Show #486 1986-10-20 (taped 1986-08-26) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Scottie Ross — a systems analyst from Mill Valley, California

Jeff Smyth — an audio-visual manager from Richmond, Virginia

Janet Stevenson — a housewife originally from Sioux City, Iowa (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,700)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Janet	$700	$1,200	$6,000	$6,700 2-day champion: $9,400	$5,600 14 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Jeff	$-100	$2,600	$2,400	$999 3rd place	$2,400 16 R, 4 W
Scottie	$-200	$800	$2,000	$3,900 2nd place	$2,800 10 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

COWBOYS & INDIANS	CATS & DOGS	SICKNESS & HEALTH	MEDALS & DECORATIONS	MYTHS & LEGENDS	ODDS & ENDS
$100 [26] A cowboy used it to fan fires, carry water, & ward off everything from hailstones to low branches his hat Jeff	$100 [1] In the Browning poem, he "got rid of the rats that fought the dogs & killed the cats" the Pied Piper (of Hamlin) Janet	$100 [3] The Apgar score measures an infant's condition in the first minute after this birth Janet	$100 [5] This country's highest award is the Order of the Aztec Eagle Mexico Jeff	$100 [13] Heavenly body most associated with Ra & Apollo the Sun Jeff	$100 [9] It can leave a champagne bottle at 42 miles per hour a cork Scottie
—	$200 [2] Of the cartoons "Snooper & Blabber", "Quick Draw & Baba Louie" & "Rough & Ready", the dog & cat team Rough & Ready Jeff	$200 [20] Of the suffixes, -emia, -ology, or -ectomy, the one that means "surgical removal of" -ectomy Jeff	$200 [6] War in this century in which the most U.S. Medals of Honor were issued the 20th century, World War II Janet Jeff	$200 [15] Palamedes, rival of Odysseus, is credited with inventing these cubes, maybe on a bet dice Scottie	$200 [10] Book most commonly produced by a lexicographer a dictionary Jeff Scottie
—	$300 [4] While Pussy got dumped in the well, Pussycat Pussycat got to go to this world capital London Scottie	$300 [21] Where you are if you're in the CCU coronary care unit Jeff	$300 [11] Though knighted by Queen Elizabeth, this organizer of Live Aid can't be called "Sir"because he's Irish (Bob) Geldof Jeff	$300 [16] The name of Homer's poem, "The Iliad", is from Ilion, the Greek name of this city it's set in Troy Janet Jeff	$300 [17] In "Moving Tips," 1 of 2 things Ryder Truck says don't pack well & should travel in the car with you planets (or pets) Janet
—	DD $300 [8] 1 of the 4 Disney theatrical features with "Cat" in the title (1 of) That Darn Cat , The Aristocats , The Cat from Outer Space & Jungle Cat Janet	$400 [22] Mitosis & meiosis are processes in which these divide cells Jeff	$400 [12] In 1802, he founded the Legion of Honor as a reward for civil & military service Napoleon Scottie	$400 [24] In "Xanadu", Olivia Newton-John played Terpsichore, one of these 9 sisters the Muses Scottie	$400 [18] "Maltese Falcon" star whose real name was Laszlo Lowenstein Peter Lorre
—	$400 [7] Cleo in 1955's "The People's Choice" & Beauregard on "Hee Haw" both had this unique ability the ability to speak (verbalize their thoughts) Jeff Scottie	$500 [23] With luck, you've never flunked this doctor's test for syphilis Wassermann Jeff	$500 [14] Airplane part pictured on the Distinguished Flying Cross the propeller Jeff	$500 [25] Though this maze held the Minotaur, it didn't stop its designer, Daedalus, from flying out the labyrinth	$500 [19] While a minstrel is an entertainer, a mistral is this a (type of) wind Janet

Double Jeopardy! Round

ITALY	POETRY	HISTORY	HOMOPHONES	HODGEPODGE
$200 [1] Boot-shaped Italy appears to be kicking this island Sicily Janet	$200 [11] In Vachel Lindsay poem, he "Walks at Midnight (in Springfield, Illinois)" Abraham Lincoln	$200 [6] Opened in 1869, blocked by ships sunk in the Six-Day War & reopened in 1975 the Suez Canal Jeff	$200 [15] Nails you can press with a thumb or what the IRS nails us all with tacks/tax Janet Scottie	$200 [20] They are guarded by goalies or flung by fishermen nets Jeff
$600 [3] You need wooden balls to play this Italian variation on lawn bowling bocce Jeff	$600 [13] The 1st volume of this American poet's workswas published in 1890, 4 years after her death Emily Dickinson Janet Jeff Scottie	$400 [7] Redcoat who lorded it over India & Ireland after his surrender at Yorktown Cornwallis Scottie	$400 [16] A Yankee Hall of Famer, or a shelf over the fireplace where he can display his trophies Mantle/mantel Scottie	$400 [21] Common nickname for a diploma, though it's estimated only 3% in the U.S. are printed on them sheepskin Jeff
$800 [4] Director of 3 foreign language film Oscar winners, he's perhaps best known for "The Bicycle Thief" Vittorio De Sica Scottie	DD $800 [12] Anonymous inspirational poem which was parodied in thefollowing:"Go placidly amid the noise and waste, / And remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof. / Avoid quiet and passive persons, unless you are in need of sleep. / Rotate your tires. / Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself, / And heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys." "Desiderata" Scottie	$600 [8] Crowned as an infant in 1542, she was decapitated by her cousin Elizabeth in 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots Janet	$600 [17] A pusillanimous weakling & what he did in the corner coward/cowered	$600 [22] Israel celebrates it on the 5th of Iyar Israeli Independence Day Janet Scottie
DD $1,000 [2] The major Italian city which has no major streets Venice Janet	$800 [14] According to the titleof the Richard Lovelace poem, it's "To Althea", & it's from here prison	$800 [9] The day after Halloween 1961, his body was moved from public display & buried near the Kremlin Wall Stalin Scottie	$800 [18] A Robin chirping among the rich & famousor a blood-sucking parasite Leach/leech Janet	$800 [23] Scottish for "often go awry"; the best laid schemes sometimes do it gang aft agley
$1,000 [5] Ancient Romans denuded this central mountain range in order to build wooden warships the Apennines Janet	—	$1,000 [10] In 1970, this Chilean became Latin America's 1st freely elected Marxist leader Salvador Allende Jeff Scottie	$1,000 [19] What you might do if a partner leaves you without a single one of these centime pieces to your name sue/sou Janet	—

Final Jeopardy!

LITERATURE

Title of this 1940 novel is taken from the words of John Donne, which begin "No man is an island"

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Scottie "What is For Whom the Bell Tolls?" — wagered $1,900

Jeff "What is Lost Horizon?" — wagered $1,401

Janet "What is For Whom the Bell Tolls?" — wagered $700

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