Responses for Show #2838 - Wednesday, December 25, 1996

"Merry Christmas" along with a decorated Christmas tree on a red background is shown on the game board at the top of the show, before each round, and at the end of the show.

Contestants

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Jon Woodman, an attorney from Columbus, Ohio

Dee Weber, a grad student and substitute teacher from Potosi, Wisconsin

Amy O'Brien, a veterinarian from Prospect Heights, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,601)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

CONTINENTAL CONGRESSMEN
PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH
SPORTS
CHRISTMAS SONGS
20TH CENTURY INVENTIONS
FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES
    $100 6
George Washington

Jon
    $100 1
(D: What is the coach?)

The father

DeeJon
    $100 16
Michael Jordan

Dee
    $100 11
Manger

Jon
    $100 21
Wrinkles

Jon
    $100 26
(we have less than a minute to go in the round...)

Du Jour

Amy
    $200 7
(J: What is cotton?)

Flour

DeeJon
    $200 2
Ultrasound

Jon
    $200 17
The Indianapolis 500

Jon
    $200 12
"Fa la la la la, la la la la"

Amy
    $200 22
Toaster

Jon
    $300 8
(Jon: What is the Declaration of Independence and...)
(Alex: Oops, taking too long.)

(2 of) Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Articles of Association & The Constitution

Jon
Triple Stumper
    $300 3
Gums

Amy
    $300 18
New Jersey Devils

Triple Stumper
    $300 13
Noel

Triple Stumper
    $600 23
lifeguard

Jon
    $300 29
(buzzer sounds)

Avant-Garde

Jon
    $400 9
the U.S. flag

Dee
    $400 4
Nicotine

Dee
    $400 19
Boston Red Sox

Jon
    $400 14
Eskimos

Amy
    $400 24
(J: What is nail polish remover?)

Nail Polish

DeeJon
    $400 27
Cordon Bleu

Dee
    $500 10
New Hampshire

Dee
    $500 5
Breathing

Jon
    $500 20
The Belmont Stakes

Dee
    $500 15
(Dee: What is Frosty the Snowman?)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

AmyDee
    $500 25
Phillips

Dee
    $500 28
Au Pair

Amy

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

Amy Dee Jon
$900 $1,400 $500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Amy Dee Jon
$2,000 $2,800 $1,900

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BY GEORGE
RELIGION
THE 50 STATES
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
EXPLORERS
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
    $200 6
George Harrison

Amy
    $200 11
Judaism

Jon
    $200 16
Alaska

Amy
    $200 1
Mattel

Jon
    $200 21
Thomas Jefferson

Amy
    $200 26
Doctor Zhivago

Dee
    $400 7
George Strait

Amy
    $400 12
Peter

Jon
    $400 17
Georgia

Dee
    $400 2
Morton

Jon
    $400 22
Lufthansa

Jon
    $400 27
"The Pelican Brief"

Jon
    $600 8
George Eliot

Dee
    $600 13
The Koran

Amy
    $600 18
Delaware

Dee
    $600 3
Kimberly-Clark

Dee
    $600 23
T.E. Lawrence

Dee
    $600 28
(D: What is "The First Wives Club?")

"Waiting To Exhale"

DeeJon
    $800 9
George Frideric Handel

Amy
    $800 14
John Wesley

Dee
    $1,000 19
Wyoming

Dee
    $800 4
Pitney-Bowes

Dee
    $800 24
Martha's Vineyard

Amy
    $800 29
"Brideshead Revisited"

Jon
    $1000 10
Georges Balanchine

Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
(A: What is Zoroastrism?)
(Alex: Amy, you left out one syllable...)

Zoroastrianism

Amy
Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
Michigan

Amy
    $1000 5
Land's End

Amy
    $1000 25
Timbuktu

Dee
    $3,500 30
Rebecca

Jon

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Amy Dee Jon
$6,200 $8,800 $8,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

OSCAR NOMINEES
AmyWho is Shephard?
$2,601
DeeWho is
$6,201
JonWho is Woody Allen?
$8,800
Woody Allen

Final scores:

Amy Dee Jon
$3,599 $2,599 $17,600
2nd place: Trip to Washington, D.C. 3rd place: Gibson Refrigerator/Freezer New champion: $17,600

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Amy Dee Jon
$6,200 $8,600 $6,000
15 R,
1 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 20 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $20,800

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Game tape date: 1996-10-23
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