Responses for Show #3676 - Monday, September 4, 2000

First game of Season 17.

Contestants

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Lenore Muller, a credit risk analyst from New York City, New York

David Mann, a graduate student from Houston, Texas

Mort Kamins, an investor and writer from Studio City, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,001)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

DESERT DWELLERS
PAUL McCARTNEY
TOTALLY 1680s!
ANAGRAMMED TEXAS CITIES
CAR TREK
JIM CLASS
    $100 21
a roadrunner

david
    $100 8
John Lennon

Mort
    $100 4
(Lenore: What is Japan?)

China

davidLenore
    $100 3
Dallas

Lenore
    $100 26
Honda

david
    $100 1
Jim Morrison

Lenore
    $200 22
a sidewinder

Mort
    $200 9
Wings

Mort
    $200 20
Louisiana

Mort
    $200 5
Galveston

david
    $200 27
electricity

david
    $200 2
Jim Henson

david
    $300 23
(Alex: You don't want to hover over [*] with a fluorescent light.)

the scorpion

Triple Stumper
    $300 10
Tokyo

Lenore
    $300 15
Mather

david
    $300 6
Pecos

Mort
    $300 28
Scooby-Doo

david
    $300 7
(Mort: Who is, uh... Travis?)
...
(Alex: Remember, we're in JIM CLASS.)

(Jim) Bowie

MortLenore
    $400 24
(Alex: That is right, minute to go.)

a kangaroo rat

david
    $400 11
James

Mort
    $1,500 18
the Hall of Mirrors

Mort
    $400 16
Houston

david
    $400 29
a Fiesta

david
    $400 13
(Mort: Who was Tommy Dorsey?)

Jimmy Dorsey

Mort
Triple Stumper
    $500 25
a bear

david
    $500 12
nothing

Mort
    $500 19
starve

Mort
    $500 17
Laredo

Mort
    $500 30
Seville

david
    $500 14
Jim Bridger

Mort

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

Mort david Lenore
$1,300 $800 $700

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mort david Lenore
$4,200 $3,700 $700

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
(Alex: Yes, the work.)
TREES
ON ITS WESTERN BORDER
(Alex: We'll give you a country, you tell us what country is on its western border.)
YOGA
MOVIE MICE
WORK IT!
    $200 1
(david: What is the Cheshire Cat?)

chess

Mortdavid
    $200 7
the chestnut

Mort
    $200 2
Portugal

Mort
    $200 22
a yogi

Mort
    $200 17
The Green Mile

Mort
    $200 16
the bone

Mort
    $400 12
Humpty Dumpty

david
    $400 26
(Alex: Ah, those [*] were at it, but they were caught.)

beavers

Triple Stumper
    $400 3
Haiti

david
    $400 23
Sutra

Mort
    $400 18
Mickey Mouse

Mort
    $400 10
your teeth

Mort
    $600 13
a dream

Mort
    $600 27
the redwoods

Lenore
    $600 4
(Alex: Yes! Just in time, too.)

Libya

Mort
    $600 24
dog

Lenore
    $600 19
(Alex: Sí, correct.)
[Laughter]

Speedy Gonzales

david
    $600 8
to the wheel

Mort
    $800 14
Tweedledum & Tweedledee

Mort
    $800 28
Agriculture

Mort
    $1,200 5
(Alex: Yes, in Indonesia.)

Irian Jaya

Mort
    $800 25
the Bhagavad Gita

Mort
    $1,500 20
Fievel (An American Tail)

david
    $800 9
(david: What is under?)

down

davidLenore
    $1000 15
"Jabberwocky"

Mort
    $1000 30
an alder

Triple Stumper
    $1000 6
Croatia

david
    $1000 29
(Mort: What is tantric?)
(david: What is shakti?)

kundalini

Mortdavid
Triple Stumper
    $1000 21
Babe

Lenore
    $1000 11
a hump

david

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mort david Lenore
$12,000 $6,600 $3,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

EXPLORING
(Alex: Sir Edmund Hillary, of course, was the conqueror of Mount Everest along with Tenzing Norgay; Sir Edmund was from New Zealand.)
...
(Alex: [To Lenore] New Zealand, of course, part of the Commonwealth.)
LenoreWhat is Great Britain + Nepal
$3,000
davidWhat are Great Britain and Nepal?
$5,401
MortWhat is Nepal & India?
$1,201
(2 of) Great Britain, India, Nepal & the United Nations flag

Final scores:

Mort david Lenore
$13,201 $12,001 $6,700
2-day champion: $27,202 2nd place: a 10-day Renaissance Cruise to Tahiti 3rd place: Replay TV system

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Mort david Lenore
$10,500 $5,900 $3,700
28 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 8 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $20,100

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Game tape date: 2000-07-25
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