Show #440 1986-05-16 (taped 1985-12-10) Regular

"Signature game" with all clues prepared byJeopardy!researcher Ruth Deutsch.

Contestants

Michael Madden — a chiropractor from San Diego, California

John McHugh — a banker from Oakland, California

Mark Pierce — an attorney from Tamarac, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,199)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mark $700 $1,100 $5,700 $4,600
2-day champion: $6,799
$5,700
16 R, 3 W
John $800 $-1,300 $900 $5
3rd place: Maytag washer & dryer
$1,400
10 R, 10 W (including 1 DD)
Michael $500 $-100 $2,100 $1,800
2nd place: trip to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
$2,700
12 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

1965 SYMBOLS 3-LETTER PRODUCTS REFERENCE BOOKS ROCK 'N' ROLL TRIVIA VIEWS OF THE WORLD
$100 [6]
Idling 6 daily newspapers in this large city, a 23-day strike made headlines, mostly elsewhere
New York
Mark John Michael
$100 [13]
Though this state is in the Midwest, the post office insists it's "NE"
Nebraska
Mark
$100 [7]
Comes as a "stic", a "clic", or the type that you "flick"
a Bic
Mark
$100 [21]
The Wallace family were "the people" behind this, "1st reference book... to be read for pleasure"
The People's Almanac
Mark John
$100 [1]
Even at a "white wedding", Billy Idol might wear his trademark, black clothing made from this
leather
Michael
$100 [23]
From the "top of the Mark" you'll have breathtaking view of this city
San Francisco
John
$200 [9]
Not to be taken for "Grant"ed at 61, Cary married this 27-year-old actress
Dyan Cannon
Michael
$200 [14]
When you're playing a sonata & you see a "pp", you should do this
play very quietly (very softly)
Mark Michael
$200 [8]
To some, a dog or a frog; to others, a brand of evaporated milk
Pet
Michael
$200 [22]
It's the oldest & largest English language general encyclopedia, & its entry on itself says so
Britannica
Michael
$200 [2]
From 1964 to 1973, Roger McGuinn was the only member to remain aloft with this "flock"
The Byrds
Mark
$300 [25]
Step outside Gum Dept. Store, walk directly across Red Square & you'll see your contact leaning on this wall
the Kremlin Wall
Michael
$300 [10]
Launched Apr. 6th, the Early Bird satellite caught not worms but these
transcontinental TV transmissions (or telephone calls)
$300 [15]
Around the U.S., you'll find them designated DEN, PIT, & SAT, but not FLY
airports
$300 [18]
Not to be left out, in early 1985 this other Coca Cola cola acquired a new taste, too
Tab
John Michael
$300 [3]
The Sex Pistols' Sid & Johnny
Sid Vicious & Johnny Rotten
Mark Michael
DD $500 [24]
It's the type of local "hot spot" you'd see near this boardwalk
a volcano
John
$400 [11]
Not only Winston Churchill, but also this U.S. ambassador to U.N., died in London
Adlai Stevenson
John
$400 [16]
If your calendar shows the moon's phases, the new moon will appear this way
a blackened circle
Mark John
$400 [19]
Using a scent, not an extract, it's "lemon"ed for your nose's benefit, not your dishes'
Joy
Mark John
$400 [4]
The trio of Holland/Dozier/Holland wrote the 1st trio of hits that this Motown trio made #1
the Supremes
Michael
$500 [12]
When M. Taylor resigned July 8; Henry Cabot Lodge again became U.S. Amb. to this embattled country
South Vietnam
John
$500 [17]
He signed on w/ the Pequod using "an exact counterpart of a queer round figure" tattooed on his arm
Queequeg
Mark John
$500 [20]
This cleaning product's "target" is your teeth
Aim
Mark
$500 [5]
Alice Cooper's "School's out" album came in a jacket resembling this classroom item
a desk

Double Jeopardy! Round

MEASUREMENTS EXPERTS CELEBRITY QUOTES IT'S FATTENING AIR ENDS WITH "X"
$200 [18]
Measuring devices with same name, 1 finds North, the other can draw circles around it
a compass
Michael
$200 [10]
A well-"red" hematologist spends 9-10 years studying this liquid
blood
John
$200 [1]
When asked how it felt to be "the screen's greatest lover", this "King" replied, "it's a living"
Clark Gable
Mark
$200 [8]
Fusilli, ditalini, & ziti are all equally fattening varieties of this
pasta
Michael
$200 [19]
Barometers are based on fact that average air pressure at sea level holds up 29.92 inches of this
mercury
Mark Michael
$200 [6]
According to popular saying, if something works, don't do this to it
fix it
John
$400 [21]
A person measuring 35-22-58 could be called this 1960s term, even without long hair
a hippie
John
$400 [11]
An expert, one who's passed the "nose test", will test this 1st on a blotter, then on skin
perfume
Michael
$400 [2]
Comedienne who feels if she lived in a small town, "I'd be... that crazy Mrs. Rosenberg"
Joan Rivers
Michael
$400 [9]
Of 1 oz. each of peanuts, peanut butter or butter, the 1 with the most calories
butter
John Michael
$400 [20]
Type of "air noise" usually associated with jets, it's also produced by lightning
a sonic boom
Mark
$400 [7]
Shortened name for type of cable bringing this answer to your TV, if you have CATV
coax
$600 [22]
Tho U.S. public rejects Metrics, Nat'l Bureau of Standards keeps this measure for mass under glass
a kilogram
John
$600 [12]
Gianfrancesco Cresci & Edward Johnston are best known, not for what they wrote but this, their penmanship
calligraphy
$600 [3]
20th C. Spanish artist who said, "only difference between myself & madman is that I am not mad"
Salvador Dali
John
$600 [14]
If you read the carton, you'll find the "extra rich" substance in extra rich milk is this
milk fat (or butter fat)
$600 [25]
Oxygen toxicity & nitrogen narcosis are among the hazards of this sport
deep sea diving (scuba diving)
John
DD $600 [13]
Semi-precious stone with alternating color bands, seen frequently making a cameo appearance
onyx
Michael
$800 [29]
According to T.S. Eliot's "love song", he "measured out" his life with coffee spoons
J. Alfred Prufrock
Mark
$800 [23]
In the military, rank that falls between a marksman & expert
sharpshooter
$800 [4]
TV host who considers himself witty & earthy, "as if Voltaire & Jane Russell had had a child"
Dick Cavett
$800 [15]
Frozen French dessert that sounds like it could "nuke" your diet
a bombe
Mark John
$800 [26]
The Wright Bros. used 1 to test their plane at 27 mph; today these can simulate mach 1 speeds
wind machines (or wind tunnels)
Mark
$800 [16]
After 273 yrs., the Royal Greenwich Observatory moved to castle in this English coastal county
Sussex
Mark
$1,000 [24]
Descriptive of Leonardo & his colleagues, it's what we call a multi-talented expert today
a Renaissance man
Michael
$1,000 [5]
Famous B'way couple who turned down movie offers saying, "we can be bought, but we can't be bored"
Lunt & Fontanne
John
$1,000 [28]
To gain a lb. of fat, all you need to do is eat this many calories without burning them off
3,500
$1,000 [27]
Shielding the Earth from ultraviolet rays is this, 15 miles up, the "ozone zone"
the stratosphere
John
$1,000 [17]
American actress whose career saw the "Light in the Piazza" before she stumbled into "The Black Hole"
Yvette Mimieux
Mark

Final Jeopardy!

THE CALENDAR

Day of the week Valentine's Day will be if New Year's Day falls on a Monday

Wednesday

John "What is Thursday" — wagered $895
Michael "What is Friday" — wagered $300
Mark "What is Thursday?" — wagered $1,100

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