Show #905 1988-07-08 (taped 1988-03-22) Regular

Contestants

Dale Slone — a design engineer originally from Ogden, Utah

Pete Tremblay — a law student originally from Boston, Massachusetts

Kevin Frear — a U.S. Army captain from Baumholder, Germany (whose 4-day cash winnings total $47,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kevin $1,200 $2,700 $7,300 $300
2nd place: Admiral refrigerator + Ambatrak verticle blinds
$7,300
17 R, 2 W
Pete $1,300 $2,000 $6,800 $13,600
New champion: $13,600
$6,100
18 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Dale $1,100 $2,100 $3,100 $0
3rd place: Excel rowing machine & exercise cycle
$5,100
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

19thCENTURY AMERICA ACTORS & ROLES RELIGIOUS HISTORY FAMOUS RIDERS GAMES "P"s & "Q"s
$100 [13]
Its 1st collection of books was destroyed when the British burned the Capitol in 1814
the Library of Congress
Pete
$100 [4]
This actress once said, "I know Alexis so well, I know her almost as well as myself"
Joan Collins
Kevin
$100 [1]
King Mongkut of Siam, whose life inspired "The King & I", was a monk of this religion for over 25 years
Buddhism
Dale
$100 [21]
Dutch children believe he first arrived in Holland riding an 8-legged horse, not 8 tiny reindeer
St. Nicholas (Santa Claus)
Pete
$100 [22]
Yakov Smirnoff said his dad invented a Soviet version of this game in which every card says "Go to Jail"
Monopoly
Dale
$100 [2]
Made to be movable, like a 19-inch television with a handle on top
portable
Dale
$200 [14]
Taking 29 days in 1819, the Savannah was the 1st ship powered by this to cross an ocean
steam
Kevin
$200 [9]
In 3 1987 films, she played a witch, a widow, & an attorney
Cher
Pete
$200 [5]
The 3rd of these Tibetan leaders was the 1st to be known by the title in his own lifetime
the Dalai Lama
Dale
$200 [27]
A legend says this Mexican bandit & revolutionary once changed into a black horse to escape capture
(Pancho) Villa
Pete
$200 [23]
This ancient game uses a board with 24 spear-shaped points & 2 dice per player
backgammon
Kevin
$200 [3]
From Latin "to sieve", it's what coffee does in some coffeepots
percolate
Pete
$300 [15]
Wild Bill Hickok scouted for this flamboyant cavalry leader
Custer
Dale
$300 [10]
In 3 1987 films, he played Satan, a newsman, & a bum
Jack Nicholson
Pete
$300 [16]
For centuries, the Vaishnavas have worshipped this Hindu god & his incarnations
Vishnu
Dale
$300 [28]
Famous fictional sidekick whose horse was called "White Feller", "Paint", & finally, "Scout"
Tonto
Dale
$300 [24]
Set in 1913 Europe, the game named for this calls it "the most famous train in the world"
the Orient Express
Kevin
$300 [6]
4 speakers were used for this type of audio system popular in the 1970s
quadraphonic
Dale
$400 [18]
Stamps with this on them were 1st available in 1847
glue
Kevin
$400 [11]
In "Reds", Warren Beatty played this Amer. journalist who went to Russia as a Communist sympathizer
John Reed
Dale
$400 [17]
The Hawaiians believed this goddess lived in the Kilauea volcano
Pele
Pete
$400 [25]
In both the 1st & the last scenes of the play "The Odd Couple", Oscar Madison is playing this
poker
Pete
$400 [7]
A dilemma, or a state of perplexity or doubt
a quandary
Kevin
$500 [19]
At the end of the Civil War, this famous nurse helped inspect the notorious Andersonville prison
Clara Barton
Kevin Pete
$500 [12]
His Oscar was not for his 1958 portrayal of Big Daddy, but for his role in 1958's "The Big Country"
Burl Ives
Pete
$500 [20]
He was the first Christian martyr
Stephen
Kevin Pete
DD $600 [26]
3 of the 5 letters which only appear on 1 Scrabble letter tile apiece
(3 of) Q, X, Z (J or K)
Pete
$500 [8]
Of or belonging to the aristocratic families of ancient Rome
patrician
Kevin

Double Jeopardy! Round

SHAKESPEAREAN 1st LINES REPUBLICANS LERNER & LOEWE HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS TREES DOGS
$200 [15]
He gives Banquo a weather report: "So foul and fair a day I have not seen"
Macbeth
Dale
$200 [4]
In 1987, N.Y. governor Mario Cuomo proposed that this former pres. be made chief arms negotiator
Nixon
Pete
$200 [6]
Rodgers & Hammerstein almost adapted "Pygmalion" before Lerner & Loewe made it into this 1956 musical
My Fair Lady
Dale
$200 [14]
Famous landmark bordered by Houston St., Bonham St., & Crockett St.
the Alamo
Pete
$200 [7]
The fire-resistant spongy ruddy bark of these tall coastal trees has helped them survive up to 2000 years
a redwood
Dale
$600 [28]
Some people think the West Highland Terrier is a white version of this breed, but it's not
a Scottish Terrier
Kevin
$400 [17]
His 1st line is also the 1st line of the play: "Now is the winter of our discontent..."
Richard III
Kevin Dale
$400 [1]
Though few knew it at the time, during the height of Watergate, this White House Chief of Staff was "acting president"
Al Haig
Pete
$400 [10]
This 1958 musical won more Oscars than any film before it
Gigi
Kevin
$400 [16]
U.S. routes are designated by a number on a sign shaped like this
a shield
Kevin
$400 [8]
Chaparral is a thicket abounding especially in the scrub variety of this tree
oak
$800 [27]
The Borzoi is also known by this name
a Russian Wolfhound
Kevin
$600 [18]
He says of his relationship to Claudius, "a little more than kin, and less than kind"
Hamlet
Pete
$800 [3]
1st elected to the state legislature in 1950, this Oregon senator has never lost an election
(Mark) Hatfield
Pete
$600 [11]
In a popular Lerner & Loewe song, "the way to handle a woman is to" do this
to love her
Kevin
$600 [20]
Southernmost & northernmost points of this highway system are Puerto Montt, Chile & the U.S.-Mexican border
the Pan-American Highway
Pete
$600 [9]
The river, the paper, & the canoe, are all species of this tree
birch
Kevin
$1,000 [26]
Legend says Marie Antoinette compared the ears of this toy breed to a butterfly & thus named it
a Papillon
$800 [19]
Her 1st line, "How now, who calls?", is spoken to her nurse
Juliet
Dale
$1,000 [5]
The House Minority Leader is Congressman Robert Michel of this state
Illinois
Kevin
$800 [12]
In "Paint Your Wagon", the mayor, Ben Rumson, buys one of these from a Mormon
a wife
Pete
$800 [21]
These 2 eastern cities just 39 miles apart are both encircled by expressways called beltways
Baltimore & Washington, D.C.
Kevin
$1,000 [25]
This 16-letter word is the study of tree rings to determine a tree's age pattern of growth
dendrochronology
$1,000 [23]
Confronting his mate in the forest, his first line is, "Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania"
Oberon
Dale
DD $1,200 [2]
U.S. News calls this former diplomat the odds-on favorite to be our 1st woman Sec'y of State
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Pete
$1,000 [13]
This collaborator of George S. Kaufman directed "Camelot" on Broadway
(Moss) Hart
Dale
$1,000 [22]
Just completed after 52 years, this N.C.-Virginia parkway is USA's longest road for non-commercial use
the Blue Ridge Parkway
Kevin
DD $2,000 [24]
Arboreal title of the following:[Instrumental music plays.]
"Willow Weep For Me"
Dale

Final Jeopardy!

ASIA

This country has been Communist since 1924, longer than any other except the USSR

Mongolia (the Mongolian People's Republic)

Dale "What is Albania" — wagered $3,100
Pete "What is Mongolia?" — wagered $6,800
Kevin "What is China?" — wagered $7,000

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