Responses for Show #3874 - Thursday, June 7, 2001

Contestants

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Jack Gilbert, an attorney from Austin, Texas

Wendy Zarganis, a legal assistant from Brooklyn, New York

Jason Block, an Internet researcher from Brooklyn, New York (whose 3-day cash winnings total $28,201)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE FIRST PERSON
DECODE THE POSTAL CODES
(Alex: We're going to give you a word comprised of 2 postal abbreviations in [*]; you have to identify the states.)
HITMEN
TAKE ME TO THE PILOT
CONVERSIONS
BURLAP TO CHARM
(Alex: As what you'd find in an encyclopedia--all of the correct responses will come between burlap & charm.)
    $100 6
Ich

Jason
    $100 16
South Carolina & Arkansas

Jason
    $100 10
(Alex: Yep, he's a good Jeopardy! player, too.)

Mike Piazza

Jack
    $100 1
Snoopy

Jack
    $100 21
pints

Jack
    $100 23
card games

Triple Stumper
    $200 7
(Alex: [*]. Miss Piggy, yes.)

moi

Wendy
    $200 17
Virginia & Indiana

Jason
    $200 11
Reggie Jackson

Jason
    $200 2
Amelia Earhart

Jason
    $200 22
Fahrenheit

Jason
    $200 24
cauliflower

Jason
    $300 8
Bob Dole

Jack
    $300 18
Louisiana & Maine

Jason
    $300 13
Joe DiMaggio

Jack
    $300 3
Chuck Yeager

Jack
    $300 27
acres

Jack
    $300 25
(Wendy: What is Dar El Salaam?)

Casablanca

Wendy
Triple Stumper
    $400 9
(Wendy: What is Womac?)
(Jason: What is Live Aid?)

the US Festival

JasonWendy
Triple Stumper
    $400 19
Hawaii & Delaware

Jason
    $400 14
Jose Canseco

Jason
    $400 4
Maverick (in Top Gun)

Jason
    $400 28
bits

Jason
    $400 26
(Jack: What is Burma?)

Canada

Jack
Triple Stumper
    $500 12
Ourselves

Jason
    $500 20
Wisconsin & Nebraska

Jack
    $500 15
Rogers Hornsby

Jack
    $600 5
the Enola Gay

Jason
    $500 29
(Jason: What's a furlong?)

feet

JasonJack
    $500 30
burning bush

Wendy

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

Jason Wendy Jack
$1,600 -$200 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jason Wendy Jack
$3,300 $0 $2,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE FIRST PERSON
EUROPE
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
(Alex: You have to name the Oscar-winning film.)
BIRDS
IT'S ALL POLITICS
STARTS WITH "S"
    $200 9
(Alex: He did it on a lake, so, the surface was [*].)

water

Triple Stumper
    $200 19
Italy

Jason
    $200 1
The Godfather

Wendy
    $200 4
Aaron Burr

Jason
    $200 14
(Jack: Uh, what is, uh, the French army?)
(Alex: Nope, Jason.)
(Jason: What's a [**]?)
(Alex: [**]? Oh... eh... aw, we're--we're giving you a yes on that. It is from [*].)
(Jason: Okay.)
(Alex: Not necessarily one storm.)
(Jason: Okay. Uh--)
(Alex: A lot of storms.)
(Jason: Ha ha ha, yes.)

sand (a sandstorm accepted)

JasonJack
    $400 10
a millionaire

Jack
    $400 20
Lutherans

Wendy
    $400 2
The Cider House Rules

Wendy
    $400 5
Walter Mondale

Jack
    $400 15
silk

Wendy
    $600 11
the National Geography Bee

Jason
    $600 22
(Jack: What is The Hague?)

Holland (or the Netherlands)

JasonJack
    $600 3
Sling Blade

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

the trumpeter swan

Triple Stumper
    $600 6
Chicago

Triple Stumper
    $600 16
shoot

Jack
    $800 12
(Jack: What is, uh, Housing & Urban Development?)
(Jason: What is the Department of Education?)

HHS (Health & Human Services)

JasonJack
Triple Stumper
    $800 24
(Jason: What is Budapest?)
...
(Alex: Minute to go, Jack.)

Bratislava

JasonJack
    $800 21
The Exorcist

Jason
    $800 27
a mourning dove

Jack
    $800 7
payola

Jason
    $800 17
a setter

Jason
    $1000 13
Ghana

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
the Romani

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 23
Sense and Sensibility

Jason
    $1,000 26
(Jack: Ooh... What are, uh...)
(Alex: Hurry.)
(Jack: Whippoorwills?)
(Alex: No, he starred on the television series The Thorn Birds

thornbirds

Jack
    $1000 8
Henry Clay

Jason
    $1000 18
"separate but equal"

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jason Wendy Jack
$8,500 $1,400 $3,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
(Alex: No. It's--the--the fourth one is Munchkinland. So we have Gillikin, Winkie, and Quadling, and Munchkin as parts of [*]. So it will cost you, champ...)
[Reveals Jason's $0.00 wager]
(Alex: I--re--uh--well--let me rephrase that. It will not cost you, champ, on account of 'cause you didn't wager anything!)
WendyWhat is Lilliputia
$1,399
JackWhat I have no clue!!
$100
JasonWhat is Lilliput?
$0
Oz

Final scores:

Jason Wendy Jack
$8,500 $1 $2,900
4-day champion: $36,701 3rd place: an IKEA shopping spree 2nd place: a trip/Renaissance Cruise to Tahiti & South Pacific

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jason Wendy Jack
$8,400 $1,400 $4,000
25 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W		 6 R,
2 W		 15 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $13,800

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Game tape date: 2001-02-21
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