Responses for Show #1230 - Friday, December 29, 1989

Last show of the '80s.

Contestants

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Andy Gould, a stockbroker from Greensboro, North Carolina

Holly Tooker, a dog walker from New York City, New York

Mike Carter, an attorney from Norman, Oklahoma (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,500)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

1989
7-LETTER WORDS
SPORTS
BY "GEORGE"
HODGEPODGE
NORTH ON THE MAP
    $100 5
the Soviet Union

Holly
    $100 16
a bonfire

Andy
    $100 1
judo

Mike
    $100 11
George Wallace

Holly
    $100 25
Chiang Kai-shek

Andy
    $100 26
West Germany

Andy
    $200 6
the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Holly
    $200 17
matinee

Holly
    $200 2
Princess Anne

Mike
    $200 12
Phyllis George

Andy
    $200 21
Hirohito

Andy
    $200 27
North Pole

Andy
    $300 7
the ankle

Andy
    $300 18
a dungeon

Andy
    $300 3
Brahma

Andy
    $300 13
George Lucas

Andy
    $300 22
the Aegean Sea

Holly
    $300 28
Sydney

Holly
    $400 8
the aurora borealis

Andy
    $400 20
a nosegay

Andy
    $400 10
Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Mike
    $400 14
McGeorge Bundy

Andy
    $900 23
(Holly: What is 30 days?)

6 Weeks

Holly
    $400 29
(Holly: What is Ireland?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Holly: The Republic of Ireland?)

Northern Ireland

MikeHolly
    $500 9
Kim Basinger

Mike
    $500 19
(Andy: What is wedlock?)
(Holly: What is cohabitate?)
...
(Alex: Holly realized at the very end that she had added a few letters.)

cohabit

HollyAndy
Triple Stumper
    $500 4
Zola Budd & Mary Decker Slaney

Mike
    $500 15
George Raft

Holly
    $500 24
Giovanni Verrazano

Holly
    $500 30
Norway

Holly

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

Mike Holly Andy
$1,700 $900 $1,900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mike Holly Andy
$2,100 $900 $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD LITERATURE
HISTORIC QUOTES
FOOD
VERMONT
BIRDS
CANADIAN ACTORS
    $200 1
7

Holly
    $200 6
Richard Nixon

Mike
    $200 19
grape leaves

Mike
    $200 16
skiing

Mike
    $200 26
flamingos

Mike
    $200 11
Dan Aykroyd

Andy
    $400 2
Siddhartha

Andy
    $400 7
Faneuil Hall

Holly
    $400 21
cheddar

Mike
    $400 17
maple

Holly
    $400 27
the barn owl

Mike
    $400 12
Raymond Burr

Andy
    $600 3
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Holly
    $600 8
Benjamin Franklin

Andy
    $600 23
ragout

Holly
    $600 18
(Andy: What are the Blue Mountains?)
(Holly: What are the White Mountains?)
...
(Alex: Both of you on the right track in terms of color, but ver- means "green".)

the Green Mountains

HollyAndy
Triple Stumper
    $3,000 28
hearing & sight

Mike
    $600 13
William Shatner

Andy
    $800 4
Albert Camus

Andy
    $800 9
Dr. Timothy Leary

Mike
    $800 24
Yorkshire pudding

Holly
    $800 20
marble

Holly
    $800 29
(Andy: What is an emu?)

a rhea

Andy
Triple Stumper
    $1,200 14
Lorne Greene ("Ringo")

Andy
    $1000 5
(Andy: Who is Mann?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

Thomas Mann

Andy
    $1000 10
Tribute

Holly
    $1000 25
mango

Holly
    $1000 22
Middlebury

Andy
    $1000 30
Peregrine Falcon

Holly
    $1000 15
(Holly: Who is Raymond Massey?)
(Andy: Who is Hal Holbrook?)

Walter Huston (father of John)

HollyAndy
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mike Holly Andy
$7,500 $6,100 $6,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WORD ORIGINS
HollyWhat is crony?
$6,000
AndyWhat is Buddy?
$6,600
MikeWhat is pal?
$6,000
Crony (from the Greek god Chronos)

Final scores:

Mike Holly Andy
$1,500 $12,100 $0
2nd place: Dresher brass bed New champion: $12,100 3rd place: Dorset pile carpet

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Mike Holly Andy
$5,100 $7,000 $6,200
14 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 19 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 22 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $18,300

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Game tape date: 1989-09-11
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