Show #976 1988-11-28 (taped 1988-09-14) Regular

Yael Sofaer game 3.

Contestants

Judi Gordon — a sales representative from New York City, New York

Gary Shorr — a teacher from Lakewood, California

Yael Sofaer — a programmer and analyst originally from Israel (whose 2-day cash winnings total $17,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Yael $1,800 $3,400 $10,000 $17,201
3-day champion: $35,001
$10,400
26 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Gary $-100 $1,200 $8,600 $0
3rd place: Oneida gift certificate
$7,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Judi $200 $400 $3,200 $200
2nd place: Dresher brass bed + Stiffel table lamp
$3,200
11 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

WOMEN POTPOURRI SCIENCE & NATURE LAW HOMOPHONES BONANZA
$100 [6]
In 1985 she became the 1st gymnast elected to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
Mary Lou Retton
Judi
$100 [23]
Some Manx still speak Manx on this island, home of the tailless Manx cats
the Isle of Man
Yael
$100 [21]
The Battelle Memorial Institute has developed a chocolate that won't do this in 90º temperatures
melt
Yael
$100 [1]
Copying & selling a copyrighted video tape, or robbery on the high seas are both called this
piracy
Yael
$100 [11]
Squeeze a wet cloth, or clang a bell
wring/ring
Yael
$100 [13]
During the summer of 1972 reruns were shown under this title, the name of the ranch
the Ponderosa
Gary
$200 [7]
Early feminists were reviled for wearing garments named for this newspaperwoman
(Amelia) Bloomer
Yael
$200 [24]
Number of sides on a rhombus
4
Gary
$200 [22]
Of root, stem or leaf, the part of a plant that's the main site of photosynthesis
the leaf
Judi
$200 [2]
It's a former case or decision that acts as an example for judging a current, similar case
a precedent
Yael
$200 [12]
Travel about selling wares, travel about on a bike
peddle/pedal
Judi
$200 [14]
The setting for "Bonanza" was this city in Nevada
Virginia City
Yael
$300 [8]
This lawyer & recent Cabinet sec'y once defended a man charged with annoying zoo animals
Elizabeth Dole
Yael Judi
$300 [25]
This rose was named for the capital city of Syria
the Damask rose
Yael Gary
$300 [28]
Old Egyptian preservation practice revived in modern times after Harvey discovered how blood circulates
embalming
$400 [4]
The Constitution forbids states from passing these "retroactive" laws
ex post facto laws
Gary Judi
$300 [18]
Something you stroke at sea or strike in a mine
oar/ore
Gary
$300 [15]
When Ben & the boys got hungry, he would jump at the chance to cook up a meal
Hop Sing
Gary
$400 [9]
This Tony Award-winning "Dreamgirl" has a 4-octave singing range
Jennifer Holliday
$400 [26]
While "bovine" refers to cattle, "ovine" refers to these farm animals
sheep
Gary
$400 [29]
1st of the noble gases to be used in discharge tubes for lighting
neon
Gary
DD $500 [3]
While you'd go to L.A. for "The People's Court", you have to go to this city for the World Court
The Hague
Yael
$400 [19]
A vendor of halite, or the thing in which you store his product
a salt seller/a salt cellar
$400 [16]
Tho his real name was Eric, everyone called him by this nickname, Norwegian for "good luck"
Hoss
Gary
$500 [10]
She described her assignment on "NBC News Overnight" as, "the inmates being allowed to run the asylum"
(Linda) Ellerbee
Yael
$500 [27]
It's the tallest structure in our nation's capital
the Washington Monument
Yael
$500 [30]
It's what makes a needle float on water or a drop of liquid assume the shape of a ball
surface tension
Yael
$500 [5]
In Roe vs Wade, the Supreme Ct. ruled unduly restrictive state regulation of this unconstitutional
abortion
Yael Gary
$500 [20]
Frolic in the forest, or bet at blackjack
gambol/gamble
Gary
$500 [17]
"Sweet" nickname of the ranch foreman played by David Canary
Candy
Yael

Double Jeopardy! Round

OKLAHOMA THE '60s ACTORS & ROLES "C" IN COOKING ART WORLD'S FAIRS
$200 [7]
Since statehood, Henry Bellmon & Dewey Bartlett have been the only 2 governors from this partt
the Republican Party
Judi
$200 [8]
In March 1966 General Motors apologized to this consumer advocate for investigating his private life
(Ralph) Nader
Yael
$200 [17]
Norma Shearer & Jennifer Jones both played this role in film versions of "The Barretts of Wimpole Street"
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Judi
$200 [1]
To prepare this soul food dish, 1st turn the pig's small intestines inside out & scrape them
chitlins
Yael
$200 [2]
A computer enhancement has shown the Mona Lisa once wore a string of these, but they were painted out
pearls
Judi
$200 [26]
The 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis celebrated the 100th anniversary of this purchase, a year late
the Louisiana Purchase
Yael
$600 [23]
It's 167 miles long but only 34 miles wide
the Panhandle
Gary
$400 [13]
U.S. presidents who were in office on January 1, 1960 & December 31, 1969
Dwight Eisenhower & Richard Nixon
Judi
$400 [18]
In 1952 Gertrude Lawrence made her last stage appearance in this musical, in the role of Anna
The King and I
Yael
$400 [3]
This thick, gooey liquid helps to sweeten pecan pie
corn syrup
Judi
$400 [9]
Of a baby, teenager or grown man, the one Mary holds in Michelangelo's "Pieta" in St. Peter's
an adult (grown man)
Yael
$400 [27]
In 1974 the first World's Fair with an environmental theme was held in this Washington city
Spokane
Yael Judi
$800 [24]
Oklahoma's state flag has an olive branch & this American Indian symbol
a peace pipe
Gary
$600 [14]
Controversial series that went off CBS June 8, 1969 & returned March 30, 1988
The Smothers Brothers
Gary
$600 [19]
This singer made her Broadway debut in 1988 as a sec'y in David Mamet's play "Speed-the-Plow"
Madonna
Yael
$600 [4]
Cardamom, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, cloves & chilis can all be used to make this powder
curry
Gary
$600 [10]
Modigliani usually encircled his forms within a contour line of this color
black
Yael
$600 [28]
The last city to host a World's' fair in the U.S.
New Orleans
Yael
$1,000 [25]
Several of these are found on the grounds of the capitol, the only state capitol with that distinction
oil wells
Yael
$800 [15]
In 1964 Bantam Books published this report in paperback, just 80 hours after its release
The Warren Report
Judi
$800 [20]
Stacy Keach said, "I've always emulated" this writer, & he played him in a 1988 miniseries
Hemingway
Judi
$800 [5]
In North Africa steamed semolina is called this
couscous
Gary
$800 [11]
In 1796 Czech writer Aloys Senefelder developed this printing process using a grease pencil on stone
lithography
Yael
DD $600 [30]
1 of the 2 symbols of the 1939 N.Y. World's Fair depicted here:
the Perisphere or the Trylon
Yael
DD $2,000 [22]
Composer & lyricist team who wrote Oklahoma's state song
Rodgers & Hammerstein
Gary
$1,000 [16]
On November 2, 1964 Prince Faisal deposed his half brother to take over this country's throne
Saudi Arabia
Yael
$1,000 [21]
Meryl Streep learned to speak German & Polish for her role in this 1982 film
Sophie's Choice
Gary
$1,000 [6]
These are cooked in sugar syrup to make marrons glaces
chestnuts
Gary
$1,000 [12]
"You furnish the pictures & I'll furnish the war," Hearst wired this Western artist in Cuba
Remington
Judi
$800 [29]
The 1st ever Ferris wheel was built for this city's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition
Chicago
Yael

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC DATES

Date in 1777 on which the Continental Congress approved a flag of 13 stripes & 13 stars

June 14

Judi "What is July 5?" — wagered $3,000
Gary "What is Sept. 9?" — wagered $8,600
Yael "What is June 14" — wagered $7,201

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