Responses for Show #1289 - Thursday, March 22, 1990

Contestants

Gabriella Anderson, a teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico

John Cunningham, a hot dog vendor from San Antonio, Texas

Valerie Williams, a marketer from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,800)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WORDS
AFRICAN HISTORY
WEDDINGS
TV "P"EOPLE
SPORTS
DECEMBER 25th
    $100 2
slew

John
    $100 1
Dr. David Livingstone

Gabriella
    $100 27
"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue"

Gabriella
    $100 13
Rhea Perlman

John
    $100 3
Switzerland

John
    $100 19
Christopher Columbus

Gabriella
    $200 6
a spinet

Gabriella
    $200 5
Sir Cecil Rhodes (Rhodesia)

Gabriella
    $200 28
a maid of honor (or matron of honor)

Gabriella
    $200 15
Marlin Perkins

John
    $200 4
NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association)

Valerie
    $200 22
Westminster Abbey

John
    $300 7
a lark

John
    $300 11
Barbary States (or Barbary Coast)

Valerie
    $300 26
sake

Gabriella
    $300 16
Tom Poston

Valerie
    $300 8
a 7 iron

Triple Stumper
    $400 23
Andrew Johnson

John
    $400 20
noh

Gabriella
    $400 12
Portugal

John
    $400 29
a ring bearer

Gabriella
    $400 17
Stefanie Powers

Valerie
    $400 9
(Valerie: What is jai alai?)
...
(Alex: That was your 2nd choice, Valerie?)

greyhound racing (dog racing)

Valerie
Triple Stumper
    $400 24
(Alex: Minute to go in the round.)

Charlemagne

John
    $500 21
a ditty

John
    $500 14
the Ptolemys

Valerie
    $500 30
banns

Valerie
    $500 18
Paul & Patty Petersen

John
    $500 10
football

Valerie
    $500 25
(Valerie: What is Hawaii?)

Christmas Island

Valerie
Triple Stumper

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

Valerie John Gabriella
$600 $1,000 $500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Valerie John Gabriella
$1,800 $3,200 $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SCIENCE & NATURE
THE 50 STATES
SPY NOVELS
CLASSICAL MUSIC
PROVERBS
ANTIQUES
    $200 23
grasshoppers

John
    $200 3
New York

Valerie
    $200 10
Soldier, Spy

Valerie
    $200 18
Staccato

Gabriella
    $200 1
sleep

Valerie
    $200 5
a mirror

John
    $400 24
(Gabriella: What is looking at the teeth?)

counting tree rings

Gabriella
Triple Stumper
    $1,200 6
Arkansas, Louisiana & Texas

John
    $400 11
(Valerie: SPY NOVELS for $200.)
(Alex: Now you're beginning to do it too!)

William F. Buckley

John
    $400 19
The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Gabriella
    $400 2
(Gabriella: What is a beast?)

breast

JohnGabriella
    $400 15
dolls

John
    $600 7
Minnesota

Triple Stumper
    $600 12
Robert Ludlum

Valerie
    $600 20
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

Gabriella
    $600 4
(Gabriella: What is the worst?)

nothing

Gabriella
Triple Stumper
    $600 16
the shoulder

Valerie
    $800 29
(John: What is time?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: We won't get a chance for that last clue.)

the speed of light

ValerieJohn
    $800 8
(Valerie: What is Georgia?)

Iowa

ValerieJohn
    $800 13
Frederick Forsyth

Valerie
    $800 21
Sergei Prokofiev

Gabriella
    $800 26
rocks the cradle

Valerie
    $800 17
a cauldron

Gabriella
    $1000 28
(Valerie: What is centrifigal?)

centrifugal

Valerie
Triple Stumper
    $1000 9
(John: THE 50 STATES for $100.)
(Alex: John, don't change any more of the values for me... you're driving me crazy!)

Ohio

Triple Stumper
    $1000 14
Trevanian

Valerie
    $1000 22
(Valerie: Who is Tchaikovsky... Stravinsky?)

Camille Saint-Saens

Valerie
Triple Stumper
    $1000 27
(Valerie: What is wild oats?)

the whirlwind

Valerie
Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
(Alex: Less than a minute to go, John. Select.)

the Windsor chair

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Valerie John Gabriella
$3,200 $6,000 $3,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. PRESIDENTS
ValerieWho was James Madison?
$3,200
GabriellaWho was Adams
$3,201
JohnWho was Madison
$2,000
James Madison

Final scores:

Valerie John Gabriella
$6,400 $8,000 $199
2nd place: Software City 286 desktop computer New champion: $8,000 3rd place: Regal Kitchen Nutrition cooking system

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Valerie John Gabriella
$3,200 $5,100 $3,400
16 R,
6 W		 18 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $11,700

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Game tape date: 1989-11-06
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