Responses for Show #725 - Friday, October 30, 1987

Contestants

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Rich Kenney, a manufacturer's representative from North Branford, Connecticut

Alan Smith, a capitol administrator from Anchorage, Alaska

Mark Holmes, a lawyer from Hamburg, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

PHILADELPHIA
MEDIUM & MESSAGE
INSECTS
FAMOUS CANADIANS
(Alex: Eh, eh, eh--hosers!)
ANAGRAMS
(Alex: Remember that the correct response will be an anagram of one of the words found in the clue.)
MUSICAL "BELL"S
    $100 6
the Army-Navy Game

Rich
    $100 18
Morse code

Mark
    $100 23
(Alex: Less than a minute to go.)

fleas

Mark
    $100 22
senor (for snore)

Mark
    $100 15
"Silver Bells"

Alan
    $200 7
New Jersey

Rich
    $200 11
ticker tape

Mark
    $200 24
moths

Rich
    $200 21
funeral (for "real fun")

Mark
    $200 25
ringing a bell

Rich
    $300 8
[Alex doing his best "Thinker" pose at his podium]

Rodin

Rich
    $300 12
the fact that the U.S. embassy was filled with Russian bugs

Mark
    $300 4
(Alex: Yeah, one usually dies a couple of hours later, unfortunately.)

sting

Mark
    $300 17
Peter Jennings

Rich
    $300 1
(Rich: What would it be a press?)

trifle (for lifter)

Rich
Triple Stumper
    $300 26
"One Less Bell to Answer" or "Wedding Bell Blues"

Triple Stumper
    $400 9
(Alex: And apparently, it's the world's largest statue to be found on the top of a building.)

William Penn

Mark
    $400 13
facsimile

Mark
    $400 5
(Mark: What is a chi-ca-da?)

katydid

MarkRich
    $400 19
Raymond Massey

Mark
    $400 2
Western Union (for "no wire unsent")

Mark
    $1,400 27
(Alex: From The Exorcist.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

"Tubular Bells"

Rich
    $500 10
Delaware (or Schuylkill)

Rich
    $500 14
(Alex: For "Children of a Lesser God".)

Marlee Matlin

Rich
    $500 16
the plagues of Egypt

Mark
    $500 20
Deanna Durbin

Triple Stumper
    $500 3
idle (for deli)

Mark

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 10):

Mark Alan Rich
$1,200 $0 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mark Alan Rich
$3,500 $100 $3,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD HISTORY
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
FROM THE LATIN
TOUGH TV TRIVIA
MEDICINE
BIBLICAL PARTIES
(Alex: Boy, did they have a wonderful time in the Bible!)
    $200 4
OAS (Organization of American States)

Mark
    $200 25
the Ivy League

Rich
    $200 7
preface

Rich
    $200 15
(Alan: What is status?)
(Alex: Also immediately, right now, do it.)

in a hurry

AlanRich
    $200 1
(Alan: Who was Israel?)

Isaac

MarkAlan
    $400 8
Great Britain

Alan
    $400 12
(Alex: Nor soft drinks with caffeine.)

Brigham Young University

Mark
    $400 9
explode

Mark
    $400 16
(Alex: As a result of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.)

the Soviet Union

Alan
    $400 2
the Temple at Jerusalem

Mark
    $600 22
China

Alan
    $600 19
Phi Beta Kappa

Rich
    $600 10
conversation

Mark
    $600 14
(Alan: What is the brain?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Alex: Yes. The brain is part of [*].)

the nervous system

Alan
    $600 3
John the Baptist

Rich
    $800 23
India

Mark
    $2,500 20
(Rich: What is the oldest university in the world?)
(Alex: Be a little more specific.)
(Rich: What is [*]?)
(Alex: All right, that's the important part--existing educational institution.)

the first university founded in the world that is in continuous operation

Rich
    $800 11
(Mark: What is the ulna?)
(Alex: Mark got his body parts mixed up -- by a longshot!)

femur

MarkRich
    $800 26
De Fazio & Feeney

Rich
    $800 17
obstetrics

Mark
    $800 5
Esther

Mark
    $1000 24
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

Ferdinand de Lesseps

Mark
    $1000 21
(Alex: In East Germany now.)

Wittenburg

Mark
    $1000 13
journey

Mark
    $700 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

(1 of) (Lou) Gossett, Ed Asner or Olivia Cole

Rich
    $1000 18
swelling

Rich
    $1000 6
the handwriting on the wall

Alan

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mark Alan Rich
$10,300 $2,700 $11,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THEATER
(Alex: Rich, wow! -- and close to the 1-day record for this show!)
AlanWhat is Thunder
$400
MarkWhat is thunder?
$4,900
RichWhat is Thunder?
$9,201
thunder

Final scores:

Mark Alan Rich
$15,200 $3,100 $20,601
2nd place: Lehigh All-Wood bedroom furniture + a Helix 4-in-1 TV/clock/radio combination 3rd place: an Action Spoiler rocker/recliner by Lane New champion: $20,601

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Mark Alan Rich
$10,300 $2,700 $9,000
25 R,
2 W		 6 R,
2 W		 20 R
(including 3 DDs),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $22,000

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Game tape date: 1987-08-24
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