Show #948 1988-10-19 (taped 1988-08-02) Regular

Contestants

Tim Moore — a student from Wichita, Kansas

Jamie Watson — an employment counselor from Redondo Beach, California

Mark Milett — a hearings and appeals analyst originally from Culver City, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,201)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mark $2,200 $3,600 $6,000 $6,000
2-day champion: $16,201
$6,500
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Jamie $0 $900 $2,700 $200
3rd place: Revere Ware cookware
$2,100
9 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Tim $1,000 $1,300 $2,500 $5,000
2nd place: Pinseeker golf club + Hatteras hammocks
$2,500
19 R, 7 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD GEOGRAPHY ELECTRICITY WINES RELIGION SOCCER "DARK"
$100 [2]
Ranges within this mountain system include the Bighorn, Teton & Wasatch
the Rockies
Mark
$100 [20]
Type of electricity you create by stroking a cat's fur or dragging your feet across a rug
static electricity
Tim
$100 [16]
Wines should be judged by appearance, taste & this
smell (aroma, bouquet)
Mark
$100 [11]
Some say 2 thieves who died beside him were named Dismas & Gestas
Jesus
Mark
$100 [17]
At the beginning of a game, the choice of goal & kickoff is decided by this
a toss of a coin
Mark
$100 [10]
A place to develop photographs
the dark room
Tim
$200 [5]
The Netherlands Antilles, an equal partner in the kingdom of the Netherlands, lie in this body of water
the Caribbean
Tim
$200 [21]
The particle of matter which is the basic negative charge of electricity is called this
an electron
Tim
$200 [25]
This color wine is considered "all-purpose" since you can serve it with both meat & fish
rosé
Tim
$200 [12]
House of worship where you'd find an imam leading the people in prayer
a mosque
Jamie
$200 [18]
Tackling is taking the ball away from an opponent by using these
the feet
Tim
$200 [9]
The period 476-800 A.D.
the Dark Ages
Tim
$300 [6]
Its counties include Clwyd, Gwynedd & Dyfed
Wales
Mark
$300 [22]
Like charges do this to one another
repel
Mark Jamie
$300 [28]
California is the leading U.S. wine-producing state while this state is 2nd
New York
Jamie
$300 [13]
Most of the people in Burma, Sri Lanka & Laos are followers of this religion
Buddhism
Mark
$300 [19]
Number of players fielded by a soccer team
11
Tim
$300 [1]
A Peter Sellers film in the Pink Panther series
A Shot in the Dark
Jamie
$400 [7]
The island of Cyprus is considered part of this continent
Asia
Mark
$400 [26]
The original one made by Volta alternated silver & zinc plates separated by cloth soaked in salt solution
a battery
Tim
$400 [29]
Originally a "clear" wine which was exported, it's the common name given to red wines of Bordeaux
claret
$400 [14]
1st published in Palmyra, N.Y. in 1830, this book was reportedly translated from golden plates
the Book of Mormon
Jamie
$400 [23]
As in football, this infraction is indicated by grasping the wrist with the opposite hand
holding
Mark
DD $500 [3]
In March 1974this songtopped the pop charts:"She dealt two cards, a queen and a three / And mumbled some words that were so strange to me / And then she turned up a two-eyed jack / My eyes saw red but the card..."
"Dark Lady"
Mark
$500 [8]
Traditional name southwestern France; Eleanor, mother of Richard the Lionhearted, was from there
Aquitaine
Mark Jamie
$500 [27]
Most European countries use 200-250 volts A.C. whereas our standard current uses this many volts
110 (110-120)
Mark Jamie
$500 [30]
Blanc de blancs is a type of this made from the white Chardonnay grape
champagne
Mark
$500 [15]
This religion was founded by Guru Nanak, a Hindu teacher
Sikhism
Tim
$500 [24]
Country in which the 1994 World Cup tournament will be held
the United States
Mark
$500 [4]
In a commercial for this beer, Martin Mull advised, "Don't be afraid of the dark"
Michelob
Tim

Double Jeopardy! Round

THEATER CATS & DOGS AUTHORS THE 17th CENTURY "LIGHT" WASHINGTON, D.C.
$200 [25]
The Starlighterhalle Theater was built in 1988 in Bochum, W. Ger. to house this musical
Starlight Express
Mark
$200 [14]
Of 20 million, 35 million or 50 million, estimated number of dogs in America
50 million
Tim
$200 [5]
Bennett Cerf at Random House imported this man's "Ulysses", causing the famous obscenity trial
James Joyce
Tim
$200 [2]
This Russian dynasty began with the crowning of Michael in 1613
the Romanov Dynasty
Tim
$200 [20]
You can call them glowworms or fireflies, but if you want to fit the category, you'll call them this
lightning bugs
Jamie
$400 [29]
When completed in 1884, it was the tallest masonry structure in the world
the Washington Monument
Tim
$400 [24]
While Flo Ziegfeld had his follies, George White had these
Scandals
Mark
$400 [18]
The term for neutering a female dog or cat
spaying
Tim
$400 [6]
He was writing "This Side of Paradise" when serving under Capt. Eisenhower in 1917 at Ft. Leavenworth
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mark
$400 [3]
In 1642 a civil war broke out in this country that pitted Cavaliers against Roundheads
England
Tim
$400 [19]
Debby Boone's only No.1 Hit; it was on Billboard's Top 40 for 21 weeks in 1977-8
"You Light Up My Life"
Tim
$600 [26]
The first pope to visit the White House
John Paul II
Tim
$800 [22]
He's the "Me" in "The World According to Me!"
Jackie Mason
Mark
$600 [17]
While the tramp in "Lady & the Tramp" was a mongrel, Lady was this breed
a cocker spaniel
Jamie Tim
$600 [7]
Author of "The Armies of the Night" who ran for mayor of NYC in 1969 & finished fourth in the primary
Norman Mailer
$600 [1]
Clergyman who, in 1639, founded the 1st Baptist church in the U.S. in Providence, R.I.
Roger Williams
Tim
$600 [10]
Hanukkah
the festival (feast) of lights
Mark
DD $600 [28]
The only official Washington memorial to JFK
the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
Mark
$1,000 [23]
1 of the 2 plays on Broadway in June 1988 with "Woods" in their titles
Into the Woods (or A Walk in the Woods )
Mark
$800 [16]
A female cat that can be used for breeding is referred to as this
a queen
$800 [8]
"Franny & Zooey" author who got an injunction in 1986 against the unauthorized use of his letters in a biography
J.D. Salinger
Mark
$800 [4]
Elaborate style of art & architecture that was dominant in 17th century Europe
Baroque
Mark Jamie Tim
$800 [11]
A minimum weight, open-sided, single seater aircraft powered by a small engine
an ultralight
Jamie Tim
$800 [27]
It's where you'd go to see the original of the Declaration of Independence
the National Archives
Tim
DD $1,200 [21]
1964 was a big year for musicals about women, with debuts of these shows about Mmes. Levi & Brice
Hello, Dolly! & Funny Girl
Jamie
$1,000 [15]
Hair on the back ridge of this dog, bred to hunt lions in Africa, grows the opposite way to its coat
the Rhodesian Ridgeback
Tim
$1,000 [9]
As Sen. chaplain, this "Man Without a Country" author quipped, "I look at the senators & pray for the people"
Edward Everett Hale
$1,000 [13]
In 1609 Johannes Kepler announced his 1st 2 laws on the motions of these
the planets
Jamie
$1,000 [12]
A parsec, a unit of astronomical measurement, equals about 3.262 of these
a light-year
Tim

Final Jeopardy!

NAMES IN THE NEWS

By June 30, 1988 every U.S. residence should have received a gov't booklet w/this man's photo on the cover

C. Everett Koop

Tim "Who is C. Everett Koop?" — wagered $2,500
Jamie "Who is Dukakis?" — wagered $2,500
Mark "Who is Koop?" — wagered $0

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