Show #741 1987-11-23 (taped 1987-08-26) Regular

Kate Waits game 5.

Contestants

Michael Compton — a payroll supervisor from Los Angeles, California

Ray Stoddard — a computer programmer from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

Kate Waits — a law professor from Albany, New York (whose 4-day cash winnings total $49,804)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kate	$700	$1,800	$4,000	$8,000 2nd place: trip to Solvang, California & stay at Petersen Village Inn + Amelia Earhart luggage	$4,000 18 R, 6 W
Ray	$900	$1,100	$-500	$-500 3rd place: Spring Crest draperies	$0 11 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Michael	$-200	$800	$7,200	$10,399 New champion: $10,399	$5,800 16 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

FLOWERS	WORD ORIGINS	SPORTS EQUIPMENT	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	MOVIE QUOTES	WEATHER
$100 [19] World Book lists it as the national flower of turkey, as well as the Netherlands the tulip Michael	$100 [7] This word for a Catholic church comes from the Greek for king, "Basileus" basilica Ray	$100 [17] Table tennis rackets or paddles are also called this, even though they're not used for hitting home runs bats Ray	$100 [13] Norway & Great Britain are among those who share the oil fields in this sea the North Sea Kate	$100 [21] "Mr. Kane was a man who got everything he wanted, & then lost it" Citizen Kane Ray	$200 [10] After he proved that lightning is electrical, he invented lightning rods (Benjamin) Franklin Kate
$200 [20] Botanists force certain white lilies to do this early so they can be sold at Easter bloom Kate	$200 [25] The Italian word for "pity", it's used to describe a sculpture of the Virgin Mary in mourning a pieta Kate	$200 [16] Golf balls can have 491 more of these than Kirk Douglas dimples Kate	$200 [5] The Northern Territory, with its capital, Darwin, takes up about ⅙ of this country Australia Kate Ray	$200 [4] "It's a white whale. Skin your eyes for him." Moby Dick Ray	$400 [18] As Dennis Conner could tell you, the "Fremantle Doctor" is 1 of these a wind Kate
$400 [23] From Old French for "lily flower", it's an iris as well as a heraldic device a fleur-de-lis Michael	$300 [26] Though its name is from Spanish for "bleeding", it's a fruit punch made with wine sangria Kate Michael	$300 [15] In the U.S., bicycles must be equipped with these safety features on the front, rear, & pedals reflector shields Kate Michael	$300 [6] Name of the Mexican land mass containing La Paz & Ensenada Baja California (Lower California) Michael	$300 [3] "Laugh now, Heathcliff. There's no laughter in hell." Wuthering Heights Kate	DD $500 [12] Weather phenomenon which caused E. Coast radio stations to play thefollowingin 9 1985:"... calling Gloria? /Gloria, don't you think you're fallin'? / If everybody wants you, why isn't anybody..." hurricanes Ray
$500 [24] While Russians celebrate May Day on the 1st Hawaiians celebrate this Lei Day Michael	$400 [27] From the Russian words for "self", & "to boil”, it's the urn you use to boil yourself some water a samovar	$400 [11] All that's needed to play this sport in the U.S. are 16 stones, 8 brooms, & an ice rink curling Ray Michael	$400 [8] Columbus named an island he found "Dominica", Italian for this day on which he 1st saw it Sunday Michael	$400 [2] "Please don't call me Mr. de Winter" Rebecca Kate	$500 [22] These days are named for the star Sirius, not the pooped-out way canines look in late July & August dog days Ray
—	—	$500 [14] Hotdoggers in this sport might own a "Tony Hawk" "Gonzo" or "Stonefish" model skateboarding Ray	$500 [9] Once a term for mythical lands w. of Europe, Caribbean isles are divided into Greater or Lesser ones the Antilles islands Ray	$500 [1] "Years from now, when you talk about this--and you will--be kind" Tea and Sympathy Michael	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE DICTIONARY	OPERA	AMERICAN HISTORY	ARCHAEOLOGY	"T" TIME	SAID OF CELEBS
$200 [22] Webster's 3rd International is one example of this "non -condensed" type of dictionary unabridged Kate	$200 [26] Some operas have one before each act, but most just have one before the curtain rises an overture Kate	$200 [14] The 1962 Cuban Crisis ended when the Soviet Union removed these missiles Ray	$200 [21] A cromlech is a prehistoric monument of upright stones placed, like at Stonehenge, in this shape a circle Michael	$200 [12] Term for a camera's long-distance lens telephoto Michael	$200 [1] Herb Caen once said this 1964 presidential candidate was "as American as Apple Strudel" Barry Goldwater Kate Michael
$400 [7] What began as "The N.E.D.," in 1884 is known as this today the Oxford English Dictionary Kate	$600 [18] Composer of "Fidelio", this German once looked so sloppy he was thrown into jail as a vagabond Beethoven Kate	$400 [6] In a sermon about this 1925 trial, Billy Sunday called evolution "jackass nonsense" the Scopes Monkey Trial Ray	$400 [15] Relative & absolute dating are not terms for an archaeologist's social life, but for this dating for how old things are (age of a find, an artifact) Kate	$600 [8] A tawdry tragedy, or a 3-hanky movie a tearjerker Kate	$400 [2] Golf's "Golden Bear", described as having "a face as innocent as milk, & a build like a chocolate eclair" Jack Nicklaus Kate
$600 [23] The 16-volume Deutsches Worterbuch was begun in the 19th century by these brothers the Brothers Grimm Michael	$800 [19] This Italian who conducted the premieres of "La boheme" & "Pagliacci", later directed the NBC Symphony Toscanini Michael	$600 [3] In 1937, Republicans angrily accused FDR of trying to "pack" this the Supreme Court Kate	—	$800 [10] Dangling decoration found on a mortar board or a stripper a tassel Michael	$600 [9] "He labored like a mountain and brought forth a mouse" Walt Disney Ray
$1,000 [25] Term for the marks which indicate phonetic quality diacritical marks Ray	$1,000 [20] This Russian, an absent-minded professor, may just have forgotten to finish "Prince Igor" (Alexander) Borodin Kate Ray Michael	$800 [4] When "Boss" James M. Curley was fined $42,629 for fraud, many of this city's citizens chipped in to pay Boston Ray	—	DD $1,000 [13] The only sign of the zodiac with a Latin name, that fits this category Taurus Michael	$800 [16] Author of "The Affluent Society", he was once dubbed "the non-economist's economist" John Kenneth Galbraith Kate
DD $1,600 [24] "Odd Couple" playwright & "Odd Couple" actor who are both on American Heritage's usage panel Neil Simon & Tony Randall Michael	—	$1,000 [5] While serving as Speaker of the House in 1820, he promoted the Missouri Compromise Henry Clay Kate	—	$1,000 [11] A small, slender seagull a tern Michael	$1,000 [17] A critic said she had "two expressions--joy & indigestion", & apparently 2 were enough for Wm. R. Hearst Marion Davies Kate Michael

Final Jeopardy!

LOVE & MARRIAGE

In vast majority of states, in order to marry without parental consent, you must be at least this old

Kate "What is 18?" — wagered $4,000

Michael "What is 18?" — wagered $3,199

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