Show #40 - Friday, November 2, 1984

Contestants

Jim Conway, a speech communications teacher from Cayucos, California

Dianne Burke, a maintenance clerk originally from New Orleans, Louisiana

Kirk Donnell, a bartender from West Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,300)

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Jeopardy! Round

AUTHORS
BABY CARE
UNREAL ESTATE
CELEBRITY TRIVIA
GERMANY
"MY, MY"
    $100 1
President who won a Pulitzer for "Profiles in Courage"
    $100 22
It's not unusual for infants to do it 20 hours a day
    $100 10
"2nd to the right & then straight on til morning" it's Peter Pan's pad
    $100 6
While he was top in his class & later pres., his brother, Billy, was a high school drop-out
    $100 18
1960's TV show, what Tim O'Hara called his uncle Martin
    $200 2
"Gone with the Wind" was the only book she ever wrote
    $200 16
Paradise where High Lama lived in James Hilton's "Lost Horizon"
    $200 7
ABC interviewer, in '71 article she described Richard Nixon as "rather sexy"
    $200 9
It's what a woman does with her dirndl
    $200 13
What Mae West was to W.C. Fields
    $300 3
13 books of the New Testament are attributed to him
    $300 17
'50s "Naughty Lady" cruised this street
    $300 8
Actor originally turned down by American-Negro Theater because of thick West Indian accent
    $300 12
He appointed Hitler Chancellor & had a Zeppelin named after him
    DD: $300 11
Frankie Valli's look but don't touch hit:

"Carried your books from school / Playin' make believe you're married to me..."
    $400 4
Gave up NY dental practice to write 54 novels, mostly about the West
    $400 24
Played the aging movie queen who lived at 10086 Sunset Boulevard
    $400 21
Welsh poet who sold 1st poem at age 12 which he had plagiarized from a newspaper
    $400 19
Neither E. nor W. Germany joined this international organization until 1973
    $400 14
Gale Storm
    $500 5
A founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, better known for "The Jungle"
    $500 23
A Univ. of Calif. engineering degree prepared this cartoonist for his way-out inventions
    $500 20
German philosopher who created concept of "Superman" & said "God is dead"
    $500 15
In Ireland, "the sweetest flow'r that grows"

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 10):

Kirk Dianne Jim
$1,100 $0 -$700

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Kirk Dianne Jim
$3,000 $1,200 -$800

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS
WORD ORIGINS
BIOLOGY
ROCK OF THE 80'S
"I" LANDS
PARTNERS
    $200 18
Marco Polo's transportation from Palestine, to Kublai Khan's palace
    $200 6
Greek philosopher Anaximander believed humans evolved from these aquatic creatures
    $200 1
4 years after his death, this ex-Beatle had a hit with "I'm Stepping Out"
    $200 12
Land of the Ganges & Gandhis
    $200 8
Oscar-winning comics known abroad as "Flip & Flop" or "Fat & Skinny"
    $400 24
From "G.P." for general purpose army vehicle
    $400 7
19th century French scientist who proved bacteria caused disease
    $400 2
Though now he's "Dancing in the Dark", in the '70s he was "Born to Run"
    $400 13
In its official language, French, its name is "Republique de la Cote d'Ivoire"
    $400 9
Washington Post pair who spilled Watergate scandal
    $600 25
H.L. Mencken invented word "ecdysiast" meaning this
    $600 19
Biggest difference between a plant & a rock
    $600 3
According to Huey Lewis, it's still beating
    $600 14
Despite its name, glaciers cover only 1/8 of its area
    $600 10
'61 Yankees' Slugging "M & M" duo
    DD: $1,800 22
Teddy Roosevelt term for someone charging others with corruption
    $800 20
Study of relationships of living things to each other & their environment
    $800 4
They "blinded him with science"
    $800 15
Its capital is Baghdad
    $800 11
Superhero stars of own individual comics who are currently in "World's Finest Comics"
    $1000 23
Adjective for independent contractor, originally a mercenary soldier with his own spear
    $1000 21
Building blocks of proteins
    $1000 5
These superstars are together in a "State of Shock"
    $1000 16
In 1947, its independence was settled over 5000 miles from its shores
    DD: $2,000 17
The '64 Republican presidential ticket

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Kirk Dianne Jim
$7,800 $400 $800
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

NUMBER, PLEASE
Number of most recent year that reads the same when turned up-side down

Final scores:

Kirk Dianne Jim
$9,300 $800 $1,000
2-day champion: $15,600 3rd place: Oneida Silversmiths gift certificate 2nd place: Sunray range + Bernardaud dinnerware set

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Kirk Dianne Jim
$9,800 $2,200 $1,100
26 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)
8 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)
5 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $13,100

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