Responses for Show #264 - Thursday, September 12, 1985

Returning champions were placed at the far right lectern.

Contestants

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Richard Chamberlain, a traffic accident investigator from Shelby, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,200)

Teresa O'Neill, a contract administrator from Santa Clara, California

Charlotte Starbird, a teacher from Los Angeles, California

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ARMED FORCES
"DANCE" SONGS
"K.K."
TIES & SCARVES
BEST SELLERS
(Alex: And finally, a new category for us on Jeopardy!...)
MULES
    $100 22
khaki

Teresa
    $100 2
(Alex: [After ruling Teresa correct] And you know, of course, that when the word "DANCE" SONGS appears up there, and "dance" in quotation marks, that that word is in every question that you give us.)

Private Dancer

Teresa
    $100 6
Kris Kringle

Teresa
    $100 13
[Alex repeats "No respect" at the end of the clue.]

Rodney Dangerfield

Teresa
    $100 8
Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Teresa
    $100 1
(Richard: You've got me intrigued, Alex, let's try MULES for $100.)

an ass (or a jackass or a male donkey)

Charlotte
    $200 23
a centurion

Charlotte
    $200 3
Shall we dance?

Teresa
    $200 17
Kublai Khan

Teresa
    $200 14
a bow tie

Teresa
    $200 9
[Alex reads "J." in the clue as "Jacqueline".]

Michael Jackson

Teresa
    $200 27
(Teresa: What is "Would You Like To Swing From A Star"?)
[Accepted without remark, other than Alex's repeating Teresa's given title and saying "Yes, indeed, that's it"]

"Swinging On A Star"

Teresa
    $300 24
(Alex: Yes, and some of the classes have only one ship, and we have only one minute to go in this round.)

aircraft carriers

Teresa
    $300 4
(Teresa: What is [*] and your daddy don't rock 'n' roll?)
(Alex: Absolutely right, nice going, $300 more for you, taking you to $600.)
[Applause]
(Alex: A pop music fan with us today. Nice going.)

"Your Mama Don't Dance"

Teresa
    $300 18
the Keystone Kops

Teresa
    $300 15
a kerchief (or a bandana)

Charlotte
    $300 10
Leo Buscaglia

Charlotte
    $2,000 28
[Alex sings along with the first "clippety clop"s.]
(Alex: Yes, a big hit song for that popular singer. Up to $6200 for you, Teresa, so--)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: Whoops. That sound means that we end this first round of Jeopardy!)

Frankie Laine

Teresa
    $400 25
Abbott & Costello

Charlotte
    $400 5
"Slow Dancing"

Richard
    $400 19
Kris Kristofferson

Teresa
    $400 16
Doctor Who

Richard
    $400 11
Erica Jong

Teresa
    $500 26
pilot astronaut

Triple Stumper
    $500 7
[Richard did not give the leading article in the song title, and neither did Alex.]

"The Safety Dance"

Richard
    $500 20
[Applause for Teresa's run of the category]
(Alex: Teresa, you are hot. Doing very, very well, indeed. Congratulations to you. You're in the lead with $3100.)

Kay Kyser

Teresa
    $500 21
Isadora Duncan

Teresa
    $500 12
Sidney Sheldon

Charlotte

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 11):

Charlotte Teresa Richard
$400 $1,400 $900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Charlotte Teresa Richard
$1,800 $6,200 $1,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

OLD TESTAMENT
MEDICINE
MOVIE TRIVIA
U.S. HISTORY
PLANTS
SAY CHEESE
    $200 1
Moses

Teresa
    $200 16
mosquitoes

Teresa
    $200 11
Goldfinger

Teresa
    $200 4
Washington, D.C.

Charlotte
    $200 21
cottage cheese

Teresa
    $400 2
Samson

Richard
    $400 17
rabies (or hydrophobia)

Charlotte
    $400 12
(Alex: Not fast enough, Richard.)

Jack Benny

Triple Stumper
    $400 5
Susan B. Anthony

Teresa
    $400 22
Holland

Richard
    $600 3
(Richard: Who was Jesus Christ?)
(Teresa: Who was Job?)
[Applause for Charlotte]

Jonah

CharlotteTeresaRichard
    $600 18
(Teresa: What is [*]'s disease?)

Lou Gehrig

Teresa
    $600 13
New Year's Eve

Teresa
    $600 8
swine flu

Charlotte
    $800 6
(Alex: What a deal for him.)
[Laughter]

Solomon

Teresa
    $800 19
anesthesia

Richard
    $800 14
the Rams

Teresa
    $1,200 9
the Federalist Papers

Charlotte
    $800 24
eyes

Triple Stumper
    $1000 7
[Applause for Teresa]
(Alex: Nice going. $1000 for you Teresa, taking you up to $8,000 and you're on a good roll.)

birth of a son

Teresa
    $1000 20
(Richard: What is manipulation?)
(Teresa: What is chiropracting?)
[Accepted without remark]
[Applause for Teresa]
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

chiropractics

TeresaRichard
    $1000 15
(Alex: Capital L, small A, capital F, small O, small N, small G.)

Carl LaFong

Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
[Applause for Teresa]
(Alex: That is correct. Another thousand coming your way. Make a selection.)

the Lost Generation

Teresa
    $2,000 25
(Alex: Daily Double. You've got $2300, Richard. How much are you risking?)
(Richard: How much time's left?)
(Alex: We're less than a minute.)
(Richard: Oh. Uh, $2000.)
...
(Richard: What is seaweed?)
...
(Alex: Select again, please, Richard.)
(Richard: Uh, PLANTS for $800.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: Oh, we won't have a chance to do that. You didn't wind up in a deficit, however, you did well. You wound up with $300.
You're in third place.)

brown algae

Richard
    $1000 23
[Applause for Richard]

rennin

Richard

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Charlotte Teresa Richard
$4,800 $12,600 $300
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

MISS AMERICA
(Alex: [To Richard] You're absolutely right. He replaced him for one year, 1980.)
...
(Alex: Charlotte, we move down here... to you, now. You were in second place with $4,800. Let's take a look. Did you get the right question? "Who--")
[Charlotte looks down at her screen, turns to Teresa and covers her own eyes.]
(Alex: Oh, I'm sorry, Charlotte. You realize now what you did?)
[Charlotte nods.]
(Alex: You didn't phrase it in the form of a question, so the fact that you came up within the--the right... answer, but not phrasing in the form of a question is going to cost you all of what you bet.)
RichardWho is Ron Ely?
$300
CharlotteRon Ely
$4,700
TeresaWho is Ron Ely?
$3,599
Ron Ely

Final scores:

Charlotte Teresa Richard
$100 $16,199 $600
3rd place: Hardwick deluxe Century Series gas range with continuous-cleaning oven New champion: $16,199 2nd place: Maytag full-size stacked washer & dryer + Chinon 35FA Super auto-everything 35 mm compact camera

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Charlotte Teresa Richard
$4,400 $10,900 $2,300
11 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 30 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 7 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $17,600

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Game tape date: 1985-07-01
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