Show #179 1985-05-16 (taped 1985-01-22) Regular

Contestants

Mary Abbott — a homemaker from Chula Vista, California

Bob Strong — a student from Arlington, Texas

Guy Wynn — a technical instructor from Mentor, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,700)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Guy	$500	$600	$2,200	$0 3rd place: Botany 500 suit & sport coat	$2,200 12 R, 5 W
Bob	$1,100	$2,500	$6,600	$11,000 New champion: $11,000	$8,900 25 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs)
Mary	$400	$1,900	$5,400	$3,800 2nd place: Sunray range + Bernardaud de Limoges dinnerware set	$5,700 14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

NOTORIOUS	SPORTS TRIVIA	FRENCH FOOD	ROCK OF THE 80'S	GRAMMAR	RITUALS
$100 [1] Bruno Richard Hauptmann was convicted & executed for kidnap-murder of this man's son Charles Lindbergh Guy	$100 [6] In 1899, George F. Grant patented this to hold up your ball a golf tee Guy Mary	$100 [7] It's the defining ingredient in vinaigrette dressing vinegar Bob	$100 [21] Of "Men at Work", "Men Without Hats" & "Men of La Mancha", group to not have a hit in the '80s Men of La Mancha Guy	$100 [22] Part of speech which frequently ends in "ly" an adverb Mary	$100 [11] When giving a purse or wallet as a gift, it is a custom to include this money Mary
$200 [2] According to a U.S. Senate report, his regime in China killed 32-62 mil. people Mao Tse-tung Bob	$200 [8] The 2 positions in baseball which use different gloves from the other 7 the catcher and the first baseman Bob	$200 [12] What the potage du jour is the soup of the day Bob Mary	$200 [27] This Joan Jett hit from 1981 was parodied by Weird Al as "I love Rocky Road" "I Love Rock 'N Roll" Bob	$200 [23] Word which is the subject in the film title "The Subject Was Roses" subject Mary	$200 [17] On Dec. 13, 1984, Nancy Reagan broke a ritual started with Coolidge by doing this instead of Ron to light the Christmas tree Bob
$300 [3] "Arthur is president now," shouted Charles Guiteau as he shot this president Garfield Bob	$300 [9] America's first organized sport, it can be "tracked" back to New Amsterdam in 1664 horse racing Guy Mary	$300 [13] "Foie gras" typically refers to a pate or terrine of this fowl organ goose liver Mary	$300 [28] His first of many hits in the '80s was "She's Out Of My Life" Michael Jackson Bob	$300 [24] 20 years to life, or a series of words arranged as a meaningful unit a sentence Mary	$300 [18] For orthodox Jews, eating, work, washing, sex & wearing leather are forbidden on this holy day Yom Kippur Bob
$400 [4] Though Incas paid him largest ransom in history, this conquistador had their leader killed (Francisco) Pizarro Guy	$400 [10] In 1905, this team sport produced 18 fatalities & 159 serious injuries football Guy	$400 [14] A la the city of Nice, it's a salad of tomatoes, green beans, potatoes, ripe olives and anchovies a salad niçoise Mary	—	$400 [25] This language has a larger vocabulary than any other English Bob	$400 [19] Primitive performance done before battle to whoop up courage as well as scare the enemy a war dance Bob
$500 [5] Alternate name for the Mafia meaning "our thing" Cosa Nostra Bob	DD $800 [16] Total number of face-off spots on an NHL rink 9 Bob	$500 [15] "Parmentier" refers to dishes prepared with this vegetable potato Bob	—	$500 [26] Celebrities and government officials complain when their quotes are "taken out of" this context Mary	$500 [20] In a lounge show it's "instrumental" that this follows almost any joke or one-liner cymbal clash (rimshot) Bob

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE	FIRST FAMILIES	POE	RUSSIAN REVOLUTION	BOSTON	"FRED"s
$200 [6] When excited, this gas glows red, which means our Jeopardy! sign gets excited often neon Guy	$200 [7] The family we learn about in "First Lady from Plains" the Carters Bob	$200 [12] Appropriately, it was Poe's first writing form poetry Bob	$200 [1] Colors associated with the 2 armies that opposed each other in Russian Civil War red & white Guy	$200 [18] From 1930-79, he led the Boston Pops Arthur Fiedler Bob	$200 [24] William Frawley role on "I Love Lucy" Fred Mertz Bob
$400 [8] From his NJ lab at the turn of the century, he advertised "inventions to order" Thomas Edison Bob	$400 [13] First child born to President or President-elect in office since 1893, he's recently studied in India John Kennedy, Jr. (JFK Jr.) Guy Mary	$400 [14] American director famous for series of Poe films in the early '60s Roger Corman Guy Bob	$400 [2] Lenin took power promising to pull Russia out of this war World War I Guy	$400 [19] Boston's largest ethnic group the Irish Guy	DD $300 [27] Rock 'n' roll star who did this version of a 1922 jazz hit:"Well, way down yonder in New Orleans / In the land of the dreamy scenes / There's a Garden of Eden, / Ah, you know what I mean" Freddy Cannon Mary
$600 [9] Renaissance anatomist Gabriello Fallopio discovered these human oviducts the fallopian tubes Guy Bob	$600 [20] This couple is the grandson of one president & the daughter of another David & Julie Eisenhower Guy	$600 [15] Last name of twins Roderick & Madeline, together they brought down the house the Ushers Bob	$600 [3] Fed enough poison to kill a cow, then shot & stabbed, Rasputin finally died of this drowning Guy	$600 [23] Both Harvard & M.I.T. are in this Boston suburb Cambridge Bob	$400 [25] "Yabba dabba doo" Fred Flintstone Bob
$800 [10] Number of points where a tangent line touches a curve 1 Mary	$800 [21] Presidential daughter who's earned good reviews for her books, but once got bad reviews for her singing Margaret Truman Bob	$800 [16] Double relation to Poe of Virginia Clemm cousin & wife Bob	$800 [4] Though they were only a small minority, the Communists took this name which means "majority" Bolshevik Bob	$800 [28] Term for east Indian or Boston elite a Brahmin Guy Bob	$600 [26] Noted for sexy lingerie by catalogue, they also operate 194 stores in 34 states Frederick's of Hollywood Mary
$1,000 [11] The three main parts of the Earth are the lithosphere, the hydrosphere & this the atmosphere Mary	$1,000 [22] Last name of John, an Ohio farmer who was son of one pres. & father to another Harrison Guy Mary	DD $1,500 [17] Title referring to Prince Prospero's plague party "The Masque of the Red Death" Bob	$1,000 [5] John Reed's eyewitness account Ten Days That Shook the World Bob	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

TELEVISION

Only "M·A·S·H" regular to really serve in Korea, he also served in "AfterMASH"

Jamie Farr

Guy "Who is Harry Morgan" — wagered $2,200

Mary "Who is Alan Alda?" — wagered $1,600

Bob "Who is Jamie Farr" — wagered $4,400

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