Responses for Show #538 - Wednesday, December 31, 1986

Contestants

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J.C. Turner, a pharmacy student from Amelia, Virginia

Barbara Jackson, a sales support manager from Reseda, California

David Shear, a copy editor from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $24,402)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

SCIENCE
VICE-PRESIDENTS
ITALY
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
QUESTIONABLE SONGS
(Alex: And in that one, all the correct responses are titles of songs that are in the forms of questions, so you don't have to say, "What is 'Who Shot My Doggy'?", or whatever. You just give the title of the song.)
STUPID ANSWERS
    $100 15
arteries

J.C.
    $100 3
Ford

J.C.
    $100 25
(J.C.: What is Pompeii?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Mount Vesuvius

DavidJ.C.
    $100 9
lemon juice

David
    $100 1
"(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window?"

David
    $100 10
Bermuda

Barbara
    $200 16
Nobel Prizes

David
    $200 4
Teddy Roosevelt

David
    $200 22
bleach (or chlorine)

J.C.
    $200 2
"When Will I Be Loved?"

J.C.
    $200 11
(Barbara: I think I found my category!)

the First World War

Barbara
    $300 19
the Big Bang

Barbara
    $300 7
Hubert Humphrey

Barbara
    $300 23
Sicily

J.C.
    $300 5
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow?"

J.C.
    $300 12
(J.C. What are legumes?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

peas

J.C.
    $400 20
(J.C.: What is 2?)

3

BarbaraJ.C.
    $400 13
(Alex: The man's name was [*], and he was 80 years old when that happened.)

Aaron Burr

Triple Stumper
    $400 24
Mussolini

David
    $400 6
"Who Can I Turn To?"

Triple Stumper
    $400 17
a hand car

David
    $500 21
wire

Triple Stumper
    $500 14
George Bush

J.C.
    $500 8
(J.C.: "Don't Be A Hero"?)

"Which Way You Goin' Billy?"

J.C.
Triple Stumper
    $500 18
(Barbara: What's the Encyclopedia America?)
(Alex: You're ri--no!)
(Barbara: --Americana!?)
(Alex: Oh, sorry, I can't accept it.)

the Encyclopedia Americana

BarbaraJ.C.

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):

David Barbara J.C.
$400 $600 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

David Barbara J.C.
$1,500 $800 $1,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE JUNGLE
PLAYWRIGHTS
1886
FAMOUS "JAMES"s
ASIA
THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH
    $200 26
tapioca

David
    $200 1
(Alex: Yes, the bus replaced the streetcar in the city.)

Tennessee Williams

J.C.
    $200 2
the Chinese

J.C.
    $200 10
James Brown

J.C.
    $200 12
Japan

David
    $200 13
(J.C. What is turn it on?)

rent it

BarbaraJ.C.
    $400 27
ground level

Triple Stumper
    $400 6
Noël Coward

J.C.
    $400 3
(Alex: Yes, it was originally called "the ideal brain tonic and sovereign remedy". Works with me!)

Coca-Cola

J.C.
    $400 16
James Earl Jones

J.C.
    $400 20
Bangladesh

J.C.
    $400 14
braces

Triple Stumper
    $2,000 28
(Alex: David, it would help a great deal if you were a Jethro Tull fan--)
(David: I'm not, but what is rumble?)
(Alex: Ohhh, not a bad guess. What is... [Looks into camera] I'm doing a mental blank. Why don't I look at the answer? [Looks down] [*]! "[*] In The Jungle" is the song.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds; J.C. puts his hands on his head and doubles over in the realization that he has locked up the game.]
(Alex: Boy, am I glad that time's-up signal came, because I've gotta go out and have some more air pumped into my brain! Whew!)

Bungle

David
    $600 7
Ben Jonson

David
    $600 4
the AFL (American Federation of Labor)

J.C.
    $600 17
James Beard

J.C.
    $1,000 21
the Pacific, the Indian & the Arctic

J.C.
    $600 15
a trunk call

David
    $800 8
(J.C. Who is Oscar Wilde?)

(Henrik) Ibsen

DavidJ.C.
    $800 5
Geronimo

Barbara
    $800 18
William James

J.C.
    $800 22
Lhasa

J.C.
    $800 24
57

David
    $1000 9
Richard Sheridan

Triple Stumper
    $1000 11
(Alex: That's where the word comes from!)
[Applause for J.C.]

Tuxedo

J.C.
    $1000 19
(Alex: My friend [*]! Yes, indeed! You got it!)
[Applause for J.C.'s run of the category]

Dennis James

J.C.
    $1000 23
(David: What are Japan and China?)

Mainland China & Taiwan

David
Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
[Alex pronounces "British Z-car" as "British zed-car".]

a policecar

David

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

David Barbara J.C.
$2,700 $1,800 $8,500
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

4-LETTER WORDS
BarbaraWhat is unum and cent?
$1,798
DavidWhat is cent + unum
$1,000
J.C.What are unum and
$1,500
cent & unum

Final scores:

David Barbara J.C.
$3,700 $3,598 $7,000
2nd place: Whirlpool washer & dryer + Zenith 9" color TV 3rd place: Carrington House carpets New champion: $7,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

David Barbara J.C.
$4,700 $1,800 $8,100
14 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 7 R,
1 W		 23 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W

Combined Coryat: $14,600

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Game tape date: 1986-10-07
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