Show #455 1986-06-06 (taped 1985-12-17) Regular

Gary Giardina game 5.Last game of Season 2.Missing introductions.

Contestants

Andrew Pollock — a staff assistant from Culver City, California

Billy Shawn — a student originally from Vancouver, Canada

Gary Giardina — an opera singer from New York City (whose 4-day cash winnings total $26,530)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Gary	$1,400	$2,200	$5,800	$5,800 5-day champion: $32,330	$5,200 21 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Billy	$300	$1,300	$2,900	$900 2nd place: a trip to Jamaica	$3,000 10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Andy	$-100	$-600	$400	$1 3rd place: a Kelvinator washer & dryer	$400 8 R, 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

TRANSPORTATION	ZOOS	ENTERTAINMENT NEWS	WASHINGTON D.C.	SICKNESS & HEALTH	A SANDWICH
$100 [9] In 1977, U.S. auto makers sold 9.3 million cars, but did this to 10.4 million recalled them Gary Billy Andy	$100 [17] The word "zoo" is short for this phrase zoological garden Gary Andy	$100 [6] Vice "Miami Vice" star Don Johnson recently gave up both on-screen & off cigarette smoking Billy	$100 [8] It's said walking out into this season's humid weather in D.C. is like "stepping into the breath of a large dog" summer Gary	$100 [1] Though it was Galileo who invented the 1st one, his buddy Santorio invented the clinical type a thermometer Gary Billy	$100 [15] The long, thin loaf of bread of which it's made gives it this "shipshape" name a submarine sandwich Billy
$200 [13] Since this transportation co. also makes Dial soap, it might say, "Leave the showers to us" Greyhound Andy	DD $100 [25] In thefollowingsong, animal described as "kindly" but "dumb":"Someone told me / It's all happening at the zoo / I do believe it / I do believe it's true" the elephants Billy	$200 [7] Protocol derailed British Virgin Islands' plans to issue postage stamps honoring this "Thriller" Michael Jackson Gary	$200 [12] This best-known composer of patriotic marches was, fittingly, a D.C. native son John Philip Sousa Gary	$200 [2] German drug co. once marketed this now-illegal narcotic, naming it for way it made test subjects feel "heroic" heroin Gary	$200 [19] Usually a little shorter, it's the main weapon carried by one of the sandwich's other names a torpedo Billy
$300 [14] When 1st blew up, killing policeman operating it, use of these control devices hit a red light for 46 years traffic lights Gary Andy	$200 [18] Saying real ones "tend to die", the Houston Zoo admitted their coral snake was really made of this rubber Andy	$300 [10] Calling themselves "the bad boys of" this, Penn & Teller have taken NYC by storm magic Billy	$300 [21] Its museums' collections include Charles Lindbergh's plane & George Washington's false teeth the Smithsonian Gary	$300 [3] Commonly thought to protect against cold weather, ingesting this will actually lower body temp. alcohol Gary	$300 [20] This nickname comes from Philadelphia's Hog Island shipyard, where workers ate them for lunch a hoagie Gary
—	$300 [24] Prize exhibit of the zoo in Barcelona, Spain is "Snowflake", only captive gorilla of this type an albino gorilla Billy	$400 [11] An Arabic speech in "Jewel of the Nile" is actually a list of films starring this actor, the producer's pop Kirk Douglas Gary	$400 [22] Main N/S streets are numbered, E/W streets lettered, & diagonals named for these the states Gary	$400 [4] Research at Georgetown U. found babies fall asleep faster & sleep longer if laid in this position on their stomach	—
—	$500 [26] This city's zoo features a platypusary & the world's best collection of marsupials Sydney, Australia	$500 [16] Barry Breman picked up this award at the 1985 Emmys, but they made him give it back Best Supporting Actress award Billy	$500 [23] In 1974, for 1st time in over 100 years, D.C. residents were allowed to vote for this a city government Andy	$500 [5] Physiologically, a yawn signifies not tiredness or boredom, but a lack of this oxygen Billy	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH ROYALTY	SPORTS FIGURES	DRAMA	SKYSCRAPERS	THE EARTH	THE END
$200 [12] Queen Elizabeth I collected a special tax from Englishmen who cultivated these--on their chins beards Gary	$200 [4] Golf Digest is notified, on the average, of 110 of these per day holes-in-one Andy	$200 [2] Setting in common to "The Country Girl", "The Dresser" & "Noises Off" the theatre (a theatrical production) Gary Andy	$200 [8] According to Ripley, 90% of U.S. high rises skip this, knock wood the 13th floor Andy	$200 [1] Every year the Atlantic grows wider by an inch or so, & this largest ocean shrinks the Pacific Gary	$200 [23] Porky Pig's "stammered" farewell, delivered at the end of Looney Tunes cartoons "Th-th-that's all, folks" Gary
$400 [13] Most treasured possession of King Henry VII was the preserved left leg of this English patron saint St. George Gary	$400 [10] An experiment recorded that John Havlicek walked & ran 8 mi. during 43 min. of playing this game basketball Andy	$600 [17] Called "most subversive play ever", this Beaumarchais comedy was turned into an opera by Mozart The Marriage of Figaro Gary	$400 [9] The 7 tallest office buildings in the world are all in these 2 cities New York & Chicago Billy	$400 [3] Attracting "cosmic dust" & these, Mother Earth gains weight at a rate est. up to 33,000 tons/day meteors Billy	$400 [24] One of these parting messages reads, in part, "pardon me for not rising" an epitaph Gary
$600 [14] According to "Royal Lists", Prince Charles is sitting on a collection of over 100 of these bathr'm fixtures toilet seats Gary	$600 [11] When John Lees walked across U.S. in 53½ days, he beat the record for doing it this supposedly faster way running Gary Andy	$800 [18] A gun hung on the wall in Act 1 must be fired in Act 3, said this most-performed Russian playwright Chekhov Andy	—	$600 [5] The North American continent may rise as much as 6 inches when this is overhead the moon	$600 [25] In "Alice in Wonderland", King of Hearts advises "begin at the beginning & go on to the end: then..." do this stop
$800 [15] Best-selling mystery author Dick Francis 1st achieved fame doing this for the Queen Mother being a jockey	$800 [19] During his 26 yrs. in the NHL, he got 801 goals & 500 stitches in his face Gordie Howe Billy	DD $1,000 [16] Neighboring countries whose greatest playwrights were the contemporaries Ibsen & Strindberg Norway & Sweden Gary	—	$800 [6] The only continent without active volcanoes Australia Gary	$800 [26] The bugle call "Taps" derives name from this, which bartenders would do to signify closing time turn off the taps Andy
$1,000 [21] George I, who ruled Britain for 13 yrs. & founded this royal house which lasted thru Victoria, spoke no English the House of Hanover Gary	$1,000 [20] This Athlete of the Year picked by both Sports Illustrated & A.P. in 1977 stood only 5'1" tall Steve Cauthen Gary	$1,000 [22] A critic lamented that anyone getting hold of an ! sits down & writes 1 of these around it a musical Andy	—	$1,000 [7] 4 bulges, in Ireland, S. of Africa, & near Peru & New Guinea, are sometimes called this Biblical name the four corners of the Earth	—

Final Jeopardy!

THE '70s

In '73, it happened to B. Devlin, J. Fonda & T. Hayden, & Fr. P. Berrigan admitted it had happened to him

getting married

Andy "What is being wiretapped" — wagered $399

Billy "What is being put in Jail?" — wagered $2,000

Gary "What is Marriage?" — wagered $0

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