Responses for Show #1214 - Thursday, December 7, 1989

Contestants

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Bill Warren, a restaurant owner originally from Rockville, Indiana

Alan Wyle, an attorney from New York City, New York

Marge Burgess, a homemaker from Glenview, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,601)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. CITIES
LETTER PERFECT
FASHION HISTORY
TV TRIVIA
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
PARROTS
    $100 17
Washington, D.C.

Bill
    $100 20
S

Bill
    $100 6
an apron

Bill
    $100 2
Kermit the Frog

Alan
    $100 1
a fox

Alan
    $100 5
talking

Bill
    $200 15
New Orleans

Bill
    $200 22
A

Alan
    $200 14
a hat (a bonnet)

Bill
    $200 3
Family Ties

Marge
    $200 4
the Wizard of Oz

Bill
    $200 24
the seeds

Bill
    $300 7
(Alan: What is Atlanta?)

Augusta

MargeAlan
    $300 23
G

Bill
    $300 19
(Alan: What's a purse?)

a reticule

Alan
Triple Stumper
    $300 8
(Dr.) Ruth Westheimer

Marge
    $300 9
a rat

Marge
    $300 26
an aviary

Alan
    $400 18
Saint Paul

Marge
    $400 21
(Alan: What are X-rated movies?)

B

AlanBill
    $400 29
hair

Bill
    $500 12
(Alex: Yes, and since they are on opposite us in many markets, we will not call them... not use the same appellation as Joe Piscopo.)

Entertainment Tonight

Marge
    $400 10
her grandfather

Marge
    $400 27
green

Bill
    $500 16
Miami

Bill
    $500 25
J

Marge
    $500 30
bronze

Bill
    $500 13
Baby Jessica

Marge
    $500 11
clothes

Triple Stumper
    $500 28
macaws

Bill

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

Marge Alan Bill
$2,000 -$100 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Marge Alan Bill
$3,400 -$300 $4,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY
SCANDINAVIA
SONGWRITERS
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
VICE-PRESIDENTS
A LITTLE "R" & "R"
    $200 6
Flora

Marge
    $200 19
a smörgåsbord

Alan
    $200 7
Lennon & McCartney

Marge
    $200 1
rocks

Marge
    $200 12
(Bill: Who is Kennedy?)

(Hubert) Humphrey

AlanBill
    $200 2
the Rough Riders

Marge
    $2,000 5
his wife & his sister

Bill
    $400 21
a cross

Marge
    $400 8
Bob Dylan

Marge
    $400 10
4

Alan
    $400 14
(Alan: Who is [*]?... What is [*]? [Chuckles])

Texas

Alan
    $400 3
round robin

Bill
    $600 4
Morgan le Fay

Triple Stumper
    $600 22
(the Land of) the Midnight Sun

Bill
    $600 9
Stevie Wonder

Bill
    $600 11
4

Bill
    $600 24
Aaron Burr

Bill
    $600 26
Rob Reiner

Marge
    $800 16
Circe

Bill
    $800 29
the Virgin Islands

Alan
    $800 18
Janis Joplin

Bill
    $800 13
the Tropics of Cancer & Capricorn

Bill
    $2,000 23
(Alex: Bill, you've been jumping all over the board, and obviously it has paid off for you. You've got $4,600 more than your nearest opponent.)

John Tyler

Bill
    $800 27
(Bill: What is Rabbit Is Rich?)
(Marge: What is Run, Rabbit?)
(Alan: What is Rabbit Run?)

Rabbit Redux

MargeAlanBill
Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
Lorelei

Marge
    $1000 30
SAS (the Scandinavian Airline System)

Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
Joni Mitchell

Alan
    $1000 15
the North American & Pacific plates

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
Alben Barkley

Bill
    $1000 28
Rosie Ruiz

Alan

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Marge Alan Bill
$5,800 $2,900 $13,400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE MOVIES
(Alex: [To Alan] You finished in third place at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round. It seems your opponents were just a little bit faster getting in to that signaling button.)
AlanWho is George M. Cohan
$2,800
MargeWho is George M. Cohan
$5,800
BillWho was George M. Cahan? Cohan?
$1,600
George M. Cohan

Final scores:

Marge Alan Bill
$11,600 $5,700 $15,000
2nd place: a trip from L.A. to New York on Braniff + a week at Roseland Ranch in Stanfordville, N.Y. 3rd place: Emerson 20" TV/VCR combination New champion: $15,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Marge Alan Bill
$5,700 $2,900 $10,600
17 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 11 R,
4 W		 26 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $19,200

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Game tape date: 1989-08-28
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