Show #418 1986-04-16 (taped 1985-11-19) Regular

Guy Tonti game 3.Missing introductions.

Contestants

Sally Kurtzman — a writer and English teacher from Denver, Colorado

Kirk Sanduski — an administrator from Sherman Oaks, California

Guy Tonti — a telecommunications manager from San Francisco, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $19,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Guy $300 $1,200 $3,200 $4,000
3-day champion: $23,600
$4,600
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Kirk $-100 $500 $1,100 $0
3rd place: Frigidaire electric range
$1,100
14 R, 9 W
Sally $500 $500 $1,200 $2,399
2nd place: trip on Delta to New York & stay at the Milford Plaza
$1,700
7 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

LITERATURE COLORS THEMES & TRADEMARKS SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR "SAM"s POINT IT OUT
$100 [2]
Doing your job, or subject & title of a Studs Terkel book
working
Guy
$100 [8]
The color of an apple blossom
white
Guy Kirk
$100 [21]
In the Hallmark card logo, it's the symbol above the script
a crown
Sally
$100 [3]
Line marking southern boundary of Earth's tropical zone, or a hot Henry Miller novel
Tropic of Capricorn
Kirk Sally
$100 [10]
He rounded up "The Wild Bunch"
Sam Peckinpah
Guy
$100 [1]
Spot where a woman from India places her bindhi
[Points to his forehead]
Kirk
$200 [4]
The only relics he took from the island were his umbrella, goat-skin cap, & parrot
Robinson Crusoe
Kirk
$200 [22]
Did you ever notice how he begins his "60 Minutes" segments with "Did ya notice...?"
Andy Rooney
Guy
$200 [9]
If you decided to swim around the island of Zanzibar, you'd be swimming in this ocean
the Indian Ocean
Kirk
$200 [16]
1983 "Star Search" for a male vocalist ended with his winning $100,000
Sam Harris
Kirk
$200 [14]
Body part the star of "Star 80" had augmented to increase her "Personal Best"
[Points to both of his breasts more than once]
Guy
$300 [5]
Romance genre which might begin, "From the dark castle, she saw a mysterious figure on the misty moor"
a Gothic novel
Sally
$300 [23]
Of Madge the manicurist, Mr. Whipple, & the Maytag repairman, one who's been on TV the longest
Madge the manicurist
$300 [11]
The highest mountain south of the equator is on this continent
South America
Guy Kirk
$300 [17]
He was Ben Casey's mentor Dr. Zorba, though he wasn't Greek
Sam Jaffe
Guy
$300 [15]
The point on your palm known as the Mount of Venus
[Points to area below the thumb]
Kirk
$400 [6]
Of Byron, Keats, & Shelley, the number who lived beyond 40
none
Kirk Sally
$400 [24]
Comedian who "sells" the famous watermelon-smashing "Sledge-O-Matic"
Gallagher
Guy Sally
$400 [12]
Of more, less, or about equal, the amount of land south of as compared to north of the equator
less
Guy
$400 [18]
North Carolina senator who was member of Senate's Select Committee censuring McCarthy
Sam Ervin
Kirk
$400 [20]
If you were Mickey Mouse on a watch, how your hands would point at the military time of 2100 hours
[Alex puts left hand up in the air and extends out at his side]
Guy
$500 [7]
Creator of "Jeeves", his initials stood for Pelham Grenville
P.G. Wodehouse
Sally
$500 [25]
His TV theme began "Everyone loves the king of the sea"
Flipper
$500 [13]
Possibly the oldest inhabited region of the world, it's the open grasslands of South Africa
the veldt
Guy
$500 [19]
"Newsweek" cover headlined "True West" called him"Leading Man, Playwright, Maverick"
Sam Shepard
Sally

Double Jeopardy! Round

BLACK AMERICA FOOD PHYSICS VAMPIRES FRENCH REVOLUTION X, Y, & Z
$200 [6]
Since she received a doctorate from Georgetown U. in 1985, you can now call her Dr. Pearlie Mae
Pearl Bailey
Kirk
$200 [21]
Not an awning, but a cracker or bread spread with cheese, meat, or relish
a canapé
$200 [11]
Because a man in free fall doesn't feel this force, he feels "weightless"
gravity
Guy
$200 [26]
Man with a tan who was part of the vampire clan in "Love at First Bite"
George Hamilton
Sally
$200 [1]
Originally a citadel to protect the palace, this prison was stormed on July 14, 1789
the Bastille
Kirk
$200 [16]
The 2 highest waterfalls in North America are both in this California national park
Yosemite
Guy
$400 [7]
The largest Black magazine in the world, in November 1985 it celebrated its 40th anniversary
Ebony
Kirk
$400 [22]
Japanese for "spade roast", it's a dish of vegetables & beef slices cooked in soy sauce & sake
sukiyaki
$400 [12]
Substance used to establish the fixed points on both the Celsius & Fahrenheit scales
water
Sally
$400 [27]
Playing the Count in 7 films, he titled his 1977 autobiography "Tall, Dark, & Gruesome"
Christopher Lee
Kirk
$400 [2]
In 1793, this king & queen lost their heads over the whole darn thing
King Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette
Kirk
$400 [17]
It's directly opposite the nadir
the zenith
Sally
$600 [8]
Life & religion in the ghetto were the subjects of his 1953 novel "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
James Baldwin
Kirk
DD $500 [23]
At first, this breakfast dish had the word "German" in its name, but WWII sympathies made it "change sides"
French toast
Sally
$600 [13]
Of a fulcrum, pulley, or inclined plane, the 1 from which the action of a screw derives
an inclined plane
Guy
$600 [28]
1967 Roman Polanski film subtitled, "Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are In My Neck"
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Kirk
$600 [3]
Confined to a bathtub by skin disease, this patriot was killed there by Charlotte Corday
(Jean-Paul) Marat
Kirk
$600 [18]
Only song starting with "X" ever to make Billboard's Top 40, it a"muse"d Olivia Newton-John
"Xanadu"
Guy
$800 [9]
Known for freeing slaves, during Civil War she became only American woman to lead U.S. soldiers in battle
Harriet Tubman
Kirk
$800 [24]
Beverage liked best by the "boys" in the armed forces
milk
Kirk
$800 [14]
A rocket lifting off is a prime example of this one of Newton's laws of motion
the third law
Guy
$800 [4]
Despite its name, only 1 in 700 died during this period of extreme repression
the Reign of Terror
Kirk
$1,000 [20]
The woody element of a plant that acts as a conductor of water
a xylem
Sally
$1,000 [10]
He was the 1st singer to record a non-classical album that sold more than 1 million copies
Harry Belafonte
Guy Kirk
$1,000 [25]
Often mispronounced "tornado", a tournedo is not a storm, but this kind of steak
filet mignon
$1,000 [15]
The physical measure of disorder, it's what sets in to cause everything to break down eventually
entropy
$1,000 [5]
This radical group took its name from its headquarters on St. Jacques Street in Paris
the Jacobins
Kirk
DD $1,400 [19]
1 of the 2 world currencies that begin with "Z"
the zloty or the zaire
Guy

Final Jeopardy!

THE NOBEL PRIZE

1st given in 1969, it's the only Nobel Prize category added since awards began in 1901

Economics

Kirk "What is the Peace Prize" — wagered $1,100
Sally "What is Economics?" — wagered $1,199
Guy "What is Economics" — wagered $800

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