Show #610 - Friday, April 10, 1987

J! round & first 7 clues of DJ! round only.

Contestants

Linda Christiano, a teacher from Alto Loma, California

Burton Boxerman, a retired teacher from St. Louis, Missouri

Chris Walkey, a jeweler originally from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,000)

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Jeopardy! Round

MICE
SHIPS
ODD JOBS
FACTS & FIGURES
BASEBALL
SUMMER SONGS
    $100 1
Because this sense in mice is poor, they may enter a lighted room even if people are there
    $100 11
Of the Queen Elizabeth or QE2, the larger
    $100 17
A glazier in Australia had a young employee break these around town so he could repair them
    $100 4
About 70% of cultured pearls on the market today come from this country
    $100 12
In 1915, he became the 1st president to attend a World Series game
    $100 2
This tune by the Percy Faith Orchestra was the biggest instrumental single of the past 30 years
    $200 6
In Aesop's fable, a mouse's sharp little teeth help one of these
    $200 13
The 1st of these made in France was named the Nautilus
    $200 18
In 2 popular kid's books, Willy Wonka's profession
    $200 14
Clairol says more than 1/2 of the 35 million U.S. women who color their hair color it this color
    $200 3
The 3 rhyming adjectives that Nat King Cole used to describe "Those...Day of Summer"
    $300 7
Young mice are weaned at 3 weeks, & most start doing this in their 6th week
    $300 23
A Roman galley slave didn't work in the ship's kitchen but was used for this function
    $300 19
In October 1986, after holding down this post for 24 years, Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani was fired
    $300 15
At almost 76 million boxes, that was this was the top selling flavor of Jell-O in 1985
    $300 27
After breaking Maury Wills' stolen base record, he titled autobiography "Stealing is My Game"
    $300 5
Only animals mentioned in George Gershwin's "Summertime (An; the Livin' is Easy)"
    $400 10
Since house mice love to steal your food, it's appropriate that "mouse" comes from Sanskrit word for this
    $400 25
The 1st registered vessel powered by this was appropriately named the James Watt
    $400 20
From Latin for "to write", it's a professional copyist of documents
    $400 16
In the I.Q. Zoo at the L.A. County Fair, the chicken wins 8 out of 10 games of this
    $400 24
A 92-year-old fan of this team said in Oct. '86, "I've been 'waiting for next year' since 1918
    $400 8
Bryan Hyland hit which began, "Though we gotta say goodbye for the summer"
    $500 21
A mahout keeps & drives one of these
    DD: $400 22
Face value of the coins in 1986 U.S. proof set which the government sells for $11
    $500 26
The 2 National League team names which are also "clerical titles"
    $500 9
Title of the song in which The Happenings asked "or will I lose you to a summer love?"

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Chris Burton Linda
$700 $100 $1,100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Chris Burton Linda
$1,500 $800 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round

CATS
NEW TESTAMENT
DAVES & DAVIDS
CITY NICKNAMES
LITERATURE
POTPOURRI
    $200 1
This rock star was Joan Rivers' very 1st guest on her "Late Show" debut
    $200 7
City with many nicknames that Carl Sandburg called "Hog Butcher for the World"
    DD: $800 2
His quartet's 1960 album containing the following became 1st jazz gold record: [instrumental music plays]
    $400 6
In "The Frisco Kid", Gene Wilder called it "The city where all the brothers love each other"
    $600 4
This comedian's cracked psychiatrist character startled patients by blurting "Booga Booga!"
    $800 3
Producer who has given "Promises Promises" to B'way audiences as well as to 4 wives, 1 twice
    $1000 5
Movie producer who reportedly said no one else matched his success in adapting famous books

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Chris Burton Linda
$1,900 $2,200 $0

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