Responses for Show #263 - Wednesday, September 11, 1985

Returning champions were placed at the far right lectern.

Contestants

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Sara Trautner, a publisher's assistant originally from New Ulm, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,100)

Richard Chamberlain, a traffic accident investigator from Shelby, North Carolina

Alan Jackowitz, an accountant originally from Brooklyn, New York

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Jeopardy! Round responses

FOOD
SUPERSTITIONS
6-LETTER WORDS
THE OSCARS
(Alex: And, by the way, that OSCARS category has to do with the 1985 Oscar telecast.)
FAMOUS SHEPHERDS
ANTS
    $100 11
gazpacho

Richard
    $100 20
the left

Sara
    $100 13
Sheena

Richard
    $100 1
Jack Lemmon

Sara
    $100 4
Little Bo Peep

Richard
    $100 25
colonies

Sara
    $200 12
al dente

Alan
    $200 21
sting you

Sara
    $200 14
encore

Richard
    $200 2
Jimmy Stewart

Alan
    $200 5
a German shepherd

Richard
    $200 26
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

wings

Richard
    $300 18
beef Wellington

Richard
    $300 22
a knife (or an axe)

Sara
    $300 15
batter

Richard
    $300 3
The Killing Fields

Richard
    $300 6
(Alex: Yes. The sheep's in [*], the cow's in the corn.)

the meadow

Richard
    $300 28
anteaters

Sara
    $400 19
pepper

Sara
    $400 23
bubble gum (or chewing game)

Alan
    $500 16
(Alex: Do you have a question for me?)
(Richard: What is every?)
(Alex: What is what?)
(Richard: Every.)
(Alex: No, I'm sorry. It's ev--er, [*]. "Every [*] You Take" is the title of the hit song by Police.)

breath

Richard
    $400 8
Thomas Hulce

Richard
    $400 7
King David

Sara
    $400 29
sight

Richard
    $500 24
(Sara: What is steak?)

fried chicken

AlanSara
    $500 27
(Sara: What are green?)
(Richard: What are red?)
(Alan: What is gold?)

white

AlanRichardSara
Triple Stumper
    $500 17
(Alex: Not fast enough, Richard.)

recess

Triple Stumper
    $500 10
Harvey Milk

Alan
    $500 9
(Alex: Nice going.)
[Applause]
(Alex: You guys swept through that FAMOUS SHEPHERDS category in beautiful fashion. Richard, you're in the lead with $1800. Richard, select again.)

the Basques

Richard
    $500 30
(Richard: What are termites?)
(Alex: No, that is incorrect. We said, "unlike termites".)
(Richard: Oh. Sorry.)
(Alex: Sara and Alan? Do either one of you have a question for me? Then I will give it to you. "What are [*]?" And, by golly, we went through the entire--)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: We don't need the time-up now, we're through the category! We used up all the answers!)

carpenter ants

Richard
Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Alan Richard Sara
$900 $2,500 $500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Alan Richard Sara
$1,300 $1,900 $900

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 1700s
BOOKS & AUTHORS
CANADA
WEATHER
FIRST LADIES
SPORTS TRIVIA
    $200 9
China

Richard
    $200 1
Herman Melville

Sara
    $200 19
(Sara: Let's try CANADA for $200, please.)
(Alex: I'm glad you said that.)

draft dodgers (the Vietnam draft evaders)

Sara
    $200 18
(Richard: What is low?)

high

RichardSara
    $200 6
[Alex trips again, first pronouncing "daughter" as "daughtey".]

Davis

Alan
    $200 7
6

Sara
    $400 10
Lisbon

Alan
    $400 2
Washington Irving

Sara
    $400 20
Edmonton

Sara
    $400 26
(Sara: WEATHER for $600.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

hurricanes

Sara
    $400 8
Jacqueline (Kennedy) Onassis

Richard
    $400 11
Brazil

Richard
    $600 12
Siberia

Sara
    $600 3
(Alex: [Getting tongue-tied introducing the clue] Anther...)
...
(Alex: [Getting tongue-tied reading the clue] "...her wooks in--her works include...")
...
(Alex: Absolutely right, and I don't want you select just yet, I want to get my mouth in order. [Reaches into tongue and makes a popping sound] I think it's ready to go, Sara. It's, uh, no coincidence, uh, that you're doing so well in this category: you are a publisher's assistant.)

Louisa May Alcott

Sara
    $600 21
(Richard: What is copper?)

nickel

Richard
Triple Stumper
    $600 14
Lady Bird

Richard
    $600 23
Sugar Ray Robinson

Triple Stumper
    $800 13
houses

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
[Alex reads "1855" in the clue as "1885", but issues a correction just before Final Jeopardy!]
[ERRATUM: The name of the book was Familiar Quotations, not Famous Quotations.]

Bartlett

Sara
    $800 22
Newfoundland

Alan
    $800 15
Abigail Adams

Richard
    $800 24
the Vikings

Sara
    $1000 17
(Sara: What is 1783?)
...
(Alex: You pick up a thousand, and you're back up to five, Richard.)
[Applause]

1789

RichardSara
    $1000 5
(Alex: That is correct for $1000. Nice going. You intercepted Sara, there, and as a result, you and she are tied for first place.)

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Richard
    $500 25
(Sara: What are Ontario, Manitoba, and Winnipeg?)
(Alex: No, I'm sorry. I was hoping that the lady from Minnesota would be more familiar with the provinces.)

Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Alberta

Sara
    $1,300 16
(Richard: Who is Buchanan?)

(1 of) Jefferson, Jackson, Van Buren, or Arthur

Richard

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Alan Richard Sara
$2,700 $4,200 $4,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

EXPLORERS
AlanWhat is the Pinta?
$1,600
RichardWhat is the Santa Maria?
$2,000
SaraWhat is the Pinta?
$4,000
the Santa Maria

Final scores:

Alan Richard Sara
$1,100 $6,200 $200
2nd place: Frigidaire 18 cu. ft. frost-proof refrigerator/freezer + Hitachi integrated black-rack stereo system New champion: $6,200 3rd place: Carrera Action recliner by Lane

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Alan Richard Sara
$2,700 $6,000 $4,700
8 R,
1 W
20 R,
6 W
(including 2 DDs)
19 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $13,400

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Game tape date: 1985-07-01
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