Responses for Show #2717 - Tuesday, May 28, 1996

Missing third-place prize.

Contestants

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Dan Streit, a teacher originally from Miami, Florida

Alexandra Grochol, a homemaker from McLean, Virginia

Steve Cunningham, a mortgage banker from Glastonbury, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $600)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS
POP MUSIC
NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
1982
6-LETTER WORDS
    $100 26
Samuel Morse

Dan
    $100 8
Elvis Presley

Dan
    $100 6
Fortune

Alexandra
    $100 1
Venezuela

Steve
    $100 13
nuclear weapons

Steve
    $100 16
hamlet

Alexandra
    $200 27
cowcatcher

Dan
    $200 9
The Rolling Stones

Steve
    $200 7
Rome

Dan
    $200 2
Notre Dame

Alexandra
    $200 21
King Hussein

Alexandra
    $200 17
tackle

Dan
    $300 28
Berlin

Alexandra
    $300 10
drums

Dan
    $300 14
Andy Warhol

Alexandra
    $300 3
California

Steve
    $300 22
(Steve: What is Algeria?)

Libya

SteveAlexandra
    $300 18
gander

Dan
    $400 29
(Steve: Who is Leakey?)
(Alex: Which one?)
(Steve: Richard Leakey?)
(Alex: No, he was the son.)

Louis Leakey

SteveDan
    $400 11
John Sebastian

Alexandra
    $400 15
Silent Spring

Dan
    $400 4
Tuskegee Institute

Steve
    $400 23
(Alexandra: What is the....[time]?)

Disc

SteveAlexandra
    $400 19
benign

Dan
    $500 30
mutations

Alexandra
    $500 12
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Dan
    $500 25
Los Angeles Times

Alexandra
    $500 5
Pennsylvania

Steve
    $1,000 24
George P. Shultz

Steve
    $500 20
sheath

Dan

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

Steve Alexandra Dan
$1,600 $700 $1,100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Alexandra Dan
$2,300 $2,500 $3,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

LITERATURE
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
CELEBRITY RELATIVES
THE KOREAN WAR
MYTHOLOGY
THE PASTA BAR
    $200 11
Little Women

Alexandra
    $200 3
Bahamas

Dan
    $200 1
Baldwin

Alexandra
    $200 13
the Minotaur

Dan
    $200 15
macaroni

Dan
    $400 12
Hester Prynne

Dan
    $400 4
Great Britain

Dan
    $400 2
John Grisham

Dan
    $400 14
nectar

Alexandra
    $400 19
angel hair pasta

Alexandra
    $600 23
Great Expectations

Dan
    $600 5
San Marino

Dan
    $600 8
Olivia Newton-John

Alexandra
    $600 16
(Steve: Who was Prometheus?)

Hephaestus

SteveDan
    $600 20
bow tie

Steve
    $800 24
(Steve: Who was Charlie Chan?)

Ellery Queen

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $2,000 6
(Dan: What is Japan?)

Taiwan

Dan
    $800 9
(Steve: Who is Carrie Fisher?)

Debbie Reynolds

SteveAlexandra
    $1,000 17
(Dan: I don't know.)

Penelope

Dan
    $800 21
(Steve: [no response])
(Dan: What is spring?)
(Alex: We have less than a minute to go.)

primavera

SteveAlexandraDan
    $1000 25
[end-of-round signal sounds]

Guys and Dolls

Alexandra
    $1000 7
Caspian Sea

Steve
    $1000 10
(Alexandra: Who is Lillian Hellman?)

William Inge

Alexandra
Triple Stumper
    $1000 18
laurel

Alexandra
    $1000 22
Fettuccine Alfredo

Alexandra

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Alexandra Dan
$900 $7,900 $3,400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. NICKNAMES
(Alex: Both cities were founded by Quakers.)
SteveWhat is
$100
DanWhat is the President
$1,500
AlexandraWhat is The City of Brotherly Love?
$1,000
"Quaker City"

Final scores:

Steve Alexandra Dan
$800 $6,900 $1,900
3rd place: ----------------- New champion: $6,900 2nd place: Desktop computer system

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Steve Alexandra Dan
$400 $7,900 $6,400
10 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W		 20 R,
2 W		 21 R,
3 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $14,700

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