Show #341 1985-12-30 (taped 1985-09-04) Regular

Contestants

Sally Laschober — a personnel specialist from Clarendon Hills, Illinois

Robert Nashin — a writer originally from Detroit, Michigan

Dan Alves — an engineering supervisor from Santa Maria, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,700)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Dan $500 $1,800 $7,600 $14,100
2-day champion: $29,800
$6,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Bob $700 $1,300 $6,800 $1
3rd place: General Electric console 26" TV
$8,000
18 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Sally $100 $600 $2,000 $200
2nd place: trip on Eastern for Windjammer Barefoot Cruises in the Bahamas
$2,000
9 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

MOVIE VILLAINS BELLS FIRSTS LIFE SPANS ART POTPOURRI
$100 [16]
Oddjob's job was valet, chauffeur, & bodyguard to this Bond baddie
Goldfinger
Bob
$100 [7]
The tongue of the bell, or someone who applauds
a clapper
Dan
$100 [21]
1st done over NYC in 1922 by an RAF captain, who spelled out "Hello U.S.A."
skywriting
Bob
$100 [26]
It can live 10 years, if it never meets Colonel Sanders
a chicken
Sally
$100 [2]
2 figures featured in any Pieta
the Madonna & Jesus
Bob
$100 [1]
About 1913, it replaced C.Q.D. as international distress signal
S.O.S.
Bob
$200 [17]
"Dog" who had his "day" attempting de Gaulle's assassination
the Jackal
Bob
$200 [12]
Phrase describing what Apollo Creed did to Rocky Balboa in 1976
ring his bell
Dan
$200 [22]
Measuring 30-25-32, the 1st crowned, in 1921, was from Washington, D.C.
Miss America
Bob
$200 [27]
This bird might tell you it wants a cracker for more than 70 years
a parrot
Dan
$200 [3]
French for "paste-up", it's a cut & paste montage
a collage
Sally
$200 [8]
The pentagon has over 68,000 miles of these lines, but do the kids ever call?
telephone lines
Dan
$300 [18]
Popeye Doyle called Alain Charnier "The Frog" in this 1971 Oscar winner
The French Connection
Dan
$300 [13]
Color of the bells that helped "Mary Mary Quite Contrary's garden grow"
silver
Bob
$300 [23]
The 1st of these catering to traveling motorists opened in San Luis Obispo, Cal. in 1925
a motel
Dan
$300 [4]
Paintings by pop artist Roy Lichtenstein were inspired by this graphic art
comic strips
Bob
$300 [9]
The opposite sides of a die always add up to this number
7
Sally
$400 [19]
Nazi doctor played with evil relish by Gregory Peck in "The Boys from Brazil"
Dr. Mengele
Dan
DD $500 [14]
Title of thefollowing Christmas song:"Ding, dong, ding, dong that is their song / With joyful ring all caroling / One seems to hear words of good cheer / From everywhere filling the air / O, how they pound raising the sound / Oer hill and dale telling their tale..."
the "Carol Of The Bells"
Bob
$400 [24]
In 1923, 1st state pensions for the silver-haired set were introduced by Montana & this, the Silver State
Nevada
Dan Sally
$400 [5]
Though this English potter died in 1795, his embossed chinaware lives on in originals & cheap copies
Josiah Wedgwood
$400 [10]
After narcotics smuggling, this is most common international crime, if you get the picture
art theft
Sally
$500 [20]
Mountain range where Bogie's Mad Dog Earle met his maker
the Sierras
$500 [15]
Sylvia Plath's dark autobiographical novel
The Bell Jar
Bob
$500 [25]
To conserve fuel & light for the war effort, in 1915, Germany introduced this
daylight savings time
Dan
$500 [6]
Occupation of Mrs. Siddons immortalized by Gainsborough & Reynolds
actress
$500 [11]
In 1952, she was "Time" magazine's "Man of the Year"
Queen Elizabeth II
Bob

Double Jeopardy! Round

MATHEMATICS WORD ORIGINS MUSCLES SOUTHERN COOKING ANCIENT WORLDS BUSINESS BIGGIES
$200 [26]
An example of a cardinal number
1
Bob
$200 [3]
Chess term from Persian "shah mat" meaning, "the king is dead"
checkmate
Sally
$200 [21]
Popular "equine" term for some types of muscle tears in the leg
a charlie horse
Sally
$200 [8]
Another name for okra, or a thick soup using it
gumbo
Sally
$200 [1]
General & statesman who adopted the solar year for the Roman calendar
Julius Caesar
Dan
$200 [13]
The Southland Corporation says "Oh, thank heaven" for these top-ranked convenience stores
7-Eleven
Sally
$400 [27]
In a computer's binary place system, 0 is "current off" & this number is "current on"
1
Dan
$400 [4]
Strangely enough, Japanese used this word, meaning "may you live 10,000 years" to launch suicide attacks
banzai
Bob
$400 [22]
Stores specializing in the sale of skeletal muscle of herbivorous animals
butcher shops
Dan
$400 [9]
Variety of bread said to have sustained the Confederate Army for 3 years
corn pone (cornbread)
Dan
$400 [2]
At Arbela in 331 B.C., he lost under 500 troops while killing more than 40,000 Persians
Alexander the Great
Bob
$400 [14]
Leading restauranteur who also leads in youth employment
McDonald's
Dan
$600 [28]
At 55 mph, Jim drove this many miles in 3 hours
165
Dan
$600 [5]
Comes from Arabic "qahwah", meaning "a drink made from berries"
coffee
$600 [23]
Type of muscle found only in the heart
cardiac muscle
Dan
$600 [18]
People are "nuts" about this alliterative pastry
pecan pie
$600 [10]
A jar with a screw-on top has been found in tomb of this ancient Central American culture
the Mayans
Sally
$600 [15]
This Johnson & Johnson product survived a poison scare to remain #1 pain killer
Tylenol
Bob
$800 [6]
Early illustrator known for his "Girls" the gin drink named for him
(Charles Dana) Gibson
Bob
$1,000 [25]
A variant of this acid in buttermilk & beer causes the fatigue & pain of exercise
lactic acid
$800 [19]
Oysters Rockefeller originated in this southern city, not New York
New Orleans
Bob
$800 [11]
World's earliest known dig was made at Ur by 6th century B.C. king of this ancient Mideast country
Chaldea (Babylonia)
Dan
DD $700 [16]
In pet foods, which occupy more grocery space than any other foodstuff, this company is #1
Ralston Purina
Bob
$1,000 [7]
Title meaning more than gentleman, less than knight; it's often tacked on to just anybody's name
esquire
Bob
DD $2,000 [24]
On market since 1970, this Arthur Jones invention has revolutionized muscle building
the Nautilus machine
Dan
$1,000 [20]
French meaning "lost bread", Creole "pain perdu" is known elsewhere as this
French toast
$1,000 [12]
Fatalistic Greek philosophy that taught indifference to pleasure or pain
stoicism
Bob
$1,000 [17]
Edison's company combined with Thomson-Houston to form this leading light bulb maker
General Electric
Bob

Final Jeopardy!

WOMEN IN SPORTS

In 1975, 11-year-old Karen Stead coasted to victory as 1st female winner of this racing event

Soap Box Derby

Sally "What is bicycling?" — wagered $1,800
Bob "What is bobsledding?" — wagered $6,799
Dan "What is Soap Box Derby" — wagered $6,500

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