Show #726 - Monday, November 2, 1987

Contestants

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Delores Teus, a vice president and project director originally from Manila, Philippines

Ken Freedman, a professional snake handler from Long Beach, California

Rich Kenney, a manufacturer's representative from North Branford, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,601)

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Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS & AUTHORS
TRANSPORTATION
PEOPLE
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
UNCOMMON WORDS
"CALIFORNIA" SONGS
    $100 18
In the last 50 years, this Dale Carnegie book has sold more than 15 million hardcover copies
    $100 17
According to the kids' riddle, it has 4 wheels & flies
    $100 3
Deeming it "too ornate", this pope snubbed Imelda Marcos by refusing to stay in her Coconut Palace
    $100 9
Data from resistivity gauges, gravimeters, & creep meters are being used in efforts to predict these
    $100 2
Your "funiculus" is usually called this, & it was cut right after your were born
    $200 19
Author of "The Witches of Eastwick"
    $200 16
It's estimated that nearly 1/2 of the 85,000 of these in Paraguay were stolen from Brazil
    $200 4
The 2 first ladies who've made the Best-Dressed Hall of Fame
    $200 8
Devised by Alessandro Volta, the "voltaic pile" was the earliest one of thise
    $200 12
A "monopode" has only 1 of these
    $300 20
W/encouragement from J. Susann, this "3's Company" star published a book of poetry "Touch Me"
    DD: $500 6
City in which you'd see the following transportation sign:

Oxford Circus Station Subway
    $300 5
Among reasons the Queen of Denmark knighted him was his portrayal of Hans Christian Andersen
    $300 1
Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, or a term for what holds 2 or more atoms together in a compound
    $300 13
What a "frugivorous" person eats
    $400 21
E.B. White's "Little" mouse who made his debut in 1945
    $400 7
A "Mother Goose & Grimm" comic had the Lone Ranger giving this to Tonto for their 25th anniversary
    $400 10
This element, No. 16, is always found near volcanoes, bringing true meaning to "fire & brimstone"
    $400 14
Of a little tree, a little barrel, or a little rodent, what a "firkin" is
    $500 22
Author of "The New York Times Cookbook" & food columnist for the paper
    $500 23
On a 3-masted schooner, the masts fore to aft are the foremast, the mainmast, & this
    $500 11
The 2 subatomic particles in an ordinary hydrogen atom
    $500 15
The number of people who govern a "heptarchy"

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 7):

Rich Ken Delores
$500 $100 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Rich Ken Delores
$2,500 $900 $300

Double Jeopardy! Round

LATIN AMERICA
MYTHS & LEGENDS
"KINGS"s & "QUEEN"s
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
IN THE OCEAN
SELF-DIRECTED
    $200 1
In South America, as a of Jan. 1987, only Ecuador & Paraguay were using these U.S. volunteers
    $200 16
Ghost ship which was the basis for the Wagner opera "Der Fliegende Hollander"
    $200 22
"Jeopardy!" is a production of Merv Griffin Enterprises, distributed by this company
    $200 6
The Federalists referred to this as "Mr. Madison's War"
    $200 7
The bottle-nosed species is one of the best known of these, sometimes called the smallest whales
    $200 12
Woody Allen 1st wanted to call this Best Picture of '77 "Anhedonia", the inability to feel joy
    $400 28
The lessons of this war spurred the building of the Panama Canal
    $400 18
Every February, Apache Junction, Arizona celebrates the legend of this gold mine
    $400 23
In 1987's "Wanted Dead or Alive", Rutger Hauer played the great-grandson of this actor's Josh Randall
    $400 2
He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the second of 9 children
    $400 8
Until it breaks off & falls into the ocean, an iceberg is part of one of these
    $400 13
Mr. Spock might say it was only logical that this actor directed "...the Search for Spock"
    $600 27
20th century Mexican artists Rivera, Orozco, & Siqueiros are best known for painting these
    DD: $1,000 19
Month during which the Romans honored their god of war
    $600 3
When he took office, his reassuring credo was "Let us continue"
    DD: $2,000 9
Ocean that's bordered by all 4 continents whose names begin with "A"
    $600 14
"I went into this business for the money, & the art grew out of it," he said, reflecting "Modern Times"
    $800 26
Tho it's unknown among Indians of the highlands of Peru, visitors can get soroche, a disease caused by this
    $800 20
Coach who, in 1928, invoked he legend of halfback George Gipp
    $800 4
He was once accused of adultery & later was 1st president to escape an assassin's bullet
    $800 10
In May 1987, archaeologists began a study of this Union ship sunk 16.8 mi. off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
    $800 15
As both star & director, he was a winning pair in "One-Eyed Jacks"
    $1000 25
The only country on mainland South America that's not independent
    $1000 21
The legend of this lost land is related in Plato's "Timaeus"
    $1000 24
In this code, rule 11 states "No shoes or boots with springs allowed", rule 2 says "No hugging"
    $1000 5
Probably the only president who knew Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, Italian & Anglo-Saxon
    $1000 11
He was the 1st astronaut to splash down in the ocean
    $1000 17
This star of "Billy Jack" listed his 9-year-old son as director on the film "The Master Gunfighter"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Rich Ken Delores
$4,100 $4,700 $1,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

THE SUPREME COURT
He served the longest on the court, having been an associate justice from 1939 to 1975

Final scores:

Rich Ken Delores
$8,190 $8,201 $3,400
2nd place: Merillat kitchen & bath cabinetry + a Videowriter word processor New champion: $8,201 3rd place: a New Home sewing machine

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Rich Ken Delores
$5,900 $4,300 $1,700
19 R
(including 1 DD),
7 W
(including 1 DD)		 13 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 10 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $11,900

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Game tape date: 1987-08-25
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