Show #161 1985-04-22 (taped 1985-01-08) Regular

Contestants

Rob Sabin — from Oklahoma

Elaine Afable — a lawyer originally from Dearborn, Michigan

Bruce Rhodewalt — a musician from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,450)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bruce $2,200 $2,900 $7,100 $5,600
2-day champion: $14,050
$7,100
23 R, 5 W
Elaine $700 $1,800 $600 $0
3rd place: World Book Encyclopedia
$2,600
14 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Rob $0 $-500 $900 $1
2nd place: Speed Queen washer & dryer + Broyhill curio cabinet
$900
6 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

1945 FOOTBALL "LEE"S CHEMISTRY FASHION REVERSE A WORD
$100 [21]
American Legion officials ruled these members of K-9 corps couldn't join
dogs
Elaine
$100 [26]
On Jan. 1, 1942, this was played in Durham, N.C. instead of Pasadena
the Rose Bowl game
Bruce
$100 [16]
Actor who takes well to being a "Fall Guy"
Lee Majors
Rob
$100 [3]
Chemical symbol for oxygen
O
Bruce
$100 [1]
Some kinds are military, motorcycle, football & pith
helmets
Elaine
$100 [8]
Another name for the lid of a pot
the top
Bruce
$200 [22]
He "was here" in graffiti on the bathroom walls of the world
Kilroy
Bruce
$200 [17]
Duke Ellington once called this singer "the Queen"
Peggy Lee
Bruce
$200 [4]
Ferrous refers to this metal
iron
Bruce
$200 [2]
Kimono country
Japan
Bruce
$200 [9]
In "Willard", the star befriended these
rats
Bruce Elaine
$300 [23]
One writer said, "unlike a white player", this first black in a major sport "can never afford an off day"
Jackie Robinson
Rob
$300 [18]
Never known to smoke, drink or swear, in 1852 he became Supt. of West Point
Robert E. Lee
Bruce
$300 [5]
Use of chemical agents to treat disease; for example, cancer
chemotherapy
Bruce
$300 [13]
Early 17th c. collar, or a dog's bark
a ruff
Elaine
$300 [10]
A sinister way to live
evil
Bruce
$400 [24]
Winner of British contest on "What To Do With this leader" said, "Let him live with my in-laws for a month"
Hitler
Bruce Rob
$400 [19]
"Colorful" kid-show host of the '50s
Pinky Lee
Elaine
$400 [6]
H2O2; without it, Harlow wouldn't have been "the blonde bombshell"
hydrogen peroxide
Bruce
$400 [14]
Numerical name for knickers
plus-fours
Elaine
$400 [11]
One of the parts of a purse
the strap
Bruce
$500 [25]
Alger Hiss was secretary-gen. of San Francisco conference to set up this international organization
the United Nations
Bruce
$500 [20]
One of the actresses Warren Beatty "Shampoo"ed
Lee Grant
Elaine Rob
$500 [7]
Though people don't laugh under influence of this anesthetic, it's still called "laughing gas"
nitrous oxide
Bruce
$500 [15]
From Latin for "sheath", a tight military jacket with a high collar
a tunic
Elaine
$500 [12]
When you're reimbursed for a diaper
repaid
Bruce Elaine

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN REVOLUTION LITERATURE INVENTIONS COMPOSERS HERBS & SPICES MOVIES
$200 [19]
Though N.E. was a center of the revolution, onlythisN.E. state was the site of major battles
Massachusetts
Rob
$200 [2]
"Tom!" is opening line & entire 1st paragraph of this Mark Twain novel
Tom Sawyer
Bruce
$200 [15]
In the late 1830s this painter invented the telegraph
Morse
Bruce
$200 [8]
Rimsky-Korsakov began composing while still an officer in this country's navy
Russia
Elaine
$200 [3]
A member of mint family used in soups & salads, this herb can make a feline kittenish
catnip
Elaine
$200 [1]
Prequel to "The Empire Strikes Back"
Star Wars
Elaine
$400 [20]
Later first Secretary of the Treasury, he was a colonel & aide to George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Bruce
$400 [9]
First name of authors Donne, Dryden & Dos Passos
John
Elaine
$400 [16]
Geo. Washington invented a "barrel pow", with a barrel that dropped these at a steady rate
seeds
Elaine
$400 [11]
Composer whose name sounds like he was in the footwear business
Robert Schumann
Bruce
$400 [4]
Related to celery & parsnip, it puts the pucker in pickles
dill
Bruce
$400 [24]
Epic movie in which Kirk Douglas plays a revolting slave
Spartacus
Elaine
$600 [21]
Tired of hearing this melody during retreats, Brit. gen. Gage said, "I hope I never hear that song again"
"Yankee Doodle"
Rob
$600 [10]
Free verse is like "playing tennis with the net down", said this author of "The Mending Wall"
Frost
Bruce
$600 [12]
One of the "3 B's", as a youth he made money playing piano in Hamburg bordellos
Johannes Brahms
Bruce Rob
$600 [5]
English for Petroselinum crispum, Salvia & Rosmarinus officinalis & Thymus vulgaris
parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme
Bruce
DD $2,000 [25]
[Instrumental music plays]Theme for this film about Harry Lime sparked brief popularity of zither music:[Different instrumental music plays]
The Third Man
Elaine
$800 [22]
In 1783, the last Redcoats finally left the 13 states, sailing from this port
New York City
Rob
$800 [17]
He drew on his imagination for "The Portrait of a Lady"
Henry James
Elaine
$800 [13]
Schubert's incomplete orchestral sonata
the Unfinished Symphony
Bruce
$800 [6]
A mixture of dried flowers, herbs & spices kept in a jar & used for scent
potpourri
Elaine
$1,000 [23]
First major wartime use of rifles was by Americans at this battle near Albany, NY
the Battle of Saratoga
Rob
$1,000 [18]
This British lord wrote of the Spaniard, Don Juan, to satirize English life & customs
Lord Byron
Elaine Rob
$1,000 [14]
Inspired by a friend's paintings, Moussorgsky wrote these piano sketches
Pictures at an Exhibition
Bruce
$1,000 [7]
Not a blend of spices, it's the dried berries of the pimento tree
allspice
Bruce

Final Jeopardy!

GOVERNMENT

Since the Bill of Rights' ten amendments, only this many more have been added to the Constitution

16

Elaine "What is 15 amendments" — wagered $600
Rob "What is 14" — wagered $899
Bruce "What are 15?" — wagered $1,500

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