Responses for Show #743 - Wednesday, November 25, 1987

Contestants

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Julie Rutherford, a travel analyst from Phoenix, Arizona

Ira Kirschner, a broker and CPA from Westlake Village, California

Michael Compton, a payroll supervisor from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $10,399)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD WAR II
CAVES
CRIME & PUNISHMENT
ACTRESSES
ANTIQUES
"TIP" "TOP"
    $100 19
[Alex elaborated with an incorrect preposition.]

V-J Day (victory in [over] Japan)

Michael
    $100 16
limestone

Triple Stumper
    $100 11
Heathrow

Ira
    $100 5
Adolf Hitler

Michael
    $100 24
2

Triple Stumper
    $100 6
tip-toeing

Ira
    $200 20
WAVES

Michael
    $200 17
Carlsbad

Michael
    $200 12
(Alex: He was a sailor. He said he'd been away from home for a long time.)

kissing her

Julie
    $200 4
Lynn Redgrave

Michael
    $200 7
Top-Sider

Julie
    $300 21
Kurt Waldheim

Ira
    $300 18
spelunker

Ira
    $300 13
Bernhard Goetz

Michael
    $300 1
Estelle Getty

Michael
    $300 8
ZZ Top

Michael
    $400 22
United States

Julie
    $400 25
glowworms

Michael
    $400 14
Patty Hearst

Michael
    $400 2
Theda Bara

Ira
    $400 28
grandfather clocks

Ira
    $400 9
(Michael: What is tipsy?)

tipple

MichaelIra
    $500 23
Fiat

Ira
    $500 26
Mammoth

Ira
    $500 15
Queen Elizabeth II

Michael
    $500 3
Olivia de Havilland

Michael
    $500 27
country of origin

Ira
    $500 10
Room at the Top

Michael

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

Michael Ira Julie
$1,800 $1,000 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Michael Ira Julie
$3,600 $3,500 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ENGLISH LIT
CLASSICAL MUSIC
'50s TV
UTAHANS
MAN IN SPACE
IN OTHER WORDS...
    $200 15
Shakespeare

Michael
    $200 29
bumblebee

Julie
    $200 6
Mouseketeer

Ira
    $200 14
Brigham Young

Julie
    $200 24
Space Shuttle

Michael
    $200 1
biting off more than you can chew

Ira
    $400 16
John le Carré

Ira
    $400 12
United States

Ira
    $400 7
Arthur Godfrey

Michael
    $500 20
[As Alex read the clue Ira smiled, shook his head and mouthed what appeared to be "Damn!"]
(Alex: You wanna hear the music?)
(Ira: [Over the music] [*] Who are [*]?)
...
(Ira: I should have gone for more.)

The Osmonds

Ira
    $400 25
Iron

Ira
    $400 2
wolf in sheep's clothing

Michael
    $600 17
[The "The" was not given by Ira or Alex.]

The Pilgrim's Progress

Ira
    $600 11
March

Ira
    $600 8
Kukla, Fran & Ollie

Ira
    $600 21
television

Triple Stumper
    $600 26
to slow the rocket down

Ira
    $600 3
cross Hell or high water

Julie
    $800 18
(Ira: What is the Jabberwock?)

Snark

Ira
Triple Stumper
    $800 13
(Michael: Who is Saint-Saëns?)

Claude-Achille Debussy

Michael
Triple Stumper
    $800 9
(Alex: [*] [without the middle initial] played by William Bendix and Jackie Gleason.)

Chester A. Riley

Ira
    $800 22
Treasurer of the United States

Ira
    $800 27
carbon dioxide

Ira
    $800 4
lock, stock & barrel

Julie
    $1000 19
(Samuel Taylor) Coleridge

Ira
    $1000 30
leitmotif

Michael
    $1000 10
George Fenneman

Michael
    $1000 23
Ezra Taft Benson

Ira
    $1000 28
[ERRATUM: The largest NASA crew was 8 (aboard STS-61-A, launched 1985-10-30), not [*], as noted in OOPS! $200 in show #882, aired 1988-06-07.]

7

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
wash one's hands of the affair

Julie

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Michael Ira Julie
$6,000 $11,600 $3,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD CAPITALS
(Alex: [To Michael] Named for President Madison.)
[Laughter]
JulieWhat is Frankfort?
$1,400
MichaelWhat is Monrovia Liberia?
$6,000
IraWhat is Monrovia Liberia?
$3,400
Monrovia, Liberia

Final scores:

Michael Ira Julie
$12,000 $15,000 $2,200
2nd place: trip on Eastern to Florida and stay at Safety Harbor Spa & Fitness Center on Tampa Bay New champion: $15,000 3rd place: Whirlpool refrigerator

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Michael Ira Julie
$6,000 $11,500 $3,600
19 R,
2 W		 25 R
(including 3 DDs),
1 W		 8 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $21,100

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Game tape date: 1987-08-26
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