Responses for Show #769 - Thursday, December 31, 1987

Bruce Seymour game 1.

Contestants

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Susan Greatorex, a director of marketing from Holland, Pennsylvania

Bruce Seymour, a writer from Piedmont, California

Barry White, a househusband from Portland, Oregon (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,400)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. CITIES
GROUPS
CLOTHING IN SONG
1927
TELEVISION
LETTER PERFECT
(Alex: All of the responses, the correct responses, are one letter of the alphabet.)
    $100 17
Connecticut

Susan
    $100 19
alumni

Triple Stumper
    $100 10
yellow polka dots

Susan
    $100 6
(Barry: What is Mexico?)

Canada

BarrySusan
    $100 18
Hill Street Blues

Barry
    $100 7
(Barry: What is a [*]-turn?)

U

Barry
    $200 2
Mobile

Barry
    $200 20
(Susan: What is... woodwind?)

brass

BarrySusan
    $200 11
[Alex repeats Barry's response as if he is going to decline to accept it, but it is accepted. The lyrics of the song call it a "white sport coat".]

a white sportscoat

Barry
    $200 5
[The comma came inside the quote in the clue as shown.]

Calvin Coolidge

Barry
    $200 13
X

Bruce
    $300 1
Odessa

Barry
    $300 21
(Alex: You got it, and we've got less than a minute to go in this round.)

a psychotherapy group

Susan
    $300 8
wheat

Barry
    $300 14
M (for monsieur)

Susan
    $400 3
(Bruce: What is Rochester?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

Rochester, Minnesota

Bruce
    $400 25
(Barry: Uh, what are--what is a butcher, a baker, and a candlestick maker?)
(Alex: No, sorry. Susan?)
(Susan: What are three men in [*]?)

a tub

BarrySusan
    $400 22
"Sam, You Made The Pants Too Long"

Susan
    $400 9
Henry Ford

Susan
    $400 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: You guys were all over the board. Interesting, uh, pattern of selection in this game, but it worked out well for you, because right now only $800 separating first from third place, with Bruce, one of our challengers, in the lead.)

Waylon Jennings

Triple Stumper
    $400 15
A (12 times)

Bruce
    $400 4
(Alex: Yes, the famous "M.T.A.", the Kingston Trio.)

Boston, Massachusetts

Bruce
    $500 24
larks

Bruce
    $500 23
mohair

Triple Stumper
    $500 12
Folsom

Bruce
    $500 16
K

Barry

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 11):

Barry Bruce Susan
$1,200 $800 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Barry Bruce Susan
$1,600 $2,400 $1,900

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. COUNTIES
SCIENCE
CELEBRITY ODD JOBS
ANCIENT EGYPT
AUTHORS
"SH"!
(Alex: ...those two letters will appear in all the correct responses.)
    $200 11
the county seat

Barry
    $200 22
borax

Barry
    $200 18
(Susan: Who is Nefertiti?)

Cleopatra

BruceSusan
    $200 23
Dostoyevsky

Susan
    $200 7
(Barry: Uh, what is a grand master?)

a Shriner

Barry
Triple Stumper
    $400 6
General Anthony Wayne

Susan
    $400 3
glass (or plastic)

Bruce
    $400 10
the sphinx

Barry
    $400 5
[Barry gave both correct responses.]

Zen (or Buddhism)

Barry
    $400 8
its shelf life

Susan
    $600 12
Berkshire

Barry
    $600 1
[Laughter after Barry makes a total guess]
(Alex: Right. I love the way you were looking at the countdown lights, and you were probably thinking, "I better say something before they go out.")

Fahrenheit

Barry
    $600 24
[Alex starts reading the clue by saying, "He was a casket publisher... a casket polisher, rather..."]

Sean Connery

Bruce
    $2,000 15
(Barry: [Reads the clue under his breath])
...
(Alex: All right, you lose $2,000. You're tied for the lead.)

the Roman Empire

Barry
    $600 19
mountain climbing

Bruce
    $600 9
shorthand

Bruce
    $800 13
Los Angeles County

Barry
    $1,000 2
a mirror

Barry
    $800 16
the Book of the Dead

Barry
    $800 20
butterflies & moths

Bruce
    $800 25
shackles

Triple Stumper
    $1000 14
Delaware

Barry
    $1000 4
a nuclear pile (or atomic pile)

Bruce
    $1000 17
Ra

Barry
    $1000 21
(Alex: That is right, and we've got a minute to go.)

Horatio Alger

Barry
    $1000 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

a shambles

Bruce

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Barry Bruce Susan
$7,400 $7,600 $2,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ELECTIONS
(Alex: [To Susan] You remember 1972 and the fact that he only carried the District of Columbia and Massachusetts.)
SusanWho was George McGovern?
$2,500
BarryWho was Carter
$2,000
BruceWho was George McGovern
$7,590
George McGovern

Final scores:

Barry Bruce Susan
$5,400 $15,190 $5,200
2nd place: a weeklong trip to the Villa del Mar Conga Hotel Resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico aboard Delta Airlines + either the computerized version of Jeopardy! or the boxed game New champion: $15,190 3rd place: Swedish Pollenique skin care products from Cerniten America Inc. + either the computerized version of Jeopardy! or the boxed game

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Barry Bruce Susan
$9,200 $7,700 $2,700
21 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)
14 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W
11 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $19,600

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Game tape date: 1987-09-21
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