Show #924 1988-09-15 (taped 1988-07-19) Regular

Contestants

Bonnie Anderson — a history professor from New York City, New York

Jack Walsh — an accountant from Hermitage, Pennsylvania

Chris Williams — a lawyer and writer from Baltimore, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,798)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Chris $500 $2,400 $4,000 $2
3rd place: Ricoh XR-M camera + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version
$3,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Jack $1,500 $3,200 $4,600 $8,100
New champion: $8,100
$4,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Bonnie $1,000 $1,500 $2,900 $300
2nd place: trip on Eastern to Orlando & stay at the Hilton + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version
$2,300
16 R (including 1 DD), 8 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. CITIES TRANSPORTATION POTENT POTABLES ODD JOBS SINGERS' AUTOBIOGRAPHIES TO BE PRECISE
$100 [2]
A famed brand of tobacco is named for this N.C. city where it was produced, & that's no "bull"
Durham
Chris
$100 [12]
Latest figures indicate this state has the most registered motorcycles
California
Jack
$100 [15]
The word spelled W-H-I-S-K-E-Y in the U.S. lacks this letter in Canada & Scotland
the E
Chris
$100 [4]
Meaning "art person" in Japanese, she's a professional female entertainer
a geisha
Bonnie
$100 [22]
"Back in the Saddle Again"
Gene Autry
Jack
$100 [1]
Apple juice is commonly pasteurized, but this apple product is not & may turn to vinegar
apple cider
Jack Bonnie
$200 [8]
This S. Dakota city was not named for growing swiftly but for a creek that runs through it
Rapid City
Jack
$200 [13]
In popular song, "they climb halfway to the stars"
(little) cable cars
Jack
$200 [16]
Spanish for "bleeding", it can be a mixture of red wine, citrus juice, sugar & spices
sangria
Bonnie
$200 [5]
Bob Vitzel has done this to doughnuts, golf balls, a human skull& 1000s of baby shoes
bronze them
Bonnie
$200 [25]
"Coal Miner's Daughter"
Loretta Lynn
Jack Bonnie
$200 [3]
Often used a synonym for concrete, it's really just an ingredient, along w/water, sand & gravel
cement
Bonnie
$300 [9]
"The World of Tomorrow" & "Peace Through Understanding" were themes of 2 World's Fairs held in this city
New York City
Jack
$300 [14]
Some say this van's name came from the Irish cops using it; others say, from the Irishmen locked inside it
a paddy wagon
Chris
$300 [17]
Brand of Portuguese wine that comes in a pottery crock or a bottle painted to look like one
Lancers & Fiasco
$300 [6]
Guyrex Associates of Texas trained the last 4 winners of this national beauty pageant
the Miss USA Pageant
Jack
$300 [27]
"With Love", "The Man in the Straw Hat" & "I Remember It Well"
Maurice Chevalier
Bonnie
$300 [18]
A voyage is often a round trip; this is a one-way journey, perhaps "... to India"
a passage
Bonnie
$400 [10]
The oldest public building in the U.S., the Palace of Governors, is in this New Mexico city
Santa Fe
Bonnie
$400 [20]
Vehicle to which a harness racing horse is hitched
a sulky
Chris
$400 [24]
It isn't proper to drink Danish aquavit w/o 1st raising your glass to another person & saying this
skål
Chris Bonnie
$400 [7]
The U. S. General Accounting Office is headed by this type of "General"
a Comptroller General
Jack
$500 [30]
Blue-eyed folk singer who wrote about her romance with Stacy Keach in "Trust Your Heart"
Judy Collins
Jack
$400 [19]
Any pigeon can properly be called this, though usually only a small or pretty one is
a dove
Chris Jack
$500 [11]
This port on the Big Island of Hawaii is the flower center of the state
Hilo
Jack
$500 [23]
It can run a thread back & forth through a loom or people back & forth from the hotel to the airport
a shuttle
Bonnie
$500 [28]
In its ads, this beer proclaims, "This world calls for" it
Löwenbräu
Chris
$500 [26]
The 1st violinist & assistant conductor of a symphony orchestra holds this title
concertmaster
Chris Jack
DD $1,000 [29]
Sisters singing here, who titled their book "Same Song - Separate Voices":"Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes / Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes / Silver-white winters that melt into springs..."
the Lennon Sisters
Chris
$500 [21]
An "un"interested party simply doesn't care; it's this other prefix that means he's impartial
disinterested
Chris

Double Jeopardy! Round

20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES LATIN AMERICA LITERATURE "G" WHIZ PHYSICAL SCIENCE WINTER SPORTS
$200 [14]
In 1928 he was appointed generalissimo & leader of China
Chiang Kai‐shek
Chris
$200 [6]
Baked guinea pig is considered a delicacy in the highlands of this South American mountain range
the Andes
Chris
$200 [21]
1st book in Latin to make U.S. best seller lists was a translation of this A.A. Milne classic
Winnie-the-Pooh
Bonnie
$200 [2]
It can follow Maurice, Robin or Barry
Gibb
Chris
$400 [10]
When an alcohol burns, water & this common gas are formed
carbon dioxide
Chris Jack Bonnie
$600 [25]
In the upcoming season, NHL teams will play exhibition games against 2 teams from this country
the Soviet Union
Jack
$400 [17]
Along with his brother William, he founded Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
Jack
$600 [11]
What you would do with maté in Montevideo
drink it
Bonnie
$400 [8]
Of Duke Michael, King Rudolf or Rupert of Hentzau, the one who was "The Prisoner of Zenda"
King Rudolf
Bonnie
$400 [3]
Term for a present participle used as a noun such as "asking" & "answering"
a gerund
Bonnie
$600 [22]
This geologic layer of the Earth represents less than 0.1 % of the Earth's total volume
the crust
DD $800 [26]
This figure skating event for couples made its Olympic debut in 1976
ice dancing
Jack
$600 [18]
Arnold Toynbee is best known for the work he did in this field
history
Bonnie
$800 [12]
This South American country was the only one to send troops to Europe during World War I
Brazil
$600 [1]
Best known for "U.S.A.", his last name in English would be "of the steps"
John Dos Passos
Chris
$600 [7]
20th c. German psychology which emphasizes that the whole experience is greater than the sum of its parts
gestalt
Bonnie
$800 [23]
It's defined as a combination of 2 or more elements which can be separated only by chemical means
a compound
Bonnie
$800 [19]
1 of 2 men who, at the request of the French gov't. created the 1st modern intelligence test in 1905
(1 of) (Alfred) Binet (or Theodore Simon)
Chris
DD $1,000 [9]
Geographical disadvantage shared only by Bolivia & Paraguay
that they are landlocked
Bonnie
$800 [4]
1 of the 2 leading English language satirists of the Augustan age, 1700-1750
(1 of) Jonathan Swift (or Alexander Pope)
Bonnie
$800 [15]
A rapid slide through a series of consecutive tones on a piano or trombone, for example
a glissando
Bonnie
$1,000 [24]
About half as heavy as water, it's the lightest of all metals
lithium
Chris
$1,000 [20]
This Brazilian anthropologist is famous for works about the Yaqui Indian sorcerer Don Juan
Carlos Castañeda
Chris
$1,000 [13]
Spanish for "big feet", this sheep-raising area is the southernmost part of mainland South America
Patagonia
Chris Jack
$1,000 [5]
Paul, 1 of 4 siblings, represents D.H. Lawrence in this novel considered autobiographical
Sons and Lovers
Jack Bonnie
$1,000 [16]
The okapi belongs to this family
the giraffe family
Chris Bonnie

Final Jeopardy!

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

Inspired by Cornell's new team colors, in 1898 it changed its orange & black labels to red & white

Campbell's

Bonnie "What is Genesee Beer?" — wagered $2,600
Chris "What is Budweiser beer?" — wagered $3,998
Jack "What is Campbell's Soup?" — wagered $3,500

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