Responses for Show #986 - Monday, December 12, 1988

Mark McDermott game 4.

Contestants

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Steve Holloway, a retail store manager from Orlando, Florida

Terry Vlasich, a contacting specialist originally from Ironwood, Michigan

Mark McDermott, an editorial writer originally from Iowa (whose 3-day cash winnings total $29,502)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
BASEBALL
AUSTRIA
ENGLISH LITERATURE
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
CELEBRITY SPELLING
    $100 2
(Mark: What is a sheep?)
(Steve: What is a goat?)

cow

MarkSteve
Triple Stumper
    $100 7
All-Star Game

Terry
    $100 8
Alps

Steve
    $100 18
Shakespeare

Mark
    $100 20
Labor Day

Steve
    $100 1
D-E-L-U-I-S-E

Steve
    $200 3
(Terry: What is the hotline?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

hotline between Washington & Moscow

Terry
    $200 9
Kissing Bandit

Steve
    $200 14
wiener schnitzel

Mark
    $200 19
as I do

Steve
    $200 21
Texas

Steve
    $200 17
(Mark: Who is K-E-I-S-H-A?)
(Steve: Who is K-E-I-S-H-I-A?)

K-E-S-H-I-A

MarkSteve
Triple Stumper
    $500 4
Speaker of the House

Terry
    $300 10
first base

Terry
    $300 13
Hapsburgs

Mark
    $300 25
The Compleat Angler

Mark
    $300 22
(Alex: You're right and we've got a minute to go.)

July 4th

Terry
    $300 26
(Jacqueline) S-U-S-A-N-N

Triple Stumper
    $400 5
The White House

Steve
    $400 11
(Terry: What is he ran the bases from 3rd to 2nd to 1st and home again?)

ran the bases running backwards

MarkTerry
    $400 15
neutrality

Mark
    $400 27
(Terry: What is Lassie?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Terry: What is Lassie Comes Home?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Lassie Come Home

MarkTerry
    $400 23
Holy Saturday

Mark
    $500 6
48

Triple Stumper
    $500 12
Connie Mack

Terry
    $500 16
Emperor Franz Joseph

Triple Stumper
    $500 24
Decoration Day

Mark

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):

Mark Terry Steve
$300 $1,200 $700

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mark Terry Steve
$2,700 $1,100 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BUSINESS '88
SCIENCE
NATIONAL PARKS
NURSERY RHYMES
GEOMETRY
ABBREVIATIONS
    $200 3
Gucci

Mark
    $200 1
kiwi

Steve
    $200 17
Petrified National Forest

Steve
    $200 8
spanking

Steve
    $200 9
(Terry: What is...Old English...?)

Oxford English Dictionary

MarkTerry
    $400 4
VCR

Mark
    $400 2
astronomy

Mark
    $400 22
(Alex: [reading the clue]... this Kentucky tavern, cavern)
[Laughter.]
(Mark: What is Mammoth Caves?)
(Alex: [*], yes.)

Mammoth Cave

Mark
    $400 18
mockingbird

Terry
    $400 10
middle of the road

Steve
    $600 5
(1 of) TV Guide (Daily Racing Form, Good Food or Seventeen)

Mark
    $600 14
(Terry: What is meiosis?)

fission

MarkTerry
    $600 23
Crater Lake

Terry
    $600 19
(Mark: What is a dog & a mouse?)

cat & a mouse

MarkTerry
    $1,800 11
officer's candidate school

Steve
    $800 6
memory chips (static random access memory chips)

Mark
    $800 15
propane & butane

Steve
    $3,000 24
(Alex: [before the wager] We've got about a minute to go by the way.)

(Great) Smoky Mountains National Park

Terry
    $800 20
Jack Sprat & his wife

Terry
    $800 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the earth

Mark
    $800 12
4 times a day

Steve
    $1000 7
[Applause for Mark running the category.]

Suzuki Samurai

Mark
    $1000 16
leeches

Mark
    $1000 21
he bumped his head

Mark
    $1000 25
(Terry: What is a hypothesis?)
(Mark: What is a theorem?)

(1 of) axioms or postulates

MarkTerry
Triple Stumper
    $1000 13
graduate management admission test

Terry

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mark Terry Steve
$8,500 $5,700 $5,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

FRUITS & VEGETABLES
SteveWhat is oranges?
$5,400
TerryWhat are apples?
$5,600
MarkWhat are peaches?
$2,901
bananas

Final scores:

Mark Terry Steve
$5,599 $100 $0
4-day champion: $35,101 2nd place: trip on Eastern to the Bahamas & stay at Princess Resort & Casino 3rd place: Scott 27" stereo color monitor receiver

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Mark Terry Steve
$8,500 $3,300 $4,200
21 R,
4 W		 12 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $16,000

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Game tape date: 1988-09-27
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