Responses for Show #2776 - Monday, September 30, 1996

Contestants

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Rick Mulrooney, a writer and editor from Wilmington, Delaware

Linda Dorney, an attorney from Laurel, Maryland

Jason Benton, a teacher from Amenia, New York (whose 3-day cash winnings total $27,100)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

EARTH SCIENCE
POP & ROCK GROUPS
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
NEWSMAKERS OF THE '70s
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
4.O
(Alex: 4 "O"s will appear in each correct word in the response.)
    $100 2
Greenland

Rick
    $100 1
The Carpenters

Linda
    $100 4
Hobbits

Jason
    $100 19
Havana

Rick
    $100 9
LSU (Louisiana State)

Rick
    $100 18
choo-choo

Linda
    $200 3
(Alex: It has the largest [*] on Earth.)

tides

Triple Stumper
    $200 11
the Bee Gees

Rick
    $200 5
Babar

Jason
    $200 25
Jerry Brown

Linda
    $200 10
Cape Canaveral

Linda
    $200 20
a boo-boo

Rick
    $300 15
(Robert) Bunsen

Linda
    $300 12
Led Zeppelin

Jason
    $300 6
(Jason: What is Lassie?)
(Alex: Be a little more specific.)
(Jason: What is The Adventures of Lassie?)

Lassie Come Home

JasonRick
    $300 26
Jimmy Carter

Jason
    $300 24
Trinity College

Linda
    $300 21
a cookbook

Rick
    $400 16
humidity

Jason
    $400 13
The Clash

Jason
    $400 7
Bremen

Rick
    $400 27
Idi Amin

Rick
    $400 28
the Netherlands

Rick
    $400 22
(Jason: What is [*]?)
(Alex: Where you spend a lot of your time.)
(Jason: I try.)

a schoolroom

Jason
    $500 17
(Jason: What are the Van Allen belts?)

solar wind

Jason
Triple Stumper
    $500 14
(Alex: You remembered, but too late, right, Jason?)
(Jason: Yep, yep.)

The Sugarcubes

Triple Stumper
    $500 8
Mary Poppins

Rick
    $500 30
Elizabeth Dole

Rick
    $1,000 29
Maine

Rick
    $500 23
foolproof

Jason

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Jason Linda Rick
$700 $300 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jason Linda Rick
$1,800 $1,200 $4,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HISPANIC AMERICA
THE 11th CENTURY
POTPOURRI
POLITICS
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
CANNES PALME D'OR WINNERS
    $200 17
baseball

Rick
    $200 1
the Pope

Linda
    $200 3
a zombie

Jason
    $200 15
Watergate

Linda
    $200 10
South Africa

Linda
    $200 26
Pulp Fiction

Rick
    $400 18
a newspaper

Rick
    $400 2
Crusaders

Rick
    $400 4
tuberculosis

Rick
    $400 21
the House Unamerican Activities Committee

Rick
    $400 11
the Pacific and Atlantic

Jason
    $400 27
Taxi Driver

Linda
    $600 19
Cuba

Rick
    $600 8
Macbeth

Linda
    $600 5
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Jason
    $600 22
Mississippi

Linda
    $600 12
Colombia

Rick
    $600 28
The Piano

Rick
    $1,500 20
(Rick: Sorry. You got me.)

Paul Rodriguez

Rick
    $800 9
El Cid

Rick
    $800 6
(Franz) Kafka

Jason
    $800 23
Grover Cleveland

Linda
    $800 13
Canberra

Rick
    $800 29
(Rick: What is "Touch of Evil"?)
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[Note: Before 1955, the top award at Cannes was known as the "Grand Prix of the International Film Festival"]

The Third Man

Rick
Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
(Federico) Peña

Linda
    $1000 16
Norway

Jason
    $1000 7
Charles II

Linda
    $2,000 24
reapportionment

Linda
    $1000 14
Tagus

Jason
    $1000 30
Marty

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jason Linda Rick
$5,800 $8,200 $7,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL GROUPS
JasonWhat are the Muses + the Fates
$5,800
RickWhat are the Muses & the Fates
$7,599
LindaWhat are the muses + the fates
$7,001
The Muses and the Graces

Final scores:

Jason Linda Rick
$0 $1,199 $1
3rd place: Aura Interactor cushion and vest New champion: $1,199 2nd place: Wallace Silversmiths 5-piece tea service, and candelabra

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jason Linda Rick
$5,800 $7,200 $8,600
14 R,
2 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 24 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $21,600

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Game tape date: 1996-08-20
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