Responses for Show #647 - Tuesday, June 2, 1987

Eugene Finerman game 2.

Contestants

Rob Thais, a teacher from Los Angeles, California

Pat Neilsen, a personnel administrator from Gales Ferry, Connecticut

Eugene Finerman, a writer from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,100)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

EARLY MAN
#1 HITS
(Alex: And this is for the Billboard Pop chart.)
DOUBLE TALK
TRAVEL & TOURISM
CARTOON BEARS
POTPOURRI
    $100 1
Africa

Eugene
    $100 5
(Rob: What is "Dawn"?)

"Rag Doll" (or "Sherry", "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Walk Like A Man", or "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"

PatRob
    $100 11
a tutu

Pat
    $100 18
Hawaii

Eugene
    $100 6
Gummi Bears

Rob
    $100 23
Christmas cards

Pat
    $200 2
a cave drawing

Eugene
    $200 7
"Blue Velvet" (or "Roses Are Red", "There! I've Said It Again" or "Mr. Lonely")

Rob
    $200 12
"Choo-Choo"

Eugene
    $200 19
the Blue Grotto

Eugene
    $200 16
(Alex: Yogi Bear is [switches to Yogi Bear voice] right. Hey-ey.)

Yogi Bear

Eugene
    $200 24
when

Rob
    $300 3
Cro-Magnon

Eugene
    $300 8
"Killing Me Softly" (or "Feel Like Makin' Love" or "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face")

Rob
    $300 13
going, going

Rob
    $300 20
the Loire Valley

Eugene
    $300 28
(Eugene: What is a panda?)
(Alex: Right.)
(Eugene: CARTOON BEARS for--)
[The end-of round signal sounds.]
(Alex: Ope! I want you to be more specific on that.)
(Eugene: What--)
(Alex: "This cartoon bear".)
(Eugene: Uh--oh--uh--what is [*]?)
(Alex: That's it, yes.)
(Eugene: I'm sorry.)
(Alex: And we've run out of time. I just wanted to verify that you did know, in fact, the name of the bear in question.)

Andy Panda

Eugene
    $300 25
butter

Rob
    $400 4
the dog

Rob
    $400 9
"Light My Fire" (or "Hello, I Love You")

Rob
    $400 14
Rachel, Rachel

Pat
    $400 21
Nepal

Rob
    $400 26
castles

Triple Stumper
    $500 17
(Eugene: What is bronze?)

copper

Eugene
Triple Stumper
    $500 10
(Alex: ...and you did well in the category--)
[Applause for Rob]
(Alex: --and you wind up with a total of $1,800 and the lead, as well as control of the board, and I'll ask you to select in just a little bit...)

"Bette Davis Eyes"

Rob
    $500 15
(Alex: Pat, have you got a response?)
(Pat: What is Lulu?)

Ya Ya

Pat
    $500 22
(Alex: ...and we've got less than a minute to go.)

the Everglades

Rob
    $500 27
chortle

Rob

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 10):

Eugene Pat Rob
$600 $100 $1,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Eugene Pat Rob
$1,400 $200 $4,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
BODIES OF WATER
AMERICAN INDIANS
TEXTILES
DINOSAURS
WOMEN IN SPORTS
    $200 1
the

Rob
    $200 16
[ERRATUM: The word is spelled "continuous".]

Indian Ocean

Eugene
    $200 6
the Mohicans

Eugene
    $200 20
(Alex: We've got a minute to go.)

spandex

Triple Stumper
    $200 11
lizard

Rob
    $200 22
ice skating

Eugene
    $400 2
ly

Eugene
    $400 17
the Gulf of California (the Sea of Cortes)

Triple Stumper
    $400 7
(Rob: What is Manhattan?)

Brooklyn

Rob
Triple Stumper
    $400 21
sizing

Pat
    $400 12
Utah

Triple Stumper
    $400 24
(Eugene: Who is Cathy Rigby?)

Mary Lou Retton

Eugene
Triple Stumper
    $600 3
computers

Eugene
    $600 18
canals

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 8
(Alex: More than half of our states do have Indian names.)

26

Eugene
    $600 25
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

silk

Rob
    $600 13
protection & temperature regulation

Triple Stumper
    $1,800 4
(Eugene: What are I and W?)
(Alex: Oh, sorry. What are [*]? Following the I and following the U.)

J & V

Eugene
    $800 19
Mariana trench

Rob
    $800 9
the Cherokee

Eugene
    $800 14
birds

Eugene
    $1000 5
redivider

Triple Stumper
    $1000 23
(Eugene: Can I buy another category?)

the Tagus

Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
Seneca

Eugene
    $1000 15
(Alex: Either bird-[*], or lizard-[*], so the joint is the [*].)

hip

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Eugene Pat Rob
$4,400 $600 $5,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

SCIENCE
(Alex: At least 50 of the elements were identified or discovered in [*].)
...
(Alex [to Eugene]: I heard a smattering of restrained applause in the audience up there, Eugene, I get the feeling that there are a couple of very avid supporters of yours sitting up there.)
(Eugene: My mortician.)
PatWhat is the 20th cent?
$500
EugeneWhat is the 19th century?
$4,400
RobWhat is the 20th?
$3,401
the 19th century

Final scores:

Eugene Pat Rob
$8,800 $100 $1,999
2-day champion: $14,900 3rd place: rattan Action recliner from Land 2nd place: trip to the Bahamas

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Eugene Pat Rob
$5,800 $1,100 $5,400
18 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)
5 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)
16 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $12,300

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