Show #1072 1989-04-11 (taped 1988-12-13) Regular

Contestants

Tom Smolich — a Catholic priest originally from Sacramento, California

Gail Sachs — a service representative from Fresh Meadows, New York

Jim Breed — a mechanical engineer from Kansas City, Missouri (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,499)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jim	$300	$2,700	$9,500	$18,999 2-day champion: $30,498	$8,700 21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Gail	$-400	$1,700	$1,700	$0 3rd place: Regal stainless steel cookware set	$1,700 11 R, 4 W
Tom	$900	$2,400	$9,300	$15,100 2nd place: trip to Gold Mountain Chalet Resort in Catskill Mountains	$7,800 20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S.A.	ACTORS	GEMS & JEWELRY	BASEBALL HISTORY	WORLD RELIGION	4-LETTER WORDS
$100 [11] In 1986, Geo. Wallace Jr. was elected this state's treasurer Alabama Jim	$100 [18] He co-wrote 2 songs for a 1979 Allman Brothers album before he hit the big time in "Miami Vice" Don Johnson Jim	$100 [16] Fashion plates in this country once wore jewelry adorned with serpents, sphinxes & scarabs Egypt Gail	$100 [2] A dominant team of the 1890s, the Beaneaters played for this city Boston Jim	$100 [1] Dervishes have been part of this religion for over 700 years, & some of them are still whirling Islam Tom	$100 [17] Besides your passport, you'll need one of these documents to visit China a visa Tom
$200 [12] John Glenn & Neil Armstrong were both born in this state Ohio Jim	$200 [23] In Russian, this "Star Trek" star's last name means "mute", not pointy eared Leonard Nimoy Tom	$200 [26] The finest coral comes from this sea, especially off the coasts of Algeria & Tunisia the Mediterranean Tom	$200 [3] In 1887 statistically a walk counted as this a hit Jim Tom	$300 [8] In this church, a spiritual advisor is called a "starets", as Rasputin could have told you (Russian) Orthodox Church Tom	$200 [19] To a landscaper, a cut piece of ground; to a street gang, territory turf Tom
$300 [13] According to Psychology Today, the stress level in these 2 Nevada cities is the highest in the U.S. Reno & Las Vegas Gail	$300 [24] Dorothy Lamour said she & this star of "The Music Man" once made beautiful music together Robert Preston Jim	$300 [28] This "Turkish" stone was sometimes worn as a charm to ward off illness turquoise Jim	$300 [4] Opened in Phila. in 1909, the 1st steel & concrete baseball stadium was home to this team, not the Phils (Philadelphia) Athletics Tom	$400 [9] Most of the Protestants in the Netherlands belong to this denomination the Dutch Reformed Church Jim Gail	$300 [20] Men are 20 times more likely than women to get this disease that can be a real pain in the big toe gout Tom
$400 [14] The most expensive farmland per acre in the U.S. is in this "Garden" state New Jersey Jim	$400 [25] After "The A-Team", he went on tour in a one-man show, playing Ernest Hemingway George Peppard Gail	$400 [29] Cartier paid $1.3 million to buy back some of the jewelry it made for this late Duchess the Duchess of Windsor Gail	$400 [5] Jim & Gaylord Perry are the only brothers to win this major league honor the Cy Young Award Jim	$500 [10] His brother Charles is considered a co-founder of Methodism John Wesley Jim	$400 [21] A shaver's accident, or the shortened name of a cable channel for "little shavers" Nick Gail
$500 [15] Special agents of the FBI train at the FBI Academy in this Virginia city where Marines also train Quantico Gail	$500 [27] He not only starred in "A Fish Called Wanda", he wrote the screenplay John Cleese Tom	$500 [30] Most of the world's supply of diamonds comes from this continent Africa Jim	$500 [6] Wee Willie Keeler's famous rules for hitting were "keep your eye clear and hit 'em" here "where they ain't" Jim	DD $600 [7] Legend says his mother's dream about a white elephant foretold that he would be a great man Buddha Jim	$500 [22] Henry Ford said that "history is more or less" this bunk Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

AROUND THE HOUSE	LITERARY TRIVIA	PHYSICAL SCIENCE	TRAVEL & TOURISM	COLORS	4-LETTER BIRDS
$200 [17] The congressmen who assist the house majority & minority leaders are called this a whip Tom	$200 [4] The 1907 book "New Chronicles of Rebecca" was a sequel to this 1903 children's classic Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Jim	$200 [5] It means pertaining to the geometry of curved surfaces, like Buckminster Fuller's dome geodesic Jim	$200 [22] Elementary, my dear Watson: there's a Sherlock Holmes hotel on this famous London street Baker Street Tom	$200 [1] Though its name is French for "red", this cosmetic doesn't have to be red rouge Gail	$200 [16] This bird isn't attached to a string, like a high-flying apparatus of the same name a kite Tom
$400 [18] The "H.R." in H.R. 3652 stands for this House Resolution Jim	$400 [9] In "Ivanhoe", this friend of Robin Hood is the "holy clerk of Copmanhurst" Friar Tuck Jim Tom	$400 [6] A magnifying glass uses this type of lens convex Gail	$400 [23] We'd never call it a Mickey Mouse airline, but it's the official airline of Walt Disney World Delta Gail	$400 [2] The 1st color mentioned in "America the Beautiful" amber Gail	$400 [28] This "crazy" bird appeared in the title of an E.L. Doctorow novel the loon Gail
$600 [19] 2 of 4 places besides the 50 states whose representatives can introduce bills in the House (2 of) the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands & Guam Tom	$600 [13] An 1893 Henry James short story, or how Coca-Cola described itself in the 1970s "The Real Thing" Tom	$800 [11] To convert Celsius temperature to this scale, add 273.15º Kelvin Gail	$600 [24] Called "the most magnificent ship afloat", this "regal" liner is the flagship of the Cunard fleet the Queen Elizabeth 2 Tom	$600 [3] In the poem "The Road Not Taken", "Two roads diverged in" a wood of this color yellow Tom	$1,000 [27] Once considered sacred in Ancient Egypt, this wading bird is no longer found along the Nile the ibis Tom
$800 [20] Each bill is given a short title & assigned a number by this official the Clerk of the House Gail	$800 [14] Adjective, describing both a horse & its rider in a 1939 Katherine Ann Porter story collection pale Jim	$1,000 [12] This form of carbon can be used as a lubricant or to write out an order to buy it graphite Jim	$800 [25] Hungary is the 1st Eastern Bloc country to join this European railroad system Eurail Jim	$800 [7] "Vegetable" color of the beautiful boat "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea in" pea green Tom	—
DD $2,500 [21] When Republicans meet to choose party leaders it's called a conference; when Dem. meet it's called this a caucus Tom	$1,000 [15] In this Kipling tale Daniel Dravot sets himself up as ruler & god of Kafiristan "The Man Who Would Be King" Jim	DD $2,000 [10] Every November the Leonid, which is one of these, occurs in the sky meteor shower Jim	$1,000 [26] This Japanese company, famous for its cultured pearls, has its own island with a pearl museum Mikimoto Gail	$1,000 [8] Colorful name of the longest river in southern Africa the Orange River	—

Final Jeopardy!

THE CALENDAR

On the old Celtic calendar this was the last day of the year, & some of its pagan rites still exist

Halloween

Gail "What is Xmas?" — wagered $1,700

Tom "What is Halloween?" — wagered $5,800

Jim "What is Halloween" — wagered $9,499

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