Show #94 1985-01-17 (taped 1984-10-16) Regular

Contestants

Sheryl Adsit — a word processor from Hawthorne, California

John Ortberg — a pastor originally from Rockford, Illinois

Jim Burland — a commodities broker from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,700)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jim	$1,600	$1,400	$3,100	$200 2nd place: Skyway luggage & Dakotah bedroom ensemble	$4,700 17 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
John	$1,100	$1,800	$1,800	$0 3rd place: Oneida Silversmiths gift certificate	$1,800 12 R, 6 W
Sheryl	$-100	$3,300	$12,500	$7,000 New champion: $7,000	$11,100 24 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

TELEVISION	ANIMALS	FOR THE KIDS	SPORTS NICKNAMES	"IN"s & "OUT"s	ITALY
$100 [6] "The Gong Show's" "Chuckie Baby" Chuck Barris Jim Sheryl	$100 [16] Whether St. Patrick was responsible or not, none are naturally found in Ireland the snakes John	$100 [23] Name shared by pre-pubescent Pan & pickled pepper picker Piper Peter Jim	$100 [3] Ron Cey's "icy" nickname the "Penguin" John	$100 [13] The bad guys the outlaws John	$100 [7] Oddly, most Italian Communists are still members of this church the Catholic Church Jim
$200 [10] He played "the Man" to Freddie Prinze's "Chico" Jack Albertson John	$200 [17] Ben Franklin didn't care for it, calling it a bird of "bad moral character" the eagle Sheryl	$200 [24] She created Jemima Puddle-Duck & Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle as well as Peter Rabbit (Helen) Beatrix Potter John Sheryl	$200 [4] Alabama football coach whose 323 wins is most of all time the "Bear" (Bryant) John	$200 [14] What you usually do with a paragraph indent John	$200 [8] French emperor who redesigned the Italian flag to resemble his own Napoleon Jim
$300 [11] He's ABC's answer to "Diff'rent Strokes"' Arnold Webster Jim John	$300 [18] Fastest land animals, they've been clocked at 70 m.p.h. cheetahs Jim Sheryl	$300 [25] French call her "Le Petit Chaperon rouge" Little Red Riding Hood Sheryl	$300 [1] 1st name of "Catfish" Hunter Jim Jim	$300 [15] Australia's kangaroo country the Outback Sheryl	$300 [9] A "hell" of a story, his "Divine Comedy" popularized the Italian language Dante Jim
$400 [21] Knighted by queen, this PBS host can't be called "Sir" because he's a U.S. citizen Alistair Cooke Sheryl	$400 [19] Endangered ape found only in Borneo & Sumatra, its name means "man of the woods" orangutan Sheryl	$400 [26] Animal that went both ways in "Dr. Doolittle" a Pushmi-Pullyu Sheryl	$400 [2] Ken Stabler's serpentine sobriquet the "Snake" John	$400 [28] From Latin "to lie down on", an office holder running for reelection an incumbent Sheryl	DD $300 [12] For 5 years Staten Island was NY home of this 19th c. Italian revolutionary Garibaldi Jim
$500 [22] Newton Minnow's arid '61 description of television terrain a vast wasteland Jim	$500 [20] The hierarchy of chickens a pecking order Sheryl	$500 [27] What the 3 Little Kittens were denied when they lost their mittens pie Jim John	$500 [5] Basketball's "Big O" Oscar Robertson John	$500 [29] It goes on forever infinity	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERATURE	MONARCHS	MEDICINE	MOVIE MUSICALS	U.S. GOVERNMENT	OCTOBER
$200 [15] Napoleon's invasion of Russia was subject of this Tolstoy epic War and Peace Sheryl	$200 [19] Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived describes his wives' fates Henry VIII John	$200 [2] A widespread outbreak of a communicable disease an epidemic Sheryl	$200 [7] 3 Little Pigs' theme song that became theme song of the Depression days "Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?" John Sheryl	$400 [25] Founded in 1800, copies of each copyrighted document are stored here the Library of Congress Sheryl	$400 [28] As we celebrate Columbus Day Oct. 12th, Norwegians celebrate his day Oct. 9th Leif Erikson Day Jim
$400 [16] He gave Walter Mitty a secret life James Thurber Sheryl	$400 [20] The descendant of the prophet Muhammed who rules Jordan King Hussein Jim	$400 [3] Salmonella bacilli cause 1 type of this food poisoning Sheryl	$400 [8] Paul Robeson's showstopper in "Show Boat" that "Ol' Man River" Jim	$600 [1] Federal agency which protects the holdings of your savings account the FDIC (the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) John Sheryl	$600 [24] N.Y. landmark dedicated Oct. 28, 1886 the Statue of Liberty Jim
$600 [17] In 1930 Sinclair Lewis became the 1st American author to win it the Nobel Prize for Literature Jim John	$600 [18] Both German "kaiser" and Russian "czar" derived from this Roman name Caesar Sheryl	$600 [4] What you keep doing if you have narcolepsy fall asleep Sheryl	$800 [13] "High Society" hit named for the sailboat where it was sung "True Love" John	$1,000 [23] Title later given to 85 essays written by Hamilton, Madison & Jay to clarify Constitution the Federalist Papers Jim	$800 [10] He won the Battle of Hastings in October 1066 William the Conqueror Jim
$800 [26] The long film "Apocalypse Now" was adapted from this short Joseph Conrad novel Heart of Darkness Jim Sheryl	$800 [21] Great-grandfather of George III, this English king spoke no English George I Jim	$800 [5] Scientific name for lockjaw tetanus Sheryl	$1,000 [14] Before Nelson Eddy, Jeanette McDonald was paired with this Frenchman in several films Maurice Chevalier John	DD $1,500 [9] The National Weather Service is a part of this federal department the Department of Commerce Jim	$1,000 [11] TV film where William Devane as Kennedy deals with 1962's Cuban Crisis The Missiles of October Sheryl
$1,000 [27] "Imperialist" author who coined phrase "The sun never sets on the British Empire" Kipling Jim John	$1,000 [22] A noted marine biologist, he's also world's longest reigning monarch Emperor Hirohito of Japan	$1,000 [6] Pellagra is a deficiency disease due to lack of this vitamin B (niacin, protein) Sheryl	DD $2,000 [12] Steve Martin movie featuring this, lost dollars, not cents, for MGM:"[music and a few lyrics]" "Pennies From Heaven" Sheryl	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

STATE CAPITALS

Most populous state capital, it falls alphabetically between Olympia & Pierre

Phoenix, Arizona

John "What is Oakland" — wagered $1,800

Jim "What is Paris" — wagered $2,900

Sheryl "What is ____?" — wagered $5,500

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