Show #391 1986-03-10 (taped 1985-10-23) Regular

Barbara Lowe game 3.

Contestants

Ed Morris — a story analyst from North Hollywood, California

Mark Dimell — a filmmaker from Pasadena, California

Barbara Lowe — a writer and a researcher from Anaheim, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,802)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Barbara $100 $1,500 $6,000 $5,399
3-day champion: $20,201
$5,500
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Mark $1,800 $1,000 $700 $0
3rd place: J.T.'s General Store gift certificate
$2,000
13 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Ed $-100 $100 $3,300 $100
2nd place: 7 days at the Bahamas Princess Resort and Casino
$3,300
10 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANIMALS DETECTIVE FICTION WORD ORIGINS ACTORS & ROLES WEATHER "LITTLE" SONGS
$100 [21]
European spider named after the city of Taranto, Italy
tarantula
Ed
$100 [1]
In his 2nd sequel, Mark Twain wrote about him as a detective
Tom Sawyer
Mark
$100 [8]
The French "gauche" & Latin "sinister" both literally mean this disparaged direction
left
Barbara
$100 [6]
As Virgil Starkwell, he kept trying to "take the money & run"
Woody Allen
Mark
$100 [25]
Around the world, 100 flashes of it occur each second
lightning
Barbara
$100 [12]
In 1978, Olivia Newton-John thought this would "make it right"
"A Little More Love"
Barbara
$200 [22]
Taking up less space in the helicopter, Ger. shepherds have replaced these Alpine rescue dogs
a St. Bernard
Ed
$200 [2]
Of James, John, or Jeffrey, Dr. Watson's 1st name
John
Mark
$200 [17]
Headache, from Greek "hemikrania" meaning "½ the head"
migraine
Mark
$200 [7]
"Bounty"ful seafarer played by Mel Gibson, Marlon Brando, & Clark Gable
Fletcher Christian
Ed
$200 [27]
Of the Northern or Southern Hemisphere, area that receives least amount of snow
the Southern Hemisphere
Barbara Mark
$200 [13]
Jackie DeShannon said, "Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand", & do this
"Put A Little Love In Your Heart"
Mark
$300 [23]
Of the male fiddler crab's pair, one is very much larger than the other
the claw
Barbara
$300 [3]
Homeland of inscrutable detective Judge Dee
China
$300 [18]
From Latin for "the little book" Romans used to publicize enemies' faults, it's a term for defamation
libel
Barbara
$300 [9]
Gene Tierney played this classic "face in the misty night"
Laura
Mark
$300 [14]
Each Dec. from 1958-62, the Harry Simeone Chorale was in top 30 with this new Christmas standard
"The Little Drummer Boy"
Barbara Ed
$400 [24]
Fanned out, they act as an air brake for landing birds
tail feathers
Barbara Ed
$400 [4]
Rex Stout's stout investigator
Nero Wolfe
Mark
$400 [19]
Nickname for Flynn or Fairbanks that literally means "clashing" your "shield"
a swashbuckler
Barbara
$400 [10]
In 1961, Paul Newman played Fast Eddie Felson, better known as this
The Hustler
Barbara
$500 [16]
According to Burl Ives in 1962, this "got him down & spoiled his act like a clown"
"A Little Bitty Tear"
$500 [26]
Better known name of the bay lynx
the bobcat
$500 [5]
Captain of the houseboat "Busted Flush"
Travis McGee
$500 [20]
Aimless scribbling, from German for "to play the bagpipe", which they considered an aimless pursuit
doodling
Barbara Ed
$500 [11]
Half the time her character in "Ladyhawke" was a lady hawk
Michelle Pfeiffer
Mark
DD $800 [15]
#1 Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams duet which sounded like it couldn't make up its mind
"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"
Mark

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 1920's BASEBALL TRANSPORTATION OLD TESTAMENT MISSISSIPPI FOOD & DRINK
$200 [3]
On July 1, 1924, U.S. Post Office began this service between N.Y. & San Francisco
air mail
Mark
$200 [2]
Until 1893, this was 50 feet from home plate
the pitcher's mound
Mark
$200 [15]
Due to concern over separate nation forming on West Coast, this was built to unify the U.S.
the transcontinental railroad
Ed
$200 [1]
When she looked back at Sodom, Lot's wife was turned into this
a pillar of salt
Barbara
$200 [19]
Some ¾ of the Mississippi soldiers who served in this war were killed
the Civil War
Barbara
$200 [20]
Distilling sour wine to make this began in the Middle Ages
vinegar
Barbara
$400 [4]
"N.Y. Times" headline 12/7/21 announced this would be "a free state within the British Empire"
Ireland
$400 [6]
A baseball curves because of these on the ball
because of the stitches
Barbara Mark
$400 [16]
Famous National Airlines slogan that angered feminists
"Fly Me"
Mark
$600 [13]
Lusting after fish, cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, & garlic, Israelites wanted to return there
Egypt
Barbara
$400 [23]
Though repealed nationally in 1933, it remained the law in Mississippi until 1966
Prohibition
Ed
$400 [21]
From Dutch meaning "to bite", it's what dieters aren't supposed to have between meals
a snack
Ed
DD $500 [7]
Hero of WWI, this field marshall became 1st popularly-elected German president in 1925
Paul Von Hindenburg
Mark
$600 [9]
In 1940, this Cleveland Indian great became 1st to pitch a no-hitter on opening day
Bob Feller
Barbara
$600 [17]
In early 1970s, this popular form of transportation outsold cars in the U.S.
bicycles
Ed
$800 [14]
God told the prophet Hosea to marry a woman who'd previously plied this profession
prostitution
Ed
$600 [24]
Using this kind of glass enhances the aroma of liqueurs like Benedictine & Grand Marnier
a snifter
Barbara
$600 [5]
Sons of millionaires who killed Bobby Franks as a "scientific experiment"
Leopold & Loeb
Barbara
$800 [10]
The oldest ballparks still in use in both leagues are in this city
Chicago
Mark
$800 [18]
Invention of this allowed open-sea navigation in any kind of weather
the compass
Mark Ed
DD $900 [12]
Biblical personage who received a gift similar to the one described here"Back to the seasons of my youth / I recall a box of rags that someone gave us / And how my mama put the rags to use / There were rags of many colors, every piece was small"
Joseph
Barbara
$1,000 [8]
Running for President from jail, this socialist lost to Harding, who commuted his sentence
Eugene Debs
$1,000 [11]
In 1959, this eastern A.L. team became the last club to sign a black player
Boston (Red Sox)
Barbara
$1,000 [22]
Usually made of skins & 2 poles, this crude vehicle was a real drag for Plains Indians
a travois
Mark

Final Jeopardy!

LANGUAGES

Of the Teutonic family of languages, the one most widely spoken

English

Mark "What is German" — wagered $700
Ed "What is German" — wagered $3,200
Barbara "What is German?" — wagered $601

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