Show #1284 1990-03-15 (taped 1989-10-24) Regular

Missing introductions.

Contestants

Cathy Clark — from

Jim Hall — an archaeologist from Imperial Beach, California

Phil Leib — a typographer from Westfield, New Jersey (whose 2-day cash winnings total $19,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Phil	$900	$3,000	$9,800	$5,399 3-day champion: $24,400	$9,300 18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Jim	$0	$500	$7,100	$100 3rd place: Kosta Bod crystal stemware + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version	$5,300 16 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Cathy	$400	$1,700	$4,300	$1,300 2nd place: trip to Southern California & stay Murrieta Hot Springs + Pinseeker golf clubs + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version	$4,300 12 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

IN THE NEWS	FLOWERS	THE OLD TESTAMENT	AVIATION	6-LETTER WORDS	1983 MOVIES
$100 [1] Va. sells over 40 tons a month of these chicken parts to the Far East; 20 tons right ones & 20 tons left chicken feet Phil Jim Cathy	$100 [18] Long used by the Aztecs in a prescription for epilepsy, it was named for botanist Andrew Dahl the dahlia Cathy	$100 [5] Ezekiel & Isaiah are major ones; Hosea & Micah are minor ones prophets Jim	$100 [12] The Convair XFY-1 or "Pogo", was the world's 1st plane to take off & land this way vertically Cathy	$100 [9] "Sitting" this way you not only look good, you're in a good position pretty Jim	$100 [17] "Easy Money" was the 1st film starring this stand-up comic Rodney Dangerfield Phil
$200 [2] In July 1989 Mark Wellman, a paraplegic, climbed the El Capitan peak in this park Yosemite Jim	$200 [23] Pinks, sweet Williams & these buttonhole flowers are members of the Dianthus class carnation Jim	$200 [6] "Man doth not live by" this "only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord" bread Jim	—	$200 [10] It's Latin for 1 ring, not 3 circus	$200 [19] While S. Shepard played test pilot Chuck Yeager in this film, Yeager himself had a bit part as a bartender The Right Stuff Cathy
$300 [3] In a vote set for 1991, this commonwealth could become a state Puerto Rico Phil	$300 [24] If you can blow off all the seeds of this yellow-flowered weed, your sweetheart loves you very much... really a dandelion Jim Cathy	$300 [7] The 1st of the 10 plagues of Egypt occurred when the waters of the Nile turned into this blood Phil	—	$300 [11] The height of a person's popularity; for Willie Mays it was, say... as a giant heyday	$300 [20] Barbra Streisand made her directorial debut in this film in which she also played the title role Yentl Phil
$400 [4] Asked if this band reunited solely for the money, Ron Wood said, "No, that's The Who" The Rolling Stones Cathy	$400 [25] Common name for "gypsophila", those tiny white flowers that florists often add to bouquets baby's breath Cathy	$400 [13] This line, Samuel F.B. Morse's most famous telegraph message, came from Numbers 23:23 What hath God wrought Phil	—	$400 [14] It can precede house, harvest, & access tuning random Phil	$400 [21] Chevy Chase & Beverly D'Angelo visited Wally World in this comedy directed by Harold Ramis National Lampoon's Vacation Cathy
$500 [8] Allegations from an ex-geisha helped bring down this number one man in the Japanese government Sosuke Uno Jim	—	DD $1,000 [16] He interpreted the "handwriting on the wall" for Belshazzar Daniel Phil	—	$500 [15] Word describing someone born under the influence of Jupiter, the planet of happiness jovial Phil	$500 [22] This TV star was on the "High Road to China" with Bess Armstrong Tom Selleck Cathy

Double Jeopardy! Round

19THCENTURY AMERICA	MUSEUMS	PEOPLE	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	OPERA	LITERARY QUOTES
$200 [17] The U.S. paid less than 2¢ per acre for the 586,000 square miles it purchased here Alaska Jim	$200 [1] The old U.S. mint in this city houses a fine collection of Mardi Gras regalia New Orleans Jim	$200 [5] He met John Belushi & other Second City troupers thru his brother, Brian Doyle-Murray Bill Murray Cathy	$200 [9] It divides the North & South Pacific & the North & South Atlantic the equator Phil	$200 [13] 1933's "The Willow Tree" was the 1st opera commissioned for this medium the radio Phil	$200 [22] He wrote "As the body rolled to the ground, Tarzan... voiced the wild & terrible cry of his people" Edgar Rice Burroughs Jim
$400 [18] These were 1st used in an election in Lockport, N.Y. in 1892 voting machines Phil	$400 [2] To track down the truth about this legendary engineer, make tracks to his museum in Vaughn, Miss. Casey Jones Jim	$400 [6] Gorilla expert whom African natives called "the old lady who lives in the forest without a man" Dian Fossey Phil	$400 [10] Of the 7, this continent has the greatest range of land height Asia Cathy	$400 [23] In this Humperdinck opera the 2 lead characters sing "A Gingerbread Waltz" Hansel and Gretel Cathy	$400 [24] Under the pen name Saki, he wrote "Women and elephants never forget an injury" H.H. Munro Phil
$600 [19] By 1833 this road, also called the National Road, was completed as far west as Columbus, Ohio the Cumberland Road	$800 [4] This museum is home to the Rosetta Stone the British Museum Cathy	$600 [8] Married to the daughter of the late senator Everett Dirksen, this former Sen. was Reagan's Chief of Staff Howard Baker Phil	$600 [14] It's Western Europe's most populous city London Phil	$800 [27] Menotti's "The Saint of" this "Street" won the Drama Critics Award & a Pulitzer Prize in 1955 Bleecker	$600 [25] In "Jude the Obscure" this author warns, "Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons" (Thomas) Hardy Jim
$800 [20] 1 of the 2 men who held joint command of the Alamo when it was attacked by Santa Anna (1 of) William Travis or Jim Bowie Jim	DD $1,000 [3] The house at Checkpoint Charlie is a museum devoted to the history of this structure the Berlin Wall Jim	$800 [11] 2 other members of "Talking Heads" graduated from the R.I. School of Design, but he dropped out in '71 David Byrne Cathy	$800 [15] There has been a strong move for greater autonomy among these 3 Baltic republics of the USSR Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania Jim	$1,000 [28] After learning he'll go to jail, Baron von Eisenstein goes to a Ball in this Strauss operetta Die Fledermaus Phil	$800 [29] "The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman." she wrote in "O Pioneers!" Willa Cather
$1,000 [21] In 1867 Oliver Hudson Kelley & 6 associates founded this secret organization for farmers the Grangers (the Grange) Phil	$1,000 [7] To see Botticelli's "Birth of Venus", go to this Florence gallery the Uffizi Gallery Jim	$1,000 [12] He studied the Middle Ages for 30 years before writing "The Name of the Rose" Umberto Eco Jim	$1,000 [16] Nahuel Huapi, a national park in this country, features lakes, glaciers & the highest peak in N. Patagonia Argentina Phil	DD $2,000 [26] In English the title of this Verdi opera means "the fallen woman" La traviata Jim	$1,000 [30] In "The Devil's Dictionary" he defined a saint as a "dead sinner revised and edited" Ambrose Bierce Phil

Final Jeopardy!

EUROPE

The 2 European countries whose 7-letter names differ by just 1 letter

Iceland & Ireland

Cathy "What is England &" — wagered $3,000

Jim "What are Romania & Rumania" — wagered $7,000

Phil "What is" — wagered $4,401

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