Responses for Show #662 - Tuesday, June 23, 1987

Bob Verini game 4.

Contestants

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Linda Marshall, a housewife from Great Falls, Virginia

J.J. Fowell, a part-time pizza maker from Hollywood, California

Bob Verini, a playwright and actor from New York City, New York (whose 3-day cash winnings total $27,001)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE BRAIN
THE MILITARY
THE MOVIES
THE BAHAMAS
THE OLYMPICS
"THE"
    $100 13
lobes

Linda
    $100 6
(J.J.: What are pilots?)
--
(Alex: They had a lot of pilots, a lot of volunteers.)

planes

BobJ.J.
    $100 8
[More fun with puctuation: that is quotation mark, Lifestyles, quotation mark, apostrophe representing a possessive in this clue.]

Around the World in 80 Days

Linda
    $100 4
the independence of the Bahamas

Linda
    $100 22
diving

Bob
    $100 15
the Astrodome

Triple Stumper
    $200 25
brainwashing

Linda
    $200 9
West Point

J.J.
    $200 7
[Note the unusual (for Jeopardy! comma placement in this clue.]

Sissy Spacek

Bob
    $200 5
tourism

J.J.
    $200 23
Romania

Bob
    $200 16
"The Honorable"

Linda
    $300 26
sleep

Bob
    $300 10
salute

Linda
    $300 1
(Alex: Based on the life of New York mayor Jimmy Walker.)

Beau James

Bob
    $300 14
the Caribbean

Bob
    $300 24
horseback riding (equestrian)

Linda
    $400 19
[Alex reads the clue, "They dropped the 'the' in the '60s," but only a single "the" appears onscreen.]
(Bob: [Shakes head])
(Alex: The talk show host we were referring to, of course, was David Letterman, and the singing group was [*].)

The Lettermen

Bob
    $400 29
the blood

Triple Stumper
    $400 11
the president

Linda
    $400 2
Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster

Bob
    $400 17
(Bob: What is Grand Bahama?)

New Providence

BobLinda
    $400 27
the XXIV

Triple Stumper
    $400 20
"the Week"

Linda
    $500 30
(J.J.: What is taste...[*]?)

the tongue

J.J.
    $500 12
the Soviet Union

J.J.
    $500 3
(Alex: From "Gone With The Wind".)

"damn"

Linda
    $500 18
the Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII)

Bob
    $500 28
8

Bob
    $500 21
"The Star-Spangled Banner"

Bob

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

Bob J.J. Linda
$1,300 $800 $1,500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bob J.J. Linda
$2,600 $1,300 $3,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

GEOGRAPHY
SHAKESPEARE'S LOVERS
FAMOUS WALTERS
AGRICULTURE
AMERICAN HISTORY
SWEET TALK
    $200 1
Colorado Springs

Bob
    $200 13
Cleopatra

J.J.
    $200 2
Barbara Walters

J.J.
    $200 7
eggs

J.J.
    $200 12
[Alex correctly specified "E. Richardson" as "Elliot Richardson" when reading the clue, but incorrectly specified "A. Cox" as "Alexander Cox" instead of "Archibald Cox". Bob got the clue correct anyway, but before the next clue was read, Alex corrected himself with the remark, "Trying to get my name in there again."]

Saturday

Bob
    $200 11
Sweet Chariot

J.J.
    $400 3
(J.J.: What is Borneo?)
(Bob: What is Java?)

New Guinea

BobJ.J.
Triple Stumper
    $400 24
Portia

Bob
    $400 26
Walt Kelly

Bob
    $400 8
weevils

J.J.
    $400 14
(sic)

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

J.J.
    $400 22
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

"Home sweet home"

Bob
    $1,000 4
(J.J.: What are India and Afghanistan?)

Pakistan and Afghanistan

J.J.
    $600 23
Henry V

Bob
    $600 25
Walter Winchell

Bob
    $600 9
(J.J.: What is Texas?)

Arizona

J.J.
Triple Stumper
    $600 15
(Bob: What is Ohio?)

Vermont

Bob
Triple Stumper
    $600 27
Robert Burns

Bob
    $800 5
Tierra del Fuego

J.J.
    $800 19
Richard III

Bob
    $800 21
Walter Reed

Linda
    $800 10
pollenation (or fertilization)

Linda
    $800 16
(Bob: What are Cuba and the Philippines?)

Puerto Rico and Guam

BobJ.J.
    $800 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

"Sweet Caroline"

Bob
    $1000 6
(Bob: What is the Persian Gulf?)

the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba

Bob
Triple Stumper
    $1000 18
(Bob: Who is Sir Toby Belch?)

Malvolio

Bob
Triple Stumper
    $1,000 20
Sir Walter Scott

Bob
    $1000 17
Alexis de Tocqueville

Bob

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bob J.J. Linda
$5,800 $2,500 $4,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

POP MUSIC
(Alex: [To Linda] Well, I'll tell you something, it's going to amaze you. "Don't Be Cruel" was the flip side of "Hound Dog", and since it's difficult according to the No. 1 charts to know which was the reason for it being at the top, we're accepting both. How about that for nice people?)
J.J.What was Hound Dog?
$2,500
LindaWhat is Don't Be Cruel?
$4,000
BobWhat is "Hound Dog"?
$3,401
"Hound Dog"/"Don't Be Cruel"

Final scores:

Bob J.J. Linda
$9,201 $5,000 $8,600
4-day champion: $36,202 3rd place: a serigraph of Afternoon Walk by Susan Rios from Martin Lawrence Galleries 2nd place: a trip to the Caribbean

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Bob J.J. Linda
$6,200 $3,500 $4,600
23 R
(including 1 DD),
7 W
(including 1 DD)
12 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)
13 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $14,300

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