Responses for Show #2835 - Friday, December 20, 1996

Contestants

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Tom Meenan, a computer consultant from Arlington, Virginia

Marina Matuzek, an attorney from Worcester, Massachusetts

Lucy Shigemitsu, a writer originally from Tokyo, Japan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,399)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 1990s
(Alex: That sounds easy.)
SINGERS WHO ACT
ANNUAL EVENTS
METALS
HINTS FROM HELOISE
IF YOU CAN'T SAY SOMETHING NICE
    $100 6
Pope John Paul II

Lucy
    $100 1
Janet Jackson

Tom
    $100 11
Hawaii

Marina
    $100 24
gold

Tom
    $100 15
[Referencing the contestant chat with Lucy, Alex reads, "Diners on a diet--there you go"--then starts the clue over.]

sour cream

Marina
    $100 14
(Tom: Who is... Mussolini?)

Hitler

MarinaTom
    $200 7
Japan

Marina
    $200 2
Madonna

Tom
    $200 12
Minnesota

Tom
    $200 25
iron

Tom
    $200 16
the eraser

Tom
    $200 20
the belt

Marina
    $300 8
Colin Powell

Lucy
    $300 3
Lyle Lovett

Marina
    $500 13
Lake Michigan

Tom
    $300 26
mercury

Tom
    $300 17
clothespins

Lucy
    $300 21
(Lucy: Who is W.C. Fields?)

Groucho Marx

Lucy
Triple Stumper
    $400 9
the Contract with America

Lucy
    $400 4
(Tom: Who is... uh...)
(Alex: Oh, sorry, you took too long.)
[Tom's lectern lights up again.]
(Alex: Nope, don't ring in again, Tom.)

Kenny Rogers

LucyTom
    $400 27
(Marina: What are tin and... copper?)
...
(Alex: Tin and copper is bronze.)

copper & zinc

Marina
Triple Stumper
    $400 18
corn

Tom
    $400 22
(Alex: That's it, and we have about a minute left in the round.)

Gloria Steinem

Tom
    $500 10
(South) Korea

Lucy
    $500 5
Dolly Parton

Triple Stumper
    $500 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

titanium

Marina
    $500 19
dental Floss

Marina
    $500 23
(Alex: Great quote.)

a politician

Tom

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Lucy Marina Tom
$1,700 $700 $500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Lucy Marina Tom
$1,700 $1,600 $2,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BLACK AMERICANS
OPERA CHARACTERS
PARKS
EUROPEAN HISTORY
ON THE RADIO
CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS
    $200 15
(Lucy: Who is... Dennis Rodman?)

Charles Barkley

Lucy
Triple Stumper
    $200 1
Aida

Lucy
    $200 9
Paris

Tom
    $200 6
Luther

Lucy
    $200 20
Canada

Tom
    $400 16
(Tom) Bradley

Lucy
    $400 2
Madame Butterfly

Marina
    $400 10
Maine

Tom
    $400 7
Alexandra

Marina
    $400 21
Duke University

Tom
    $600 17
Harriet Tubman

Lucy
    $1,800 3
(Marina: Who are Tristan and Isolde?)

Hansel & Gretel

Marina
    $600 11
(Marina: What is Guam?)

American Samoa

MarinaTom
    $600 8
(Tom: What is Genoa?)
(Marina: What is Milan?)
(Lucy: What is Venice?)

Naples

LucyMarinaTom
Triple Stumper
    $600 28
(Tom: What is the Mutual Broadcasting Service?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the Mutual Broadcasting System

Tom
Triple Stumper
    $600 22
Polish

Marina
    $800 18
Crispus Attucks

Tom
    $800 4
Prince Igor

Lucy
    $800 12
Angel Falls

Lucy
    $800 14
the Grimaldis

Tom
    $700 26
(Marina: Um... who's Rush Limbaugh?)

Larry King

Marina
    $800 23
Dick Francis

Marina
    $1000 19
Moseley-Braun

Lucy
    $1000 5
(Marina: Who is Mary, Queen of Scots?)

Queen Anne

Marina
Triple Stumper
    $1000 13
Andrew Jackson

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
(Alex: You're back on the plus side, and we have less than a minute to go.)

Limoges

Marina
    $1000 27
All Things Considered

Marina
    $1000 24
Jeffrey Archer

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Lucy Marina Tom
$4,900 $1,100 $4,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

REPUBLICANS
MarinaWho is are Bush and Agnew
$100
TomWho are Nixon and
$4,500
LucyWho ^are George Bush Bush + Richard Nixon
$4,701
(2 of) Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew & George Bush

Final scores:

Lucy Marina Tom
$9,601 $1,200 $300
2-day champion: $12,000 2nd place: a trip to New England with stay at Smugglers' Notch family ski resort in Vermont + the Jeopardy! Crossword Companion Roll-A-Puzzle system from Herbko 3rd place: Static snowboards + the Jeopardy! Crossword Companion Roll-A-Puzzle system from Herbko

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Lucy Marina Tom
$4,900 $3,600 $4,600
13 R,
3 W		 14 R,
6 W
(including 2 DDs)		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $13,100

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Game tape date: 1996-10-22
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