Responses for Show #959 - Thursday, November 3, 1988

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Vicki Scher, a grants processing specialist from Flushing, New York

Steve Brown, a chief petty officer from Twentynine Palms, California

Alison Roberts, an attorney originally from Port Sulphur, Louisiana (whose 3-day cash winnings total $27,099)

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round responses

PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
SPORTS GREATS
FRANCE
ACTRESSES
HINTS FROM HELOISE
"HUM"DINGERS
    $100 17
Abraham Lincoln

Vicki
    $100 16
Bobby Riggs

Alison
    $100 6
Notre Dame

Alison
    $100 11
Jane Russell

Alison
    $100 26
baking soda

Alison
    $100 1
humbug

Steve
    $200 22
"Hail to the Chief"

Alison
    $200 18
Babe Ruth

Vicki
    $200 7
Louvre

Alison
    $200 12
Rosalind Russell

Vicki
    $200 27
paper clips

Vicki
    $200 2
humdrum

Alison
    $300 23
(Alison: Who is Thomas Jefferson?)

James Madison

Alison
Triple Stumper
    $300 19
(Alex: Yes, and I don't mean to denigrate [*]. He had an opportunity in 4 different Super Bowls to uh, earn that dubious record.)

Roger Staubach

Vicki
    $300 8
train

Steve
    $300 13
(Alex: Somehow I cannot imagine anyone calling, particularly a child friend, "Stinky" to Miss Crawford.)
[Laughter.]

Joan Crawford

Alison
    $300 28
(Alison: What is an ice pick?)
...
(Alex: If you doubled up on the ice pick and attached it at the top, you'd wind up with a [*].)

compass

Alison
Triple Stumper
    $300 3
humiliate (humble)

Alison
    $1,000 24
Panama Canal

Alison
    $400 20
Willie Shoemaker

Steve
    $400 9
Napoleon III

Steve
    $400 14
Janet Leigh

Steve
    $400 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

kitty litter (cat box filler)

Triple Stumper
    $400 4
Hubert Humphrey

Alison
    $500 25
(Alex: Yes, 10 presidents.)

Episcopalian

Alison
    $500 21
(Alison: Who is Bobby Jones?)

Ben Hogan

AlisonSteve
    $500 10
Alsace-Lorraine

Vicki
    $500 15
John F. Kennedy

Vicki
    $500 5
"Hummingbird"

Alison

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

Alison Steve Vicki
$2,100 $1,200 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Alison Steve Vicki
$2,900 $2,100 $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. CITIES
SHIPS
ZOOLOGY
RECENT HISTORY
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
HODGEPODGE
    $200 11
Memphis

Steve
    $200 21
Old Ironsides (The Constitution)

Steve
    $200 24
gills

Steve
    $200 6
Solidarity

Alison
    $200 1
Maria

Alison
    $200 16
popcorn

Alison
    $400 12
Battle Creek, Michigan

Alison
    $400 22
whale

Steve
    $400 27
panda

Steve
    $400 7
King Juan Carlos

Alison
    $400 2
Lady Macduff

Triple Stumper
    $400 17
cookies

Alison
    $600 13
Cincinnati

Steve
    $600 23
container ships

Alison
    $4,100 28
beetle

Steve
    $600 8
(Vicki: What is Liechtenstein?)

Vatican City

AlisonVicki
    $600 3
Henry IV

Alison
    $600 18
Thailand

Alison
    $800 14
Waukegan

Steve
    $800 25
Cunard

Alison
    $800 29
Australia

Triple Stumper
    $800 9
artificial heart

Alison
    $800 4
The Taming of the Shrew

Vicki
    $800 19
fob

Vicki
    $1000 15
Independence

Vicki
    $1000 26
Savannah

Triple Stumper
    $1000 30
cilia

Alison
    $2,000 10
Brezhnev, Andropov & Chernenko

Alison
    $1000 5
As You Like It

Alison
    $1000 20
(Vicki: What is pound foolish?)

dime novel

SteveVicki

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Alison Steve Vicki
$12,700 $10,000 $3,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE BIBLE
VickiWhat are 8?
$1,000
SteveWhat is 8?
$10,000
AlisonWhat is 8?
$0
8

Final scores:

Alison Steve Vicki
$12,700 $20,000 $4,000
2nd place: trip on Eastern to Tampa & stay at the Saddlebrook + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version New champion: $20,000 3rd place: KitchenAid side-by-side refrigerator/freezer + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Alison Steve Vicki
$11,100 $6,500 $3,000
28 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 10 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $20,600

[game clues] [game scores] [suggest correction]

Game tape date: 1988-09-07
The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. Scraping, republication, monetization, and malicious use prohibited; this site may use cookies and collect identifying information. See terms. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.