Show #742 1987-11-24 (taped 1987-08-26) Regular

Jeopardy! Round only.

Contestants

Kate Neville — a home business entrepreneur from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

John Knight — a news reporter originally from Pekin, Illinois

Michael Compton — a payroll supervisor from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,399)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat

Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "P" CAMPING FASHION HISTORY AUTOBIOGRAPHIES NEBRASKA LYRICS
$100 [6]
Jeopardy! suggests you mail 1 of these, not a letter, if you wish to be a contestant
a postcard
Kate
$100 [24]
Before you'd go off to summer camp, mother would sew these into all your clothing
name or name tag
Kate
$100 [15]
The kimono was not originally Japanese but an adaptation of the p'ao, a robe from this country
China
Michael
$100 [18]
"Vanna Speaks"
Vanna White
Kate
$100 [25]
Girls as well as boys now live in this village founded by Father Flanagan
Boys Town
Michael
$100 [1]
"I asked my mother, 'what will I be? Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?' Here's what she said to me"
"Que Sera Sera"
Michael
$200 [7]
A ghost or a specter, like the one at the opera
a phantom
John
$200 [21]
Crisscross, hunters', & Indian star are 3 types of these, each equally good for marshmallow toasting
types of (camp) fires
Michael Kate
$200 [17]
During the 1200s, it's where a woman wore her wimple
over her brow (around her face)
Kate
$200 [20]
"Harpo Speaks!"
Harpo Marx
Kate
$200 [27]
Nebraska's largest city is named for this Indian tribe
Omaha
Michael
$200 [2]
"Raindrops on roses & whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles & warm woolen mittens,..."
"My Favorite Things"
Kate
$300 [3]
If you went out without your coat, your mom might have warned you about this lung inflammation
pneumonia
Kate
$300 [22]
If you went camping in the '60s with your "pop-top", you were referring to this imported vehicle
your VW van
Michael
$300 [12]
Women's dresses of late 19th c. had exaggerated sleeves to make this look smaller
their waist
Michael
$300 [10]
"Satchmo My Life in New Orleans"
Louis Armstrong
Michael
$300 [28]
1st observance of this, which some wanted to call Sylvan Day, was held in Nebraska in 1872
Arbor Day
Kate
$300 [16]
"They've got some crazy little women there & I'm gonna get me one"
"Kansas City"
Michael
$400 [4]
The 7th Sunday after Easter, also called Whitsunday
Pentecost
John Kate
$400 [23]
1987 summer camp film that features Jim Varney as the same character he plays in commercials
Ernest Goes to Camp
John
$400 [13]
This French designer's "New Look" collection of 1947 was a reaction to wartime austerity
(Christian) Dior
Michael Kate
$400 [11]
"Jesse: The Man Who Outran Hitler"
Jesse Owens
Kate
$500 [30]
Called Nebraska's outstanding natural feature, this wide, shallow river drains 3/4ths of the state
the Platte River
$400 [8]
"These are words that go together well"
"Michelle", my belle
Michael
$500 [5]
Caesarion, son of Caesar & Cleopatra, was actually 15th Egyptian ruler of this line
Ptolemaic
Michael Kate
$500 [26]
World Book says the best height for this article of camp wear is 9"
camping boots
$500 [14]
Though shoes go back to circa 4000 B.C., shoes designed individually for these weren't common until 19th c.
your left & right foot
Michael Kate
$500 [19]
"Somebody Up There Likes Me" & its sequel, "Somebody Down Here Like Me, Too"
Rocky Graziano
Kate
DD $700 [29]
On the west steps of Nebraska's capitol building is a Daniel C. French statue of this president
Lincoln
Kate
$500 [9]
"She was always young at heart, kinda dumb & kinda smart & I loved her so"
"Honey"
Kate

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