Responses for Show #895 - Friday, June 24, 1988

Contestants

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Norman Sidebottom, a letter carrier from Pacific Grove, California

Robin Carter, a substitute teacher originally from San Antonio, Texas

Neil Landau, an engineer from El Cerrito, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,301)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

SOUTH AMERICA
THE PLANT KINGDOM
PETER PAN
FASHION
SPORTSCASTERS
"RICH"
    $100 3
Venezuela

Norman
    $100 1
the onion

Norman
    $100 2
(Robin: [*]. What is [*]?)

Grow Up

Robin
    $100 11
(Robin: What's the seat?)
(Alex: Nope.)
[Laughter]
...
(Alex: That could do it, but it's not as attractive as having the rip at the [*]; looks a lot better at the [*], although my jeans are like the ones you said.)
(Robin: Mine are all torn at the [*] and dad just gets mad at me.)
(Alex: Ah, I see.)
[Laughter]

knee

Robin
Triple Stumper
    $100 16
Howard Cosell

Neil
    $100 5
Rich Little

Robin
    $200 12
alcohol

Norman
    $200 22
(Alex: Isn't that a disgusting clue?)
[Laughter]
(Alex: That's my editorial for this month.)

fungus

Robin
    $200 4
his hand

Robin
    $200 21
Ralph Lauren

Robin
    $200 6
stole from the rich and gave to the poor

Norman
    $1,000 13
Australia, Europe & Antarctica

Norman
    $300 8
hemlock

Norman
    $300 23
(Alex: We got a minute to go.)

Tinker Bell

Robin
    $300 26
Navy (sailors)

Robin
    $300 17
Joe Garagiola

Neil
    $300 7
Richmond

Neil
    $400 14
tortoises

Neil
    $400 9
the buckeye

Neil
    $400 24
his shadow

Robin
    $400 27
mink coats, fur coats

Norman
    $400 18
John Madden

Neil
    $400 28
"Rich Girl"

Triple Stumper
    $500 15
El Niño

Robin
    $500 10
(Norman: What are pink, blue, and... uh, purple? Violet.)
(Alex: Yeah, lavender; white was the other.)

(3 of) pink, blue, lavender, (white)

Norman
    $500 25
royalties (copyrights)

Norman
    $500 29
(Robin: What's fasten a girdle?)
(Neil: Hold up a skirt, a hoop skirt.)
(Alex: Remember the phrasing.)
...
[The end of round signal sounds.]

hold up a hoop skirt (make it fuller)

NeilRobin
    $500 19
Jim McKay

Neil
    $500 20
a rich man to be able to enter the kingdom of heaven

Norman

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

Neil Robin Norman
$700 $300 $2,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Neil Robin Norman
$2,900 $1,700 $3,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD HISTORY
UTILITIES
THE HUMAN BODY
MUSICALS
AMERICAN AUTHORS
"POOR"
    $200 1
St. Lawrence Seaway

Robin
    $200 23
(Neil: Uh, liquid, uh, petroleum gas?)

liquefied petroleum gas

NeilRobin
    $200 18
cirrhosis

Neil
    $200 5
Rasputin

Norman
    $200 10
Joseph Heller

Norman
    $200 15
Standard & Poor's

Robin
    $400 2
Boxer Rebellion

Neil
    $400 24
methane

Neil
    $400 20
ovaries

Neil
    $400 6
Oklahoma!

Norman
    $400 11
Jack London

Robin
    $3,100 16
(Alex: You should be a good poker player because you've got a great poker face. Looking at you I said, "Oh boy, there's nothing going on." All of a sudden, there's the right response.)
(Robin: Simple terror, that's all.)

"Poor Side Of Town"

Robin
    $600 3
France

Robin
    $600 27
[The end of round signal sounds.]

Birmingham

Robin
    $2,000 22
(Alex: [Before the wager] You have certainly closed the gap. We have got a minute to go in the round.)

heart & lungs

Robin
    $600 7
Barbra Streisand

Norman
    $600 12
Steinbeck

Norman
    $800 4
(Alfred) Dreyfus

Norman
    $800 26
Chicago

Robin
    $800 21
appendix

Robin
    $800 8
Roger Miller

Norman
    $800 13
Common Sense

Norman
    $1000 17
Shaka

Robin
    $1000 25
(Norman: What is General Electric?)

AT&T

RobinNorman
    $1000 19
medulla oblongata

Robin
    $1000 9
Kiss Me Kate

Norman
    $1000 14
H. L. Mencken

Norman

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Neil Robin Norman
$4,100 $13,600 $9,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES
(Alex: [To Robin] It happened in October of 1962.)
...
(Alex: [After revealing Robin's wager] $18,401! That's almost as much as you made last week teaching, Robin.)
NeilWho was Johnson
$1,000
NormanWho was Lyndon Johnson
$9,198
RobinWho was JFK?
$4,801
John Kennedy

Final scores:

Neil Robin Norman
$3,100 $18,401 $2
2nd place: trip on Eastern to. St. Thomas & stay at Frenchman's Reef New champion: $18,401 3rd place: Jenn-Air grill-range

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Neil Robin Norman
$4,100 $9,500 $8,500
12 R,
1 W		 22 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 20 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $22,100

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Game tape date: 1988-03-15
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