Show #170 1985-05-03 (taped 1985-01-09) Regular

Ron Black game 4.Missing one incorrect response in the Double Jeopardy! Round.

Contestants

Doug Hauser — a mathematician originally from Inwood, New York

Jack Pollack — a musician from San Diego, California

Ron Black — an attorney from Raleigh, North Carolina (whose 3-day cash winnings total $20,701)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ron	$2,400	$6,100	$7,000	$13,300 4-day champion: $34,001	$7,800 27 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Jack	$-400	$-400	$-600	$-600 3rd place: Bushnell telescope	$-600 3 R, 5 W
Doug	$-200	$300	$6,300	$3,300 2nd place: WhiteWestinghouse refrigerator/freezer + Vitamaster exercise machine	$6,300 20 R, 7 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. PRESIDENTS	THE OSCARS	POTENT POTABLES	SCANDINAVIA	INVENTIONS	DOUBLE TALK
$100 [23] Number of times Franklin Roosevelt was elected president four times Ron Doug	$100 [19] Elizabeth Taylor & Shirley Jones both won Oscars playing members of this oldest profession prostitute Doug	$100 [5] President Carter thought the lunch associated with this drink shouldn't be tax exempt a martini Jack	$100 [1] Both Norway's Trygve Lie & Sweden's Dag Hammarskjold have filled this U.N. post Secretary General Ron	$100 [3] While Bell invented the phone, Watson added this to it to let you know someone's calling the ring Doug	$100 [8] Done by a "little star" in rhyme twinkle, twinkle Ron
$300 [25] Only 5 days after Lee surrendered at Appomattox, this event shook Washington. D.C. & the world the assassination of Lincoln Doug	$200 [20] Spencer Tracy & Bing Crosby both won Oscars playing members of this honored profession priests Doug	$200 [6] Though widely associated with potatoes, this colorless liquor is often made from grains vodka Doug	$200 [2] Narrow, shallow ocean inlets common to Norway the fjords Doug	$200 [4] In 1832, William Hedley's "Puffing Billy" was on track as one of the first practical kinds of these a locomotive Ron Jack	$200 [9] "Stupidly" destructive bullet named after the town near Calcutta where it was first made the dumdum bullet Ron
$400 [26] After only 30 days as President, he was the 1st to die in office William Henry Harrison Ron Doug	$300 [21] Both "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" & "Day for Night" won this Best Foreign Film Ron	$300 [7] From Dutch meaning "burned wine", it's an after-dinner favorite brandy Ron Jack	$300 [13] Simple, up-to-date furniture style from the land of Hans Christian Andersen Danish modern Ron	$300 [16] In the 1st cent. B.C., Hero invented this device which today eats nickels in Vegas slot machine Doug	$300 [10] A mumbled grumbling, troubled hearts do it a murmur Ron Doug
$500 [27] The scandals that riddled his administration were not revealed until after his death, August 2, 1923 Warren G. Harding Ron Doug	$400 [22] In 1948, it became the only Shakespearean play to win Best Picture Hamlet Ron	$400 [29] German for "billy goat" this type of dark beer is only available seasonally bock beer Ron	$400 [14] Film director who vowed never to work in his native Sweden after being charged with tax evasion Bergman Ron	$400 [17] Galileo kept going back & forth figuring out the principles which led to the invention of this clock part the pendulum Ron Doug	$400 [11] Completes the title "Come back to the five and dime..." Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Ron Doug
DD $900 [24] Recent president who escaped 2 assassination attempts in one month Gerald R. Ford Ron	$500 [28] Father & son team that won directing & supporting actor Oscars for "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" the Hustons (John and Walter) Doug	—	$500 [15] Over 90% of Scandinavians are of this religion Lutheran Ron	$500 [18] It was invented to bring the lateral thrust of the vaults of the Gothic cathedral down to the ground the flying buttress Doug	$500 [12] Wham sings "Wake Me Up Before You" do this "Go-Go" Ron

Double Jeopardy! Round

ROYALTY	NEWSPAPERS	BIOLOGY	THE MIDDLE AGES	THE MIND	FAMOUS PAIRS
$200 [19] Though not always pronounced alike, the name of a liquor & this French royal family is the same Bourbon Ron	$200 [24] Meaning "news", it's the official paper of the Soviet government Izvestia Ron Jack	$200 [1] The number of cells in an amoeba 1 Doug	$200 [4] English barons forced King John to affix his seal to it at Runnymede the Magna Carta Doug	$200 [9] Favorite soap opera syndrome characterized by memory loss amnesia Doug	$200 [11] How a dentist & a manicurist might fight tooth & nail Ron
$400 [20] What it means when you see the royal standard flying at 1 of the queen of England's residences she's there (in attendance) Ron	$400 [25] The Christian Science Monitor is published in this city Boston Ron	$400 [2] Science that uses biological principles to solve engineering problems, not Lindsay Wagner's bionics Doug	$400 [5] An apprentice knight a squire Ron	$400 [10] An EEG is a record of these brain waves Ron Jack	$400 [18] Only venue in the Summer Olympics with an "&" in its name track & field Ron Jack
$600 [21] A Russian noodle dish shares its name with this last ruling family of Russia Romanov Ron	DD $1,500 [26] Newspaper for which John Philip Sousa wrote this march:[Instrumental music plays] The Washington Post Ron	$600 [3] An octopus can grow back a lost tentacle by this process regeneration Ron Jack	$600 [6] Term for early part of the middle ages marked by decline in classical learning the Dark Ages Doug	$600 [16] Side of your brain which controls language the left side Jack	$600 [17] Comic pair who discuss the pros & cons of a little blue nun Stiller & Meara Doug
$800 [22] Churchman who crowns each new British monarch the Archbishop of Canterbury Ron Doug	—	$800 [7] A herpetologist studies one of these animal classes, not social diseases reptiles (and amphibians) Doug	$800 [12] Medieval associations of craftsmen sometimes considered forerunners of labor unions guilds Ron	$800 [15] Only 1 out of 50 is bright enough for membership in this int'l. organization of high I.Q.'s Mensa Doug	—
$1,000 [23] This queen headed the Dutch government in exile in London during WWII Queen Wilhelmina Ron	—	$1,000 [8] The body's circadian rhythms are based on this cycle the day/night rhythm Doug	$1,000 [13] Founded by Otto I in 962, this empire lasted until 1806 the Holy Roman Empire Doug	$1,000 [14] Geniuses in one area, but mentally deficient in most others idiot savants Doug	—

Final Jeopardy!

STATE CAPITALS

The closest state capital to the nation's capital

Annapolis

Doug "What is Baltimore, MD" — wagered $3,000

Ron "What is Annapolis?" — wagered $6,300

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