Show #429 1986-05-01 (taped 1985-12-03) Regular

Contestants

Sue Garfinkel — a housewife and a horse breeder from East Windsor, New Jersey

Peter Friedland — an artificial intelligence researcher from Los Altos, California

Cliff Miles Katskee — an actor from Chicago, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $18,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Cliff	$800	$0	$5,600	$999 3-day champion: $19,000	$5,400 21 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Peter	$700	$0	$800	$0 3rd place: Hitachi stereo system	$800 8 R, 3 W
Sue	$1,400	$100	$5,100	$100 2nd place: Turco gas grill + Stylette plastic wicker dining set	$4,800 14 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS	MONEY	1956	CHEMISTRY	POULTRY	ODDS & ENDS
$100 [24] Landing in Venezuela in 1498, Christopher Columbus thought he was near this Biblical paradise the Garden of Eden Cliff	$100 [1] The Secret Service reports that in 1984 they seized almost $90 million worth of it counterfeit money Peter	$100 [10] Ency. Britannica called his recording of "Blue Suede Shoes" a "rhythmic monstrosity" Elvis Cliff	$100 [2] When copper corrodes, it turns this enviable color green Sue	$100 [7] Even if a male turkey is named Dick or Harry, he'll come if you call this name Tom Cliff	$100 [16] Reason why you'd better watch out, you'd better not cry, & you'd better not pout because Santa Claus is coming to town Cliff
—	$200 [3] 1 of 2 presidents who appeared on coins the year after they died FDR (or JFK) Sue	$200 [11] While blonde pinup Diana Dors visited the U.S., she went to England to make a film with Olivier Marilyn Monroe Cliff	$200 [14] Member of carbon family so vital to electronics a high-tech "valley" bears its name silicon Peter	$200 [8] Finest feather-stuffed pillows contain about ¾ down & ¼ feathers from this bird a goose Cliff Sue	$200 [17] Peter Dowdeswell ate a world record 144 of these dried fruits in 35 seconds prunes Cliff Peter
—	$300 [4] Most businessmen prefer to do risky deals with OPM, meaning this other people's money Sue	$300 [12] Denouncing this past Russian leader, Khrushchev attacked & ridiculed his accomplishments Stalin Cliff	$300 [15] To change from solid to liquid state; it happens to young girls' hearts on seeing Rob Lowe melt Sue	$300 [9] 1 of 2 names given chickens raised only for their meat a fryer (or broiler) Cliff	$300 [20] With north at 0°, the degree number to which west would correspond 270 Cliff Peter Sue
—	DD $300 [5] Originally, it referred to a deerskin, a common medium of exchange on the frontier a buck Sue	$400 [13] With Congress opposing Red China's admission to U.N., Ike gave support to this leader's Taipei government Chiang Kai-shek Peter	$400 [18] Of acidic, alkaline, or neutral, what a 7 indicates on the numerical pH scale neutral Peter	—	$400 [21] Named for its projections that protected the sitter from drafts, it's a traditional fireside chair a wing chair
—	$500 [6] Besides the U.S. Treasury, the only other agency that can legally issue U.S. currency the Federal Reserve System	$500 [23] For Jan. 1956, they were "Our Miss Brooks", "Edgar Bergen", "2 for the Money" & "Dragnet" top radio shows in 1956 Cliff Peter Sue	$500 [19] Branch of chemistry that studies compounds obtained from minerals inorganic chemistry Cliff Peter Sue	—	$500 [22] Sash worn with Japanese kimono, it sounds like an off-Broadway award an obi Cliff

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCANDINAVIA	SPORT OF KINGS	MOVIE ANATOMY	20THCENTURY PERSONALITIES	OPERA	"CROSS" WORDS
$200 [23] The word means "table of open-faced sandwiches" a smorgasbord Cliff	$200 [19] Citation was the 1st horse whose winnings topped this amount a million dollars Cliff	$200 [1] Film in which Gert Frobe practiced his Midas touch on Shirley Eaton Goldfinger Peter	$200 [6] In 1925, he dictated his autobiography to fellow prisoner Rudolf Hess Adolf Hitler Cliff	$200 [8] Verdi's "Aida" was written in connection with opening of this waterway the Suez Canal Cliff	$200 [12] To betray to double cross Peter
$400 [24] The major religion of all of Scandinavia Lutheran Cliff	$400 [22] Shortest race of the Triple Crown the Preakness Cliff	$400 [2] In 1935's "Hands Across the Table", Carol Lombard won "cuticle" acclaim playing one of these a manicurist Cliff	$400 [7] It's what William John Clifton Haley became famous doing in the 1950s rock & roll Sue	$400 [14] It can take 2 evenings to perform this Prokofiev opera based on similarly lengthy Tolstoy novel War and Peace Peter	$400 [13] This most common form of the condition doctors call strabismus occurs in far-sighted children cross-eyed Sue
$600 [25] Par Fabian Lagerkvist, Selma Lagerlof, & Knut Hamsun have won Nobel Prizes in this field literature Sue	$600 [26] Number of horses a bettor must correctly pick to win an "exacta" 2 Cliff	$600 [3] In this 1955 film, Fred Astaire takes Leslie Caron under his wing & onto the dance floor Daddy Long Legs Cliff	$600 [9] When he died in 1926, all movie studios suspended production for 2 minutes in his honor Valentino Cliff	$800 [17] There's some clowning around in this opera meaning "the clowns" until people start getting killed I Pagliacci Sue	$600 [15] In needlework, it forms an "X" the cross stitch Sue
—	—	DD $1,000 [4] Title of 1978 movie of which thefollowingwas the love theme:"I'm like a prisoner captured by your eyes" The Eyes of Laura Mars Cliff	$800 [10] Mocked later for saying "I'm in control here", he was in control as Watergate White House crumbled Haig Cliff	DD $1,000 [16] 2 of 3 languages in which Mozart wrote operas (2 of) German, Italian, or Latin Sue	$800 [20] Panama is often called this the crossroads of the world Sue
—	—	$1,000 [5] Sprung from jail in 1957's "A Face in the Crowd", he went on to become TV's favorite small-town sheriff Andy Griffith Cliff	$1,000 [11] In 1985, Jimmy Breslin said this man did more to change NYC than any politician in decades Bernard Goetz Cliff	$1,000 [18] In "Rigoletto", the Duke's famous lament that the lady is fickle "La donna è mobile" Sue	$1,000 [21] Series of plays in bridge in which player trumps suits by alternating lead to the dummy a cross ruff Sue

Final Jeopardy!

HOLIDAYS

Ranked #2 after Christmas, about 850 million greeting cards are sold yearly for this holiday

Valentine's Day

Peter "What is Mother's Day" — wagered $800

Sue "What is Mother's Day?" — wagered $5,000

Cliff "What is Mother's Day" — wagered $4,601

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