Responses for Show #2781 - Monday, October 7, 1996

Contestants

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Craig Schneider, a health policy analyst from Boston, Massachusetts

Al Davis, an environmental analyst from West Hartford, Connecticut

Ellen Goodman, a math teacher from East Meadow, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,201)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

SCIENCE NEWS
COMEDIANS
RELIGION
AMERICAN HISTORY
INTERNATIONAL MAIL
FASHION STATEMENTS
    $100 2
tomato

Ellen
    $100 8
Jerry Lewis

Ellen
    $100 18
Buddhism

Ellen
    $100 1
Puerto Rico

Craig
    $100 27
a ZIP code

Al
    $100 14
his shirt

Ellen
    $200 4
(Craig: What is motion?)

smell

Craig
Triple Stumper
    $200 10
Jay Leno

Craig
    $200 20
Hinduism

Craig
    $200 3
Woodrow Wilson

Al
    $200 28
a post office box

Craig
    $200 15
the pants

Craig
    $500 5
(Alex adds, "Be specific" to the end of the clue after reading it.)
(Al: [*]. What is [*]?)
(Alex: Good man. And good response.)

the Hubble Space Telescope

Al
    $300 11
Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen
    $300 21
Muslim (or Islam)

Ellen
    $300 9
Vermont

Craig
    $300 19
a feather

Craig
    $400 6
a suture

Al
    $400 16
Joan Rivers

Craig
    $400 24
Mormon

Triple Stumper
    $400 12
Wisconsin

Ellen
    $400 22
(Craig: What are your bootstraps?)

your shoestrings (living on a shoestring)

AlCraig
    $500 7
(Al: What is the liver?)

kidney

Al
Triple Stumper
    $500 17
(Al: Who is Walter Mitty?)

Martin Short

Al
Triple Stumper
    $500 25
(Alex: Al knew it but he didn't ring in.)

Sikhism

Triple Stumper
    $500 13
(Craig: What is the Transcontinental Railroad?)

the Union-Pacific Railroad

Craig
Triple Stumper
    $500 26
the story, the floor (2nd floor)

Ellen
    $500 23
the gauntlet

Craig

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Ellen Al Craig
$900 $600 -$100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ellen Al Craig
$1,900 $600 $1,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

REGIONAL THEATRES
THE ROMAN EMPIRE
MAMMALS
WORLD CAPITALS
POLITICAL TERMS
WILD ABOUT HARRY
    $200 20
Yale

Ellen
    $200 13
Julius Caesar

Ellen
    $200 18
a hyena

Craig
    $200 1
Copenhagen

Craig
    $200 2
signatures

Craig
    $200 11
Dirty Harry

Al
    $400 26
San Francisco

Triple Stumper
    $400 14
(Alex: Don't we long for those days?)

an attorney (or lawyer)

Al
    $400 19
the eyes

Al
    $400 5
Haiti

Craig
    $400 3
a filibuster

Craig
    $400 12
Harry Hamlin

Ellen
    $600 27
Los Angeles

Triple Stumper
    $600 21
a cave

Al
    $600 23
the vicuna

Triple Stumper
    $600 8
Bangkok

Ellen
    $600 4
republic

Al
    $600 15
Harry Connick Jr.

Craig
    $800 28
Rappaport

Craig
    $1,500 22
Patrician

Al
    $800 24
the harp seal

Craig
    $800 9
Uganda

Craig
    $800 6
(Ellen: What are the Democratic-
Republicans?)

the Federalists

EllenCraig
    $800 16
Harry James

Triple Stumper
    $1000 29
(Beth) Henley

Ellen
    $1000 30
the Praetorian Guards

Al
    $1,300 25
a black panther

Craig
    $1000 10
(Al: [*]! What is [*]?)
(Alex: That's it.)

Dacca

Al
    $1000 7
caucuses

Craig
    $1000 17
Harry and Tonto

Craig

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ellen Al Craig
$3,500 $6,300 $9,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORIC BOOKS
(Alex: Landsberg should have gotten you to Germany and the year should have narrowed it down considerably.)
EllenWhat is Mein Kampf?
$3,000
AlWhat is "Mein Kampf"
$701
CraigWhat is Mein Kampf?
$2,801
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler

Final scores:

Ellen Al Craig
$6,500 $7,001 $12,601
3rd place: Cazal sunglasses 2nd place: a Carribean cruise from Costa Cruises New champion: $12,601

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ellen Al Craig
$3,500 $5,400 $9,500
13 R,
1 W		 13 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 22 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $18,400

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Game tape date: 1996-08-21
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