Show #283 1985-10-09 (taped 1985-07-29) Regular

Contestants

Mary Rumowicz — a student originally from New Brunswick, New Jersey

Michael Marks — an attorney from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chris Golden — a policy service representative originally from Winston-Salem, North Carolina (whose 2-day cash winnings total $16,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Chris $1,600 $3,300 $8,500 $17,000
2nd place: trip on Eastern to New York & stay at the Milford Plaza
$8,500
24 R, 1 W
Michael $200 $1,100 $9,300 $17,001
New champion: $17,001
$8,900
14 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Mary $700 $1,000 $3,600 $7,199
3rd place: Panasonic portable disc player & component stereo
$3,600
11 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS COUPLES PROVERBS MUSIC TRIVIA WILD WEST THEATER "DEAD" LINES
$100 [5]
Nathan Birnbaum & Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen
(George) Burns & (Gracie) Allen
Chris
$100 [13]
The way to a man's heart is through this
his stomach
Chris
$100 [14]
Rolling Stone who attended London School of Economics
Mick Jagger
Chris
$100 [1]
Cowboy accessory whose pointed rowels made beautiful music
spurs
Chris
$100 [7]
Musical which, according to its ads, is "now & forever"
Cats
Chris
$100 [10]
A defunct Daffy
a dead duck
Chris
$200 [23]
John Freund & Linda Evanstad
John Forsythe & Linda Evans
Chris
$200 [15]
Jewish songwriter famous for "White Christmas" and "Easter Parade"
Irving Berlin
Chris
$200 [2]
They were combined in a hybrid originally called cattalo
cattle & buffalo
Chris
$200 [8]
In the female version of "The Odd Couple", the women now play "Trivial Pursuit" instead of this
poker
Chris
$200 [19]
Pride, lust, envy, anger, covetousness, gluttony, & sloth
the 7 deadly sins
Michael
$300 [24]
Michael Igor Peschkowsky & Elaine Berlin
Mike Nichols & Elaine May
Mary
$300 [16]
He said Elvis was "unfit for a family audience" but in 1956 had him on his show anyway
Ed Sullivan
Chris Michael
$300 [3]
Sailors-turned-cowboys changed "Oh bury me not in the deep, deep sea" to this lyric
Oh, bury me not on the lone prairie
Chris Michael
$300 [9]
First play presented on Broadway in sign language, about Mortimer's aunts' homicidal handiwork
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mary
$400 [21]
Dakota Territory town where Wild Bill Hickok held the dead man's hand
Deadwood
Chris
$400 [25]
Early film stars, Douglas Ullman & Gladys Smith
Douglas Fairbanks & Mary Pickford
Chris
$400 [17]
Due to size of his lips & cheeks when he played, he was at 1 time called "Satchel Mouth"
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong
Chris
$400 [4]
He died poor, trying to reclaim his land & mill, which were overrun by miners
(John) Sutter
Mary
$400 [11]
It was Eugene O'Neill's last play produced on Broadway before he wenteth & died
The Iceman Cometh
DD $500 [20]
Name for fans of thefollowing:"Truckin', got my chips cashed in..."
Deadheads
Michael
$500 [26]
Derek Harris & Mary Cathleen Collins
John Derek & Bo Derek
Michael
$500 [18]
During WWII, this radio personality popularized country music in Japan
Tokyo Rose
$500 [6]
The "Napoleon of the West", he led the charge on the Alamo
General (Antonio López de) Santa Anna
Chris
$500 [12]
Richard Burton & Peter Firth recreated their stage roles for this film
Equus
Michael
$500 [22]
"The spittin' image" of Bette Davis
Dead Ringer

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY CHEMISTRY '50s TV STATE NAMES HEADLINES THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH
$200 [6]
On his 2nd voyage, he discovered Jamaica
Christopher Columbus
Mary
$200 [5]
These are often arranged according to atomic number
the elements in the periodic table
Mary
$200 [14]
"Mr. Television"
Milton Berle
Mary
$200 [17]
State named for a king of France
Louisiana
Mary
$200 [1]
"Heart is torn from great city" ran a headline the day after this 1906 disaster
the San Francisco earthquake
Chris
$200 [25]
A baseball version of the bowler in cricket
a pitcher
Chris
$400 [7]
Prime minister de Gasperi of this Mediterranean country was K.O.'d in a 1950 parliamentary brawl
Italy
$400 [10]
Named for the god of the underworld, this element is one of the most toxic poisons known
plutonium
Mary
$400 [15]
2 '50s TV shows named for & starring famous movie dogs
Rin Tin Tin & Lassie
Michael
$400 [18]
"Providence Plantations" is also part of its official name
Rhode Island
Mary
$400 [2]
He "quickly frees self from straitjacket" while hanging upside down in Dallas in 1916
Ehrich Weiss or Houdini
Chris
$400 [26]
The itish-bray call it back slang
Pig Latin
Chris
$600 [8]
Because of their short hair, Puritan supporters of Oliver Cromwell were known as these
Roundheads
Mary
$600 [11]
Process of heating a liquid, such as moonshine, & condensing its vapors
distilling
Mary
$600 [16]
What Howdy Doody's in-studio audience was called
the Peanut Gallery
Chris
$600 [19]
Its name means "Father of Waters"
Mississippi
Michael
$600 [3]
He was "censured on 2 counts" by the Senate, papers reported in December 1954
Joseph McCarthy
Chris
$600 [27]
A British woman might find a ladder climbing up this article of clothing
a stocking
Mary
$800 [9]
MacKenzie King's tenure as this country's prime minister was longest for any parliamentary government
Canada
Michael
$800 [12]
The presence of this element makes organic chemistry organic
carbon
Michael
$800 [22]
Dr, Frances Horwich rang the bell at this school
the Ding Dong School
Chris
$800 [20]
1 of 2 states named for the Sioux Indians
(1 of) South Dakota (or North Dakota)
Michael
$800 [4]
Reported in "Baltimore Sun" on Apr. 10, 1865 as "glorious news", "most important episode of the war"
the treaty signed at Appomattox ending the Civil War (surrender at Appomattox)
Michael
$800 [28]
Dartmoor alumni get a ticket-of-leave; Leavenworth alumni get this
a parole
Michael
$1,000 [23]
The 2 countries that fought the Hundred Years War, which lasted 116 years
England & France
Chris
DD $1,200 [13]
1 of 2 substances formed when bases are combined with acids
(1 of) water or a salt
Michael
$1,000 [21]
This Rocky Mountain state is named for a valley in Pennsylvania
Wyoming
Michael
$1,000 [24]
"Happy the bride the Sun shines on", read "The Evening Star" when this "1st daughter" wed in 1906
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Michael
$1,000 [29]
Child's toy the British call a catapult
a slingshot
Chris

Final Jeopardy!

LANGUAGES

In population, it's the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world

Mexico

Mary "What is Mexico?" — wagered $3,599
Chris "What is Mexico? Hi Mom" — wagered $8,500
Michael "What is Mexico?" — wagered $7,701

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