Show #648 1987-06-03 Regular

Eugene Finerman game 3.

Contestants

Alison Comey — a property manager from Brighton, Massachusetts

Drew Browning — a teacher from Dumfries, Virginia

Eugene Finerman — a writer from Chicago, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,900)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Eugene $1,000 $1,700 $6,900 $13,401
3-day champion: $28,301
$8,500
19 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Drew $1,200 $2,700 $6,700 $13,400
2nd place: Harrison Furniture entertainment center + Zenith 9" color TV
$6,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Alison $500 $2,000 $4,200 $8,390
3rd place: Olympia electronic typewriter
$5,000
16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

BELGIUM POTENT POTABLES SUDDEN DEATH STATE FISH TRANSPORTATION IN FILMS SONGS THAT "DO"
$100 [1]
Name of the town of Bruges is derived from the more than 50 of these which cross its canals
bridges
Alison
$100 [14]
A "Grasshopper" gets its green color from this mint liqueur
crème de menthe
Alison
$100 [2]
Mata Hari, & years later, her daughter, also a spy, both met their end in this fashion
a firing squad
Eugene Alison
$100 [26]
Its state fish is the cod, & it has a Cape named Cod, too
Massachusetts
Eugene
$100 [7]
Mode of transportation to which the 1957 western title "3:10 to Yuma" referred
a train
Eugene
$100 [11]
Songwriter Jorge Ben claimed Rod Stewart used part of his song "Taj Mahal" in this #1 hit
"Do You Think I'm Sexy"
Alison
$200 [3]
Though not the largest city, it's the capital
Brussels
Drew
$200 [16]
U.S. city where Iron City beer is brewed
Pittsburgh
Drew
$200 [20]
Stephen King's novella "The Body" was the source for this 1986 Rob Reiner film
Stand By Me
Alison
$200 [27]
This state could aptly top its state fish, the muskellunge, with its famous cheese
Wisconsin
Alison
$200 [8]
After the airplane in "Airplane!", Robert Hays went on to pilot this to safety in "Airplane II"
a space shuttle
Drew
$200 [12]
Titles of 2 hits began with these 4 words; the Lovin' Spoonful's ended w/"Magic", Huey Lewis' w/"Love"
"Do You Believe In"
Drew
DD $200 [4]
Statue seenhereattributes Antwerp's name to a lad's slaying a giant & throwing this part into the river
his hand
Drew
$300 [17]
Sweet wines whose labels say they're from Boone's Farm are really from these 2 brothers' "Farm"
Ernest & Julio Gallo
Drew
$300 [21]
Monster in Greek mythology who would eat you if you didn't answer her riddle right
the Sphinx
Eugene
$300 [28]
The channel bass is the state fish of this "North"ern Southern state
North Carolina
Drew
$300 [9]
It's what went down in 1978's "Gray Lady Down"
a submarine
Eugene
$300 [15]
This song, not "I Want To Hold Your Hand", was the Beatles' 1st hit in England
"Love Me Do"
Drew
$400 [5]
Acronym for the economic union consisting of Belgium & the other 2 "Low Countries"
Benelux
Drew
$400 [18]
To make a lot of bullshot, you combine a lot of vodka with a lot of this
beef bouillon
Eugene
$400 [22]
Joseph Conrad short novel containing the line "Mistah Kurtz - he dead"
Heart of Darkness
Eugene
$400 [10]
An ad for this 1939 John Ford film read "A powerful story of 9 strange people"
Stagecoach
Alison
$400 [24]
Question asked by both The Contours & Dave Clark 5, "now that I can dance"
"Do You Love Me"
Drew
$500 [6]
Happy to be free of French rule, Belgium gives annual gift to heirs of this English general
the Duke of Wellington
Eugene
$500 [19]
Larry Gatlin asked "Do they have" this brand of wine "in heaven? If they don't, who the hell wants to go?"
Mogen David
$500 [23]
James Thurber wrote this "makes a male healthy, wealthy & dead"
early to rise and early to bed
Eugene Drew Alison
$500 [13]
In "Peggy Sue Got Married", Peggy Sue's dad surprises the family with this new car model
an Edsel
Drew
$500 [25]
Love has kept The Captain & Tennille together so they could come up with this other #1 hit
"Do That To Me One More Time"
Alison

Double Jeopardy! Round

GENESIS PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA WEAPONS MONEY MIDDLE NAMES SONGS THAT "DON'T"
$200 [11]
According to the Bible, these leaves were 1st in fashion
fig leaves
Drew
$200 [1]
Our 1st divorced president
Ronald Reagan
Alison
$200 [16]
A "Grenadier" is a soldier particularly selected & trained to hurl these
grenades
Alison
$200 [21]
Spanish for "weight", it's the basic monetary unit of Mexico
peso
Eugene
$200 [6]
Statesman William Bryan's
Jennings
Alison
$200 [17]
1 of the 3 Top 10 hits by Elvis with the word "Don't" in the title
"Don't Be Cruel", "Don't Cry, Daddy", or "Don't"
Alison
$400 [12]
A ladder for climbing the side of a ship is named for this man who envisioned a ladder to Heaven
Jacob
Eugene
$400 [2]
This President was the son of Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Eugene
$400 [27]
Primary purpose of an incendiary device
to create fire
Eugene
$400 [22]
Historic event commemorated on the back of the Susan B. Anthony dollar
the landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon
$400 [7]
Civil War general William Sherman's
Tecumseh
Eugene
$400 [18]
It's what Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes said you shouldn't do "with a dreamer"
don't fall in love
Alison
$600 [13]
Measurement that was length of man's arm from the elbow to the finger tips
a cubit
Drew
$600 [3]
The only one of our 1st 5 Presidents who was over 60 years old when 1st inaugurated
John Adams
Drew Alison
$600 [28]
Devilish weapon seen in Grant Woods' painting "American Gothic"
a pitchfork
Alison
$600 [23]
Term for paper money issued for temporary or emergency use
scrip
Alison
$600 [8]
Editor William Bryant's
Cullen
Eugene
$600 [19]
David Soul's only song to break into the Top 40, in 1977 it skyrocketed to #1
"Don't Give Up On Us"
$800 [14]
Garden of Eden bordered on this river, on whose banks Babylon was later built
the Euphrates
Eugene
$800 [4]
Not satisfied with siring 8 children by his 1st wife, this Virginian, our 10th Pres., had 7 by his 2nd
John Tyler
Eugene
$800 [29]
According to Newsweek, 2008 Tow antitank missiles & parts Hawk & Phoenix missiles
what did we deliver to Iran
Eugene
DD $800 [25]
Whether buying a macaroon in Cameroon or a bongo in the Congo, you'd use currency w/a basic unit called this
franc
Alison
$1,000 [10]
Poet William Williams'
Carlos
Drew
$800 [20]
After struggling for years to reach stardom, Thelma Houston finally made it in '77 with this #1 hit
"Don't Leave Me This Way"
Drew
$1,000 [15]
By falsely accusing him of attempted rape, Potiphar's wife got this man thrown into prison
Joseph
Eugene
$1,000 [5]
Some 2 years after he married Rachel, he found out she was legally married to another man
Andrew Jackson
Eugene
$1,000 [30]
This NHL team not only skates on blades, they have a type of blade in their name
the (Buffalo) Sabres
Drew
$1,000 [26]
The currency of this Southern Hemisphere country whose name begins with "A" is the "Austral"
Argentina
Drew
DD $1,600 [9]
Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's
William
Eugene
$1,000 [24]
After having "Wedding Bell Blues", husband & wife Billy Davis, Jr. & Marilyn McCoo hit #1 with this
"You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD STATISTICS

This continent currently has both the world's highest birthrate & the world's highest death rate

Africa

Alison "What is Africa?" — wagered $4,190
Drew "What is Africa?" — wagered $6,700
Eugene "What is Africa?" — wagered $6,501

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