Show #815 1988-03-04 (taped 1987-11-10) Regular

Contestants

Isaac Braddock — a lawyer from Los Angeles, California

Mary Ellen Driscoll — a sportswriter originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sandy Taylor — a marketing representative from Oakland, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $10,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sandy	$0	$1,100	$3,600	$7,200 2nd place: trip to Palm Springs, California + Yashica 230-AF 35mm camera	$4,100 17 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Mary Ellen	$1,200	$2,100	$6,500	$200 3rd place: Lane recliner	$6,400 20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Isaac	$1,000	$1,800	$6,300	$12,597 New champion: $12,597	$4,600 13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 50 STATES	PUBLISHING	JADE	MUSICAL MILES	ROYS & RAYS	PHILOSOPHY
$100 [15] The 2 states that begin with "S" each have this word in their name South Sandy	$100 [1] Street Chopper & Dirt Rider are magazines devoted to this motorcycles Sandy	$100 [16] World Book says jade carving reached its peak during this Chinese dynasty, 1368-1644 the Ming Dynasty Isaac	$100 [19] In a '60s song, this folk-singing trio was "500 Miles" away from home Peter, Paul and Mary Sandy Mary Ellen	$100 [9] He's played a cop in "The French Connection", "The 7-Ups", & "Blue Thunder" Roy Scheider Mary Ellen	$200 [27] This branch of philosophy is concerned with deductive & inductive reasoning logic Sandy
$200 [14] The name of this state comes from the French for "green mountain" Vermont Isaac	$200 [2] To the chagrin of critics, a British publisher has updated this 1901 Beatrix Potter classic (The Tale of) Peter Rabbit Sandy	$200 [17] Jade was called "stone of the loins" for its purported power to cure a ailments of these renal organs the kidneys Sandy	$200 [20] The distance Albert Hammond was from L.A. in 1975 99 Miles	$200 [10] This broadcasting duo's last names are Elliot & Goulding Bob & Ray Mary Ellen	$300 [24] Guinness calls this Greek lamp-carrying philosopher a "famous cynic" Diogenes Mary Ellen
$300 [4] In this state, you can visit Watchaug Pond, Weekapaug Point, & Woonsocket Hill Rhode Island Sandy Isaac	$300 [3] As in the U.S., the weekly magazine with the largest circulation in the U.K. lists these television programs Isaac	$300 [18] The only 2 minerals classified as jade, nephrite & jadeite, are chiefly green & this color white Sandy Mary Ellen Isaac	$300 [21] On their "sell out" album they could see for miles the Who Mary Ellen Isaac	$300 [11] MacGregor was the real last name of this outlaw, the "Robin Hood of Scotland" Rob Roy Mary Ellen	$400 [25] John Locke believed that the mind at birth was a "tabula rasa", which translates to this a blank slate Sandy
$400 [5] It's the only state to border only 1 other state Maine Sandy Mary Ellen Isaac	$400 [7] "The making of McPaper", by Peter Prichard, is the study of how this 5-year-old paper came to be USA Today Sandy	—	$400 [22] Son of a dentist, he went to Juilliard to study trumpet Miles Davis Sandy	DD $500 [12] Singer of thefollowing1956 hit:"Just walking in the rain / Gettin' soakin' wet" Johnnie Ray Mary Ellen	$500 [26] Study of being abs reality, its name came from an "after physics" treatise by Aristotle metaphysics
$500 [6] State in which RR tracks from the east & west joined to form the 1st Transcontinental Railroad Utah Mary Ellen	$500 [8] Newspaper that got N. American rights to the Sept. 1987 story of separating West German Siamese twins The National Enquirer	—	$500 [23] At the end of this song, Shep & the Limelights said, "I'm not a thousand miles away" "Daddy's Home" Mary Ellen	$500 [13] Marine zoologist at U. of Wash. from 1945-72, head of AEC from '73-75, & Governor of Wash. '77-81 Dixy Lee Ray Isaac	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTS	THEATER	9-LETTER WORDS	BIBLICAL QUOTES	ISLANDS	TELEVISION HISTORY
$200 [11] He was named after King Richard the Lion-hearted Nixon Mary Ellen	$200 [5] Alexandre Dumas, pere wrote a play about this emperor, whom his father had served as a general Napoleon Mary Ellen	$200 [1] What an optometrist might make of himself by wearing a lampshade at a party a spectacle Sandy	$200 [23] Jesus said to the adulteress, "neither do I condemn thee: go, &..." do this sin no more Sandy	$200 [22] Saint-Pierre & Miquelon are all that's left of this country's colonial empire in Canada France Isaac	$200 [29] This famous NBC news team 1st worked together at the 1956 Republican Covention Huntley & Brinkley Mary Ellen
$400 [12] It's who party boss Mark Hanna meant when he said, "Now look, that damned cowboy is President" Teddy Roosevelt Mary Ellen	$400 [3] D. Sutherland was Humbert Humbert in play based on this book, which stopped humming after 12 performances Lolita Mary Ellen	$400 [2] An official place to live, or an official period of training for a medical specialist a residence Mary Ellen	$400 [24] Trying graciously to refuse the job, he told God, "I am slow of speech, & of a slow tongue" Moses Sandy	$400 [21] Largest of the Greater Antilles, this island's people call it "the pearl of the Antilles" Cuba Sandy	$400 [28] During the 1968-69 season, this comedian's Christmas special got a higher rating than the Super Bowl Bob Hope Sandy
$600 [13] The S.S. Mayaguez was seized by Cambodia but recaptured by U.S. Marines during his administration Gerald Ford Isaac	$600 [4] 1 of 2 Greek dramatists who electrified audiences with plays called "Electra" circa 413 B.C. Sophocles (or Euripides) Sandy	$600 [8] A type of dramatic monologue soliloquy Sandy Isaac	DD $500 [25] The women of Israel said he "hath slain... his ten thousands" when he'd only killed 1 person David Sandy	$600 [14] While Taiwan is the island's Chinese name, Portuguese explorers called it this Formosa Mary Ellen	$600 [17] In October 1976, she became the 1st network news anchorwoman Barbara Walters Mary Ellen
$800 [15] After killing Pres. Garfield, Charles Guiteau wrote to this man, "I presume you appreciate it" Chester Arthur Mary Ellen	$800 [6] The English comedy of manners flourished during this era, while Charles II reigned Restoration Mary Ellen	$800 [9] From Latin "to check", it's a formal censure a reprimand Sandy	$800 [26] He wrote Timothy, "We brought nothing into this world, & it is certain we can carry nothing out" Paul Mary Ellen	$1,000 [19] These islands were the only British territory occupied by the Germans in WWII Channel Islands Isaac	$800 [18] From 1950-53, this post-WWII economic policy was featured in a weekly prime time show the Marshall Plan Isaac
$1,000 [16] In 1848 he became the last slaveholder to be elected president Zachary Taylor Mary Ellen	$1,000 [7] A sailor doll laughs maniacally & Milo dies saying, "Game, set & match!" at end of this mystery Sleuth Sandy	$1,000 [10] A northern grouse with feathered feet; the 1st letter, a "P", is silent a ptarmigan Isaac	—	DD $2,500 [20] At 90%, this smallest Australian state has the highest % of Australian-born people Tasmania Isaac	$1,000 [27] Kennedy's FCC chairman who gave the famous "Vast Wasteland" speech in 1961 Newton Minow Isaac

Final Jeopardy!

AFRICA

1 of 3 countries that make up the "horn" of Africa

Ethiopia, Somalia, or Djibouti

Sandy "What is Ethiopia" — wagered $3,600

Isaac "What is Somalia?" — wagered $6,297

Mary Ellen "What is South Africa" — wagered $6,300

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