Show #709 - Thursday, October 8, 1987

Richard Perez-Pena game 2. Missing J! Round.

Contestants

Gregg Horn, from

Mary, from

Richard Perez-Pena, a journalist originally from Cuba (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,799)

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

1
2
3
4
5
6
    $100 1
=
    $100 6
=
    $100 11
=
    $100 16
=
    $200 2
=
    $200 7
=
    $200 12
=
    $200 17
=
    $300 3
=
    $300 8
=
    $300 13
=
    $300 18
=
    $400 4
=
    $400 9
=
    $400 14
=
    $400 19
=
    $500 5
=
    $500 10
=
    $500 15
=

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Richard Mary Gregg
$1,200 $800 $2,500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Richard Mary Gregg
$1,900 $900 $2,500

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. CITIES
PERSONAL QUOTES
FLAGS
POETS' CORNER
PUBLISHING
ANCIENT TELEVISION
    $200 1
The 1st major American city to elect a socialist mayor, this Wisconsin city had them for 38 years
    $200 11
He said, "No matter what , I will not resign"--3 days before he resigned in 1974
    $200 5
Guinness says the largest parade of American flags, 13,000, took place in Honolulu on this date in 1985
    $200 18
Chaucer, Spenser, Tennyson & Browning are all buried in Poets' Corner here
    $200 16
Target audience of the national newspaper known as the "Weekly Reader"
    $200 24
Since 1947, panels of journalists have questioned newsmakers on this Sunday show
    $400 2
In 1819, Andrew Jackson & 2 partners founded this largest Tennessee city
    $400 12
"Say anything you like about me except that I drink water," quipped this comic
    $400 7
"Striking the flag" means lowering it at sea, or taking it down in the battle as a sign of this
    $400 21
Surname of sibling poets Laura, William Rose & Stephen Vincent
    $400 17
To set it apart from this city's tabloids, the new "News on Sunday" promised no photos of topless women
    $400 27
In 1949 Uncle Miltie hosted the 1st of these on TV for the "Damon Runyon Memorial Fund"
    $600 3
The part of U.S. Route 41 connecting these 2 Florida cities is called "The Tamiami Trail"
    $600 13
"When I want to read a novel, I write one," said this novelist & Victorian prime minister
    $600 8
The colors in common to the flags of Canada, Mexico, & the U.S.
    $600 22
In 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley moved to this country, where he wrote his greatest poems
    $600 19
This multi-media mogul has added Harper & Row publishers to his stable of Aussie, U.S. & British holdings
    $600 28
He was "At Large" in 1949 but was later captured to become "Today"s 1st host
    $800 4
Half of Alabama's Ph.D.s live in this single city
    $800 14
"I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true", stated this 4-time Oscar winner
    $800 9
Name given the horizontal measurement of a flag, or Jeff Goldblum's noted 1986 role
    $800 23
This Scottish author of "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" refused the post of poet laureate
    $800 20
Educational publishing company that puts out Business Week Magazine
    $1000 6
Tho many say this Texas city is named for our 11th VP, its founder said he named it for a friend
    $1000 15
"When I split an infinitive...I split it so it will stay split", which explains Philip Marlowe's grammar
    DD: $1,000 10
The royal standard of England flies from a building only under this circumstance
    $1000 25
He had already published "Tamerlane & Other Poems" when he was appointed to West Point
    $1000 26
Tho Picture Week Magazine failed, this co. was still highest-ranked publisher for 1986 on the Fortune 500

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Richard Mary Gregg
$6,300 $700 $3,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

AUTOMOBILES
This foreign company, which didn't make any cars until early 1960s, is now 4th largest U.S. automaker

Final scores:

Richard Mary Gregg
$3,701 $1 $700
2-day champion: $16,500 3rd place: Litton microwave oven 2nd place: PTS Turbo 1000 exercycle & Hitachi 19" TV

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Richard Mary Gregg
$7,300 $700 $3,700
16 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 9 R,
4 W		 16 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $11,700

[game responses] [game scores] [suggest correction]

Game tape date: 1987-06-23
The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.