Responses for Show #1287 - Tuesday, March 20, 1990

Contestants

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Peter Bass, a lawyer from Washington, D.C.

Mike Duffy, a law student from Bridgefield, Pennsylvania

Mark Shrager, a budget analyst from Granada Hills, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,000)

Jeopardy! Round responses

FAMOUS FOLKS
BIBLICAL QUOTES
EUROPE
MUSICAL NUMBERS
CRUSTACEANS
SMALL MATTERS
    $100 19
Gene Kelly

Peter
    $100 16
[Note: "Love Potion Number Nine" plays going into the commercial.]

Adam

Peter
    $100 14
East Germany

Mark
    $100 1
3

Peter
    $100 11
antennae

Mike
    $100 6
a compact

Mark
    $200 22
(Mike: Who is Cher?)

Roseanne Barr

Mike
Triple Stumper
    $200 20
Mary Magdalene

Mike
    $200 17
Lord Mayor

Mark
    $200 2
"Cloud Nine"

Mark
    $200 12
red

Mike
    $200 7
Lilliputian

Mark
    $300 23
Jane Russell

Mike
    $300 21
Delilah

Mark
    $300 24
(Mark: What are Hebrons?)

Iberians

Mark
Triple Stumper
    $500 3
"Love Potion Number Nine"

Mark
    $300 13
barnacles

Peter
    $300 8
wee

Mark
    $400 29
Leona Helmsley

Peter
    $400 27
the Prodigal Son

Peter
    $400 25
Andorra

Mike
    $400 4
"Sixteen Candles"

Mark
    $400 15
(Mike: What is a claw?)

a crab

MikePeter
    $400 9
a cubby hole

Mark
    $500 30
Victor Borge

Mark
    $500 28
John the Baptist

Mike
    $500 26
Czechoslovakia

Mike
    $500 5
19

Mark
    $500 18
krill

Mike
    $500 10
trace (elements)

Mike

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 16):

Mark Mike Peter
$2,700 $400 $900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mark Mike Peter
$3,400 $2,600 $1,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

FIRST LADIES
ARCHITECTURE
U.S. STATES
BOOKS & AUTHORS
POTENT POTABLES
BLOOD
(Alex: Are we out for blood? Peter, you get to pick first.)
    $200 1
Lady Bird Johnson

Mike
    $200 11
rooves

Peter
    $200 15
California

Mike
    $200 20
Audubon

Mark
    $200 26
pink

Peter
    $200 3
(Mark: What is oxygen?)
...
(Alex: [*], mineral. Yes.)

iron

MarkMike
    $400 2
Betty Ford

Mark
    $400 12
Gothic

Mike
    $1,500 16
the island of Hawaii (the Big Island)

Mike
    $400 21
(Mike: Who is Arthur Miller?)
(Alex: No.)
(Mike: Who is...!)

Henry Miller

MarkMike
    $400 27
vodka

Peter
    $400 4
coagulating (clotting)

Mike
    $600 8
Nancy Reagan

Peter
    $600 13
(Mark: What is Madrid?)

London

Mark
Triple Stumper
    $600 17
Nebraska

Mike
    $600 22
[NOTE: Alex begins the clue with "1969 Robin Moore book..."]

The French Connection

Peter
    $600 28
sherry

Mark
    $600 5
AB

Mark
    $800 9
Eleanor Roosevelt

Mike
    $800 14
wainscoting

Mark
    $800 18
(Mark: What is Dixie?)

"Maryland, My Maryland"

Mark
Triple Stumper
    $800 23
The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Triple Stumper
    $800 29
a sidecar

Mark
    $800 6
albumin

Mike
    $1,500 10
(Mike: Who are the Trumans?)

Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter

Mike
    $1000 25
(Peter: Who is da Vinci?)
(Mark: Who is Giotto?)
(Mike: Who is Raphael?)

Palladio

MarkMikePeter
Triple Stumper
    $1000 19
Utah

Peter
    $1000 24
(Mark: What is The House of the Seven Gables?)
[NOTE: The abbrevs. in this clue stand for "New Hampshire", "Mountain", and "Nathaniel".]

The Great Stone Face

Mark
Triple Stumper
    $1000 30
tawny

Mike
    $1000 7
(Mark: What is the lymph?)

the bone marrow

Mark
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mark Mike Peter
$2,600 $5,800 $3,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WORD ORIGINS
(Alex: Very challenging Final Jeopardy! category, WORD ORIGINS. Gentlemen, I'll give you the clue, you'll then have 30 seconds to white down your question. Be sure to phrase your response correctly.)
...
(Alex: [To Mark] Yes, you had to think of losing all your money, and then the Italian moneylender would then have his bench broken up: banco rompe.)
...
(Alex: Mike, for the first time in a year and a half, I have to tell you that we can't accept that.)
(Mike: No, I understand, I blew it.)
(Alex: You know why?)
(Mike: I certainly do.)
(Alex: You forgot to put down... put it in the form of a question. I'm sorry about that, darn!)
MarkWhat is bankruptcy??
$2,600
PeterWhat is s
$3,800
Mikebanc bankruptcy
$1,801
bankruptcy

Final scores:

Mark Mike Peter
$5,200 $3,999 $0
3-day champion: $25,200 2nd place: Keller dining furniture + International Siversmith flatware 3rd place: Smith Corona laptop word processor and printer

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Mark Mike Peter
$2,400 $6,200 $3,800
19 R
(including 1 DD),
7 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 13 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $12,400

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Game tape date: 1989-11-06
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