Responses for Show #839 - Thursday, April 7, 1988

Contestants

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Bob Beers, an attorney from Fairfax, Virginia

Rick Filloy, a professor from Eugene, Oregon

Joe Weidinger, an industrial designer from Phoenix, Arizona (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,401)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

VIENNA
TURTLES
POTENT POTABLES
SIGNS & SYMBOLS
1987
HOLLYWOOD HISTORY
    $100 12
the waltz

Bob
    $100 6
a shell

Joe
    $100 19
Champagne

Rick
    $100 1
camping

Rick
    $100 27
television programs

Bob
    $100 21
(Alex: That's right, it was Flying Down to Rio.)

Fred Astaire

Bob
    $1,000 13
the Vienna Boys' Choir

Bob
    $200 7
teeth

Joe
    $200 18
Japan

Joe
    $200 3
snowfall

Joe
    $200 17
Black Monday

Bob
    $200 22
(Stan) Laurel

Rick
    $300 24
the Vienna Woods

Rick
    $300 8
draw its head inside its shell

Rick
    $300 2
rum

Joe
    $300 4
2

Rick
    $300 14
Puerto Rico

Rick
    $300 28
Shirley Temple

Rick
    $400 23
the Lipizzan Stallions

Joe
    $400 9
the Galápagos Islands

Joe
    $400 20
whiskey & rye

Bob
    $400 5
3

Bob
    $400 16
mine laying

Joe
    $400 29
Baby Doll

Bob
    $500 25
a Ferris wheel (in the Prater)

Joe
    $500 10
Salmonella

Joe
    $500 26
(Alex: Less than a minute to go.)

chianti

Rick
    $500 11
(Joe: What is a radian?)

radical

JoeBob
    $500 15
Dick Gregory

Bob
    $500 30
(Alex: ...in BUtterfield 8.)

Richard Burton & Eddie Fisher

Bob

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

Joe Rick Bob
$1,200 $700 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Joe Rick Bob
$2,700 $2,400 $4,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

LITERATURE
PARKS
SICKNESS & HEALTH
COLONIAL AMERICA
QUESTIONABLE SONGS
"COLOR"FUL ANSWERS
    $200 13
Sadie

Bob
    $200 19
hunting

Rick
    $200 2
(Joe: What is acupuncture?)

vaccination

JoeRick
    $200 14
tobacco

Bob
    $200 4
Where are you going (my little one)?

Bob
    $200 9
colorblindness

Rick
    $6,000 11
(Alex: Bob, you have forged a considerable lead. You have $8,400 to risk on your knowledge of LITERATURE.)
(Bob: Okay, let's risk $6,000, please.)
[Murmurs]
(Alex: Whoa. You must have heard that we're very solvent this year.)
[Laughter]
(Bob: No, I've heard that I'm not.)

the Headless Horseman

Bob
    $400 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

New York City

Rick
    $400 3
(Alex: And not always successfully, I might add, from personal experience.)

the knee

Bob
    $400 15
silversmith

Joe
    $400 5
who could ask for anything more?

Bob
    $400 18
the color guard

Joe
    $600 12
Moll Flanders

Rick
    $600 28
Acadia

Bob
    $600 16
Massachusetts

Bob
    $600 6
"Where Have All The Flowers Gone?"

Bob
    $600 20
(Joe: What's a transparency?)

a color transparency

JoeRick
    $800 10
Faulkner

Bob
    $800 23
(Alex: Yes, and we've got less than a minute to go.)

Kew Gardens

Rick
    $800 27
the pituitary

Joe
    $10,000 17
(Alex: Bob, you have a decision to make now, and in view of your previous wager, I should mention, I believe, that the record for one-day earning on Jeopardy! is about $23,000. You might keep that in mind. You've got $15,400 right now.)
(Bob: Okay, I went to college in Williamsburg, so I'll wager $10,000.)
[Shocked cheers and applause]

manors

Bob
    $800 7
Why does the sun go on shining? (Why does the sun keep on shining? accepted)

Bob
    $800 25
a horse of a different color

Joe
    $1000 1
the Ox-Bow

Bob
    $1000 22
Chapultepec

Joe
    $1000 21
health maintenance organization

Rick
    $1000 24
Miles Standish

Bob
    $1000 8
Why don't you hurry, hurry, hurry home?

Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
a color organ

Rick

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Joe Rick Bob
$5,300 $7,400 $27,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ISLANDS
(Alex: [To Rick] You remembered the Potato Famine and the Great Migration to these shores, among others.)
...
(Alex: [To Bob] ...and I believe that is still a one-day record for a champion on Jeopardy! Congratulations!)
[NOTE: Bob's total didn't top the $25,400 record set in Season 2 by Harvey Becker (#304, aired 1985-11-07).]
JoeWhat is New Guinea?
$2,300
RickWhat is Ireland
$5,000
BobWhat is ?
$4,000
Ireland

Final scores:

Joe Rick Bob
$3,000 $12,400 $23,000
3rd place: Bayley luggage 2nd place: a vacation at Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs + Pinseeker custom golf clubs & deluxe staff bag New champion: $23,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Joe Rick Bob
$5,300 $7,400 $11,400
15 R,
3 W
18 R,
0 W
25 R
(including 3 DDs),
0 W

Combined Coryat: $24,100

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Game tape date: 1987-12-14
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