Responses for Show #1531 - Monday, April 8, 1991

Contestants

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James Hyder, a systems manager from Columbia, Maryland

Lynda Burkett, a special projects assistant from Alexandria, Virginia

Richard Shildt, an elementary school principal from Cyclone, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,500)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BOOKS & AUTHORS
POLAR ANIMALS
LATIN PHRASES
MOVIE SONGS
DESIGN
1891
(Alex: Boy, wasn't that a good year?)
    $100 16
(Richard: Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?)
...
(Alex: If you had difficulty on that first clue, I should warn you that the other clues in this category have to do with members of the Knickerbocker Group. So be advised. James, select.)
(James: Thank you, Alex. Uh, MOVIE SONGS for $100, please.)
[Laughter]
(Alex: I see.)

Washington Irving

Richard
Triple Stumper
    $100 1
a polar bear

Richard
    $100 6
antemeridian

James
    $100 17
(Lynda: What is The Mermaid?)

Mermaids

LyndaJames
    $100 22
Scotland

James
    $100 11
Thomas Edison

Richard
    $200 27
[Alex reads "Wm. C. Bryant" as "William Cullen Bryant".]
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the Iliad & the Odyssey

James
    $200 2
a penguin

Lynda
    $200 7
thanks to God

James
    $700 18
"The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly"

James
    $200 23
lace

Lynda
    $200 12
Oklahoma

Richard
    $300 3
a walrus

Richard
    $300 8
art is long, life is short

James
    $300 19
(Alex: Correct. "The Trolley Song".)

my heartstrings

James
    $300 24
satin

Lynda
    $300 13
(James: What is Cuba?)
(Richard: What is Spain?)
...
(Alex: Richard now knows he should have said--)
(Richard: Mexico.)
(Alex: --no, what is [*]?)
(Richard: Oh.)
(Alex: What is [*]?)

Chile

RichardJames
Triple Stumper
    $400 4
a musk ox

James
    $400 9
equals

Richard
    $400 20
(Richard: What is love?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Richard: What is young love?)
...
(Alex: "Young Love" was a Sonny James song, [*] was the Pat Boone tune.)

"April Love"

Richard
Triple Stumper
    $400 25
(Lynda: What is the Metropolitan Museum?)
(James: What is New York City?)
...
(Alex: The famous Art Institute is in [*].)

Chicago

LyndaJames
Triple Stumper
    $400 14
[Alex pronounces "w.l." as "wavelength" when reading the clue.]
(Linda: What is a comet?)

the sun

LyndaJames
    $500 5
lemmings

Richard
    $500 10
(James: What is see this?)

which see

James
Triple Stumper
    $500 21
Carly Simon

James
    $500 26
(Lynda: What is Cape Cod?)

Boston

Lynda
Triple Stumper
    $500 15
Springfield

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Richard Lynda James
$1,300 -$200 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Richard Lynda James
$800 -$700 $2,100

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ISLANDS
OLD TESTAMENT
FOOD
SHAKESPEARE
COLUMNISTS
(Alex: And we did so well on 1891, we thought we'd test you on...)
1791
    $200 9
Tobago

Lynda
    $200 2
Daniel

Richard
    $200 1
olives

Richard
    $200 12
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Lynda
    $200 26
Heloise

Richard
    $200 21
whiskey

Richard
    $400 10
Sicily

James
    $400 3
the First Temple (Solomon's Temple)

Lynda
    $400 5
Korea

James
    $400 13
a graveyard

James
    $400 27
Emily Post

Richard
    $400 22
Mozart

James
    $600 15
Cayenne

James
    $500 4
Job

Lynda
    $600 6
yogurt

Richard
    $600 14
Othello

Richard
    $600 28
Alsop

James
    $600 23
(Richard: Who is Adam Smith?)

Thomas Paine

Richard
Triple Stumper
    $800 19
(James: What is Brunei?)
(Richard: What is Madagascar?)
...
(Alex: James took us to Asia with his response.)

Zanzibar

RichardJames
Triple Stumper
    $800 7
Esther

Richard
    $800 11
fruitcakes

James
    $800 16
Fortune

James
    $800 29
(Richard: Who is Nellie Bly?)

Sylvia Porter

Richard
Triple Stumper
    $800 24
James Buchanan

Richard
    $1000 20
the Faroe Islands

Triple Stumper
    $1000 8
Psalms

Richard
    $1000 18
dim sum

Lynda
    $2,000 17
(James: Who is Ariel?)

Miranda

James
    $1000 30
Jimmy Breslin

James
    $1000 25
(Luigi) Galvani

James

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Richard Lynda James
$3,600 $1,600 $5,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. GOVERNMENT
(Alex: They tell me it was due to that good old Yankee common sense.)
LyndaWhat is the Bill of Rights?
$1,600
RichardWhat is the Bill of Rights
$3,590
JamesWhat is the Bill of Rights
$1,501
the Bill of Rights

Final scores:

Richard Lynda James
$7,190 $3,200 $7,201
2nd place: Broyhill solid cherry entertainment center + Samsung color TV & VCR 3rd place: Konica ZF-80 RC + a Nintendo Entertainment System + games New champion: $7,201

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Richard Lynda James
$3,600 $1,700 $7,200
16 R,
6 W		 8 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 21 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $12,500

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Game tape date: 1991-02-12
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