Show #167 1985-04-30 (taped 1985-01-09) Regular

Ron Black game 1.Game partially missing introductions.

Contestants

Ron Black — an attorney from Raleigh, North Carolina

Martin Lee — from Van Nuys, California

Mark Singer — an attorney and Sunday school teacher from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $7,350)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$-200	$-200	$-2,000	$-2,000 3rd place: La-Z-Boy recliner	$-1,500 7 R, 8 W (including 1 DD)
Martin	$700	$1,100	$5,000	$500 2nd place: set of Pinseeker golf clubs + Wimbledon tennis rackets	$4,500 16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Ron	$600	$1,200	$6,600	$3,100 New champion: $3,100	$6,600 21 R, 8 W

Jeopardy! Round

AILMENTS	TAX FACTS	ACADEMY AWARDS	FRUITS & VEGETABLES	TECHNOLOGY	HOMOPHONES
$100 [3] Up to 10% of the U.S. pop. have this seasonal sneeze & wheeze allergy hay fever Mark Martin Ron	$100 [5] Every year this agency handles over 140 million tax returns the IRS Martin	$100 [1] This '83 role was a good decision for Meryl Streep who won Best Actress Sophie's Choice Mark	$100 [12] Fruit that puts the green in guacamole avocado Martin	$100 [19] In 1812, William Monroe began manufacturing them using his own formula for ground lead pencils Martin Ron	$500 [21] A group of tilling tools, or a single watering tool hoes/hose Martin Ron
$200 [4] Alleged cures for it are swallowing sugar, blowing in a bag, or being suddenly surprised hiccups Ron	$200 [7] Of half, one or three percent, the gov't. cost of collecting income tax one half Mark Ron	$200 [2] With thirteen nominations & 4 acting Oscars, she's a double record holder Kate Hepburn Martin	$200 [14] The skin of this common salad vegetable is often waxed to prevent water loss the cucumber Mark Martin	$200 [20] Theophilus van Kannel patented this roundabout way out in 1888 the revolving door Martin Ron	—
$300 [6] Anorexia nervosa is an obsessive fear of becoming this fat (overweight) Ron	$300 [8] In 1794, Washington had to send in troops to stop the rebellion caused by a tax on this kind of liquor whiskey Martin	$400 [17] Her Oscar-winning role in "The Year of Living Dangerously" was a real drag Linda Hunt Mark	$300 [15] By weight & dollar value, the U.S. produces more of this fruit than any other oranges Mark Ron	—	—
$400 [9] Associated with musty, bad smelling swamps, the name of this sickness means "bad air" malaria Martin Ron	$400 [10] When asked if one should pay taxes, Jesus replied this way "render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's" Ron	DD $500 [16] '68 film of romance & robbery whose winning theme song was thefollowing:[Instrumental music plays] The Thomas Crown Affair Mark	—	—	—
$500 [13] 1st and 2nd human recipients of an artificial heart Barney Clark & William Schroeder Ron	$500 [11] To finance the fighting, the government 1st tried an income tax in this war the Civil War Ron	$500 [18] Maximilian Schell went through trials and tribulations to get Best Actor for the '61 film Judgment at Nuremberg Martin Ron	—	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

HEADLINES	SHAKESPEARE	IN THE OCEANS	SOUTH AMERICA	SPORTS STADIUMS	1789
$200 [21] "Dream realized" reported the L.A. Times, when this "world of fantasy" opened in 1955 Disneyland Martin	$200 [20] Shakespeare described her as Antony's "Egyptian dish" Cleopatra Martin	$200 [16] This ocean provides about 49% of the world's yearly catch of fish & shellfish the Pacific Ron	$200 [4] Juan Valdez grows his coffee there Colombia Martin	$200 [2] Ann Arbor school that has largest U.S. college stadium the University of Michigan Mark	$200 [11] Congress established this department in 1789 & made a mint out of it the Department of the Treasury Ron
$600 [23] 1925 headline, "Scopes declared guilty" referred to trial in this state Tennessee Mark	$400 [26] North African who described himself as "one that loved not wisely, but too well" Othello Mark	$400 [17] Not salt, but this element is most abundant in sea water, & quite likely in your swimming pool, too chlorine Ron	$400 [7] Country that's South America's biggest oil producer by far Venezuela Martin	$400 [3] Two-thirds of the entire town can fit into Lambeau Field in this smallest NFL city Green Bay, Wisconsin Ron	$400 [12] The 1st American novel was published in this city and, fortunately, wasn't banned Boston Martin Ron
$800 [24] 1964 headline "104 feared dead in quake area" referred to this state Alaska Martin Ron	$1,000 [27] After the death of good queen Bess, he became Shakespeare's king & patron James I Mark Ron	$600 [18] Spine-bearing relatives to the starfish, or Fagin's street waifs urchins Ron	$600 [8] This South American capital didn't exist until 1956 Brasilia Martin	DD $700 [5] Baseball and football were played in this defunct NYC park named for another sport the Polo Grounds Martin	$600 [13] Galvani was ridiculed when he made these animals' legs twitch by electricity frogs Ron
$1,000 [25] On Sept. 7, 1909, the newspapers displayed his wire, "I have the old pole" (Robert) Peary Mark Ron	—	$800 [19] In the comic strip "B.C.", they "got feet", "can talk" & are used for money clams Ron	$800 [9] Capital city whose name means "I see the mountain" Montevideo Mark Ron	$800 [6] Political figure for whom Minneapolis' Metrodome is named Hubert Humphrey Mark	$800 [14] Begun in 1789 as benevolent institution in NYC, it later became a corrupt political machine Tammany Hall Ron
DD $1,600 [22] Papers reported incorrectly "patient will recover" when this pres. was shot at 1901's Pan-Am. Expo. McKinley Martin	—	—	$1,000 [10] Bernardo O'Higgins is this country's national hero Chile Ron	$1,000 [1] 1959 Yankee/Dodger game drew 93,103, largest crowd in Major League history to this stadium the (L.A.) Coliseum Martin Ron	$1,000 [15] This Benelux country's independence from Austria lasted only a year Belgium Mark Ron

Final Jeopardy!

POLITICAL QUOTES

According to Samuel Johnson, it "is the last refuge of a scoundrel"

patriotism

Martin "What is politics?" — wagered $4,500

Ron "What is Honesty?" — wagered $3,500

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