Responses for Show #457 - Tuesday, September 9, 1986

Contestants

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Kevin Cummins, a computer operator from Los Angeles, California

Blair Pethel, a journalist from Greensboro, North Carolina

Susan Sackett, a writer from Studio City, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,400)

Jeopardy! Round responses

AUTOMOBILES
EXPLORERS
WOMEN
BIBLICAL QUOTES
TOUCHDOWN TOPICS
STUPID ANSWERS
    $100 11
a diesel

Blair
    $100 2
Christopher Columbus

Susan
    $100 1
an electric chair

Blair
    $100 18
death

Susan
    $100 26
a football

Kevin
    $100 3
a guppy

Susan
    $200 16
35

Susan
    $200 8
the Great Salt Lake

Blair
    $500 13
(Alex: Best Actress & Best Supporting Actress.)

2

Susan
    $200 19
Let my people go

Blair
    $200 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the Raiders

Triple Stumper
    $200 4
the Bolshoi Theatre

Kevin
    $300 17
(Susan: Who is Renault?)

Peugeot

SusanBlair
    $300 9
John Smith

Kevin
    $300 14
(Blair: What is taste?)
(Susan: What is sight?)
(Kevin: What is, uh, touch?)

smell

SusanBlairKevin
Triple Stumper
    $300 20
the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit

Blair
    $300 5
(Alex: You guys are doing great so far.)
[Laughter]

Luxembourg City

Blair
    $400 23
an Olsmobile

Susan
    $400 10
Sebastian Cabot

Triple Stumper
    $400 15
(Susan: Who is Indira Gandhi?)

Mother Teresa

SusanBlair
    $400 21
(Alex: We've got about a minute to go in this round.)

Cain & Abel

Kevin
    $400 6
(Kevin: This is easy.)
[Laughter]

Flashdance

Kevin
    $500 24
Ford

Susan
    $500 12
Captain Cook

Susan
    $500 25
Dixy Lee Ray

Triple Stumper
    $500 22
Job

Blair
    $500 7
(Alex: Starting in January of 1986. You guys ran that category, congratulations.)
[Applause]
(Alex: Now, however, things may become slightly more difficult.)

Detroit Monthly

Blair

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):

Susan Blair Kevin
$700 $1,200 $900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Susan Blair Kevin
$1,400 $2,600 $1,100

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

RIVERS
THE CALENDAR
SHOW BIZ BUSINESS
BIOLOGY
ASIA
"S.S."
    $200 25
the Rio Grande

Kevin
    $200 17
(Blair: What is September?)

May

SusanBlair
    $200 1
Michael Jackson

Blair
    $200 2
Spain

Susan
    $200 3
(Alex: The cement was later corrected by the way.)

Sylvester Stallone

Susan
    $400 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the Columbia

Blair
    $400 18
Egypt

Blair
    $400 8
Paramount

Kevin
    $400 16
starch

Blair
    $400 10
Iran

Blair
    $400 4
something stupid

Kevin
    $600 19
a leap year

Susan
    $600 9
(Kevin: What is Elektra and Asylum?)
...
(Alex: [*] and Asylum is the middle initial and the third one is [***]... that's why I had to rule against you, Kevin.)

(2 of) Elektra(/Asylum), Warner's (or Atlantic)

SusanKevin
    $600 24
an elephant

Kevin
    $600 11
(Kevin: What is Hong Kong?)

Shanghai

BlairKevin
    $600 5
Stephen Sondheim

Blair
    $800 20
0

Blair
    $800 14
(Susan: Uh... what is Back to the Future?)

Splash

Susan
Triple Stumper
    $800 23
fertilization

Triple Stumper
    $800 12
(Susan: What is a lion?)

the leopard

Susan
Triple Stumper
    $800 6
Samantha Smith

Blair
    $1000 21
(Kevin: What is the next day?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Kevin: The day after? I'm sorry, October 5th, uh, 1582?)
...
(Alex: We've got a minute to go in the round.)

Friday

SusanKevin
    $1,500 15
Gone with the Wind & The Wizard of Oz

Susan
    $1000 22
ecology

Triple Stumper
    $1000 13
(Kevin: What is Cambodia?)

Laos

SusanKevin
    $1000 7
Sargent Shriver

Kevin

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Susan Blair Kevin
$5,100 $7,000 $500

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. STATES
(Alex: [To Susan] No, Alaska is growing by leaps and bounds and it has more people now than [*].)
KevinWhat is Wyoming?
$500
SusanWhat is Alaska?
$4,099
BlairWhat is Alaska?
$3,300
Wyoming

Final scores:

Susan Blair Kevin
$1,001 $3,700 $1,000
2nd place: trip on Western to Honolulu & stay at Pacific Beach Hotel New champion: $3,700 3rd place: Olympia Carrera typewriter

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Susan Blair Kevin
$4,300 $7,000 $500
16 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W		 19 R,
2 W		 10 R,
5 W

Combined Coryat: $11,800

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Game tape date: 1986-08-05
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