Show #152 1985-04-09 (taped 1984-12-18) Regular

Mike Day game 1.

Contestants

Suzan Hier — a criminal attorney from Buena Park, California

Mike Day — a finance and marketing MBA student from Columbus, Ohio

Louis Goldstein — a casting director originally from The Bronx, New York

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Louis	$0	$100	$900	$1,799 3rd place: Frigidaire refrigerator/freezer	$900 6 R, 5 W
Mike	$2,100	$1,700	$8,800	$11,700 New champion: $11,700	$9,300 30 R (including 1 DD), 9 W
Suzan	$1,200	$1,900	$2,900	$5,750 2nd place: vacation to Palm Springs + luggage set	$2,900 13 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. BEACHES	ALL NUMBERS	COOKING	INSECTS	SPORTS TRIVIA	"BEN"
$100 [7] So. California city that's home to the Queen Mary, the Spruce Goose & a lengthy swath of surf Long Beach Mike	$100 [13] Number of seconds in 1½ minutes 90 Louis	$100 [18] Fungus which makes bread rise to the occasion yeast Mike	$100 [26] Tiny bloodsucking insects of family Cimicidae that hide in mattresses and attack at night bedbugs Mike	$100 [2] Winner of more major golf tournaments than anyone else, he's known as "Slammin' Sam" Snead Mike	$100 [1] Goodman, Hill, or Jack Benny Mike
$200 [8] Neil Simon has fond "Memoirs" of it Brighton (Beach) Suzan	$200 [14] The highest number on a roulette wheel 36 Louis Mike	$200 [22] What you should shop for if a recipe calls for venison deer Mike Suzan	$200 [27] Sometimes called "white ants", these social insects are really after cellulose, not your house termites Mike	$200 [3] Oldest marathon race run in America the Boston Marathon Mike	$200 [9] An Indian tiger a Bengal tiger Suzan
$300 [19] "Where the boys" were in '60 & again in '84 Ft. Lauderdale Louis Mike	$300 [15] Highest number that appears on most standard AM radio bands 1600 Mike Suzan	$300 [23] Large metal pan with a round bottom that makes short work of stir-frying foods wok Suzan	$300 [28] Brilliant green blister beetle once thought to be an aphrodisiac Spanish fly Louis Mike	$300 [4] Having coached "The 4 Horsemen", he wrote novel, "The 4 Winners" Rockne Mike	$300 [10] Each year this cigarette company's contest offers 100 unusual prizes Benson & Hedges Suzan
$400 [20] Largest city in Virginia, this beach is also state's #1 resort Virginia Beach Mike Suzan	$400 [16] It's .083 feet an inch Louis Mike	$400 [24] What happens to gravy when you add a little arrowroot it thickens Louis Suzan	—	$400 [5] At age 71, he was hired to manage the Mets Stengel Mike	$400 [11] You bet your life this person will profit from your insurance policy your beneficiary Mike
$500 [21] Rockefeller resort at Caneel Bay is among famous beaches of these U.S. possessions the Virgin Islands Louis	$500 [17] The number of acres in a square mile 640 Louis Mike	$500 [25] For this French chowder you'll need around a half dozen kinds of fish bouillabaisse Suzan	—	$500 [6] The 2 Maxes who faced each other in a celebrated 1933 heavyweight bout Baer and Schmeling Mike	$500 [12] Gentle & kind or, in medicine, non-malignant benign Suzan

Double Jeopardy! Round

AUTHORS	COLLEGES	WWI FILMS	THE FAR EAST	STARTS WITH "V"	NOBEL PRIZE
$200 [18] She originally named her heroine Pansy O'Hara & her novel "Tomorrow Is Another Day" Margaret Mitchell Suzan	$200 [9] 53% of all college students who drop out do so due to a lack of this money Mike Suzan	$200 [20] Word which completes the titles "What Price..." & "Paths of..." Glory Mike	$200 [25] Besides producing 7 million cars a year, this country is world's leading shipbuilder Japan Mike	$200 [10] From Spanish for "let's go", used when a cowboy hits the trail in a hurry vamoose Mike Suzan	$200 [3] In 1903, she split a physics prize with her husband Pierre, but in 1911 got her own for chemistry Madame Curie Mike
$400 [21] First name shared by T.S. Eliot & Tennessee Williams Thomas Mike	$400 [14] Though it's a university, 1984 Heisman winner Doug Flutie attended this "College" Boston College Mike	—	$400 [7] In Burma, men's names such as Thant are often preceded by this letter, meaning "Mister" U Mike	$400 [11] In "The Honeymooners", what Ed Norton said when he saw a racy "Esquire" magazine va va voom! Mike Suzan	$400 [4] He picked up his Nobel Prize in 1904 in medicine, & if they rang a bell he would have done it again Pavlov Mike
$600 [22] Named Francis Scott Key for his ancestor who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner", he was better known as this F. Scott Fitzgerald Mike	$600 [15] In 1980, NJ passed stiff penalties for engaging in this fraternity activity hazing Mike	—	$600 [1] Common name of the first cousin to Java Man, he is credited with first using fire the Peking Man Louis	$600 [12] A female fox or a Russ Meyer film about a "fox" vixen Louis	DD $500 [8] 2 of 15 U.S. individuals to win or share a Nobel Peace Prize Kissinger & Bunche Mike
$800 [23] Amherst, Mass. poetess who wrote, "I heard a fly buzz when I died" Emily Dickinson Mike	$800 [16] For some lost reason, kissing these joints was popular at Brown Univ. in the 1920s knees Mike	—	$800 [2] There's a government loudspeaker in every home in this land whose capital is Pyongyang North Korea Mike	$800 [13] More than a baron, but less than an earl Viscount Mike	$600 [5] The last category to be added; its current winner, Richard Stone, created a system to compute GNP economics Mike
$1,000 [24] He usually describes the plight of the Jews, but in 1952 his 1st novel, "The Natural", was about baseball (Bernard) Malamud Mike	$1,000 [17] This Pac-10 school has won more NCAA championships than any other college USC Suzan	—	—	$1,000 [19] Tradition says after she wiped the face of Jesus, he left his imprint on her veil Veronica Suzan	$800 [6] Winners receive a cash award, a medal & this to mark their graduation into the Nobel Prize ranks a diploma Louis Mike

Final Jeopardy!

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

In the Websters 3rd International Dictionary, it's the letter with the most entries

Louis "What isS" — wagered $899

Suzan "What is SE" — wagered $2,850

Mike "What is 'S'?" — wagered $2,900

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