Responses for Show #621 - Monday, April 27, 1987

Richard Cordray game 5.

Contestants

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Bob Peck, a forensic accountant from Irvine, California

Eileen Oshinsky, a writer and editor originally from New York

Richard Cordray, a judicial clerk from Grove City, Ohio (whose 4-day cash winnings total $34,902)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

TRANSPORTATION
WORDS
THE HUSBAND MARRIED
MEMPHIS
THE SENSES
YE GODS
    $100 4
New York City

Richard
    $100 17
Richard Burton

Richard
    $100 2
(Eileen: What is thunder?)
(Richard: What is a lightning bolt?)

the hammer

RichardEileen
Triple Stumper
    $200 11
Theodore Roosevelt

Richard
    $200 21
a church

Bob
    $200 16
Howard Hughes

Bob
    $200 12
taste

Richard
    $200 3
(Alex: [*], yes, fly balls.)

Fungo

Bob
    $300 23
a freighter (ship)

Triple Stumper
    $300 19
a facsimile

Bob
    $300 15
Napoleon

Richard
    $300 24
(Eileen: What is the Hilton?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Holiday Inn

EileenBob
    $300 7
(Bob: What is a horn?)
[Originally ruled incorrect, reversed after first break]

an ear trumpet

Bob
    $300 1
nectar

Eileen
    $400 9
(Alex: Richard?)
(Richard: Who are... the... Bandits?)
(Alex: [Chuckles] No, I sensed you were drawing a blank on that one. It was a popular group, too, in country music. [*].)
(Richard: Hm.)
(Alex: [*]. All right, that cost you $400, you're down to five, you're still the only player with any cash, and we're going to take a break right now, and allow Eileen and Bob to catch their breath and get ready for a continuation of round one on Jeopardy!, which will resume after this.)

Alabama

Richard
    $400 18
(Bob: What is a stake?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

a grub stake

Bob
    $400 14
Pablo Picasso

Triple Stumper
    $400 10
the tip (the front of the tongue)

Bob
    $400 5
Venus

Richard
    $500 22
the Stanley Steamer

Bob
    $500 20
giving names to things

Eileen
    $500 13
Johnny Carson

Richard
    $500 8
the soul

Richard
    $500 6
(Eileen: What is literature?)
(Bob: What is, uh, theater?)

comedy

EileenBob
Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 9):

Richard Eileen Bob
$500 -$300 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Richard Eileen Bob
$1,800 -$100 $2,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD WAR II
MUSIC BUSINESS
THE BIBLE
THE OLYMPICS
NEWSPAPERS
TOUGH TV TRIVIA
    $200 25
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Rommel

Eileen
    $200 21
a platinum record

Richard
    $200 1
the Earth

Richard
    $200 13
7

Richard
    $200 8
the San Francisco Chronicle

Eileen
    $200 18
The Dick Van Dyke Show

Richard
    $400 11
(Bob: Who is Hirohito?)

Tojo

EileenBob
    $400 22
MTV

Bob
    $400 6
Ruth

Bob
    $400 14
the running long jump

Richard
    $400 9
China

Bob
    $400 19
(The) Tomorrow (Show)

Triple Stumper
    $600 7
(Richard: What is treason or desertion?)
...
(Alex: [*] only, he was not shot for treason.)

desertion

RichardEileen
    $600 23
MCA

Triple Stumper
    $600 5
their spears

Triple Stumper
    $600 15
(Alex: [*], they guaranteed a victory.)

Greece

Richard
    $600 10
(Richard: Who are lawyers?)

blacks

RichardBob
    $800 20
(Alex: Richard?)
(Richard: What are Mike Hammer and Hammer & Sickle?)
(Alex: No, sorry. [*] was the other one, a comedy show. Wild and crazy program, by the way.)

Mike Hammer & Sledge Hammer!

Richard
    $800 4
Hess

Richard
    $1,000 3
eat, drink, & be merry

Richard
    $800 16
physical education

Richard
    $800 12
Women's Wear Daily

Eileen
    $1000 24
Marshal Georgy Zhukov

Triple Stumper
    $1000 2
(Richard: Who is Cain?)
(Alex: No. Bob?)
(Bob: Who is Satan?)
(Alex: No. ...Be more specific.)
(Bob: Who is the devil?)
(Alex: No. ...The Serp--?)

the Serpent

RichardBob
Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
(Eileen: Who is Harold Abrahamson?)
(Alex: You're--No.)

Harold Abrahams

RichardEileen

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Richard Eileen Bob
$4,200 $1,100 $2,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

CODES OF HONOR
(Alex: Richard, nice going. You're a super champ, we'll see you in next year's Tournament of Champions. And to Eileen and Bob, thank you so much, you came in against a real hot player who was at his best. But congratulations, you'll be taking away those prizes we mentioned earlier. And we've got to go; on our next program, we'll be introducing three new players to start it all over again, right here on Jeopardy! 'Til then, so long, folks.)
EileenWhat is chivalry?
$900
BobWhat is knighthood?
$2,580
RichardWhat is chivalry?
$1,201
chivalry

Final scores:

Richard Eileen Bob
$5,401 $2,000 $120
5-day champion: $40,303 2nd place: handcrafted solid oak entertainment center from Harrison Furniture + Emerson deluxe 25" stereo color television 3rd place: Liberty Renewed limited edition serigraph numbered and hand-signed by Doug Webb from Martin Lawrence Galleries

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Richard Eileen Bob
$5,200 $1,100 $2,700
18 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
(including 2 DDs)
7 R,
4 W
13 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $9,000

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Game tape date: 1987-01-07
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