Responses for Show #757 - Tuesday, December 15, 1987

Contestants

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Robin Maisel, an attorney from Long Beach, California

Winona Phillips, a limousine service owner originally from Manhattan Beach, California

Stephanie Johns, a writer from Morristown, New Jersey

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WORD ORIGINS
GUINNESS RECORDS
CHARLESTON, S.C.
MATHEMATICS
TV TAKEOVERS
“DARK” SONGS
(Alex: And "D-A-R-K" will appear in all the correct responses.)
    $100 1
[Stephanie "won the toss" and thereby made the first selection.]

lama

Stephanie
    $100 14
(Alex: She wasn't hungry after that, by the way.)

hot dogs

Winona
    $100 28
(Alex: That's good enough. ... We know it as [**].)

the war between the Union and the Confederacy (the Civil War)

Stephanie
    $100 6
the denominator

Robin
    $100 20
Cloris Leachman

Winona
    $100 9
"Dancing In The Dark"

Winona
    $200 2
lasagne

Robin
    $200 17
kissing

Winona
    $200 27
the American Revolutionary War

Robin
    $200 7
(Stephanie: What is a rhombus?)
...
(Alex: [To Robin] Oh, you got it in just before time ran out. Yes, the a--it's the one with five sides; the other two have four sides.)

a pentagon

StephanieRobin
    $200 19
(Stephanie: What is Mission: Impossible, the [*]?)

Impossible Mission Force

Stephanie
    $200 10
"The Darktown Strutter's Ball"

Stephanie
    $300 3
roulette

Robin
    $300 21
plucked them

Stephanie
    $300 26
an earthquake

Stephanie
    $300 8
an abacus

Winona
    $300 15
Sharon Gless

Winona
    $300 11
"Dark Lady"

Stephanie
    $400 4
the pheasant

Stephanie
    $400 22
(Alex: It's very common in Korea.)

O

Winona
    $100 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Porgy and Bess

Stephanie
    $400 24
4

Stephanie
    $400 18
Donna Reed

Winona
    $400 12
"Daughter Of Darkness"

Triple Stumper
    $500 5
maudlin

Robin
    $500 23
horses

Stephanie
    $500 25
(Robin: What is straight?)
(Stephanie: What is oblique?)
...
(Alex: And we're left with CHARLESTON and less than a minute to go.)

a right angle

StephanieWinonaRobin
    $500 16
Petticoat Junction

Stephanie
    $500 13
"On The Dark Side"

Triple Stumper

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

Stephanie Winona Robin
$800 $400 $1,300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Stephanie Winona Robin
$2,700 $2,400 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

1933
FRENCH LITERATURE
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
SPORTS
TEXTILES
SCIENTIFIC SPELLING
(Alex: In this category, you must spell the important word in each response.)
    $200 1
the untouchables

Robin
    $200 16
Coolidge

Winona
    $200 21
water polo

Robin
    $200 3
silk

Winona
    $200 4
K-R-Y-P-T-O-N

Winona
    $400 2
Hitler

Stephanie
    $400 18
(Winona: Who is Ford?)

[Note: Robin is given credit for providing just the last name. Alex fills in the rest.]

(William Henry) Harrison

WinonaRobin
    $400 22
Canada

Robin
    $400 9
Teflon

Winona
    $400 5
(Alex: Deoxyribonucleic [*]. You got it.)

A-C-I-D

Stephanie
    $600 13
Prohibition, or the Volstead Act

Robin
    $600 17
Lyndon Johnson

Robin
    $600 23
archery

Robin
    $600 11
(Note: EA = Encyclopedia Americana.)

felt

Winona
    $600 6
(Winona: What is Celsius?)
...
(Alex: [*] or Celsius, remember, now, that you have to spell it, Winona.)

C-E-N-T-I-G-R-A-D-E

StephanieWinona
    $800 14
Fiorello La Guardia

Robin
    $800 19
(Stephanie: Who is Nixon?)
(Winona: Who is Truman?)
...
(Alex: He was referring to Teddy Roosevelt.)

Taft

StephanieWinona
Triple Stumper
    $800 24
(Winona: What is the Super Bowl?)

the Sugar Bowl

WinonaRobin
    $800 10
chenille

Stephanie
    $800 7
F-A-H-R-E-N-H-E-I-T

Winona
    $1000 15
gold

Robin
    $1000 20
(Winona: Who is Teddy Roosevelt?)
...
(Alex: Who is the man who followed Abraham Lincoln, [*]?)

Andrew Johnson

Winona
Triple Stumper
    $500 25
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

table tennis

Robin
    $1000 12
(Stephanie: What is "to touch"?)

to weave

StephanieRobin
    $1000 8
A-N-A-E-R-O-B-I-C

Stephanie

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Stephanie Winona Robin
$4,100 $1,200 $8,100

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD GEOGRAPHY
[Alex reads Winona's response as "Greenland and Iceland".]
...
(Alex: [To Stephanie] Greenland is not a country, it's part of Denmark.)
...
(Alex: The 2 countries are [*], you got that right, and the other one was [*], with the capital being Bangkok, and the capital of [*], or course, Reykjavik.)
WinonaWhat are Greenland and Ireland?
$1,200
StephanieWhat are Greenland & Finland Iceland?
$4,100
RobinWhat are Denmark & __
$100
Iceland and Thailand

Final scores:

Stephanie Winona Robin
$0 $0 $8,000
2nd place: Keller bedroom furniture + Helix TV/clock radio 3rd place: Krementz his & her signet rings New champion: $8,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Stephanie Winona Robin
$4,400 $1,200 $8,600
17 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 15 R,
5 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $14,200

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Game tape date: 1987-09-14
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