Responses for Show #1254 - Thursday, February 1, 1990

Contestants

Ray Albrektson, an associate professor and author from Redlands, California

Gretchen Radtke, a law school graduate from Redwood City, California

Lorrie Mowat, a public relations writer originally from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,199)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

STARTS WITH "T"
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
FASHION DESIGNERS
SPORTS SHIFTS
KIDDIE LIT
OLLA PODRIDA
    $100 4
Teeter-totter

Ray
    $100 1
Richard Nixon

Gretchen
    $100 17
Pierre

Lorrie
    $100 26
New Orleans

Lorrie
    $100 2
The corn

Gretchen
    $100 11
Castles

Lorrie
    $200 5
Tendon

Gretchen
    $200 8
Virginia

Gretchen
    $200 22
Oleg Cassini

Lorrie
    $200 27
Anaheim

Ray
    $200 3
Your hair

Ray
    $200 18
La Mancha

Ray
    $300 6
Tensile

Ray
    $300 12
John

Lorrie
    $300 23
Milan

Gretchen
    $300 28
Philadelphia 76'ers

Lorrie
    $300 10
Flicka

Ray
    $300 19
Sangria

Gretchen
    $400 7
Terms of Endearment

Lorrie
    $400 13
William Howard Taft

Gretchen
    $400 24
Calvin Klein

Lorrie
    $400 29
(L: Who are the Cardinals?)
(G: Who are the Blues?)

Kansas City Chiefs

LorrieGretchen
Triple Stumper
    $500 15
Hans Christian Andersen

Gretchen
    $400 20
Spanish Armada

Lorrie
    $500 9
"Tannhauser"

Triple Stumper
    $500 14
Grace Kelly

Gretchen
    $500 25
Yves Saint Laurent

Gretchen
    $500 30
New Jersey

Triple Stumper
    $500 16
John & Michael

Triple Stumper
    $500 21
(L: Who is Gloria Estefan?)

Madonna

LorrieGretchen

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

Lorrie Gretchen Ray
$800 $2,000 $900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Lorrie Gretchen Ray
$1,400 $3,200 $1,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BRITISH HISTORY
SCIENCE
NEWSPAPERS
PROVERBS
GEORGIA
NAME THAT MUSICAL
    $200 7
Labour party

Ray
    $200 1
Bubbles

Lorrie
    $200 9
Advertisements

Ray
    $200 15
cry and you cry alone

Ray
    $200 26
Democrat

Gretchen
    $200 2
The Student Prince

Gretchen
    $400 8
Downing Street

Lorrie
    $400 10
Fungicide

Lorrie
    $400 11
Hollywood Reporter & Variety

Lorrie
    $400 19
Old saw

Gretchen
    $400 27
Coca-Cola

Gretchen
    $400 3
(G: What is State Fair?)

Carousel

Gretchen
Triple Stumper
    $600 23
(R: What is Sicily?)

Malta

Ray
Triple Stumper
    $600 16
Chalk

Triple Stumper
    $600 12
USA Today

Gretchen
    $600 20
Boils

Ray
    $600 28
Warm Springs

Lorrie
    $600 4
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Lorrie
    $800 24
(L: What is a farthing?)

Half-penny

Lorrie
Triple Stumper
    $800 17
(R: What is marble?)

Diamond

Ray
Triple Stumper
    $1,000 13
(G: What is the Times?)

New York Daily News

Gretchen
    $800 21
Let sleeping dogs lie

Gretchen
    $800 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Lester Maddox

Triple Stumper
    $1,200 5
(Lorrie: [No response])

Bells Are Ringing

Lorrie
    $1000 25
(less than a minute to go...)

James I

Gretchen
    $1000 18
Parsec

Ray
    $1000 14
(L: What is South Carolina?)

Missouri

Lorrie
Triple Stumper
    $1000 22
Light work

Ray
    $1000 6
Irma la Douce

Gretchen

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Lorrie Gretchen Ray
$1,000 $6,400 $3,100
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

PUNCTUATION
LorrieWhat is ampersand?
$999
RayWhat is a hyphen
$1,000
GretchenWhat is comma?
$150
Hyphen

Final scores:

Lorrie Gretchen Ray
$1 $6,250 $4,100
3rd place: Artisan House Lamp Collection + Jeopardy! box game New champion: $6250 + Jeopardy! box game 2nd place: Trip to Oasis Water Resort Villa Hotel, Palm Springs, California + Ricardo Luggage Collection + Jeopardy! box game

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Lorrie Gretchen Ray
$2,200 $7,300 $3,100
15 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)
19 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)
12 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $12,600

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Game tape date: 1989-09-26
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