Show #137 1985-03-19 (taped 1984-12-05) Regular

Contestants

Steve Grant — a sales consultant originally from Newton, Massachusetts

Al Ramirez — a stage actor from New York City

Ann Mattingly — a labor relation director originally from Louisville, Kentucky

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Ann $600 $1,800 $3,600 $7,199
2nd place: Sunray range + Vitamix breadmaker
$3,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Al $200 $800 $800 $100
3rd place: Nikko dinnerware set
$800
10 R (including 1 DD), 10 W
Steve $-500 $200 $3,800 $7,500
New champion: $7,500
$4,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 8 W

Jeopardy! Round

HOSPITALS FOREIGN PHRASES PLASTICS RADIO TRIVIA CHILDREN'S CLASSICS FRUIT
$100 [22]
"Sweet" name for volunteers who wear red & white uniforms
candy striper
Steve
$100 [1]
It's Latin for "and the rest"
et cetera
Ann Al
$100 [12]
Plastic food keepers sold only by the home party plan
Tupperware
Ann
$100 [7]
"To tell the truth", this man of steel's voice was M.C. Bud Collyer's
Superman
Ann
$100 [6]
Charles Perrault is among those credited with collecting this mama bird's rhymes
Mother Goose
Steve
$100 [10]
A dried grape
a raisin
Al
$200 [23]
Recent star attractions at her Palm Springs center include Johnny Cash & Liza Minnelli
the Betty Ford center
Ann Al
$200 [2]
In French it refers to tact, the ability to say & do the right thing
savoir faire
Ann Al
$200 [20]
Dustin Hoffman was advised to go into plastics in this '67 movie
The Graduate
Steve
$200 [8]
FDR warmed the hearts of Americans with these informal talks
fireside chats
Steve
$200 [16]
Carlo Collodi's 1883 tale subtitled "The Story of a Puppet"
Pinocchio
Ann
$200 [11]
Kind of tree dates grow on
a date palm
Al Steve
$300 [3]
If your plane lands in Madrid at 9 P.M. instead of 4:30, you might say, "Mas vale tarde que nunca"
better late than never
Al
$300 [21]
Formica is a plastic developed to replace this mineral
mica
Al Steve
$300 [9]
His friendly feud with Jack Benny continued over the airwaves for years
Fred Allen
Ann Al Steve
$300 [17]
Tale which boasts the toast, "God bless us, every one!"
(A) Christmas Carol
Ann
$300 [13]
State which leads U.S. in apple production
Washington
Al
$400 [4]
A German's response to "Danke schoen"
Bitte schoen
Ann
$400 [24]
This acting troupe "On the Air" produced "War of the Worlds"
the Mercury Theater
Steve
$400 [18]
Longfellow hero who lives "on the shores of Gitche Gumee"
Hiawatha
Ann
$400 [14]
The meat tenderizer papain comes from this fruit
a papaya
Al Steve
$500 [5]
Once a year in Hawaii they might wish you this with "Hauoli la hanau"
happy birthday
Ann Al Steve
$500 [19]
Sequel to "Little Women" that showed how the other half lived
Little Men
Steve
DD $500 [15]
1 of 2 hybrid berries named for those who developed them from raspberries & blackberries
Loganberry (or boysenberry)
Al

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. HISTORY BUSINESS & INDUSTRY WEATHER SEAPORTS 10-LETTER WORDS VEGETABLES
$200 [19]
On 2/29/50 he said, "I have the names of 205 Communist Party members... working in the State Dept."
Joe McCarthy
Ann
$200 [1]
The father of this hotel family married Zsa Zsa; the son, Liz
the Hiltons
Steve
$200 [23]
A barometer measures this
air pressure
Steve
$200 [8]
Founded by Macedonian conqueror in 332 B.C., it's Egypt's largest port city
Alexandria
Steve
$200 [3]
What you are on this show
a contestant
Al
$200 [10]
California grows 74% of U.S. supply of this "rabbit food"
lettuce
Ann Steve
$400 [20]
"Sooners" illegally claimed land in this state before it was open for settlement
Oklahoma
Ann
$400 [2]
A chemical analysis ordered by Harley Procter proved it is "9944/100% pure"
Ivory soap
Ann
$400 [9]
Carrying the pilgrims to America, the Mayflower sailed from this port
Plymouth
Ann Al
$400 [4]
The opposite of myopic
farsighted
Steve
$400 [11]
This white vegetable really is the flower of the plant
cauliflower
Al
$600 [22]
Our country's first Constitution
the Articles of Confederation
Al Steve
$600 [5]
'49er who found he could make more money making trousers for the other miners
Levi Strauss
Steve
$600 [16]
British music's "Mersey sound" is named for the river flowing through this port
Liverpool
Steve
$600 [15]
What 2 opposite magnetic poles might feel for one another
attraction
Steve
$600 [12]
Technically not vegetables due to their seeds, these berries are popular on pizza
tomatoes or peppers
Ann
$800 [24]
Number of days American hostages were held in Teheran
444
Steve
DD $600 [6]
The name of this singer, which also relates to employment matters:"Take this job and shove it / I ain't working here no more / My woman done left and / Took all the reasons / I was working for..."
Johnny Paycheck
Steve
$800 [17]
The busiest port in Southeast Asia
Singapore
Al Steve
DD $800 [21]
Two far west states with 10-letter names
Washington & California
Ann
$800 [13]
The leading vegetable-growing country, it produces more than Russia & U.S. combined
China
Al
$1,000 [25]
"Every man a king" was slogan of this Louisiana populist politician
Huey Long
Steve
$1,000 [7]
Pilot of Staten Island Ferry, he became 19th C. shipping & railroad tycoon
(Cornelius) Vanderbilt
Steve
$1,000 [18]
By weight of cargo handled, it's America's number 1 seaport
New Orleans
Steve
$1,000 [26]
From Latin word for "health", it's the opening of a letter
salutation
Al
$1,000 [14]
Field of agriculture that includes the raising of fruits and vegetables
horticulture
Al

Final Jeopardy!

SHOW BUSINESS

The only major Hollywood movie studio currently owned by one person, Denver oilman Marvin Davis

20th Century Fox

Al "What is Paramount?" — wagered $700
Ann "What is 20th Century Fox" — wagered $3,599
Steve "What is 20th Century Fox" — wagered $3,700

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