiian Air to Honolulu & stay at Turtle Bay Hilton & Country Club
$4,700
12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Bob $200 $1,400 $200 $400
3rd place: Colortyme TV & NES with Family & Junior editions of Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune
$200
10 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE WOMEN IN SPORTS SONGS VOCABULARY STATE ANIMALS A.K.A.
$100 [1]
An ophthalmologist specializes in this part of the body
the eye
Elaine
$100 [3]
She's the only American in Olympic history to win the all-around gymnastics title
Mary Lou Retton
Elaine
$100 [14]
He said "Bad" is about a "kid from a bad neighborhood who gets to go away to a private school"
Michael Jackson
Elaine
$100 [8]
A short British slang word for your mother, whether or not she's silent
mum
Elaine
$100 [26]
Both New York & Oregon have this "eager" aquatic mammal as their state animal
a beaver
Elaine
$100 [20]
His real name was Irving Lahrheim, & a leonine role was his "mane" claim to fame
Bert Lahr
Elaine
$200 [2]
Dry ice is CO2, & regular ice is this
H 2 O
Bob
$200 [7]
Cory Everson won the Ms. Olympia title in this sport 5 years in a row, 1984-88
bodybuilding
Elaine
$200 [15]
"Bring me a dream, make him the cutest that I've ever seen" is a plea addressed to him
Mr. Sandman
Elaine Bob
$200 [9]
Sylvanite is an ore named for this region of Romania; we don't know if it works against vampires
Transylvania
Bob
$200 [27]
Davy Crockett would know that this "masked" relative of the panda is Tennessee's state animal
the raccoon
Elaine
$200 [21]
Ozzie Nelson's real first name; Ozzie was short for it
Oswald
Kathleen
$300 [4]
To make this cushioning material, whip latex into a froth, then gel & vulcanize it
foam rubber
Elaine
$300 [10]
At the 1988 Olympic games Jackie Joyner-Kersee won a medal for this, comprised of 7 events
the heptathlon
Elaine
$300 [16]
When a black dust storm blew into Texas April 14, 1935, Woody Guthrie wrote this farewell song
"So Long, It's Been Good To Know Yuh"
$300 [11]
It's a 3-dimensional scene or exhibit, not a Christian Dior fashion show
a diorama
Elaine
$300 [28]
Its state domestic animal is the dairy cow
Wisconsin
Bob
$300 [22]
Frances Margaret Anderson, who was the menacing Mrs. Danvers in "Rebecca"
Dame Judith Anderson
Kathleen
$400 [5]
Term for a space in which there are no atoms or molecules; a perfect one is unobtainable
a vacuum
Elaine
$400 [19]
This U.S. tennis star wrote the 1986 book "Passing Shots", a diary of her tour experiences
Pam Shriver
$400 [17]
Pete Seeger took the lyrics for this song from the biblical book of Ecclesiastes
"Turn! Turn! Turn!"
Elaine
$400 [12]
Fiddleheads aren't stupid violinists; they're the young fronds of these, & some people eat them
ferns
Elaine
$400 [29]
Its official state animal is the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep
Colorado
Elaine
$400 [23]
Actor-screenwriter Buck Zuckerman, who co-directed "Heaven Can Wait" with Warren Beatty
Buck Henry
Bob
$500 [6]
When astronauts talk of "re-entry", this is what they re-enter
the atmosphere
Kathleen
$500 [24]
This 1st woman network TV sportscaster won 37 individual nat'l swimming titles during her athletic career
Donna de Varona
Bob
$500 [18]
A trip to an appliance store inspired Mark Knopfler to write this 1985 No.1 hit for Dire Straits
"Money For Nothing"
Bob
DD $1,000 [13]
Sometimes it's a pickled flower bud used as a garnish, & sometimes it's a prank or theft
a caper
Elaine
$500 [30]
Connecticut's state animal is this species of whale made famous by Melville's "Moby Dick"
the sperm whale
Kathleen
$500 [25]
Vivienne Stapleton, who played a doll named Adelaide in "Guys & Dolls"
Vivian Blaine
Bob

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY POETRY POTENT POTABLES THE FAR EAST HOLIDAYS FAMOUS LAWYERS
$200 [7]
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded this Michigan city in 1701
Detroit
Bob
$200 [26]
The poem is called "Jabberwocky", but the beast who is slain in it is called this
the Jabberwock
Kathleen
$200 [1]
Chihuahua beer is brewed & bottled for people, not puppies, in this country
Mexico
Elaine
$200 [6]
Of 240 acres, 24 acres or 2.4 acres. the size of the average Japanese farm
2.4. acres
Bob
$200 [12]
From 1918-53 this holiday was observed as Armistice Day
Veterans Day
Bob
$200 [13]
On the night of Sept.13-14,1814, this lawyer was detained by the British on a ship near Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
Elaine
$400 [8]
This French island was a home for lepers before 'it was made into a maximum security penal colony
Devils Island
Kathleen
$400 [27]
The Longfellow poem that begins: "It was the schooner Hesperus, that sailed the wintry sea..."
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Kathleen
$400 [2]
Harveys Bristol Cream is a pale variety of this
sherry
Elaine
$400 [22]
Although over 75% of Singapore's people are Chinese, this is the language of instruction in public schools
English
Elaine
$400 [18]
In 325 A.D. the Council of Nicaea established rules to determine the date for this holiday
Easter
Kathleen Bob
$400 [14]
This San Francisco-based lawyer has represented Jack Ruby, Martha Mitchell & Lenny Bruce
Melvin Belli
Bob
$600 [9]
Nickname of the German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
the Desert Fox
Kathleen
$600 [28]
Keats wrote that this "is a joy forever"
a thing of beauty
Elaine
$600 [3]
Type of pet pictured on the Dubonnet label
a cat
$600 [23]
You can see the cross Magellan supposedly planted in Cebu, this country's oldest settlement
the Philippines
Elaine
$800 [20]
Holiday derived from autumn rites of the ancient Celts who feared that the sun would never return
Halloween
$600 [15]
This flamboyant attorney hosted the 1983 syndicated TV series "Lie Detector"
F. Lee Bailey
$800 [10]
Site of a 1953-4 battle in which the Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap defeated the French
Dien Bien Phu
Kathleen
$1,000 [30]
Author of "Take, O Take Those Lips Away", "Hark. Hark! the Lark!" & "Shall I Compare Thee"
William Shakespeare
Elaine
$800 [4]
Subdistricts of this fine French wine region include Médoc, Graves & Sauternes
Bordeaux
Bob
$800 [24]
In 1945" the Netherlands East Indies became this country
Indonesia
DD $1,000 [19]
It was 1st celebrated publicly in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910
Father's Day
Kathleen
$800 [16]
Former counsel to Pres. Nixon, he was the chief witness against him in the Watergate hearings
John Dean
Kathleen
$1,000 [11]
In the 1880s King Leopold II consolidated his African lands around this river into a "Free State"
the Congo
Elaine Bob
DD $1,100 [29]
20th c. poet heard here, reading one of his best-loved works:"Do not go gentle into that good night..."
Dylan Thomas
Elaine
$1,000 [5]
Mount Gay rum has been made on this West Indian island for over 175 years
Barbados
Kathleen
$1,000 [25]
In 1945 the U.S. occupied South Korea & this nation occupied the North
the USSR (the Soviet Union)
$1,000 [21]
Memorial Day was 1st observed nationally soon after the end of this war
the Civil War
Elaine Kathleen
$1,000 [17]
This author of "Rush to Judgment" was an attorney for Jim Jones' People's Temple cult
Mark Lane

Final Jeopardy!

PLAYS

It closes with "Then let's play poker--and watch your cigarettes, will you? This is my house, not a pig sty."

The Odd Couple

Bob "What is the Odd Couple?" — wagered $200
Kathleen "What isWho'sAfraid of Virginia" — wagered $4,600
Elaine "What is Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" — wagered $3,001

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