Show #299 1985-10-31 (taped 1985-08-06) Regular

Introductions entered from audiorecording.

Contestants

Dan Amok-Moran — a volunteer coordinator originally from Lyndhurst, New Jersey

Greg Miller — a sales representative from Santa Ana, California

Phyllis Kornov — a bank support officer originally from Miami Beach, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,300)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Phyllis $1,100 $1,400 $7,300 $5,600
2nd place: Pilot stereo system + Broyhill curio
$5,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Greg $500 $2,100 $4,500 $9,000
New champion: $9,000
$6,500
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Dan $400 $1,400 $-400 $-400
3rd place: Norelco pocket recorder
$-400
9 R, 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE NEW WORLD PEOPLE HIGHER EDUCATION SPORTS TRIVIA "HOG" WILD LANDMARKS
$100 [21]
In 1682, La Salle claimed the lower Mississippi territory for Louis XIV, calling it this
Louisiana
Dan
$100 [1]
Lena Horne got her start in the chorus of this Harlem club in 1933
the Cotton Club
Greg
$100 [12]
Willamette University, oldest in the West, is in this state
Oregon
Dan
$100 [5]
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper & Andre the Giant are among the "heavies" in this sport
professional wrestling
Greg
$100 [2]
Nonsense, or where you might go to get your pig cleaned
hogwash
Greg
$400 [26]
Landmarks all over this city are named for sir Thomas Raffles, who bought the island it's on
Singapore
$200 [22]
On Feb. 6, 1952, she was proclaimed queen of Canada
Elizabeth II
Phyllis
$200 [7]
She majored in philosophy at UCLA, but became overnight star after "Ode to Billie Joe" was released
Bobbie Gentry
Phyllis
$200 [13]
Freshmen traditionally had to wear this headgear as a symbol of subordination to upperclassmen
beanies
Phyllis
$200 [6]
"Horsey" member of Britain's royal family, she competed in '76 Olympics equestrian events
Princess Anne
Phyllis
$200 [3]
Raw liver is a favorite snack of this head of Hazzard County & enemy of the Dukes
Boss Hogg
Greg
$500 [27]
The Taj Mahal was built for this purpose
a tomb
Dan
$300 [23]
He was accused of treason & beheaded, but not before he found the Pacific Ocean
Balboa
Greg
$300 [8]
Oft-married actress, at age 13 wrote & illustrated tale of her 1st love--a pet chipmunk
Elizabeth Taylor
Phyllis
$300 [18]
Town called home of the University of Notre Dame du Lac
South Bend, Indiana
Dan
$300 [11]
From Scandinavian for "shoot", its goal is hitting clay targets thrown into air
skeet shooting
Dan
$300 [4]
The Larousse Encyclopedia of Animal Life says everything about this African animal is ugly
a warthog
Phyllis
$400 [24]
On Sept. 7, 1822, Pedro declared this country's independence from Portugal
Brazil
Greg
$400 [9]
In 1943, at age 9, this singer had own BBC show, "Pet's Parlor"
Petula Clark
$400 [19]
This Cambridge, Massachusetts school charges even higher tuition than its neighbor, Harvard
MIT
Dan
$400 [14]
Pitching for this team, Don Larson threw a no-hitter in the '56 World Series
the New York Yankees
Greg
$400 [16]
Phrase which came from fact that the tender & expensive cuts of meat are on top sides of pig
eating high on the hog
Phyllis
$500 [25]
In 1664, the English, in the name of this duke, seized Manhattan from the Dutch
the Duke of York
Greg
$500 [10]
Before taking this name, Brenda Gail Webb was part of her older sister Loretta Lynn's show
Crystal Gayle
Phyllis
$500 [20]
In 1971, he founded Virginia's Lynchburg Baptist college, now Liberty University
Jerry Falwell
Dan
$500 [15]
At 200 ft. below sea level, the lowest golf course in the world is in this California "low" spot
Death Valley
Phyllis
$500 [17]
If you've run "hog wild" through this category, you've done it in this total way
gone whole hog

Double Jeopardy! Round

GOV'T & POLITICS POETIC QUOTES ACRONYMS ANATOMY FOREIGN CARS THE MIDDLE EAST
$200 [13]
Bills for raising money must originate in this branch of Congress
the House of Representatives
Greg
$200 [24]
1 of them begins, "There once was a man from Kent"
a limerick
Phyllis
$200 [1]
What "SWAK" on a letter signifies
sealed with a kiss
Phyllis
$200 [11]
Teeth too "smart" to make their appearance until age 18-20
wisdom teeth
Greg
$200 [5]
World's number 1 motorcycle maker, it's also a major producer of cars
Honda
Phyllis
$400 [15]
On Jan. 16, 1979, he & his family left Iran on a "vacation" from which they never returned
the Shah (of Iran)
Greg
$400 [20]
A member of this body recently said, "we're 9 prima donnas"
the Supreme Court
Phyllis
$400 [25]
Congreve found its charms can "soothe the savage breast"
music
Greg
$400 [2]
A snafu is short for this state of confusion
situation normal, all fouled up
Phyllis
$400 [12]
A boxer's punch to these bean-shaped twin organs can be deadly
the kidneys
Phyllis
$400 [7]
Automaker that's tops in sales in Europe is this American firm
Ford
Greg
$600 [17]
This controversial area, occupied by Israel since 1967, is just over ½ the size of L.A. county
the West Bank
Dan
$600 [21]
Of the 15,000 of these operating in Washington, less than ½ are registered
lobbyists
Phyllis Greg
$600 [27]
Alan Seeger had "a rendezvous with it" & met it in WWI in the fields of France
death
Phyllis Dan
$600 [3]
What the North American "DEW" line is short for
distant early warning
Dan
$600 [14]
An imbalance in the balancing organ located here can cause seasickness
the inner ear
Phyllis Dan
$600 [8]
French automaker that owns Citroen & also makes bicycles
Peugeot
Greg
$800 [18]
While King Hussein rules Jordan, Saddam Hussein leads this neighboring country
Iraq
Dan
$1,000 [23]
Immigration & Naturalization Service is part of this federal department
the Justice Department
Dan
$800 [4]
You can't get a shot at this "BAR", but you can shoot with it
a Browning automatic rifle
Greg
$800 [16]
Organ that filters & stores blood; malicious people "vent" theirs
a spleen
Dan
$800 [9]
Though GM no longer markets them here, it still makes these cars in Germany
Opel
Dan
$1,000 [19]
This sheikdom's people pay no taxes & both medical care & the local amusement park are free
Kuwait
Phyllis
DD $2,500 [22]
2 of 4 positions in George Washington's original cabinet
(2 of) Secretary of War, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of State, and Attorney General
Phyllis
$1,000 [6]
The 2 countries whose soldiers are called ANZACs
Australia & New Zealand
Greg
DD $2,000 [26]
The 2 largest places on human skin which normally won't grow hair
the sole of the foot & the palm of your hand
Greg
$1,000 [10]
Of all European makers, these 2 whose names start the same sell most in the U.S.
Volkswagen & Volvo
Greg

Final Jeopardy!

SOLAR SYSTEM

This planet's orbit comes closest to Earth

Venus

Greg "What is Venus?" — wagered $4,500
Phyllis "What is Mercury" — wagered $1,700

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