Show #841 1988-04-11 (taped 1987-12-15) Regular

Contestants

John Peterson — a communications instructor from Stockton, California

Ken Krantz — a lieutenant commander originally from Davis, California

Bob Beers — an attorney from Fairfax, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bob $1,100 $1,600 $8,300 $8,599
3-day champion: $41,799
$4,700
19 R (including 3 DDs), 4 W
Ken $0 $2,200 $4,000 $5,000
2nd place: Broyhill rolltop desk with swivel chair & Baldwin brass desk accessories
$4,000
15 R, 2 W
John $0 $1,800 $2,200 $0
3rd place: ColorTyme 19" portable TV
$2,200
9 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY ART BODIES OF WATER BASEBALL FLOWERS HINTS FROM HELOISE
$100 [11]
The 1st permanent European settlement in this state was Harrodstown, not Boonesborough
Kentucky
Bob
$100 [21]
Field of art in which Henry Moore carved his niche
sculpture
John
$100 [19]
With nearly 30% dissolved minerals, this inland "sea" is the world's saltiest body of water
the Dead Sea
Bob Ken
$100 [6]
He belted the 1st home run ever hit in Yankee Stadium, April 18, 1923
Babe Ruth
Bob
$100 [5]
1 of 2 flowers listed in the World Book under "N"
(1 of) nasturtium (narcissus)
Bob
$100 [26]
To keep these from cracking when you boil them, wrap them in aluminum foil
eggs
Ken
$200 [12]
With a famous "march", WWI veterans demanded Congress pay these ahead of time
the bonus
John
$200 [22]
This artist put himself in his "At the Moulin Rouge"
Toulouse-Lautrec
Bob
$200 [20]
Of Argentina, Venezuela, or Bolivia, the 1 thru which the Amazon system does not flow
Argentina
Ken
$200 [7]
Last name of brothers Jesus, Matty & Felipe who in 1963 made history as the entire S.F. Giants outfield
Alou
Bob
$200 [2]
Nectar is generally secreted by glands in these showy parts of a flower
the petals
Bob
$200 [27]
If you want your steak red on the inside but browned on the outside, cook when it's in this condition
frozen
Ken
$300 [13]
1st president in American history to be defeated for re-election
John Adams
Ken
$300 [23]
In Rembrandt's "Saul & David", Saul is holding a spear, & David is playing one of these
a harp
Bob
$300 [9]
Latin for "in the middle of the land", this sea is almost entirely surrounded by land
the Mediterranean
Bob
$300 [8]
His 1987 Major League-leading .370 batting average was highest in the N.L. since 1948
Tony Gwynn
$300 [1]
Flower clusters found on birch trees, they sound like relatives of felines
catkins
Bob
$400 [14]
On January 16, 1967, she took office as Alabama's 1st woman governor
Lurleen Wallace
Ken
$400 [24]
This Russian-born artist did murals for the new Met & stained glass for a Jerusalem synagogue
Marc Chagall
Ken
$400 [10]
It's the major strait connecting the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans
the Strait of Magellan
$400 [16]
Andy Messersmith & Dave McNally, who in '76 became baseball's 1st free agents, both played this position
pitcher
DD $500 [3]
Denzoloid, paraffinoid, & jasminoid are terms that have been used to describe this characteristic
the fragrance of flowers (the scent, the odor)
Bob
$500 [15]
He liked the idea that he was the 1st Irish-American U.S. ambassador to Britain
Joseph Kennedy
John
$500 [25]
Pieter Bruegel's "Seven Virtues" was a sequel to this series of engravings
The Seven Deadly Sins
John
$500 [18]
Over 4000 ft. deep, Messier, in Chile, is the world's deepest known of these narrow inlets
fjords
Ken
$500 [17]
1 of 3 top ranked, or Triple A, U.S. minor leagues
(1 of) The Pacific Coast League (the International League or the American Association)
John
$500 [4]
The English names of many flowers end in "wort", which means this
root

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE BODY HUMAN THE MOVIES BRITISH ROYALTY LITERATURE NATIONAL ANTHEMS DOUBLE C
$200 [12]
A malocclusion occurs here; chew on that awhile
the mouth
John
$200 [19]
Incongruously, when William Holden starts narrating "Sunset Blvd.", his character is already this
deceased
Bob
$200 [7]
He was king of England during the Industrial, the French & the American Revolutions
George III
Bob
$200 [13]
Lord Byron sent "Childe Harold" on this type of journey, but to the continent, not Canterbury
a pilgrimage
Bob
$200 [22]
"O Canada" was originally written in this language
French
Bob
$200 [21]
A pirate, especially of the 17th century
a buccaneer
Ken
$1,000 [27]
The small area at the base of the brain that controls the pituitary gland
the hypothalamus
$400 [18]
In filming the Hitchcock classic, these title creatures were thrown at Tippi Hedren for an entire week
birds
Bob
$400 [9]
Not since the 1760 funeral of George II has any English monarch been buried here
Westminster Abbey
Ken
$400 [23]
John Milton's widow sold all rights to this poetic masterpiece for only 8 pounds
Paradise Lost
Ken
$600 [6]
In Australia, both "Advance Australia Fair" & this anthem are official
"God Save The Queen"
Bob Ken
$400 [20]
He said, "I made the right choice" of his decision to use Vanessa Williams photos in July '84 Penthouse
(Bob) Guccione
Bob
$600 [15]
Faye Dunaway called this movie star role "the one part I should not have done"
Joan Crawford
Ken
$600 [8]
Since 1820, every English monarch has been buried on the grounds of this castle
Windsor Castle
Bob John
$600 [26]
Strictly speaking, the term "epic cycle" refers to poems about this war
the Trojan War
Ken
$800 [4]
The 2 countries whose anthems, both words & music, were written by Rabindranath Tagore
India & Bangladesh
Ken
$600 [1]
To dry out thoroughly, or to preserve foods by removing moisture
desiccate
Bob
$800 [16]
Native of Belfast, Northern Ireland who lost the big chariot race to Ben-Hur
Stephen Boyd
John
$800 [10]
Lord Mountbatten's familial relationship to Prince Philip
uncle
John
$800 [25]
Name of the prince in Poe's "Masque of the Red Death" or Miranda's papa in "The Tempest"
Prospero
Ken
$1,000 [5]
"William Of Nassau" is the national anthem of this European country, not the Bahamas
Holland (the Netherlands)
Bob
$1,000 [3]
Italian for wild chicory, it's the name of a red, rather bitter lettuce often used in gourmet salads
radicchio
$1,000 [17]
She won her 1st of 2 consecutive Oscars for her role in "The Great Ziegfeld"
Luise Rainer
$1,000 [11]
This monarch accused Sir Walter Raleigh of treason had him put to death
James I
Ken John
$1,000 [24]
In one of his best-known poems, Richard Lovelace wrote "To" her "from Prison"
Althea
John
DD $2,500 [14]
Country whose national anthem, thefollowing, is from a melody by Austrian Franz Joseph Haydn:
(West) Germany
Bob
DD $2,200 [2]
This exotic country is the only one that fits the category
Morocco
Bob

Final Jeopardy!

TIME

The total number of times in a day the 2 hands of a clock pass the number 1

26

John "What is 36" — wagered $2,200
Ken "What is 26" — wagered $1,000
Bob "What is 26?" — wagered $299

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