Show #156 - Monday, April 15, 1985

Mike Day game 5.

Contestants

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Patti Post, a transportation consultant from Los Angeles, California

Derek Laurie, a hotel project manager originally from Memphis, Tennessee

Mike Day, a finance and marketing MBA student from Columbus, Ohio (whose 4-day cash winnings total $38,600)

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Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CAPITALS
FASHION
THE '20s
COLLEGE NICKNAMES
TELEVISION
"UPS" & "DOWNS"
    $100 6
Also called Kampuchea, its capital is Phnom Penh
    $100 16
By 1923, this car's cost was down to $290 or $5 a week on the installment plan
    $100 1
The Fighting Irish
    $100 11
Daddy of "Make Room for Daddy", he fathered "That Girl"
    $100 14
This '68 hit floated to the top of the charts with The 5th Dimension
    $200 7
This "Saintly" city is the capital of Chile
    $200 17
In 1928, as a passenger, she became the 1st woman to fly across the Atlantic
    $200 2
The Midshipmen
    $200 12
A pinscher or Sergeant Bilko's pudgy private
    $200 15
Masterpiece Theatre tale of the Bellamy family & its servants
    $300 8
The ancient ruins of Carthage lie near this capital of Tunisia
    $300 18
Event Gertrude Ederle greased her body for in August, 1926
    $300 3
The Crimson Tide
    $300 21
Ed Asner, Cloris Leachman, & Valerie Harper all starred in spin-offs from it
    $300 20
After "Today" his vision became "20/20"
    $400 9
Country with the lowest life expectancy in Western Hemisphere, its capital is Port-au-Prince
    $400 19
In 1921, the U.S. paid Colombia $25,000,000 to compensate it for the loss of this in 1903
    $400 4
The Cornhuskers
    $400 23
Got the girl in the movie "Splash" after being a "girl" on TV's "Bosom Buddies"
    DD: $400 22
Neil Sedaka proved it was easy twice, in '62 & '76
    $500 10
History's worst air crash occurred at Tenerife, the capital of these islands
    $500 13
Winner after the famous "Long Count" of 1927
    $500 5
The Nittany Lions

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

Mike Derek Patti
$2,100 $100 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mike Derek Patti
$3,900 -$300 $700

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN REVOLUTION
AGRICULTURE
BELGIUM
RELIGION
SPORTS TRIVIA
TENORS
    $200 6
Number of continental congresses that were held
    $200 15
Forage crops such as alfalfa & clover are grown for this purpose
    $200 13
In 1830, Belgium split off from this country
    $200 18
By law, the reigning English monarch must belong to this church
    $200 3
The uncut grass on either side of a golf fairway
    $200 11
Perhaps the greatest tenor of all time, he debuted at the Met in 1903
    $400 7
Leader of the Boston Tea Party & cousin of a later president
    $400 16
Rainmaking process banned in some states for upsetting the balance in nature
    $400 17
Belgium's largest city, though not the capital
    $400 19
It's widely believed that Jesus was entombed wrapped in this stained cloth
    $400 4
Rodeo event where the rider leaps from his horse, twists the cow's horns & brings it to the ground
    $400 12
Jack Benny's Irish buddy
    $600 8
Colonial Virginia Parliament in which Patrick Henry gave his famous speeches
    $600 20
Controversial ex-Secretary of Agriculture who spent 30 days in jail for tax evasion
    $600 23
Besides Dutch, this country's other official language
    $600 24
He was both spiritual & political ruler of Tibet until the Chinese invasion in 1950
    $600 5
Two types are the continental & Eastern backhand
    DD: $300 14
Singer & movie star heard but not seen in "The Student Prince" & heard but not seen in this:

"Overhead, the moon is beaming"
    $800 9
The British complained that the devil couldn't catch this "Swamp Fox"
    $800 22
It's called Sabena
    $800 2
Though also done by 2's & 4's, this rowing sport is generally considered a solo activity
    $1000 10
German military expert who trained Americans at Valley Forge
    $1000 21
Married to Queen Fabiola, he's king of Belgium
    $1000 1
In last year's Olympics Pakistan won its only gold medal in this team event

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mike Derek Patti
$9,800 $2,300 $500
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GOVERNMENT
Highest elected official who can serve an unlimited number of terms

Final scores:

Mike Derek Patti
$14,900 $4,600 $400
5-day champion: $53,500 2nd place: vacation to Palm Springs & Skyway luggage set 3rd place: Berkline recliner

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Mike Derek Patti
$10,500 $2,300 $500
33 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)
6 R,
4 W
5 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $13,300

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Game tape date: 1984-12-19
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