Show #398 1986-03-19 (taped 1985-11-05) Regular

Contestants

Spencer McIlmurray — a management consultant from Evanston, Illinois

Donna Cunningham — a writer from Ventura, California

Gerri Miller — a magazine editor from New York City (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,199)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Gerri $200 $2,000 $4,800 $2,999
2-day champion: $7,198
$4,800
16 R, 3 W
Donna $2,000 $3,100 $2,300 $500
2nd place: trip on Eastern to Orlando, Florida & stay at Radisson Plaza
$3,100
13 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Spencer $100 $800 $3,300 $0
3rd place: Olympus OM-2S camera
$3,800
14 R, 8 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

FICTION SLOGANS STARTS WITH "G" ARCHERY MOVIES HODGEPODGE
$100 [12]
Motivated by kindness, George kills his slow-witted friend Lenny in this Steinbeck novel
Of Mice and Men
Gerri
$100 [6]
"Be all that you can be" in this service
the Army
Spencer
$100 [13]
Mitch Gaylord, Cathy Rigby, & Mary Lou Retton, for example
gymnasts
Spencer
$100 [11]
A standard one is 48 inches across
target
Donna
$100 [1]
In this 1980 film, John Travolta had "hard hat days & honky tonk nights"
Urban Cowboy
Gerri
$100 [21]
These initials follow listing of meeting whose date has not been set
TBA
Spencer
$200 [15]
In "Gulliver's Travels", political parties in this tiny land are known by the height of their heels
Lilliput
Spencer
$200 [7]
"When you care enough to send the very best", you send this
a Hallmark
Gerri
$200 [19]
From Latin "to swallow", it's one of the 7 deadly sins
gluttony
Donna
$200 [14]
The 1st civilization known to have used the bow & arrow from as early as 5000 B.C.
the Egyptians
Gerri Spencer
$200 [2]
Film featuring Raquel Welch in a prehistoric bikini
1,000,000 Years B.C.
Donna
$200 [25]
Though Asia has a far larger total population, this continent is about equal in population density
Europe
Gerri
$300 [16]
After finding money Injun Joe hid in a cave, Tom Sawyer & this companion each got $6000
Huckleberry Finn
Donna
$300 [8]
Maxwell House coffee's famous slogan, said with finality
good to the last drop
Donna
$300 [20]
A gadget or a gremlin
gizmo
Donna
$300 [22]
In 1415, at the battle of Agincourt, 13,000 British defeated 50,000 French using this type of bow
a longbow
Gerri Spencer
$300 [3]
Dedicated to Edith Head because it was her last, this Steve Martin film had "checkered" success
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Donna
$300 [26]
Colors of this flag's 5 rings represent at least 1 color in the flag of each competing nation
the Olympic flag
Gerri
$400 [17]
Total of Hawthorne's house's gables & Verne's leagues under the sea
20,007
Spencer
$500 [10]
Educational fundraising group whose motto is "a mind is a terrible thing to waste"
the United Negro College Fund
Spencer
$400 [23]
Georgia Engel's 1st name on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
Georgette
Spencer
$400 [29]
With this variation of archery you could catch carp
bowfishing
Donna
$400 [4]
James Coburn struck sparks as a secret agent in this 1966 spy spoof
Our Man Flint
Spencer
$400 [27]
In the Old West, someone who died of "hemp fever" was killed this way
by hanging
Spencer
$500 [18]
Collective name for John Dos Passos' "All American" trilogy
U.S.A.
Gerri
DD $600 [9]
In the '30s, this movie studio claimed, "more stars than there are in heaven"
MGM
Donna
$500 [24]
Hey, Luigi, send up an order of these little Italian potato dumplings
gnocchi
Donna
$500 [30]
A compound bow uses a system of cables & these to make it easier to draw than other types
pulleys
Spencer
$500 [5]
E.M. Forster's 1924 novel of British colonial rule was made into this film that picked up 2 Oscars
A Passage to India
Donna
$500 [28]
To reinforce, or a long, often cylindrical, pillow popular in the late 19th & 19th centuries
a bolster
Gerri

Double Jeopardy! Round

SOUTH AMERICA SICKNESS & HEALTH TEXTILES UNIVERSITIES "ROCK" & "ROLL" SONGS FISH
$200 [15]
Though fairly temperate, the rainy months April to October are considered this season in Venezuela
winter
Donna Spencer
$200 [6]
A commemorative piece that you hang on the wall, or what the dental hygienist scrapes off your teeth
plaque
Spencer
$200 [9]
Linen is made from fibers of this plant
flax
Gerri Donna
$200 [3]
For over 20 years, this southern university's football team was coached by Bear Bryant
Alabama (Crimson Tide)
Donna
$200 [10]
In 1956 it's what Jerry Lewis did "with a Dixie melody"
"Rock-A-Bye Your Baby"
Gerri
$200 [1]
1 of 2 predominant colors in oceanic fish living within 400' of the surface
silver or blue (gray)
Spencer
$400 [21]
Found mostly in infants & obese persons, this heat can really stick it to you
prickly
Gerri
$400 [14]
Coarse paint-coated cloth, this waterproof tablecover fabric was 1st used in China in 600s
oilcloth
Gerri Spencer
$400 [4]
Its main campus, located in Columbus, Ohio includes an airport & two 18-hole golf courses
Ohio State University
Donna
$400 [11]
"Proud Mary's" other name
"Rollin' On The River"
DD $500 [2]
Fish mentioned in the title of thefollowing:"[Instrumental music plays]"
the shark
Spencer
$600 [22]
Symptoms of Tourette's syndrome include blinking, twitching, & other kinds of these
tics
Gerri
$600 [18]
Possible name for Daryl Dragon & Toni if she were named for this yarn used for bedspreads
(the Captain and) chenille
Gerri
$800 [7]
Ralphie, female buffalo mascot of this Western state u., was so popular she was elected home-coming queen
the University of Colorado
$600 [12]
What Peter, Paul & Mary "dug" in 1967
rock and roll music
Donna
$600 [16]
Of salinity, temperature, or currents, the major factor controlling distribution of fish
salinity
Gerri Donna Spencer
$800 [23]
The major problem with a thyroid gland when one is suffering hypothyroidism
underactive
Gerri
$800 [19]
Fabric whose fibers are not spun but matted with heat, it mattered a great deal to Minnesota Fats
felt
Gerri
DD $1,000 [5]
The 2 historic Virginia schools named for famous pairs of rulers & generals
William and Mary & Washington and Lee
Donna
$800 [13]
This hymn asks, "Let me hide myself in thee"
"Rock Of Ages"
Spencer
$1,000 [24]
TSS, which primarily affects women, stands for this
toxic shock syndrome
Spencer
$1,000 [20]
Textile comes from the Latin word "texere" which means to do this
to weave
Gerri Spencer
$1,000 [8]
This Mid-Atlantic state university is located in Newark, but not New Jersey
the University of Delaware
Spencer
$1,000 [17]
Title song of 1973 concert film in which Bo Diddley & Chuck Berry rock down '50s memory lane
"Let The Good Times Roll"

Final Jeopardy!

ELECTIONS

Of the 4 Republican presidential candidates to lose to FDR, he won the most electoral votes

Thomas Dewey

Donna "Who was?" — wagered $1,800
Spencer "Who was Alf Landon?" — wagered $3,300
Gerri "Who is?" — wagered $1,801

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