Show #129 1985-03-07 (taped 1984-11-14) Regular

Contestants

Bruce Hennie — a freelance writer originally from Temple, Texas

Valerie Bloom — an administrative assistant from Los Angeles, California

Jeff Anderson — a traveling salesman originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jeff $0 $2,300 $9,000 $500
2nd place: La-Z-Boy sofa + Teletec telephone system
$7,700
22 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Valerie $0 $-100 $-500 $-500
3rd place: Skyway luggage
$-500
6 R, 6 W
Bruce $0 $100 $8,700 $700
New champion: $700
$5,500
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

POLAND TELEVISION BUSINESS & INDUSTRY CAMPING "T" TIME
$100 [15]
Over 22% of Poland's population lost their lives in this war
World War II
Valerie Bruce
$100 [1]
Martial art taught by Master Po & Master Kan to young Kwai Chang Caine
kung fu
Jeff Valerie
$100 [9]
No longer family-run, this bologna's first & last names now belong to General Foods
Oscar Mayer
Jeff
$100 [10]
Most popular name for a knapsack, rucksack, or daypack
a backpack
Valerie
$100 [3]
Being late
tardy
Bruce
$200 [16]
Galicia, a region of southern Poland, shares its name with a province of this Mediterranean country
Spain
$200 [2]
Through affrimative acting, this "Soap" butler became Lieut. Governor on series named for him
Benson
Valerie
$200 [17]
Though not founded by Abner, this Garden City, L.I. based publishing co. now owns the New York Mets
Doubleday
Jeff
$200 [11]
Some kinds are marquee, miner, baker, umbrella & pup
tents
Jeff
$200 [4]
What a clan wears when clad in plaid
tartan
Valerie
DD $900 [20]
Polish-American star who sings this:"Moja droga, ja cię kocham / Means that I love you so"
Bobby Vinton
Jeff
$300 [6]
Samantha Stevens' anatomical abracadabra
twitching her nose
Bruce
$300 [18]
Pillsbury broils hamburgers under this franchise name
Burger King
Jeff
$300 [12]
A cloak-type raincoat that can also serve as a ground cloth is called this, Cisco
a poncho
Jeff
$300 [5]
To express gratitude or if you lisp, what happened to the Titanic
thank
Jeff Valerie Bruce
$400 [7]
Traded her bionic parts for a psychiatrist's couch in "Jessie"
Lindsay Wagner
Bruce
$400 [19]
Country that's home to the Nestle Corp.
Switzerland
Jeff
$400 [13]
In an emergency, this term for food could actually include these insect larvae
grub
$400 [21]
From Latin, "to hold", which is their goal with a high C
a tenor
Valerie
$500 [8]
She shot J.R.
Mary Crosby
Jeff Bruce
$500 [14]
To purify drinking water, boil it at least this long
five minutes
Jeff Valerie
$500 [22]
From Middle English "to color", spoiled, like meat or corrupted like a person
taint(ed)
Jeff

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERATURE ECOLOGY AVIATION ROCK 'N ROLL THE '30S DOCTORS
$200 [2]
Profession of Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy"
boxing
Bruce
$200 [23]
A '79 accident at this nuclear power plant threatened the surrounding Pennsylvania countryside
Three Mile Island
Valerie
$200 [1]
Double-winged aircraft
a biplane
Jeff
$200 [8]
Boy George's musical question for a mugger or a lover
"Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?"
Jeff
$200 [13]
In Feb. 1933, he was appointed Chancellor of Germany
Hitler
Jeff
$200 [18]
He owns the Forum, the Kings, the Lakers & "Pickfair"
(Dr. Jerry) Buss
Jeff
$400 [3]
In James Hilton's book, students bid farewell to this retiring school teacher
Mr. Chips
Bruce
$400 [24]
The wearing away of soil by winds & floods
erosion
Bruce
$400 [5]
Mach 1 stands for this
the speed of sound
Jeff
$400 [9]
Frank Zappa fathered this '60s group
the Mothers of Invention
Jeff
$400 [14]
Girlfriend Marion Davies helped save his empire by loaning him $1 million
William Randolph Hearst
Jeff
$400 [19]
Nickname for President Francois Duvalier who ruled Haiti from 1957-71
Papa Doc
Bruce
$600 [4]
Name for heroic poetry like "The Iliad" & films like "Ben Hur"
an epic
Valerie
$600 [25]
Term for a chemical agent that makes leaves fall off trees & plants
defoliant
Jeff
$600 [26]
Meaning steerable, it's a gas-filled airship with a frame supporting the gas bag
a dirigible
Valerie Bruce
$600 [10]
Beatles' album that included such "tasty" songs as "Glass Onion" & "Wild Honey Pie"
the White Album
Jeff
$600 [15]
On Dec. 12, 1937, they sank the U.S. gunboat "Panay" in Chinese waters
the Japanese Air Force
$600 [20]
His diet could be called "Everything you always wanted to know about bran but were afraid to ask"
Dr. David Reuben
Valerie
$800 [6]
Cooper's "The Deer Slayer" & "The Pathfinder" were both part of these "Tales"
The Leatherstocking Tales
Bruce
DD $4,000 [27]
Due to dioxin contamination, E.P.A. is buying out whole town of Times Beach in this state
Missouri
Bruce
$800 [11]
This New Wave group featuring a "Nunn" is named for a German city
Berlin
$1,000 [17]
In 1932, at age 90, he retired after almost 30 years on the Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Jeff
$800 [21]
Famous American cardiologist who pioneered the "assisting heart"
Dr. DeBakey
Bruce
$1,000 [7]
Faulkner's "tale told by an idiot"
The Sound and the Fury
$1,000 [12]
The 1st album to achieve this recognition was the Eagles' "Their Greatest Hits"
a platinum album
Jeff
DD $1,500 [16]
During the Depression, they were "Hoover blankets"
newspapers
Jeff
$1,000 [22]
Famous family of doctors whose clinic in Kansas is a leading psychiatric center
the Menningers
Bruce

Final Jeopardy!

COLORS

The three colors of the Cuban flag

red, white & blue

Bruce "What are white, green & yellow?" — wagered $8,000
Jeff "What is white red + green" — wagered $8,500

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