Show #301 1985-11-04 (taped 1985-08-12) Regular

Contestants

Nancy Wright — a writer originally from New York City

Karol Herbie — a housewife from Ballwin, Missouri

Brian Sanders — a sales representative from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Brian $1,200 $1,600 $1,600 $1
2nd place: trip to Bahamas Princess Resort & Casino
$1,600
12 R, 3 W
Karol $600 $2,000 $6,300 $8,300
New champion: $8,300
$6,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Nancy $-300 $-900 $-1,100 $-1,100
3rd place: Maytag washer & dryer
$-100
6 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTS UNREAL ESTATE BRIDGES GAME SHOWS THE HUMAN BODY PASSING THE "BUCK"
$100 [8]
Only president to survive a bullet wound inflicted while in office
Ronald Reagan
Brian
$100 [13]
Li'l Abner's mountain home
Dogpatch
Karol
$100 [20]
The 4 basic types of bridge structure are rigid beam, cantilever, arch, & this
suspension
Brian
$100 [1]
Gave up plans to be a doctor & became "TV's big dealer..."
Monty Hall
Brian
$100 [9]
The adult size of this J-shaped organ can hold about a quart of chop suey
the stomach
Karol
$100 [5]
Slang for the lowest rank of a soldier
buck private
Brian
$200 [25]
He supposedly said, we know God prefers common-looking people because he made so many
Abraham Lincoln
$200 [14]
The Cartwrights' ranch on "Bonanza" which became name of the show in syndication
the Ponderosa
Karol
$200 [23]
The Ben Franklin, not the George Washington, bridge crosses this river
the Delaware
Brian
$200 [2]
Show which asked its mystery guests to "sign in, please"
What's My Line?
Karol
$200 [10]
This 24-bone chest enclosure houses the heart & lungs
the rib cage
Brian
$200 [6]
He collected over 25,000 animal species for circuses and zoos
Frank Buck
Nancy
$300 [15]
Land where Puff the Magic Dragon "frolics"
Honalee
Karol
$300 [24]
The Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge connects the Rockaways to this NYC borough
Brooklyn
Nancy
$300 [3]
"Animal, vegetable, or mineral?" was usually 1st question asked on this show
Twenty Questions
Brian
$300 [12]
Connected to the nasal area, these 4 sets of empty cavities make us all "airheads"
the sinus cavities
Karol
$300 [7]
Though he lost bid for mayor of NYC, brother James served as U.S. senator from N.Y. state
William Buckley
Nancy
$400 [16]
As Freedonia's dictator he winds up in "Duck Soup"
Groucho Marx
Karol
$400 [4]
This game's players created the signals for "past tense", "little word", & "sounds like"
Pantomime Quiz (or Stump the Stars )
Nancy
$400 [21]
Area most sensitive to touch, it's the figurative place where Jeopardy! questions can get stuck
the tip of the tongue
Karol Nancy
$400 [11]
Co-creator with Mel Brooks of "Get Smart"
Buck Henry
Brian
$500 [17]
Jim Hawkins' search for "Treasure Island" begins at this English inn
the Admiral Benbow Inn
$500 [18]
On 1st version of this show, contestants wore sneakers to run faster, ring the bell, & give the answer
Name That Tune
Brian Nancy
$500 [22]
Though lacking tails, we don't lack this, anatomically called a coccyx
a tailbone
Brian
$500 [19]
A phrase meaning to apply oneself with determination
to buckle down
Brian

Double Jeopardy! Round

FAMILIAR PHRASES FAMOUS WOMEN BIBLICAL BIRDS AFRICA COUNTRY MUSIC QUOTES
$200 [13]
To start from the beginning, or make a cake without a mix
from scratch
Nancy
$200 [4]
In 1922, she wrote, "Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, & at Home"
Emily Post
Nancy
$200 [3]
When Noah sent it out to see if the waters subsided, it came back with an olive branch
the dove
Brian
$200 [26]
These people have shortest average height of any population
the Pygmies
Nancy
$200 [11]
She never bothers removing the price tag from her hat
Minnie Pearl
Karol
$200 [1]
"He is his own worst enemy" was said 1st by Cicero about this Roman leader
Julius Caesar
Nancy
$400 [20]
According to renowned gourmet Brillat-Savarin, "you are" this
what you eat
Brian
$400 [5]
An alternate delegate to U.N. in 1958, she was 1st Black opera singer at the Met
Marian Anderson
$400 [7]
Peter denied 3 times that he knew Jesus after which this immediately happened
a cock crowing
Karol
$1,000 [27]
Synonymous with "faraway places", this small Mali town was great medieval trade center
Timbuktu
Karol
$400 [12]
Country music style, often about adultery, divorce, or drunkenness, is named for these sleazy bars
a honky tonk
Brian
$400 [2]
In 1500, he asked to "be judged as a captain who went... to the Indies to conquer a people"
Christopher Columbus
Karol
$600 [21]
To judge a man by his manner or dress comes from this term used to identify oncoming sailing ships
by the cut of his jib
$800 [22]
President of Playboy Enterprises, she's no dumb bunny
Christie Hefner
Karol
$600 [8]
Jesus compared his love for Jerusalem to this mother bird gathering its little ones under its wings
a hen
Karol
DD $500 [17]
These 2 country stars named their daughter Tamala Georgette
George Jones & Tammy Wynette
Karol
$600 [6]
Accepting presidential nomination, he said, "this nation... has man's 1st chance to build a Great Society"
Lyndon Johnson
Karol
$800 [23]
To show public support during a candidate's parade, folks did this as the music passed by
jumped on the bandwagon
DD $1,000 [14]
Her book "Science & Health" was in its 382nd edition at her death in 1910
Mary Baker Eddy
Nancy
$800 [9]
Bird God called foolish because it lays its eggs on the ground where they can be stepped on
the ostrich
$800 [18]
This former Bible salesman's hits include "Whiskey River" & "Yesterday's Wine"
Willie Nelson
$800 [15]
Irish revolutionary John Curran is said to be 1st to say this "is the price of liberty"
eternal vigilance
Karol
$1,000 [24]
This phrase for disorientation comes from old dice game where only "unstable" people tried to roll a 13
being at sixes and sevens
$1,000 [25]
She began her beauty empire behind a red door on 5th Ave.
Elizabeth Arden
Brian Karol
$1,000 [10]
When Israelites complained to Moses they wanted meat, God provided 1,000's of these stout birds
quail
$1,000 [19]
She met her husband Carl Dean at the Wishy-Washy Laundromat on her first day in Nashville in 1964
Dolly Parton
Karol
$1,000 [16]
"We are in a period... of cold peace", said this 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations
Trygve Lie
Karol

Final Jeopardy!

LANGUAGES

Of Switzerland's 3 official languages, the one used by about 70% of the population

German

Brian "What is French?" — wagered $1,599
Karol "What is German?" — wagered $2,000

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