Responses for Show #269 - Thursday, September 19, 1985

Jay Rosenberg game 5.

Contestants

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Gail Duncan, a ventriloquist's assistant originally from Blacksburg, Virginia

Ron Kars, a student from Van Nuys, California

Jay Rosenberg, a professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina (whose 4-day cash winnings total $39,600)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

TRAVEL & TOURISM
KID STUFF
FAMILIAR PHRASES
OPERA
'60s TRIVIA
COMPARISONS
    $100 1
honeymooners (newlyweds)

Jay
    $100 11
video game

Jay
    $100 4
break a leg

Ron
    $100 26
Japan

Jay
    $100 18
"Sock It to Me!"

Ron
    $100 16
Sahara

Jay
    $200 2
Toledo

Jay
    $200 12
(Gail: What are Daisies?)

Bluebirds

JayGail
    $200 5
right

Ron
    $200 27
baritone

Jay
    $200 21
Arnold Palmer

Jay
    $200 17
the Sistine Chapel

Gail
    $300 3
standbys

Gail
    $300 13
(Gail: What are tiddlywinks?)

Little League Baseball

Gail
Triple Stumper
    $300 6
wet behind the ears

Jay
    $300 28
"La Boheme"

Jay
    $300 23
The Jetsons

Ron
    $300 19
ant

Ron
    $400 9
(Alex: Canadian Pacific Air.)

Canada

Jay
    $400 14
(Jay: What is Krypton?)

Krypto

JayRon
    $400 7
kit & kaboodle

Jay
    $400 29
[end-of-round signal sounds]

"Carmen"

Gail
    $400 24
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

daylight savings time

Triple Stumper
    $400 20
crossword puzzle

Gail
    $500 10
Cozumel

Triple Stumper
    $500 15
hopscotch

Jay
    $1,000 8
flash in the pan

Jay
    $500 25
Rudi Gernreich

Ron
    $500 22
India

Ron

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

Jay Ron Gail
$2,700 $300 $100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jay Ron Gail
$3,700 $2,400 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORY
BEST SELLERS
MOVIE MATH
REPUBLICANS
MAMMALS
"WHITE"
    $200 8
Winston Churchill

Ron
    $200 18
King David

Ron
    $200 1
(Ron: What are the 4,500 fingers?)
(Gail: What are the 4,995 fingers of Dr. T?)

4,995

RonGail
    $200 26
Barry Goldwater

Jay
    $200 3
hares

Ron
    $200 13
white lightning

Gail
    $400 9
(Gail: What is Angola?)

France

RonGail
    $400 19
E.T.

Jay
    $400 2
13

Jay
    $400 27
(Ron: Who was Gerald Ford?)
(Gail: Who was Jimmy Carter?)
[end-of-round signal sounds]

Richard Nixon

RonGail
Triple Stumper
    $400 4
vampire bats

Gail
    $1,000 14
bobwhite

Gail
    $600 10
(Ron: Who was Jonathan Drake?)

Sir Francis Drake

Ron
Triple Stumper
    $600 20
Excellence

Jay
    $600 23
8 1/2

Jay
    $600 5
marsupials

Jay
    $600 15
white elephant

Gail
    $800 11
(Ron: What was Italy?)

Germany

JayRon
    $800 21
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Ron
    $1,100 24
(Jay: What is 65?)

52 (13 X 4)

Jay
    $800 6
sick (weak) animals

Ron
    $800 16
"The White Man's Burden"

Ron
    $1000 12
John Maynard Keynes

Jay
    $1000 22
(Alex: And we have a minute to go in this round.)

"...And Ladies of the Club"

Gail
    $1000 25
10 (7 + 3)

Jay
    $1000 7
(Ron: What are blue whales?)

sperm whales

Ron
Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
(Ron: What is snow blinding?)
(Gail: What is white vision?)

whiteout

RonGail
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jay Ron Gail
$8,200 $1,800 $2,400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE CALENDAR
RonWhat is 12/31/99
$1,799
GailWhat is DEC 31 1999
$2,400
JayWhat is DEC 31, 2000
$1,800
December 31, 2000

Final scores:

Jay Ron Gail
$10,000 $1 $0
5-day champion: $49,600 2nd place: Buck Stove fireplace & Norelco pocket recorder 3rd place: Lane Action recliner

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jay Ron Gail
$8,800 $1,800 $1,800
23 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)
15 R,
6 W
10 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W

Combined Coryat: $12,400

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Game tape date: 1985-07-02
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