Responses for Show #2553 - Wednesday, October 11, 1995

Contestants

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Les Muldorf, an endodontist from Poughkeepsie, New York

Holly McCoy, a book monitor from Gaithersburg, Maryland

Chuck Pitcock, a real estate attorney from Chesterland, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $15,599)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ROYALTY
SPORTS
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
INITIALS
BARE FACTS
    $100 11
China

Holly
    $100 6
golf

Chuck
    $100 26
beets

Holly
    $100 1
South America

Chuck
    $100 16
Yves Saint Laurent

Les
    $100 21
streaking

Holly
    $200 12
the Hapsburgs

Chuck
    $200 7
Churchill Downs

Chuck
    $200 27
a pear

Chuck
    $200 2
the Ganges

Chuck
    $200 17
Benny Goodman

Les
    $200 22
Burt Reynolds

Holly
    $300 13
Saudi Arabia

Chuck
    $300 8
the Rangers

Chuck
    $300 28
Brussels sprouts

Les
    $300 3
Ireland

Chuck
    $300 18
W.C.

Les
    $300 23
Hair

Chuck
    $400 14
Princess Anne

Holly
    $400 9
(Kareem Abdul-)Jabbar

Les
    $400 29
pineapple

Triple Stumper
    $400 4
Gibraltar

Chuck
    $400 19
Stradivari

Chuck
    $400 24
a nudist colony

Les
    $500 15
(Holly: What is Austria?)

Portugal

Holly
    $500 10
Steve Young

Holly
    $500 30
(Les: What is peach?)
(Alex: Morellos are the dark, juicy [*].)

cherries

Les
Triple Stumper
    $500 5
Germany

Les
    $500 20
George Bernard Shaw

Les
    $500 25
(Holly: Who is Euripides?)

Archimedes

ChuckHolly

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

Chuck Holly Les
$2,100 $500 $900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Chuck Holly Les
$3,500 $400 $2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE MIDDLE AGES
AGRICULTURE
DEMOCRATS
THE ARTS
AMERICAN RIVERS
CALL ME MADAME
    $200 2
pope

Holly
    $200 21
dairy

Holly
    $200 1
Ted Kennedy

Chuck
    $200 26
Shakespeare

Chuck
    $200 16
the Ohio

Les
    $200 11
Madame Bovary

Chuck
    $400 7
knighthood

Holly
    $400 22
(Chuck: What is 7 days?)

7 weeks

ChuckLes
    $400 3
Jimmy Carter

Holly
    $400 27
Tommy

Chuck
    $400 17
the Rio Grande

Chuck
    $400 12
Madame Butterfly

Chuck
    $600 8
Jerusalem

Chuck
    $600 23
(Les: What is tobacco?)

coffee

Les
    $600 4
(Chuck: Who is Tip O'Neill?)
(Holly: Who is Jim Wright?)

Tom Foley

ChuckHolly
Triple Stumper
    $600 28
(John) Williams

Les
    $600 18
Colorado

Triple Stumper
    $600 13
Tussaud

Holly
    $800 9
Assisi

Chuck
    $800 24
grafting

Les
    $400 5
Janet Reno

Holly
    $800 29
(Holly: Who is Scavullo?)

Richard Avedon

Holly
Triple Stumper
    $800 19
(Holly: What is the St. Lawrence River?)

the Niagara

Holly
Triple Stumper
    $800 14
Madame Defarge

Les
    $1000 10
(Chuck: Spice route?)

the Silk Road

Chuck
Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
contour plowing

Les
    $1000 6
Secretary of Labor

Chuck
    $1000 30
Petrushka

Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
the Wabash

Les
    $1000 15
(Madame) du Barry

Les

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Chuck Holly Les
$5,700 $400 $7,400

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Final Jeopardy! Round responses

VOCABULARY
(Alex: [Before going to the responses] I can tell you now that if you wrote down, "What are kitchen counters made of Formica?", you are wrong.)
HollyWhat are snails?
$300
ChuckWhat are ants
$4,300
LesWhat is an ant farm
$4,001
ants

Final scores:

Chuck Holly Les
$10,000 $100 $11,401
2nd place: Asko washer & dryer & Krups appliances + Jeopardy! home game & electronic game 3rd place: Magnavox compact disc interactive + Jeopardy! home game & electronic game New champion: $11,401

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Chuck Holly Les
$5,700 $1,300 $8,000
22 R,
3 W
12 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)
16 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $15,000

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