Show #543 - Wednesday, January 7, 1987

Keith Bell game 4.

Contestants

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Fran Oney, a retired chemist originally from Newark, New Jersey

Leigh Colitre, a volunteer worker from Los Angeles, California

Keith Bell, a personnel specialist from Alexandria, Virginia (whose 3-day cash winnings total $26,101)

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Jeopardy! Round

WORD ORIGINS
THE BIBLE
LEAVES
IRELAND
CLASSIC COUNTRY
GOATS
    $100 11
After appearing in a film based on Kipling's "The Vampire" T. Bara became 1st woman to be called this
    $100 1
Though King Darius didn't want to do it, palace intrigues made him cast Daniel into this
    $100 14
Poison ivy leaves always consist of this many leaflets
    $100 5
It was Sir Walter Raleigh who introduced this New World crop to Ireland
    $100 26
Lefty Frizzell told his honey, "If you've got the money, I've got" this
    $100 21
Style of men's beard that not only resembles a goat's but is named for it
    $200 12
Consisting of many layers that make 1 sphere, this vegetable's name comes from "union"
    $200 2
Pharaoh ordered all baby boys of the Hebrews to be cast into it
    $200 15
In Middle Eastern cuisine, these leaves are popular stuffed with rice
    $200 6
At its closest, Northern Ireland is just 13 miles away from this part of Great Britain
    $200 27
Completes Merle Travis' description of his girl: "So round, so firm, so..."
    $200 22
Service academy whose mascot is a goat
    $300 13
Wives may be interested to know that this word is from Old English for "master of the house"
    $300 3
King Nebuchadnezzar ordered Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego cast into this
    $300 16
Misspelled though it may be, it's the name of Toronto's National Hockey League entry
    $300 7
Of nearly 2, 5, or 8 times as many, number of people of Irish descent in U.S. compared to those in Ireland
    $300 28
Jim Reeves told the girl, "Put your sweet lips a little closer to" this
    $300 23
Name of the goat in the Zodiac
    $400 17
From Hebrew "shekar" meaning "strong drink", it's fruit juice that's become turned into strong drink
    $400 4
During a storm, he told the sailors to cast him into the sea to make it calm
    $400 19
1 of 2 types of leaves popularly used in making pickles
    $400 8
Nickname of this British occupying force was based on black garb of police & khaki army uniforms
    $400 29
Along with "Troubles by the score", Ray Price had these
    $400 24
Wanton woodland deities of Greek myth who had human bodies on goats' legs
    $500 18
Our word "lumber" originally meant the collateral held by bankers from this part of Italy
    $500 10
According to Revelation, he will be bound & cast into a bottomless pit for 1000 years
    $500 20
Originally a French song, it laments, "Since you went away the days grow long"
    DD: $1,000 9
On January 1, 1973, Ireland joined this
    $500 30
Lamenting, "I can't sleep a wink, that is true" E. Tubb found himself doing this "over you"
    $500 25
Since goats don't make great company, the goatherd was lonely in a song sung in this musical

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Keith Leigh Fran
$2,800 $700 -$300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Keith Leigh Fran
$4,200 $1,400 $1,300

Double Jeopardy! Round

DEMOCRATS
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(Alex: We have a category that is "missing". That's because it has to do with things, people or places that are no longer here; they are in fact, missing.)
HOLIDAYS
TV TRIVIA
U.S. STATES
FAMOUS NAPOLEONS
(Alex: Not just one.)
    $200 7
In 1864 Lincoln dumped VP Hannibal Hamlin as his running mate, in favor of this Democrat
    $200 12
Fred Noonan was with her in the plane when she disappeared near the Int'l Date Line in July 1937
    $200 14
It was observed for the 1st time as an official federal holiday in 1986
    $200 1
"The Fugitive" was accused of killing this individual
    $200 2
"Providence Plantations" is part of its official name
    $200 22
The world's greatest detective told John Watson that this man was "The Napoleon of Crime"
    $400 8
In 1952, some Adlai Stevenson presidential campaign pins featured shoes with these in them
    $400 13
This explorer's crew mutinied in 1611, setting him adrift in an arm of the bay bearing his name
    $400 15
If the groundhog sees his shadow on Groundhog Day, it means this will supposedly occur
    DD: $2,500 26
Long-running CBS series mentioned in this song:
    $400 3
This state's coastline is longer than Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific coasts of all other states combined
    $600 9
Of 9 presidents who served from 1870 to 1912, he was the only Democrat
    $600 19
In 1973, 18 1/2 minutes were discovered to be missing from this
    $600 16
In 1889, the 2nd Socialist International declared this day a holiday for radical workers
    $600 25
Their motto was "Grease for Peace"
    $600 4
Its 3 largest cities all begin with the letter "C"
    $800 10
This Rockefeller is a Democratic senator from West Virginia
    $800 20
Mengele's death was proven in '85, but this deputy fuhrer is thought by many to be still missing
    $800 17
It originated in festival honoring Samhain, God of Death, whom Celts linked to coming of the cold season
    $800 24
On the show "Star Trek", the "T" in Captain James T. Kirk stood for this Roman
    $800 5
The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben are a civic organization sponsoring an annual rodeo in this state
    DD: $1,500 11
Hearing McCarthy's views on communism in 1950, this cong. & future pres. said, "He may have something"
    $1000 21
The 1st English child born in America was born in 1587, but no one knows what became of her
    $1000 18
In 1986, Canadian Thanksgiving Day, Yom Kippur & Columbus Day were all observed on this date
    $1000 23
Though most episodes were segments of a larger show, it's considered TV's longest-running sitcom
    $1000 6
1st Catholic cathedral in the U.S. was built in this state

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Keith Leigh Fran
$8,700 $5,400 $600

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Final Jeopardy! Round

MOVIES
Charlton Heston, who's played "3 presidents, 3 saints & 2 geniuses", won his Oscar for this role

Final scores:

Keith Leigh Fran
$10,950 $0 $1,199
4-day champion: $37,051 3rd place: Whirlpool microwave oven 2nd place: Panasonic VHS home video cassette recorder & Zenith color TV

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Keith Leigh Fran
$7,700 $5,400 $3,100
26 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W
14 R,
2 W
10 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $16,200

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Game tape date: 1986-10-08
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