Responses for Show #644 - Thursday, May 28, 1987

Contestants

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Ira Levine, a plastic surgeon from Newport Beach, California

Stephen Bradshaw, a graduate student from Fayetteville, Arkansas

Bob McGreevy, an attorney from South Salem, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,150)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S.A.
MAMMALS
TENNIS
TV NOSTALGIA
COWBOY TALK
(Alex: And finally, an old Jeopardy! standby...)
POTPOURRI
    $100 4
Billings (Montana)

Ira
    $100 1
spots

Bob
    $100 12
the base line

Ira
    $100 26
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

The Brady Bunch

Stephen
    $100 21
a hanging

Bob
    $100 9
candles

Bob
    $200 5
the London Bridge

Ira
    $200 2
bats

Stephen
    $200 14
deuce

Ira
    $200 27
[Alex does his best Flo impression in reading the quote in the clue.]

Alice

Ira
    $200 22
(Ira: What is a mare?)
(Bob: What is a chaw?)
...
(Alex: The "genuine Mexican [*]" that Mark Twain wrote about.)

a plug

BobIra
Triple Stumper
    $200 15
King Midas

Ira
    $300 6
(Stephen: What is Hollywood?)

Beverly Hills

StephenIra
    $300 3
elephants

Ira
    $300 13
Björn Borg

Stephen
    $300 28
Joanie Loves Chachi

Bob
    $300 23
Mountain Men

Stephen
    $300 16
Mary Magdalene

Bob
    $400 7
El Paso

Ira
    $400 10
(Stephen: What are gazelles?)

antelope

BobStephen
    $400 17
Czechoslovakia

Stephen
    $400 29
(Stephen: Uh, what was Explorers?)

Voyagers

Stephen
Triple Stumper
    $400 24
his saddle

Stephen
    $400 19
the sousaphone

Stephen
    $500 8
(Ira: What is Minneapolis--)
(Alex: That's right--)
(Ira: --Saint Paul.)
(Alex: --and that wraps up the, uh--)
[Applause]
(Alex: --category.)
[Reversed after the first break]

Minneapolis

Ira
Triple Stumper
    $500 11
hippopotamuses

Bob
    $500 18
the French Open

Stephen
    $100 30
[As the music begins at the top of the clue, Bob smiles and seems prepared to give the name of the show until Alex finishes reading the clue, when Bob's face changes from delight to dismay. He looks around, trying to pull a name.]
(Alex: Rob, have you got a response for me?)
(Bob: What is, uh... who is Peter Graves?)
(Alex: Oh, sorry. You're giving me the name of the actor who portrayed [*]. Remember the line, "All right, Mr. Phelps, this tape will self-destruct." And our board is self-destructing because there are no clues left on it. You had that momentary recognition. You--you knew the--the television series immediately.)
(Bob: Everything but his name.)

Jim Phelps

Bob
    $500 25
(Bob: What is shoot him in the back?)
...
(Alex: Reference, of course, to the Pecos River.)

to drown him

Bob
Triple Stumper
    $500 20
copper

Bob

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Bob Stephen Ira
$1,100 -$200 $1,100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bob Stephen Ira
$1,500 $1,500 $1,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
CLASSICAL MUSIC
PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES
BLACK AMERICA
BODIES OF WATER
ENGLISH LITERATURE
    $200 1
Romeo & Juliet

Ira
    $200 10
Teddy Roosevelt

Bob
    $200 19
Oprah Winfrey

Stephen
    $200 5
the Straits of Magellan

Bob
    $200 24
Great Expectations

Bob
    $1,000 2
(Ira: Tyoo tyoo. I have no idea. Um...)

his parents

Ira
    $400 12
Jimmy Carter

Stephen
    $400 20
[ERRATUM: The spurious comma appeared in the clue as shown.]
(Alex: We've got a minute to go, Stephen. Select.)

Debbie Allen

Triple Stumper
    $400 6
Titicaca

Stephen
    $400 25
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: We won't get a chance to get any answers revealed in the BUSINESS & INDUSTRY category.)

Disraeli

Bob
    $600 3
(Claude) Debussy

Bob
    $600 13
Jeff Davis

Stephen
    $600 21
(Robert) Peary

Stephen
    $600 7
the Colorado River

Bob
    $600 16
(Alex: You were going on a guess, and it paid off.)

Emily Brontë

Ira
    $800 4
dances

Ira
    $800 14
(Ira: Who is Eisenhower?)

Ulysses S. Grant

Ira
Triple Stumper
    $800 22
Thurgood Marshall

Stephen
    $1,000 8
(Bob: What are 2?)
(Alex: Sorry, that is incorrect. You remember the Atlantic and Pacific, obviously. You forgot the Arctic Ocean, which washes up on Alaska.)

3

Bob
    $800 17
(Bob: Who is Browning?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Bob: [Under his breath] Uh, Robert Browning, and, uh... who is, uh, Emily--)
[The time expiry signal sounds.]

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

BobIra
    $1000 11
(Ira: Who is Brahms?)

Schubert

StephenIra
    $1000 15
Calvin Coolidge

Ira
    $1000 23
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Bob
    $1000 9
the Bay of Bengal

Ira
    $1000 18
Thomas Hardy

Bob

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bob Stephen Ira
$3,900 $5,500 $2,900

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

1968
IraWhat is to walk on the moon?
$2,900
BobWhat is Walked on The Moon
$3,899
StephenWhat is circle the moon
$2,400
circle the Moon

Final scores:

Bob Stephen Ira
$1 $7,900 $0
2nd place: a trip to New York on Delta Airlines + a week's stay at the Roseland Ranch in Stanfordville, N.Y. New champion: $7,900 3rd place: Speed Queen washer & dryer

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Bob Stephen Ira
$5,000 $5,500 $3,900
16 R,
5 W
(including 2 DDs)
15 R,
3 W
15 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $14,400

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Game tape date: 1987-01-14
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