Show #409 - Thursday, April 3, 1986

Eric Schoeck game 5.

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Carla Gavin, a teacher from West Los Angeles, California

Tom McCrossan, a sales representative originally from Rochester, New York

Eric Schoeck, a radio talk show host from Santa Cruz, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $21,499)

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

THE CONTINENTS
KIDDIE LIT
EASY MATH
HOTELS
COUNTRY MUSIC
"LOST"
    $100 8
World's smallest country in area & part of world's largest are on this continent
    $100 1
The Pied Piper's tune lured the children from this town
    $100 3
As a decimal, ⅖ is this
    $100 2
Long Beach, California's famous floating hotel
    $100 23
June Carter's married name, though she married for love, not money
    $100 13
Atlantis, or Mu
    $200 9
After Antarctica, this continent has the fewest nations
    $200 16
According to the World Book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was the 1st modern children's book with these
    $200 4
Each angle of an equilateral triangle has this many degrees
    $200 22
Of the American, European, or continental plan, the one that includes room only
    $200 14
What you're pursuing if your plans are sure to be defeated
    $300 10
After Mt. Everest, the next 60 highest mountain peaks in the world are on this continent
    $300 17
French children's classic about an elephant who runs away from the jungle to live in Paris
    $300 5
An angle of more than 90º, or what a, uh, dull-witted person can be
    $300 24
It would take over 8½ years to spend 1 night in each of the 3,200 rooms of this country's Hotel Rossiya
    $300 15
Naphtali, Gad, Zebulon, Simeon, Asher, Issachar, Reuben, Ephraim, Manasseh & Dan
    $400 11
Continent you'd be on if you were picnicking on the Pampa
    $400 18
In 1856, M.E.M. Dodge broke the ice with this 1st major American novel about life in another country
    DD: $400 6
Sum of the digits in the title of the following song by Prince:

"Tryin' to run from the destruction / You know I didn't even care / 'Cause they say / 2000, zero-zero, party over, oops, out of time / So tonight, I'm gonna party like it's 1999"
    $400 25
The phrase, "number of people behind each bed", refers to this criterion of excellence
    $400 20
What Arthur Sullivan found while "seated one day at the organ"
    $500 12
Continent which is home to the fabled Berber horsemen
    $500 19
1 of 2 best-known awards in U.S. established by Frederick Melcher for children's literature
    $500 7
A 720 cubic foot room 10' x 9' is this many feet high
    $500 21
Only Shakespearean play that fits this category

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 7):

Eric Tom Carla
-$300 -$100 $300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Eric Tom Carla
$1,300 $300 $900

Double Jeopardy! Round

BIRDS
COLORS
MOVIE SETTINGS
EXPLORERS
DEFENSE
"FOUND"
(Alex: And since we had "LOST" in the first round, we now have [*] in this one.)
    $200 13
Light yellowish brown, or a beachgoer's goal
    $200 7
The apartment in "The Apartment" was in this city where it's hard to find an apartment
    $200 1
The overland route between Rome & China was given same name as this luxury fabric craved by the Romans
    $200 6
Paradoxically, it's often called "the best defense"
    $200 12
First 4 words of "Blueberry Hill"
    $400 15
In English, the name of this Texas city would be "Yellow"
    $400 8
In "Family Plot" Hitchcock revisited this city used as setting for "Vertigo"
    $400 2
From 1856-62, Sir Richard Burton, John Speke, & James Grant "competed" in finding the source of this
    $400 20
A criminal defense maintaining that police lured defendant into wrongdoing "charges" this
    $400 14
Plant where workers make molded metal products called castings
    $600 16
Often used to effect old look, photographs are done in these brown tones from "ink" of cuttlefish
    DD: $800 9
The 2 countries in which Indiana Jones found the "Lost Ark" & "The Temple of Doom"
    $600 3
The great push for exploration began in 1415 thru efforts of this Portuguese prince & "navigator"
    $600 21
The deepest defense positions of this "genteel" sport are long-leg, long-off, & long-on
    $600 19
In the U.S., 4 of the largest are Ford, Rockefeller, & the Weather Girls' corsets
    $800 27
Relatives of the crow, most of the 36 species of these plumed birds live on New Guinea
    DD: $700 17
Term used to describe the growing population percentage of older people in the U.S.
    $800 10
California city from which Clint Eastwood would "Play Misty for Me" every night
    $800 4
Using prevailing winds, da Gama found faster route around Africa by 1st sailing S.W. to this country
    $800 22
Pope Clement VII gave king Henry VIII this title still retained by British monarchs
    $800 25
To disable a horse by excessive feeding
    $1000 26
Named for the sound it makes, this long-legged nearly extinct bird is now protected in a Texas reserve
    $1000 18
Resembling lilac, lavender, & violet, this shade of purple was 1st synthetic coloring made from coal tar
    $1000 11
Though actually filmed in Mexico, "Romancing the Stone" was set in this S. Amer. country known for emeralds
    $1000 5
The 2 countries that sponsored Henry Hudson when he discovered the Hudson River & Hudson Bay
    $1000 23
He's the current U.S. Secretary of Defense
    $1000 24
Poe began to "find" recognition in 1833, when he received $50 for this short story

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Eric Tom Carla
$500 $2,700 $3,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

U.S. STATES
Only 2 states with capitals west of the Mississippi River which were part of the Confederacy

Final scores:

Eric Tom Carla
$0 $5,400 $1,000
3rd place: Maytag washer & dryer New champion: $5,400 2nd place: trip to Bermuda

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Eric Tom Carla
$1,300 $2,700 $3,700
13 R,
8 W
(including 1 DD)		 10 R,
4 W		 12 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $7,700

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

Game tape date: 1985-11-13
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.