Show #938 1988-10-05 (taped 1988-07-26) Regular

Contestants

Brad Harrington — a secretary from Dayton, Ohio

Julie Spickler — an artist from Sherman Oaks, California

Gail Hoffman — an associate manager originally from Ridgefield, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Gail $1,900 $4,100 $8,500 $9,601
2-day champion: $15,801
$8,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Julie $200 $800 $4,800 $1
2nd place: trip to Mexico City
$3,000
12 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Brad $2,300 $2,600 $4,000 $0
3rd place: Ortho day bed
$4,000
14 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE UNIVERSE FASHION 4-LETTER WORDS MAGAZINES ANCIENT OLYMPICS POT LUCK
$100 [11]
Earth's orbit falls between these 2 planets
Mars & Venus
Brad
$100 [13]
Of a muff, a duff or a cuff, the one that is not an article of clothing
a duff
Gail
$100 [1]
It can precede "storm", "Mary" or "to the chief"
hail
Brad
$100 [18]
In March 1988 Empire Press debuted a new quarterly magazine all about this S.E. Asian war
Vietnam
Brad
$100 [20]
Instead of medals, winners at the ancient games received these made of olive branches
wreaths (or crowns)
Brad
$100 [6]
Along with Roquefort, this smooth, creamy French cheese is also called the "king of cheeses"
brie
Gail
$200 [12]
A typical one has 3 parts, the nucleus, the coma & the tail
a comet
Gail
$200 [14]
In 1988 the fashion industry lost billions on this style shunned by professional women
the miniskirt
Brad
$200 [2]
The triangle used to set up the balls in a pool game
a rack
Julie
$200 [19]
Section of the Sunday New York Times that is also sold as a separate magazine
The Book Review
Julie
$200 [21]
To an ancient Greek, an "Olympiad" wasn't the games but this length of time between games
4 years
Brad
$200 [7]
Type of camel that's in a box of Nabisco Animal Crackers
a Bactrian
Brad
$300 [15]
Some almanacs don't mention the fact that Neptune's 3rd one of these was discovered in 1981
a moon
Brad
$300 [25]
Type of dress Loni Anderson wore on the May 16, 1988 cover of People magazine
a wedding dress
Gail
$300 [3]
Melt
thaw
Gail
$300 [28]
Established in 1903, this monthly women's magazine title sounds like Mao's reading material
Redbook
Gail
$300 [22]
It was the only type of event in the 1st few Olympics
a (foot) race
Gail Julie
$300 [8]
City mentioned in the song "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy"
London
Gail
$400 [16]
The number of stars that can be found within our solar system
1
Brad
$400 [26]
In 1988 the Duchess of York ordered more than a dozen of these ensembles from designer Yves St. Laurent
maternity clothes
Gail
$400 [4]
To the British, when followed by "up", it's a verb meaning "to make a phone call"
ring
Brad
$400 [29]
If you find a Clipper magazine in your seat pocket, you are most likely on this airline
Pan Am
Gail
$400 [23]
Milo of Croton was a 6-time winner in this sport which then involved grounding your opponent
wrestling
Brad
$400 [9]
As of April 23,1988 this is prohibited on U.S. airplane flights of 2 hours or less
smoking
Gail
$500 [17]
In 1801 Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the 1st of these bodies in our solar system
an asteroid
Brad
$500 [27]
Collegiate name given to men's suits during the 1950s that had narrow lapels & unpadded shoulders
Ivy League suits
Julie Brad
$500 [5]
From Latin for "shortened", it's being short with someone
curt
Gail
DD $600 [30]
He's appeared on the most Sports Illustrated covers, 30--under 2 different names
Muhammad Ali
Gail
$500 [24]
Notorious king mentioned in the New Testament who underwrote the games & was named president of the Olympics
Herod
Gail
$500 [10]
In 1967, when Queen Elizabeth knighted Francis Chichester, she used this explorer's sword
Sir Francis Drake
Brad

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC NAMES BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ACTORS & ACTRESSES LAKES & RIVERS BALLET POE-POURRI
$200 [19]
In 1872 the 1st mail order catalog was issued by this man's company, not Sears
Montgomery Ward
Gail Julie Brad
$200 [25]
Guinness says this non-communist Asian country's railroad is the world's largest employer
India
Gail Julie
$200 [4]
She said Warren Beatty acts like he can't wait to get out of the room when she talks about spirits
Shirley MacLaine
Julie
$200 [1]
Banff National Park & this lake are visited more than any other place in the Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise
Julie
$200 [14]
"Swan Lake" was originally such a failure that this composer planned to rewrite it, but he died 1st
Tchaikovsky
Julie
$200 [9]
In 1 story, 1 of these embalmed Egyptians gets dressed up in sky blue pantaloons & a pink chemise
a mummy
$400 [20]
Illinois senator who held Lincoln's hat during his 1st inaugural address in Washington
Stephen Douglas
$400 [27]
America's biggest dairy company, it's also No. 1 in pasta
Borden
Julie
$400 [5]
This "L.A. Law" star had a romance & a son with Ursula Andress, his co-star in "Clash of the Titans"
Harry Hamlin
Gail
$600 [3]
The only place alligators are found outside the U.S. is in this river, China's longest
the Yangtze
Gail
$400 [15]
In the 1930s this company was known as the Sadler's Wells Ballet but now it's called this
the Royal Ballet
$400 [10]
In the poem of the same name, "they are neither brute nor human--they are ghouls: and their king it is who tolls"
the bells
$600 [21]
In 1946 this "Little Flower" served as director general of the U.N. Relief & Rehabilitation Administration
LaGuardia
Gail
$600 [28]
In 1900 the company owned by these siblings became 1st to pack coffee in vacuum cans
Hills Brothers
Julie
$600 [6]
Oscar winner who plays Maddie's mom on "Moonlighting"
Eva Marie Saint
$800 [24]
The capitals of North & South Dakota are both located on this river
the Missouri
$600 [16]
The patriotic ballet "Stars & Stripes" is danced to his music
John Philip Sousa
Brad
$600 [11]
In this tale, a stranger in a horrifying costume kills the revelers at a masked ball
"The Masque of the Red Death"
Gail
$800 [22]
Called the "Sam Adams of Virginia", he took a fatal dose of mercury in 1799 trying to cure a severe ailment
Patrick Henry
Gail
DD $2,000 [29]
Most of Lee Iacocca's 1987 Chrysler salary, valued at $17.9 million, was "paid" to him in this form
stock (options)
Julie
$800 [7]
He was a migrant fruit picker & a jitterbug champion long before starring as TV's "Buck James"
Dennis Weaver
Gail
DD $1,000 [2]
River mentioned in thefollowing Kingston Trio song:"Standing there across the river, mid sound of horn and tram / In all her quiet beauty, the cathedral Notre Dame..."
the Seine
Julie
$800 [17]
In Stravinsky's ballet this title bird has strange powers & magic feathers
The Firebird
Gail
$800 [12]
The 1st words in "The Raven" aren't "once upon a time" but "once upon" this
a midnight dreary
Gail
$1,000 [23]
While an Ohio congressman, he was elected both Senator & President in 1880
Garfield
Gail Julie
$1,000 [8]
He was a Chicago policeman for 18 years before playing one on "crime story"
Dennis Farina
$1,000 [26]
Both the Rhine & the Rhone rivers originate in this country
Switzerland
Gail
$1,000 [18]
This dancer's 1912 performance in "Afternoon of a Faun" was considered shockingly erotic
Nijinsky
Gail
$1,000 [13]
This story ends with the hero saved & the Inquisition "in the hands of its enemies"
"The Pit and the Pendulum"
Brad

Final Jeopardy!

SEE THE USA

Latest figures show this U.S. state is the most popular destination for Japanese tourists

Hawaii

Brad "What is California?" — wagered $4,000
Julie "What is California?" — wagered $4,799
Gail "What is Hawaii?" — wagered $1,101

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