Show #498 1986-11-05 (taped 1986-09-09) Regular

Contestants

Wenzel Jones — a word processor originally from Orlando, Florida

Richard Gelb — a writer from New York City

Dave Maney — a student originally from Binghamton, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Dave	$500	$1,700	$5,800	$2,500 2nd place: trip to Palm Springs & stay at the Royce Resort Hotel + Zenith 9" color TV	$6,700 18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Richard	$200	$2,600	$5,000	$2,800 New champion: $2,800	$5,000 12 R, 1 W
Wenzel	$1,600	$1,600	$5,800	$0 3rd place: Whirlpool microwave oven	$5,800 19 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

MILITARY MELODIES	ACTORS & ROLES	ANTONYMS	POTENT POTABLES	AILMENTS	VAMPIRES
$100 [30] Ammunition chests which "go rolling along" caissons Dave	$100 [3] He's played a king of Israel & a gigolo of America Richard Gere Wenzel	$100 [17] The opposite of binge, loose, or slow fast Dave	$100 [1] Aptly, port wine originated in this country Portugal Wenzel	$100 [4] Common "symptom" of pregnancy, erroneously named since it can occur any time of day morning sickness Wenzel	$100 [16] In Eastern European legend, vampires almost never turned into these flying mammals bats Wenzel
$200 [29] According to their hymn, they fight "to keep our honor clean" the United States Marines Wenzel	$200 [8] After spotting this actor in the sci-fi film "Them!", Disney studios cast him as Davy Crockett Fess Parker Dave	$200 [18] Department where you go to reclaim the umbrella you left on the bus lost & found Wenzel	$200 [2] Song whose chorus beings "Hoo-ray & up she rises" is about this imbiber a drunken sailor Richard	$200 [12] The most common cause of hearing loss in all age groups is hardening of this in the ear canal ear wax Wenzel	$200 [21] Bulgarians thought vampires had only one of these nasal features a nostril Dave
$300 [27] "Marching To Pretoria" today would take you through this troubled country South Africa Richard	$300 [9] This "Down & Out in Beverly Hills" star put his prints in cement at L.A.'s "Tail o' the Pup" Mike the Dog Dave	$300 [19] On a German car, these gauge marks might read "leer" & "voll" full & empty Dave	$300 [5] To make a "Rusty Nail" you combine Scotch & this Scottish liqueur Drambuie Wenzel	$300 [13] Of orthopedic, cardiac or pulmonary, disease group that most often disrupts daily life orthopedic Wenzel	$300 [23] Even Italian vampires won't eat this garlic Richard
$400 [26] Tchaikovsky's overture uses cannons; this great German's 1813 "Wellington's Victory" uses musket fire Beethoven Dave	DD $400 [10] Mother & daughter who play mother & daughter in "Hannah & Her Sisters" Maureen O'Sullivan & Mia Farrow Dave	$400 [20] For the Moon, it's the antonym of wax wane Richard	$400 [6] Creature whose breath said to have made Confucius' mother conceive is symbol of this Japanese beer kirin Dave	$400 [14] From Latin for "wolf", this mysterious disease has more victims in U.S. than MS & MD lupus Richard	$400 [24] "Believe It or Not", he starred in the 1973 version of "Dracula" Jack Palance Dave
$500 [28] Colonials played "Yankee Doodle" on this small transverse flute a fife Dave	$500 [11] He said of his role in "Deathtrap" that he is now one of few men in the world to have kissed Superman Michael Caine Wenzel	$500 [22] The same people who gave us "Bosom Buddies" gave us this Bronson Pinchot series in 1986 Perfect Strangers Richard	$500 [7] TV's "Little Ol' Winemaker" promoted this brand Italian Swiss Colony	$500 [15] Deformity which forms exclusively at base of big toe when bursa of joint gets inflamed a bunion Wenzel	$500 [25] Even his daughter Nastassja wouldn't recognize him in the remake of "Nosferatu" Klaus Kinski Richard

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY	THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH	BOTANICAL NAMES	WORLD CAPITALS	RELIGION	PRACTICAL JOKES
$200 [4] Individual who sold us the huge Louisiana territory Napoleon Dave	$200 [18] It's the most common & proper British pronunciation of "lieutenant" lef-TEN-ant Wenzel	$200 [9] Pete, David, & Tokyo, for example Roses Richard	$200 [1] As far as we know, Peter Falk has never visited this capital of Sri Lanka Colombo Dave	$200 [6] Many in this group, founded by Jakob Amman in 17th c., shun cars & fancy clothes the Amish Wenzel	$200 [14] In the popular practical joke, this form of exercise follows ringing the doorbell running away Wenzel
$400 [5] Ben Franklin was 1 of only 6 men who signed both of these documents the Declaration of Independence & the Constitution Richard	$400 [19] Another name for the type of card game the British call "patience" solitaire Dave Wenzel	$400 [11] He was Vice President of the U.S. from 1981-85 George Bush Dave Richard	$400 [2] This country's Communist govt. doesn't allow handicapped people to live in the capital, Pyongyang North Korea Wenzel	$400 [10] Unlike most other religions, this predominantly Indian one had no founder Hinduism Wenzel	$400 [25] Expression about false danger stemming from Aesop's tale of a practical joke that backfired crying wolf Dave
$600 [12] Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington was originally built to honor a man who fell in this war World War I Richard	$600 [21] If you give a British baby a "dummy", you've given it this a pacifier Wenzel	$600 [15] He knew "Who's on first" Bud Abbott Dave	$600 [3] Province in which Canada's capital is located Ontario Dave	$600 [13] Cannonballed at Pamplona in 1521, this founder of the Jesuits was canonized in 1622 St. Ignatius of Loyola	DD $400 [26] Legendary German practical joker celebrated in this composition by R. Strauss:[Instrumental music plays] Till Eulenspiegel Dave
DD $700 [16] Anarchist Leon Czolgosz the man who shot William McKinley Dave	$800 [22] A "billion" in England is this much in America a million million (a trillion) Richard	$800 [20] With George S. Kaufman, he took the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for "You Can't Take It with You" Moss Hart Wenzel	$800 [7] While Washington's D.C. stands for "District of Columbia", Mexico City's D.F. stands for this Federal District ( Distrito Federal ) Wenzel	$800 [23] 1-word concept taught by John Calvin that God foreknows who will be saved & who won't predestination Richard	—
$1,000 [17] South Carolinian who was viewed as the South's greatest spokesman in ante-bellum Senate John Calhoun	—	$1,000 [27] At her 1st performance at the Metropolitan Opera in 1931, it's said she took 16 curtain calls Lily Pons	$1,000 [8] South Yemen was formerly known by this name of its capital & strategic port at Red Sea's entrance Aden Wenzel	$1,000 [24] Related to 7 different U.S. presidents, Spencer W. Kimball was president of this church the Mormon Church Dave	—

Final Jeopardy!

POETRY

Colorful common title of the most famous poem written by Gelett Burgess

the "Purple Cow"

Richard "What is Rainbow in the" — wagered $2,200

Wenzel "What was the Red White & Blue?" — wagered $5,800

Dave "What is the Blue Danube" — wagered $3,300

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