Show #764 1987-12-24 (taped 1987-09-15) Regular

Contestants

Bea Cottrell — a retired senior vice president from Fairfax, California

John Sobiski — a machine operator originally from Manchester, Connecticut

Jeri Anderson — a housewife from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 2-day cash winnings total $12,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jeri	$700	$0	$3,200	$3,200 2nd place: Berkline Wallaway sofa & Bruce hardwood floors + Jeopardy! computerized version or box game	$3,200 13 R, 5 W
John	$1,300	$2,900	$6,600	$7,800 New co-champion: $7,800	$6,300 25 R (including 2 DDs), 8 W (including 1 DD)
Bea	$200	$1,100	$3,900	$7,800 New co-champion: $7,800	$3,900 13 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "G"	GEOGRAPHY	AMERICAN RELIGION	THE OLYMPICS	ACTORS & ACTRESSES	MEATS
$100 [10] Lancelot's lover Guinevere John	$100 [16] In 1555, French Huguenots made the 1st settlement on the site of this Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro John	$100 [19] Jehovah's Witnesses are not pacifists but will only fight when His word commands them Jehovah (God) Bea	$100 [26] In 1984, Cheryl Miller led the U.S. team to Olympic gold in this sport the women's basketball John	$100 [6] She made so much noise as a baby that she earned the nickname "Babbling Brooke" Brooke Shields John	$100 [1] This kind of bacon comes from the loin of a pig, but it doesn't have to come from Quebec Canadian bacon Jeri
$200 [11] The most fearsome Philistine Goliath Bea	$200 [17] Though it spans 5 time zones, China decided to use only this many 1 John	$200 [20] The term "Adventist" indicates a belief in this the second coming Jeri	$200 [28] In the '80 boycott, this president threatened to revoke passports of U.S. athletes going to the games James Carter Bea	$200 [7] Allie's daughter on "Kate & Allie" today, Allison Smith used to sing "Tomorrow" in this musical Annie John	$200 [2] This noun once referred to the edible flesh of all wild game, not just deer meat venison Jeri
$300 [13] Hungarian dish whose name means "herdsman's stew" goulash John	$300 [18] Hawaiian island you'd visit to see Mauna Kea & Mauna Loa Hawaii (the Big Island) Bea	$300 [21] Of Baptists, Methodists & Presbyterians, the denomination that does not baptize infants Baptists John	$400 [29] Olympic event for which athletes need skis & a rifle biathlon Jeri Bea	$300 [8] Ex-James Bond who said, "I replace everyone. I'll be replacing Mickey Mouse in about three years" Roger Moore Jeri John	$300 [3] The name of this meat derives from the Latin "vitellus", meaning small calf veal Jeri
$400 [14] Hungarian dishes whose names are Magda, Eva, & Zsa Zsa the Gabor sisters John	$400 [22] 5 or, by some counts, 6 of the 10 longest rivers in the world are on this continent Asia John	$400 [23] In the Roaring '20s, this evangelist was known as "The Queen of Heaven" Aimee Semple McPherson Bea	$500 [30] In de Coubertin's Olympic creed, "The most important thing in the Olympic games is to..." do this compete (take part) John	$400 [9] This "Psycho" star turned down LBJ's offer to become ambassador to Finland Janet Leigh	$400 [4] The "honeycomb" variety of this organ meat comes from the stomach of a ruminant tripe Jeri
$500 [15] Dextrose glucose John Bea	$500 [25] The largest of the Greek islands Crete Jeri Bea	$500 [24] Oldest Protestant church still in use in U.S. was built in 1698 by Swedes in this Mid-Atlantic state Delaware John	DD $700 [27] While they were suspended to hold Ancient Olympics, they caused cancellation of 1916 & 1940 games wars John	$500 [12] Still a TV heartthrob, he starred as Uncle Bentley 30 years ago in "Bachelor Father" John Forsythe John	$500 [5] Order these & you'll get thymus glands or pancreas, not a bakery treat sweetbreads John Bea

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOTANY	WARS	CHRISTMAS CAROLS	ELECTION SLOGANS	HEMINGWAY	ENDS WITH "K"
$200 [16] Hydrotropism is the tendency of plants to grow toward this water John	$200 [9] A result of the 1870-1 Franco-Prussian War was the unification of this country Germany Jeri Bea	$200 [1] The usual translation of "Adeste Fidelis" "O Come, All Ye Faithful" Jeri	$200 [3] In 1952, Democrats described themselves as "madly for" him Adlai Jeri	$200 [20] He said that like these floating objects, only the tip of a writer's knowledge should appear in a novel an iceberg Bea	$200 [17] Webster's defines this as "the natural noise of a hog" oink John
$400 [26] The primary photosynthetic organ of most green plants the leaf Bea	$400 [12] The U.S.S. Phoenix survived Pearl Harbor only to be sold to Argentina & sunk in this war the Falkland Island War John	$400 [2] Carol written on Christmas Eve in Oberndorf, Austria, where all was calm & all was bright "Silent Night" John	$400 [4] An 1884 Democratic rhyme called James G. Blaine "the continental liar from" here Maine Bea	$400 [21] In 1937, he went as a war correspondent to this country to cover its war Spain John	$400 [18] To dwindle, like your paycheck does after you pay your psychiatrist shrink John
$600 [28] In plant organs, the hypodermis is the layer of cells immediately beneath this epidermis John	$800 [14] 113 men & 475 horses died in the celebrated Charge of the Light Brigade against this country's forces Russia Jeri	$600 [8] Written by 2 Pennsylvanians, it could be about a city in Pennsylvania or the Holy Land "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" John	$600 [5] "No man is good 3 times" was the Republican slogan in the election campaign against this man FDR John	$600 [24] Story about a writer who composes stories in his mind the last hours before his death in Africa "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" Bea	$600 [19] A style of ragtime piano, or the tawdry nightclub where you'd expect to hear it honky tonk Bea
$800 [29] After a seed germinates, this is the 1st thing to emerge the root Bea	$1,000 [15] In the 17th c., his New Model Army made him the 1st British ruler to conquer all the British Isles Oliver Cromwell Jeri John	$800 [10] A Victorian insurance co. executive added words to the tune of "Greensleeves" to create this carol "What Child Is This?" Jeri	$800 [6] In 1856 pres. race, Republicans called for free soil, free men, free speech & election of this man John C. Frémont John	$800 [25] In 1954, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1 year after he won the Pulitzer for this novel The Old Man and the Sea John	DD $800 [22] From the Old English word for "he-goat", it can be a male rabbit, antelope, or sheep, too buck John
$1,000 [30] From Latin "put together", it's a mixture of decayed material used to fertilize & condition soil compost Jeri John	DD $1,300 [13] War with which thefollowingsong was originally associated:"How ya gonna keep ’em down on the farm / After they’ve seen Paree? / How ya gonna keep ’em away from Broadway / Jazzin’ aroun’..." World War I John	$1,000 [11] This "nocturnal" carol is often subtitled "Cantique De Noel" "O Holy Night" Jeri	$1,000 [7] "Ma, ma, where's my pa? Gone to the White House, ha, ha, ha!" referred to his illegitimate child Grover Cleveland Jeri	$1,000 [27] In 1920s Paris, he was spokesman for a group of disillusioned writers dubbed this by G. Stein the Lost Generation John	$1,000 [23] To dismiss summarily, or to plunder piratically sack Jeri

Final Jeopardy!

HEROES

He murdered Augeas, the king of Elis, when he refused to pay his cleaning fee

Hercules

Jeri "Who was Hercules?" — wagered $0

Bea "Who was Hercules?" — wagered $3,900

John "Who is Hercules?" — wagered $1,200

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