Responses for Show #262 - Tuesday, September 10, 1985

Returning champions were placed at the far right lectern.
Numerous scorekeeping errors made throughout the game.

Contestants

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Susan Blum, an attorney from Fairfield, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,000)

David Sang, a law clerk from San Francisco, California

Sara Trautner, a publisher's assistant originally from New Ulm, Minnesota

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Jeopardy! Round responses

HAMLET
MOVIE MAMMALS
UTILITIES
VITAMINS & MINERALS
WORD ORIGINS
FAIRIES
    $100 6
Yorick

Sara
    $100 1
(Alex: That is right. You have $100 and control of the board.)

Lassie

Sara
    $100 28
(Dave: UTILITIES for $200.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: Answer--we won't have chance to--a chance to look at that answer. We are going to pause right now. We are out of Jeopardy! and a beautiful, impressive performance by Sara. David, you faltered a little there, but you started to come back. You've got $600. Susan in second place right now with fifteen. I'm out of breath, so I need the break. We'll pause now to set the board up for our Double Jeopardy! Round, and we'll start that right after this.)
[After the round, in spite of Alex's assurances that "the scores as they appear now are correct", the scores were "corrected" to $2000 for Sara, $600 for Dave, and $1700 for Susan, instead of the $2500 for Sara, $600 for Dave, and $1200 for Susan that they should have been.]

Niagara Falls

Dave
    $100 13
fish

Dave
    $100 8
hula

Sara
    $100 10
a secret

Sara
    $200 7
his day

Susan
    $200 2
Flipper

Susan
    $200 14
vitamin C

Susan
    $200 15
minutes

Susan
    $200 19
[Giving the correct response to this clue brought Susan's displayed score to $1500, although it should have been $1200 at this point.]

green

Susan
    $300 9
[Despite this being a $300 clue, Dave was initially only credited $100 for his correct response, bringing his score to $600 instead of the $800 it should have been.]

Laurence Olivier

Dave
    $300 3
(Sara: Who is Donald the Talking Mule?)

Francis the Talking Mule

SaraSusan
    $500 26
[Susan's score was not corrected at this point in the game. Giving the correct response to this clue brought Susan's displayed score to $2000, although it should have been $1700 at this point.]

the Electric Company & Water Works

Susan
    $300 23
PABA

Sara
    $300 16
[Despite this being a $300 clue, Susan was initially credited $600 for her correct response, bringing her score to $1300 instead of $1000.]

the hoosegow

Susan
    $300 20
Harvey

Sara
    $400 11
(Alex: You are correct once more for $400.)
[Despite this being a $400 clue, Sara was initially only credited $100 for her correct response, bringing her score to $200 instead of the $500 it should have been.]

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern

Sara
    $400 4
(Susan: What was dye his face?)

painted a ring around his eye

Susan
Triple Stumper
    $400 24
[Giving the correct response to this clue brought Susan's displayed score back to $1500, although it should have been $1200 at this point.]

iron

Susan
    $400 17
[ERRATUM: The interpretation of the word as deriving from corde du roi is a false etymology. Duroy was a coarse woollen cloth made in England in the 18th century.]

corduroy

Sara
    $400 21
(Dave: What are four-leaf clovers?)
(Susan: What are wings?)
[Giving the incorrect response to this clue brought Susan's displayed score down to $1100, although it should have been $800 at this point.]

shoes

DaveSusan
Triple Stumper
    $500 12
(Alex: And we have finished with Hamlet, and at the moment David is in the lead with $1,100.)
[Applause for Dave]
(Alex: Good beginning for all three players. We've got to take a commercial break right now. We'll pause for some important messages, then we'll come back and spend a few moments with each of you. But right now, this.)
[At the first break, the scores read $200 for Sara, $1100 for Dave, and $300 for Susan, but were corrected, without mention, at the return from the first break to $500 for Sara, $1300 for Dave, and $300 for Susan.]

Polonius

Dave
    $500 5
(Alex: You are absolutely right, and you're right in the thick of this game with $500. As a matter of fact, you're in the lead, and you've got control of the board, so you get to make a selection, David.)
[Applause for Dave]

Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion

Dave
    $500 27
(Dave: What is the Bronx?)
(Susan: What is Queens?)
[Giving the incorrect response to this clue brought Susan's displayed score down to $1500, although it should have been back at $1200 at this point.]

Staten Island

SaraDaveSusan
    $500 25
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

niacin

Triple Stumper
    $500 18
(Alex: You're tied for the lead with David, Sara.)
[Applause for Sara]

tweed

Sara
    $500 22
saying "thank you"

Triple Stumper

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

Sara Dave Susan
$500 $1,300 $300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Sara Dave Susan
$2,500 $600 $1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ANCIENT HISTORY
FAMOUS QUOTES
TV NOSTALGIA
DANCE
U.S. STATES
ODDS & ENDS
    $200 23
[Susan was not credited for her correct response. Her displayed score remained at $2700, instead of the $2900 is should have been, according to the "corrected" scores at the beginning of Double Jeopardy!, or the $2600 it should have been according to actual gameplay.]

1

Susan
    $200 9
to do as the Romans

Susan
    $200 6
NBC

Sara
    $200 1
[After "correction" during the break, the scores to start the round read $2000 for Sara, $600 for Dave, and $1700 for Susan, instead of $2500 for Sara, $600 for Dave, and $1200 for Susan.]

square dancing

Dave
    $200 10
"The Sunshine State"

Susan
    $400 13
[After her correct response, Sara's score is displayed as $4200, instead of the $4800 it should have been, according to the "corrected" scores at the beginning of Double Jeopardy!, or the $5300 it should have been according to actual gameplay.]

mad dogs & Englishmen

Sara
    $400 7
Alice (Kramden)

Susan
    $400 2
Russian

Sara
    $400 15
Alabama

Dave
    $600 14
Thomas Edison

Dave
    $600 8
McGarrett (on Hawaii Five-O)

Dave
    $600 3
the waltz

Dave
    $600 16
[After her correct response, Susan's score is displayed as $3100, instead of the $2600 it should have been according to actual gameplay.]

New Jersey

Susan
    $600 19
"In God we trust"

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 21
(Alex: You're in the lead, Sara, with $5,000.)
...
(Alex: And we've got less than a minute to go in the round.)
[After her correct response, Sara's score is displayed as $6000, instead of the $6600 it should have been, according to the "corrected" scores at the beginning of Double Jeopardy!, or the $7100 it should have been according to actual gameplay.]

the king is dead, long live the king

Sara
    $800 11
[Despite this being an $800 clue, Sara was only credited $200 for her correct response, bringing her score from $3600 to $3800 instead of the $4400 it should have been, according to the "corrected" scores at the beginning of Double Jeopardy!, or the $4900 it should have been according to actual gameplay.]

Gang Busters

Sara
    $800 4
Oklahoma!

Dave
    $800 17
[After her correct response, Susan's score is displayed as $3900, instead of the $3400 it should have been according to actual gameplay.]

Alaska

Susan
    $800 20
[After her correct response, Sara's score is displayed as $5000, instead of the $5600 it should have been, according to the "corrected" scores at the beginning of Double Jeopardy!, or the $6100 it should have been according to actual gameplay.]

steel

Sara
    $1000 24
(Susan: Who is Midas?)
...
(Alex: The king's name was [*]. "Rich as [*]", that's where the expression comes from.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds. Susan was not deducted for her $1000 miss for this clue. The end-of-round scores read $5200 for Sara, $3800 for Dave, and $2700 for Susan, instead of the $5600 for Sara, $3800 for Dave, and $1900 for Susan that it should have been, according to the "corrected" scores at the beginning of Double Jeopardy!, or the $6100 for Sara, $3800 for Dave, and $1600 for Susan according to actual gameplay. Seconds later, with Alex saying "I spoke too soon about the scores", they were "corrected" to read $4800 for Sara, $3800 for Dave, and $2900 for Susan.]

Croesus

Susan
Triple Stumper
    $1000 22
(Sara: What is, "Watson, come here, I need you"?)
[After her incorrect response, Sara's score is displayed as $5000, instead of the $5600 it should have been, according to the "corrected" scores at the beginning of Double Jeopardy!, or the $6100 it should have been according to actual gameplay.]

"Mr. Watson, come here, I want you"

Sara
Triple Stumper
    $1000 12
Ramar (of the Jungle)

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
[Applause for Sara]
[The scores at this point read $3400 for Sara, $2200 for Dave, and $1700 for Susan, instead of $3900 for Sara, $2200 for Dave, and $1200 for Susan.]

Picasso

Sara
    $1,000 18
(Alex: Susan, you've done it again, you've found it. You've got $3,900, you're in second place.)
...
(Alex: Susan, do you have a question for me? It would help so much if you knew the song.)
(Susan: What is Texas?)
(Alex: No, the state is [*], because the song is called "Detroit". "Last night I dreamed I was in Detroit City...")
[NOTE: The song is actually called "Detroit City", and the lyrics are actually "Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City".]

Michigan

Susan

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Sara Dave Susan
$6,100 $3,800 $1,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD LEADERS
[Susan ended the game with $5798; Dave with $7500; Sara with $7800.]
SusanWho is Nehru
$2,898
DaveWho is Nehru?
$3,700
SaraWho is Nehru?
$3,000
Jawaharlal Nehru

Final scores:

Sara Dave Susan
$9,100 $7,500 $4,498
New champion: $7,800 (because of scorekeeping errors) 2nd place: Buck wood-burning stove + Knight of New Zealand four-lambskin rug 3rd place: Skyway luggage

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Sara Dave Susan
$5,900 $3,800 $2,400
17 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 11 R,
2 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $12,100

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Game tape date: 1985-07-01
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