Show #173 1985-05-08 (taped 1985-01-21) Regular

Contestants

Bill Bauss — a sales representative from Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Martha Gordon — a teacher from Mansfield, Texas

Dorian Ellis — a chef from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,999)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Dorian	$400	$-800	$2,000	$4,000 2nd place: Action Lane recliner + Bausch & Lomb binoculars	$2,500 11 R (including 1 DD), 8 W (including 1 DD)
Martha	$100	$600	$1,800	$3,000 3rd place: Vitamaster exercise bike	$1,800 10 R, 2 W
Bill	$1,300	$3,000	$5,700	$6,000 New champion: $6,000	$5,600 21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

MUSIC	SPORTS	HOW TO...	GEOGRAPHY	"BOOM"S
$100 [15] Marx brother named for his instrument Harpo Bill	$100 [2] The counterpart to the Kentucky Derby for this type of horse racing is called the "Hambletonian" harness racing Bill	$100 [20] Tear from book, close cover before striking against rough strip how to strike a match Bill	$100 [1] Italy has set $324 million aside to start to repair this water ravaged canal city Venice Bill	$100 [7] In football cheer it usually follows "rah rah rah" sis boom bah Martha
$200 [16] He adapted Scott Joplin's ragtime music for "The Sting" Marvin Hamlisch Bill	$200 [3] In this sport's freestyle flight shooting, you lie on your back & strap the bow to your feet archery Bill	$200 [21] Put 2 all-beef patty special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, & onions on a sesame seed bun how to make a Big Mac Martha	$200 [8] Country whose southernmost point is Middle Island, Lake Erie Canada Bill	$200 [12] It picks up the sounds that the movie stars utter microphone boom (boom mic) Dorian
$300 [17] She "picks my ties out, eats my candy, drinks my brandy" "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" Bill	$300 [4] From the Latin for "one who fights with his fists" comes this name for boxing pugilism Bill	$300 [22] Shut eyes and touch nose with finger, walk straight line, or breathe into a balloon how to prove you're either drunk or not drunk (a sobriety test) Bill	$300 [9] River which joins with the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab before emptying into the Persian Gulf the Tigris Bill	$300 [13] Whenever you got his Irish up, Clancy would do this lower the boom Dorian Martha
$400 [18] From Italian for "little book", it's the text of an opera a libretto Bill	$400 [5] In January '62, he tied for 50th in the L.A. Open; in June '62, he won the U.S. Open Jack Nicklaus Bill	$400 [23] When your name's announced really loud, come out from curtain & tell joke about Doc's clothes how to be Johnny Carson (how to host The Tonight Show ) Dorian	$400 [10] Diggings on this Greek island have unearthed 4 magnificent 3500-year-old Minoan palaces Crete Dorian	$400 [14] Trivial Pursuit has this edition for post WWII people the Baby Boomer Edition Bill
$500 [19] Because it's played with the hands, this is the name for the keyboard of an organ the manual	$500 [6] She went against Bobby Riggs before Billy Jean did Margaret Court Bill	DD $500 [24] Rest bottom 1 against base of thumb and 4th finger, move top 1 with thumb, index, & middle fingers how do you use chopsticks Dorian	$500 [11] The Curzon Line, rejected as boundary between Poland & this country in 1919, now is the boundary the Soviet Union Dorian	$500 [25] Clark Gable & Spencer Tracy struck it rich in the oil fields in this 1940 film Boomtown Dorian Bill

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. HISTORY	FICTIONAL DETECTIVES	THE DESERT	NURSERY RHYMES	NUCLEAR PHYSICS	MAGIC
$200 [14] In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that schools should do this "with all deliberate speed" integrate Bill	$200 [6] She solved the "Secret of the Old Clock" in 1930, but is still a teenager today Nancy Drew Martha	$200 [1] To get to the point, a saguaro, for example a cactus Dorian Bill	$200 [7] Kid who blew it when it came to blowing his horn Little Boy Blue Martha	$200 [21] In 1938, German chemists Hahn & Strassmann were 1st to do this to the atom split the atom Bill	$200 [15] Worn over the hair, it's where a magician produces hares from a top hat Bill
$400 [17] His crew defeated the British ship, the "Serapis", while his own was sinking John Paul Jones Bill	$400 [12] Ross McDonald's detective Lew Archer's name was changed to this for '66 Newman film Harper Martha Bill	$400 [2] From the Latin for "to look at", it's something you don't really see a mirage Dorian	$400 [8] The 1st gift you get by being a hushed little baby, not saying a word a mockingbird Dorian Martha	$400 [22] The effects of a nuclear bomb dropped on Lawrence, KS were the subject of this 1983 TV movie The Day After Dorian	$400 [16] Lee Falk, creator of "The Phantom", also created this comic strip prestidigitator Mandrake the Magician Martha
—	$600 [13] G.K. Chesterton's crime-solving Roman Catholic priest Father Brown Martha	$600 [3] Soil particle considered larger than silt but smaller than gravel a grain of sand Dorian	$600 [9] What all the best Wee Willy Winkies wear about town nightgowns Dorian	$600 [24] With 92 protons, 146 neutrons, & 92 electrons, it's the heaviest atom found in nature the uranium atom Dorian	DD $700 [18] Movie thefollowingwas from:"You have to believe we are magic / Nothin' can stand in our way / You have to believe we are magic / Don't let your aim ever stray" Xanadu Bill
—	$800 [23] Star of TV series "The Blue Knight", he now writes mystery novels starring... himself George Kennedy Dorian Bill	$800 [4] Early Spanish explorers called this Arizona spot "el desierto pintado" the Painted Desert Dorian	$800 [10] He went to bed to mend his head with vinegar and brown paper Jack (from "Jack and Jill") Martha	$800 [25] The first full-scale nuclear power plant began operating in 1956 at Calder Hall in this country Britain Dorian	$800 [19] Magician classification of performers such as Dunninger & Kreskin mentalists Martha Bill
—	—	DD $1,000 [5] The only populated continent without a desert Europe Dorian	$1,000 [11] In the A.A. Milne rhyme, it's "the stair where I always stop" halfway up and halfway down Dorian Martha	—	$1,000 [20] French "father of modern conjuring", he once stopped a rebellion in Algeria with his tricks Robert-Houdin

Final Jeopardy!

ANCIENT HISTORY

Cornelia was his 1st wife; Calpurnia his 2nd

Julius Caesar

Martha "Who was Julius Caesar?" — wagered $1,200

Dorian "Who was Julius Caesar?" — wagered $2,000

Bill "Who was Julius Caesar?" — wagered $300

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