Responses for Show #879 - Thursday, June 2, 1988

Contestants

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Todd Hueta, a student from Sunnyvale, California

Lauri Donahue, a lawyer from San Francisco, California

Jack Koenig, an actor and househusband from New York City, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $15,399)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD HISTORY
AIRPORTS
'60s SONGS
BEAUTY SECRETS
THE ELEMENTS
TV GUIDE SAYS
    $100 15
Rome

Lauri
    $100 30
Chicago

Triple Stumper
    $100 13
"Respect"

Lauri
    $100 16
eagle

Todd
    $100 21
Big Bang Theory

Jack
    $100 1
M*A*S*H

Lauri
    $200 14
Mexico City

Jack
    $200 29
bluegrass

Jack
    $200 17
(Todd: What is world?)

love

Todd
Triple Stumper
    $200 5
Barry Goldwater

Todd
    $200 22
uranium

Lauri
    $200 6
The Fugitive

Todd
    $300 9
Hirohito

Lauri
    $300 20
Billy Mitchell

Jack
    $300 18
Jan and Dean

Todd
    $300 2
grow hair

Lauri
    $300 23
air

Triple Stumper
    $300 7
Late Night with David Letterman

Jack
    $400 10
(Todd: Who was Brigham Young?)

Joseph Smith

Todd
Triple Stumper
    $400 26
Andrews Air Force Base

Todd
    $400 19
"Chapel of Love"

Lauri
    $400 3
veal (calf)

Lauri
    $400 24
the Periodic Table

Lauri
    $400 8
Three's Company

Lauri
    $500 11
Madagascar

Todd
    $500 28
Baltimore & Washington

Triple Stumper
    $500 27
"Gentle on My Mind"

Jack
    $500 4
to whiten his skin (make himself clearer)

Lauri
    $1,000 25
(Alex: And we have less than a minute to go in the round.)

radon

Lauri
    $500 12
The Facts of Life

Todd

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

Jack Lauri Todd
$500 $2,200 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jack Lauri Todd
$1,600 $4,200 $1,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

NEW HAMPSHIRE
NOVELS
GARDENING
SOCRATES
DEMOCRATS
RETALIATORY PHRASES
(Alex: Aptly coming right behind DEMOCRATS.)
    $200 1
[Jack selected the first clue.]

taxes

Lauri
    $200 4
Robinson Crusoe

Lauri
    $200 23
lime

Jack
    $200 10
Plato

Todd
    $200 6
William Fulbright

Triple Stumper
    $200 7
tat

Jack
    $400 8
(Jack: What is Concord?)

Manchester

JackLauri
    $400 3
Sir Walter Scott

Todd
    $400 25
temperature

Triple Stumper
    $400 20
the world

Jack
    $400 11
"Scoop"

Jack
    $400 12
I'm rubber and you're glue

Todd
    $700 19
Vermont

Jack
    $600 2
knitting

Jack
    $1,000 26
[Alex holds plant in his hand]
(Lauri: What is a silver penny?)
...
(Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round.)

silver dollar/money plant

Lauri
    $600 21
Athens

Triple Stumper
    $600 15
Jimmy Walker

Todd
    $600 13
(Jack: What are salts?)
(Todd: What is venom?)

your own medicine

JackTodd
Triple Stumper
    $800 5
George Eliot

Todd
    $800 27
ground cover

Lauri
    $800 22
his wife

Lauri
    $800 16
Agriculture

Triple Stumper
    $800 14
(Lauri: What is sweet revenge?)
[Initially ruled incorrect; reversed before Final Jeopardy!]

giving someone their just desserts

Lauri
    $1000 9
John Galsworthy

Triple Stumper
    $1000 28
(Todd: What is water?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

cut flowers

Todd
Triple Stumper
    $1000 24
Peloponnesian War

Lauri
    $1000 17
Carl Albert

Triple Stumper
    $1000 18
quid pro quo

Jack

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jack Lauri Todd
$4,100 $7,400 $2,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE UNITED NATIONS
ToddWhat was Taiwan?
$1,600
JackWhat is Taiwan?
$4,100
LauriWhat is South Africa?
$2,000
Taiwan (also known as Nationalist China)

Final scores:

Jack Lauri Todd
$8,200 $5,400 $4,000
3-day champion: $23,599 2nd place: Keller bedroom furniture 3rd place: Maytag washer & dryer

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jack Lauri Todd
$4,000 $7,900 $2,400
13 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
19 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
(including 1 DD)
12 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $14,300

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Game tape date: 1988-03-07
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