Responses for Show #2088 - Wednesday, October 6, 1993

Contestants

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Curt Kronish, a systems administrator from Dover, New Jersey

Bob Olivier, a marketing director from Bethesda, Maryland

Joy Bell, a registered nurse from Columbia, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. STATES
ACTORS ONSTAGE
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
5-LETTER BIRDS
CAPS
____ THE ____
    $100 2
Kentucky

Joy
    $100 1
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Bob
    $100 12
Clorox

Joy
    $100 16
robin

Bob
    $100 14
(Curt: Uh, what's a, uh, conehead?)
[Laughter.]

dunce cap

BobCurt
    $100 10
spare the rod

Bob
    $200 7
road runner

Bob
    $200 3
Larry Gatlin

Joy
    $200 15
hair

Curt
    $200 19
crane

Curt
    $200 26
hubcaps

Joy
    $200 13
make the grade

Curt
    $300 8
Georgia

Joy
    $300 4
Diana Rigg

Joy
    $300 17
Jiffy Lube

Curt
    $300 21
eagle

Bob
    $300 27
thinking cap

Curt
    $300 18
[Bob's response was initially ruled incorrect; the decision was reversed when the Double Jeopardy! Round began.]

guard the fort (hold the fort)

Bob
    $400 9
salmon

Curt
    $400 5
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Joy
    $500 20
(Curt: What is Norway?)

Sweden

Curt
    $400 22
macaw

Joy
    $400 28
(Joy: What's a redcap?)
...
(Alex: Redcaps are a throwback to the days of railway.)

skycap

JoyBob
    $400 23
knowing the ropes

Curt
    $500 11
Arizona

Bob
    $500 6
Judd Hirsch

Curt
    $500 25
Metropolitan (MetLife)

Curt
    $500 30
(Joy: What's a heron?)

booby

Joy
Triple Stumper
    $500 29
(Bob: What are uh, detonating caps?)
(Alex: No.)
(Bob: Oh, goodness.)

blasting caps

BobCurt
    $500 24
Peppin the Short

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 16):

Joy Bob Curt
$1,400 $1,100 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Joy Bob Curt
$1,100 $1,600 $2,900

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORY
WOMEN IN SPORTS
LAKES & RIVERS
WORLD RELIGIONS
FAMOUS NOVELS
-OLOGIES
    $200 19
oil

Curt
    $200 15
Boston Marathon

Joy
    $200 11
Thames

Joy
    $200 25
Shinto

Joy
    $200 1
The Time Machine

Joy
    $200 6
geology

Bob
    $400 20
Bolshevik Revolution

Joy
    $400 16
Fred Astaire

Joy
    $400 12
New Zealand

Joy
    $400 26
bar mitzvah

Curt
    $400 2
The Catcher in the Rye

Joy
    $400 7
theology

Bob
    $600 22
African National Congress

Bob
    $600 17
Monica Seles

Joy
    $600 13
Jordan River

Joy
    $600 27
(Curt: What is Rastafarism? Rastafari... Rastafarian?)
(Alex: It's a tough one, so I can't accept it, sorry.)

Rastafarianism

JoyCurt
    $600 3
Dos Passos

Joy
    $600 8
neurology

Joy
    $800 23
Mongols

Curt
    $800 18
Iditarod

Bob
    $500 14
(Joy: What is Lake Alexandria?)

Lake Louise

Joy
    $1,000 28
Shakers

Joy
    $800 4
(Bob: Uh, what is the, uh, uh, Count of, Beltrano[?] ?)

Kafka

Bob
Triple Stumper
    $800 9
etymology

Bob
    $1000 24
(Bob: What is the uh, Magna Carta?)

English Bill of Rights

Bob
Triple Stumper
    $1000 21
women's volleyball

Triple Stumper
    $1000 30
(Curt: What's the Congo?)

Niger River

Curt
Triple Stumper
    $1000 29
Sikhs

Curt
    $1000 5
The Red and the Black

Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
heliology

Bob

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Joy Bob Curt
$7,000 $3,600 $3,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD CAPITALS
(Alex: Uhuru means "freedom". You have to remember the Mau Mau uprisings in the 1950s & Moi Avenue, Daniel arap Moi is the president of Kenya. And so the capital of Kenya is [*].)
BobWwat is Tokyo?
$3,599
CurtWhat is Tokyo
$3,700
JoyWhat is Lagos?
$500
Nairobi

Final scores:

Joy Bob Curt
$6,500 $1 $0
2-day champion: $15,700 2nd place: a trip on TWA to New Orleans & stay at The Maison Dupuy Hotel + Jeopardy! home game 3rd place: Swintec SF1200 fax machine + Sega Genesis & Super Nintendo versions of Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + Jeopardy! home game

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Joy Bob Curt
$7,300 $3,600 $4,200
22 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 15 R,
3 W		 14 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $15,100

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Game tape date: 1993-08-02
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