Responses for Show #2129 - Thursday, December 2, 1993

1993 10th Anniversary Tournament final game 1.

Contestants

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Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California

Tom Nosek, an engineer from Torrance, California

Frank Spangenberg, a transit cop from Douglaston, New York

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Jeopardy! Round responses

METALS
RECENT FILMS
WINES & SPIRITS
THE WILD WEST
POLITICIANS
"OLD" NEWS
    $100 11
mercury

Leslie
    $100 26
(Alex: [*], yes, very popular film this year.)

The Firm

Frank
    $100 6
gin

Leslie
    $100 1
(Bat) Masterson

Frank
    $100 21
Bill Clinton

Leslie
    $100 16
Old Faithful

Leslie
    $200 12
molybdenum

Tom
    $200 27
The Fugitive

Frank
    $200 7
sherry

Leslie
    $200 2
Jesse James

Tom
    $200 22
(Lloyd) Bentsen

Frank
    $200 17
an old wives' tale

Frank
    $300 13
copper

Frank
    $300 28
(Leslie: What is The Unforgiven?)

In the Line of Fire

Leslie
Triple Stumper
    $300 8
rum

Frank
    $300 3
Roy Bean

Tom
    $300 23
(Ronald) Reagan

Frank
    $300 18
"Old Man River"

Leslie
    $400 14
potassium

Leslie
    $400 29
(Alex: Very good in last year's Celebrity tournament--[*].)

Rosie O'Donnell

Triple Stumper
    $400 9
vodka

Frank
    $400 4
(Leslie: Who is Belle Starr?)

Calamity Jane

FrankLeslie
    $400 24
(Leslie: Who is Pat Robertson?)
(Tom: Who is William F. Buckley?)
...
(Alex: I enjoy watching him on Crossfire. Who is [*]?)

Pat Buchanan

TomLeslie
Triple Stumper
    $400 19
The Old Farmer's Almanac

Frank
    $500 15
plutonium

Tom
    $500 30
(Alex: Frank, our last clue coming up; you don't even have to select it...)

Orlando

Frank
    $500 10
California

Leslie
    $500 5
(Leslie: Who is Zane Grey?)

Ned Buntline

Leslie
Triple Stumper
    $500 25
(Alex: Frank, you have the lead with $3,100, but I'm sure you're intelligent enough to know that this is a two-day affair.)
(Frank: $500, please.)

(Charles) Robb

Frank
    $500 20
Old Norse

Frank

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

Frank Tom Leslie
$1,500 $1,200 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Frank Tom Leslie
$4,400 $800 $200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. AREAS
AVIATION
BALLET
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
LITERARY POTPOURRI
ANCIENT ATHENIANS
    $200 1
Puerto Rico

Leslie
    $200 10
(Charles) Lindbergh

Tom
    $200 21
The Sleeping Beauty

Leslie
    $200 23
Notre Dame

Leslie
    $200 16
San Francisco

Frank
    $200 11
the Battle of Marathon

Leslie
    $400 2
Samoa

Frank
    $400 9
Goodyear

Tom
    $400 22
(Leslie: What is... Fifth Avenue?)

Tenth Avenue

TomLeslie
    $400 25
Arizona State University

Leslie
    $400 17
Vanity Fair

Leslie
    $400 12
the Academy

Leslie
    $600 3
(Leslie: What are [*] and [**]?)
(Alex: Correct, [***] is the other.)

(2 of) Saint Thomas, Saint Croix & Saint John

Leslie
    $600 7
the Red Baron

Leslie
    $600 24
[Alex specified "J. Robbins" as "Jerome Robbins".]

Romeo and Juliet

Tom
    $600 28
MIT

Leslie
    $600 18
Willa Cather

Leslie
    $600 13
the Peloponnesian War

Frank
    $800 4
Guam

Tom
    $800 6
the B-2

Tom
    $800 26
Anastasia

Leslie
    $800 29
Minnesota

Leslie
    $800 19
Edgar Lee Masters

Tom
    $3,000 14
(Alex: No sooner have your opponents made their move on you, Tom coming within $400 of you, and you wind up getting a--a lone shot at a Daily Double.)
(Frank: I'll probably regret this. $3,000 please.)
...
(Alex: [*] is right; I guess you're not going to regret it after all.)
(Frank: [Shrugging] I wish I did bet more.)

Solon

Frank
    $1000 8
Washington, D.C.

Tom
    $1000 5
Jacqueline Cochran

Tom
    $1000 27
Petrushka

Leslie
    $1,000 30
(Leslie: [Shakes head] Um... what is Nashville?)
(Alex: No, famous Scopes trial was held there; found in [*], Tennessee.)

Dayton

Leslie
    $1000 20
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Leslie
    $1000 15
(Frank: Who is Epicurus?)

Socrates

Frank
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Frank Tom Leslie
$7,600 $6,800 $6,800

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD CAPITALS
[Leslie's response was revealed first.]
(Alex: [To Tom] Yes, the capital of Albania is Tirana.)
TomWhat is Tehran?
$6,800
LeslieWhat is Tyre?
$6,700
FrankWhat is T??
$7,000
Tehran

Final scores:

Frank Tom Leslie
$600 $13,600 $100

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Frank Tom Leslie
$5,400 $6,800 $7,800
18 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 13 R,
1 W		 23 R,
6 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $20,000

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Game tape date: 1993-10-18
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