Show #935 - Friday, September 30, 1988

Contestants

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Sue Honor, a finance coordinator from Berkeley, California

Bob Johnson, a manager of a real estate office from Palo Alto, California

Doak Fairey, a computer consultant from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (whose 3-day cash winnings total $33,200)

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Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "VI"
SAN FRANCISCO
PEOPLE
MAMMALS
REVOLUTIONARY WAR HEROES
CARNIVALS
    $100 23
Cranberries grow on these
    $100 25
If you're not sure of this official city song, just ask Tony Bennett
    $100 11
"I was a soldier for beauty & love. I was completely selfless," said this former Philippine first lady
    $100 1
To replace lost water, these "desert ships" may drink 20 gallons or more at one time
    $100 24
Believing he was outnumbered at Yorktown, this Frenchman said, "I am not strong enough even to get beaten"
    $200 10
A treacherous person or a venomous snake
    $200 7
Though it lasted just 48 seconds, this disaster equaled a force of about 6 million tons of TNT
    $200 13
Also known for Stupid Human Tricks, he got Ted Koppel to balance a dog biscuit on his nose
    $200 2
Named for a marsupial, this rodent drums on the earth with its large legs to communicate
    $200 17
When asked to surrender his battered ship, he replied, "I have not yet begun to fight"
    $300 20
From a French word for "face", it's the front piece of a knight's helmet
    $300 6
In the late 19th c. San Francisco was the world capital of this maritime hunting industry
    $300 12
Before he created Jeno's frozen pizzas, Jeno Paulucci started this Chinese food co. in Duluth, Minn.
    $300 3
These members of the squirrel family live in excavated "towns" which may be populated by 1000s of them
    $300 16
His pro-British cousin Samuel was widely accused of betraying this American spy
    DD: $500 26
19th c. French composer Camille Saint-Saens gave us this musical menagerie:

[Instrumental music plays.]
    $400 21
A, C, D, E or K
    $400 8
A stagecoach is housed in the history room of this famous "Old West" bank
    $400 14
When he launched his daring bathing suit in 1964, some of us went topless
    $400 4
Scientists aren't sure if this Mexican variety, Ursus horribilis nelsoni, is endangered or already extinct
    $400 18
Henry Lee's quick & daring cavalry raids earned him this nickname
    $400 27
When a kid at a carnival asks his mom to buy him a pronto pup, pronto, he wants one of these
    $500 22
Government official whose title means "in place of the king"
    $500 9
Since San Francisco was named for Saint Francis, this Italian town was named its sister city in 1969
    $500 15
Profession of Russian-born Louise Nevelson, who died in 1988 at the age of 87
    $500 5
Well known as a pet, the golden variety of this mammal goes through pregnancy in only 16 days
    $500 19
Captured by the British, this 14-yr.-old future president was wounded when he wouldn't clean an officer's boots
    $500 28
Word derived from the name of the main street of the Chicago 1893 Exposition

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Doak Bob Sue
$600 $1,400 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Doak Bob Sue
$2,200 $1,700 $1,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPE
BEST SELLERS
U.S. CITIES
SPORTS TRIVIA
TRANSPORTATION
FAMOUS DOCTORS
    $200 29
This city was burned in September 1812 to try to force out Napoleon's troops
    $200 1
"Elizabeth Takes Off" is her story of the ups & downs in her weight & life
    $200 7
Almost named for Boston, this Oregon city was named for a city in Maine instead
    $200 12
Field position in baseball in which one can get "knocked out of the box"
    $200 15
Since the '20s, a "Henry" has been a slang term for a car from this company
    $200 2
Once a drum major at Cornell University, he's best known for his famous "maneuver"
    $400 28
Louis XIV's included Louise de la Vallière, & Mesdames de Montespan & de Maintenon
    $400 17
One of the latest tomes he's knocked out is "The Tommyknockers"
    $400 8
Lakes Mendota & Monona are 2 of several lakes surrounding the center of this Wisconsin capital
    $400 13
In 1 day, May 25, 1935, he equaled or broke 4 track & field world records
    $400 3
As a teenager he invented an automatic surgical stapler, & later perfected an artificial heart
    $600 25
By the Treaty of Utrecht, if Britain gave up this colony, it had to offer it 1st to Spain
    $600 18
"Fatal Shore" by Robert Hughes is about this country's early history
    DD: $1,000 9
It's called "The Pittsburgh of the South"
    $600 14
Oreo cookie eater whose Palm Springs LPGA tournament is sponsored by Nabisco
    $600 16
June 30, 1948 was the last day you could ride the New York City subway at this price
    $600 4
As a Harvard med student he wrote novels under the name John Lange before writing "The Andromeda Strain"
    $800 26
In 1963 John F. Kennedy paid a visit to this elderly West German chancellor
    $800 19
One letter title of the 1988 best seller by John Updike
    $800 10
It's been called "Film City" since Kodak is headquartered there
    $800 21
Having moved in 1960, this NFL team got league permission to move again in 1988
    $800 23
While the others rode horses, Roy Rogers' sidekick, Pat Brady, drove this cantankerous Jeep
    $800 5
On his PBS series "The Body in Question", he performed what was probably the 1st autopsy shown on TV
    $1000 27
Monarchial moniker for the Britain of 1900-10, when clothing styles were opulent & overrefined
    $1000 20
"Texasville" is a sequel to this Larry McMurtry novel
    $1000 11
City which is home to the Photography, National Cowboy & National Softball Halls of Fame
    $1000 22
This country has hosted 7 min. 54 sec. of heavyweight championship boxing in 2 quick matches
    DD: $2,000 24
The largest ships afloat are these
    $1000 6
The first born of a set of triplets, she's famous for the book "On Death & Dying"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Doak Bob Sue
$4,200 $2,900 $2,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

THE MOVIES
Under the system begun in 1968, the MPAA has assigned this rating to more films than any other

Final scores:

Doak Bob Sue
$2,400 $0 $3,900
2nd place: trip on Eastern to New York & stay at Roseland Ranch in Stanfordville 3rd place: Yahama keyboard New champion: $3,900

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Doak Bob Sue
$6,200 $2,900 $2,800
17 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)
11 R,
3 W
15 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $11,900

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Game tape date: 1988-07-25
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