Show #744 1987-11-26 (taped 1987-08-26) Regular

"Signature game" with all clues prepared byJeopardy!research writer Steven Dorfman.

Contestants

Paul Rabwin — a restaurateur from Encinitas, California

Adella Ravitch — a teacher from Anaheim Hills, California

Ira Kirschner — a broker and CPA from Westlake Village, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ira	$800	$1,300	$5,400	$0 3rd place: Pinseeker custom-made golf clubs including stainless steel woods with matching radius-sole irons & a deluxe staff bag + computerized version of Jeopardy! or Jeopardy! box game	$2,900 13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Adella	$-100	$2,300	$7,900	$10,900 New champion: $10,900	$7,900 22 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Paul	$800	$800	$1,700	$3,200 2nd place: a trip to the Caribbean on Easter Airlines & a week's stay for 2 at Bluebeard's Castle Hotel + computerized version of Jeopardy! or Jeopardy! box game	$3,200 10 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE 1990s	TV TRIVIA	THE CONTINENTS	FOREIGN PHRASES	PLANTS	IN THE KITCHEN
$100 [19] In 1997, this British Crown colony will revert back to China Hong Kong Adella	$100 [10] "Lucas Tanner"s profession a schoolteacher Paul	$100 [1] Continent on which the greatest number of modern Winter Olympic Games have been held Europe Adella	$100 [7] In German, the street sign is "Nicht Parken", in Dutch "Parkeren Verboden" No Parking Paul	$100 [26] Part of the marjoram, bay, & thyme plants used as flavoring in cooking the leaf Adella	$100 [3] Black & Decker makes one that can handle 1-4 slices of bread a toaster Ira
$200 [20] Year in the 1990s in which the 1st regularly scheduled presidential election will occur 1992 Ira	$200 [11] During the 1st season, Barbara Barrie played his wife, Elizabeth Miller Barney Miller Adella	$200 [2] In 1985, the latest year for which we have figures, the U.S. received the most legal immigrants from this continent Asia Adella Paul	$200 [8] "Mele Kalikimaka" in Hawaiian, it's this holiday greeting in English Merry Christmas Adella	—	DD $200 [17] She's been hanging around your kitchen since 1936 but still looks young due to 5 face lifts: Betty Crocker Adella
$300 [21] One analyst projects that this should hit at least 3500 by 1990 the Dow Jones Industrial Average Adella	$300 [12] Airing May 24, 1987, the last episode of this 5½-year-old series was titled "Baby Remember My Name" Fame Adella	$300 [4] Continent closest to the point of 0° latitude, 0° longitude Africa Ira	$300 [9] Someone at AAA could tell you "Tutte le strade conducono a Roma" means this All roads lead to Rome Paul	—	$300 [18] Now part of White Consolidated Industries, Frigidaire began as a division of this auto maker General Motors Ira
$400 [22] According to the 1983 hit, Prince wants to party like it's this year 1999 Adella	$400 [13] When "Hotel" debuted in 1983, she played the owner of the St. Gregory Bette Davis Adella	$400 [5] Total number of continents whose names end in a vowel 7 Ira Adella	$400 [15] How you would complete the Swedish phrase, "Mitt namn ar..." Adella Adella	—	$400 [24] In 1938, this co. marketed its 1st decorative plastic laminate, giving America's countertops a whole new look Formica Adella
$500 [23] The garden in Ricky Nelson's "Garden Party", it's set to be demolished in 1991 Madison Square Garden	$500 [14] Janet Louise Johnson & Emma Samms have replaced her in different series Pamela Sue Martin Adella	$500 [6] The name of this continent can mean "opposite the bear" Antarctica Paul	$500 [16] This Indian form of address for a European lady was derived from the Hindu title for "sir" memsaab	—	$500 [25] This company "remembers" it began in Margaret Rudkin's kitchen w/whole wheat bread Pepperidge Farm Adella

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 1890s	AWARDS	QUOTES	RELIGION	GILBERT & SULLIVAN	FEATHERED FRIENDS
$200 [2] In 1897, James J. Corbett & Bob Fitzsimmons starred & sparred in the 1st pro one of these filmed a boxing match Paul	$200 [17] Sports award you've taken home if you've been chosen "MVP" the most valuable player Ira	$200 [3] In a toast, John Collins Bossidy referred to this "good old" city as "the home of the bean & the cod" Boston Ira	$200 [1] The most common sacrificial method among the Aztecs was removing this organ from the one sacrificed the heart Ira	$200 [8] Among the characters in this work are Pish-Tush, Pooh-Bah & Peep-Bo The Mikado Paul	$200 [22] The "Sphyrapicus varius" is a sapsucker that, when adult, has this color belly yellow Paul
$400 [4] Going to road test his 1st car June 4, 1896, he found the shed door wasn't wide enough to get the car out Henry Ford Paul	$600 [19] Magazine which annually presents the J. Fred Muggs Awards TV Guide Ira Adella	$400 [5] Word to which Bartlett's attributes the line "Pieces of eight, pieces of eight, pieces of eight!" Treasure Island Ira	$400 [13] In June 1987, the L.A. Times said this pop singer "disassociated" himself from the Jehovah's Witnesses Michael Jackson Adella	$400 [9] "Thespis", their 1st collaboration, was set in the ruins of the temple of the gods on this mountain Olympus	$400 [24] Nickname of the forked bone known as the furcula the wishbone Adella
$600 [26] In 1895, this still-published magazine for hunters & fishermen began publication Field & Stream Ira	$800 [20] On Jan. 22, 1980, this dissident was stripped of his titles & awards & isolated with his wife in Gorky Sakharov Paul	$600 [6] In a letter in 1776, Sir Henry Dudley wrote that these "will never cease" wonders Ira	$600 [14] A good Muslim should be "tahara", or ritually pure, before praying or touching this sacred book the Koran Paul	$600 [10] Opera subtitled "The Lass That Loved a Sailor", the lass was Josephine & the sailor Ralph Rackstraw the H.M.S. Pinafore Adella	$600 [25] Term for the muscular portion of a bird's stomach that uses grit to grind food the gizzard Ira
$800 [28] Published in English in 1896, H. Sienkiewicz's best seller "Quo Vadis" was originally written in this language Polish Adella	$1,000 [27] At '86 Tonys, Michael Rupert won for acting in "Sweet Charity" & this Rupert won for writing "Edwin Drood" Rupert Holmes Adella	$800 [7] Brando said the line, "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse," but it was this author who wrote it Mario Puzo Adella	$1,000 [16] In the early 1800s, this sect was synonymous with the simple chairs & furniture they made the Shakers Adella	$800 [11] "Princess Ida" was based on a poem by this lord famous for his heavy verse & Light Brigade Alfred, Lord Tennyson Adella	$1,000 [23] As in humans, this pigment produces brown & black colors in birds melanin Adella
—	DD $2,900 [18] Category in which Albert Einstein won his Nobel Prize physics Ira	$1,000 [21] In "Outre-Mer", Longfellow wrote that this "is the universal language of mankind" music Ira Adella	DD $1,500 [15] Reconstructionism is trying to join these 3 movements on the Synagogue Council of America Orthodox, Conservative & Reform branches of Judaism Paul	$1,000 [12] Take your time & you'll have this, the name of Bunthorne's intended bride & the operetta Patience	—

Final Jeopardy!

IN THE NEWS

In August 1987, Lynne Cox made headlines by going from the U.S. to the U.S.S.R. in this manner

swimming

Paul "What is swimming?" — wagered $1,500

Ira "What is rowing?" — wagered $5,400

Adella "What is swimming?" — wagered $3,000

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