Responses for Show #2827 - Tuesday, December 10, 1996

Contestants

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Brad Smith, a newspaper reporter from Winnetka, California

Cynthia Edmunds, an office manager from Salt Lake City, Utah

Rosemary Foster, a research scientist from Somerville, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,601)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BRITISH HISTORY
PEOPLE
THE UNEXPLAINED
1996 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS
U.S. STATES
CRY "UNCLE"
    $100 8
Queen Elizabeth II

Brad
    $100 1
(Garry) Trudeau

Cynthia
    $100 26
the Bermuda Triangle

Rosemary
    $100 6
China

Cynthia
    $100 14
Alaska

Rosemary
    $100 21
Uncle Sam

Brad
    $200 9
the House of York

Cynthia
    $200 2
Jane Seymour

Rosemary
    $200 27
bigfoot & the abominable snowman

Rosemary
    $200 7
archery

Brad
    $200 15
Wyoming

Rosemary
    $200 22
Uncle Tom

Cynthia
    $300 10
the pope

Rosemary
    $300 3
Christopher Robin Milne

Rosemary
    $300 28
(Brad: What are [**]?)
[Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before Daily Double at clue 6 of Double Jeopardy!]
...
(Alex: They're called [*], and I'm not familiar with them occurring in corn fields. They do occur in wheat fields, however.)

crop circles (corn circles accepted)

Brad
    $300 11
the women's basketball team

Rosemary
    $300 16
(Rosemary: What is Kansas?)

Iowa

RosemaryBrad
    $300 23
Uncle Buck

Brad
    $400 19
Oliver Cromwell

Brad
    $400 4
(Geraldine) Ferraro

Brad
    $400 29
Philadelphia

Brad
    $400 12
Dan O'Brien

Rosemary
    $400 17
(Cynthia: What is Oklahoma?)

Texas

CynthiaBrad
    $400 24
Uncle Fester

Cynthia
    $500 20
Terry Waite

Cynthia
    $500 5
Rostenkowski

Rosemary
    $500 30
spontaneous human combustion

Rosemary
    $500 13
Ireland

Rosemary
    $500 18
(Rosemary: What is Montana?)
(Brad: What is Vermont?)

West Virginia ("Mountaineers always free")

RosemaryBrad
Triple Stumper
    $500 25
Uncle Vanya

Cynthia

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Rosemary Cynthia Brad
$2,500 $400 $700

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Rosemary Cynthia Brad
$2,800 $1,600 $2,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

NEW JERSEYANS
FOOD
(Alex: Oh, I love it already!)
19th CENTURY SCIENCE
RICHARD GERE FILMS
LITERATURE
DOUBLE L WORDS
    $200 8
Vince Lombardi

Cynthia
    $200 24
a squash

Rosemary
    $200 3
neon

Brad
    $200 1
Pretty Woman

Cynthia
    $200 14
The Red Badge of Courage

Rosemary
    $200 21
(Cynthia: What is the head?)

the skull

CynthiaBrad
    $400 12
Kilmer

Cynthia
    $400 27
yogurt

Brad
    $400 4
Nobel

Brad
    $400 2
(Alex: All right, well done by the Navy man!)

An Officer and a Gentleman

Brad
    $400 15
Zenda

Brad
    $400 22
a Lilliputian

Cynthia
    $600 13
(Cynthia: Who is Frost?)

Walt Whitman

Cynthia
Triple Stumper
    $600 28
(Cynthia: What are cats--?)
(Alex: No.)
(Cynthia: [Overlapping] Tails? [*]?)
(Alex: [*], that's it.)

cats' tongues

Cynthia
    $600 5
the telephone

Triple Stumper
    $600 9
Primal Fear

Rosemary
    $600 16
Treasure Island

Brad
    $600 23
(Alex: That's it, and we have a minute to go.)

a milliner

Rosemary
    $800 19
Bill Bradley

Brad
    $800 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Black Forest torte

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 6
(Alex: [After Brad stumbles a bit with the clue selection] Little bit of confusion there, perhaps because Brad was thinking about something that occurred a little while ago, and for the past few minutes our crack researchers, Brad, have been very busy checking on one of your responses. You said "corn circles", we said "crop circles"; both are acceptable, and so you have $3,400 to risk on this Daily Double.)
...
(Brad: What is nylon?)

rayon

Brad
    $1,000 10
(Rosemary: Who is Mr. Jones?)

Sir Lancelot (First Knight)

Rosemary
    $800 17
(Philip) Marlowe

Cynthia
    $800 25
a dollop

Rosemary
    $1000 20
The New Yorker

Triple Stumper
    $1000 7
(Alex: You got the $1,000 back.)

Kelvin

Brad
    $1000 11
(King) David

Rosemary
    $1000 18
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

Rosemary
    $1000 26
(Alex: Isn't it great when you come up with it? Nicely done!)

Millard Fillmore

Rosemary

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Rosemary Cynthia Brad
$7,200 $3,400 $5,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
CynthiaWhat is India?
$3,400
BradWhat is India
$5,799
RosemaryWhat is the US?
$4,401
India

Final scores:

Rosemary Cynthia Brad
$2,799 $6,800 $11,599
3rd place: ITT NightQuest 100 night-vision monoscope 2nd place: a trip to Bahamas with 1-week stay at the Bahamas Princess Resort & Casino on Grand Bahama Island New champion: $11,599

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Rosemary Cynthia Brad
$8,200 $3,400 $6,800
20 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 13 R,
3 W		 19 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $18,400

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Game tape date: 1996-10-16
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