Responses for Show #497 - Tuesday, November 4, 1986

Contestants

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Dave Maney, a student originally from Binghamton, New York

Nancy Zende, a homemaker from Greenville, South Carolina

Sherman Allen, an actor originally from Dallas, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ANIMALS
MUSIC
AMERICAN INDIANS
FOOD
TRANSPORTATION
CARTOONS
    $100 12
common honeybees

Dave
    $100 11
Moog

Nancy
    $100 2
Sanka

Sherman
    $100 14
Boeing

Dave
    $100 1
a skunk

Nancy
    $200 19
on the lips (or around the mouth)

Dave
    $200 13
an oboe

Sherman
    $200 26
(Sherman: Who was George Washington?)
...
(Alex: They coined the term for [*], not George Washington; although he was our first President. Nancy, we go back to you for the choice.)

the President

Sherman
Triple Stumper
    $200 7
Texas

Nancy
    $200 15
ambulances

Nancy
    $200 3
the enemy of The Smurfs

Triple Stumper
    $300 23
a duck

Dave
    $300 20
"As Time Goes By"

Nancy
    $300 27
the Cherokee

Nancy
    $300 8
(Dave: What is a fruitcake?)

raisin bread

Dave
Triple Stumper
    $300 16
portage

Nancy
    $300 4
Nightmare

Triple Stumper
    $400 24
a coyote

Nancy
    $400 21
a signature

Nancy
    $400 9
"Bananas"

Dave
    $400 17
(Dave: What is rail?)
(Nancy: What is by freight [*]?)

ship

NancyDave
    $400 5
the Jetsons

Nancy
    $500 25
(Alex: About a minute to go in the round.)

their horns (or antlers)

Nancy
    $500 22
a "Wimba Way" or "Wimoweh"

Dave
    $500 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

enemies

Dave
    $500 10
(Nancy: What is Vitamin E?)

calcium

NancyDave
    $500 18
(Nancy: What is the Soviet Union?)
(Alex: Sorry, they've got a lot more cars than that; we're talking about [*]. So you drop down to $700, you're still in the lead, and you still have control of the board. Make another selection.)

China

Nancy
    $500 6
(Alex: The character was [*]. Aren't we happy we're done with CARTOONS? [Laughter] Nancy, you make the next selection.)

Sergeant Bilko

Triple Stumper

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

Sherman Nancy Dave
$300 $300 $700

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Sherman Nancy Dave
$100 $2,600 $1,900

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

FIRST LINES
THE MIDDLE AGES
THE TODAY SHOW
NORTH AFRICA
PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED
-OLOGIES
(Alex: All the correct responses in that category will end in "-ology".)
    $200 16
"Dixie"

Sherman
    $200 9
Medieval

Nancy
    $200 1
Jane Pauley & Bryant Gumbel

Sherman
    $200 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the Nile

Nancy
    $200 21
FDR

Sherman
    $200 6
ourology

Dave
    $400 17
"of the midnight ride of Paul Revere"

Sherman
    $400 10
(Nancy: What is Germany?)

Spain

NancyDave
    $400 2
Sigourney Weaver

Dave
    $1,000 22
["Unchain My Heart" plays in background]

Ray Charles

Sherman
    $400 7
a trilogy

Dave
    $600 18
the U.S. Constution's preamble

Dave
    $600 13
the Renaissance

Dave
    $1,300 3
the JFK assassination and funeral

Dave
    $600 23
Bill Cullen

Triple Stumper
    $600 8
ideology

Nancy
    $800 19
Walden

Sherman
    $800 14
Venice

Nancy
    $800 4
(Alex: You probably don't remember the quiz shows in those days; [*] was the man's name. Dave, you select again.)

Charles Van Doren

Triple Stumper
    $800 24
Wiley Post

Sherman
    $800 11
reflexology

Nancy
    $1000 20
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
[ERRATUM: The clue misspelled "millennium" with one "N" instead of two.]

the second coming of Christ

Sherman
    $1000 5
(Dave: What are the female hosts of The Today Show?)
(Nancy: Who are the consumer reporters?)

"the Today girls" (or "weather girls")

NancyDave
Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
Glenn Cunningham

Sherman
    $1000 12
(Alex: What is [*]? On call-ogy? [Laughter] Yeah, I agree with you. Nancy, you select.)

oncology

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Sherman Nancy Dave
$5,700 $3,800 $4,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ADVERTISING
NancyWhat is radio?
$3,798
DaveWhat are daily newspapers?
$4,600
ShermanWhat is Television?
$4,000
newspapers

Final scores:

Sherman Nancy Dave
$1,700 $2 $9,400
2nd place: a trip to Freeport on Eastern Airlines 3rd place: Emerson stereo system New champion: $9,400

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Sherman Nancy Dave
$5,100 $4,300 $4,100
11 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 17 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $13,500

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Game tape date: 1986-09-09
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