Responses for Show #1247 - Tuesday, January 23, 1990

Contestants

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Kim Wells, a customer service representative from Aloha, Oregon

Jonathan Lowenberg, a certified public accountant from Baltimore, Maryland

Dan Bowman, a letter carrier from Dixon, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,401)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

VOCABULARY
"BLACK" MOVIES
ROYALTY
MINNESOTA
THE NAVY
PUDDING
    $100 13
the Gardenia

Jonathan
    $100 1
Black Beauty

Dan
    $100 3
Scotland

Jonathan
    $100 8
Duluth

Kim
    $100 18
Women

Jonathan
    $100 22
rice

Dan
    $200 14
sophomores

Kim
    $200 2
Black Widow

Kim
    $200 4
Spain

Dan
    $200 9
the glacier

Dan
    $200 19
liberty

Jonathan
    $200 24
(Dan: What is "The proof is in the pudding"?)
...
(Alex: We have a minute to go in the round.)

The proof of the pudding is in the eating

Dan
Triple Stumper
    $300 15
iridescent

Jonathan
    $300 5
Blackmail

Triple Stumper
    $300 28
(Dan: What is Austria?)
(Jonathan: What is Austria-Hungary?)

Belgium

DanJonathan
Triple Stumper
    $300 10
Babe the Blue Ox

Kim
    $300 20
(Jonathan: What are blue & white?)

blue & gold

Jonathan
Triple Stumper
    $300 25
(Jonathan: What is cornpone?)

hasty pudding

JonathanKim
    $400 16
Utopia

Kim
    $500 6
The Black Bird

Dan
    $400 29
(Alex: And we have 1 more clue for $500...)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: ...which will remain hidden.)

Norway

Triple Stumper
    $400 11
(Alex: That's right, he represents Iowa, of course.)

"The Gopher State"

Kim
    $400 21
(Henry) Jackson

Kim
    $400 26
steaming

Triple Stumper
    $500 17
khaki

Jonathan
    $500 7
The Black Hole

Dan
    $500 12
3M

Dan
    $500 23
Pearl Harbor

Jonathan
    $500 27
Georgie Porgie

Dan

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):

Dan Jonathan Kim
$2,000 $100 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Dan Jonathan Kim
$2,100 $900 $2,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

NOVEL PLOTS
TIMEPIECES
1985
LANGUAGES
SINGERS
(Alex: And finally, one of the great museums of the world...)
THE LOUVRE
    $200 1
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Jonathan
    $200 20
the cuckoo clock

Kim
    $200 6
Pee-Wee Herman

Kim
    $200 21
(Dan: What is French?)
(Jonathan: What is Portuguese?)

English

DanJonathan
Triple Stumper
    $200 13
Dolly Parton

Kim
    $200 9
Napoleon

Dan
    $400 2
The War of the Worlds

Dan
    $400 26
(Alex: Right, and we have a minute to go in the round.)

a grandfather clock

Jonathan
    $400 7
Capital Cities

Jonathan
    $400 22
Africa

Dan
    $400 14
Harry Nilsson

Kim
    $400 10
James McNeill Whistler

Dan
    $600 3
(Jonathan: What is The Razor's Edge?)

Of Human Bondage

DanJonathan
    $600 28
(Dan: What is--what is, uh, drip water?)

chimed (a bell rang)

Dan
Triple Stumper
    $600 8
John Poindexter

Triple Stumper
    $600 23
Latin

Dan
    $600 15
Anne Murray

Kim
    $600 11
a pyramid

Jonathan
    $800 4
Madame Bovary

Dan
    $2,000 29
(Alex: That's right, and let's get to our $1000 clue...)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: ...no, we won't have time for that!)

Timex

Jonathan
    $800 18
Dr. Ruth (Westheimer)

Triple Stumper
    $1,500 24
(Dan: What is, the, uh, the root language?)
(Alex: No, sorry. What is the fact that they are no longer used? They are all [*] at the moment.)

dead languages

Dan
    $800 16
Winter

Dan
    $800 12
Venus de Milo

Kim
    $1000 5
Cry, the Beloved Country

Dan
    $1000 19
dioxin

Dan
    $1000 25
Basques

Dan
    $1000 17
Barry Manilow

Triple Stumper
    $1000 27
Leonardo

Jonathan

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Dan Jonathan Kim
$7,000 $4,700 $4,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN HISTORY
(Alex: He was hanged in Virginia at that time. Uh, it is now part of West Virginia. We all know that.)
JonathanWho is Dred Scott
$4,600
KimWho was John Brown?
$4,700
DanWho was John Brown?
$2,401
John Brown

Final scores:

Dan Jonathan Kim
$9,401 $100 $9,400
2-day champion: $23,802 + Jeopardy! box game from Pressman or Jeopardy! Challenger scorekeeper 3rd place: a Smith-Corona PWP 7000 laptop word processor + Jeopardy! box game from Pressman or Jeopardy! Challenger scorekeeper 2nd place: a Bassett Old World bedroom set + CapriLighting track lighting + Jeopardy! box game from Pressman or Jeopardy! Challenger scorekeeper

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Dan Jonathan Kim
$8,400 $3,500 $4,700
19 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 13 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W		 14 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $16,600

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Game tape date: 1989-09-25
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