Responses for Show #715 - Friday, October 16, 1987

Contestants

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Neil Plakcy, a writer originally from Yardley, Pennsylvania

Barbara Herington, a civil engineer from Cromwell, Connecticut

Judith Seeger, an associate research engineer from Mountain View, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,500)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BEETHOVEN
ADVERTISING
SYMPTOMS
SPORTS
HISTORICAL HORSES
"FOR" WORDS
    $100 1
how tall is Beethoven

Judith
    $100 11
a few good men (women)

Neil
    $100 18
air sickness (motion sickness)

Barbara
    $100 26
strike

Judith
    $100 16
Alexander the Great

Judith
    $100 6
forked

Neil
    $200 2
dancing

Barbara
    $200 12
Trix

Barbara
    $200 19
(Barbara: What is choking?)

hiccup

JudithBarbara
    $200 27
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

golf

Neil
    $200 17
sergeant

Neil
    $200 7
forceps

Judith
    $300 3
piccolo

Judith
    $300 13
Glad

Judith
    $300 23
wax in ears

Neil
    $300 28
athletics

Neil
    $300 20
Paul Revere

Judith
    $300 8
foreman

Judith
    $400 4
piano

Barbara
    $400 14
(Neil: Who is Charlie the Tuna?)

StarKist

BarbaraNeil
    $1,000 24
bones

Neil
    $400 29
National Hot Rod Association

Judith
    $400 21
(Neil: Who is Cornwallis?)

(George) Washington

BarbaraNeil
    $400 9
forlorn

Neil
    $500 5
Mozart

Neil
    $500 15
Smith Barney

Barbara
    $500 25
Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Barbara
    $500 30
(Neil: Who is Chris Evert?)

Tracy Austin

Neil
Triple Stumper
    $500 22
Buffalo Bill Cody

Judith
    $500 10
foray

Neil

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 17):

Judith Barbara Neil
$1,300 $1,700 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Judith Barbara Neil
$2,800 $2,500 $2,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ASTRONOMY
WOMEN AUTHORS
FOOD & DRINK
LANDMARKS
FAMOUS RIDERS
"BACK" WORDS
    $200 7
equator

Judith
    $200 6
Virginia Woolf

Judith
    $200 21
eggs

Neil
    $200 16
Buddha

Barbara
    $200 26
(Neil: Who is Sky King?)
(Judith: Who is [*] of the Mounties?)
(Alex: [*] of the Yukon, yes.)
(Judith: The Yukon, whatever.)
[All 3 players smiling.]

Sergeant Preston

JudithNeil
    $200 1
backpedal

Neil
    $400 8
Sirius

Barbara
    $400 12
Agatha Christie

Barbara
    $400 22
lemon

Neil
    $400 17
Mother Hubbard

Barbara
    $400 27
General George Pickett

Triple Stumper
    $500 2
[A generic string instrumental played.]
(Neil: What is Muzak?)

background

Neil
    $600 9
(Neil: What is white?)

green

JudithNeil
    $600 13
(Neil: ...Who is [eyes closed & shakes head] George Eliot?)

George Sand

JudithNeil
    $600 23
(Neil: What is the kangaroo?)
...
(Alex: Yes, but I like Neil's choice, that'd be fun. [laughter] Minute to go in the round.)

rabbit

BarbaraNeil
    $700 18
fall (storming) of the Bastille (French Revolution)

Barbara
    $600 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Caroline Kennedy

Judith
    $600 3
backup

Barbara
    $800 10
constellations

Judith
    $800 14
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Judith
    $800 24
(Barbara: What's an orange?)

rice

Barbara
Triple Stumper
    $800 19
the Colosseum

Judith
    $800 4
backlot

Neil
    $1000 11
Andromeda

Neil
    $1000 15
(Judith: Who is Dorothy Parker?)

Edna Ferber

JudithNeil
    $1000 25
(Gail) Borden

Judith
    $1000 20
Elsinore (Hamlet's) Castle

Judith
    $1000 5
backdate

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Judith Barbara Neil
$8,600 $5,000 $3,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ACADEMY AWARDS
NeilWhat is North by Northwest?
$0
BarbaraWhat is South Pacific?
$4,999
JudithWhat is North by Northwest?
$1,401
(1 of) All Quiet on the Western Front or West Side Story

Final scores:

Judith Barbara Neil
$7,199 $1 $3,400
2-day champion: $14,699 3rd place: Suzuki keyboard 2nd place: Hotpoint cooking center & Inkor cookware

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Judith Barbara Neil
$8,600 $4,900 $3,300
22 R,
1 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
8 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $16,800

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Game tape date: 1987-08-17
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