Show #121 1985-02-25 (taped 1984-11-13) Regular

Contestants

John Martin — a government budget analyst from San Diego, California

Leo Cullum — a magazine cartoonist originally from North Bergen, New Jersey

Michael Wing — a minister originally from Roseburg, Oregon (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,300)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Michael $400 $2,000 $1,400 $1
2nd place: recliner + answering machine
$1,400
15 R, 8 W
Leo $300 $1,000 $5,600 $6,600
New champion: $6,600
$5,000
13 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
John $200 $300 $-1,900 $-1,900
3rd place: exercise bench
$-900
11 R, 12 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE IRISH DAYTIME TV THE '70s SHIPS GOT IT "MADE"
$100 [10]
Vehicle an Irish policeman uses to take suspects into custody
a paddy wagon
Michael
$100 [1]
Black sportscaster drafted as quarterback for the "Today" show
Bryant Gumbel
John
$100 [22]
What Gerald Ford's W.I.N. buttons stood for
"whip inflation now"
Michael
$100 [6]
Sailing ship platform that gives the lookout a "bird's eye view"
the crow's nest
Michael John
$100 [7]
Fashioned by fingers or manually manufactured
handmade
Michael Leo John
$200 [11]
Stew of whatever meat, fish or vegetables are on hand, named for an Irishman
Mulligan stew
Michael John
$200 [3]
This "high voltage" version of "Sesame Street" is aimed at older kids
The Electric Company
Michael John
$200 [14]
The Double Eagle II was the 1st of these to cross the Atlantic
a balloon
Leo
$200 [16]
Cargo ships with no set schedules or routes, they're the vagrants of shipping
tramp steamer
Michael Leo
$200 [8]
According to Flip Wilson, Geraldine's excuse for outrageous behavior
the devil made me do it
John
$300 [12]
Seat of ancient Irish kings & name of O'Hara family plantation
Tara
Michael John
$300 [4]
Grand prize of Chuck Barris' zany beauty pageant
$1.98
Michael John
$300 [9]
One of two countries with American-born queens in the '70s
Jordan (or Sikkim)
Leo John
$300 [17]
The side away from the wind, or Grant's opposition
lee
John
$300 [21]
Phrase describing nuptials of the perfect couple
marriage made in heaven
Michael
DD $400 [15]
Irish group that this song is about:"Oh! the drums go bang, and the cymbals clang, and the horns they blaze away /McCarthy pumps the old bassoon while I the pipes do play /And Hennessey Tennessey tootles the flute, and the music is somethin' grand..."
McNamara's Band
Leo
$400 [19]
Comic who has his own "Place" on Saturday morning TV this season
Richard Pryor
Michael
$400 [5]
1972 controversy over ordination of rabbi S.J. Priesand centered around this characteristic
being a woman
Leo
$400 [18]
The part of the ship that's traditionally painted the same colors as the house flag
the smokestack
Leo
$500 [20]
After losing his commission as "Captain Kangaroo", he stayed on as host of "CBS Storybreak"
Bob Keeshan
Michael
$500 [2]
In 1978, he became youngest jockey ever to ride a Triple Crown winner
Steve Cauthen
Michael
$500 [13]
Charles Dickens traveled to U.S. on this magnate's first liner, the "Britannia"
(Samuel) Cunard
Michael

Double Jeopardy! Round

CHEMISTRY AMERICAN INDIANS 5-LETTER WORDS THE RENAISSANCE ACTORS & ROLES GEOGRAPHY
$200 [25]
Of an earthworm, an elephant or you, the one with the highest percentage of water in it
an earthworm
Michael John
$200 [11]
Indians used this ax as both tool & weapon
a tomahawk
Michael
$200 [7]
Charlie Daniels likes just a pinch of it between his cheek & gum
snuff
Michael
$200 [21]
Sculptor of the Pieta, he designed the dome for St. Peter's
Michelangelo
Leo
$200 [20]
He was Max in "Mad Max" & "The Road Warrior"
Mel Gibson
Leo John
$200 [4]
1869 completion of this waterway separated Africa from Asia
the Suez Canal
Leo
$400 [13]
Sacajawea, the bird woman, guided these American explorers
Lewis & Clark
John
$400 [8]
In 1961 song, "The kids in Bristol were sharp as pistols when they did the Bristol" this
stomp
John
$400 [22]
These "castles" of the Loire valley are examples of French renaissance architecture
chateaus
$400 [14]
His last performance was as misfit Jett Rink in "Giant"
James Dean
John
$600 [6]
A Washington city, a Canadian city & a Canadian island all share this explorer's name
Vancouver
Michael
$600 [15]
Though only Massasoit was invited to this, he showed up with 90 hungry warriors
the first Thanksgiving
Michael
$600 [12]
Every month starts on this day
the first
Leo
$600 [23]
Modern equivalent to the Renaissance job of "dictatore"
teacher (professor)
John
$600 [3]
Title character in classic '22 documentary of Eskimo life
Nanook (of the North)
Leo
$800 [9]
Largest inland body of salt water in the world
the Caspian Sea
Leo
$800 [18]
Northern Plains tribe known to other Indians as "Children of the Large-Beaked Bird"
the Crows
John
$800 [16]
You can give one to a book, but you get one when you buy a house
a title
John
$800 [24]
During the Great Schism, 2 Italians & a Frenchman all claimed this post
the Pope
Michael
$800 [2]
He was Doris Day's "Teacher's Pet"
Clark Gable
Michael John
DD $1,000 [5]
Two of the four countries facing Italy across the Alps
(2 of) France, Switzerland, Austria, Yugoslavia
Leo
$1,000 [19]
King James complained a commoner had married royalty w/out permission when this man wed Pocohontas
John Rolfe
Michael John
$1,000 [17]
A way to take things lying down
prone
Leo
DD $1,000 [26]
Century in which writers first called the Renaissance "the Renaissance"
the 19th century
John
$1,000 [1]
He played the 8 murder victims of Dennis Price in "Kind Hearts and Coronets"
Alec Guinness
John
$1,000 [10]
Formerly an Italian colony, 90% of it is covered by the Sahara desert
Libya
Michael John

Final Jeopardy!

THE CABINET

In '61, President Kennedy began the custom of having this diplomatic ofcr. take part in Cabinet meetings

U.N. Ambassador

Michael "Who is the UN director?" — wagered $1,399
Leo "Who is UN Ambassador?" — wagered $1,000

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