Show #458 1986-09-10 (taped 1986-08-05) Regular

Contestants

Fern Cogar — a registered nurse from Pasadena, California

Elliot Smith — an attorney from Berkeley, California

Blair Pethel — a journalist from Greensboro, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,700)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Blair $1,000 $1,800 $4,800 $550
3rd place: Ventura luggage set
$5,400
14 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Elliot $-100 $3,100 $3,100 $2,600
2nd place: WhiteWestinghouse washer & dryer set + Pepperell carpets
$3,000
10 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Fern $1,400 $2,100 $4,500 $8,900
New champion: $8,900
$4,500
18 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

STATE CAPITALS KISSING SONGS MONEY BASEBALL ROYALTY RHYME TIME
$100 [10]
Of Concord, Montpelier or Bennington, the one that's capital of Vermont
Montpelier
Elliot
$100 [3]
In 1981, Hall & Oates were #1 on the charts "'cause your kiss" was on this
my list
Fern
$100 [20]
Basic monetary unit of Italy & also Turkey
the lira
Elliot
$100 [11]
Though their name's the same as the Civil War's Blues, on the road this team wears gray
the Yankees
Blair
$100 [23]
You won't find this Egyptian queen's "needles" in a haystack, but in London or New York
Cleopatra
Fern
$100 [1]
A large porker
a big pig
Fern
$200 [12]
Featuring the 45 most famous accountants, the ever-popular Accounting Hall of Fame is in this Ohio capital
Columbus
Blair
$200 [4]
In song, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling", phrase that follows "You never close your eyes anymore..."
"when I kiss your lips"
Fern
$200 [21]
Of 1 1/2 2 1/2, or 4 years, approximate "life-span" of an average $1 bill
1 1/2 years
$200 [16]
When Minnie Minoso, age 53, got a hit for the White Sox on September 12, 1976, he became this
the oldest player to get a hit
Elliot Fern
$200 [24]
This woman was forced to make Marie Antoinette's death mask; now it's in her wax museum
Madame Tussaud
Elliot
$200 [2]
Pallid beer
pale ale
Elliot
$300 [13]
This city followed Chester, Philadelphia, & Lancaster as its state's capital
Harrisburg
Blair
$300 [5]
Number of times the word "kiss" is mentioned in the 1st line of "It's Been a Long, Long Time"
3
Fern
$300 [22]
The 1st U.S. mint, dies for all coins are made there
Philadelphia
Fern
$300 [17]
Baltimore slugger John Powell was better known by this name
Boog
Elliot
$300 [27]
According to The Book of Lists, this country's Queen Christina killed fleas with a tiny cannon
Sweden
$300 [8]
2000 lbs.
one ton
Fern
$400 [14]
You can buy anything from hand-knit socks to handwritten invitations at Nevada State Prison store here
Carson City
Blair
$400 [6]
From "The King & I", it's the only Rodgers & Hammerstein Broadway song with "kiss" in the title
"We Kiss In A Shadow"
Fern
$400 [25]
The 2 types of paper money in the U.S. are Federal Reserve notes & notes issued by this department
the Treasury Department
Elliot
DD $500 [18]
3 of 4 states that have hosted all the games of a single World Series
(3 of) Missouri, New York, California, Illinois
Elliot
$400 [28]
This Falklands veteran signed on for 12 years with the Navy & a lifetime with Sarah Ferguson
Prince Andrew
Blair
$400 [9]
A former hostage who's going back home to Stockholm
a freed Swede
Blair
$500 [15]
West Virginians claim to have the world's longest block, about 1/2 mile long, in this city
Charleston
Elliot
$500 [7]
Though he's had 29 #1 hits on the country charts, this was Charley Pride's only Billboard Top 40 hit
"Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'"
$500 [26]
In 1971, Great Britain issued the "new pence" converting to this type of currency system
the decimal system
Elliot
$500 [19]
Players' salaries rose sharply after this Cardinals outfielder's suit over the reserve clause
Curt Flood
Elliot
$500 [30]
In 1948, the queen of this country abdicated in favor of her eldest daughter, who, in 1980, did the same
the Netherlands
Fern
$500 [29]
A micro-computer part that thinks it's "cool"
a hip chip

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERATURE JIMMY CAGNEY SOUTH AMERICA THE CIVIL WAR TRAINS PEOPLE
$200 [19]
His "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was an adaptation of a German legend
Washington Irving
Fern
$200 [2]
Silent film star Cagney portrayed in "Man of a Thousand Faces"
Lon Chaney
Blair
$200 [24]
The favelas, or slums of this Brazilian city, were the setting for the film classic "Black Orpheus"
Rio de Janeiro
Blair
$200 [1]
Winfield Scott, Geo. McClellan & Henry Halleck all served as as top union commander before him
Grant
Fern
$200 [6]
Name of the main railroad station in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles & many other cities
Union Station
Fern
$200 [12]
This perennial cowgirl sings "Happy Trails" with religious lyrics on her TV talk show
Dale Evans
Fern
$400 [20]
Spanish novelist who died on the same day in 1616 as Shakespeare did
Cervantes
Blair
$400 [7]
Cagney called this town "nothing exciting, just a place to be & a place to do the job"
Hollywood
Blair
$400 [3]
"The men will cheer, the boys will shout, the ladies they will all turn out" when this happens
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
Blair
$400 [8]
With about 240 trains a day, it provides nearly all U.S. intercity passenger rail service
Amtrak
Fern
$400 [13]
Sean Penn said of her, "no whale, no nuclear war, no starving country is more important"
Madonna
Blair
$600 [21]
Written during his father's terminal illness, Dylan Thomas' poem warns "Do not go gentle into" this
that good night
Fern
$600 [9]
Cagney said he hated this word: "you don't hear them call Michelangelo a 'super painter'"
a superstar
Blair
$600 [4]
Some 1000 people were killed or wounded in 1863 anti-draft riots in this city
New York City
DD $600 [10]
This 1880 Italian song commemorates opening of a railway up Mount Vesuvius:[Instrumental music plays]
"Funiculì, Funiculà"
Blair
$600 [14]
13 years after writing "Marilyn", he starred his own daughter as Monroe in his play "Strawhead"
Norman Mailer
Fern
$800 [22]
John Hersey's tale of survivors of 1st atom bomb, this book filled a whole issue of The New Yorker
Hiroshima
Fern
$800 [17]
Cagney said he picked up this move used in "Angels with Dirty Faces" from watching a pimp in N.Y.
the shoulder move
Fern
$800 [5]
Position held by Jefferson Davis in President Pierce's cabinet
Secretary of War
$800 [15]
"Vanity Fair" called this "Lucky" novelist "about as madcap as a bathtub stopper"
Jackie Collins
$1,000 [23]
"In token for my admiration of his genius", Melville dedicated "Moby Dick" to this New England author
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Fern
$1,000 [18]
Film in which he said "Nobody's going to stand between me & this hat"
Mister Roberts
$1,000 [11]
1/5 of entire Confederate Army was from this Upper South state which was next to last to secede
North Carolina
Blair
$1,000 [16]
This ex-NATO head said of himself: "under this... arrogant demeanor is a heart as big as all outdoors"
Alexander Haig
Fern

Final Jeopardy!

NUMBERS

# of numbers from 1-100 where 5 is used as at least 1 digit

19

Elliot "What is 20" — wagered $500
Fern "What is 19?" — wagered $4,400
Blair "What is 18?" — wagered $4,250

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