Show #936 1988-10-03 (taped 1988-07-26) Regular

Contestants

Paul Oberjuerge — a journalist from Highland, California

Debbie Brown — a college administrator from Cleveland, Ohio

Sue Honor — a finance coordinator from Berkeley, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,900)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Sue $400 $300 $8,600 $13,600
2-day champion: $17,500
$7,700
18 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Debbie $-100 $0 $4,400 $8,700
3rd place: Scott audio-video entertainment system
$4,900
15 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Paul $1,700 $2,700 $6,700 $10,000
2nd place: trip on Eastern to Tampa & stay at Safety Harbor Spa & Fitness Center
$6,700
16 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "KN" U.S.A. SPORTS TRIVIA INTERNATIONAL CUISINE THE OSCARS BOB HOPE
$100 [1]
A short, thick German sausage
knockwurst
Sue
$100 [9]
Dunes of white gypsum rise in White Sands National Monument in this state
New Mexico
Debbie Paul
$100 [3]
Until the speedway was built in 1959, the auto races were held on this Florida beach
Daytona Beach
Sue
$100 [15]
These Chinese dumplings are commonly served in soup or fried as a side dish
wonton
Paul
$100 [24]
His Oscar in 1932 wasn't for building a better mousetrap but a better mouse
Walt Disney
Debbie
$100 [17]
Hope said of his many years with this network, "I've seen 8 peacocks come & go--& quite a few turkeys"
NBC
Debbie
$200 [2]
It was Tennessee's 1st state capital
Knoxville
Paul
$200 [10]
Fiddletown, Rough & Ready, Poverty Hill & Chinese Camp were towns in this state's "Gold Country"
California
Sue
$200 [5]
In 1927 the Toronto St. Patricks took this more botanical-sounding name
the Maple Leafs
Paul
$200 [18]
Hungarian goulash is traditionally seasoned with this powdered pepper
paprika
Debbie
$300 [26]
He's received 3 nominations for acting in Italian language films; the latest was for "Dark Eyes"
(Marcello) Mastroianni
Debbie
$200 [20]
Leslie
Bob Hope's first name
Debbie Paul
$300 [4]
A trinket, a gewgaw
a knickknack
Debbie
$300 [12]
Only state that borders 4 Mexican states
Texas
Paul
$300 [6]
In the opening of this show, you can now hear the announcers' comments on Vinko Bogataj's ski jump fall
(ABC's) The Wide World of Sports
Paul
$300 [19]
Tamales are sometimes steamed in banana leaves but are usually wrapped in these
corn husks
Paul
$400 [27]
3 of the 1st 4 actresses to win Oscars were born in this country, not the U.S.
Canada
Sue Debbie
$300 [21]
Hope said Dave Thomas of the "SCTV" comedy series does this better than anybody
imitate him
Sue
$400 [11]
A varlet
a knave
Paul
$400 [13]
The states named for the Sioux word for "friend" or "ally"
North & South Dakota
Paul
$400 [7]
He has played in the most NBA All-Star Games by far
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Paul
$400 [22]
This chicken dish made with noodles, cheese & cream sauce was named for an Italian opera singer
chicken tetrazzini
DD $500 [25]
1 of 2 films for which Laurence Olivier received Oscars; he was a prince in one & a king in the other
Hamlet or Henry V
Debbie
$500 [16]
A hilarious joke might be described as "a real" one of these
a knee-slapper
Paul
$500 [14]
Rocky Mountain state named for a valley in Pennsylvania
Wyoming
$500 [8]
The day after suffering worst Super Bowl loss in history, they became the 1st team to agree to drug testing
the New England Patriots
Debbie Paul
$500 [23]
From the Polish meaning "old woman", these little French cakes are often served "au rhum"
baba
Debbie

Double Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS PAIRS FICTIONAL CHARACTERS PRESIDENTS EUROPEAN CITIES 9-LETTER WORDS 1983
$200 [11]
He's a water fetcher, she's a tumbler; together they're in a nursery rhyme
Jack & Jill
Sue
$200 [6]
This Mark Twain character resisted the Widow Douglas' attempts to "sivilize" him
Huck Finn
Sue
$200 [26]
The inscription on his New York City tomb reads, "Let us have peace"
Grant
Sue
$200 [19]
This Polish capital's coat of arms depicts a mermaid brandishing a sword & shield
Warsaw
Sue
$200 [1]
Christmas falls under this sign of the zodiac
Capricorn
Debbie
$200 [16]
After 11 years, the cast of this show finally got to go home from the Korean War
M*A*S*H
Sue
$400 [12]
The 2 body parts an expensive purchase might cost you
an arm & a leg
Sue
$400 [7]
Lovely Katrina van Tassel was in his weekly singing class in Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod Crane
Sue
$400 [27]
After his swearing in by a judge, his 1st presidential order was "Let's get airborne"
Lyndon Johnson
Debbie
$400 [22]
This Belgian city is famous as one of the world's major seaports & as the home of Peter Paul Rubens
Antwerp
$400 [2]
Metaphorically it can refer to paperwork, but it usually means a heavy, rapid snow slide
an avalanche
Sue
$400 [17]
ABC broadcast this Herman Wouk novel as an 18-hour miniseries, most expensive to that date
The Winds of War
Debbie
$800 [14]
A seamstress who's hesitant & indecisive about what length to make the skirt might do this
hem & haw
Sue
$600 [8]
In a classic Gothic novel, she accepts Mr. Rochester's proposal, not knowing he has a wife
Jane Eyre
Debbie
$600 [28]
His poker face helped him finish $10,000 ahead playing cards in the service during WWII
Richard Nixon
Paul
$600 [23]
In 1783 this Irish town began making the fine cut glassware that bears its name
Waterford
Debbie
$600 [3]
It describes a potent potable or someone who overindulges in them
alcoholic
Debbie
$600 [18]
Over 2 million people lined both sides of the East River to celebrate the 100th birthday of this structure
the Brooklyn Bridge
Paul
$1,000 [15]
Loud shout once used to announce pursuit of a crook to get others to join the chase
hue & cry
Sue
$800 [9]
The only people who attended his funeral were his father & Nick Carraway
Jay Gatsby (the Great Gatsby)
Debbie
$800 [29]
Jackson's amb. to Russia, Polk's Sec'y of State, Pierce's amb. to Britain & our 15th president
(James) Buchanan
Sue
$800 [24]
Dubrovnik, one of the best-preserved walled cities in Europe, is in this country
Yugoslavia
Paul
$800 [4]
This word describes a tool having strong adjustable-toothed jaws like its animal namesake
alligator
$800 [20]
When banned from covering this October invasion, the press relied on ham radio operators
Grenada
Debbie
DD $1,500 [13]
Names on the side of every Dustbuster sold in the U.S.
Black+Decker
Sue
$1,000 [10]
This Dorothy Sayers detective has a valet named Bunter
Lord Peter Wimsey
DD $1,000 [30]
Our only president to have earned a Ph.D.
Woodrow Wilson
Sue
$1,000 [25]
This Spanish city, a leading cultural center, is the capital of Catalonia
Barcelona
Paul
$1,000 [5]
As a teenager, the future Alexander the Great was tutored by this philosopher
Aristotle
Sue
$1,000 [21]
For much of the year, this look at the future by John Naisbitt was on the best seller list
Megatrends
Paul

Final Jeopardy!

TECHNOLOGY

They 1st appeared in British shops, hotels & railway stations in 1884 & were called silence cabinets

telephone booths

Debbie "What are phone booths" — wagered $4,300
Paul "What are telephone booths" — wagered $3,300
Sue "What are telephone booths?" — wagered $5,000

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