Responses for Show #943 - Wednesday, October 12, 1988

Contestants

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Richard Gorelick, a public relations coordinator from Baltimore, Maryland

Mary Lou Gallagher, a teacher from Cleveland, Ohio

Alec Iorio, an international freight forwarder originally from St. Louis, Missouri (whose 3-day cash winnings total $13,700)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

1986 NEWSMAKERS
BOOKS & AUTHORS
COMPOUND WORDS
SINGERS
GUINNESS RECORDS
HOW TO...
(Alex: You don't have to say, "What is how do you do this"? You don't have to make a double question out of it.)
    $100 9
Apple

Richard
    $100 6
game shows

Alec
    $100 11
peppermint

Alec
    $100 19
Judy Garland

Richard
    $100 1
(Richard: What is how to [*]?)
(Alex: You put the double question in.)
[Laughter]

shoot an arrow

Richard
    $200 8
Spain

Mary Lou
    $200 7
Mel Blanc

Richard
    $200 12
a mothball

Triple Stumper
    $200 2
(Mary Lou: What is to get checkmate?)
(Alec: How are--how do you [*]?)

become king

AlecMary Lou
    $300 18
(Alex: One minute to go.)

Patty Duke

Alec
    $300 10
(David) Brinkley

Mary Lou
    $300 13
(Mary Lou: What's a bigmouth?)

a mouthpiece

AlecMary Lou
    $300 3
win at roller derby

Alec
    $400 20
(Richard: What are the 1980 Olympic games?)
(Mary Lou: Uh, what are the... 1984 Olympics?)

the Goodwill Games

Mary LouRichard
Triple Stumper
    $400 16
(Alec: What is the [*]?)
(Alex: [*].)

A Clockwork Orange

Alec
    $400 14
(Richard: What is sticky-fingered?)

a pickpocket

AlecRichard
    $400 4
(Mary Lou: What is to stir the waves? Or how to stir the waves?)
(Alex: [Looking at judges] Ooh, we got a conference on this and we can't give it to you.)

make waves

Mary Lou
Triple Stumper
    $500 21
(Alec: Who is Zhou Enlai?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Deng Xiaoping

Alec
Triple Stumper
    $500 17
Substance

Richard
    $900 15
(Alec: [*]? What are [*]?)

mutton chops

Alec
    $500 5
make a dwarf

Alec

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

Alec Mary Lou Richard
$1,100 -$100 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Alec Mary Lou Richard
$3,000 -$800 $200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

FAMOUS AMERICANS
GENETICS
MONARCHS
ACTORS & ROLES
EXPLORERS
LEGAL "P"s & "Q"s
    $200 27
Brigham Young

Richard
    $200 18
the nucleus

Mary Lou
    $200 1
(Alex: Of Japan.)

Emperor Hirohito

Mary Lou
    $200 8
Cleopatra

Mary Lou
    $200 7
Columbus

Richard
    $200 13
probating

Mary Lou
    $400 19
fraternal twins

Mary Lou
    $400 2
Napoleon

Richard
    $400 10
Newhart

Richard
    $400 9
Ponce de León

Richard
    $400 17
to quit

Mary Lou
    $600 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Proxmire

Richard
    $600 20
gene splicing

Richard
    $1,000 4
German

Mary Lou
    $600 3
June Allyson

Mary Lou
    $600 14
(Alec: What is the LaSalle?)

the DeSoto

AlecRichard
    $600 22
(Alec: What is the plaintiff?)

the prosecutor

AlecMary Lou
    $800 28
(James) Gadsden

Alec
    $800 25
amniocentesis

Alec
    $800 5
Sweden

Mary Lou
    $1,500 11
(Richard: Who is Rubén Blades?)

Freddy Fender

Richard
    $800 15
(Alec: Who is the gentleman who discovered Dr. Livingstone--who is [*]?)
[Laughter]
(Alex: All right, vamp until ready.)
[Laughter]

Stanley

Alec
    $800 23
(Alex: We've got a minute.)

quid pro quo

Alec
    $1000 21
Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter)

Alec
    $1000 26
46

Alec
    $1000 6
Liechtenstein

Mary Lou
    $1000 12
(Mary Lou: Uh, what is What Ever Happened to Baby Jane??)

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

AlecMary Lou
    $1000 16
John Cabot

Mary Lou
    $1000 24
pro bono

Alec

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Alec Mary Lou Richard
$9,000 $4,800 $2,100

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE MILITARY
(Alex: [To Mary Lou] "From the halls of Montezuma".)
RichardWhat is the War WWI
$2,000
Mary LouWhat is the War of 1812 Mexican Amer War
$4,799
AlecWhat is the Mexican War
$601
the Mexican (American) War

Final scores:

Alec Mary Lou Richard
$9,601 $9,599 $100
4-day champion: $23,301 2nd place: a trip on Continental to Houston & stay at The Westin Oaks 3rd place: Haviland porcelain service for four

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Alec Mary Lou Richard
$8,600 $4,400 $3,600
18 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W		 13 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $16,600

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Game tape date: 1988-08-01
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