Show #516 1986-12-01 (taped 1986-09-16) Regular

Contestants

Tim Berry — a secretary from Baltimore, Maryland

Sandra Wilde — a teacher from Tucson, Arizona

Hank Jones — a genealogist from Toluca Lake, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Hank $100 $1,800 $4,400 $8,800
2-day champion: $18,201
$7,400
16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Sandra $1,400 $2,000 $5,200 $1,200
2nd place: Maytag washer & dryer + Donvier ice cream maker
$5,200
17 R, 4 W
Tim $200 $300 $-2,900 $-2,900
3rd place: Emerson VCR
$-3,200
10 R (including 1 DD), 10 W

Jeopardy! Round

JULY LITERATURE GARY COOPER PLANTS POLO THE POLICE
$100 [9]
It's a good thing he was born on "July12", 100 B.C., since the month was named for him
Julius Caesar
Hank
$100 [4]
When this New England novelist died in 1864, vacationing with college chum F. Pierce, it was no "red letter" day
(Nathaniel) Hawthorne
Sandra
$100 [1]
Frank James Cooper
Gary Cooper's real name
Sandra Tim
$100 [21]
The vines of this fruit were 1st grown in Europe in Cantalupo, Italy
cantaloupe
Sandra Tim
$100 [25]
Length of a regulation polo field, 3 football fields long
300 yards
Tim
$100 [16]
Japanese city whose police force numbers more than Chicago's & New York City's combined
Tokyo
Sandra
$200 [10]
On this date, the Israelis raided Entebbe Airport, 1 day before the U.S. bicentennial
July 3, 1976
Sandra
$200 [5]
Like his physician father, this author of "To Have & Have Not" committed suicide
Hemingway
Sandra
$300 [3]
As a real-life background for Westerns he made, he was born in this state's "Big Sky Country"
Montana
Hank Sandra
$200 [22]
Since camellias belong to this plant family, a stewardess might ask "coffee, camellia, or milk?"
tea
Sandra
$500 [26]
Polo comes from the Tibetan "pulu", meaning this important piece of equipment
ball
Tim
$200 [17]
"Cop" may be from initials for "constable on patrol", or it may be short for this metal used for badges
copper
Tim
$300 [11]
Bread had to be rationed in England beginning July 21, 1946 due to worldwide shortage of this
wheat
Hank Tim
$300 [6]
Defoe novel appropriate if you could have only 1 book when stranded on a desert island
Robinson Crusoe
Hank
$400 [14]
One of his earliest films was this, winner of 1st Oscar for Best Picture
Wings
Hank
$300 [23]
Of a grass, shrub or tree, kind of plant sassafras is
a tree
Hank Sandra Tim
$300 [18]
From French for "men of arms", it can be a French policeman
gendarme
Tim
$400 [12]
Evita's widower, he died on July 1, 1974 while president of Argentina again
Juan Perón
Hank
$400 [7]
"All mimsy were the Borogroves" when the Jabberwock appeared in this Lewis Carroll book
Through the Looking-Glass
Sandra Tim
DD $500 [2]
One of his most famous roles was in this movie with the followingtheme:
High Noon
Tim
$400 [24]
Yellow flower of the genus "Tagetes", named for the Virgin Mary
a marigold
Hank
$400 [19]
Despite their nickname, this famous North American force no longer patrols on horses
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Sandra
$500 [13]
The 10th Olympic games began in Los Angeles on July 30th of this year
1932
Sandra Tim
$500 [8]
Set in Hollywood, this Nathanael West novel ends with a riot at a movie premiere
The Day of the Locust
Sandra
$500 [15]
Known for portraying the average man, his character took this "average" name in a 1941 Frank Capra film
John Doe
Hank Sandra
$500 [20]
Every 4 years, Dept. of Justice & this Cabinet dept. alternately provide head of U.S. office of Interpol
the Treasury Department
Sandra

Double Jeopardy! Round

OPERA MARINE BIOLOGY 8THGRADE MATH "F" WORDS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION TOUGH TV TRIVIA
$200 [17]
Plying this trade in Seville, Figaro had many close shaves
a barber
Sandra
$200 [19]
It's estimated if all codfish eggs grew up, this 2nd largest ocean would be solid codfish in 6 years
the Atlantic
Hank
$200 [6]
# of hours per day a bank is open when its hours are 9 A.M. to 4 P.M.
7
Tim
$200 [1]
A Broadway bomb, or a companion of flip
flop
Tim
$400 [23]
A major compromise assured the South that it could import these for 20 more years
slaves
Hank
$800 [11]
Theme for this weekly concert, "If I Could Tell You", was composed by Mrs. Harvey Firestone
The Voice of Firestone
Hank
$400 [16]
Of 2 weeks, 20 months, or 20 years, length of time it took Donizetti to compose "The Elixir of Love"
2 weeks
Hank Tim
$400 [7]
Of a $1.15 pound of candy or 1 1/2 pounds for $1.80, the better buy
the $1.15 pound of candy
Sandra
$400 [2]
Though its name comes from Italian, it's a type of Greek goat cheese
feta
Sandra
$600 [20]
At 81, he was the oldest representative there
Franklin
Hank
$1,000 [10]
This hero 1st appeared on TV in 1950 & then reappeared "5 centuries later" in 1979
Buck Rogers
Tim
$600 [15]
After his own experience of a storm & near shipwreck, he wrote "The Flying Dutchman"
Wagner
Hank
$600 [8]
Odds of losing if you try to pick the jack of spades blindly from the other spade picture cards
2:1 (two out of three)
Sandra Tim
$600 [3]
Latin for "let it be done", it could be a decree to repair an Italian car
a fiat
Sandra
$800 [21]
This northern state was the only one that chose not to be represented
Rhode Island
Tim
DD $3,000 [12]
She started a long tradition by making toll-house cookies on 1st show of their long-running series
Ozzie & Harriet (Harriet Nelson)
Hank
$800 [14]
Though he lived to be 76, he premiered his last opera, "William Tell", at age 37
Rossini
Hank
$800 [9]
The total cost of 3 typewriter ribbons at $2.99 each
$8.97
Hank Tim
$800 [4]
In soldering, a substance used to clean surfaces & free them from oxide
flux
$1,000 [22]
The Compromise Plan proposed by Connecticut combined New Jersey's & this state's plan
Virginia
Tim
$1,000 [13]
At 1926 premiere of "Turandot", Toscanini ended at point where this composer died & left it unfinished
Puccini
Hank
$1,000 [18]
The monthly payment on a 1-year loan whose total balance is $3,612
$301
Tim
$1,000 [5]
A contraction of "fliegerabwehrkanone", you might get lots of this trying to pronounce the whole thing
flak
Sandra

Final Jeopardy!

THE 50 STATES

This state, whose flag features a bison, also has a town founded by & named for Buffalo Bill

Wyoming

Hank "What is Wyoming?" — wagered $4,400
Sandra "What is Montana?" — wagered $4,000

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