Show #304 1985-11-07 (taped 1985-08-12) Regular

Harvey Becker game 3.Harvey Becker sets a new single-day cash winnings record of $25,400.Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Bill Hendrickson — a college student from Lincoln, Nebraska

Karen Brown — a financial editor originally from Carlsbad, New Mexico

Harvey Becker — an attorney turned writer from Old Bridge, New Jersey (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Harvey	$1,000	$2,800	$18,300	$25,400 3-day champion: $50,800	$12,000 27 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Karen	$1,300	$2,000	$3,200	$6,399 2nd place	$3,200 13 R, 3 W
Bill	$100	$-100	$1,700	$3,300 3rd place	$1,700 7 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE	COLLECTIBLES	"YOUNG"s	SPORTS TRIVIA	FRUITS & VEGETABLES	ACTORS & ROLES
$100 [12] Cookie character who finally fell victim to the wily fox the Gingerbread Man	$100 [17] A freebie at most restaurants, you can use the contents to read a menu in the dark matchbooks Harvey	$100 [3] Baseball pitcher who won the most lifetime Major League games, 511 Cy Young Harvey	$100 [19] This sport uses a Salchow, Lutz, Walley & Axel jump figure skating Harvey	$100 [1] The pickled pepper Peter might have picked for stuffing green olives pimentos Karen	$100 [2] Country bred star of "Carrie" & "Coal Miner's Daughter" Sissy Spacek Bill
$200 [13] Some like it in the pot, 9 days old pease porridge hot Karen	$200 [18] According to Guinness, Joseph Hruby of Ohio has the largest collection of these stogie wrappers cigar bands Harvey Karen	$200 [4] This television father figure was born the same day as the "Father of Our Country" Robert (Young) Harvey	$200 [20] 204.824 miles per hour was the speed of the slowest car qualifying for this 1985 race the Indianapolis 500 Bill	$200 [10] Often called a cross between a plum & a peach, it's actually an unfuzzy variety of peach a nectarine Karen	$200 [6] She's had the title roles as Agatha, Isadora & Julia Vanessa Redgrave Karen
$300 [14] Charles & Mary Lamb simplified this author's works in their "Tales" William Shakespeare Karen	$300 [26] What a numismatist amasses coins Harvey	$300 [5] She successfully sued NBC for circulating her 1950 shows without her okay Loretta Young Karen	$300 [21] In 1956, Eddie A. Rommel became the 1st Major League umpire to wear these glasses Harvey	$300 [11] The Chinese consider it good luck to receive gifts of this tiny orange-like fruit kumquats	$300 [7] The only non-Russian to play a Russian in this comedy was Robin Williams Moscow on the Hudson Harvey
$400 [15] Their chubby chum Chet Morton often went along with them to follow up clues the Hardy Boys Karen	$400 [27] These souvenirs from Europe might include a cuchara from Spain & a cuillère from France collecting spoons Harvey	—	$400 [22] Command given in a fencing match before "Are you ready?" & "Play" En garde Harvey	$400 [24] Once considered an aphrodisiac, it's now the pale unpopular cousin to the carrot a parsnip Bill	$400 [8] At the age of 28 he played the teenager trying to warn everybody about the blob Steve McQueen Harvey
$500 [16] His hat was made of an oak leaf, his shirt of spider web & his trousers of tiny feathers Tom Thumb	$500 [28] In a 1965 movie they're what "The Collector" collected before collecting Samantha Eggar butterflies (moths) Karen	—	$500 [23] Ashley Whippet, 3-time champion of this sport, died in March 1985 at the age of 13, or 91 in human years Frisbee catching Karen	$500 [25] Cousin to the cabbage that's an essential ingredient in chicken Divan broccoli	$500 [9] She was Mrs. Charles Laughton as "The Bride of Frankenstein" Elsa Lanchester Karen

Double Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH HISTORY	POTENT POTABLES	PEOPLE	SOUTH AMERICA	LANGUAGE	FIRST LINES
$200 [1] Queen Victoria affectionately called this powerful advisor "Dizzy" Disraeli Harvey	$200 [12] "Time gentlemen please" is the closing cry in these British bars pubs (public houses) Karen	$200 [13] At 14 his magic show paid him $3, now he makes millions on "Tonight" Johnny Carson Bill	$200 [11] Over 1/2 of the marijuana and 3/4 of the cocaine consumed in the U.S. comes from this country Colombia Harvey	$200 [6] Proper plural for the mother of spouses mothers-in-law Karen	$200 [25] First 3 words of the Bible In the beginning Bill
$400 [2] The great charter of English liberty the Magna Carta Harvey	$400 [22] Percent of alcohol in 80 proof liquor 40% Harvey	$400 [18] Australian-American called "The Sexiest Man Alive", but sorry, he's married & the father of 4 Mel Gibson Harvey	$400 [14] South America's ABC powers Argentina, Brazil & Chile Harvey	$400 [7] Another name for the interrogation point the question mark Harvey	$400 [28] "When in the course of human events" the Declaration of Independence Bill
$600 [3] Now people post it, but 12th c. knights wore it mail Harvey	$600 [23] Sherry brandy flamed for cherries jubilee kirschwasser	$600 [19] Looking too much like Hayley Mills cut short this pint-sized composer's acting career Paul Williams	$800 [16] In 1911, Hiram Bingham discovered ruins of great medieval city Machu Picchu in this country Peru Karen	$600 [8] The 17th letter of the English alphabet or a Chinese braid a Q Harvey	$800 [26] Beatles song that begins, "You think you've lost your love" "She Loves You" Harvey Karen Bill
$800 [4] Explorer who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth aboard his ship the Golden Hind Sir Francis Drake Karen	$800 [24] Drink supposedly named for California surfer who lost coordination by drinking screwdrivers with Galliano the Harvey Wallbanger Harvey	$800 [20] 7 years after disappearing from a Detroit area restaurant, his obituary appeared in the N.Y. Times Jimmy Hoffa Bill	$1,000 [17] With season from October to February, the only South American country whose national sport is baseball Venezuela	$800 [9] Repeating the same initial sound several times in close succession such as "Win with Willkie" alliteration Harvey	DD $5,000 [27] Proper title of the poem that begins, "'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house" "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" Harvey
$1,000 [5] Wellington supposedly said the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of this school Eton Harvey	—	$1,000 [21] Occupation of Robert W. Davis whose wife Marty sent sexy swimsuit pictures to a Washington magazine congressman Harvey	DD $2,500 [15] While no Old World monkeys can do this, many South American ones can swing by their tail Harvey	$1,000 [10] A verb form ending in -ing that is used a noun, such as smoking a gerund Bill	—

Final Jeopardy!

MATHEMATICS

The only positive whole number that is the sum of the two whole numbers before it

Bill "What is 3?" — wagered $1,600

Karen "What is 3?" — wagered $3,199

Harvey "What is 3?" — wagered $7,100

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