Responses for Show #1245 - Friday, January 19, 1990

Contestants

John Mackall, an attorney from Santa Barbara, California

Florence Shimano, a hospitality specialist from San Mateo, California

Steven Kurtz, a columnist originally from Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

FAMOUS TOMs
FOOD
INSECTS
WESTERN SONGS
ALABAMA
1989
    $100 1
Tom Brokaw

Florence
    $100 7
Butter

Florence
    $100 23
(minute to go...)

Praying Mantis

Steve
    $100 14
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds"

Steve
    $100 16
(J: What is tobacco?)

Cotton

John
Triple Stumper
    $100 6
(Steve: Who is Reagan?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Steve: Patti Reagan?)
(Alex: Nope.)

Maureen Reagan

SteveFlorence
    $200 2
Tom Thumb

John
    $200 8
Pork Rinds

Florence
    $200 24
Termites

John
    $200 15
Shoot

John
    $200 17
Spanish Moss

Steve
    $200 10
Carl Bernstein

Steve
    $300 3
Tom Selleck

John
    $300 9
Pomegranate

Steve
    $300 25
Cockroach

Florence
    $300 18
(Steve: What is roping steer?)
...
(Alex: Florence spotted it out a second too late!)

Branding them

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $300 28
(Steve: Who is Mrs. Wallace?)
(Alex: Okay, we'll accept that.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Lurleen B. Wallace

Steve
    $300 11
Japan

John
    $400 4
Tom Foley

John
    $400 20
Water Buffalo

Triple Stumper
    $400 26
Metamorphosis

Florence
    $400 19
Horse

Florence
    $400 12
"Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade"

Steve
    $500 5
Tom Swifty

Steve
    $500 21
Ladyfingers

Florence
    $500 27
Dragonflies

Triple Stumper
    $500 22
"Don't Fence Me In"

Steve
    $1,300 13
(S: Well, it's early & 1989 was just a couple weeks ago, so let's bet it all!)
(A: All...I'm sure I understand your reasoning, but your confidence, certainly!)

Cold/Nuclear Fusion

Steve

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

Steve Florence John
$2,600 $500 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Florence John
$3,500 $2,100 $1,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

"F" IN MATH
BEST SELLERS
AMERICAN WOMEN
QUOTES
THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
1889
(Alex: Since we had 1989 in the first round.)
    $200 12
Fraction

Florence
    $200 18
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Steve
    $200 2
Amelia Earhart

Florence
    $200 17
Jack Benny

Steve
    $200 5
"Ben-Hur"

John
    $200 1
The Wall Street Journal

Florence
    $400 13
Furlong

John
    $400 19
Civil Rights Movement

Steve
    $400 3
Kristi Hefner

John
    $400 23
(S: What is the Communist government?)

The Berlin Wall

SteveFlorence
    $400 8
Jane Wyman

Steve
    $400 4
John Philip Sousa

Steve
    $600 14
Fathom

John
    $600 20
Yogi Berra

John
    $600 24
Susan B. Anthony

Steve
    $600 25
(less than a minute to go in the round...)

"Frankly"

John
    $600 9
Sir Richard Attenborough

Steve
    $600 6
Ethiopia

John
    $800 15
Factor

Triple Stumper
    $800 21
Andy Warhol

John
    $800 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

William Randolph Hearst

John
    $800 26
(F: What is "My candle is dim?")

"My candle burns at both ends"

Florence
Triple Stumper
    $800 10
Ann-Margret

Steve
    $800 7
(A: Good guess - if that's what it was!)

North & South Dakota

Steve
    $1000 16
Finite

Triple Stumper
    $1000 22
Russell Baker

Steve
    $1000 28
Potatoes

Steve
    $3,500 11
Rosalind Russell

Steve
    $4,000 27
(J: Who was Ferdinand?)

Archduke Rudolf

John

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Florence John
$13,000 $2,300 $2,500
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ANCIENT TIMES
FlorenceWhat was TROY?
$300
JohnWhat is Alexandria?
$2,400
SteveWhat is Athens
$6,500
Sparta (Helen was married to the king of Sparta)

Final scores:

Steve Florence John
$6,500 $2,000 $100
2-day champion: $20,500 2nd place: Trip to Miami 3rd place: Jean d' Eve Watch

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Steve Florence John
$9,700 $2,300 $6,500
22 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 12 R,
1 W		 15 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $18,500

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Game tape date: 1989-09-19
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