Responses for Show #459 - Thursday, September 11, 1986

Contestants

Tony Barreto, a deputy district attorney originally from New Bedford, Massachusetts

Steve Lipman, a teacher from Fullerton, California

Fern Cogar, a registered nurse from Pasadena, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,900)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE NAVY
SWEETS
"LITTLE" SONGS
BEAR FACTS
MOUNTAINS
____ THE ____
(Alex: And what that means, of course, is that in your response, you'll be expected to put a word in front of "the", and a word after it. For example, if we said, "A film about the destruction of a World War II German battleship", you would say "What is Sink the Bismarck!?")
    $100 16
steam

Steve
    $100 25
the peanut

Steve
    $100 1
(Fern: [Selecing the first clue] Thank you, Alex. I think I will avoid that new category and go to LITTLE SONGS for $100.)

"Little Red Riding Hood"

Tony
    $100 18
2

Fern
    $100 8
the Pyrenees

Tony
    $100 6
Break the Bank

Tony
    $200 17
the USS Constitution

Fern
    $200 26
the candy cane

Triple Stumper
    $200 2
(Fern: Couldn't go home if I didn't know that.)

"The Little Old Lady From Pasadena"

Fern
    $200 19
grizzly

Steve
    $200 12
New Zealand

Steve
    $200 7
(Tony: What is Meet the Press?)

Face the Nation

SteveTony
    $300 21
(Steve: What is "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead"?)
...
(Alex: "Tell the men to fire faster and not to give up the ship" apparently is the correct quote.)

"Don't give up the ship"

FernSteve
    $300 27
Venice

Triple Stumper
    $300 3
(Alex: Yes, and we're referring to Pete, not Bob Seger.)

"Little Boxes"

Fern
    $300 20
the polar bear

Tony
    $300 13
(Alex: Since I had to give the response there, we might as well take a break. We'll allow you three relax for a few moments.)

volcanic action

Triple Stumper
    $300 9
"Ahab The Arab"

Fern
    $400 23
the vice president of the United States

Fern
    $400 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

baseball games

Fern
    $400 4
"Little Star"

Fern
    $400 22
dogs

Tony
    $500 14
(Steve: What are [*] and Thunder Mountain? ...Railroad?)
(Alex: [Overlapping] Be a little more specific.)
(Steve: Thunder Mountain Railroad?)
(Alex: [Uneasy] Yeah... Big--[**], an the other one was [***].)

(2 of) Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, & Matterhorn Bobsled

Steve
    $400 10
"Stop the music!"

Tony
    $500 24
(Tony: What is picking up a prisoner and taking him to the prison?)
(Alex: I need you to be more specific.)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

shore patrol

Tony
    $500 5
(Fern: What is Hey [*]?)
[Applause for Fern's near-run of the category]

"Little Devil"

Fern
    $500 15
Greece

Tony
    $500 11
John the Baptist

Fern

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

Fern Steve Tony
$2,200 $400 $500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Fern Steve Tony
$3,600 $1,000 $2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BROADCAST POLITICS
NOTORIOUS
LATIN
SPORTS STADIUMS
1957
ASTROLOGY
    $200 9
[Tony rang in just as the time's-up signal sounded.]

Ronald Reagan

Tony
    $200 10
Butch Cassidy

Steve
    $200 8
(Alex: You ran the category, nice going.)
[Applause]
[NOTE: Steve did not run the category.]

the Blue Jays

Steve
    $200 3
the Crickets

Fern
    $200 21
(Alex: We've got about a minute to go in the round.)

earth

Tony
    $400 11
Cuba

Steve
    $400 14
Patty Hearst

Fern
    $400 7
the Rose Bowl

Steve
    $400 4
(Alex: The most famous scene in the film had to do with [*].)

a switchblade knife

Triple Stumper
    $600 12
Franklin Roosevelt

Steve
    $600 17
a cheating scandal (they fixed the World Series)

Steve
    $600 1
the Minnesota Vikings

Steve
    $600 5
Faubus

Steve
    $800 13
Harry S. Truman

Tony
    $800 18
(Tony: Who is Khrushchev?)

Leon Trotsky

Tony
Triple Stumper
    $800 24
the J, the U, & the W

Triple Stumper
    $800 2
(Tony: What is Milwaukee?)
...
(Alex: Yes, I was hoping Tony would get that, being from Massachusetts.)

Boston

FernTony
    $1,000 15
(Alex: Fern?)
(Fern: Uh, who is... Dorsey?)
(Alex: More specific.)
(Fern: Oh, I knew you were going to say that.)

Jimmy Dorsey

Fern
    $800 25
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Linda Goodman

Fern
    $1000 19
(Alex: You got it. That's $1,000 more for you!)

the Watergate hearings

Fern
    $1000 20
(Alex: Right! Another $1,000!)
[Applause]
(Alex: Whoa! The lady is doing very well on these thousand-dollar clues!)

Bugsy Siegel

Fern
    $1000 23
"I count none but the sunny hours"

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 6
(Alex: Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, absolutely right.)

Three Rivers Stadium & Riverfront Stadium

Steve
    $1000 16
Rudolf Abel

Triple Stumper
    $1000 22
(Alex: $1,000 more.)
[Applause for Tony]
(Alex: Select again, hurry.)

John F. Kennedy

Tony

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Fern Steve Tony
$8,800 $5,600 $2,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ACTORS & ROLES
(Alex: [To Tony, whose handwriting was illegible] That looks like "Porky Pig". You want to give me, uh, what it is?)
...
(Alex: [To Fern] Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro were the winners.)
TonyWho is Mr. Chips
$2,790
SteveWho was Butch Cassiday
$3,200
FernWho is The Godfather
$3,000
The Godfather

Final scores:

Fern Steve Tony
$11,800 $2,400 $10
2-day champion: $20,700 2nd place: a week's stay for 2 at Bluebeard's Castle hotel in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, with flight aboard Eastern Airlines 3rd place: Ricci's Art Deco Collection heavy silver-plated flatware service for 4

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Fern Steve Tony
$8,600 $5,500 $2,800
18 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 15 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 12 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $16,900

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Game tape date: 1986-08-05
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