Responses for Show #778 - Wednesday, January 13, 1988

Leah Greenwald game 3.

Contestants

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Todd Leopold, a student from New Orleans, Louisiana

Jim Stevenson, a musician from San Diego, California

Leah Greenwald, an architect from Cambridge, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $19,600)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. STATES
SPECIAL OSCARS
HISTORIC NAMES
VOCABULARY
POLO
POTPOURRI
    $100 3
Alaska

Jim
    $100 1
Mary Pickford

Leah
    $100 9
Mussolini

Todd
    $100 21
animals

Jim
    $100 12
(small) horses

Leah
    $100 8
Oliver North

Leah
    $200 4
Illinois

Todd
    $200 2
(Alex: [*], yes, it was presented for Charlie McCarthy in 1937.)

wood

Jim
    $200 10
Marie Antoinette

Leah
    $200 22
a cheroot

Jim
    $200 26
mallets

Leah
    $200 18
(Todd: What is his mouth?)
(Alex: Yeah, it's [*]. Jean was a her.)

her mouth

Todd
    $300 15
(Jim: What is 15?)

25

JimTodd
    $300 5
Groucho

Todd
    $300 11
Franco

Leah
    $300 23
a jug (or drinking mug)

Leah
    $300 27
England (or the United States)

Todd
    $300 19
a sow's ear

Todd
    $400 16
North Carolina

Todd
    $400 6
(Todd: Who is Katharine Hepburn?)

James Stewart

LeahTodd
    $400 13
India

Leah
    $400 24
a mantilla

Leah
    $400 29
(Todd: What is a fence?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the goal(post)s

LeahTodd
    $400 20
St. Vitus

Leah
    $700 17
Mississippi (or Alabama)

Todd
    $500 7
Jean Hersholt

Leah
    $500 14
James I

Todd
    $500 25
parochial

Leah
    $500 28
president of the United States

Leah

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 16):

Leah Jim Todd
$2,100 $0 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Leah Jim Todd
$4,800 $300 $2,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

RIVERS
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
THE ARTIST OF RECORD
(Alex: We'll give you three titles of albums or works, you have to name the performer.)
WORLD POLITICS
SEA LIFE
ODD SPELLING
(Alex: And you have to spell the correct responses in that category.)
    $200 1
Amazon

Todd
    $200 18
Cratchit

Todd
    $200 2
Sinatra

Todd
    $200 13
the Soviet Union

Todd
    $200 4
a starfish

Leah
    $200 25
N-I-N-E-T-Y

Jim
    $400 6
the Rio Grande

Jim
    $400 19
Sister Carrie

Todd
    $400 3
Willie Nelson

Leah
    $400 14
(Leah: What is Finland?)
(Jim: What is Denmark?)

Sweden

LeahJimTodd
    $400 5
plankton

Jim
    $400 26
P-E-N-N-E-Y

Todd
    $600 7
the Ganges

Jim
    $600 20
(Sir) Gawain

Jim
    $600 15
Pink Floyd

Todd
    $600 21
Iran

Jim
    $600 10
(Jim: What is phosphorescence?)
[Originally ruled incorrect, reversed before first Daily Double]

bioluminescence

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

C-E-N-T-R-E-F-O-L-D

Todd
    $800 8
the Niger

Jim
    $800 24
Passepartout

Jim
    $800 16
Queen

Todd
    $1,300 22
(Jim: [Instantly and confidently] What is Costa Rica?)

(1 of) Colombia, Mexico, Panama, & Venezuela

Jim
    $800 11
coral

Jim
    $1000 9
the Orange

Triple Stumper
    $1000 27
David Copperfield

Leah
    $1000 17
[Applause for Todd, though he did not run the category]

(Neil) Diamond

Todd
    $1000 23
Ethiopia

Leah
    $1000 12
(Leah: Who is a crab?)
...
(Alex: Crabs go sideways. And... [*] go backwards.)

shrimp

Leah
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Leah Jim Todd
$6,000 $4,400 $7,500

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
(Alex: [After revealing Leah's response] For the longest time it seemed that you had written September 11th and were staring at that, and then you put the little bar across and the line across the top for [*], and you're going happy you did that, because that is the right response--nice going.)
...
(Alex: [After Leah wins] Boy, you're a giant killer! Very quiet, very unassuming, but she gets the job done! And we'll see you for your fourth appearance on our next program.)
JimWhat is 9/16?
$4,400
LeahWhat is Sept. 17?
$6,000
ToddWhat is Sept. 9
$4,501
September 17th

Final scores:

Leah Jim Todd
$12,000 $0 $2,999
3-day champion: $31,600 3rd place: Maytag Jetclean dishwasher 2nd place: Marcy Fitness Products home exercise module + Helbros his & hers sports watches

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Leah Jim Todd
$6,000 $5,700 $7,300
19 R,
2 W		 14 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 21 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $19,000

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Game tape date: 1987-09-28
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