Responses for Show #766 - Monday, December 28, 1987

Contestants

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Cliff Harris, a branch director of the YMCA from Albuquerque, New Mexico

Sparky Wallin, a writer from Mountain View, California

Bea Cottrell, a retired senior vice president from Fairfax, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $8,100)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

20th C. AMERICA
DRAMA
ALL FALL DOWN
PETS
SPORTS
RATED "EX"
    $100 17
French & Indian War

Bea
    $100 1
Death of a Salesman

Bea
    $100 6
Chevy Chase

Cliff
    $100 21
cats

Cliff
    $100 5
a frame

Sparky
    $100 12
expecting

Sparky
    $200 27
(Sparky: What is Erie?)

Philadelphia

BeaSparky
    $200 2
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Bea
    $200 18
toads

Cliff
    $200 22
Siamese fighting fish

Cliff
    $200 7
baseball

Cliff
    $200 13
expire

Bea
    $300 28
Pontiac

Bea
    $300 3
Our Town

Bea
    $300 19
B.C.

Cliff
    $300 23
St. Bernard

Cliff
    $500 8
[Cliff named all four.]

(3 of) Wimbledon, U.S. Open, French Open, & Australian Open

Cliff
    $300 14
Excalibur

Cliff
    $400 29
(Sparky: What is the Constitution?)

Declaration of Independence

BeaSparky
    $400 4
Waiting for Godot

Cliff
    $400 20
(Sparky: What is London Bridge?)

"Ring Around the Roses (Rosies)"

Sparky
Triple Stumper
    $400 24
Teacher's Pet

Bea
    $400 9
(Alex: All right, we only needed one.)

(1 of) Russia & Japan

Cliff
    $400 15
existentialist

Bea
    $500 30
Boston Tea Party

Cliff
    $500 11
the Boys

Bea
    $500 25
(Bea: What is an Academy Award?)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

Daytime Emmy

Bea
Triple Stumper
    $500 26
Chesapeake Bay retriever

Cliff
    $500 10
John L. Sullivan

Bea
    $500 16
extemporaneous

Bea

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 11):

Bea Sparky Cliff
$1,600 $100 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bea Sparky Cliff
$3,600 -$800 $4,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

GOVERNMENT
PLACE NAMES
COMMODORES
HERBS & SPICES
THE BIBLE
"BLUE" MOVIES
    $200 13
buckle a seat belt

Bea
    $200 8
Bronx

Sparky
    $200 14
bridge

Sparky
    $200 27
nutmeg

Bea
    $200 3
(Sparky: What are bears?)

tigers

SparkyCliff
    $200 1
The Blues Brothers

Sparky
    $400 15
rose

Bea
    $400 9
Canary Islands

Sparky
    $400 16
1986

Bea
    $400 25
(Bea: What is cinnamon?)

celery

Bea
Triple Stumper
    $400 4
(Cliff: Uh, who is King, uh, Solomon?)

King Saul

SparkyCliff
    $400 2
Blue Skies

Cliff
    $600 17
Social Security number

Sparky
    $600 10
Cape of Good Hope

Sparky
    $600 23
(Alex: Right and we've got a minute to go.)

yacht club

Cliff
    $600 19
basil

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

ram's horn (shofar)

Cliff
    $600 5
Bluebeard

Bea
    $1,000 18
(Sparky: Uh, who is, uh, Stevenson?

Arthur Goldberg

Sparky
    $800 11
Paris

Sparky
    $800 24
Commodore computer

Sparky
    $800 20
clover

Bea
    $800 6
Blue Angel

Bea
    $1000 22
Paul Volcker

Bea
    $1000 12
[Applause for Sparky's run of the category]

Arizona

Sparky
    $1000 26
Vanderbilt

Bea
    $1000 21
(Bea: What is the lily family?)

orchids

BeaCliff
    $1000 7
A Patch of Blue

Bea

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bea Sparky Cliff
$8,600 $3,800 $6,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE CALENDAR
SparkyWhat is a the USA? [flag was drawn]
$3,601
CliffWhat is France?
$6,399
BeaWhat is the USA
$4,200
France

Final scores:

Bea Sparky Cliff
$4,400 $199 $12,799
2nd place: Keller dining furniture & Troy Lighting chandelier 3rd place: Hotpoint washer & dryer New champion: $12,799

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Bea Sparky Cliff
$8,600 $4,800 $6,200
23 R,
3 W		 13 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $19,600

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Game tape date: 1987-09-21
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