Responses for Show #714 - Thursday, October 15, 1987

The Double Jeopardy! Board loaded with $400 squares in the $800 row.

Contestants

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Judith Seeger, an associate research engineer from Mountain View, California

Lewis Grossman, a law student from Westport, Connecticut

Suzee Vlk, a writer from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,600)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

STATE CAPITALS
STAINED GLASS
ROCK 'N' ROLL TRIVIA
NAME CHANGES
BOTANY
"PO"POURRI
(Alex: And that means that "PO" will appear in each correct response... This is not the traditional Jeopardy! POTPOURRI category.)
    $100 24
Providence

Lewis
    $100 11
a diamond

Suzee!
    $100 6
Ricky Nelson

Judith
    $100 14
Lauren Hutton

Suzee!
    $100 20
a pumpkin

Suzee!
    $100 1
Poland

Lewis
    $200 26
Indianapolis

Judith
    $200 12
lead

Suzee!
    $200 7
The Beach Boys

Judith
    $200 15
Angie Dickinson

Lewis
    $200 21
algae

Suzee!
    $200 2
ponies

Suzee!
    $500 28
(Lewis: What is Tennessee?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

(1 of) Kansas & New Mexico

Lewis
    $300 13
Paris

Lewis
    $300 8
(Judith: Who are Men at Work?)
(Lewis: What is Air Supply?)

The Bee Gees

LewisJudith
Triple Stumper
    $300 16
Martin Sheen

Lewis
    $300 22
(Lewis: What are spores?)

fungi

LewisJudith
    $300 3
poet laureate

Judith
    $400 17
(Louis) Tiffany

Suzee!
    $400 9
Bye Bye Birdie

Judith
    $400 18
Joan Fontaine

Lewis
    $400 23
corn

Lewis
    $400 4
a poacher

Judith
    $500 25
(Alex: That is right and we've got a minute to go.)

a cartoon

Suzee!
    $500 10
the Belmonts

Judith
    $500 19
Sarah Bernhardt

Judith
    $500 27
mustard

Lewis
    $500 5
podiatry

Suzee!

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

Suzee! Lewis Judith
$1,000 -$200 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Suzee! Lewis Judith
$2,300 $1,200 $2,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORY
BROADCASTING
THE HUSBAND MARRIED
(Alex: We give you the names of the wives; you have to identify the husband in each case.)
PSYCHOLOGY
ABBREVIATIONS
POE-POURRI
(Alex: With the "POE" spelled P-O-E, which means all the material in this category has to do with Edgar Allan Poe.)
    $200 1
John Wilkes Booth

Judith
    $200 2
the Lone Ranger

Lewis
    $200 19
Frank Sinatra

Suzee!
    $200 25
written

Judith
    $200 11
out of print

Suzee!
    $200 3
the raven

Lewis
    $400 16
(Suzee!: What is Denmark?)

Norway

Suzee!Judith
    $400 26
ABC

Lewis
    $400 20
Steve Allen

Suzee!
    $400 24
schizophrenia

Judith
    $400 12
optical

Judith
    $400 4
the Army

Suzee!
    $600 17
the Boxer Rebellion

Lewis
    $500 27
(Lewis: What is RCA?)
(Alex: No, sorry. They're still on the air, of course.)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Dumont

Lewis
    $600 21
Clark Gable

Judith
    $600 23
separation anxiety

Lewis
    $600 13
opposite

Judith
    $600 5
(Judith: [Making the next selection] POE-POURRI for $400.)
(Alex: We've done $400. You mean $800. [Turns to look at the board, which shows $400 squares in the $800 row] Whoops. We've got a problem here. I will solve that for you right now.)
[Alex runs over to the board and knocks it hard twice at the intersection between the $600 and $800 row between the fifth and sixth categories. The $400 squares correct themselves to $800.]
(Alex: There we go. You said POE-POURRI for $800.)
[Laughter and applause]

the Allans

Judith
    $800 9
"Bleeding Kansas"

Triple Stumper
    $800 22
(Suzee!: Who is Julius Caesar?)
...
(Alex: We've got a minute to go in the round.)

(Marc) Antony

Suzee!Lewis
    $800 18
oral

Judith
    $800 14
(Suzee!: What is O?)
(Judith: What is OPR?)
(Lewis: [Rings in without lectern lighting up] What is OP?)

OPER

Suzee!LewisJudith
Triple Stumper
    $700 6
(Alex: [Before Judith's wager] By the way, Judith, my banging the, uh, set over there had nothing to do with the fact that the Daily Double was in that position.)
[Laughter]

Boston & Baltimore

Judith
    $1000 8
(Suzee!: Who is Julius?)

Tiberius (Caesar Augustus)

Suzee!Lewis
    $1000 10
sibling rivalry

Judith
    $1000 15
opus (opera)

Lewis
    $1000 7
(Lewis: What is [*]?)
[Alex mistakenly named the third work as "The Mystery in the Rue Morgue" and corrected it before revealing the Final Jeopardy! clue.]

(1 of) "The Purloined Letter"[*], "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" or "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

Lewis

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Suzee! Lewis Judith
$500 $5,700 $7,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

BODIES OF WATER
(Alex: Last year I visited, uh, the city Bangkok, and they arranged tours out of Bangkok, one-day tours, to the famous Bridge on the River Kwai.)
Suzee!What is the Phillipines?
$0
LewisWhat is Burma?
$5,000
JudithWhat is Burma?
$200
Thailand

Final scores:

Suzee! Lewis Judith
$500 $700 $7,500
3rd place: Jules Jurgensen his & her Classic Series diamond dial watches + computerized version or Jeopardy! box game 2nd place: a trip on Continental to Puerto Vallarta & stay at Plaza Vallarta Tennis & Beach Resort + computerized version or Jeopardy! box game New champion: $7,500

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Suzee! Lewis Judith
$500 $6,700 $7,800
13 R,
4 W		 17 R,
5 W
(including 2 DDs)		 20 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $15,000

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Game tape date: 1987-08-17
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