Responses for Show #1430 - Friday, November 16, 1990

1990 Tournament of Champions final game 2.

Contestants

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Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia (subtotal of $13,200)

Larry McKnight, a computer analyst from Ventura, California (subtotal of $2,100)

Steve Berman, a film executive originally from Toms River, New Jersey (subtotal of $2,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

NEWSPAPERS
MAMMALS
RECORD LABELS
ART
POTENT POTABLES
STARTS WITH "END"
    $100 2
The Washington Post

Steve
    $100 8
fingernails

Larry
    $100 1
Motown

Larry
    $100 26
Salvador Dalí

Larry
    $100 16
fizz

Steve
    $100 17
an endowment

Bob
    $200 7
the New York Post

Steve
    $200 10
(Bob: What's jump?)

stands on its hind legs

Bob
Triple Stumper
    $200 3
Virgin

Steve
    $200 27
Rodin

Steve
    $200 18
hops

Larry
    $200 22
endive

Bob
    $300 9
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Steve
    $300 11
hairs

Steve
    $300 4
George Harrison

Bob
    $300 28
Raphaelite

Larry
    $300 19
applejack

Larry
    $300 23
(Larry: What's endodonty?)

endodontics

SteveLarry
    $400 14
The Denver Post

Steve
    $1,100 12
(Steve: What is the mole shrew?)

pygmy

Steve
    $400 5
(Larry: What's RCA Victor?)

Columbia

LarryBob
    $400 29
Ramses II

Triple Stumper
    $400 20
cranberry juice

Larry
    $400 24
"Endlessly Rocking"

Larry
    $500 15
the Post-Intelligencer

Bob
    $500 13
killer whales

Larry
    $500 6
Vanguard

Bob
    $500 30
Jasper Johns

Larry
    $500 21
(Alex: Good wine! What is [*]?)

Inglenook

Triple Stumper
    $500 25
Endymion

Steve

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

Steve Larry Bob
$0 -$200 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Larry Bob
$1,500 $2,200 $1,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

GENERAL SCIENCE
CLASSICAL MUSIC
HISTORY
NEW YORK CITIES
(Alex: ...refers to cities in the state of New York. I'm sure you feel that's obvious.)
SHIPS
IMPRISONED AUTHORS
    $200 25
a generator

Larry
    $200 17
(Alex: Correct! [*].)
(Steve: NEW YORK CITIES for $400.)
(Alex: I just had to say that.)
[Laughter]

(Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus) Mozart

Steve
    $200 11
Hannibal

Steve
    $200 19
Buffalo

Bob
    $200 30
the Mayflower

Steve
    $200 12
Cervantes

Steve
    $400 24
genetics

Bob
    $400 20
Itzhak Perlman

Bob
    $500 10
the Holy Roman Empire

Bob
    $400 18
New Rochelle

Steve
    $400 29
the Vikings

Larry
    $400 13
Solzhenitsyn

Larry
    $600 4
flint

Steve
    $600 21
Casals

Bob
    $600 9
Lithuania

Bob
    $600 1
Rochester

Larry
    $600 28
the poop

Larry
    $600 14
Fanny Hill

Bob
    $800 3
a cathode ray tube

Larry
    $800 22
Handel

Larry
    $800 8
the Peloponnesian League

Bob
    $2,100 5
(Steve: ...What is Troy?)
(Alex: Oh, sorry, you picked the wrong one. I have a feeling Larry knew it.)

Ithaca

Steve
    $800 27
galleons

Larry
    $800 15
Turkey

Steve
    $1000 2
an ion drive

Larry
    $1000 23
(Steve: Who is Mussorgsky?)

Alexander Borodin

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $1000 7
Francis Xavier

Bob
    $1000 6
(Alex: The city is now the capital: [*].)

Albany

Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
Panama

Larry
    $1000 16
Caryl Chessman

Bob

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Larry Bob
$1,000 $8,800 $7,900
(lock tournament)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ISLANDS
(Alex: [To Steve, after his response is revealed to be correct] Why does that make you laugh?)
(Steve: I don't know.)
(Alex: It's nice to be right?)
(Steve: Yes, it's nice to be right...)
(Alex: It's nice to be right...)
(Steve: ...it's about time!)
(Alex: ...you wish you had more money.)
...
(Alex: And Bob Blake, you are the $100,000 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions winner. Congratulations.)
(Bob: Thanks, Alex.)
(Alex: Magnificent tournament.)
(Bob: Thank you.)
(Alex: Let's bring in all of our other champions to come in here and congratulate Bob Blake. And we will thank you--I hope you enjoyed this two-week tournament. We're back to the regular business on Jeopardy! on Monday. See you then. So long, everyone.)
SteveWhat is Samoa?
$1,000
BobWhat is American Samoa
$1
LarryWhat is Guam?
$6,600
American Samoa

Final scores:

Steve Larry Bob
$2,000 $2,200 $7,901

Cumulative scores:

Steve Larry Bob
$4,200 $4,300 $21,101
2nd runner-up: $7,500 1st runner-up: $10,000 Tournament champion: $100,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Steve Larry Bob
$4,200 $8,800 $7,800
17 R,
3 W
(including 2 DDs)		 20 R,
2 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $20,800

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Game tape date: 1990-10-23
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