Responses for Show #898 - Wednesday, June 29, 1988

Contestants

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Murry Cann, a financial consultant from Larkspur, California

Rick Cook, a writer from Phoenix, Arizona

Bill Gellert, a research associate from Washington, D.C. (whose 2-day cash winnings total $6,998)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE OLD WEST
OIL
FAMILIAR PHRASES
COMIC BOOKS
"MAN"LY MOVIES
PSYCH 101
    $100 16
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

Murry
    $100 22
his castle

Bill
    $100 12
Spider-Man

Murry
    $100 6
A Man for All Seasons

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

delusion

Rick
    $200 17
Pony Express

Bill
    $200 15
wildcat

Murry
    $200 23
(Alex: That's right and we got a minute to go.)

red herring

Rick
    $200 13
operas

Rick
    $200 7
The Thin Man

Rick
    $200 21
brainwashing

Murry
    $300 5
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Murry
    $300 2
TNT

Rick
    $300 28
carte blanche

Bill
    $300 9
weekly

Bill
    $300 1
Man of a Thousand Faces

Rick
    $300 18
father

Bill
    $400 14
(Murry: What is a covered wagon?)

stagecoach

RickMurry
    $600 3
petroleum

Rick
    $400 25
Annie Oakley

Rick
    $400 27
Pittsburgh

Bill
    $400 10
A Man and a Woman

Murry
    $400 19
graphoanalysis (graphology)

Bill
    $500 8
Minnesota

Rick
    $500 4
pitch

Rick
    $500 24
behind the 8 ball

Bill
    $500 26
Heavy Metal

Rick
    $500 11
The Man Who Came to Dinner

Murry
    $500 20
(Rick: What is psychoanalysis?)
(Alex: No. Be a little more specific.)
(Rick: Uh, what is Freudian analysis?)

childhood psychology (child psychology)

BillRick

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Bill Rick Murry
$300 $3,000 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bill Rick Murry
$3,000 $3,700 $1,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. CITIES
HISTORICAL DRAMAS
4-SYLLABLE WORDS
NATIONAL LEADERS
NEEDLEWORK
RAGTIME
    $200 13
Fort Worth, Texas

Murry
    $200 1
The Crucible

Bill
    $200 12
conscientious

Murry
    $200 7
(Alex: Now's the time for [*], yes.)

Jordan

Rick
    $200 5
(Rick: What are weaves?)

stitches

Rick
Triple Stumper
    $200 26
'70s

Bill
    $400 14
New Haven

Murry
    $400 22
(Alex: Yes, and we got a minute to go.)

Richelieu

Bill
    $400 18
telephoto

Rick
    $400 2
Morocco

Bill
    $400 8
samplers

Rick
    $400 27
Missouri

Bill
    $1,600 15
(Murry: Uh, I'm gonna try and say London?)
(Alex: "Everything's up to date in [*]", from Oklahoma!)

Kansas City

Murry
    $600 23
Pizarro

Murry
    $600 19
(Rick: What is palidromic?)
(Alex: Say it again.)
(Rick: Palidromic.)
(Alex: No.)
(Rick: [starts to spell it at the same time Alex rules] P-)

palindromic

BillRick
    $600 3
(Murry: Uh, what is Jordan?)

Iraq

BillMurry
    $600 9
appliqué'

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

(Scott) Joplin

Bill
    $800 16
(Rick: What is Birmingham?)

Bessemer

RickMurry
    $800 24
El Cid

Bill
    $800 20
propinquity

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
Israel

Rick
    $800 10
embroidery

Rick
    $1000 17
New Hampshire

Bill
    $1000 25
George Arliss

Triple Stumper
    $500 21
symposium

Bill
    $1000 6
Czechoslovakia

Bill
    $1000 11
canvas

Rick

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bill Rick Murry
$9,700 $6,300 $1,500

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 20th CENTURY
MurryWhat is Nicaragua
$1,405
RickWhat is Germany
$6,000
BillWhat is Nicaragua?
$3,000
Germany

Final scores:

Bill Rick Murry
$6,700 $12,300 $95
2nd place: Mallin patio/poolside furniture & Helix double cassette recorder + Jeopardy! box game or computer version New champion: $12,300 3rd place: Sam Moore Furniture Industries wing chair + Jeopardy! box game or computer version

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Bill Rick Murry
$10,200 $6,100 $3,100
21 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 13 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $19,400

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Game tape date: 1988-03-21
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