Suggest correction - #21 - 1984-10-08
Show #21 - Monday, October 8, 1984
First episode to use current Daily Double sound.
Contestants
Diane McCain, a student from Van Nuys, California
Kevin Conway, a computer marketing representative originally from Detroit, Michigan
Joel Davidman, an investment banker from Encino, California
Jeopardy! Round
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In '45, a U.S. bomber crashed into this N.Y. landmark's 79th floor |
the Empire State Building
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Part of body used to dance on "pointe" |
toe
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Definitely not Caesar's time of month |
the ides of March
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Jim Henson coined this word from a combination of "marionette" & "puppet" |
muppet
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Rudy Vallee recorded it in '31 & Sam played it again in Casablanca |
"As Time Goes By"
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A small boat used to move big boats |
tug
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Tchaikovsky's fowl aquatic ballet |
"Swan Lake"
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Founded by F.D.R. in 1938, it works to prevent birth defects |
the March of Dimes
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David Janssen's private eye with the last name Orwell |
Harry O
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Body builder Charles Atlas offered to build up the physique of this Indian leader |
(Joel: Who was Geronimo?) (Alex: We've got a minute left in this segment.)
Mahatma Gandhi
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A flat-bottomed boat propelled by a pole, or a 4th down football play |
punt
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New York City Ballet's "Mr. B." |
George Balanchine
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Way of saying "loony as a spring rabbit" |
(Kevin: What is crazy as a March hare?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
mad as a March hare
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Known originally for motorcycles, this Japanese company now operates an auto plant in Ohio |
Honda
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Yancy's fancy pistol |
derringer
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German for "lightning war" |
[end-of-round signal sounds]
blitzkrieg
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The arrangement of dance movements |
choreography
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The ancient art of paper folding |
(Kevin: What is....[time]?)
origami
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Cook Graham Kerr was known as this |
The Galloping Gourmet
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Formerly England's Sadler's Wells Ballet |
the Royal Ballet
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Western name for towering tsunamis, clocked at up to 500 MPH |
(Diane: What is monsoon?) (Joel: What is the bullet train?) (Kevin: What is a cyclone?)
tidal waves
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From the Swahili word for "doctor", the show featured a cross-eyed lion |
(Joel: What was "Elsa the Lion?")
Daktari
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Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 9):
Joel |
Kevin |
Diane |
$300 |
$300 |
$1,500 |
Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:
Joel |
Kevin |
Diane |
-$600 |
-$500 |
$3,000 |
Double Jeopardy! Round
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N.Y.C.'s "Capital of Black America", named by Dutch for a city in Holland |
Harlem
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These working numbers don't measure up to Dolly Parton |
"9 to 5"
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Founded by Wm. Penn, it became 2nd largest city in British Empire |
(Joel: What is Pittsburgh?) (Alex: London was the largest.)
Philadelphia
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Ex-astronaut who's had "The Right Stuff" to win 2 Senate terms |
John Glenn
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Janis Ian learned the truth at this tender age |
(Alex: With less than a minute to go.)
"At Seventeen"
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Eastern rite of Christianity or oldest branch of Judaism |
Orthodox
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Gov. Peter Stuyvesant's Manhattan farm, now the city's skid row |
(Joel: What was Harlem?)
the Bowery
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Behatted 3-term N.Y. congresswoman, still active in feminist movement |
Bella Abzug
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The sclera; Bunker Hill patriots were ordered not to fire before seeing it |
the whites of their eyes
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Hall & Oates played music, not basketball, thus way |
"One on One"
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Denomination Reverend Jesse Jackson is minister of |
Baptist
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"Pennsylvania Dutch" settlers came from there |
Germany
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For the past 8 years, John D. Rockefeller IV has been gov. of this state |
West Virginia
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Peristalsis lets you do this while standing on your head |
(Joel: What is the blood rushing to your head?) (Kevin: What is digestion?)
swallowing
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Total of "The Freshmen" & "The Preps" |
8
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Mormons believe they're Amer. Indians; others say they're Japanese or Anglo-Saxons |
(Joel: What are Eskimos?)
the 10 lost tribes of Israel
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Slavery was at first banned in this southern colony founded by Oglethorpe |
[end-of-round signal sounds]
Georgia
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Senator who tried for '84 pres. nomination was once sued by Adolf Hitler |
(Joel: Who was...[time]?)
Alan Cranston
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Belief in a deity is not part of its 8-fold path to nirvana |
(Joel: What is Hinduism?)
Buddhism
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Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:
Joel |
Kevin |
Diane |
-$2,000 |
$2,300 |
$5,400 |
Final Jeopardy! Round
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The last military branch to be established |
(Alex: Established in 1947.)Kevin | What is the Air Force | $2,295 | Diane | What is the Air Force? | $400 | United States Air Force |
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Final scores:
Joel |
Kevin |
Diane |
-$2,000 |
$4,595 |
$5,800 |
Game dynamics:
Joel |
Kevin |
Diane |
-$1,000 |
$2,300 |
$5,400 |
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