Responses for Show #1251 - Monday, January 29, 1990

Contestants

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Terry Ragazzini, a homemaker from Wilton, Connecticut

David Harris, a librarian from Austin, Texas

Rob Lasker, a humanities student from Detroit, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

STARTS WITH "G"
THE BIBLE
SNAKES
TELEVISION
ONTARIO
THANKS, GUYS
(Alex: Our annual way of saying "thank you" to the experts and researchers at various companies and government agencies who provide us with some of the information or verification of information we need to construct our boards.)
    $100 16
Glue

Terry
    $100 26
David

Terry
    $100 12
Lung

Rob
    $100 3
Dennis Weaver

Terry
    $100 1
Niagara Falls

Rob
    $100 8
the Dept. of Agriculture

David
    $200 17
(R: What are gnats?)

Grasshoppers

RobDavid
    $200 27
Peter

Rob
    $200 13
Snake Charmer

Rob
    $200 4
48 Hours

Terry
    $200 2
Toronto & Ottawa

David
    $200 22
Wheaties

Rob
    $300 18
Gluteus

Rob
    $300 28
(David: What is a snake?)

water

RobDavid
    $300 14
Rattlesnakes

Rob
    $300 5
Roone Arledge

David
    $300 9
Detroit, Michigan

Rob
    $300 23
Star Trek

David
    $400 19
Gypsies

Rob
    $700 29
(Rob: Who is Paul?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Rob's score readout was shown as $2200 when the round ended, but since the machine went "wonky", $2300 is the correct score)

Matthew

Rob
    $400 15
Anaconda

David
    $400 6
In the Heat of the Night

David
    $400 10
Stratford

Rob
    $400 24
Budweiser

Rob
    $500 20
Griffins

Rob
    $500 21
King Cobra

Triple Stumper
    $500 7
Glenn Ford

Terry
    $500 11
(David: What is Hudson Bay?)
(Alex: Sorry, need more than that.)
(David: [No response])

Hudson Bay & James Bay

David
Triple Stumper
    $500 25
(Rob: Who is Gershwin?)
...
(Alex: A minute to go in the round.)

Paul Whiteman

RobTerry

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

Rob David Terry
$1,100 $500 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Rob David Terry
$2,300 $1,100 $1,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN HISTORY
POETRY
COLORS
THE NILE
NICKNAMES
FILMS OF THE 1930S
    $200 1
Daniel Webster

Rob
    $200 16
(Terry: What is Destiny?)

Death

Terry
Triple Stumper
    $200 2
Brown Bagger

Rob
    $200 26
(Rob: What are the yearly floods?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: ...and that's the end of this round.)

Egypt

Rob
Triple Stumper
    $200 21
Bing Crosby

Terry
    $200 8
Lost Horizon

Terry
    $400 4
Air Force

David
    $400 17
a wave (by Emily Dickinson)

Triple Stumper
    $400 3
Peach

David
    $400 22
"Doc" Holliday

Terry
    $400 9
A Chain Gang

Rob
    $600 5
(T: Who is Rusk?)

John Foster Dulles

Terry
Triple Stumper
    $1,000 18
"How Do I Love Thee?" (by Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

Terry
    $600 10
Golden

Terry
    $600 23
Perle Mesta

Terry
    $600 13
"Little Caesar"

David
    $800 6
(R: Who is JFK?)

Lyndon Johnson (LBJ)

Rob
Triple Stumper
    $800 19
Kissed Me

Triple Stumper
    $800 11
(R: What is gray?)

Yellow

RobTerry
    $800 24
Texas

David
    $800 14
"Ninotchka"

Terry
    $1000 7
(A: Terry knew it, but was reluctant to ring in!)

Alien & Sedition Laws

Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
(minute to go, Terry....)

Samson

Triple Stumper
    $1000 12
Violet

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
John Gilbert (Greta Garbo's lover)

Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
"Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Rob David Terry
$1,300 $3,300 $5,300

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ROYALTY
RobWhat is IV?
$1,200
DavidWhat is III?
$3,300
TerryWhat is CHARLES III?
$1,301
III

Final scores:

Rob David Terry
$100 $6,600 $6,601
3rd place: Vivitar TEC 155 Zoom Camera 2nd place: Pub Table & 4 Bar Stools New champion: $6,601

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Rob David Terry
$2,000 $3,300 $4,900
16 R,
6 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R,
2 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $10,200

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Game tape date: 1989-09-26
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