Show #171 1985-05-06 (taped 1985-01-21) Regular

Ron Black game 5.

Contestants

Luann Evanson — a research analyst from Phoenix, Arizona

Kevin Allman — a writer from Santa Monica, California

Ron Black — an attorney from Raleigh, North Carolina (whose 4-day cash winnings total $34,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Ron $1,500 $2,000 $7,400 $13,400
5-day champion: $47,401
$7,800
24 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 1 DD)
Kevin $1,500 $2,600 $600 $1,200
2nd place: Dresher Brass bed + Dakotah bedroom ensemble
$1,500
21 R, 9 W (including 1 DD)
Luann $200 $500 $-2,100 $-2,100
3rd place: Berkine recliner
$-2,100
3 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY COMEDIANS BREAKFAST PARAPSYCHOLOGY FOOTBALL AUSSIE ENGLISH
$100 [3]
State you'd be in if you were visiting Carlsbad Caverns
New Mexico
Ron
$100 [7]
After walking the beat with Nick Nolte, he's on his own in "Beverly Hills Cop"
Eddie Murphy
Kevin
$100 [22]
They can be shirred, coddled or poached
eggs
Ron
$100 [14]
It's what the letters "E.S.P." stand for
extrasensory perception
Kevin
$100 [1]
A defensive lineman's "bag", it's a real downer for a quarterback
a sack
Ron
$100 [18]
To Americans it's usually one's spouse, to Aussies it's a comrade
a mate
Ron Kevin
$200 [23]
Seattle, Tacoma & Olympia all stand on the banks of this body of water
Puget Sound
Ron
$200 [10]
This comic fought professionally as "Packy East" before he started sparring with Bing
Bob Hope
Ron
$200 [25]
It's "the Breakfast of Champions"
Wheaties
Kevin
$200 [13]
Makers of this spherical psychic accessory now make them out of acrylic, not glass
a crystal ball
Ron Kevin
$200 [2]
College teams from these 2 conferences go Rose Bowling every January
Big Ten & Pac-10
Luann
$200 [19]
Where Paul Hogan will put an extra shrimp for you
on the barbie
Kevin
$300 [24]
From French meaning "of the mounds", it's Iowa's capital
Des Moines
Luann
$300 [11]
He played Mork & Mindy's baby boy
Jonathan Winters
Kevin
$300 [28]
Sliced from the pork loin, it's the McKenzie brothers' favorite breakfast
Canadian bacon
Kevin
$300 [12]
In a 1964 film, they had one of these "on a wet afternoon"
a séance
Ron Kevin
$300 [4]
Official rules call for this bit of gambling with money to start the game
a coin toss
Ron
$300 [15]
Though "Boomer" can mean anything big, it 1st meant a big one of these
a kangaroo
Kevin
$400 [29]
The highest waterfall in North America graces this state
California
Ron
$400 [20]
Clem Kaddiddlehopper creator who signed off each week with "Good night & God bless"
Red Skelton
Kevin
$400 [27]
"International" term for a meal of rolls and coffee
a continental breakfast
Ron
$400 [9]
From French for "clear seeing", ability to "see" Jeopardy! answers while $ amounts are still up
clairvoyance
Ron
$400 [5]
Long time USC coach, he retired from, rather thanto, Florida at end of '84 season
John McKay
Ron
$500 [17]
"Banana bender" is slang for someone from this northeast Australian state
Queensland
Kevin
$500 [21]
Fellow "Laugh-In" alumna with Goldie Hawn who went on to star with her in "Pvt. Benjamin"
Eileen Brennan
Ron Kevin
$500 [26]
Breakfast item Mae Clarke found in her face thanks to Jimmy Cagney in "Public Enemy"
half a grapefruit
Kevin
$500 [8]
This Israeli gained fame in the '70s by bending spoons "psychically"
Uri Geller
Kevin
$500 [6]
Punt receiver's arm signal which says "I'm not gonna run, you're not gonna tackle"
a fair catch
Ron
DD $900 [16]
It's where "jackaroos" & "jillaroos" work
a ranch (or station)
Kevin

Double Jeopardy! Round

LAKES & RIVERS MOVIE TRIVIA FIRST LADIES LAW SCIENCE ANCIENT WORLDS
$200 [18]
It runs from the Okefenokee Swamp to the "old folks at home"
the Swanee River
Luann
$200 [1]
1980 film "The Nude Bomb" tried to revive this '60s TV spy show
Get Smart
Ron
$200 [13]
Bob Hope called her "the only new face in the Republican Party" after she got a lift
Betty Ford
Ron
$200 [12]
The chief prosecuting officer of a city or county, known by his initials
the DA
Kevin
$200 [19]
Among the metals, it is the best conductor of heat, electricity & the Lone Ranger
silver
Ron
$200 [2]
No. of hills ancient Rome was built on
7
Kevin
$400 [20]
The Tagus River is the longest river on this European peninsula
Iberian
$400 [9]
Rob Reiner rock spoof a spineless jellyfish could never experience
This Is Spinal Tap
Ron Luann
$400 [27]
First lady who had the same married & maiden names
Eleanor Roosevelt
Kevin
$600 [15]
An accusation in writing found & presented by a grand jury
an indictment
Kevin
$400 [24]
Used as an insecticide, this poisonous alkaloid is extracted from tobacco
nicotine
Ron
$400 [7]
Pharaohs grew this as a sign of authority, with even female rulers wearing a false one
a beard
Ron
$600 [21]
This popular resort town is not in Switzerland, but in Wisconsin
Lake Geneva
Kevin
$600 [5]
Alan Arkin's profession in "The In-Laws"
a dentist
Ron Luann
$1,000 [28]
Though he called his wife Florence the "Duchess" this president had a child by Nan Britton
Warren G. Harding
Ron Kevin Luann
$800 [16]
In the federal court system, it's the court between the U.S. District & Supreme courts
the U.S. Court of Appeals
Ron
$600 [6]
Small stones & gravel end up in this part of a bird's digestive system where they help crush the food
a gizzard
Ron
$600 [8]
It is believed astronomers from this Far East country observed sunspots as early as 28 A.D.
China
Kevin
$1,000 [23]
The African river which plunges over Victoria Falls
the Zambezi
Kevin
$800 [4]
Contents of the right box in "The Wrong Box"
a dead body
Kevin
$1,000 [17]
An amendment is to the Constitution as this is to a will
a codicil
Ron
$800 [25]
Discovery of this "ancient man" in England proved to be a hoax
Piltdown Man
Kevin Luann
$800 [10]
The Egyptians began using these work animals after invaders brought them from Asia
horses
Ron Kevin
DD $1,400 [22]
Manitoulin Island, in this Great Lake, is the world's largest island within a lake
Lake Huron
Ron
$1,000 [3]
In '53, the phrase "professional virgin" in this film shocked the nation
The Moon is Blue
Kevin
DD $1,400 [14]
Police chief of detectives who rolled around San Francisco to thefollowing:
Ironside
Ron
$1,000 [26]
French chemist who explained fire, gave oxygen its name & was guillotined during Revolution
Lavoisier
Ron Kevin
$1,000 [11]
Country in which Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego were cast into a fiery furnace
Babylon (Babylonia)
Ron Kevin

Final Jeopardy!

MEDICINE

A vaccine developed in 1796 made this disease the 1st conquered by man

smallpox

Kevin "What is smallpox?" — wagered $600
Ron "What is smallpox?" — wagered $6,000

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