Show #641 - Monday, May 25, 1987

Contestants

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Clara Poplin, an attorney from Tampa, Florida

Robin Gillen, a graduate student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Tim Casey, a graphic artist from St. Paul, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,799)

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Jeopardy! Round

LESOTHO
ANIMALS
SPACE & AVIATION
GAME SHOWS
FACTS & FIGURES
WOOD ON THE MAP
    $100 9
Skunks develop this ability before they're one month old, so watch out!
    $100 1
On its historic flight in December 1986, number of times Voyager stopped for gas
    $100 8
The "Chance of a Lifetime" is to win this prize
    $100 14
Experts say it takes an intake of 3500 extra calories to gain this much weight
    $100 6
Just ask Reggie Jackson, & he'll tell you the A's are from this city
    $200 10
The most recent member of the "ursus", or bear, line is this species which headed north
    $200 2
In 1986, besides the U.S., 1 of 2 countries whose airports were among the 10 busiest in the world
    $200 17
Major network which currently airs the greatest number of daytime game shows
    $200 15
59' tall & from California, it was put up on the U.S. Capitol ground December 1, 1986
    $200 7
Colorado resort city named in 1879 for the trees in the region
    $300 16
Of the higher primates, the pygmy marmoset is smallest in size & this is the largest
    DD: $300 3
Testor Corp. is selling a model kit for this plane the government won't even admit exists
    $300 18
Bob Eubanks hosts the daytime network version; Bill Rafferty, the syndicated
    $300 21
After 27 years, he's the current NFL coach who has served the longest with 1 team
    $300 11
Cities in Iowa are named for the falls & rapids of this river
    $400 19
Of the civet, otter, & badger, the mammal that's considered aquatic
    $400 4
Of a Boeing 727, 737, 747, 757, or 767, one with the most engines
    $400 24
In Italy, this show is called "Il Prezzo et Justo"
    $400 22
Officials in Rome estimate that there are 50,000 too many of these in the capital each day
    $400 12
The General Sherman tree, most massive living thing in the world, is in this nat'l park
    $500 20
Lemurs live chiefly on The Comoros & this other island country off Africa's southeast coast
    $500 5
American who launched the 1st successful liquid-propelled rocket on March 16, 1926
    $500 25
The difference between the number of game board monitors on "Tic Tac Dough" & "Jeopardy!"
    $500 23
In 1985-86, this character's dream accounted for 31 hours of television programming
    $500 13
Wild Bill Hickok met his end in this appropriately named South Dakota town

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 9):

Tim Robin Clara
$1,600 $200 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Tim Robin Clara
$3,600 $800 $1,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXODUS
THE 1930s
HAIL TO THE CHIEF
PUBLISHING
ONE SONG
2-LETTER WORDS
    $200 7
Jewish holiday established in Exodus 12
    $200 6
When dedicated on May 1, 1931, it was the world's tallest building
    $200 22
His mother's name was Jessie Janet Woodrow
    $200 17
Newspaper whose reporters originally broke the Watergate story
    $200 8
Heard here, it's the title of the song this category is based on: You never close your eyes any more When I kiss your lips
    $200 1
Direction in which you'd have to look right now to see a catwalk
    $400 30
Moses set desert rations for the "bread of the Lord" at 1 omer each day except Sat., 2 on Friday
    $400 13
Of "Dracula", "The Wolf Man" or "Frankenstein", film which didn't premiere in the 1930s
    $400 26
John Quincy Adams named his 1st-born after this man famous for being a 1st
    $400 18
Gertrude the kangaroo is the symbol of this company, the USA's pioneer paperback book publisher
    $400 9
Under this group name Bill Medley & Bobby Hatfield took the song to #1 in 1965
    $400 2
Printer's measure, or Dorothy's Auntie
    $600 29
In the 1960 film "Exodus", he played Ari Ben Canaan
    $600 14
On May 9, 1936, it landed successfully at Lakehurst, New Jersey
    $600 25
Bob Hope said "When I play (golf) with this president, I...bring a special caddy--he's my blood type!"
    $600 19
This city's Free Press was rebuked by readers for revealing our T of C winner's name early
    $600 10
Actress to whom the song was sung in "Top Gun"
    $600 3
Proper title of the "Sound of Music" song which begins "Do a deer", it's 3 2-letter words
    $800 28
After all the rods became serpents, his rod ate them all
    $800 15
Japan's 8-year war against this country began at the Marco Polo Bridge in July 1937
    DD: $2,000 24
2 of the 3 men who were president in 1881
    $800 20
This head of Random House was a regular panelist on "What's My Line?"
    $800 11
According to the lyrics, "Girl, you're startin' to criticize" these
    $800 4
Spelled out, it's a blood type; pronounced, it's a month of the Jewish calendar
    $1000 27
Moses' father-in-law, he shares name with a "Beverly Hillbilly"
    $1000 16
In October 1935, Roosevelt said "A state of war unhappily exists" between Italy & this country
    $1000 23
In the 1856 election, this ex-president was candidate of both the Whigs & Know-Nothings
    $1000 21
This pair was Row, Peterson & Company's most successful equivalent to "Dick & Jane"
    $1000 12
This pop pair had a Billboard top 20 hit in 1980 with a remake of the song
    DD: $1,000 5
2 of the 4 Greek letters that are 2-letter words

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Tim Robin Clara
$14,000 $2,000 $5,800
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

GEOLOGY
3 of the 5 U.S. states with volcanoes active within the last two centuries

Final scores:

Tim Robin Clara
$16,000 $2,100 $5,800
2-day champion: $23,799 3rd place: Helbros watches 2nd place: Ricci coffee set & Bernardaud Limoges dinnerware

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Tim Robin Clara
$12,800 $2,000 $6,800
29 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 8 R,
0 W		 14 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $21,600

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Game tape date: 1987-01-14
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