Show #551 1987-01-19 (taped 1986-10-15) Regular

Missing contestant introductions.

Contestants

Suzanne Peck — a domestic engineer from Annandale, Virginia

Melissa Meisel — a writer and editor originally from Highland Park, Illinois

Mike Williams — a teacher originally from Huntington, West Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mike $0 $800 $1,800 $3,600
2nd place: Whirlpool refrigerator + 7 Krups kitchen products
$2,000
11 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
Melissa $-300 $800 $5,000 $2,000
3rd place: Service Merchandise gift certificate
$4,200
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Suzanne $400 $-200 $3,600 $7,200
New champion: $7,200
$3,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

NEW ENGLAND TV TRIVIA STARTS WITH "S" MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CRIME & PUNISHMENT STOCKINGS
$100 [3]
Maine's most popular historic site is the home of this "Hiawatha" poet
(Henry Wadsworth) Longfellow
Suzanne
$100 [2]
Baskin-Robbins dropped a letter from "Miami Vice" & came up with this pink & green flavor
Miami Ice
Mike
$100 [8]
The small cylinder upon which thread is wound
a spool
Suzanne
$100 [20]
The number of wooden legs usually found under a grand piano
3
Melissa Suzanne
$100 [1]
As of January 15, 1931 cases involving less than a gallon of this were no longer felonies
liquor
Suzanne
$100 [14]
Elizabeth I liked this country's handknit hose, but she defeated its Armada anyway
Spain
Melissa
$200 [13]
The Upper New England climate has been described as "9 months o'" this, "& 3 months o' darn poor sledding"
winter
Melissa Suzanne
$200 [4]
Peter Jennings said repeatedly this spectacular July 1986 display left him "limp"
the fireworks display for the Statue of Liberty
Mike
$200 [9]
To scrape the feet while walking, or the mark left on the kitchen linoleum after such a walk
a scuff
Suzanne
$200 [21]
The name of this instrument is Hawaiian for "leaping flea"
a ukulele
Melissa
$200 [18]
A 1986 Newsweek poll shows 67% of U.S. now feels possession of this substance should be a criminal offense
marijuana
Mike Melissa
$200 [15]
Even sea legs can look sexy enmeshed in these mesh stockings
fishnet stockings
Suzanne
DD $200 [24]
Title of thefollowing Barry Manilow hit:"Last night I waved goodbye now it seems years / I'm back in the city where nothing is clear..."
"Weekend In New England"
Mike
$300 [5]
When he met his 2nd wife, she was co-hosting "Video Village", & he was hosting "Who Do You Trust?"
Johnny Carson
Suzanne
$300 [10]
Type of "hunt" featured in the film "My Man Godfrey"
scavenger hunt
Mike Melissa
$300 [22]
Of beating on it, blowing into it, or shaking it, the proper way to play a dulcimer
beating on it
Mike
$300 [16]
If you catch this bridal stocking accessory, it's said you'll soon catch a bride
the garter
Mike Melissa
$300 [23]
The Berkshire Hills of Mass. are the southern reaches of this famed Vermont range
the Green Mountains
Mike
$400 [6]
TV Guide said this show's star "has been in law, school almost as long as Alan Alda was in Korea"
The Paper Chase
Suzanne
$400 [11]
In money, 1/100 of a yen
a sen
$400 [17]
In the 1890s, women's everyday stockings were usually this color
black
Mike
$500 [7]
The 1977 adventure series "Hunter" featured this "Dynasty" star as Marty Shaw
Linda Evans
$500 [12]
Originally meaning "wearing loose shoes", things done carelessly are done in this manner
slipshod
Mike
$500 [19]
The title of a Betty Grable musical about vaudeville said "Mother Wore..." these
Tights
Suzanne

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS & AUTHORS MEDICINE BRIDGE FAMOUS DAVIDS BIRDS WALKING SONGS
$200 [2]
Agatha Christie's 1st novel, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles", introduced this Belgian detective
(Hercule) Poirot
Melissa
$200 [12]
In 1628, an Italian physician gave 1st description of this method of body fluid transfer
blood transfusion
Mike
$200 [7]
Charlie McCarthy, or the declarer's partner
a dummy
Suzanne
$200 [17]
It's said he was, at 12 years old, the youngest ever admitted to the Society of American Magicians
David Copperfield
Suzanne
$200 [1]
In all species of this bird, adults weigh less than 1 ounce
a hummingbird
Melissa
$200 [21]
According to Nancy Sinatra, they were "made for walkin'"
these boots
Mike
$400 [3]
Once a boxer's sparring partner, he penned a prizefighting novel before he wrote "Arms & the Man"
(George Bernard) Shaw
Melissa
$400 [13]
Narcolepsy is a condition in which people suddenly do this
fall asleep
Mike
$400 [25]
The # of tricks needed to fulfill a small slam contract
12
Melissa
$400 [18]
Dubbed "The Architect of Israel", his last name means "son of young lion"
David Ben-Gurion
Mike
$400 [8]
While parrots can imitate human speech, this state bird of 5 states imitates other birds
a mockingbird
Mike Suzanne
$400 [22]
Johnny Cash says he does it, "Because you're mine"
I walk the line
Suzanne
$600 [4]
His sojourn as a U.S. diplomat in this country inspired W. Irving to write "The Alhambra"
Spain
Melissa
$600 [14]
In 1898, Bayer introduced this morphine derivative as a new remedy for bad coughs
heroin
Mike Suzanne
$1,000 [26]
In the Blackwood convention, a bid of "4 no trump" asks partner for this information
How many aces have you got?
$600 [19]
He was "Bread"s main ingredient
David Gates
Suzanne
$800 [10]
Name of this large bird is a corruption of the Portuguese "alcatraz" or pelican
an albatross
Suzanne
$600 [23]
What you should do "If you see me walkin' down the street, & I start to cry each time we meet"
walk on by
Suzanne
$800 [5]
She called her '58 autobiography "Castles in the Air", even though husband Vernon died in a 1918 plane crash
Irene Castle
$800 [15]
3 times more likely to affect women, attacks occur when these lodge in the bile duct
gallstones
Mike
DD $1,600 [27]
In Goren's bidding system, total points in your hand if you hold 2 kings, 1 queen & a void
11
Melissa
$800 [20]
His jokes, like Lot's wife saying, "Lot, you must be aggressive with God," helped kick Smothers Bros. off CBS
David Steinberg
Suzanne
DD $1,000 [9]
Not surprisingly, its Latin name was "Didus ineptus"
a dodo
Suzanne
$800 [24]
"I have often walked down this street before, but the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before"
on the street where you live
Melissa
$1,000 [6]
His 1st successful book, in 1821, was "The Spy", about a double agent, not a noble savage
James Fenimore Cooper
$1,000 [16]
Some authorities say gout is a form of this degenerative disease
arthritis
$1,000 [11]
Bird that's been clocked flying at over 100 mph, its very name means fast
a swift
Suzanne

Final Jeopardy!

WOMEN

Former Arizona state senator who received a historic federal appointment in 1981

Sandra Day O'Connor

Mike "Who is Sandra Day O'Conner?" — wagered $1,800
Suzanne "Who is Sandra O'Connor?" — wagered $3,600
Melissa "Who was Goldwater?" — wagered $3,000

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