Responses for Show #293 - Wednesday, October 23, 1985

Contestants

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Mark Jaffe, a computer graphic designer originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Vicki Reed, a housewife from Upland, California

Ginny Crispell, an English teacher from Port Jefferson, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,600)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

SHAKESPEARE
TRANSPORTATION
'50's TV
BASEBALL
BODIES OF WATER
SPELLING
    $100 2
Romeo & Juliet

Ginny
    $100 3
an ass (donkey)

Vicki
    $100 5
David & Ricky

Mark
    $100 11
the National League

Ginny
    $100 20
a bayou

Vicki
    $100 1
V-A-C-U-U-M

Vicki
    $200 4
Hamlet

Mark
    $200 15
the New York subway

Ginny
    $200 6
Cuba

Mark
    $200 12
(Vicki: What is Wrigley Field?)

the Chicago Cubs

VickiMark
    $200 21
(Alex: We have less than a minute to go in the round.)

the Ionian

Ginny
    $200 16
B-U-O-Y-S

Ginny
    $300 8
Marc Antony

Mark
    $300 7
Huntley & Brinkley

Vicki
    $300 22
Buck Rogers

Ginny
    $300 25
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Africa

Ginny
    $300 17
W-E-I-R-D

Vicki
    $400 9
The Kingsmen

Triple Stumper
    $400 13
the commercial breaks

Mark
    $400 23
"Say it aint so"

Mark
    $400 18
M-I-S-S-P-E-L-L

Ginny
    $500 10
Connecticut

Ginny
    $500 14
Nat King Cole

Vicki
    $500 24
(Alex: He was struck by a baseball; one of the reasons we have those helmets.)

to be killed in a game

Triple Stumper
    $500 19
(Mark: What is chauffeur? C-H-A-U-F-F-E-R?)

C-H-A-U-F-F-E-U-R

VickiMark

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):

Ginny Vicki Mark
$700 $300 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ginny Vicki Mark
$2,300 $1,700 $1,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD WAR II
COLLEGES
BOTANY
SONGS THAT "MAKE" IT
U.S. CITIES
PEOPLE
    $200 7
Napoleon

Mark
    $200 12
Phi Beta Kappa

Ginny
    $200 6
oxygen

Ginny
    $200 1
(Ginny: What is "I want to [*]?")

"Make It With You"

Ginny
    $200 9
Charlotte

Ginny
    $200 11
(Alex: The Bible says that the name Abigail means, "Blessed is thy advice".)

Abigail Van Buren

Ginny
    $400 8
the Flying Tigers

Ginny
    $400 13
[ERRATUM: "Occurred" is misspelled.]

Kent State

Vicki
    $400 18
nectar

Mark
    $400 2
"What A Difference A Day Makes"

Vicki
    $400 10
Atlanta, Georgia

Mark
    $400 14
John Zaccaro

Triple Stumper
    $600 24
This was their finest hour

Triple Stumper
    $600 22
Columbia

Ginny
    $600 19
peat

Vicki
    $600 3
(Mark: What is "You're Gonna Make It"?)
(Alex: Be a little more specific.)
(Mark: "You're Gonna Make It In This Town"?)
[ERRATUM: The theme song is "Love Is All Around".]

"You're Gonna Make It After All"

VickiMark
    $600 15
Illinois

Triple Stumper
    $800 25
(Mark: Who is Goebbels?)
...
(Alex: Goebbels was short & thin. [*] was tall and fat.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Goering

Mark
Triple Stumper
    $800 23
(Ginny: I have no idea. How about [*]? What is [*]?)
(Alex: Took a guess at the end, didn't you? You're right!)
[Boisterous applause and reaction from the audience]

(1 of) admitting women (accepting students regardless of race and conferring degrees on women)

Ginny
    $800 20
(Alex: We've got about a minute to go in the round.)

fertilization

Mark
    $800 4
"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 16
(Vicki: What is New Orleans?)

Charleston, South Carolina

Vicki
    $1000 21
a Granny Smith Apple

Ginny
    $1000 5
"Don't Make Me Over"

Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
(Mark: I'll say, what is Miami?)

Jacksonville

Mark
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ginny Vicki Mark
$6,100 $2,700 $700
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORIC NAMES
MarkWho was Sam Houston?
$650
VickiWho was Jim Bowie?
$2,700
GinnyWho is Sam Houston?
$600
Jim Bowie

Final scores:

Ginny Vicki Mark
$5,500 $5,400 $50
2-day champion: $13,100 2nd place: trip to Palm Springs & stay at Royce Resort Hotel + Radio Flyer Town & Country Wagon + Row Cart 3rd place: Silver-Reed typewriter

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ginny Vicki Mark
$6,100 $3,700 $700
18 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 11 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $10,500

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Game tape date: 1985-08-05
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