Responses for Show #163 - Wednesday, April 24, 1985

Contestants

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Marcia Yaross, a biologist from Irvine, California

Albert Powell, a bank employee from Brooklyn, New York

Doug Miller, an assignment editor from Houston, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,900)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE '20s
ROCK 'N ROLL
INDIA
FASHION
ASTRONOMY
STUFFED
(Alex: And something new and unusual for Jeopardy!: [*].) [Laughter] (Alex: As in "Get...")
    $100 6
(Marcia: What is, um...)
(Albert: What is little?)
...
(Alex: She was known as the [*] girl. Silent films.)

it

AlbertMarcia
Triple Stumper
    $100 1
his blue suede shoes

Doug
    $100 10
Gandhi

Doug
    $100 20
a polo player

Albert
    $100 13
the Earth

Doug
    $100 18
a mushroom

Marcia
    $200 7
flagpoles

Doug
    $200 2
(Doug: What is "I've got love in my tummy"?)
(Marcia: [Shakes head])
(Albert: What is [*] rock?)
(Alex: [*], yes, you read the clue correctly.)
[ERRATUM: "Exemplified" was misspelled in the clue as shown.]

bubble gum

DougAlbertMarcia
    $200 11
(Albert: Who is, um... I don't know.)

Buddha (Siddhārtha Gautama)

DougAlbert
    $200 21
Twiggy

Albert
    $200 14
an eclipse

Doug
    $200 19
(Doug: Oh! What is, uh, Fido?)
(Alex: Fido is wrong. Albert or Marcia? We've got less than a minute to go in the round. What was [*]? [*] was the name of his German Shepard dog.)

Bullet

Doug
Triple Stumper
    $300 8
(Albert: Who is, um, Fred Astaire?)
(Marcia: Who is Ginger Rogers?)
(Doug: [Not ringing in] No, thank you.)
[Laughter]
...
(Alex: It's interesting that Marcia and Albert are going downhill apace here. They're both at -$600.)

Irene Castle

AlbertMarcia
Triple Stumper
    $300 3
Alan Freed

Doug
    $500 12
(Doug: Uh, wild guess, what is Baghdad?)
(Alex: Baghdad is not in India.)
(Doug: Oh.)

Calcutta

Doug
    $300 22
bobbie socks

Doug
    $300 15
the Big Bang

Marcia
    $400 9
the Ford Motor Company

Albert
    $400 4
(Alex: Um, who is, I don't know.)

Del Shannon

Albert
Triple Stumper
    $400 23
pillbox hats

Doug
    $400 16
(Doug: Uh, what is, the, uh, size of the Milky Way?)
...
(Alex: [To Marcia] You're on the plus side!)
(Marcia: Great.)

a light-year

DougMarcia
    $500 5
Brian Epstein

Doug
    $500 24
(Marcia: What is... a... bow tie?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: All right, that wraps it up. We have six more answers up there, but not to worry...)

a gray flannel suit

DougMarcia
    $500 17
[Applause for Marcia tying up the game at $600]

a comet

Marcia

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 9):

Doug Albert Marcia
$900 -$200 -$600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Doug Albert Marcia
$1,600 -$100 $200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

MATHEMATICS
LABOR UNIONS
FIRST LINES
ISLANDS
SIGHT & SOUND
RELIGION
    $200 3
2

Albert
    $200 6
PATCO (the air traffic controllers)

Albert
    $200 5
(Doug: My heavens. I don't know.)

the three witches (or the three Weird Sisters)

DougAlbert
    $200 1
[Applause for Albert getting out of the red]

Elba

Albert
    $200 7
waves

Albert
    $200 8
(Alex: Yes, why would they come back in old bodies? I don't understand that.)

reincarnation

Albert
    $400 4
a numerator

Doug
    $400 12
the Longshoremen's Union

Marcia
    $400 11
(Marcia: Who is, um... uh... Steve--)
(Alex: Sorry, too long.)
...
(Alex: Doug, I'll have to just point out to you something that I am called upon to mention to our players, and you know it happens, and if you get too nervous and start pressing the button repeatedly, you automatically lock yourself out.)

Steve Allen

AlbertMarcia
    $400 2
(Albert: What is, um... Iwo Jima?)
[Aws for Albert going back in the red]

Okinawa

Albert
Triple Stumper
    $400 16
(Albert: What's the phonograph?)
...
[Applause for Marcia getting back on the plus side]

a trumpet

AlbertMarcia
    $600 10
(Marcia: [Without ringing in] Five. What is five?)
...
(Alex: Marcia, one of the strange rules on Jeopardy!: you have to ring in and be acknowledged.)
(Marcia: Yep. That's right.)

4

Doug
    $1,200 20
(Doug: What is a steelworker?)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

plumbing

Doug
    $600 13
the Declaration of Independence

Doug
    $600 9
Montreal

Marcia
    $600 17
a voiceprint

Marcia
    $800 21
the hypotenuse

Marcia
    $800 14
Mission: Impossible

Doug
    $1,000 23
(Marcia: What is, um, Crete?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Malta

Marcia
    $800 18
(Alex: Yes. You need it on this program.)
(Marcia: Yes.)

peripheral vision

Marcia
    $1000 22
[Applause for Marcia]

2

Marcia
    $1000 15
(Marcia: Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?)

John Milton

Marcia
Triple Stumper
    $1000 19
[Applause for Doug]

the iris

Doug

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Doug Albert Marcia
$3,600 $700 $2,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ROYALTY
(Doug: He was a good king, though.)
(Alex: He was a good--King John! Yes, I remember!)
(Doug: I had him in biology class one time.)
(Alex: Yes, good King John IV! No, Queen Elizabeth's father was the Duke of York, who became King [*]. [*], died in 19--)
(Marcia: Can we split the difference?)
(Alex: Can you guys split the difference? No, I'm afraid not. We can't average your questions.)
AlbertWho is George VII?
$600
MarciaWho is George V
$999
DougWho was King John IV?
$1,300
George VI

Final scores:

Doug Albert Marcia
$2,300 $100 $1,401
2-day champion: $5,200 3rd place: Oneida Silversmiths gift certificate 2nd place: the Eastman recliner furnished by Action Industries, Inc. (Action by Lane) + Kelvinator range

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Doug Albert Marcia
$5,300 $700 $3,400
16 R,
6 W
(including 2 DDs)		 11 R,
6 W		 11 R,
7 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $9,400

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Game tape date: 1985-01-08
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