Responses for Show #526 - Monday, December 15, 1986

Contestants

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Chris Strom, an actuary from Greenville, South Carolina

Phyllis McDonald, a homemaker from Kentfield, California

Debbie Sherry, a nurse from Yuba City, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $16,500)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

20TH C. AMERICANS
INSECTS
BOYS IN SONG
THE CALENDAR
HOLLYWOOD QUEENS
HOW TO...
(Alex: All of the correct responses will begin with, "How do you do this? How do you do that?")
    $100 1
Franklin Roosevelt

Chris
    $100 2
the beetle

Phyllis
    $100 15
Jack

Chris
    $100 9
January 1, 1000

Debbie
    $100 3
(Alex: He played her butler in that one.)

Gloria Swanson

Debbie
    $100 23
How do you tie shoes?

Chris
    $200 4
(Alex: She flew in 1928 as a passenger, then solo in '32.)

Amelia Earhart

Phyllis
    $200 21
reproduction (mating)

Debbie
    $200 16
Johnny

Debbie
    $200 11
(Chris: What is successive new moons?)
---
[The ruling is reversed & Chris's response is judged correct at the beginning of the Double Jeopardy! round.]

full moons

Chris
    $200 5
Myrna Loy

Debbie
    $200 24
(Alex: Yes, How do you tee off in golf? We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

How do you drive a golf ball?

Chris
    $300 10
Richard Nixon

Chris
    $500 25
(Alex: "Elusive Butterfly" is is the insect we were after.

"The Elusive Butterfly Of Love"

Chris
    $300 17
Big John (Big Bad John)

Debbie
    $300 12
(Debbie: What is February?)

June

DebbieChris
    $300 6
Barbara Stanwyck

Phyllis
    $400 19
(Chris: What is the Interior?)

Defence

Chris
Triple Stumper
    $400 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

drone

Chris
    $400 18
Henry

Phyllis
    $400 13
(Alex: The 15th or the 13th of the month.)

the ides

Chris
    $400 7
Bette Davis

Debbie
    $500 22
(Chris: Who is Jimmy Walker?)
---
(Alex: Jimmy Walker was not governor.)

Al Smith

Chris
Triple Stumper
    $500 20
Larry

Chris
    $500 14
the Sports Illustrated calendar

Debbie
    $500 8
[Note: The Red & White Queens are characters in Through the Looking Glass; the TV movie combined the 2 books over 2 nights.]

Alice in Wonderland

Chris

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

Debbie Phyllis Chris
$500 $600 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Debbie Phyllis Chris
$1,700 $1,000 $2,700

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE BOSTON TEA PARTY
FOOTBALL
MATHEMATICS
AUTHORS
ORGANIZATIONS
AUSSIE ENGLISH
    $200 17
Indians

Phyllis
    $200 22
field goals

Chris
    $200 7
12

Debbie
    $200 1
(Debbie: What is the Pulitzer Prize?)

the Nobel Prize

DebbiePhyllis
    $200 6
chess

Chris
    $200 9
Tasmania

Triple Stumper
    $400 18
dump tea (overboard)

Debbie
    $400 23
(Alex: That's right. He ran the wrong direction.)

running the wrong way

Debbie
    $400 2
The Lord of the Flies

Debbie
    $400 8
smoking

Phyllis
    $400 11
food or meals

Debbie
    $600 19
the (British) East India Company

Debbie
    $600 24
blockers

Chris
    $600 3
Graham Greene

Phyllis
    $600 10
(Alex: The place is Morehead, More-head, North Carolina.)

Morehead City

Triple Stumper
    $600 14
the Outback

Debbie
    $800 20
(Phyllis: What is the Old North Church?)

Faneuil Hall

Phyllis
Triple Stumper
    $800 25
(Chris: What is 5?)
(Debbie: What is 10?)
---
(Alex: It uses [*] sometimes [*].)

6 (or 7)

DebbieChris
Triple Stumper
    $800 4
Richard Cory

Debbie
    $800 12
(Debbie: What is the Association of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences?)

the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

DebbiePhyllis
    $800 15
a mob

Debbie
    $1000 21
(Phyllis: What is an embargo?)
---
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in this round.)

the Intolerable Acts

Phyllis
Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
(Debbie: What are deferments?)
---
(Alex: They had to receive [*] to receive [*]. We got a little cutesy and crazy on that one. You missed another thousand and that could be expected.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

weekend passes

Debbie
Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
Noah Webster

Triple Stumper
    $1000 13
(Alex: The organization to which we refer: the automobile club, [*].)

AAA

Triple Stumper
    $1000 16
Ned Kelly

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Debbie Phyllis Chris
$3,500 $1,400 $2,900

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
(Alex: Estados Unidos Mexicanos.)
PhyllisWhat is Mexico?
$1,399
ChrisWhat is Brazil?
$2,900
DebbieWhat is Brazil?
$2,400
Mexico

Final scores:

Debbie Phyllis Chris
$1,100 $2,799 $0
2nd place: Maytag washer & dryer + Donvier ice cream makers New champion: $2,799 3rd place: Technics compact disc player

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Debbie Phyllis Chris
$3,500 $1,400 $2,700
17 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
9 R,
2 W
15 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $7,600

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Game tape date: 1986-09-30
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