Show #439 1986-05-15 (taped 1985-12-10) Regular

Contestants

Connie Brisendine — a calligrapher originally from Bakersfield, California

Mark Pierce — an attorney from Tamarac, Florida

Joe Schmitz — a helicopter pilot and maintenance officer from Fort Bragg, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Joe $800 $1,500 $3,100 $0
3rd place: Hitachi stereo system
$3,500
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Mark $500 $1,500 $4,200 $2,199
New champion: $2,199
$4,700
15 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Connie $1,200 $1,600 $3,100 $100
2nd place: Action Recliner + LouverDrape vertical blinds
$3,600
12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

STATE CAPITALS GOLF 3-LETTER NAMES WINDOWS MAY "PEANUTS"
$100 [1]
For over 20 years, Lincoln lived in this capital of the "Land of Lincoln"
Springfield
Joe
$100 [6]
You bet your life, he once made a hole in one
Groucho Marx
Connie
$100 [16]
Johnson's first, Bobby's last, Dick Patten's "middle"
Van
Mark
$100 [24]
You'll also find these windows on the starboard side of the ship
port holes
Joe
$100 [21]
Tchaikovsky was guest conductor when this hall opened in New York City, May 5, 1891
Carnegie Hall
Mark Connie
$100 [11]
On his baseball team Charlie Brown plays this position
the pitcher
Joe
$200 [2]
Founded in 1854 by anti-slavery settlers, it's the capital of Kansas
Topeka
Connie
$200 [7]
In 1946, Byron Nelson lost the U.S. Open when his caddy accidentally kicked this
his ball
Mark
$200 [17]
Patricia Neal won a 1963 Oscar playing housekeeper to this Paul Newman character
Hud
Mark
$200 [26]
Poem with "Away to the window I flew like a flash, tore open the shutters & threw up the sash"
"The Night Before Christmas"
Joe
$200 [22]
On May 8, 1914, the Senate approved this holiday to be observed on the 2nd Sunday in May
Mother's Day
Mark
$200 [12]
Charles Schulz says "Peanuts" doesn't show them because the strip is only 1½" high & they couldn't stand up
adults
Mark
$300 [3]
The North's largest Confederate prisoner of war camp was in this Ohio capital
Columbus
Connie
$300 [8]
Setting the par for a hole is determined by 1 of these 2 factors
the distance of the hole (or degree of difficulty)
Joe
$300 [18]
This Bobby was the first player ever to win MVP 3 consecutive years in the NHL
Orr
Connie
$300 [27]
Rhoda's job on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
a window dresser
Joe
$300 [23]
The Hall of Science at the May 1933 Chicago expo was empty due to her fan dance at another exhibit
Sally Rand
Mark
$300 [13]
Title of the first Peanuts TV show which 1st aired on December 9, 1965
It's A Charlie Brown Christmas
Joe Connie
$400 [4]
Though a community did not really exist, this was made the capital of Wisconsin Territory in 1836
Madison
Joe
$400 [9]
1st golfer to win all 5 major titles, he did it twice
Jack Nicklaus
Joe Mark Connie
$400 [19]
Damon Runyon's Mr. Masterson
Sky
Mark
DD $400 [28]
It's a window with adjustable louvers or French title of thefollowingtango:[Instrumental music plays]
jalousie
Joe
$400 [25]
He swatted out the last home run of his career May 25, 1935, at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
Babe Ruth
Mark
$400 [14]
Of a butcher, barber or baker, the job of Charlie Brown's father
a barber
Mark
$500 [5]
To attract German money to finance a railroad, this capital was named for a German statesman
Bismarck
Connie
$500 [10]
Still used today, this great golf course's history dates back to Mary, Queen of Scots, in the 16th century
St. Andrews
Mark
$500 [20]
Blue-eyed Peter O'Toole played a Tibetan priest in 1984 TV movie of this Kipling tale
Kim
Joe
$500 [15]
He doesn't remember Charlie Brown's name & thinks of him as "that round-headed kid"
Snoopy
Mark

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN WOMEN GEOLOGY HOTELS RELIGION TV HOSTS "TRI" WORDS
$200 [3]
Christine Craft's case alleged she was demoted from this job due to her appearance
a TV newswoman
Joe
$200 [16]
Intense pressure on shale turns it into this "blackboard" material
slate
Joe
$200 [19]
Between 1929 & 1936, 85% of American hotels had to declare this
bankruptcy
Joe
$200 [18]
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
the Golden Rule
Connie
$200 [8]
Former Frankenstein's monster who was the host of "Thriller"
Boris Karloff
Mark
$200 [1]
It can be "by combat" or "by jury"
trial
Mark
$400 [4]
As a foreign correspondent with the N.Y. Times, Anne McCormick was the 1st woman to win one
a Pulitzer Prize
Connie
$400 [17]
Of 12, 26, or 49 mi., the vertical difference between the highest mountain & lowest depth of the sea
12
$400 [20]
Hilton International's slogan could also be "You're gonna like us" since it's owned by this U.S. airline
TWA
Connie
$400 [24]
Leaves left over from this Sunday are burned to make ashes for next year's Ash Wednesday
Palm Sunday
Joe
$400 [9]
These brothers hosted a controversial CBS variety show in the late 1960s
the Smothers Brothers (Tom & Dick)
Mark
$400 [2]
The god Neptune is usually pictured holding one, maybe because his dentist recommended it
a trident
Connie
$600 [5]
In 1978, she became 1st Black woman ever honored on a U.S. postage stamp
Harriet Tubman
Connie
DD $500 [22]
Generic name for any posh hotel that came from a Belgian town famous for its mineral springs
spa
Connie
$600 [25]
Olaf, a Viking who terrorized the coasts of England, is this country's patron saint
Norway
Joe
DD $500 [10]
At one time or another, these 3 "timely" NBC shows were hosted by Garroway, Allen & Snyder
The Today Show , The Tonight Show & The Tomorrow Show
Mark
$600 [13]
Many official forms are filled out in it
triplicate
Mark
$800 [6]
On Jan. 21, 1908, NYC enacted the Sullivan ordinance, prohibiting women from doing this
smoking
$600 [21]
This 19th century hotelier made his surname synonymous with elegant hotels
Cesar Ritz
$800 [11]
Art Baker, Jack Smith & Rich Little each emceed this "highly requested" show
You Asked For It
$800 [14]
Only country in the world whose name fits the category, it's 2 islands in the Caribbean
Trinidad & Tobago
Mark
$1,000 [7]
In 1916, 4 years before all women "got the vote", she became 1st woman elected to the House
Jeanette Rankin
$1,000 [23]
Called "rotunda men" in 1829, the world's 1st luxury hotel, Boston's Tremont, was 1st to use them
bellhops (bellmen)
$1,000 [12]
A spinoff from "That's Incredible", this show's hosts were B. Meredith, P. Presley & J. Stafford
Those Amazing Animals
Joe Mark
$1,000 [15]
The Missouri, to the Mississippi
a tributary
Joe

Final Jeopardy!

EUROPE

Only European country named for its establishing family, which still rules today

Liechtenstein

Joe "What is Vatican City" — wagered $3,100
Connie "What is England?" — wagered $3,000
Mark "What is Monaco?" — wagered $2,001

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