Show #109 1985-02-07 (taped 1984-10-24) Regular

Missing part of one incorrect response in Double Jeopardy! Round.

Contestants

Alison Willett — a customer service representative originally from Silver Creek, New York

Tony Hess — a data processor from Cleveland, Ohio

Alan Cook — a senior chief petty officer from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,599)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Alan	$600	$400	$2,800	$1 2nd place: set of Pinseeker golf clubs + Bushnell binoculars	$4,400 11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Tony	$900	$2,700	$7,500	$8,500 New champion: $8,500	$7,500 23 R, 6 W
Alison	$300	$1,600	$1,000	$1 3rd place: Excel exercise bench	$1,000 12 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

SCHOOL DAYS	LEGENDS	SKIING	"LAST" MOVIES	4-LETTER WORDS	TIME
$100 [16] In college & high school, a second year student a sophomore Tony	$100 [2] In Roman myth he was originally god of just water, not the sea Neptune Tony	$100 [9] Tubular ski equipment used for balance, or residents of Warsaw a pole Alan	$100 [1] The Band's 1st film & final concert The Last Waltz Tony	$100 [7] Moo juice milk Tony	$100 [21] Nat King Cole said it had "lazy, hazy, crazy days" summertime Tony
$200 [17] Traditional term for officials who investigate AWOL students truant officers Tony	$200 [3] Gorgon who might have kept up her permanent wave by feeding it mice Medusa Tony	$200 [10] This type of skiing is divided into cross country & jumping Nordic skiing Tony	$200 [5] Smooth-talking Robt. Preston recruited this teenage galaxy saver The Last Starfighter Tony	$200 [8] With this thing, I thee wed a ring Alan	$200 [22] They can be split, lieutenants, or sold in discount stores seconds Alan Alison
$300 [18] Grammar school activity that might be called "exhibit & elucidate" show & tell Alison	$300 [4] As Mt. Olympus was to the Greeks, Asgard was to them the Norsemen Alan	$300 [23] Frenchman who won all 3 Alpine gold medals in 1968 Olympics Jean-Claude Killy Alan	$300 [6] See decadence! see persecution! see Vesuvius erupt!!! The Last Days of Pompeii Alison	$300 [13] The weakest part of the strongest chain a link Alison	$300 [28] Said one way, it's a small part of an hour, the other way, just a small part minute Alan Tony
$400 [19] This educator's "Eclectic Reader" sold millions of copies in the 19th century McGuffey Tony	$400 [11] The muse of epic poetry, or merry-go-round organs Calliope Tony	$400 [24] Gerald Ford's favorite Colorado ski spot Vail Tony	$400 [26] Peter Bogdanovich's somber '71 tale of Texas The Last Picture Show Tony	$400 [14] To prepare for action, one can do this to one's loins gird Alison	DD $1,000 [29] Time mentioned in the rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock" one Alan
$500 [20] Learning disability in which sufferers reverse words like "was" & "saw", for example dyslexia Alison	$500 [12] Loved by Leander or wanted by Bonnie Tyler Hero	$500 [25] A way for a politician to avoid an issue, or to climb a hill on skis to sidestep Tony	$500 [27] Neil Simon's middle class, middle-aged Don Juan The Last of the Red Hot Lovers Alison	$500 [15] A 4-letter way to glide through the air soar Alison	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOTANY	WORD ORIGINS	TOUGH TRIVIA	AMERICAN HISTORY	JOURNALISM	CLASSICAL MUSIC
$200 [19] Acorns are the fruit of this tree an oak tree Alison	$200 [2] To kidnap someone especially for naval service, from name of large Chinese city Shanghai Alison	$200 [8] What a Moscow resident is properly called Muscovite Alison	$200 [1] Miners headed for the Rockies vowed to make it this far "or bust" Pike's Peak Alan Tony Alison	$200 [20] Host of TV's "Firing Line", his syndicated column is called "On the Right" William F. Buckley Tony	$200 [16] Eugene Ormandy conducts this famous Pennsylvania symphony the Philadelphia (Orchestra) Alan
$400 [21] Most American grown ginseng is exported to this country China Alan	$400 [3] Mental derangement associated with certain phases of the moon lunacy Alison	$400 [9] It is said that for every living one of these, there are about 30 dead & buried human beings (people) Tony Alison	$400 [5] America's 1st national flag had this country's flag in its upper corner England Tony Alison	$1,000 [23] In "Continental Divide", John Belushi played character modeled on this Chicago columnist Mike Royko Tony	$400 [17] Aaron Copland's ballet music keeps this outlaw on his toes Billy the Kid Tony
$600 [22] From the Spanish word for "raft", this wood is twice as buoyant as cork balsa Alan	$600 [4] From German town, Nieder Selters, which had an effervescent spring seltzer Tony	$600 [10] What phobophobes fear everything Tony	$600 [13] The camel was appropriate 1920 symbol for the party pushing for this prohibition Tony	—	DD $600 [18] Geographical subtitle for this Dvorak symphony[Instrumental music plays] "Symphony From The New World" Alan
$800 [24] Ferns reproduce by means of these spores Tony	$800 [6] From Persian "Shir-o-shakar" meaning milk & sugar, it's a puckered, striped cloth seersucker Alan	$800 [11] The 2 U.S. states that have no snakes naturally Alaska & Hawaii Tony Alison	$800 [14] When the Antebellum period occurred in American history before the Civil War Tony	—	—
—	DD $1,000 [7] Murderer of a prominent person, from Arabic term for hashish addict assassin Alan	$1,000 [12] In 1899, Henry H. Bliss had dubious honor of being 1st to die on NYC street as result of this an automobile accident Tony	$1,000 [15] Henry David Thoreau refused to pay taxes to support this war Mexican-American War Alan Tony Alison	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTS

Last President to appoint a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Richard Nixon

Alison "Who is Ford?" — wagered $999

Alan "Who isReaganJoh" — wagered $2,799

Tony "Who was Nixon?" — wagered $1,000

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