Responses for Show #987 - Tuesday, December 13, 1988

Mark McDermott game 5.

Contestants

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Val Webster, an applications specialist from Sparks, Maryland

Rob Reilly, a consultant originally from Delaware

Mark McDermott, an editorial writer originally from Iowa (whose 4-day cash winnings total $35,101)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

IN THE NEWS
NEW JERSEY
SLANG
CELEBRITY MARRIAGES
ENGINEERING
THE BIG TOP
    $100 1
(California) condor

Val
    $100 5
Princeton

Val
    $100 24
eggs

Val
    $100 19
Neil Simon

Mark
    $100 11
Chicago & New York

Rob
    $100 10
a tent

Rob
    $200 2
Irving Berlin

Mark
    $200 6
the Delaware River

Val
    $200 25
apple pie

Mark
    $200 20
Patricia Hearst

Mark
    $200 12
(Val: What is the Hoover Dam?)
...
(Alex: Val, you were just so specific, we were just going for [*].)

dam

Val
Triple Stumper
    $200 14
a circus ring

Mark
    $300 3
(Alex: She was a filly.)

the Kentucky Derby

Rob
    $300 7
(Mark: What is Trenton?)

Camden

Mark
Triple Stumper
    $300 26
kung fu (martial arts)

Mark
    $300 21
(Gerald) "Jerry" Ford

Mark
    $300 13
lock

Mark
    $300 15
an elephant

Mark
    $400 4
(Rob: What is swimming the English Channel?)
(Mark: What is swimming the Great Lakes?)

she was the Reagans' astrologer

MarkRob
Triple Stumper
    $400 8
Telstar

Val
    $400 27
bologna

Rob
    $400 22
(Rob: Who was Brigitte Bardot?)

Princess Caroline (of Monaco)

MarkRob
    $400 17
the Seven Wonders of the World

Mark
    $400 16
"The Greatest Show on Earth"

Rob
    $500 28
Monkey Business

Mark
    $500 9
(Rob: Who was Garfield?)
...
(Alex: Cleveland was governor of New York, but was born in New Jersey.)

Grover Cleveland

MarkRob
    $500 29
donut

Val
    $500 23
Peggy Lipton

Mark
    $400 30
(Val: What is a radio tower?)

a TV antenna

Val
    $500 18
Cirque du Soleil

Triple Stumper

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

Mark Rob Val
$300 -$400 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mark Rob Val
$3,700 $0 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN REVOLUTION
DOCTORS & LAWYERS
ISLANDS
OSCAR-WINNING SONGS
LITERATURE
SURVEYS
    $200 12
(Val: What is Connecticut?)

Massachusetts

RobVal
    $200 11
Judge Wapner

Mark
    $200 5
3

Val
    $200 7
Castille

Mark
    $200 16
The Wall Street Journal

Rob
    $400 13
Hessians

Mark
    $400 14
Clarence Darrow

Mark
    $1,000 1
Iceland

Rob
    $400 6
"The Lullaby Of Broadway"

Val
    $400 18
Lord of the Flies

Mark
    $400 17
actuary

Mark
    $600 24
(Val: We shall hang separately.)
...
(Alex: Val, in Double Jeopardy!, you have to phrase it in the form of a question.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

we shall all hang separately

MarkVal
    $600 15
(Val: What is plastic surgery?)
(Rob: What is a blood transplant... marrow transplant?)
(Alex: They do it with blood, but it's called a [*]--we'll give you that one.)

bone marrow transplant

RobVal
    $600 2
Borneo

Rob
    $600 8
"High Noon"

Mark
    $600 21
(Edward) Everett Hale

Mark
    $800 19
Marvin Mitchelson

Mark
    $800 3
(Val: What are the Bahamas?)
(Mark: What is Puerto Rico?)

Jamaica

MarkRobVal
    $1,800 9
(Alex: Rex Harrison in that role.)

Doctor Dolittle

Mark
    $800 22
(Rob: Who was Sherlock Holmes?)
...
(Alex: Minute to go.)

C. Auguste Dupin

MarkRob
    $1000 20
Afghanistan

Val
    $1000 4
Key West

Mark
    $1000 10
Going My Way

Mark
    $1000 23
Samuel Butler

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mark Rob Val
$12,100 $2,600 $200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

MONARCHS
(Alex: What country... who knows?)
(Alex: Queen Elizabeth II's father.)
ValWho was G Kahn
$200
RobWho was George VI
$2,100
MarkWho was George V of UK
$4,321
King George VI

Final scores:

Mark Rob Val
$7,779 $4,700 $0
5-day champion: $42,880 2nd place: an Ashley Super bedroom group + a GTE telephone 3rd place: a Service Merchandise gift certificate

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Mark Rob Val
$11,100 $2,000 $600
28 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 11 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 9 R,
6 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $13,700

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Game tape date: 1988-09-27
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