Responses for Show #618 - Wednesday, April 22, 1987

Richard Cordray game 2.

Contestants

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Scott Myers, a teacher from Covina, California

Marian Evans Melnick, a former bank manager originally from New York City

Richard Cordray, a judicial clerk from Grove City, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,800)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. STATES
PLANTS
NAME'S THE SAME
INDIANS
TECHNOLOGY
SILLY SONGS
(Alex: And finally, a new category for us, [*], and I say new because all of the material in this category was written or co-written by a man who specializes in silly songs, Jeff Barry.)
    $100 6
[Alex pronounces the initial in the clue as "Simon."]

Utah

Richard
    $100 20
(Marian: What is lettuce?)

the fern

MarianScott
    $100 5
[Alex pronounces the initial in the clue as "Jeanette."]

Rose Marie

Marian
    $100 8
time

Scott
    $100 9
(Alex: Yep, that's a good silly song.)

Da doo ron ron ron, da doo ron ron

Scott
    $200 12
Ohio

Richard
    $200 21
the palm tree

Richard
    $200 4
Bill Russell

Scott
    $200 17
(Scott: What is 8... million, eight hundred and eighty-eight thousand, eight hundred and eighty-eight?)
(Alex: No, sorry. Richard or Marian? Marian?)
(Marian: What is 9?)
(Alex: No. Richard doesn't want to try it? Scott, you were on the right track. If you had stopped after the first 8... There are 7 aspects to each LED readout. When they're all on, you see the number 8. That's why we couldn't give it to you. You select again, however.)

8

MarianScott
Triple Stumper
    $200 10
the Hanky Panky

Richard
    $300 1
West Virginia (or Kentucky or North Carolina)

Richard
    $300 14
the seed

Richard
    $300 13
"Satin Doll"

Richard
    $300 19
tobacco

Marian
    $300 18
silicon

Richard
    $400 11
Missouri

Richard
    $400 23
replanting (or repotting)

Marian
    $400 2
Vernon Castle

Triple Stumper
    $400 15
the Hopi Indians

Triple Stumper
    $400 24
Dr. Scholl

Scott
    $500 3
the Confederate flag (the Stars & Bars)

Scott
    $500 16
(Richard: What is oxygen?)
...
(Alex: Yes, the plant produces oxygen.)

carbon dioxide

RichardScott
    $500 7
(Scott: Uh, what is Spencer?)
(Alex: Be more specifc. Need the whole name.)
(Scott: What is Diane Spencer.)
(Alex: No. Richard or Marian? Marian?)
(Marian: What is Diana Spencer?)
(Alex: No. ...Can we accept that? ...We don't need the "Lady" on it?)
(Judge: No.)
(Alex: It's all right? We do need the "Lady.")
(Judge: No we don't.)
(Alex: We don't need the "Lady." All right, Marian, that's a correct for you, go ahead.)

(Lady) Diana Spencer

MarianScott
    $500 22
(Alex: They were the guards who shot [*].)

Sitting Bull

Triple Stumper
    $500 25
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

propellant

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 11):

Richard Marian Scott
$1,000 $600 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Richard Marian Scott
$1,800 $1,000 $1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

1946
MAMMALS
TV CAPTAINS
FIRST LADIES
SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
    $200 25
Annie Get Your Gun

Richard
    $200 16
(Marian: What are males?)
(Alex: No, sorry. Scott.)
(Scott: What are [*]?)
(Alex: Yes, here's where you got it back from Marian for what happened a little while ago. Select again.)

females

MarianScott
    $200 17
the French Foreign Legion

Richard
    $200 7
Rosalynn Carter

Scott
    $200 2
(Scott: Uh, who is Juliet?)

Romeo

MarianScott
    $200 1
eight ate

Scott
    $400 26
(Alex: This is a bit of guesswork, or figuring it out. [*]--they were all coming back from the war. Richard, select again.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds]

75%

Triple Stumper
    $400 20
(Alex: Yes, it has twice the protein of cow's milk--and dog's milk doesn't even figure in there.)

cat milk

Scott
    $400 22
Capt. (Frank) Furillo

Scott
    $400 21
free postage

Marian
    $400 3
(Scott: What is a Scottie?)
...
(Alex: Yes, Hamlet, the Danish prince.)

a Great Dane

MarianScott
    $400 9
Gene's jeans

Marian
    $600 13
reptiles

Scott
    $600 23
Capt. Kirk

Richard
    $600 6
Lady Bird Johnson

Marian
    $600 4
(Akira) Kurosawa

Scott
    $600 10
a banned band

Richard
    $800 18
marsupials

Richard
    $1,200 11
(Alex: Richard?)
(Richard: Who is Mrs. Taft?)

Eleanor Roosevelt

Richard
    $800 5
Henry VI

Richard
    $800 14
a cereal serial

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 24
Nixon & John F. Kennedy

Richard
    $1000 19
(Alex: [*] is right. And just in case you were wondering why we called it--or why it has been called the ugliest, there's a photo of it right there. Frankly I think he's kinda cute.)

the mandrill

Scott
    $1000 12
Abigail Adams

Richard
    $1000 8
her handkerchief

Scott
    $1000 15
to maim Mame

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Richard Marian Scott
$5,800 $2,800 $5,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE OSCARS
(Alex: The film that starred Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lemmon, and my friend Fred MacMurray. That is the correct response, and that means that you are going to remain Jeopardy! champion.)
MarianWhat is On the Waterfront
$2,799
ScottWhat is Some Like It Hot?
$5,200
RichardWhat is The Apartment?
$4,601
The Apartment

Final scores:

Richard Marian Scott
$10,401 $1 $0
2-day champion: $18,201 2nd place: Eastwind Action recliner by Lane + Zenith 9" color TV 3rd place: Tappan SureCook microwave with built-in browner

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Richard Marian Scott
$7,000 $2,800 $5,200
17 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W
(including 1 DD)
9 R,
3 W
16 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $15,000

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Game tape date: 1987-01-06
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