Show #417 1986-04-15 (taped 1985-11-19) Regular

Guy Tonti game 2.

Contestants

Debbie Ingram — a writer from Sherman Oaks, California

Chris Campbell — a lawyer from Long Beach, California

Guy Tonti — a telecommunications manager from San Francisco, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Guy $1,500 $1,800 $7,900 $10,600
2-day champion: $19,600
$7,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Chris $500 $2,500 $5,300 $10,599
2nd place: Carrera Action Recliner by Lane + Alsy lamps
$5,000
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Debbie $100 $600 $1,600 $1
3rd place: Structo gas grill
$1,600
8 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY FINANCIAL AFFAIRS PRISONS GOLDEN OLDIES MAMMALS SPELLING
$100 [12]
Among vacationers in these Wisconsin gorges, you might find farmers, heigh-ho the derry-o
the dells
Guy
$100 [1]
U.S. equivalent to the German Pfennig
penny
Debbie
$100 [17]
"GULAG" is an acronym for this country's prison camp system
the Soviet Union
Chris
$100 [7]
Mythological figure Connie Francis called "Stupid"
Cupid
Chris
$100 [24]
These "dam" animals are the second heaviest rodents in the world
beavers
Chris
$100 [2]
Only 1 letter separates these 2 spellings for a feline & its rodent prey
C-A-T & R-A-T
Debbie
$200 [13]
Called "The Energy Capital of the World", this Tennessee town lent its name to "Elvira's" Boys
Oak Ridge
Guy
$200 [5]
Coin named for a late 19th c. president of Transvaal, a Dutch state in South Africa
the Krugerrand
Chris
$300 [21]
For over 700 years Newgate was this country's main prison
England
Chris
$200 [8]
She "picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been"
Eleanor Rigby
Chris
$200 [25]
In 1921, Marjorie, a dog, was the 1st diabetic creature kept alive by using this substance
insulin
Chris
$200 [3]
According to the song, "I've got a girl from" this Michigan city
K-A-L-A-M-A-Z-O-O
Debbie
$300 [14]
The Uinta Range, only major part of the Rockies to run east & west, lies primarily in this state
Utah
$300 [6]
Group that had the hit "Money For Nothing", or what you're in if you've nothing for money
Dire Straits
$400 [22]
After winning 8 stays in over 11 years, Caryl Chessman was finally executed May 2, 1960 in this California prison
San Quentin
Chris
$300 [9]
The girl wearing the beachwear that inspired this 1960 Brian Hyland hit was only 2 years old
an "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"
Guy
$300 [26]
"Not my tail, but this, is prehensile," said the giraffe, licking its eyebrows
tongue
Chris
$300 [4]
From the Irish "smidirin", something exploded into fragments has been blown to this
S-M-I-T-H-E-R-E-E-N-S
Guy Debbie
$400 [15]
The largest Coast Guard air station & one of largest Pacific fishing fleets are found in this state
Alaska
Chris
$400 [18]
In the summer of 1985, American Airlines fined passengers a total of $1.5 million for doing this
for not showing up (canceling some of their tickets--Super Saver fare)
DD $500 [20]
Thisprison song hit No. 1 on the day the movie of the same name hit the theaters:"The warden threw a party in the county jail / The prison band was there and they began to wail..."
"Jailhouse Rock"
Chris
$400 [10]
"If you look closer it's easy to trace" these
the tracks of my tears
Guy
$500 [16]
French for "foot of the mountain", it's region between the Appalachian Mtns. & Atlantic Coastal Plain
the Piedmont
Debbie
$500 [19]
Reason Uncle Sam added a $3,200 tax on that new $90,000 Ferrari Testarossa you just bought
because it has poor gas mileage
$500 [23]
Kansas town once home to Wild Bill Hickok & Buffalo Bill, now home to major federal penitentiary
Leavenworth
Chris
$500 [11]
1962 Chubby Checker hit that asked, "How low can you go?"
the "Limbo Rock"
Guy

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY FASHION DESIGNERS THE BIBLE PLASTICS BOTANY GAMES
$200 [2]
On March 21, 1935, Persia was officially renamed this
Iran
Chris
DD $100 [29]
Russian designer turned lithographer whose name is French pronunciation of his initials R.T.
Erté
Guy
$200 [1]
Jesus advised his disciples to be "wise as" serpents & "harmless as" these birds
doves
Chris Debbie
$200 [12]
Polystyrene that's been bubbled up to make drinking cups & packaging supports
Styrofoam
Debbie
$200 [15]
In the song, "That little 'ol ant" had "high hopes" he could move this
a rubber tree plant
Debbie
$200 [7]
In jacks, you have to pick up the jacks before the ball bounces this many times
twice
Chris
$400 [3]
Ptolemy's error in calculating this led Columbus to believe Asia could be reached by sailing west
the Earth's circumference
Guy
$200 [17]
Among her famous perfumes are Bois des Iles, Cristalle, & No. 5
Chanel
Debbie
$400 [20]
Of Old Testament, New Testament or both, place you find "love thy neighbor as thyself"
both
Chris
$400 [13]
Discovered in 1935, this strong plastic is used in gears, tubing & women's hose
nylon
Guy
$400 [25]
Of temperature, soil, nutrients, or light exposure, most important factor in flowering
light exposure
Chris
$400 [8]
Most popular type of card game in the U.S. so shut up & deal
poker
Guy
$600 [4]
As news reporter in the Boer War, this statesman made a daring escape & crossed 300 miles of enemy territory
Winston Churchill
Debbie
$400 [18]
Kind of apparel for which Fernando Sanchez is famous, you might just want to slip into it
lingerie
$600 [21]
Being tallest person in the country made him a logical choice for 1st king of Israel
Saul
$600 [14]
Since 1950s, many artists prefer these durable plastic paints to oils
acrylics
Guy
$600 [26]
You'd find the brittlebrush, wolly daisy, & soapweed in this type of area
desert
Chris
$600 [9]
Regulation size for this piece of equipment is 9' x 5', 2'6" high, with a 6" high net
Ping Pong (table tennis)
Guy
$800 [5]
Claiming Czech officials had requested assistance, the U.S.S.R. invaded Czechoslovakia in this year
1968
Chris
$600 [19]
Despite her name, she's "big" in fashions for the working woman
Carole Little
$800 [22]
Jacob's red-haired, hairy son
Esau
$800 [16]
This plastic's familiar name is a contraction of the unfamiliar polytetrafluoroethylene
Teflon
Guy
$800 [27]
When Reggie Jackson hits a home run, he might thank this tree from which most bats are made
(the white) ash
Guy
$800 [10]
In pinochle, this card ranks next to the ace
the 10
Guy
$1,000 [6]
2 of the 3 countries which in the late 18th c. partitioned Poland out of existence
(2 of) Russia, Prussia (or Austria)
Guy Chris
$1,000 [30]
Practicing punk style she "preaches", this middle-age English designer often dyes her own hair orange
Zandra Rhodes
$1,000 [23]
LBJ was quoting Isaiah when he said, "Come now, let us" do this "together"
reason
Chris
$1,000 [24]
The word plastic comes from Greek "plastikos" meaning this
able to be molded (malleable)
$1,000 [28]
A V-shaped indentation in the rings of a tree indicates this
the point where a branch grew from the tree
DD $2,000 [11]
For Garry Kasparov what "R x R" denotes
rook takes rook
Guy

Final Jeopardy!

THE MILITARY

With MacArthur & Eisenhower, 1 of 3 WWII generals who were only men to ever hold 5-star rank

(Omar) Bradley, (George) Marshall or (Henry) Arnold

Debbie "Who is Patton?" — wagered $1,599
Chris "Who isBradley" — wagered $5,299
Guy "Who is Bradley" — wagered $2,700

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