Responses for Trebek pilot #2 - Sunday, January 1, 1984

Trebek pilot 2.

Unaired. Tape date unknown.
Season 1 set.
Announced by Johnny Gilbert.

Contestants

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Michael Malone, a commercial property manager from Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Cynthia Grove, a law clerk from Toledo, Ohio

Jack Campion, a sales executive from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $17,600)

Jeopardy! Round responses

TELEVISION
U.S. LANDMARKS
CELEBRITY RELATIVES
FOOD
SUPERSTITIONS
AWARDS
    $50 1
Bonanza

Cynthia
    $50 7
(Alex: That is right, and you've got $50--)
(Michael: All right.)
(Alex: --you're on the scoreboard, good beginning for all of you. Jack, you have $300, Cynthia has $500, and Michael, who finally made it with $50. Nice going, we're going to take a pause right now, and when we return, we'll get a chance to chat with each of our players, but right now, this break, then more of Jeopardy!)

the Empire State Building

Michael
    $50 12
Warren Beatty

Jack
    $50 15
a mushroom

Jack
    $50 6
7

Jack
    $50 14
Elvis (Presley)

Cynthia
    $100 2
John Forsythe

Jack
    $100 8
the Golden Gate

Jack
    $100 16
Larry Hagman

Jack
    $100 27
chopped chicken livers

Cynthia
    $100 13
(Michael: What is down?)

up

JackMichael
    $100 20
the Oscar

Jack
    $150 3
Gumby

Jack
    $150 9
the Alamo

Michael
    $150 17
Ann Landers

Michael
    $150 28
(Michael: What is meringue?)
(Alex: Wrong. Cynthia or Jack--Cynthia?)
(Cynthia: What's devine--[*]! [*]!)
(Alex: [*]. That's it. What is [*]? Giving you and extra $150, taking you to $1650. Select again.)

divinity

CynthiaMichael
    $150 24
break a leg

Cynthia
    $150 23
the Nobel (Peace) Prize

Jack
    $200 4
(Cynthia: [Impersonating Hitchcock's low voice] What is [*]?)
(Alex: You're right again. Nice going. I love the dramatic effect as well. Cynthia, you're in control of the board, and the game. You've got $250 to tie you for the lead with Jack. Please select.)

"Good evening"

Cynthia
    $200 10
(Jack: What is the U.S. Treasury?)
(Michael: What is the, um, U.S. Capitol Building?)

the White House

JackMichael
Triple Stumper
    $200 18
Debbie Reynolds & Eddie Fisher

Cynthia
    $200 29
[The end-of-round ship's bell rings.]

squid

Jack
    $200 25
the spilt salt shaker (or 13 at the table)

Michael
    $200 22
(Michael: What is the Purple Heart?)
(Jack: What is the Medal of Valor?)

the Congressional Medal of Honor

JackMichael
Triple Stumper
    $250 5
The Jeffersons

Cynthia
    $250 11
[Big applause for Cynthia]

Pike's Peak

Cynthia
    $250 19
the Marx Brothers

Cynthia
    $250 26
Napoleon

Michael
    $250 21
the Cy Young Award

Jack

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 7):

Jack Cynthia Michael
$300 $500 $50

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jack Cynthia Michael
$1,000 $1,650 $150

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

CIVIL WAR
TOYS & GAMES
MOVIES
SPORTS LEGENDS
STATE NAMES
FAMOUS PAIRS
    $100 1
Fort Sumter

Michael
    $100 20
a Cabbage Patch Kid

Cynthia
    $100 6
Flashdance

Michael
    $100 9
Babe Ruth

Jack
    $100 14
Washington

Jack
    $100 11
Hansel & Gretel

Jack
    $200 2
(Jack: What is Louisville?)

Richmond, Viriginia

JackMichael
    $200 26
Go

Jack
    $200 7
Barbra Streisand

Jack
    $200 10
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Cynthia
    $200 15
Florida

Michael
    $200 21
Sodom & Gomorrah

Michael
    $300 3
General (William Tecumsah) Sherman

Michael
    $300 27
croquet

Michael
    $750 17
(Alex: Michael, any time.)
(Michael: What is [*]?)
(Alex: What is [*], yes. "As Time Goes By." Michael, you're in the lead with $2500 right now!)

Casablanca

Michael
    $300 12
Billie Jean King

Jack
    $300 16
Maryland (or Virginia)

Michael
    $300 22
Sears-Roebuck

Michael
    $400 4
(Michael: That's easy. What is [*]?)
(Alex: You're right, again, it is easy, for you. Select once more.)
[Laughter]

the Battle of Gettysburg

Michael
    $400 28
(Alex: Looks like I'm the only gambler here, and I'll have to give it to you. The correct question is "What is [*]?" "What is [*]?")

poker

Triple Stumper
    $400 18
Dorothy Lamour

Jack
    $400 13
(Jack: Who was Dorothy Hamill?)

Peggy Fleming

Jack
Triple Stumper
    $800 19
Maine

Jack
    $400 23
Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers

Jack
    $500 5
the Monitor & the Merrimack

Cynthia
    $500 29
a stalemate

Jack
    $500 24
(Alex: You got it, I bet you saw the film, too.)
(Cynthia: Yeah.)

Terms of Endearment

Cynthia
    $500 8
Jim Thorpe

Jack
    $500 25
(Cynthia: Oh, no, who were Clarence Darrow and, um... who's the other guy?!)
(Alex: Hurry!)
(Cynthia: [Bouncing up and down] I don't know!)
[Buzzer sounds for Cynthia]
(Alex: Oh, I'm sorry, Cynthia, we can't give it to you! That's an incorrect answer. Jack?)
(Jack: Who were [*]?)
(Alex: That is the right question. Cynthia, I'm sorry, our law clerk didn't make it that time. And we've got less than a minute to play. Jack, select for me!)

Clarence Darrow & William Jennings Bryan

JackCynthia

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jack Cynthia Michael
$4,500 $2,450 $3,300

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

LITERATURE
(Alex: [Revealing Cynthia's response] I'm sorry, that is incorrect, that is--first of all, not an American novel, that is a British novel, and it's wrong.)
CynthiaWhat is Treasure Island
$2,450
MichaelWhat is Moby Dick?
$2,500
JackWhat is Moby Dick?
$2,500
Moby-Dick

Final scores:

Jack Cynthia Michael
$7,000 $0 $5,800
3-day champion: $24,600 3rd place: a trip to Hawaii at the Kona Hilton 2nd place: a trip to Hawaii at the Kona Hilton

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jack Cynthia Michael
$4,100 $2,450 $2,850
24 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
14 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
16 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $9,400

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