Show #374 - Thursday, February 13, 1986

Dan Green game 3.

Contestants

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Bob Mesch, a counselor-tutor from San Diego, California

Lori Reichart, from Northridge, California

Dan Green, a teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 2-day cash winnings total $18,800)

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Jeopardy! Round

HOTELS
POLITICAL TRIVIA
WASHINGTON STATE
FAIRIES & WEE FOLK
#1 SONGS
"LIFE"
    $100 18
Common name for a motor hotel
    $100 8
In 1976, they were "Grits & Fritz"
    $100 24
In dollars, it's the state's fishing industry's most valuable catch
    $100 12
Sprite who carries "sleepy dust" to tired tots
    $100 2
Billboard says the Rock Era began July 9, 1955, when this Bill Haley classic hit #1
    $100 1
William Bendix starred in both radio & TV versions of this sitcom
    $200 22
You'd find the Fairmont, Mark Hopkins, & Hyatt Embarcadero in this city
    $200 14
Truman left nothing to "spare" when he installed this in the White House basement
    $200 26
1 of 3 crops in which Washington is the nation's production leader
    $200 13
From "boggart" meaning specter, this evil fairy kidnaps children who leave home without permission
    $200 4
Led by Diana Ross, this group had 12 chart-toppers, 10 more than the Beach Boys
    $200 3
A person imprisoned for the duration of his natural years
    $300 23
Of resort, commercial, or residential, the type representing highest % of rooms in U.S.
    $300 19
In 1970, Rose Kennedy went to Ethiopia for a mutual birthday party with this leader
    $300 27
Seattle-born comedienne who was Mrs. Jack Benny
    $300 15
Abbey lubbers were minor devils who tempted these clerics to drunkenness
    $300 9
This rock legend only had one #1 hit, "That'll Be The Day"
    $300 5
With an estimated 29 years for males, Chad in northern Africa has about the lowest this in the world
    $400 25
In 1407, this "record" was introduced in French hotels to allow police to check on guests
    $400 20
In 1932, Hattie Caraway of Arkansas was 1st woman elected to this
    $400 28
Largest American glaciers outside Alaska are found on this highest Washington peak
    $400 16
In Scotland they wail & wash the clothes of people who'll die soon
    DD: $500 10
Amazingly this immortal rocker didn't have a No. 1 hit until 1972, w/ following:

"We got the new alma mater /
We must do our alma mater /
When I was..."
    $400 6
For 21 weeks in 1977 this song lit up Debby Boone's career
    $500 21
At over 13 million square miles, Guinness calls this group the largest political division in the world
    $500 17
The fairy king & queen in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
    $500 11
Including "Shadow Dancing", his 1st 3 Top 40 songs hit #1
    $500 7
Now in its 7th season, it is NBC's longest running prime time series

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 11):

Dan Lori Bob
$200 -$100 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Dan Lori Bob
$900 $1,400 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

WEATHER
ART
ANIMALS
TV BOBS
COLLEGES
"DEATH"
    $200 16
1 of the most powerful strokes of this ever recorded could have lit 600,000 60-watt light bulbs
    $200 9
He gained fame as a portrait painter before inventing the telegraph
    $200 3
Of the ostrich, flamingo, or mute swan, the one with the longest neck
    $200 13
From 1972 to '74, he was hosting both "Truth or Consequences" & "The Price is Right"
    $200 21
Late in the 19th century, this was established as the highest type of degree in American grad schools
    $200 1
Overtime in football or most golf tournament playoffs
    $400 17
Though found worldwide, most tornados occur in this country
    $400 10
The kind of paintings jokingly said to "fetch a much better price than old mistresses"
    $400 7
A porcupine's quills are a specially adapted form of these
    $400 14
If you go by some of his commercials, his middle name is "for Texaco"
    $400 22
The University of Chicago was established with a $30 million grant from this oil magnate
    $400 2
A beetle that makes a peculiar rapping sound, or a guard's vigil over a criminal before execution
    $600 18
The presence of this delayed discovery of San Francisco Bay for 200 years
    $600 11
During Napoleonic Wars, French soldiers used this Da Vinci fresco for target practice
    $600 8
Animal from which we get ornamental tortoise-shell
    $600 23
Founded in the 12th century, the Sorbonne is the seat of this French university, 1 of Europe's oldest
    $600 4
From what Judas gave to Jesus, it's what Mafiosi give to those on whom they've put out a contract
    DD: $1,000 19
About 80% of the Earth's fresh water is in these 2 forms
    $800 12
Ancient Chinese artists were forbidden from depicting these appendages when painting women
    $800 24
The College des Jesuites was founded in 1635, 1 year before Harvard, in this Canadian city
    DD: $700 5
Stanley Andrews, Ronald Reagan, & Robert Taylor, for 3
    $1000 20
Most devastating hurricane in American history killed 6000 people in this southern city in 1900
    $1000 15
Transparent & gouache are major techniques using this medium
    $1000 25
These prestigious grants were 1st funded by sale of U.S. surplus left overseas at end of WWII
    $1000 6
The subtitle of this movie made for TV was "The Dorothy Stratten Story"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Dan Lori Bob
$3,000 $3,200 $600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS NAMES
In 1985, this person became the 1st professional athlete ever to appear on the front of a Wheaties box

Final scores:

Dan Lori Bob
$6,000 $300 $0
3-day champion: $24,800 2nd place: Hero Jr. personal robot + Joy games carpet 3rd place: Frigidaire laundry center

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Dan Lori Bob
$4,700 $3,200 $500
17 R,
4 W
(including 2 DDs)		 10 R,
3 W		 7 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $8,400

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Game tape date: 1985-10-01
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