Responses for Show #1241 - Monday, January 15, 1990

Frank Spangenberg game 5.
Frank sets a new single-day cash winnings record of $30,600 and a new 5-day cash winnings record of $102,597.

Contestants

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Murdock Martin, a graduate student originally from Moss Point, Mississippi

Barbara Prideaux, a teacher from St. Charles, Missouri

Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from Flushing, New York (whose 4-day cash winnings total $71,997)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD GEOGRAPHY
SPORTS
4-LETTER WORDS
FAMOUS FAMILIES
FURNITURE
FIRSTS
    $100 6
Australia

Barbara
    $100 26
(Murdock: What's an eagle?)
(Frank: What's a birdie?)

bogey

FrankMurdock
Triple Stumper
    $100 11
rosé

Frank
    $100 12
Rose Kennedy

Frank
    $100 1
(Murdock: Who is Louis XIV?)

Napoleon I

FrankMurdock
    $100 18
(Frank: What is plastic?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

nylon

Frank
    $200 7
Israel

Frank
    $200 27
100 meter dash

Murdock
    $200 17
dust

Frank
    $200 13
(Barbara: Who is the Huston family?)

the Slezak family

Barbara
Triple Stumper
    $200 2
a Parsons table

Frank
    $200 19
the first Thanksgiving

Murdock
    $300 8
Greenwich, England

Frank
    $300 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

hockey

Frank
    $300 23
(Alex: [*] LaRue is right, and we have a minute to go in the round.)

"Lash"

Murdock
    $300 14
Prince Rainier

Murdock
    $300 3
a lectern

Frank
    $300 20
Kennedy & Nixon

Frank
    $400 9
Italy

Frank
    $400 24
skin

Frank
    $1,000 15
(Murdock: Um, what is Mott the Hoople?)

Manfred Mann

Murdock
    $400 4
an ottoman

Frank
    $400 21
cities

Frank
    $500 10
Hamburg

Murdock
    $500 25
sash

Frank
    $500 16
(Frank: What is boxing?)
...
(Alex: They're responsible for Guess jeans and Jordache jeans.)

jeans manufacturers

Frank
Triple Stumper
    $500 5
the Federal style

Murdock
    $500 22
First Interstate

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Frank Barbara Murdock
$2,100 -$100 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Frank Barbara Murdock
$3,700 -$100 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE OLD WEST
EDUCATION
SAINTS
ANATOMY
MUSIC
LASTS
    $200 8
(John) Sutter

Barbara
    $200 21
a high school

Frank
    $200 4
John the Baptist

Frank
    $200 26
the heart

Frank
    $200 16
the drum

Frank
    $200 2
the Declaration of Independence

Murdock
    $400 9
(Richard) Dana

Frank
    $400 22
Maria Montessori

Frank
    $400 1
St. Patrick

Murdock
    $400 27
a bicep

Murdock
    $400 17
the synthesizer

Murdock
    $400 3
(Barbara: Who are Annette Funicello and Tommy Kirk?)

Annette Funicello & Frankie Avalon

FrankBarbara
    $600 10
Roy Bean

Frank
    $600 23
Parochial Schools

Frank
    $600 5
St. Bernard

Frank
    $600 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

water

Murdock
    $600 18
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Murdock
    $600 13
Family Ties & Moonlighting

Triple Stumper
    $4,000 11
(Alex: [Responding to wager] Whoa!)

the Oregon Trail

Frank
    $7,000 24
(Frank: $7,000, please.)
[Laughter]
(Alex: Gutsy player, Frank. Easy come, easy go, I know! All right, the category is EDUCATION--remember, ladies and gentlemen, that this is a former teacher, so he feels rather confident.)
...
(Alex: We have less than a minute to go, Frank, and you are on your way to setting a new one-game record.)

separate but equal

Frank
    $800 6
St. Elmo

Frank
    $800 19
"Rhapsody In Blue"

Murdock
    $800 14
(F: What is Hewlett?)

Studebaker

FrankBarbara
    $1000 12
the Union Pacific & the Central Pacific

Frank
    $1000 25
Horace Mann

Murdock
    $1000 7
St. Vincent de Paul

Frank
    $1000 20
(B: What is Kawasaki?)

Martin

Barbara
Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
(Edward) Bulwer-Lytton

Barbara

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Frank Barbara Murdock
$20,500 $500 $5,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. PRESIDENTS
[Frank ended with a 5-day total of $102,597, but due to prevailing rules, he could only take home $75,000 and was obligated to give the remaining $27,597 to a chosen charity, the Gift of Love Hospice in New York City (Mother Teresa's charity).]
BarbaraWho are Adams & J.Q. Adams?
$350
MurdockWho were Madison & J. Adams
$200
FrankWho are John Adams & J.Q. Adams?
$10,100
John Adams & John Quincy Adams

Final scores:

Frank Barbara Murdock
$30,600 $850 $5,000
5-day champion: $75,000 + $27,597 to the Missionaries of Charity in New York City 3rd place: a Casablanca ceiling fan 2nd place: a Broyhill 6-piece bedroom suite

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Frank Barbara Murdock
$11,100 $500 $6,200
31 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 4 R,
3 W		 14 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $17,800

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Game tape date: 1989-09-19
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