Responses for Show #1508 - Wednesday, March 6, 1991

Mark Pestronk game 5.
Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

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Jim Brochu, a writer from North Hollywood, California

Lary Prince, an administrator from Los Angeles, California

Mark Pestronk, a travel lawyer from Washington, D.C. (whose 4-day cash winnings total $51,698)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

CLASSICAL MUSIC
IN OTHER WORDS
ROYALTY
VAMPIRE MOVIES
FLAGS
JUST DESSERTS
    $100 2
an overture

Mark
    $100 4
let the cat out of the bag

Jim
    $100 13
Hirohito

Mark
    $100 22
Love at First Bite

Mark
    $100 1
(Jim: What is a circle?)

a torch

LaryJim
    $100 5
a Neapolitan

Mark
    $200 18
Scheherazade

Lary
    $200 6
(Mark: What's coffee?)
(Lary: What's milk?)
...
(Alex: Mark, you can't ring in again; sorry about that.)

coffee, tea or milk

MarkLary
Triple Stumper
    $200 14
Greece

Mark
    $200 23
My Neck

Lary
    $200 3
the Sun

Mark
    $200 9
a gingerbread man

Jim
    $300 19
Peter and the Wolf

Lary
    $300 7
rob Peter to pay Paul

Mark
    $300 15
Versailles

Mark
    $300 24
(Lary: Uh, who is, uh, mmm, uh...)

Susan Sarandon

MarkLary
    $300 12
the crescent

Mark
    $300 10
a Toll House cookie

Jim
    $400 20
a dirge

Jim
    $400 8
(Mark: What is... blood, sweat and tears?)
...
(Alex: Can we accept it even though he gave it in the wrong order? Yes, we will.)

blood, sweat, toil & tears

MarkJim
    $1,500 16
(Mark: Who is Prince... Edward?)

Prince Andrew

Mark
    $400 29
Christopher Lee

Jim
    $400 25
semaphore

Mark
    $400 27
bananas Foster

Mark
    $500 21
a crescendo

Lary
    $500 11
carrying coals to Newcastle

Mark
    $500 17
Russia

Lary
    $500 30
Nosferatu

Jim
    $500 26
(Jim: What is a banner?)
...
(Alex: We have less than a minute to go.)

a swallowtail

Jim
Triple Stumper
    $500 28
(Jim: What is Bavaria?)

Black Forest cake

MarkJim

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Mark Lary Jim
$1,200 -$100 $900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mark Lary Jim
$1,700 $1,300 $1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE CONFEDERACY
AWARDS
BOOKS & AUTHORS
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
SCIENCE
FASHION HISTORY
    $200 3
the Confederate Constitution

Mark
    $200 1
a Grammy

Jim
    $200 14
(Jim: Who is Collins?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
...
(Alex: Didn't want to get her confused with Joan.)

Jackie Collins

Jim
    $200 8
Sri Lanka

Mark
    $200 13
radiation

Lary
    $200 22
fox hunters

Lary
    $400 4
(Mark: What is Secretary of State?)
(Jim: What is Secretary of War?)

attorney general

MarkJim
Triple Stumper
    $400 2
Death of a Salesman

Mark
    $400 15
Kurt Vonnegut

Lary
    $400 9
(Mark: What's Quebec?)

Newfoundland

MarkLary
    $400 23
citric acid

Lary
    $600 5
Robert E. Lee

Mark
    $600 17
the Johnny Appleseed Award

Triple Stumper
    $600 16
Dark Shadows

Jim
    $600 10
the Mekong

Mark
    $600 24
(Mark: What is sulfur?)

ammonia

Mark
Triple Stumper
    $1,500 6
(Mark: What was... Tennessee?)

(1 of) Kentucky or Missouri

Mark
    $800 18
William Daniels & Bonnie Bartlett

Triple Stumper
    $1,100 20
(Lary: Who is Toni Morrison?)
...
(Alex: We have a minute to go.)

Jean Auel

Lary
    $800 11
Finland

Lary
    $800 25
thermodynamics

Triple Stumper
    $1000 7
Chattanooga

Triple Stumper
    $1000 19
(Mark: What is polo?)

hockey

MarkLary
    $1000 21
(Mark: What's The Cockroach?)

Metamorphosis

MarkJim
    $1000 12
Lesotho

Lary
    $1000 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

5/9ths

Mark

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mark Lary Jim
-$200 $4,600 $2,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

POLITICS
JimWho is John Birch?
$2,700
LaryWho is John Birch?
$1,001
(Captain) John Birch

Final scores:

Mark Lary Jim
-$200 $5,601 $5,500
3rd place New champion: $5,601 2nd place

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Mark Lary Jim
$2,800 $5,700 $2,800
20 R,
9 W
(including 2 DDs)
14 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)
11 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $11,300

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Game tape date: 1991-01-09
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