Show #1132 1989-07-04 (taped 1989-02-21) Regular

Missing introductions.

Contestants

Larry Kissner — a database manager originally from Jerseyville, Illinois

Sue Kayton — an engineer from Los Angeles, California

Catherine Laatz — an office manager originally from Hoquiam, Washington (whose 2-day cash winnings total $12,100)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Catherine $2,500 $3,200 $10,500 $8,000
3-day champion: $20,100
$9,800
26 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Sue $900 $3,200 $2,200 $1
3rd place: Lucien Piccard his & hers watches + Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger
$1,700
13 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Larry $700 $900 $3,800 $100
2nd place: trip on Continental to Honolulu & stay at the Hilton Hawaiian Village + Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger
$5,100
11 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC NAMES 4-LETTER WORDS FORESTS TOOLS THE SOVIET UNION '80s TV
$100 [8]
Nicknamed the "Angel of the Battlefield", her actual first name was Clarissa
Clara Barton
Catherine Larry
$100 [1]
Difficult part of the camel to get "over"
the hump
Catherine
$100 [14]
This forest near Nottingham, England is famous as the home of Robin Hood
Sherwood Forest
Larry
$100 [4]
Before cars came with electric starters, you started the engine by turning one of these tools
a crank
Sue
$100 [20]
Moscow complex that houses the Cathedral of the Assumption & the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael
the Kremlin
Sue
$100 [10]
Kelsey, Becker, Markowitz & Kuzak aren't a law firm but 4 characters on this show about one
L.A. Law
Catherine
$200 [9]
Though the Borgias became infamous in Italy, originally they were from Valencia in this country
Spain
Catherine
$200 [2]
To incite, or to move a spoon about inside your coffee cup
to stir
Catherine
$200 [15]
About 90% of all forest fires in the U.S. are caused by humans; most of the rest are caused by this
lightning
Catherine
$200 [5]
Add "down" to this cultivating tool & you've got a country dance party
a hoe
Catherine
$200 [22]
Still very much in use today, it was invented by St. Cyril in the 9th century
the Cyrillic alphabet
Sue Larry
$200 [11]
Series that replaced "Hawaii Five-O" in 1980--same setting, same time, same channel
Magnum P.I.
Sue
$300 [19]
Cathaginian general who took poison to avoid surrender around 183 B.C.
Hannibal
Catherine
$300 [3]
If you add a double "E" to the name of this animal, you'll have a type of beard
goat
Sue
$300 [24]
About 1/3 of this continent is rain forest
South America
Sue
$300 [12]
Used as a lever, it got its name because its forked end resembles a black bird's foot
a crowbar
Sue
$300 [23]
Novelist who was given a Nobel Prize in 1970 & a one-way ticket out of the USSR in 1974
(Aleksandr) Solzhenitsyn
Sue
$300 [16]
A CBS newsmagazine, or the Manhattan location of its studio
West 57th Street
Catherine
DD $900 [29]
He was the 1st person who ever heard his own name spoken through a telephone
Watson
Sue
$400 [6]
From the Latin for "hair", it's the loops of yarn that form the surface of a carpet
pile
$400 [25]
The U.S. Forest Service was established in 1905 as part of this Cabinet department
Agriculture
Catherine
$400 [13]
A small broom, or a small kitchen tool for whipping eggs
a whisk
Catherine
$400 [27]
Railway you'd be on if you caught the 2:30 from Moscow & arrived in Vladivostok 7 days later
the Trans-Siberian Railroad
Catherine Sue
$400 [17]
Sitcom about the adventures of Larry Appleton & his cousin Balki Bartokomous
Perfect Strangers
Catherine
$500 [7]
Meaning "to get the lay of the land", it's what a crook does to a joint before robbing it
case
Larry
$500 [26]
Term for the boundary on mountains beyond which trees do not grow
the timber line
Catherine
$500 [21]
The biggest one of these Swingline products can dispense 10,000 pieces of wire without a refill
a stapler
Catherine
$500 [28]
The official newspaper of the Soviet government, its name literally means "news"
Izvestia
Sue
$500 [18]
She dropped "The Fall Guy" to take up the bar in "Night Court"
Markie Post
Catherine

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN POLITICS BALLET MEDICINE FOREIGN FILMS PUBLISHING FAMOUS GEORGES
$200 [8]
In politics it was this man, not Sylvester Stallone, who was known as "Rocky"
Nelson Rockefeller
Catherine
$200 [27]
Frederick Ashton not only choreographed this ballet, he played one of the ugly stepsisters
Cinderella
Sue
$200 [18]
Laryngitis, an inflammation of this part of the throat, is nature's way of telling you to shut up
the larynx
Catherine
$200 [1]
Film with a 1-letter title originally subtitled "The Anatomy of a Political Assassination"
Z
$200 [16]
Its weekly features include "Grapevine", "Cheers 'n' Jeers" & "Television Crossword"
TV Guide
Larry
$200 [3]
He was the 1st actor to refuse an Oscar
George C. Scott
Catherine Sue
$400 [12]
In the 1968 election he picked up 46 electoral votes as an American Independent
George Wallace
Larry
$800 [26]
In the ballet "Sylvia", this goddess of the hunt mortally wounds the villain with an arrow
Diana
Catherine
$400 [19]
About half of all pregnant women suffer from this type of burning pain in the chest & upper abdomen
indigestion (heartburn)
Sue
$400 [2]
Polish filmmaker who directed "Knife in the Water" in Poland & "Rosemary's Baby" in the U.S.
(Roman) Polanski
Catherine
$400 [17]
A vanity press generally publishes books at this person's expense
the author
Catherine
$400 [4]
This filmmaker admits that "American Graffiti" was based on his coming of age in Modesto, Calif.
George Lucas
Larry
$600 [13]
Now promoting his Bahamian diet, this activist was a minor party presidential candidate in 1968
(Dick) Gregory
Catherine
$600 [20]
The outer surface of each of these organs is covered by a thin membrane called a renal capsule
the kidneys
Catherine
$800 [6]
Clint Eastwood starred in 3 of this Italian director's "Spaghetti Westerns"
Sergio Leone
Larry
$600 [23]
If you were one of "The 25 Most Intriguing People of the Year", you'd find yourself in this magazine
People magazine
Sue Larry
$600 [9]
2 days before leaving office, Ronald Reagan was given this man's sweater as a parting gift
George Gipp (the Gipper)
Catherine Sue
$800 [14]
On Feb. 2, 1989, the Senate voted unanimously to confirm this ex-New York congressman as HUD Secretary
(Jack) Kemp
Catherine
$1,000 [22]
Type of steroid banned by the I.O.C., it promotes tissue growth by creating protein
anabolic steroids
Catherine
$1,000 [7]
Luis Buñuel directed a 1972 film about "The Discreet Charm of" this group
the Bourgeoisie
Larry
$800 [24]
Roddy McDowall is an editor-at-large for this monthly digest that features gorgeous homes
Architectural Digest
Sue
$800 [10]
He was a fencing instructor long before he joined "The A-Team"
George Peppard
Larry
$1,000 [15]
A Democrat while vice president & president, he again ran for the top job, this time on the Free Soil ticket
Martin Van Buren
DD $1,500 [21]
Term for an inactive substance used as a control in an experiment or given just to humor a patient
a placebo
Catherine
DD $1,300 [5]
Series of British comedies whose titles ended variously with "Nurse", "Doctor" & "Regardless"
Carry On
Larry
$1,000 [25]
The Calypso Log is published bimonthly by this society, not by the Harry Belafonte fan club
the Cousteau Society
Catherine Sue
$1,000 [11]
Walt Disney lost the Emmy as "Outstanding New Personality" of 1954 to this "Lonesome" comic
George Gobel
Catherine

Final Jeopardy!

STATE CAPITALS

The 2 state capitals, both east of the Mississippi, that begin with the same 6 letters

Columbus (Ohio) & Columbia (South Carolina)

Sue "What are Jackson and Jacksonville" — wagered $2,199
Larry "What is H[illegible 2 or 3 letters]" — wagered $3,700
Catherine "What are Charlotte & Charleston" — wagered $2,500

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