Responses for Show #942 - Tuesday, October 11, 1988

Contestants

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Mike Myers, a director of marketing originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

John Krahulec, a computer consultant originally from Buffalo, New York

Alec Iorio, an international freight forwarder originally from St. Louis, Missouri (whose 2-day cash winnings total $10,800)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

TV STARS
DELAWARE
GAMES
FRENCH FOOD TERMS
COLLEGES
FINAL RESTING PLACES
    $100 1
Smothers Brothers

Mike
    $100 2
(Mike: What is Sweden?)

The Netherlands

AlecMike
    $100 6
Dice

Alec
    $100 12
Vinaigrette

Alec
    $100 16
Harvard

Triple Stumper
    $100 14
Liberace

John
    $200 3
Edward Woodward

Alec
    $200 22
(Alec: Who are the [*]?)
(Alex: The Indians, the Delaware Indians.)

Native Americans

Alec
    $200 8
Mediterranean

Alec
    $200 13
Filet mignon

John
    $200 17
(John: What is West Point?)

U.S. Naval Academy

John
Triple Stumper
    $200 15
Vertically (standing up)

Mike
    $300 4
Jay Leno

Triple Stumper
    $300 9
8

Alec
    $300 19
(John: What are croutons?)
(Alec: What are quenelle?)
...
(Alex: What are the famous [*]? Alec, back to you.)
(Alec: Zoot allures.)
(Alex: Zoot allures, oui!)

Croquettes

AlecJohn
Triple Stumper
    $300 18
Commencement

Alec
    $300 25
Dublin

Triple Stumper
    $400 5
Peter Jennings

Mike
    $1,000 10
(Alex: [*], by Joe South.)

"Games People Play"

Alec
    $400 20
Crudités

Mike
    $400 23
Connecticut

Alec
    $400 26
Aimee Semple McPherson

Alec
    $500 7
Valerie Harper

Alec
    $500 11
Double Word

Alec
    $500 21
Saint-Germain

Triple Stumper
    $500 24
Notre Dame

Alec
    $500 27
(John: What is MGM?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Paramount Studios

John
Triple Stumper

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

Alec John Mike
$2,400 $0 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Alec John Mike
$4,500 -$700 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ANCIENT HISTORY
MAN IN SPACE
WORD ORIGINS
SCANDINAVIA
BIOGRAPHIES
BIRDS
    $200 6
Confucius

Alec
    $200 13
(Mike: What is the Soviet Union?)
(Alec: What is France?)
[time's up, John signals in]
(John: What is the [*]?)
(Alex: This was the time to go, not fast enough, John, this was the time to go for the obvious, what is the [*], yes.)

United States

AlecMike
Triple Stumper
    $200 1
Eccentric

Alec
    $200 26
(Alec: What is Norway?)
(John: What is Finland?)
(Mike: What is Denmark?)
(Alex: No, no harm, no foul. Everybody forgot about [*])

Sweden

AlecJohnMike
Triple Stumper
    $200 11
Lauren Bacall

Alec
    $200 21
Beak

Mike
    $7,100 7
(Alec: What is the Mediterranean?)

Red Sea

Alec
    $400 14
Two

John
    $400 2
Mirror

Alec
    $400 27
Norway

Mike
    $400 12
Mae West

John
    $400 22
Chicken

Alec
    $600 8
(Alec: What is, um, Palestine?)
(Mike: What is Babylon?)

Phoenicia

AlecMike
Triple Stumper
    $600 15
Apollo 13

Mike
    $600 3
Palace

Mike
    $600 28
(Mike: Who was Thor?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Odin (or Woden)

AlecMike
    $600 16
(Alec: Who--what was [*]'s biography?)
(Alex: Right, by his son, John.)

Bert Lahr

Alec
    $600 23
Pigeon

Alec
    $800 9
Solomon

Alec
    $800 18
(Mike: Who is John Glenn?)
...
(Alex: The only politician who went into space, as a politician, [*], Utah.)

Jake Garn

Mike
Triple Stumper
    $800 4
Soccer

Alec
    $800 17
John Belushi

John
    $800 24
Flamingos

Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
Philip II of Macedon

Alec
    $1000 19
Saturn

Mike
    $1000 5
Port wine

Alec
    $1000 20
Theodore Roosevelt

Alec
    $1000 25
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Alec John Mike
$4,200 $700 $1,400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

1988
[after revealing John's response]
(Alex: You remembered, that's when we went to 25-cent [*]s and Dr. White's picture was on one of them.)

[NOTE: Dr. White was honored on a 3-cent stamp issued to be used with the old 22-cent First Class stamps.]
JohnWhat is a stamp
$698
MikeWhat is ?
$1,400
AlecWhat is TV?
$1,300
A stamp

Final scores:

Alec John Mike
$2,900 $1,398 $0
3-day champion: $13,700 2nd place: Emerson video camcorder & Easy-Rest recliner and sofa bed + either the Jeopardy! box game or the Jeopardy! Challenger 3rd place: Greif Companies his-and-her tailored clothing + either the Jeopardy! box game or the Jeopardy! Challenger

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Alec John Mike
$10,700 $700 $1,400
27 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 5 R,
4 W		 9 R,
6 W

Combined Coryat: $12,800

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Game tape date: 1988-08-01
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