Show #514 1986-11-27 (taped 1986-09-10) Regular

Contestants

Martin Dodge — a training manager originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Kathy Miller — a homemaker from Irvine, California

Sally Mason — a writer from Santa Monica, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,998)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Sally $500 $2,200 $4,800 $4,300
3-day champion: $19,298
$4,500
12 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Kathy $-500 $100 $700 $1
3rd place: Skyway luggage
$700
4 R, 2 W
Martin $800 $1,900 $5,700 $1,700
2nd place: trip on Western to Honolulu & stay at the Pacific Beach Hotel
$5,500
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

NURSERY RHYMES P.N. POSTAL HISTORY POTENT POTABLES MAMMALS THE GAME PLAYED
$100 [9]
It's the answer to the riddle "How many were going to St. Ives"
one
$100 [8]
These conifer "leaves" can really stick it to you
pine needles
Martin
$100 [11]
The best postal system of ancient times was their "cursus publicus"
the Romans
Martin
$100 [1]
Adding this part of an egg puts the gold in a Golden Fizz
the yolk
Sally Kathy
$100 [18]
Blood is the only thing these bats can digest
a vampire bat
Kathy
$100 [3]
George Best, Jules Rimet,& Pele
soccer
Sally
$200 [10]
In "Hey Diddle Diddle", they're the 2-piece place setting that apparently eloped
the dish & the spoon
Martin
$200 [15]
She won Best Actress Oscar in 1963 for "Hud"
Patricia Neal
Kathy
$200 [12]
Except during WWI & between 1925-28, it was U.S. postal card rate from 1873-1952
a penny
Martin
$200 [2]
Trader Vic's uses both Puerto Rican & Jamaican kinds to add the punch to Caribbean Punch
rum
Martin
$200 [19]
Like the Pilgrims, these "Norwegian" rodents came to North America on ships
rats
Martin
$200 [5]
Sir Gordon Richards, Johnny Longden, &Chris McCarron
horse racing
Sally
$300 [16]
Scottish equivalent of this counting-out rhyme is "Eetum peetum, penny, pump"
"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe"
Sally
$300 [17]
Kind of drip emanating from the proboscis that usually accompanies an allergic condition
a post-nasal drip
Kathy
$300 [13]
In 1840, the 1st adhesive stamps were issued in England in 1 & 2 pence denominations with her portrait
Queen Victoria
Martin
$300 [4]
Quite logically, these are the 2 types of Chartreuse liqueur
green & gold or yellow
Martin
$300 [20]
Canis familiaris, their only active sweat glands are found on their nose & the bottom of their feet
dogs
Martin
DD $500 [24]
Pianist heard here:[Instrumental music plays.]
Peter Nero
Sally
$400 [14]
In 1957, all U.S. postal vehicles were changed from this color to red, white & blue
khaki green (olive drab)
Sally
$400 [6]
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn if you don't like this red Southern Comfort cocktail
a Scarlett O'Hara
Sally Kathy
$400 [21]
Though one of the brightest primates, this ape, Pan troglodytes, is incapable of swimming
chimpanzees
$500 [23]
In its postal sense, this word originally meant a leather bag or wallet
a mail bag
Sally
$500 [7]
The 2 creme liqueurs in a Grasshopper
creme de menthe & creme de cacao
Sally
$500 [22]
Among living land animals, this species is considered 2nd largest
the rhinoceros

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN HISTORY SATIRE PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA HITCHCOCK "GREAT"
$200 [3]
According to 1811 census, it became 1st European city with over a million people
London
Martin
$200 [16]
According to George S. Kaufman, it's the night of the week that "satire closes on"
Saturday
Martin
$200 [9]
In 1921, he became the 1st president to ride to his inauguration in an automobile
Harding
Martin
$200 [1]
In "The Trouble with Harry", this was the trouble with Harry
he was dead
Martin
$200 [17]
Despite its name, this dog breed, developed to hunt wild boar, originated in Germany
Great Dane
Martin
$400 [4]
Serbia, the 1st country to be attacked in WWI, is now a republic of this nation
Yugoslavia
Martin
$800 [19]
Some newspapers refused to run "Doonesbury" strips satirizing this presidential award winner
Frank Sinatra
Martin
$400 [10]
The Eisenhowers, Trumans & both Adams were only presidential couples to reach this major wedding anniver.
the 50th
Martin
$400 [2]
Hitchcock hoped "Marnie" would mark this "Rear Window" star's return to the screen
Grace Kelly
$600 [22]
Though seemingly flat, they actually reach heights of about 6000 feet at the foot of the Rockies
the Great Plains
Kathy
$600 [5]
In 1840, Napoleon's remains were brought to Paris from this island
St Helena
Sally Martin
$1,000 [20]
This 16th c. French satirist was a "Gargantua"n success
François Rabelais
Martin
$600 [13]
He received a $1,000,000 trust fund from his father for his 21st birthday on May 29, 1938
John F. Kennedy
Sally
$600 [8]
"Jamaica Inn", "Rebecca", & "The Birds" were all based on this female novelist's works
Daphne du Maurier
Sally
$800 [21]
To stimulate trade during this, the U.S. modified the gold standard & devalued the dollar over 40%
the Great Depression
$800 [6]
While Mussolini's followers wore black shirts, this 19th century Italian led the "Redshirts"
Garibaldi
Martin
DD $1,000 [14]
2 of the 4 presidents who served as governor of N.Y. before becoming president
(2 of) Franklin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt (Martin Van Buren or Grover Cleveland)
Sally
$800 [11]
This 1948 film was shot "as a stunt" with 10-minute takes & camera moves instead of editing
Rope
Martin
DD $1,200 [18]
Kept in the Dept. of State, its basic design, approved in 1782, has never been officially modified
the Great Seal of the United States
Martin
$1,000 [7]
"We have on our hands a sick man--a very sick man" the Russian czar said of this country
the Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
$1,000 [15]
This presidential daughter had 1st outdoor wedding in history of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Tricia Nixon
Sally
$1,000 [12]
He often denied saying "Actors are cattle", offering this insult instead
They should be treated like cattle

Final Jeopardy!

FACTS & FIGURES

Since 1937, NYC has officially kept the number of these constant at 11,787

the taxi cabs

Kathy "What are police officers?" — wagered $699
Sally "What are policemen?" — wagered $500
Martin "What are fire hydrants" — wagered $4,000

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