Show #518 1986-12-03 (taped 1986-09-16) Regular

Contestants

Tom Bestor — a writer originally from Eureka, California

Rick Vernier — a graduate student from Los Angeles, California

Brenda Clark — a sales manager from Phenix City, Alabama (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,100)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Brenda $900 $800 $800 $1,600
2nd place: Ensoniq digital electric piano + Zenith 9" color TV
$800
11 R, 4 W
Rick $1,800 $3,000 $3,900 $5,900
New champion: $5,900
$5,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Tom $700 $1,700 $3,700 $1
3rd place: Carrington House carpets
$3,700
15 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "U" FAMOUS WOMEN NON-FICTION AMERICAN RIVERS ENGLISH HISTORY PREDICTING THE FUTURE
$100 [22]
Description of Disney's "dachshund" or Brando's "American"
ugly
Rick
$100 [23]
She tap-danced her way from "The Good Ship Lollipop" to the White House as Chief of Protocol
Shirley Temple
Tom
$100 [3]
She's the me in "Elvis & Me"
Priscilla Presley
Rick
$100 [1]
Though it divides both Massachusetts & Connecticut in 2, it's only named for 1 of them
the Connecticut River
Rick
$100 [2]
1st name of Archbishops of Canterbury whose last names were Arundel, Cranmer & Becket
Thomas
Tom
$100 [15]
Omni Magazine predicts in 1987 a plague of 100 billion of these insects will attack Plains farms
locusts
Rick
$200 [24]
When a ufologist identifies them, they cease to be these
unidentified flying objects (UFOs)
Tom
$200 [8]
Among this newscaster's bridesmaids were Caroline Kennedy & Churchill's granddaughter
Maria Shriver
Brenda
$200 [16]
"The Kindness of Strangers" covers the life, dreams & desires of this playwright
Tennessee Williams
Brenda Tom
$200 [28]
Longest U.S. river to share its name with a state
Mississippi
Brenda
$200 [4]
Completely socialized medicine went into effect some 3 years after this war
World War II
Rick
$200 [12]
One of his predictions was "before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice"
Jesus
Tom
$300 [25]
Part of a spineless jellyfish, or a water repeller with a skeleton
an umbrella
$300 [9]
This "Kate & Allie" star told TV Guide, "I've got more laugh lines on my face than on the show"
Susan St. James
Brenda
$300 [17]
Of this ex-budget director's book, Reagan said, "I don't have too much time for fiction"
David Stockman
Rick
$400 [21]
This Florida "river" in a famed citrus-growing region is actually a lagoon
the Indian River
$300 [5]
1st of 8 recognized English kings of this name, he died of overeating in 1135
Henry
Brenda
$300 [13]
Called America's foremost psychic, she predicted Russia would land the 1st man on the moon
Jeane Dixon
Brenda
$500 [26]
A collection of Ben Jonson poems, Robert Louis Stevenson poems, or cans of deviled ham spread
Underwood
Tom
$400 [10]
Her father, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, introduced her to future husband Charles Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Brenda
$400 [18]
The Masterpiece Theatre miniseries, "The Last Place on Earth", was about the race to reach this
the South Pole
Tom
DD $700 [20]
River forming Oklahoma's southernmost boundary & part of this tune's title:"From this valley they say you are leavin' / We shall miss your bright eyes..."
the Red River
Rick
$400 [6]
Before Civil War broke out, Charles I ruled 11 years without convening this
Parliament
Rick
$400 [14]
Some in Japanese stereo industry predict this new product replacing LPs will be obsolete within 10 years
compact discs
Tom
$500 [11]
1 of this ex-first lady's pet projects was a palace made entirely of coconut products
Imelda Marcos
Rick
$500 [19]
11 years in the making & 9½ hours long, Claude Lanzmann's film "Shoah" was about this
the Holocaust
Rick
$500 [7]
Name formerly applied to Irish highwaymen, or members of British Conservative Party
Tories
Rick
$500 [27]
USA Today ran story on events at Cannes tribute to this late director 6 days before they happened
Orson Welles
Brenda Rick

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANIMALS AVIATION TELEVISION 20THCENTURY AMERICA HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
$200 [18]
Milk snakes are so called because in legend they were reputed to perform this chore
milking cows
Rick
$200 [5]
It's said that by 1933, world's busiest airport was Newark air terminal serving this metropolis
New York City
Tom
$200 [1]
Profession of "Lady Blue", "The Blue Knight", & the "Hill Street Blues"
police officers
Brenda Tom
$200 [25]
In 1903, the 1st coast-to-coast trip using this transportation took about 2 months
an automobile
Brenda Tom
$200 [12]
A letter to Bambi might begin this way
Dear deer
Tom
$400 [19]
Babies of this largest anthropoid ape usually ride piggyback until almost 3 years old
gorillas
Rick
$400 [6]
The most popular plane in commercial aviation history is their 727
Boeing
Tom
$400 [2]
TV detective who lives in the guest house on the estate owned by Robin Masters
Magnum
Brenda
$400 [4]
Some feel if N.Y. Times had printed its info on this '61 invasion, it wouldn't have happened
the Bay of Pigs
Tom
$400 [13]
To perform calligraphy correctly
write right
Brenda
$600 [20]
It's thought 1st air-breathing animals with backbones to walk on land were of this vertebrate class
amphibians
Rick
$600 [7]
On July 25, 1909, Louis Bleriot became 1st to fly across this body of water
the English Channel
Brenda
$600 [3]
Of "The Promoters", "The Persuaders", or "The Protectors", what Roger Moore & Tony Curtis were
The Persuaders
Rick
DD $500 [23]
It's reported that by the early '30s the author of this 1928 Rep. slogan was begging for food
"A chicken in every pot and two cars in every garage"
Rick
$600 [14]
Virtue in short supply in a crowded doctor's office
patients' patience
Tom
DD $1,000 [21]
Preceding adulthood, the 3 stages insects go through in complete metamorphosis
egg, larval, and pupa
Rick
$800 [8]
A TWA flight in 1934 featured this luxury, entitled "Flying Hostesses"
an in-flight movie
Brenda Tom
$800 [17]
It's what Jason, Joshua, & Jeremy Bolt did for a living on "Here Come the Brides"
lumberjacks
Rick
$600 [10]
The Dance Theatre of Harlem was 1st permanently est. Black co. to perform this type of dance
ballet
Tom
$800 [15]
The 60 minutes we share
our hour
Tom
$1,000 [22]
1 of 5 North American birds that have become extinct since the arrival of the white man
(1 of) passenger pigeon, heath hen, great auk, Labrador duck, or Carolina parakeet
Brenda Rick Tom
$1,000 [9]
The "DC" in a DC-3 stands for this
Douglas Commercial
$1,000 [24]
Resident of Mayfield played by Frank Bank
Lumpy
$800 [11]
1924 saw election of 2 women governors, Nellie Ross of Wyoming & Miriam Ferguson of this SW state
Texas
$1,000 [16]
A hiding place for money but no checks, credit cards or money orders, please
cash cache
Tom

Final Jeopardy!

SPORTS

1 of 3 state capitals which have an NFL team

(1 of) Atlanta, Indianapolis & Denver

Brenda "What is Atlanta?" — wagered $800
Tom "What is Minneapo" — wagered $3,699
Rick "What isBuffaloAtlanta?" — wagered $2,000

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