Show #1213 1989-12-06 (taped 1989-08-28) Regular

Missing introductions

Contestants

Mary Martin — from contestant search in St. Louis

Marge Burgess — a homemaker from Glenview, Illinois

Susan Gerofsky — a researcher from Hawaii (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Susan $1,000 $3,000 $2,600 $3,000
2nd place: Chromecraft dining furniture & Casablanca ceiling fan
$2,600
17 R, 5 W
Marge $900 $2,600 $5,400 $9,601
New champion: $9,601
$5,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Mary $400 $1,600 $4,800 $0
3rd place: Oneida Silversmiths gift certificate + Family & Junior Editions of Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the Nintendo Entertainment System
$4,400
13 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS QUOTES ROCK 'N' ROLL BODIES OF WATER FIRST AID FOOD HOLLYWOOD TRIVIA
$100 [21]
The Roman Terence said, "Time heals all wounds," but Jane Ace said, "Time wounds all" of these
heels
Susan
$100 [17]
When he sings "My Hometown", he's talking about Freehold, New Jersey
Bruce Springsteen
Marge
$100 [9]
One of the largest seas in the world, it's just southeast of the Gulf of Mexico
the Caribbean
Marge Mary
$100 [1]
A person who feels faint should lie flat or sit with this lowered between his knees
the head
Susan
$100 [3]
The nests built by the cave swiftlet of Southeast Asia are used in making this oriental soup
bird's nest soup
Marge
$100 [12]
This 93-year-old actor-comedian drinks tea from a cup that says "God"
George Burns
Mary
$200 [22]
Joseph Kennedy is credited with saying, "Don't get mad, get" this
even
Marge
$200 [27]
She won a 1984 Grammy for singing "the Song of the Year":"What's Love Got To Do With It"
Tina Turner
Susan
$200 [15]
It's the only Great Lake entirely within the U.S.
Lake Michigan
Marge
$200 [2]
Akin to a Norwegian word for wedge, it's a support used to immobilize a broken bone
a splint
Marge
$200 [4]
This chewy Italian-style sausage takes its name from the Italian word for chili pepper
pepperoni
Susan
$200 [13]
The 5-block-long Gotham City set for this film is the largest built for a movie since "Cleopatra"
Batman
Mary
$300 [23]
Before he lost to Joe Louis, "Two-Ton" Tony Galento claimed he'd do this to "de bum"
murder
Susan
$300 [28]
Jerry Garcia was thumbing through his Funk & Wagnall's Dictionary & found this name for his band
the Grateful Dead
Marge
$300 [16]
India, Bangladesh & Burma, border this bay of the Indian Ocean
the Bay of Bengal
Susan
$300 [5]
If these form on a frostbite victim, never break them; bandage them to prevent infection
blisters
$300 [8]
Kind of shellfish you'd be eating if a French waiter served you "homard Thermidor"
lobster
Susan
$300 [14]
Luis Valdez who wrote & directed "Zoot Suit", also wrote & directed this 1987 film about Ritchie Valens
La Bamba
Susan
$400 [24]
Christopher Marlowe asked of her, "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships...?"
Helen of Troy
Marge
$400 [29]
This group's only Top 20 hits were "Money" in 1973 & "Another Brick In The Wall" in 1980
Pink Floyd
Mary
$400 [18]
Most of the Greek isles are in this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean
the Aegean
Susan
$400 [6]
Artificial respiration is most effective when it's mouth-to-mouth or mouth-to-this body part
the nose
Susan
$400 [10]
A German type of these is made with 3 kinds of ground meat & called "Königsberger Klopse"
meatballs
$400 [20]
"Charlie's Angels" producer who has sparked controversy by building an enormous home in Holmby Hills
(Aaron) Spelling
Susan
$500 [25]
"Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion" is his law
Cyril Northcote Parkinson
$500 [30]
San Francisco band that's had hits with "The Heart Of Rock & Roll" & "The Power Of Love"
Huey Lewis and the News
Mary
$500 [19]
This Eurasian "Sea" is actually the world's largest lake
the Caspian Sea
Susan Marge
$500 [7]
Victims of heat exhaustion do this profusely; those suffering from heat stroke do not
sweat
Mary
DD $500 [11]
Cauliflower, broccoli, kale & Brussels sprouts belong to this vegetable family
cabbage family (mustard family)
Marge
$500 [26]
In 1988 he won the "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar for his role in "The Untouchables"
Sean Connery
Susan

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY ALL NUMBERS BOOKS ITALIAN ART DELAWARE "Mc" PEOPLE
$200 [21]
After the fall of Napoleon, the Congress of Vienna guaranteed neutrality to this country
Switzerland
Marge
$200 [4]
If a Roman split something L-L, this was how it was divided
50-50
Mary
$200 [13]
Peter Prichard's 1987 book "The Making of McPaper" told the inside story of this national newspaper
USA Today
$200 [2]
Around 1481 Botticelli joined the long list of artists commissioned to paint frescoes on its walls
the Sistine Chapel
Susan
$200 [9]
This city of some 70,000 is Delaware's largest
Wilmington
Marge
$200 [1]
This 1972 presidential candidate failed to carry his home state of South Dakota
(George) McGovern
Susan
$400 [22]
In 1692 this royal couple removed William Penn as governor of Pennsylvania
William & Mary
Susan Mary
$400 [17]
Number of the house where Susan, Gordon & Olivia live on "Sesame Street"; remembering it is as easy as ABC
123
Mary
$400 [14]
This first lady's book "To Love a Child" featured stories about the foster grandparent program
Nancy Reagan
Marge Mary
$400 [3]
At the invitation of the king, Leonardo da Vinci moved to this country where he later died
France
$400 [10]
In 1907 these seasonal stamps were sold for the 1st time in the U.S. in Delaware
Christmas Seals
Susan Mary
$600 [6]
In "Gone with the Wind", this actress cried, "I don't know nothin' about birthin' babies"
Butterfly McQueen
Marge Mary
$600 [23]
This small country launched the age of exploration in the 13th century
Portugal
Mary
$600 [18]
Pat Robertson began his religious TV program when this many people pledged $10 a month
700
Mary
$600 [15]
In 1984 Thomas Peters & Robert H. Waterman Jr. made the best seller list "In Search of" this
Excellence
Marge
$1,000 [28]
Son of a dyer, his goal was to combine Michelangelo's drawings with Titian's color
Tintoretto
Susan
$600 [11]
The date displayed on Delaware's state flag indicates this
the date that Delaware became part of the United States, or the First State
Marge
DD $800 [5]
In 1958 they had their last No. 1 record with the song heard here:"Sugar in the mornin' / Sugar in the evenin' / Sugar at suppertime / Be my little sugar / And love me all the time / Honey in the mornin'..."
The McGuire Sisters
Mary
$800 [24]
Russian women were granted the vote in this history-making year for the USSR
1917
$800 [19]
The, electoral college has 538 members & you need at least this many of them to vote for you to win
270
Susan
$800 [26]
"The Bastard", "The Rebels" & "The Seekers" are 3 books in this author's Kent Family Chronicles
(John) Jakes
Susan
$800 [12]
The 1st permanent settlement was Fort Christina founded in 1638 by people from this country
Sweden
Susan Mary
$800 [7]
Between 1975 & 1979 he starred in 4 TV comedies, including "M*A*S*H" & "Hello, Larry"
McLean Stevenson
Mary
$1,000 [25]
Founded in Vienna in 1923, its Paris headquarters is staffed mainly by French police officers
INTERPOL
$1,000 [20]
In 1960 Kennedy & Nixon debated one another this many times
4
Susan
$1,000 [27]
"The House of the Dead" was this Russian author's fictionalized account of his prison years
Fyodor Dostoevsky
$1,000 [16]
This former governor was one of the early contenders in the last presidential race
Peter du Pont IV
$1,000 [8]
"Finding My Father" was a 1976 prose account of this poet-singer's search for his unknown father
Rod McKuen
Marge

Final Jeopardy!

THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS

In terms of area it's the largest country in the British Commonwealth

Canada

Susan "What is Canada?" — wagered $400
Mary "What is New Zealand?" — wagered $4,800
Marge "What is Canada?" — wagered $4,201

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