Responses for Show #720 - Friday, October 23, 1987

Contestants

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John Lamb, a savings and loan executive originally from New York

Tom Gray, a journalist from Van Nuys, California

Beth Phillips, a photographer from Santa Fe, New Mexico (whose 2-day cash winnings total $7,500)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. STATES
BIRD SONGS
TV TRIVIA
THE HUMAN BODY
AMY VANDERBILT SAYS
"A.C."
    $100 1
New Orleans

Tom
    $100 22
the rainbow

Tom
    $100 14
Santa Claus

Beth
    $100 6
blood

Beth
    $100 21
a personal letter

Beth
    $100 9
the Anglican Church

John
    $200 2
Alaska

John
    $200 23
(John: I met you. What is I met you?)

"Till There Was You"

BethJohn
    $200 15
Falcon Crest

Tom
    $200 7
muscles

John
    $200 26
a knife & a fork

Tom
    $200 10
America's Cup

John
    $300 3
Iowa

Beth
    $300 24
(Alex: What is [*]? Minute to go. Beth, select.)

Man of La Mancha

Triple Stumper
    $300 16
(Beth: Who was Murray?)

Lou Grant

BethTom
    $400 8
(John: What are the kidneys?)

the lungs

John
    $300 27
brothers

Triple Stumper
    $300 11
the Arctic Circle

Beth
    $400 4
(John: What is Washington state?)

Maine

BethJohn
    $400 25
a nightingale

John
    $400 17
(Beth: Who is William Cannon?)

(Tom: Who is [*]?)

(Alex: [*], who also starred as Cannon.)

William Conrad

BethTom
    $400 19
the large intestine

Beth
    $400 28
someone's name

Beth
    $400 12
Al Campanis

Tom
    $500 5
Texas

John
    $500 29
"A Bird In A Gilded Cage"

Beth
    $500 18
(John: What is Miami Vice?)

Moonlighting

BethJohn
    $500 20
the skull

Beth
    $500 30
(John: What is the dining room?)

in bed

John
Triple Stumper
    $500 13
Alistair Cooke

Tom

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

Beth Tom John
$1,100 $1,000 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Beth Tom John
$3,100 $2,200 -$400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WOMEN IN HISTORY
OLYMPICS
DRAMA
FRENCH CUISINE
WORLD WAR II
"D.C."
    $200 7
Pocahontas

Tom
    $200 24
100 meters

Beth
    $200 1
onion

Tom
    $200 6
(John: What is France?)

Germany

BethJohn
    $200 16
a drop cloth

John
    $400 8
Anne Boleyn

John
    $400 25
complete the marathon

Beth
    $400 2
mushrooms

Beth
    $400 9
(John: What is Nagasaki?)

Hiroshima

BethJohn
    $1,800 17
David Cassidy

John
    $600 10
Margaret Sanger

Beth
    $600 26
[end-of-round signal sounds]

Jesse Owens

Tom
    $600 21
commedia dell'arte

John
    $600 3
apple pie

John
    $600 13
(John: What is the USO?)

(Beth: What is United States Congress?)

servicemen

BethJohn
Triple Stumper
    $600 18
die casting

Triple Stumper
    $800 11
(John: Who is Catherine Corday?)

Charlotte Corday

BethJohn
    $800 22
The Beggar's Opera

Tom
    $800 4
a pineapple

John
    $1,400 14
Prague

John
    $800 19
the dress circle

John
    $1000 12
Sweden

John
    $1000 23
Strindberg

Tom
    $1000 5
tuna & anchovy

John
    $1000 15
Australia

John
    $1000 20
a dry cell battery

John

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Beth Tom John
$5,500 $5,000 $8,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

CARD GAMES
TomWhat is a buck?
$5,000
BethWhat is ?
$1,000
JohnWhat is the buck?
$2,801
a buck

Final scores:

Beth Tom John
$4,500 $10,000 $11,001
3rd place 2nd place New champion: $11,001

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Beth Tom John
$5,500 $5,000 $6,600
19 R,
3 W		 13 R,
0 W		 18 R
(including 2 DDs),
9 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $17,100

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Game tape date: 1987-08-18
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