Show #181 1985-05-20 (taped 1985-01-23) Regular

Contestants

Norma Nielson — an insurance company consultant originally from Greenfield, Iowa

Charles Beall — a public relations administrator from Duncanville, Texas

Sandra Gorsky — a nightclub singer from Houston, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $700)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sandra	$-200	$600	$3,000	$1 3rd place: Berkline recliner	$3,000 11 R, 5 W
Charles	$800	$2,900	$9,800	$12,800 New champion: $12,800	$8,800 26 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W
Norma	$900	$1,800	$600	$1,100 2nd place: Frigidaire refrigerator-freezer + Mitchell Designs wall coverings	$600 9 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

LOS ANGELES	TV FAMILIES	TRAINS	1964	FASHION	MUSIC ON THE MAP
$100 [4] The city's largest university, or what happens when the smog lifts UCLA ("you see L.A.") Sandra Norma	$100 [5] Bret, Bart, Beau & Brent the Mavericks Sandra Norma	$100 [19] Legendary black railroad worker who outraced a steam drill using a hammer John Henry Sandra Charles	$100 [2] The Warren Commission concluded that this killer of Pres. Kennedy acted alone Lee Harvey Oswald Charles	$100 [13] Superman, Batman and Dracula all wear this type of cloak a cape Sandra	$100 [1] I love this city "in the winter when it drizzles" & "in the summer when it sizzles" Paris Charles
$200 [8] The Arroyo Seco Parkway was the 1st link in this, L.A.'s favorite way to travel the freeway Norma	$200 [6] She was Letitia Lawrence on "Family" but we knew her better as "Buddy" Kristy McNichol Sandra Norma	$200 [20] America's first railroad trains were pulled by these horses Charles	$200 [3] The name for NASA's program to launch pairs of astronauts into space Gemini Norma	$200 [14] Gay "rights" could include this jewelry item which some gays symbolically wear on the right side earring Charles	—
$300 [9] Second largest city park in U.S., it's home to an observatory and zoo Griffith Park Charles	$300 [7] Though we never met his father, this doctor from Maine read dad's letters to B.J. & us Hawkeye Pierce Norma	$400 [22] America's fastest train, the Metroliner, runs from New York to this city Washington, D.C. Norma	$300 [10] French term for thaw in the U.S.-Soviet Cold War détente Charles	$300 [17] This late '60s/early '70s pants style was a dead "ringer" for part of a sailor's uniform bell bottoms Sandra	—
$400 [11] Of all major pro sports teams these are the only 2 that play in the same division as well as same city L.A. Lakers & Clippers Charles	$400 [23] Of Cagney, Lacey, Hardcastle & McCormick the one with a regularly seen TV family Lacey Sandra Norma	DD $800 [21] This Roy Acuff hit is probably country music's best known train song: the "Wabash Cannonball" Charles	$400 [15] Letters in name of militant civil rights group "CORE" stood for this Congress of Racial Equality Charles	$400 [18] Before WWII, the largest use of raw silk was to manufacture these stockings (hosiery) Sandra Norma	—
$500 [12] For the 1st few days of '85, this Los Angeles landmark read "Raffeysod" the Hollywood sign Sandra	—	—	$500 [16] In '64, this automaker closed its last American plant but was still making cars in Canada Studebaker Norma	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

EARLY MAN	HOLIDAYS	POETRY	DEMOCRATS	MOVIE TRIVIA	LANGUAGES
$200 [15] Johnny Hart comic strip in which prehistoric men philosophize "B.C." Charles	$200 [24] Held in Munich Germany, this sixteen-day celebration actually begins in September the Oktoberfest Sandra	$200 [13] Joyce Kilmer wrote it for Mrs. Henry Mills, not a lumberjack "Trees" Charles	$200 [2] First southern black woman to serve in Congress, Barbara Jordan represented this state Texas Charles	$200 [1] "Red Dawn" was the first movie released with this new rating PG-13 Charles	$200 [7] Only major language with no alphabet, it uses 50,000 characters to represent words Chinese Sandra
$400 [16] Era of Paleolithic man is named for this substance from which he made most of his tools the Stone Age Charles Norma	$400 [27] Jewish holiday on which the 1973 Mideast war began Yom Kippur Norma	$400 [19] In the Longfellow poem, her name means "laughing water" Minnehaha Charles	$400 [3] Harry Truman began his career with help from "Big Tom" Pendergast, party boss of this city Kansas City Charles Norma	$400 [8] Martha Mitchell was supposedly the inspiration for S. MacLaine's Oscar role in this film Terms of Endearment Charles	$400 [9] Related to Finnish and Estonian, this Eastern European language is also called Magyar Hungarian Charles
$600 [17] It is now generally believed earliest humans lived on this continent Africa Charles	—	$600 [20] Don Marquis defined poetry as what this poet saw "when he went blind" Milton Charles	$800 [5] "A reformer is a guy who rides through a sewer in a glass bottomed boat" said this '20s NYC mayor Jimmy Walker Charles Norma	$600 [12] In 1984, Ernie Hudson was the 4th & "equal opportunity" member of this movie team the Ghostbusters Sandra	$600 [10] South Africa's Afrikaans developed from this European language Dutch Charles
$800 [18] Of Neanderthal, Cro-Magnon & Homo erectus, the one which most closely resembles modern man Cro-Magnon Sandra Charles	—	$800 [21] Generations of scholars have yet to figure out the identity of the "Mr. W.H." to whom he dedicated his sonnets Shakespeare Charles	$1,000 [6] Montana Democrat who served as Senate majority leader longer than anyone Mike Mansfield	$800 [25] Viewers liked this director's video of Bruce Springsteen "Dancing in the Dark" more than his "Body Double" Brian De Palma Sandra	$800 [11] Russian is the most widely spoken member of this Indo-European language group Slavic Sandra Charles
$1,000 [23] In 1959, his wife Mary literally stumbled upon "Zinjanthropus", believed to be 1,750,000 years old Dr. Leakey Charles	—	DD $900 [22] In John Howard Payne poem, line which follows, "No more from that cottage again will I roam..." Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home Charles	DD $1,200 [4] This "Champion of the Common Man" escaped through a window when a riot broke out at his inaugural party Andy Jackson Charles	$1,000 [26] You must remember this, it was Bergman & Henreid's destination after leaving "Casablanca" Lisbon Sandra	$1,000 [14] In 1929, this language went from Arabic to Latin script Turkish

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. STATES

State that was southernmost of original 13 colonies

Georgia

Norma "What is Georgia?" — wagered $500

Sandra "What is Virginia?" — wagered $2,999

Charles "What was Georgia" — wagered $3,000

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