Responses for Show #2989 - Thursday, September 4, 1997

Dan Melia game 5.

Contestants

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Hap Erstein, a theater critic from West Palm Beach, Florida

Barbara Findley, a math teacher from Hurley, New York

Dan Melia, a professor from San Francisco, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $51,600)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BIBLICAL DEATH PENALTIES
TELEVISION
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
BEFORE & AFTER
SHOPPING U.S.A.
RUBBER
    $100 1
Adultery

Dan
    $100 10
Mr. Ed

Hap
    $100 9
(Hap: What is orange?)

Green

BarbaraHap
    $100 21
Stevie Wonder Bread

Barbara
    $100 6
Dandelion

Hap
    $200 2
The Lord

Dan
    $200 13
Home Improvement

Hap
    $200 12
Green Onion

Hap
    $200 22
"Sally Field And Stream"

Barbara
    $200 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Memphis

Hap
    $200 15
Akron, Ohio

Hap
    $300 3
Die

Dan
    $500 7
VH1

Hap
    $300 17
Green Bean

Dan
    $300 14
(Hap: What is "Leaves of Grass... hopper"?)

"O Captain! My Captain Kangaroo"

DanHap
    $300 20
Caesars Palace

Barbara
    $300 28
Charles Goodyear

Hap
    $400 4
Stoning

Dan
    $400 8
Happy Days

Dan
    $400 18
Greens

Dan
    $400 16
(Barbara: What is The Christian Science Monitor?)
(Alex: Be more specific, we need more.)

The Christian Science Monitor Lizard

DanBarbara
    $400 24
(Alex: Less than a minute to go.)

Quincy Market

Dan
    $400 26
Mackintosh

Dan
    $500 5
witch

Dan
    $500 11
Suzanne Pleshette

Dan
    $500 19
Red

Hap
    $500 23
Ayn Rand McNally

Hap
    $500 25
Olvera Street

Dan
    $500 27
Joseph Priestley

Dan

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

Dan Barbara Hap
$2,400 $100 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Dan Barbara Hap
$5,600 $300 $2,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

TINSELTOWN TERMS
BIG DATES
HOW DO YOU WORK THIS THING?
NAME THAT NOVEL
19th CENTURY SPORTS
"ITZ" AT THE END
    $200 15
a dolly

Dan
    $200 12
the Gulf of Tonkin

Hap
    $200 19
dental floss

Hap
    $200 1
Dracula

Hap
    $200 11
horse races

Barbara
    $200 7
a blitz

Dan
    $400 21
best boy

Dan
    $400 27
Quebec

Dan
    $400 23
(Hap: What is a protractor?)

a compass

BarbaraHap
    $400 3
Animal Farm

Dan
    $400 14
the Indians

Barbara
    $2,000 8
"Puttin' On The Ritz"

Dan
    $600 13
wrangler

Dan
    $600 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Robert Peary

Hap
    $600 24
an abacus

Dan
    $600 4
Jane Eyre

Dan
    $600 16
tennis

Dan
    $600 2
a sitz mark

Dan
    $800 20
a script doctor

Dan
    $800 25
(Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round...)

a piton

Dan
    $800 5
Of Mice and Men

Hap
    $3,000 17
(Alex: You really want to clean up on this last day, I think.)

golf balls

Dan
    $800 9
"Honey Fitz"

Dan
    $1000 22
cut

Dan
    $1000 26
defibrillator

Dan
    $1000 6
The Old Curiosity Shop

Dan
    $1000 18
(Dan: What is ballroom dancing?)

ballet

Dan
Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
kibitz

Dan

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Dan Barbara Hap
$20,600 $1,300 $4,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

REPUBLICANS
(Alex: You're coming back for the $100,000 Tournament of Champions. Ladies & gentlemen, before the program today I took Dan aside and said, "In case you win, which of the 3 Chevrolet vehicles do you want? You want the Corvette, the Suburban, or the Tahoe?" Tell the folks your explanation for your selection; don't tell us the selection.)
(Dan: Well, I haven't had a second childhood yet, and I'd like to have one!)
(Alex: Here is the key to your brand new Corvette--let's take a look at it, Johnny.)
BarbaraWho is Taft?
$1,200
HapWho is Eisenhower?
$1,300
DanWho was Alf Landon?
$3,400
Alf Landon

Final scores:

Dan Barbara Hap
$24,000 $100 $2,700
5-day champion: $75,600 3rd place: Aroma Spa 2nd place: Trip to Amsterdam

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Dan Barbara Hap
$16,800 $1,300 $3,800
34 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 7 R,
1 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $21,900

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