Show #991 - Monday, December 19, 1988

Contestants

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Stuart Jacobson, a business associate originally from New York City

Tim Loges, an accountant director originally from Dayton, Ohio

Amy Winograd Friedman, a business librarian originally from Lexington, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,201)

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Jeopardy! Round

STATE CAPITALS
'60s SONGS
ART
SCIENCE
"C" HERE
THE ADDAMS FAMILY
(Alex: Notice the spelling, A-D-D-A-M-S, a reference, of course, to the television series.)
    $100 1
The only house Abraham Lincoln ever owned is at 8th and Jackson Streets in this state capital
    $100 6
According to the title of a 1966 Supremes hit, "You can't" do this "to love"
    $100 13
Fauvism, a painting style featuring bold colors, flourished in this country circa 1900
    $100 11
In order to see a rainbow, this should be at your back
    $100 23
"Dual quads" are a pair of these with 4 barrels each
    $100 18
In 1977 the original cast was reunited in a TV special celebrating this holiday
    $200 2
In 1832 Augusta replaced Portland as this state's capital
    $200 7
The only Top 10 hit he ever had was 1966's "When a Man Loves a Woman"
    $200 14
Famed artist who designed surreal dream sequences for the film "Spellbound"
    $200 12
Minimum number of lenses you need to make a simple refracting telescope
    $200 24
Other names for it are dutch cheese & pot cheese
    $200 19
She also played Morticia's sister Ophelia Frump
    $300 3
In 1783 George Washington resigned as Army Commander in Chief in this Maryland capital
    $300 8
Their 1st Top 10 hit was "One" in 1969
    $300 15
Decades after her death, this German nun's paintings still inspire a famous line of china figurines
    $300 25
This soft, white form of limestone is formed from the remains of small marine creatures
    $300 28
It's the alphabet used to write in Russian
    $300 20
In order to perform the theme properly, you should do this twice after the "da-da-da-dum"
    $400 4
This largest state capital in area is in our largest state in area
    $400 9
Gladys Knight took this song to No. 2; Marvin Gaye took it to No. 1
    $400 16
In an oxidized firing, copper produces this color in a pottery glaze
    $400 26
Term for the thin tungsten wire in a light bulb that glows when heated
    $400 29
A highway interchange with 8 ramps routing traffic in all 4 directions
    $400 21
The show was based on cartoons by Charles Addams that appeared regularly in this magazine
    DD: $400 5
The only state capital named for a mythological bird
    $500 10
Gerry & the Pacemakers not only had a hit with this 1965 boating song, they starred in the movie too
    $500 17
Titian has been called "The greatest master" of the School of Art based in this Italian city
    $500 27
A tube or hose utilizing atmospheric pressure to transfer liquid from one level to a lower one
    $500 22
Jeanette MacDonald's sister, she played Grandma

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):

Amy Tim Stuart
$600 $600 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Amy Tim Stuart
$2,000 $1,300 $2,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

POETRY
SAINTS
AFRICA
ANCIENT QUOTES
MAIDEN NAMES
THE ADAMS FAMILY
(Alex: But in this case, only one "D"; and that means that all of these refer to the John Adams family...probably.)
    $200 12
Last word in the poem that begins " 'Twas the Night, Before Christmas"
    $200 1
Along with St. Francis of Assisi, St. Catherine of Siena is a patron saint of this country
    $200 3
The Ituri Forest in Zaire is famous as the home of a group of these short folk
    $200 4
This man said, "There is no royal road to geometry"
    $200 17
Mrs. David Birney's maiden name
    $200 14
Dress for his Boston Tea Party wasn't tie & tails but feathers & war paint
    $400 22
Wordsworth's poem on these flowers begins, "I wandered lonely as a cloud"
    $400 2
He's the patron saint of metalworkers, but TV viewers know him from Elsewhere
    $400 8
Of none, 4 or 14, number of perennial rivers in Libya, a country 2½ times the size of Texas
    $400 5
Aristotle stated, "We make" this "that we may live in peace"
    $400 18
The maiden name of Julia Howe, who's famous for her "hymn"
    $400 15
As minister to this country, Charles Francis Adams helped keep it neutral during the Civil War
    $600 23
He dedicated "The Waste Land" to Ezra Pound, whom he called the better craftsman
    $600 25
Besides being saints, Gabriel & Raphael are also these
    $600 9
Lambarene, Gabon is the site of the hospital established by this famed medical missionary
    $600 6
His 1st quote in Barlett's Quotations is, "The lamb... began to follow the wolf in sheep's clothing"
    $600 19
Runner who married marathoner Ron Tabb & then discus thrower Richard Slaney
    $600 16
The only American woman whose husband & son were both elected president
    DD: $100 24
In Longfellow's poem, Paul Revere's ride took place "on the 18th of" this month, "in '75"
    DD: $800 26
Saint portrayed by the actress singing the following:

"I don't know how to love you..."
    $800 10
In September 1986 Desmond Tutu left his diocese in Johannesburg because he had been promoted to this
    $800 7
Plato said this science "compels the soul to look upward & leads us from this world to another"
    $800 20
Newspaper founder whose original name was Mary Morse Baker
    $800 29
He died a congressman on February 23, 1848 saying, "This is the last of Earth. I am content."
    $1000 28
This lengthy poem about the Civil War won Stephen Vincent Benet the Pulitzer Prize in 1929
    $1000 27
Italian-American woman known as the "Saint of the Immigrants"
    $1000 11
In its 28 years as an independent country, its only president has been Felix Houphouet-Boigny
    $1000 13
Confucius advised, "Have no friends not equal to" this person
    $1000 21
Coretta King's maiden name
    $1000 30
"The Education of" this "Adams" is considered a classic in American literature

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Amy Tim Stuart
$6,200 $4,900 $7,900

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

BEST SELLERS
In 1964, 5 of the top 10 nonfiction best sellers were by or about this man

Final scores:

Amy Tim Stuart
$7,901 $9,700 $12,401
3rd place: Royal Queen cookware 2nd place: A trip to New York City via Eastern Airlines New champion: $12,401

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Amy Tim Stuart
$6,200 $4,900 $8,100
16 R,
0 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $19,200

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Game tape date: 1988-09-28
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