Responses for Show #3173 - Wednesday, May 20, 1998

Contestants

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Margaret Shufeldt, a homemaker and Ph.D. candidate from Atlanta, Georgia

Louis Cohen, a language teacher from Waterford, Connecticut

Jesse Lewis, a copy editor from Fanwood, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,600)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BUGLE CALLS
FORD & CHEVY
KIDDY LIT
THE '60s
FIX THE PROVERB
THAT'S COOL
    $100 1
a merit badge

Jesse
    $100 18
The Fugitive

Louis
    $100 4
"Cinderella"

Louis
    $100 11
London

Louis
    $100 16
the bigger they come, the harder they fall

Jesse
    $100 17
Cool Hand Luke

Jesse
    $200 2
the cavalry

Jesse
    $200 23
their first movies

Jesse
    $200 5
Treasure Island

Jesse
    $200 12
(Margaret: What is R?)
...
(Alex: One worse than that, yes.)

X

JesseMargaret
    $200 19
(Margaret: What is need? What is a friend in greed is a friend in need?)
...
(Alex: Yes, sometimes there are two fixes required.)

a friend in need is a friend indeed

LouisMargaret
    $200 24
Cool Whip

Louis
    $300 3
"Taps"

Louis
    $300 26
(Jesse: What's... European Vacation?)

Vegas Vacation

Jesse
Triple Stumper
    $300 8
the Ugly Duckling

Margaret
    $300 13
John Lennon & Yoko Ono

Louis
    $300 20
(Alex: It's not as easy... It's easy to come up with the response, but it's not easy to say it!)

a stitch in time saves nine

Louis
    $300 25
your heels

Jesse
    $400 6
(Alex: That's right. Tough to play. Tougher to say.)

The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Jesse
    $500 27
Air Force One

Jesse
    $400 9
Brer Rabbit

Margaret
    $400 14
John XXIII

Louis
    $400 21
he's got a mind like a steel trap

Louis
    $500 7
"Retreat"

Jesse
    $500 10
(Margaret: Um... um... [laughs])
...
(Alex: You knew that, Margaret, you just got tongue-tied, the way I do so often on this show.)

The Wind in the Willows

Margaret
Triple Stumper
    $500 15
(Jesse: What is California?)
(Margaret: What is New York?)

Arizona

JesseMargaret
Triple Stumper
    $500 22
good things come to those who wait

Jesse
    $500 28
(Jesse: Who is LL Cool J?)
(Margaret: Who is Dr. Dre?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Coolio

JesseMargaret
Triple Stumper

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

Jesse Louis Margaret
$1,100 $1,200 -$500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jesse Louis Margaret
$2,000 $2,400 -$1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

OFFICIAL STATE SEALS
UN-SPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
GET "BACK"
MOM'S THE WORD
NUTRITION
HOT STUFF
    $200 3
Idaho

Louis
    $200 8
the backstroke

Louis
    $200 13
Robert Kennedy

Louis
    $200 16
calcium

Margaret
    $200 21
iron

Margaret
    $400 4
Texas

Jesse
    $400 9
backgammon

Louis
    $400 2
(Alex: They go together, by the way.)

the oldest age for becoming pregnant (for having a child)

Louis
    $400 17
vitamin C

Louis
    $400 22
E. coli

Louis
    $600 5
(Margaret: Who is Demeter?)

Ceres

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

the Dodgers

Triple Stumper
    $600 10
a humpback whale

Margaret
    $600 1
Miramax

Margaret
    $600 18
[ERRATUM: The dish is generally referred to simply as "Eggs Florentine".]

spinach

Louis
    $600 23
(Louis: What is nuclear fusion?)
[ERRATUM: Proper usage of this measurement unit is "kelvins", not "degrees kelvin".]

the Big Bang

LouisMargaret
    $800 6
Oklahoma

Louis
    $800 27
Ben Johnson

Louis
    $800 11
biofeedback

Louis
    $800 14
Pepsi(-Cola)

Jesse
    $800 19
zinc

Margaret
    $800 24
the core

Jesse
    $1000 7
Florida

Margaret
    $1000 26
Tonya Harding

Louis
    $1000 12
the Razorbacks

Margaret
    $1000 15
Blythe Danner

Margaret
    $1,000 20
(Richard Simmons: [While reading the clue] ...symbol is k-k-k-KAY!)
...
(Alex: I hope we paid Richard Simmons extra for that clue, because he put a lot into it.)

potassium

Margaret
    $1000 25
(Alex: Closest to the sun, correct.)

Mercury

Jesse

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jesse Louis Margaret
$5,000 $8,600 $5,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE NOBEL PRIZE
(Alex: The other, by the way, was [**]. She received it in 1938, long before my time.)
JesseWho is Toni Morrison
$5,000
MargaretWho is Toni Morrison?
$4,000
LouisWho is Toni Morrison?
$1,801
Toni Morrison or Pearl Buck

Final scores:

Jesse Louis Margaret
$10,000 $10,401 $9,200
2nd place: a week in Portugal's Costa do Estoril New champion: $10,401 3rd place: a Mead Model 396 telescope

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jesse Louis Margaret
$4,900 $8,600 $5,200
16 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
23 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
12 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W

Combined Coryat: $18,700

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