Responses for Show #1414 - Thursday, October 25, 1990

Contestants

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Robert Bottome, an industrial hygienist originally from Caracas, Venezuela

Linda Nelson, a hairdresser from San Diego, California

David Rice, a substitute English and speech teacher from Clarendon Hills, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,300)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE CIVIL WAR
FRENCH CLASS
FACTS & FIGURES
COUNTRY SONGS
TOYS & GAMES
IT'S QUESTIONABLE
    $100 1
Robert E. Lee

Robert
    $100 3
soirée

Robert
    $100 7
Muskogee

Linda
    $100 18
rubber

David
    $100 13
(David: What's [*]?)

What's up doc?

David
    $200 2
Fort Sumter

Linda
    $200 9
mushrooms

Robert
    $200 8
(Linda: What is "Kaw-Liga"?)
[The song was not played again going into the break.]

"El Paso"

Linda
    $200 19
bingo

Linda
    $200 14
(Robert: [*]?)

"Who's on First?"

Robert
    $300 4
(Robert: What are landmarks?)

settlements

Robert
Triple Stumper
    $300 10
chanteuse

Robert
    $300 20
(Robert: What are puzzles?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
...
(Alex: Correct, and we have less than a minute to go in this round.)

jigsaw puzzles

Robert
    $300 15
(Linda: Uh, what is [*]?)

Am I my brother's keeper?

Linda
    $400 5
Harriet Tubman

David
    $400 11
shut his mouth

Linda
    $400 25
(David: What is Massachusetts?)

Connecticut

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

"Dang Me"

David
    $400 21
pinochle

David
    $400 16
Where's the Rest of Me?

Triple Stumper
    $500 6
13

David
    $500 12
par avion

David
    $500 24
RJR Nabisco

David
    $500 23
"Green, Green Grass of Home"

David
    $500 22
Scrabble

David
    $500 17
(Linda: Um, what is [*]?)

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Linda

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

David Linda Robert
$1,400 $500 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

David Linda Robert
$3,500 $1,500 $900

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

IN THE NEWS
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
WOMEN
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
LITERATURE
FAMOUS HOMES
    $200 1
Neil Bush

Linda
    $200 12
Iraq

Robert
    $200 2
Barbara Walters

Robert
    $200 6
gravity

Robert
    $200 17
Ben-Hur

David
    $200 22
Elvis

Linda
    $400 3
Boris Yeltsin

Robert
    $400 13
(Robert: What is Russia?)

Poland

Robert
Triple Stumper
    $400 27
Grandma Moses

David
    $400 8
periscope

David
    $400 18
Benét

David
    $400 23
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Linda
    $600 4
Mohawk

Robert
    $600 14
China

Triple Stumper
    $600 28
Melina Mercouri

David
    $600 9
dry ice

Robert
    $600 19
"The Raven"

David
    $600 24
Booker T. Washington

David
    $800 5
Playboy

Linda
    $800 15
Britain

Robert
    $800 29
Emma Lazarus

Triple Stumper
    $800 10
refraction

Linda
    $2,000 20
(David: Who is Voltaire?)

Thomas Paine

David
    $300 25
(David: [Shakes head no])
...
(Alex: We have less than a minute to go.)

Carry Nation

David
    $1000 7
Iliescu

Robert
    $1000 16
Guatemala

David
    $1000 30
(Jeana) Yeager

David
    $1000 11
umbra

Linda
    $1000 21
Jim Bishop

Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
William Faulkner

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

David Linda Robert
$6,400 $4,900 $4,500

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORY
(Alex: [Sees Robert's response] I can't make out what you were going for.)
(Robert: Well, I couldn't make it out either.)
(Alex: Oh good, we'll leave it as a mystery.)
RobertWhat was the [illegible]
$4,480
LindaWhat was President of the U.S.
$200
DavidWhat is the House of Burgesses
$3,600
House of Burgesses

Final scores:

David Linda Robert
$10,000 $4,700 $20
2-day champion: $16,300 2nd place: Bassett entertainment center & Magnavox 20" TV + The Jeopardy! Book & Jeopardy! box game or computerized version 3rd place: Maytag dishwasher + The Jeopardy! Book & Jeopardy! box game or computerized version

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

David Linda Robert
$8,700 $5,100 $4,500
19 R,
3 W
(including 2 DDs)		 12 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 14 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $18,300

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Game tape date: 1990-08-28
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