Responses for Show #3147 - Tuesday, April 14, 1998

Contestants

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Jane Preston, a director of fraud detection from Brookfield, Wisconsin

Sam Harley, a substitute teacher from Ventura, California

Phil Ray, a graduate student from Lexington, Kentucky (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,001)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WORK TIME
AMERICAN AUTHORS
OLD YORK
GET A GRIP
MOTOWN
ENDS IN "ELLA"
    $100 24
(Jane: What is a claims agent?)
[Initially ruled incorrect; reversed before clue 28 in Double Jeopardy! because "Jane, our researchers have been working for the last 15 minutes and found that your response is acceptable."]

a claims adjuster

PhilJane
    $100 21
Mark Twain

Jane
    $100 16
Town crier

Sam
    $100 11
Handshake

Sam
    $100 6
The Supremes

Phil
    $100 1
Mozzarella

Jane
    $200 25
trusty

Sam
    $200 22
Henry Miller

Sam
    $200 17
Gothic

Sam
    $200 12
a vice

Phil
    $200 7
Stevie Wonder

Jane
    $200 2
Della

Sam
    $300 26
Bozo

Phil
    $300 23
(J: [no response])
(Alex: Oooh, sorry - I love the acting, though!)

Willa Cather

Jane
Triple Stumper
    $300 18
Railroad

Phil
    $300 13
Tread

Jane
    $300 8
Smokey Robinson

Jane
    $300 3
Salmonella

Phil
    $400 27
(Sam: What is a broker?)

an investment banker

PhilSam
    $400 29
William Saroyan

Triple Stumper
    $400 19
William the Conqueror

Phil
    $400 14
Golf

Sam
    $400 9
(Jane: Who is Aretha Franklin?)

Marvin Gaye

Jane
    $400 4
"Stella!"

Phil
    $500 28
Demolition

Sam
    $500 30
John O'Hara

Triple Stumper
    $500 20
Mystery plays

Jane
    $500 15
(Alex: It didn't work, obviously, because Kirk is still around!)

Vulcan death grip

Phil
    $500 10
the Four Tops

Phil
    $500 5
Patella

Phil

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

Phil Sam Jane
$2,500 $700 $500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Phil Sam Jane
$4,000 $1,500 $900

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SPARE TIME
IT'S GREEK MYTH TO ME
THE MOVIES
MIDDLE NAMES
CHEM LAB
STARTS WITH "GU"
    $200 21
Kits

Phil
    $200 12
Hades

Phil
    $200 6
Friday the 13th

Jane
    $200 1
Nolan

Jane
    $200 8
Plutonium

Jane
    $200 26
Johannes Gutenberg

Jane
    $400 22
Birdwatcher

Sam
    $400 13
Medusa

Jane
    $400 7
Fathers' Day

Phil
    $400 2
Paul

Phil
    $400 15
(Jane: What is carbon?)

hydrocarbons

PhilJane
    $400 27
Guillotine

Sam
    $600 23
Woodworking

Sam
    $600 14
Dawn

Phil
    $1,000 9
(Jane: What is Leaving Las Vegas?)

The Rock

Jane
    $600 3
Ingmar

Sam
    $600 16
Inorganic chemistry

Sam
    $1,500 28
(S: What is....I don't know.)

Guys and Dolls

Sam
    $800 24
Ice fishing

Phil
    $800 19
Eros

Phil
    $800 10
(Sam: What is Kiss?)

Lust

SamJane
    $800 4
Eldridge

Phil
    $800 17
(Sam: What is chlorine?)
(Jane: What is chloride?)

vinyl chloride

PhilSamJane
    $1000 25
Juggling

Sam
    $1000 20
Sisyphus

Triple Stumper
    $1000 11
All About Eve

Jane
    $1000 5
Marshall

Jane
    $1000 18
(Jane: What is iso-?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

isotope

Jane
Triple Stumper
    $1000 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds without Alex having given a one-minute warning.]

gumbo

Sam

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Phil Sam Jane
$9,400 $3,000 $1,700
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD CITIES
JaneWhat is Havana?
$1,699
SamWhat was Sarasota
$1,200
PhilWhat is Havana?
$3,000
Havana, Cuba

Final scores:

Phil Sam Jane
$12,400 $1,800 $3,399
2-day champion: $27,401 3rd place: Jeep Electronics Portable Boombox 2nd place: Trip to Doubletree Guest Suites, New York City

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Phil Sam Jane
$9,400 $4,500 $3,100
22 R,
0 W
15 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)
15 R,
6 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $17,000

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