Show #650 - Friday, June 5, 1987

Eugene Finerman game 5.

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Keith Lindloff, an attorney from Houston, Texas

Nancy Kool, a managing editor from Phoenix, Arizona

Eugene Finerman, a writer from Chicago, Illinois (whose 4-day cash winnings total $44,902)

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

EASY OPERA
FIRSTS
AMY VANDERBILT SAYS
FAMOUS CATTLE
THE KING
"BLACK"
(Alex: And that means that that word will appear in all of the correct responses in the category.)
    $100 1
Of "the three B's", the only one who composed an opera
    $100 11
"Famous first facts" says the 1st for hatching chicks was patented in 1843
    $100 23
Of younger or older, bride who enters 1st at a double wedding
    $100 14
Husband of Elsie the Cow, he became most famous for promoting Borden's white glue
    $100 21
Elvis once unsuccessfully auditioned for this man's popular "Talent Scouts" program
    $100 6
"Farriers" is the term used when these craftsmen specialize in shoeing horses
    $200 2
Color of the title bird in Rimsky-Korsakov's "Le coq d'or"
    $200 12
Despite A.M.A. objections, in 1965 it became the 1st U.S. gov't sponsored health insurance
    $200 15
When "the little dog laughed to see such sport", this was the sport he was watching
    $200 22
Shortly before his Army discharge, Elvis achieved this NCO rank
    $200 7
A horned pagan god, not necessarily Satan, was the deity originally worshipped in this service
    $300 3
Though an Italian opera, "The Girl of the Golden West" premiered in this country in which it's set
    $300 13
The wearer of these items, 1st introduced at a London party in 1769, couldn't stop & smashed a mirror
    $300 16
Though it started in the barn, only legend says her lantern-kicking cow caused the Chicago fire
    $300 8
Officially backed by Peace & Freedom Party & this group, Eldridge Cleaver ran for president in 1968
    $400 4
The legend for this Gounod opera is based on a conjurer who supposedly lived in 16th c. Germany
    $400 19
The 1st modern strike of this type was held at a Hormel packing plant in 1933
    $400 26
When writing to a Cabinet officer, this phrase should precede the name in the address
    $400 17
It's what finally made Ferdinand fighting mad
    $400 9
By mid-19th c. this tribal group claimed Great Plains lands twice the size of New England
    $500 5
Famed for tragic operas, this Italian composer had tragedy of wife & 2 children dying in a 2-year period
    $500 20
In 1930, this character 1st appeared & solved the "Murder at the Vicarage"
    $500 24
It's the only reason for refusing an audience with the pope
    $500 18
Because the Israelites demanded a god to lead them, he created the golden calf
    DD: $500 25
Jesse Garon Presley
    $500 10
In the late 70s, annual compensation to U.S. miners who had this disease totalled some $1 billion

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Eugene Nancy Keith
$1,100 $1,100 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Eugene Nancy Keith
$1,000 $800 $2,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOTANY
REFORMERS
WORLD CITIES
POTTERY
NOVEL PLOTS
"WHITE"
    $200 1
Mangeove trees grow equally well in fresh, brackish, or this type of water
    $200 21
Former minister who tried to simplify spelling & issued a dictionary with Wagnalls in the 1890s
    $200 11
The more populous half of Berlin
    $200 26
To potters, this term means baking pots, while to employers it means dismissing employees
    $200 15
Young David Balfour gets abducted
    $200 6
It's also called a leukocyte
    $400 2
Very hardy types of this simple plant live in the hot springs of Yellowstone Park
    $400 22
She appeared in the 1903 play "Hatchetation", which had a saloon-smashing scene
    $400 12
You can put another shrimp on the barbie, mate, at Coogee or Curl Curl Beaches in this city
    $400 30
Before use in ceramics, clay must be cut & beaten to get rid of these
    $400 17
Jean Valjean steals a loaf of bread, so Inspector Javert hounds him the rest of his life
    DD: $500 7
Title of this song, which hit Top 10 nearly 5 years after its 1st album appearance:

"And I love you /
Yes I love you /
Oh, how I love you..."
    $600 3
The starch from this New World grain, "Zea mays", can be made into urethane foams
    $600 23
He often supported himself by surveying, but is more famous for his survey of "Civil Disobedience"
    $600 13
In Roman times, Amman, Jordan had the same name as this Pennsylvania city
    $600 29
Color closely associated with Delft ceramics
    $600 18
Life on the Mississippi, according to Edna Ferber
    $600 8
His return to gangster films, this 1949 flick put Cagney back on top of the world, ma
    $800 4
A naturalist said this giant cactus looks like "a tree designed by someone who had never seen a tree"
    $800 24
Since no magazine would take her article on pollution, she turned it into a book "Silent Spring"
    $800 14
w/Same letters & syllables, names of Tokyo & this city show both have been Japanese "capital"s
    $800 27
Authorized in 1901 to use "Royal" on its products, it was appointed in 1968 to make Queen Elizabeth's China
    DD: $1,500 19
Sex, soma, & suicide, starting in the year 632 after Ford
    $800 9
In London, this street leads north from the Houses of Parliament to Trafalgar Square
    $1000 5
Some types of these are pinnate, twice-compound, & palmate
    $1000 25
Lincoln called this artist, known for political cartoons & Civil War drawings, "our best recruiting sgt."
    $1000 16
North American metropolis occupied by the U.S. in 1847 & France in 1863
    $1000 28
The hard paste type of this material is so hard ordinary steel will not cut it
    $1000 20
The 2nd Mrs. Maxim de Winter's memories of menace at Manderley
    $1000 10
It's said the1st cavalry charge of the Revolution was at this N.Y. battle of October 28, 1776

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Eugene Nancy Keith
$10,500 $3,700 $3,400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

20th CENTURY ELECTIONS
Only year in which the winner defeated not only the incumbent but the previous president, too

Final scores:

Eugene Nancy Keith
$13,000 $0 $10
5-day champion: $57,902 3rd place: Maytag JetClean dishwasher 2nd place: Marcy Fitness Products home exercise module + Tultex sweats

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Eugene Nancy Keith
$9,800 $4,700 $3,400
18 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 18 R,
7 W
(including 2 DDs)		 15 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $17,900

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

Game tape date: Unknown
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.