Show #184 1985-05-23 (taped 1985-01-23) Regular

Contestants

Bill Fox — a restaurant manager originally from Lake Bluff, Illinois

Bob Messer — an electrician from Phoenix, Arizona

Charles Beall — a public relations administrator from Duncanville, Texas (whose 3-day cash winnings total $30,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Charles $400 $1,300 $3,700 $0
3rd place: Jules Jurgensen watches
$3,700
13 R, 3 W
Bob $300 $-100 $700 $1
2nd place: White-Westinghouse stacking washer & dryer + 2 Char-Broil grills (1 portable)
$700
7 R, 5 W
Bill $-500 $-100 $4,400 $1,200
New champion: $1,200
$6,300
21 R, 8 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

2-LETTER WORDS BRITISH ISLES SUPERSTITIONS DOGS SIGNS
$100 [10]
Wynn, Asner or Sullivan, for example
Ed
Bill
$100 [1]
Many of these drinking establishments still have separate saloon sections for the upper class
pubs (public houses)
Bill
$100 [3]
The almost universal response to a sneeze
God bless you
Bill
$100 [15]
The necklace a dog "itches" to wear
flea collar
Charles
$100 [20]
Red circle on white background with a red bar across a red "P"
no parking
Bob Bill
$200 [11]
Precedes "for broke" & "man, go"
go
Bill
$200 [2]
Side dish for beef, named for a dessert & an English county, though it's not sweet & is served all over Britain
Yorkshire pudding
Bill
$200 [7]
After spilling this, you should throw some over your shoulder
salt
Bill
$200 [16]
35 mph dog or vodka with grapefruit juice
a greyhound
Bob
$200 [21]
To Paul Revere, this signified the British were coming by sea
two if by sea
Charles
$300 [12]
In the Bible, often teamed with "behold"
lo
Charles
$300 [4]
While green is the color of Eire, this color is claimed by Northern Ireland Protestants
orange
Bob
$300 [8]
Americans' aversion to this "unlucky" paper money has upped govt. printing costs
a $2 bill
Bill
$300 [17]
Breed used as Hush Puppy trademark
a basset hound
Bill
$300 [22]
A puff of white smoke arising from St. Peter's signifies this
the election of the new pope
Charles
$400 [13]
A printer's space one-half the width of an em
en
Charles Bill
$400 [5]
England has not been invaded by a foreign enemy since this landmark date
1066
Charles Bill
$400 [9]
Famous phantom ship supposedly still seen in stormy weather off the Cape of Good Hope
the Flying Dutchman
Charles Bob Bill
$400 [18]
A dog's most highly developed sense
smell
Bill
$400 [23]
The seventh sign of the zodiac is symbolized by a pair of these
scales
Bob Bill
$500 [14]
Term for an Irish father that titled a '78 Tony-winning play
Da
Bill
$500 [6]
Soldiers still guard Scotland's royal crown in this castle where the Scottish kings lived
Edinburgh Castle
Bill
$500 [19]
National dog club whose "Stud Book" only allows pure breeds
the American Kennel Club (AKC)
Bob Bill

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANATOMY THE MILITARY JAZZ RELIGION COLONIAL AMERICA DRAMA
$200 [5]
Of an infant, a teen-age girl & an old man, the one with the most bones
an infant
Charles
$200 [1]
A military minister
a chaplain
Bob
$200 [10]
City known as "The Cradle of Jazz"
New Orleans
Bill
$200 [18]
Number of points on the Star of David
6
Bill
$200 [13]
Quaker State Oil is headquartered in this state founded by Quakers
Pennsylvania
Bob
$600 [24]
Though Irish, playwright Samuel Beckett writes in this language
Français
Charles
$400 [4]
They "crack" because of gas explosions in fluid filling them
knuckles
Bob Bill
$400 [2]
Military service whose official colors are scarlet & gold
The Marines
Bill
$400 [11]
Pipe instrument known as the "godbox" in jazz slang
the organ
Bob
$400 [17]
Protestant translation of the Bible named for the British king who authorized it
the King James Version
Charles
$400 [16]
Last name of three prominent New England religious intellectuals, Richard, Increase & Cotton
Mathers
Charles
$800 [25]
Ruth Gordon's husband. He's author of "Born Yesterday"
Garson Kanin
Charles
$600 [3]
It stores the bile produced by the liver
the gallbladder
Charles Bill
$600 [14]
The length of a watch in the Navy
4 hours
Bob
DD $600 [12]
Where "I'm gonna dance off both my shoes" to the Jelly Roll Blues
at the Darktown Strutters Ball
Bill
$600 [6]
2 words that "gospel" means & is said to bring
good news (good tidings)
Charles
$600 [19]
It's said Connecticut's charter was hidden in this type of tree to keep the king from taking it
an oak tree
Bob
$1,000 [26]
He fathered "The Country Girl" & "Golden Boy"
Clifford Odets
DD $1,300 [9]
Though it makes up only 2% of the body's weight, it consumes up to 25% of the oxygen in the blood
the brain
Bill
$800 [15]
In the Army, the insignia for this rank is a single gold bar
second lieutenant
Bill
$800 [21]
Term for jazz technique of shifting the accent to a normally unaccented beat
syncopation
Bill
$800 [7]
West Indian devil worship cult, whose divinities include Baron Samadhi, the god of cemeteries
voodooism
Charles
$800 [23]
The first English child born in America
Virginia Dare
Charles
$1,000 [20]
Civilian auxiliary of the Air Force
the Civil Air Patrol
Bill
$1,000 [22]
Mel and Ella excel at this, singing meaningless syllables instead of words
scat singing
Bill
$1,000 [8]
What former astronaut James Irwin is looking for in Turkey
Noah's Ark
Bill

Final Jeopardy!

REPUBLICANS

The 2 who were presidents during the Centennial and Bicentennial years

Ulysses Grant & Gerald Ford

Bob "Who were Cleveland & Ford" — wagered $699
Charles "Who were Hayes and Carter" — wagered $3,700
Bill "Who were Ford and Tyler?" — wagered $3,200

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