Show #1124 1989-06-22 (taped 1989-02-14) Regular

Cathy Boggs game 5.

Contestants

Denise Weber — a teacher originally from Vintondale, Pennsylvania

Karen Kluge — a research associate from Los Angeles, California

Cathy Boggs — a telecommunications policy analyst originally from Appleton, Wisconsin (whose 4-day cash winnings total $35,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Cathy $1,100 $2,200 $6,400 $8,000
5-day champion: $43,200
$7,200
25 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Karen $0 $300 $3,300 $3,300
2nd place: Pacific Leisure outdoor furniture + Home Lite Jacobsen lawn mower + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version
$3,300
6 R, 1 W
Denise $-500 $-500 $3,100 $100
3rd place: Hitachi VCR + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version
$3,100
10 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOTBALL FAMOUS FOLKS CAVES TV GUIDE SAYS
$100 [21]
Sgt. Preston of the Yukon would feel at home at the annual derby in Laconia devoted to races of these
dog sled races
Denise
$100 [11]
In the 1920s sportswriter Grantland Rice called this college's backfield the "Four Horsemen"
Notre Dame
Cathy
$100 [6]
His real name was Eric Hilliard Nelson: Hilliard was his mother's stage name
Ricky Nelson
$100 [16]
Sea cave on the isle of Capri famous for its sapphire-colored light
the Blue Grotto
Denise
$100 [1]
"Moneylender Charles demands a pound of flesh from B.J. and Hawkeye"
M*A*S*H
Cathy
$200 [22]
Since 1856 presidential candidates of this party have carried the state in 28 out of 34 elections
the Republican Party
Cathy
$200 [12]
The Embraceable Ewes are the cheerleading squad of this NFL team
the L.A. Rams
Cathy
$200 [7]
Before becoming Sherlock Holmes on PBS, J. Brett played Freddy Eynsford-Hill in this movie musical
My Fair Lady
Cathy
$200 [17]
It's located under stately Wayne Manor
the Batcave
Cathy
$200 [2]
"It's curtains for a critic who raved about a play loosely based on one of Jessica's novels"
Murder, She Wrote
Cathy
$300 [23]
A tall, white species of this tree once used for making Indian canoes is New Hampshire's state tree
a birch
Karen Denise
$300 [13]
MVP of 1989's Super Bowl XXIII who caught 11 passes for a record 215 yards
Jerry Rice
$300 [8]
On Sept. 11, 1988 a blonde violinist named Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson became this
Miss America
$300 [18]
This extinct animal can be found today in the title of a Jean Auel book
the cave bear
Cathy
$300 [3]
"Sam isn't worried about Diane repaying a $500 loan, until Carla points out her expensive spending habits"
Cheers
Cathy
$400 [14]
In college play the ball is placed on this yard line for a point after touchdown attempt
the 3-yard line
$400 [9]
Mel Gibson was born in this country
the United States
Cathy
$400 [19]
The largest subterranean chamber in the U.S. is the "Big Room" in this system
Carlsbad Caverns
Cathy Denise
$400 [4]
"A willful young runaway steals A.J.'s wallet & Rick's camera..."
Simon & Simon
Cathy
$500 [15]
This Ohio State coach was fired for hitting a Clemson player in the 1978 Gator Bowl
Woody Hayes
Denise
$500 [10]
Stedman Graham is her steady boyfriend
Oprah Winfrey
Cathy
DD $500 [20]
France's Lascaux cave isn't noted for its size or unique formations but for these
its drawings by prehistoric cavemen
Cathy
$500 [5]
"The answer is:The death of a winning contestant. The question: What brings Hammer to a TV game show?"
Sledge Hammer!
Denise

Double Jeopardy! Round

STARTS & ENDS WITH "H" THEATER 19THCENTURY AMERICA THE UK SAUCES MEDIUM & MESSAGE
$200 [21]
In a chorus of "The Messiah", the sopranos sing this word 39 times
Hallelujah
Karen
$200 [16]
She co-starred with Woody Allen in both the stage & film versions of "Play It Again, Sam"
Diane Keaton
Cathy
$200 [1]
Can you beat that? in 1850 congress outlawed this form of punishment in the Navy
flogging
Karen Denise
$200 [11]
Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in the UK, is located in this appropriately named part of Scotland
the Highlands
Cathy
$200 [18]
Considered a condiment as well as a sauce, the fancy grade consists of no less than 33% tomato solids
ketchup
Denise
$200 [3]
For centuries African natives have used these to "talk" over long distances
drums
Cathy
$400 [22]
Sound you might hear from Mr. Ed after one of Wilbur's corny jokes
a horse laugh
$400 [17]
This Beatle known for his sketches inspired a sketch for "Oh! Calcutta!"
John Lennon
Denise
$400 [2]
Alexander Hamilton was instrumental in this man's losing the 1804 race for governor of N.Y.
Aaron Burr
Cathy
$400 [12]
London's largest & Europe's busiest airport
Heathrow
Cathy
$400 [19]
Basic Italian spaghetti sauce whose name means "in sailor's style"
marinara
Denise
$400 [4]
World Book calls the person who had this job "the 'walking newspaper' of the American colonies"
the town crier
Cathy
$600 [23]
Turkish candy made with sesame seeds & honey
halvah
Karen
$600 [25]
The title of this Lorraine Hansberry play came from a poem by Langston Hughes
A Raisin in the Sun
Cathy
$600 [8]
In the mid 1890s this young publisher hired away the Sunday staff of Pulitzer's N.Y. paper
William Randolph Hearst
Cathy
$600 [13]
James VI of Scotland was known by this name & number when he became king of England as well
James I
Denise
$600 [20]
A variety of very hot chili pepper, or a brand of very hot sauce sold in small dropper bottles
Tabasco
Karen
$600 [5]
Medium in which celebrities have left messages in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre
cement
Cathy
$800 [24]
A 3-dimensional image produced by a laser
a holograph
Cathy
$1,000 [27]
In "Polly", the sequel to this John Gay work, Macheath becomes a pirate
The Beggar's Opera
Cathy
$800 [9]
On September 19, 1865 he received a patent for his sleeping car
George Pullman
Cathy
$800 [14]
This epic of the hero who killed the monster Grendel & his monster mom is the 1st major poem in English
Beowulf
Denise
$800 [29]
Brown sugar, corn syrup, cream & butter create this sauce often served on sundaes
butterscotch
Karen
$800 [6]
NYC's WFAN is the 1st U.S. radio station whose 24 hour format is exclusively this
all sports
DD $2,000 [28]
Last name of the composer who wrote the music to this song, B. Streisand's 1st million-selling single:"Memories / Light the corners of my mind / Misty water-colored memories / Of the way we were..."
Marvin Hamlisch
Cathy
DD $2,000 [26]
This 1953 John Patrick play is set in an American-occupied town in Okinawa
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Cathy
$1,000 [10]
This poem by Katherine Lee Bates was 1st published on July 4, 1895; the music came later
"America the Beautiful"
Denise
$1,000 [15]
Among modern Celtic languages, this, not Gaelic, is the 1 most commonly spoken in the UK
Welsh
Cathy
$1,000 [30]
The color of & other name for béchamel sauce
white sauce
Karen
$1,000 [7]
Dale Carnegie taught this & wrote a text on it for businessmen in 1926
public speaking
Cathy

Final Jeopardy!

PULITZER PRIZES

1 of 2 Black women who won Pulitzer Prizes for their fiction, 1 in 1983 & 1 in 1988

Alice Walker or Toni Morrison

Denise "Who is?" — wagered $3,000
Karen "Who is Alice Walker?" — wagered $0
Cathy "Who is Toni Morrison?" — wagered $1,600

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