Show #185 1985-05-24 (taped 1985-01-23) Regular

Nathan Walpow game 1.

Contestants

Rick Pisarra — an attorney from Los Angeles, California

Nathan Walpow — a data processor originally from Queens, New York

Bill Fox — a restaurant manager originally from Lake Bluff, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bill	$800	$1,600	$2,000	$3,998 2nd place: Speed Queen washer & dryer + LouverDrape vertical blinds	$1,600 15 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Nathan	$300	$2,800	$7,200	$10,200 New champion: $10,200	$6,700 19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Rick	$600	$-400	$200	$100 3rd place: Vitamaster his & hers exercise bikes	$1,800 14 R, 9 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE '70s	KIDDIE LIT	ROBERT REDFORD	THE ALPHABET	SWEET SONGS	"DO"s & "DON'T"s
$100 [4] This Broadway rock opera chronicled the Savior's last seven days Jesus Christ Superstar Nathan	$100 [10] Tom Sawyer's sweetheart Becky Thatcher Bill	$100 [7] He & Streisand went their own ways at the end of this '73 film The Way We Were Bill	$100 [15] Printers were the 1st told to "mind" these letters, because reversed, they look like each other Ps & Qs Bill Nathan	$100 [17] Sammy Davis sang this hit song about Willie Wonka "The Candy Man" Nathan Rick	$100 [1] What a bride & groom usually say to one another at the altar "I do" Bill
$200 [5] 1 of 2 significant things Spiro Agnew did on Oct. 10, 1973 resign the Vice-Presidency (or pleaded no contest for tax evasion) Rick	$200 [11] This, the oldest still-published children's magazine, was begun by the Boy Scouts in 1911 Boy's Life Rick	$200 [8] His ski resort in Utah is named for this '69 movie role, perhaps his most famous Sundance Bill	$200 [16] 2 consonants that are sometimes vowels Y & W Nathan Rick	$200 [18] Also called "Day-O", this calypso song was most ap"peel"ing in 1957 "The Banana Boat Song" Bill	$200 [2] Karl Malden's warning about your American Express card "Don't leave home without it!" Rick
$300 [13] On Sept. 1, 1971, Bobby Fischer took the world chess championship title from him Boris Spassky Rick	$300 [20] Kind of creature who was sidekick to Ben Franklin in "Ben and Me" a mouse Rick	$300 [9] One of two movies in which his leading ladies were named Daisy The Great Gatsby (or Inside Daisy Clover ) Bill Rick	$400 [25] In Elizabethan script, a lower-case "S" resembled this letter F Nathan	$300 [19] According to McGuire sisters' '58 hit, this time can be in the morning, in the evening & at suppertime, too "Sugartime" Nathan	$300 [3] Title of '67 Bob Dylan documentary & '81 movie biography of baseball's "Satchel" Paige Don't Look Back Nathan
$400 [14] This perfect "cover girl" 1st appeared on swimsuit cover of "Sports Illustrated" in 1971 Cheryl Tiegs Nathan Rick	$400 [21] Hans Christian Andersen created this comely counterpart to Tom Thumb Thumbelina Rick	$400 [23] In '77, he received honorary degree from Williams College for work in this field conservation Nathan	$500 [26] More common name for "uncials" or "majuscules" capital letters Rick	—	$400 [6] Famous line from JFK's inaugural speech "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" Nathan
—	$500 [22] 19th century minister who authored rags-to-riches stories like "Ragged Rick" & "Luck & Pluck" Horatio Alger Bill Rick	—	DD $800 [24] 2 ways of writing "9" in Roman numerals VIIII & IX Nathan	—	$500 [12] Annie Oakley & Buffalo Bill's dueling duet from "Annie Get Your Gun" "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" Nathan

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT HISTORY	ANIMALS	U.S. MAYORS	SOVIET UNION	WEAPONS	FLOWERS
$200 [21] When the Greeks destroyed this city in Asia Minor around 1200 B.C., they weren't horsing around Troy Rick	$200 [6] While cows & goats keep theirs for life, deer shed them each year horns Rick	$200 [5] Mayor considered possible Democratic V.P. candidate during convention in her city Dianne Feinstein Nathan	$200 [16] This Soviet foreign minister has at least 2 copies of every Dolly Parton record Andrei Gromyko Nathan	$200 [1] Weapon wielded by the farmer's wife on 3 blind mice a carving knife Bill Nathan	$200 [2] Both a type of bird & a flower share this "heavenly" name bird of paradise Bill Nathan
$400 [22] Greek & Roman name for a stone coffin a sarcophagus Rick	$400 [9] The horned toad is really one of these a lizard Rick	$400 [8] Before becoming California's Rep. senator, he was mayor of San Diego Pete Wilson Nathan	$400 [17] 2 years before Lincoln freed slaves, Czar Alexander II freed these victims of feudal system the serfs Bill	$400 [7] Weapon featured each week in the opening of "Mission Impossible" a bomb Bill	$400 [3] In Jolson song, "it isn't raining rain, you know, it's raining" these violets Nathan
$600 [23] Under the Ptolemies, this city had the greatest library in ancient world, over 700,000 scrolls Alexandria Bill	$600 [13] The largest member of the camel family in South America a llama Rick	$600 [18] She dressed like a Blues Brother when Aykroyd & Belushi made their movie in Chicago (Jane) Byrne Bill	$800 [27] After spending 17 years in the West, she recently returned to Russia Stalin's daughter (Svetlana) Nathan	$600 [10] It might not have a money-back guarantee, but it can always return itself a boomerang Rick	$600 [4] Though this flower is associated with weakness, its name comes from the French for "thought" a pansy Bill
$800 [24] Zoroastrianism was the religion of this ancient empire the Persian Empire Bill Rick	$800 [14] Kinds include the dik-dik & the bongo of the Congo antelopes Bill Rick	$800 [19] Philadelphia's "law & order" mayor until '80, he's now with the city's gasworks Frank Rizzo	DD $1,000 [26] Thissong, a major hit in the late '60s, derives from an old Russian folk song:"Once upon a time there was a tavern / Where we used to raise a glass or two" "Those Were The Days" Bill	$800 [11] Gaucho's weapon of long pieces of rope with up to three stones or balls attached a bola Rick	$800 [28] Anna Jarvis, considered founder of Mother's Day, wore this flower on that day a carnation Bill
$1,000 [25] Romans called them "Punic Wars" because Carthage had been founded by these people the Phoenicians Rick	$1,000 [15] Killer whales are the largest of these porpoises (dolphins) Nathan	$1,000 [20] One of the first Blacks to become a big city mayor, he's serving his 5th term as mayor of Gary, Indiana Richard Hatcher Bill Nathan	—	DD $1,600 [12] The successful & unsuccessful weapons in Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder" the stocking & scissors Rick	$1,000 [29] Though Gilbert & Sullivan made her "sweet", cattle won't eat this flower because it's bitter a buttercup Bill

Final Jeopardy!

ISLANDS

Two of three islands on which Napoleon was born exiled, and died

(2 of) Corsica, Elba and St. Helena

Rick "What are Corsica and Sicily?" — wagered $100

Bill "What are Elba + Saint Helena" — wagered $1,998

Nathan "What are St. Helena + Corsica?" — wagered $3,000

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