Responses for Show #1706 - Monday, January 20, 1992

Contestants

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Megan Dempsey, a computer consultant from New Rochelle, New York

Mel Milner, a sales representative from Marlton, New Jersey

Walter Mayes, a publisher sales representative from San Francisco, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $43,602)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

1952
CELEBRITIES
HODGEPODGE
LANGUAGES
ARCHITECTURE
FAMOUS TOWERS
    $100 8
Richard Nixon

Megan
    $100 1
(Ingmar) Bergman

Walter
    $100 9
kimono

Megan
    $100 16
Switzerland

Mel
    $100 21
tooth

Megan
    $100 3
Leaning Tower of Pisa

Walter
    $200 12
Herman Wouk

Walter
    $200 2
John Lennon

Megan
    $200 10
I

Megan
    $200 17
Spanish

Walter
    $200 22
USA

Walter
    $200 6
Tower of Babel

Walter
    $300 13
Eva Peron

Walter
    $300 4
golf

Mel
    $300 11
Iceland

Walter
    $300 19
Norway

Walter
    $300 24
(Megan: What is 5?)

6

MelMegan
    $300 25
the Sears Tower

Walter
    $400 14
Judy Garland

Walter
    $400 5
Paul Newman

Megan
    $400 18
National Geographic Society

Megan
    $400 23
Dalmatian

Walter
    $400 27
cathedral

Walter
    $400 29
Eiffel Tower

Megan
    $500 15
(Mel: Who was Nasser?)

King Farouk

WalterMel
    $500 7
(Mel: Who is F. Lee Bailey?)
(Walter: Who is Louis Nizer?)
(Megan: Who is Cohn?)

Melvin Belli

WalterMelMegan
Triple Stumper
    $500 20
snow

Megan
    $500 26
Suriname

Walter
    $900 28
(Walter: What is Istanbul?)

Byzantine (Byzantium)

Walter
    $500 30
Tower of London

Walter

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

Walter Mel Megan
$1,600 -$700 $500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Walter Mel Megan
$3,500 -$300 $1,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD LEADERS
MARYLAND
OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS
ANCIENT HISTORY
AUTHORS
DAVID LEAN
    $200 1
Helmut Kohl

Megan
    $200 7
the Wright Brothers

Megan
    $200 24
magnifying glasses

Mel
    $200 8
Olympic Games

Walter
    $200 3
Daniel Defoe

Mel
    $200 17
Lawrence of Arabia

Walter
    $400 2
Yitzhak Shamir

Walter
    $400 13
(Mel: What is the Chesapeake?)

the B&O (Baltimore & Ohio) Railroad

WalterMel
    $400 25
3-D glasses

Walter
    $400 22
Alexandria

Walter
    $400 9
Washington Irving

Walter
    $400 18
Richard Attenborough

Walter
    $600 4
Haile Selassie

Mel
    $600 14
Pennsylvania

Walter
    $600 26
(Walter: Who is Bifocaly?)

Benjamin Franklin

WalterMel
    $600 23
(Alex: With a minute to go in the round.)

Midas

Megan
    $600 10
Ernest Hemingway

Walter
    $3,000 19
Doctor Zhivago

Walter
    $800 5
Pol Pot

Megan
    $800 15
Calvert

Walter
    $800 27
transit

Walter
    $800 28
Athens

Megan
    $2,100 11
(Walter: Who is Melville?)

Jack London

Walter
    $800 20
Ryan's Daughter

Walter
    $1000 6
Aldo Moro

Mel
    $1000 16
the Baltimore Sun

Walter
    $1000 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Carthage

Megan
    $1000 12
Jonathan Swift

Megan
    $1000 21
A Passage to India

Walter

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Walter Mel Megan
$12,200 $1,900 $6,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
(Alex: The [*]s of bondage, slavery, and oppression.)
MelWhat is the 10 Commandments
$1,500
MeganWhat is a sword
$6,200
WalterWhat is a Chain?
$201
chain

Final scores:

Walter Mel Megan
$12,401 $400 $0
4-day champion: $56,003 2nd place: Novatel portable cellular telephone + Bob Mitchell Designs wall coverings 3rd place: Samsung AF Slim camera + NES with Talking Super Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune featuring Vanna White + Infogenius productivity paks for Game Boy

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Walter Mel Megan
$12,800 $1,900 $6,200
32 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 2 DDs)		 8 R,
3 W		 16 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $20,900

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Game tape date: 1991-11-06
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