Show #274 1985-09-26 (taped 1985-07-23) Regular

Contestants

Diane Cope — a railroad telegrapher originally from Palatine, Illinois

Dane Garrett — a lawyer from Collinsville, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,200)

Rob Lai — an insurance investigator from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $13,599)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Rob $-300 $-400 $-200 $-200
2nd place: Merillat modular shelving system
$-200
6 R, 4 W
Dane $1,200 $2,900 $3,700 $4,000
2-day co-champion: $11,200
$4,400
18 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Diane $-100 $600 $2,000 $4,000
New co-champion: $4,000
$2,000
8 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

AVIATION MOVIE MONSTERS STARTS WITH "M" NOTABLE ANIMALS STATE CAPITALS TV NUMBERS
$100 [1]
Airline that the koala says it hates
Qantas
Rob
$100 [4]
In the '76 remake, he fell from the World Trade Center
King Kong
Dane
$100 [3]
Daniel Boone's Cherokee chum played by Ed Ames
Mingo
$100 [7]
Siam, 1st of this cat breed in the U.S., was a gift to Pres. Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878
Siamese (cats)
Rob
$100 [20]
Under Russian rule, Sitka was its capital
Alaska
Dane
$100 [11]
Edd "Kookie" Byrnes' "working address"
77 Sunset Strip
Dane
$200 [2]
Though they have no engine & are heavier than air, they can fly in air currents
gliders
Dane
$200 [5]
In Japan, he's known as "Gojira"
Godzilla
Dane
DD $100 [19]
Goes with "Jerrie" for a T.S. Eliot cat or "Jerry" for singers offollowing"In the summer time when the weather is high / You can stretch right up and touch the sky / When the weather's fine"
Mungo
Dane
$200 [16]
Buddy, the 1st dog trained as this, came to the U.S. in 1928
a seeing-eye dog
Rob
$200 [21]
Originally called "Waterloo", it's the capital of Texas
Austin
Dane
$200 [12]
In '60s sitcom, officers Toody & Muldoon patrolled the Bronx in this vehicle
Car 54
Dane
$300 [17]
It's the only SST currently operating commercially in USA
the Concorde
Diane
$300 [6]
Affliction that made monsters of Grant Williams in '57 & Lily Tomlin in '81
shrinking
Rob Dane Diane
$200 [9]
Planet Flash Gordon saved the Earth from
Mongo
Rob Diane
$300 [22]
In 1961, Enos, a chimp became the 1st to do this for the U.S.
orbit the Earth
Rob Dane
$300 [13]
Number of lives led by Richard Carlson while portraying Herbert Philbrick
three
Dane
$400 [8]
Bram Stoker popularized this monster, the one most often portrayed in movies
(Count) Dracula
Dane
$300 [10]
Native to India, this tree of the sumac family is prized for its fruit
mango
$400 [23]
In 1947, "Islero", a fierce bull, killed & was killed by him, perhaps the world's greatest bullfighter
Manolete
Dane
$400 [14]
Each day, Art Linkletter interviewed this many children on his "House Party" show
four
Diane
$500 [18]
They were "Them!"
ants
Dane
$500 [15]
Number of Sgt. Friday's badge, under which name "Dragnet" went into reruns
714
Dane

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY JOURNALISM '60s SONGS U.S. GOVERNMENT MEXICO UNREAL ESTATE
$200 [6]
In 1790, mutineers from this ship settled on Pitcairn Island
the HMS Bounty
Rob
$200 [16]
It claims to provide "All the news that's fit to print"
The New York Times
Rob
$200 [8]
He rode the "3rd boxcar, midnight train, destination, Bangor, Maine"
Roger Miller
Diane
$200 [3]
It's been recently revealed that the gov't paid out $30 million to people in this condition
people who had died
$200 [19]
From French for "marriage", it's a strolling group of troubadours
mariachis
Rob
$200 [2]
Dante's trip here was sheer hell
the Inferno
Dane
$400 [13]
The term "Cold War" was used in '30s to describe this country's conquering of nations with little fighting
(Nazi) Germany
Dane Diane
$400 [18]
Syndicated advice columnist whose poll indicated 72% of women prefer cuddling to love making
Ann Landers
Rob Dane
$400 [1]
Of "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Oogie Boogie", & "Um Um Um Um Um", 1 not a hit in '64
"Oogie Boogie"
Diane
$400 [4]
This federal department has over a million civilian employees, more than any other
the Defense Department
Dane Diane
$400 [20]
Aztecs founded city of Tenochtitlan on site where they saw an eagle with this in its beak
a snake
Dane
$400 [11]
Term created by non-Indians to describe their mistaken idea of Native Americans' afterlife
the happy hunting grounds
$600 [14]
Forcing a treaty in 1883, this nation gained control of Vietnam for almost 70 years
France
Dane
$600 [17]
"Jingo journalism" promoted our going to war against this country in 1898
Spain
Dane
$600 [7]
While Paul Anka was a "Lonely Boy" in the '50s, this singer was "Mr. Lonely" of the '60s
Bobby Vinton
Diane
DD $600 [5]
1 of 2 Cabinet departments Pres. Reagan has tried unsuccessfully to eliminate
Dept. of Energy & Dept. of Education
Dane
$600 [21]
This political foe of Santa Anna 1st met him while waiting on him in a restaurant
Benito Juarez
$600 [12]
Plato's ideal state, it was not a democracy
a republic
Diane
$800 [15]
China's 1st treaty with this neighbor fixed its border with this country in 1689
the Soviet Union
$800 [9]
Group that got around in the '60s, being "Up on the Roof", "Under the Boardwalk", & "On Broadway"
the Drifters
Diane
$1,000 [10]
John Sebastian said explaining this "is like try-in' to tell a stranger about rock and roll"
magic

Final Jeopardy!

GAMES

The 1 word most frequently found in the center square of a bingo card

Free

Diane "What is Free?" — wagered $2,000
Dane "What is Free" — wagered $300

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