Show #848 - Wednesday, April 20, 1988

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Matt Lieff, a training manager from Cheltenham, Pennsylvania

Sharon Keld, a product manager from Chicago, Illinois

Tom Lawrence, a performing waiter from Davenport, Iowa (whose 2-day cash winnings total $18,800)

Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS & AUTHORS
NURSERY RHYMES
HITS OF THE '80s
I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN
WOMEN
WEAPONS
    $100 1
A copy of this 1841 Victor Hugo novel may have a straight spine, but the main character doesn't
    $100 21
Along with "all", these 2 objects fall when the bough breaks
    $100 6
The only #1 pop hit for Kenny Rogers, it has a 1 word title
    $100 16
This building shaped like a Latin cross is the seat of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New York
    $100 26
Some say this was originally done to ears to let demons out of the body
    $100 5
Varieties of these include concussion, smoke, tear-gas & hand
    $200 2
One of his poems reads, in its entirety, "The cow is of the bovine ilk: one end is moo, the other milk"
    $200 22
British children chant this is "broken down", not "falling down"
    $200 7
This '86 Whitney Houston hit was a remake of a '77 George Benson, not Muhammad Ali, hit
    $200 17
The acronymic name for the artsy area south of Houston Street
    $200 28
Vonda Kay Van Dyke, winner of this 1965 nat'l title, went on to write a beauty book for teens
    $200 8
A bunch of artillery shells shot off at once, or just one shot in tennis
    $300 3
He met his wife Zelda at an Alabama country club dance in 1918
    $300 23
After the notorious pie incident, Simple Simon went fishing to catch this mammal
    $300 9
This Juice Newton song has been the biggest hit of the '80s to start with a "Q"
    $300 18
Landmark overlooking the East River between 42nd & 48th Streets
    $300 29
According to Hebrew legend, Lilith was actually his 1st wife, but they didn't get along
    $300 13
In the Encyclopaedia Britannica, this weapons designer falls between poets Elizabeth & Robt.
    $400 4
Created by P.G. Wodehouse, he's the perfect English gentleman's gentleman
    $400 24
"See-saw Margery Daw, sold her bed & lay upon" this
    $400 10
In 1985, DeBarge wondered, "Who's Holding" her "Now"
    DD: $500 19
It's over 50 blocks long but only 3 blocks wide
    $400 30
Margaret Bourke-White was known for her work in this field
    $400 14
Weapon pictured on the flag of Saudi Arabia
    $500 12
Gene Fowler said writing is easy: "All you do is stare at" this "until drops of blood form on your forehead"
    $500 25
Dr. Foster stepped in a puddle up to his middle & never went to this British city again
    $500 11
This song originally released in 1968 became a posthumous hit for Elvis in 1981
    $500 20
Frank Lloyd Wright designed this unusual circular museum on Fifth Avenue
    $500 27
In 1935, Vogue editor Edna Chase was given this French award for service to French fashion
    $500 15
Weapon whose name is used to describe a stalk of asparagus

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Tom Sharon Matt
$900 -$200 $1,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Tom Sharon Matt
$1,400 $900 $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
BODIES OF WATER
"LITTLE" MOVIES
15-LETTER WORDS
    $200 21
All the centripetal force keeping the earth in orbit is provided by this from the sun
    $200 22
Dionysus bestowed this as a reward at King Midas' own request
    $200 2
He named one of his kids Mary Abigail, the other Millard Powers
    $200 16
West Point is on the west side of this river
    $200 1
Mae West & W.C. Fields co-wrote the script for this comedy classic, & they didn't come "cheep"
    $200 7
He'll spin your straw into gold, but will take your firstborn unless you guess his name
    $400 24
Members of genus "lepus", Jack rabbits are these, usually larger than rabbits, w/longer, black-tipped ears
    $400 23
Fleeing advances from a god, Orpheus' wife Eurydice died after she stepped on this animal & it bit her
    $400 12
Since Bartlett's quotes are ordered by date of birth, this president is quoted first
    DD: $1,100 17
Type of body of water, common in parts of the South that's mentioned in this song:

"Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo / Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio / Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gay-o..."
    $400 3
Dustin Hoffman film that climaxed with Custer's Last Stand
    $400 8
An expert in the rules & procedures used by a legislative body
    $600 25
It's the continuous path along which a current can flow
    $600 13
That Bull Moose Theodore Roosevelt took his 1st presidential oath in this city in New York
    $600 18
This watershed's development has been called the widest experiment ever conducted by the U.S. government
    $600 4
This 1941 film of Lillian Hellman's southern saga boasted Bette Davis as a vicious Vixen
    $600 9
What you're charged with if you mouth off to your military superior or won't follow directions
    $800 26
A diploid cell's nucleus has these aligned in pairs
    $800 14
Some now say this president's supposed affairs w/Sally Hemmings was merely a rumor spread by his enemies
    $800 19
Bombay, India is built on islands in this sea named for the land on its other shore
    $800 5
Kristy McNichol-Tatum O'Neal film about teenage vamps at summer camp
    DD: $800 10
The performance of tests in a lab to prove a theory
    $1000 27
The edible orange part of a carrot is actually this, swollen with stored food
    $1000 15
His uncle Sardis Birchard, financed his education at Kenyon College & Harvard Law School
    $1000 20
Named for a German geographer, this cool current in the Pacific is also known as the Peru Current
    $1000 6
Ricky Schroder starred as Cedric in the TV version, but Mary Pickford did it 1st, in 1921
    $1000 11
Those less fortunate than or not having the same advantages as you

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Tom Sharon Matt
$6,600 -$600 $4,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

INTERNATIONAL TRADE
From 1820-1860, this accounted for a least 2/3 of U.S. exports

Final scores:

Tom Sharon Matt
$9,601 -$600 $9,600
3-day champion: $28,401 3rd place: Casio CW-30 portable typewriter + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version 2nd place: Sound Design video center & Abatrak vertical blinds + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Tom Sharon Matt
$6,600 $1,000 $4,800
24 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W		 8 R,
4 W
(including 2 DDs)		 13 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $12,400

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

Game tape date: 1988-01-18
The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. Scraping, republication, monetization, and malicious use prohibited; this site may use cookies and collect identifying information. See terms. 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.