Responses for Show #690 - Friday, September 11, 1987

Contestants

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Den Golden, an advertising executive from Vernon, New Jersey

Sharon Duke, a housewife from San Diego, California

Ted Cooperstein, a lawyer originally from Potomac, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,801)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

CANADA
DRY
CHRISTMAS
SEALS
TV
"GUIDE"
    $100 1
cents

Ted
    $100 6
a martini

Ted
    $100 8
batteries

Sharon
    $100 15
the United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Ted
    $100 10
(Den: Who is, uh, Barbara...)
(Sharon: [Not ringing in] Barbra Streisand?)
(Alex: No, you didn't ring in. Ring in now, Sharon.)
(Alex: That's it, now.)
(Sharon: Who is Barbra Streisand?)
(Alex: That's it. Who is Barbra Streisand? Yes, you have to ring in.)
[Judges shout no]
(Alex: I'm sorry, no, that's wrong!)
[Laughter]
(Sharon: I'll forgive you.)
(Alex: You'll forgive me and I'll try to forgive myself.)

Barbara Walters

SharonDen
Triple Stumper
    $100 21
a guide dog

Ted
    $200 2
Montreal

Ted
    $200 7
Dry Ice

Sharon
    $200 9
coal

Ted
    $200 16
a signet ring

Ted
    $200 11
Max Headroom

Ted
    $200 22
(Alex: Right, and we've got a minute to go.)

a guided missile

Ted
    $300 3
(Alex: The USSR is 1st.)

2nd

Den
    $300 12
dry dock

Ted
    $300 20
364

Ted
    $300 17
Hawaii

Ted
    $300 25
Santa Barbara

Sharon
    $300 23
guidelines

Sharon
    $400 4
Nova Scotia

Den
    $400 13
a dry fly

Den
    $500 18
a 50-cent piece (the Kennedy half dollar)

Ted
    $400 26
(Ted: Who is Mr. Roberts?)
(Den: Who is... uhh... PT-109?)
(Sharon: Who is [*]'s Navy?)

(Lt. Cmdr.) McHale

TedSharonDen
    $400 24
(Ted: What are t--Tour Guides?)
(Dan: What is the Blue Guide?)

the Green Guides

TedDen
Triple Stumper
    $500 5
(Sharon: What are burgesses?)

commons

TedSharon
    $500 14
Never let them see you sweat

Den
    $500 19
cuneiform

Ted
    $500 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Pat Morita

Sharon

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 11):

Ted Sharon Den
$1,300 -$300 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ted Sharon Den
$3,000 $1,200 $700

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ARACHNIDS
AWARDS
ANCIENT WORLDS
PALINDROMES
(Alex: Those are words that read the same forward and backward.)
PRESIDENTS
POTPOURRI
    $200 18
ticks

Ted
    $200 11
[Laughter]
(Alex: Now is the time for [*]! Yes.)
(Sharon: If only my clicker worked.)

Barbra Streisand

Ted
    $200 6
(Alex: Yes, he founded Xin Dynasty.)

China

Den
    $200 8
sis

Ted
    $200 1
(Ted: Who is Andrew Jackson?)
(Sharon: Who is Lincoln?)
(Den: Who is Harry Truman?)

George Washington

TedSharonDen
Triple Stumper
    $200 17
a dog

Den
    $400 22
(Alex: Played by Theresa Russell, correct.)

Black Widow

Den
    $400 21
(Alex: With Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.)

It Happened One Night

Den
    $400 7
Romulus & Remus

Sharon
    $400 13
1991

Ted
    $400 2
John Adams

Den
    $400 19
Superman

Ted
    $600 23
(Alex: We've got a minute to go, Den. You select.)

a mite

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 9
Assyria

Ted
    $600 14
(Alex: Right. "Did" is the word.)

to do

Ted
    $600 3
Thomas Jefferson

Den
    $600 20
Alex Haley

Sharon
    $500 24
(Den: What is... umm... uh... [*]!)

Scorpio

Den
    $800 10
Nefertiti

Sharon
    $800 15
(Sharon: What is ABBA?)
...
(Alex: ABBA is Swedish. [*] is Norwegian.)

a-ha

Sharon
Triple Stumper
    $800 4
(Ted: Who is James Monroe?)

James Madison

TedDen
    $800 26
(Alex: The little guy was afraid of [*].)

cats

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
the arthropods

Triple Stumper
    $1000 12
Carthage

Ted
    $1000 16
tat

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
(Alex: Now is--not fast enough, Den. Now is the time for [*]. We had the presidency in order in that category.)

James Monroe

Triple Stumper
    $1000 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

John Quincy Adams

Ted

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ted Sharon Den
$7,000 $2,000 $4,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. LANDMARKS
(Alex: Please be sure your response is phrased properly.)
SharonWho is Robert E. Lee?
$1,999
DenWho is Robert E. Lee
$3,050
TedWho was Robert E. Lee?
$1,100
Robert E. Lee

Final scores:

Ted Sharon Den
$8,100 $3,999 $7,050
2-day champion: $18,901 3rd place: Kraco cordless telephone & beeperless remote answering machine including phone 2nd place: Ortho Mattress Co. space-saving day bed featuring solid oak frame, 2 mattresses, pop-up unit, & 5-piece comforter set + Hitachi 19" color TV with infrared remote control

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ted Sharon Den
$6,500 $2,000 $4,300
24 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W		 9 R,
4 W		 12 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $12,800

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Game tape date: 1987-06-15
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