Show #1458 1990-12-26 (taped 1990-09-25) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Richard Healey — a deputy district attorney from Huntington Beach, California

Claire Ryder — a computer director from Sterling, Virginia

Gordon Nash — a teacher originally from New York City, New York (whose 3-day cash winnings total $41,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Gordon $1,500 $1,900 $4,900 $5,200
2nd place
$5,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Claire $0 $1,600 $2,600 $2,600
3rd place
$2,600
10 R, 1 W
Richard $1,900 $4,200 $14,500 $14,000
New champion: $14,000
$12,800
28 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

NURSERY RHYMES "C" FOOD WORLD CAPITALS SPORTS NUMBER, PLEASE BEAR FACTS
$100 [20]
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many of these, she didn't know what to do
children
Claire
$100 [16]
This deli meat is usually made from brisket cured in seasoned brine
corned beef
Claire
$100 [6]
The name of this Egyptian capital is Arabic, meaning "the victorious"
Cairo
Richard
$100 [1]
From 1895 to 1908 this Triple Crown race was run in Brooklyn, then it returned to Pimlico
the Preakness
Gordon
$100 [8]
A tithe can be this fraction of anything, although it usually refers to income
a tenth
Gordon
$100 [15]
Fossil records show bears may be an offshoot of this family, now popular house pets
dogs
Gordon
$200 [21]
First it's hot, then it's cold, then it's in the pot, nine days old
pease porridge
Richard
$200 [17]
Growers rate the hotness of these peppers on a scale of 1 to 120; the jalapeno is a 15
a chili pepper
Claire Richard
$200 [7]
In 1782 the Thai capital was moved from Thonburi to this city across the Chao Phraya River
Bangkok
Gordon
$200 [2]
Some fans were angry that he broke Babe Ruth's record when he hit 61 home runs in 1961
Roger Maris
Richard
$200 [9]
Numerical term used to describe those who rushed to California after gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill
the 49ers
Richard
$200 [25]
In 1835 the British Parliament banned this sport
bear baiting
Richard
$300 [22]
Despite their unusual diets, they licked the platter clean
Jack Sprat & his wife
Claire
$300 [18]
On a restaurant menu, it's the Italian name for squid
calamari
Gordon
$300 [11]
This city's name, Serbian for White Castle, refers to an ancient citadel above the Sava & Danube Rivers
Belgrade
Richard
$300 [3]
This team won the first two Super Bowls, but hasn't been in it since
the Green Bay Packers
Richard
$300 [10]
In 1932, Walter Pitkin published a book that maintained "Life Begins at" this age
40
Richard
$300 [26]
This state, where grizzly bears have been extinct since early this century, has one on its flag
California
Richard
$400 [23]
Question that precedes, "I've been to London to look at the queen"
"Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been?"
Claire
$400 [29]
From the Dutch for "twisted cake", it's a long twisted donut topped with sugar or a glaze
cruller
Richard
$400 [12]
The homes of Haydn & Schubert have been set aside as national monuments in this capital
Vienna
Gordon
$400 [4]
This Olympic sport was once known as water ballet
synchronized swimming
Gordon
DD $300 [13]
Number of the Beethoven symphony heard here
the 9th
Gordon
$400 [27]
In stalking prey, a polar bear may cover this with its paw to blend in better with the white background
its nose
Richard
$500 [24]
"Over the Hills & Far Away" was the only tune that he could play
Tom Tom, the piper's son
Richard
$500 [30]
It's a ball-shaped mixture of meat or vegetables coated with breadcrumbs & deep fried
croquette
$500 [14]
During the Dutch period, this Indonesian capital was called Batavia
Jakarta
Claire
$500 [5]
Celtics guard known as Houdini of the Hardwood whose 1-game record of 28 assists held from 1959-78
Bob Cousy
Richard
$500 [19]
The book of Proverbs says, "Wisdom hath builded her house; she hath hewn out" this many "pillars"
7
$500 [28]
The largest living land carnivore, the Alaskan brown bear, is also known by this name
Kodiak bear
Richard

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 1920s SHIPS FICTIONAL VILLAINS FASHION LATIN PHRASES CHARACTERS IN FILM
$200 [9]
The Australian parliament moved from Melbourne to this city in 1927
Canberra
Gordon
$200 [10]
In 1818, the "Walk in the Water" was the first ship to use this type of power on the Great Lakes
steam
Gordon
$200 [19]
In Lew Wallace's classic, Messala is the villain who squares off against this hero
Ben-Hur
Richard
$200 [1]
Originally worn on the bodice or waist, these tiny bouquets are now also worn on wrists & shoulders
corsages
Claire
$200 [4]
Sometimes used as a legal term, "non compos mentis" means this
not mentally competent
Richard
$200 [20]
Ratso Rizzo, Joe Buck &Cass
Midnight Cowboy
Claire
$400 [15]
In 1926, he was removed from the Politburo; in 1929, he was banished from the USSR
Trotsky
Richard
$400 [11]
The name of these 19th century slender hulled sailing ships comes from a word meaning to move swiftly
the clippers
Gordon
$400 [27]
He's the personification of evil who beats Uncle Tom to death in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel
Simon Legree
Richard
$400 [2]
Dictionaries are uncertain as to why a low-cut woman's shoe without fastenings is called this
a pump
Claire
$400 [5]
An irrelevant statement is sometimes called a non sequitur, which literally means this
(it) does not follow
Gordon Richard
$400 [23]
Fast Eddie Felson, Sarah Packard &Minnesota Fats
The Hustler
Gordon
$600 [16]
The Graf Zeppelin began & ended its 1929 around-the-world trip in this New Jersey town & didn't blow up
Lakehurst
Richard
$600 [12]
When it caught fire & sank in Hong Kong Harbor in 1972, this liner was being prepared for use as a university
the Queen Elizabeth
Gordon
DD $500 [30]
In "A Tale of Two Cities", she knits while she notes the daily executions
Madame Defarge
Richard
$600 [3]
The French call this cloth ribbed velvet, while our name for it is French for "the King's cloth"
corduroy
Gordon
$600 [6]
The papal blessing "Urbi et Orbi" is specifically for the city & this
the world
Richard
$600 [26]
Jett Rink, Uncle Bawley &Bick Benedict
Giant
$1,000 [18]
He demonstrated the first liquid fuel rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts in 1926
(Robert) Goddard
Gordon
$800 [13]
Oceanus Hopkins was born on this ship at sea, & Peregrine White was born after it dropped anchor
the Mayflower
Richard
$600 [28]
Tom Sawyer could tell you there's a cave named for him at Disneyland
Injun Joe
Richard
$800 [21]
American designer Victor Costa is best known for getting his designs from this source
(copying) other designers
Claire
$800 [7]
If Elvis were a Roman, he could have sung "It's nunc aut nunquam", which means this
it's now or never
$800 [25]
J.J. Gittes, Evelyn Mulwray &Noah Cross
Chinatown
Richard
DD $3,000 [17]
With the slogan "2 Governors for the price of 1", Pa Ferguson helped elect his wife governor of this state in 1924
Texas
Richard
$1,000 [14]
Now permanently moored at Pier 1 in Baltimore Harbor, this frigate was the U.S. Navy's first warship
the U.S. Constellation
$800 [29]
Brom Bones is the rival who loses his head & scares this schoolmaster out of Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod Crane
Richard
$1,000 [22]
This Spaniard emerged from retirement in 1972 to design a wedding gown for Franco's granddaughter
Balenciaga
$1,000 [8]
Suetonius says "morituri te salutamus", which means this, was addressed to Claudius
we who are about to die salute you
Richard
$1,000 [24]
Steve Bolander, Big John Milner &Wolfman Jack
American Graffiti
Claire

Final Jeopardy!

THE 50 STATES

3 of the 5 states which, along with part of Minnesota, were formed from the Northwest Territory

(3 of) Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio

Claire "What are Michigan, Idaho, and Oregon?" — wagered $0
Gordon "What are Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin?" — wagered $300
Richard "What is Michigan?" — wagered $500

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