Responses for Show #2886 - Monday, March 3, 1997

Contestants

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Jim Diggins, a legal editor from South Euclid, Ohio

Steven Lane, an association coordinator from Fairfax, Virginia

Greg Mayer, a university professor from Racine, Wisconsin (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,290)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORY
GEMS
AUTHORS
SOUL & FUNK MUSIC
ATLANTA BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
HORSE HODGEPODGE
    $100 1
Panama Canal

Greg
    $100 21
Ruby

Greg
    $100 13
Agatha Christie

Steven
    $100 11
James Brown

Greg
    $100 19
Coca-Cola

Steven
    $100 6
Ostrich

Jim
    $200 2
Lord Nelson

Greg
    $200 24
South Africa

Greg
    $200 14
Jane Austen

Greg
    $200 12
Kool

Steven
    $200 20
United Parcel Service (UPS)

Steven
    $200 7
Pirouette

Greg
    $300 3
Australia

Greg
    $300 25
(S: What is aquamarine?)
(Alex: Amethyst is now semi-precious because so much of it today is found)

Amethyst

Steven
Triple Stumper
    $300 15
Michael Crichton

Greg
    $300 16
Aretha Franklin

Greg
    $300 27
Delta Airlines

Greg
    $300 8
(S: What is the date of his first race?)
(Alex: It doesn't matter when they're born.)

January 1

Steven
Triple Stumper
    $400 4
Simon Bolivar

Jim
    $400 26
Fire Opal

Triple Stumper
    $400 22
Laura Ingalls Wilder

Greg
    $400 17
Sly

Steven
    $400 28
Ted Turner

Greg
    $400 9
Sulky

Jim
    $500 5
Falange

Greg
    $500 30
(J: False gold?)

Topaz

Jim
    $500 23
H. Rider Haggard

Triple Stumper
    $500 18
Marvin Gaye

Jim
    $500 29
Georgia-Pacific

Jim
    $500 10
Ireland

Greg

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

Greg Steven Jim
$2,400 $0 $900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Greg Steven Jim
$4,100 $400 $1,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

LOW COUNTRIES
ACTRESSES
ASTRONOMY
POLITICIANS
ANNUAL EVENTS
LESSER-KNOWN PROVERBS
    $200 1
Netherlands (Holland)

Greg
    $200 26
Sandra Bullock

Steven
    $200 4
Halley's Comet

Jim
    $200 9
(G: Who is Taft?)

Woodrow Wilson

GregSteven
    $200 14
Dogsleds

Greg
    $200 17
Money

Jim
    $400 2
French Fries

Steven
    $400 27
Jessica Lange

Steven
    $400 5
New Moon

Jim
    $400 10
Bob Dole

Greg
    $400 18
Wyoming

Jim
    $400 22
Ears

Steven
    $600 3
Bosnia

Jim
    $600 28
(Alex: She's out there now with a lot of dalmatians!)

Glenn Close

Triple Stumper
    $600 6
Johannes Kepler

Greg
    $600 11
Mike Espy

Jim
    $600 19
British Columbia

Greg
    $600 23
The soul

Greg
    $2,000 15
Luxembourg

Greg
    $800 29
Barbara Hershey

Triple Stumper
    $800 7
Ursa Major

Jim
    $1,500 12
John Tyler

Jim
    $800 20
Montana

Greg
    $800 24
time

Triple Stumper
    $1000 16
(Steven: What is The Hague?)
...
(Alex: Right country, wrong city.)

Amsterdam

Steven
Triple Stumper
    $1000 30
Ellen Barkin

Steven
    $1000 8
(Alex: Well done in this category, Jim...)

Neptune

Jim
    $1000 13
Bill Miller

Jim
    $1000 21
Mount Hood

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
The more, the merrier

Steven

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Greg Steven Jim
$9,300 $3,000 $8,100

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

SCOTTISH INVENTORS
(Alex: There have been many, many of them!)
StevenWho was Macadam
$300
JimWho was Watt?
$2,000
GregWho was Watt?
$6,901
Sir John McAdam

Final scores:

Greg Steven Jim
$2,399 $3,300 $6,100
3rd place: Magnavox Stereo 25-inch Color Monitor Receiver TV 2nd place: Trip to Mexico City New champion: $6,100

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Greg Steven Jim
$8,100 $3,000 $7,900
23 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 12 R,
3 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $19,000

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Game tape date: 1996-11-20
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