Show #519 1986-12-04 (taped 1986-09-16) Regular

Missing introductions.

Contestants

Carson Anderson — a city planner originally from Los Angeles, California

Shani Ahronowitz — originally from Baltimore, Maryland

Rick Vernier — a graduate student from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,900)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Rick $1,800 $3,600 $9,600 $9,700
2-day champion: $15,600
$10,600
23 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Shani $500 $1,100 $1,900 $3,799
3rd place: Panasonic stereo system
$1,900
9 R, 0 W
Carson $1,600 $3,100 $4,700 $4,700
2nd place: trip to San Diego
$5,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

BIOLOGY RHYME TIME 1900 FAMOUS "JAMES"s TAKE A BATH SITCOMS
$100 [1]
Known to live 100s of years, this tree was named for 19th c. Scottish botanist David Douglas
a Douglas fir
Shani
$100 [21]
An '84 agreement on this colony permits capitalism for 50 years after China takes control in 1997
Hong Kong
Rick
$100 [6]
This Viennese psychoanalyst slipped "Interpretation of Dreams" into print
Sigmund Freud
Carson
$100 [11]
The 1st of England & the 6th of Scotland, you'll find his book in most hotel rooms
King James
Shani Carson
$100 [16]
To wash this body part, Heloise says drop soap into an old nylon, knot it, & use seesaw motion
the back
Shani
$200 [24]
Of "Mr. Peepers", "Mr. Merlin", "Mr. Smith", & "Mr. Ed", the 1 played by Wally Cox
Mr. Peepers
Shani
$200 [2]
They migrate back to the Sargasso Sea to spawn, not to recharge since they're not the electric type
eels
Rick
$200 [22]
A legume of emerald hue
a green bean
Rick
$200 [7]
This count made his 1st trials of the gas-filled lighter-than-air vehicle which was later named for him
Count (Ferdinand von) Zeppelin
Rick
$200 [12]
Grammy winner whose "There We Are" included the words "so though I never say that I love you... Carly, I do"
James Taylor
Rick
$200 [17]
A bathtub fall forced this astronaut to withdraw from the 1964 Ohio Senate race
John Glenn
Rick
$300 [25]
At his wedding, Alice's mother said "I'm not losing a daughter, I'm gaining a ton"
Ralph Kramden
Shani
$300 [3]
Of Paul Bunyan; Babe the Blue Ox; or a redwood, the 1 which is a ruminant
(Babe) the Blue Ox
Shani
$300 [23]
Spring holiday of Druid tree worship, it's when Soviets seem to worship missiles
May Day
$300 [8]
This future state was organized as a territory & Sanford Dole appointed 1st governor
Hawaii
Rick
$300 [13]
Creator of a steam engine, or an interior secretary whom some associated with hot air
James Watt
Carson
$300 [18]
Book of lists says he spent hours a day in a perfumed bath working on his last opera, "Parsifal"
Richard Wagner
$400 [26]
In this series' 6th season, Mike got a son; in its 7th, a vasectomy
All In The Family
Rick
$400 [4]
This human organ secretes the enzyme pepsin
the stomach
Carson
$400 [28]
Willie Mays' nickname
The "Say Hey" Kid
Rick
$400 [9]
Real life engineer of Cannonball Express who died in spectacular train wreck
Casey Jones
Rick
$400 [14]
Novelist who wrote "Whish! a gull. Gulls, far calls. Coming, far! End here. Us then. Finn, again!"
James Joyce
Carson
$400 [19]
England's 3rd queen, she bathed once a month "whether she required it or not"
Queen Elizabeth
Carson
$500 [27]
He "bit the dust" in episode 127 of the "Mary Tyler Moore show"
Chuckles the Clown
Rick
$500 [5]
It occurs at the end of the interior gestation period
birth
Rick
$500 [10]
In Rome, this composer premiered "Tosca"
Puccini
Carson
DD $600 [15]
3 of the 5 "James"s who preceded Jimmy Carter in the presidency
(3 of) James Buchanan, James Madison, James Monroe, James Polk, and James Garfield
Carson
$500 [20]
In Finland, this type of "bath" is usually followed by a plunge in a cold stream or snow
a sauna
Carson

Double Jeopardy! Round

WASPS WORLD GEOGRAPHY WORD ORIGINS PLAYWRIGHTS YOUNG STARS GODFATHERS
$200 [15]
Only wasps of this sex can sting
the female sex
Carson
$200 [18]
Of Sweden, Norway & Finland, the 1 not bordering Russia
Sweden
Carson
$200 [12]
Type of bike whose name was coined from "motor pedal"
a moped
Rick
$200 [9]
He created "True West", "Fool for Love" & a daughter with Jessica Lange
Sam Shepard
Shani
$200 [20]
In the 1986 sequel to this film, Ralph Macchio gets to try his martial arts in Japan
The Karate Kid
Shani
$600 [25]
The emperor Justinian reportedly prohibited this ceremony between godparents & godchildren
marriage
Rick Carson
$400 [16]
Number of wings most wasps have
4
Rick
$400 [1]
The 2 continents that lie completely below the equator
Australia & Antarctica
Rick Carson
$400 [5]
The pedigree of this dog's name can be traced back to the Latin "Hispania"
spaniel
Rick
$400 [10]
America's only Nobel-winning playwright, he won 1 of his 4 Pulitzers for "Strange Interlude"
Eugene O'Neill
Rick
$400 [21]
Lisa Bonet, Tempestt Bledsoe, Malcolm-Jamal Warner & Keshia Knight Pulliam
the Cosby kids
Shani
$600 [17]
Wasps do this to ventilate nests in hot weather
flap their wings at the entrance to the next (fanning their wings)
Carson
DD $400 [3]
European capital in the title of thefollowing:[Instrumental music plays]
Lisbon
Carson
$600 [6]
This mammal's name is from Greek for "flat-footed", not "duck-billed"
a platypus
Carson
$600 [11]
He wrote the play "Romanoff & Juliet" then produced, directed & starred in the film version
Peter Ustinov
$600 [23]
She ran a "Risky Business" with Tom Cruise & a "Runaway Train" with Jon Voight
Rebecca De Mornay
$800 [19]
Social wasps mix this with old wood & plant fibers to produce the paper used to build nests
saliva
Rick
$600 [2]
No part of Greece is more than 86 miles from this
the Mediterranean
Carson
$800 [7]
From French for "rider on the rump", the man behind the table who rakes in the gaming bets
the croupier
Rick
$800 [13]
In 1985, 25 years after his 1st hit play, he won his 1st Tony for "Biloxi Blues"
Neil Simon
Rick
$800 [24]
Troy Beyer, wanting to play this actress' daughter, contacted Dynasty at same time role was created
Diahann Carroll
$1,000 [22]
Formerly fashionable female figure feature
wasp-waisted
Rick
$1,000 [4]
This island group got its name from Spanish explorers, who described it as "baja-mar" or "shallows"
the Bahamas
Rick
DD $1,000 [8]
It's about time we told you this word's from Old English "waeccan", to "stay awake or keep vigil"
watch
Rick
$1,000 [14]
This contemporary was to French tragedy what Moliere was to comedy
(Jean) Racine
Rick

Final Jeopardy!

WOMEN IN BUSINESS

The largest publicly-held U.S. firm headed by a woman publishes this major daily newspaper

The Washington Post

Shani "What is the Washington Post?" — wagered $1,899
Carson "What is the Christian Science Mon?" — wagered $0
Rick "What is the Washington Post?" — wagered $100

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