Responses for Show #1277 - Tuesday, March 6, 1990

Elaine Zollner game 3.

Contestants

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George Wuerthele, a photojournalist from San Francisco, California

Alison Whittemore, an art student from San Antonio, Texas

Elaine Zollner, a physician from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $19,601)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

GEOGRAPHY
FOOD & DRINK
ICE SKATING
RODENTS
ARCHITECTURE
FAMOUS JUNIORS
    $100 6
Iraq

Elaine
    $100 1
milk

Alison
    $100 11
an ice skating rink

Elaine
    $100 21
prairie dogs

Alison
    $100 26
a pyramid

Alison
    $100 16
Oliver Wendell Holmes

George
    $200 7
the Bering Strait

Alison
    $200 2
Colombia

Alison
    $200 12
Marie Antoinette

Alison
    $200 22
a groundhog

Elaine
    $1,000 27
Stonehenge

Alison
    $200 17
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Alison
    $300 8
the Orkneys

Triple Stumper
    $300 3
Lucky Charms

Elaine
    $300 13
an ice show

Alison
    $300 23
lemmings

George
    $300 28
St. Peter's

George
    $300 18
Jerry Brown

Elaine
    $400 9
Spain

Elaine
    $400 4
potatoes & spinach

Alison
    $400 14
speed skating

Alison
    $400 24
(George: What are gophers?)

a hamster

ElaineGeorge
    $400 29
(George: What is Seattle?)

Montreal

ElaineGeorge
    $400 19
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Triple Stumper
    $500 10
Sargasso

Alison
    $500 5
the cress

Elaine
    $500 15
East Germany

Elaine
    $500 25
chinchillas

Alison
    $500 30
Byzantine

Elaine
    $500 20
Sammy Davis Jr.

George

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

Elaine Alison George
$1,900 $2,300 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Elaine Alison George
$3,700 $4,200 $400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

IN THE DICTIONARY
U.S. HISTORY
ART
WOMEN AUTHORS
WEATHER
SCREEN GEMS
(Alex: A reference to actual gems.)
    $200 9
[Elaine says it both ways.]

moped

Elaine
    $200 1
(George) Marshall

Elaine
    $200 11
Liberty

Elaine
    $200 2
Pearl Buck

George
    $200 19
hurricanes

Triple Stumper
    $200 20
Diamonds are Forever

Alison
    $400 10
split

Alison
    $400 3
the American Revolution

Triple Stumper
    $400 13
Thomas Gainsborough

Alison
    $400 5
motherhood

Elaine
    $400 25
(sailor's) delight

Alison
    $400 21
Topaz

Elaine
    $600 12
eruption

Alison
    $600 4
Nicaragua

Elaine
    $600 14
a bathtub

Elaine
    $1,000 6
Sylvia Porter

Elaine
    $600 28
(Alison: What is nitrogen?)

alcohol

Alison
Triple Stumper
    $600 22
The Jewel of the Nile

Alison
    $800 15
urban

George
    $800 17
Sequoyah

Triple Stumper
    $800 26
El Greco

Elaine
    $800 7
(Alison: Who is Dorothy Parker?)

Edna Ferber

Alison
Triple Stumper
    $800 29
thunderstorms

Triple Stumper
    $800 23
The Pearl

Elaine
    $1000 16
tonsure

Triple Stumper
    $1000 18
(Commodore) Perry

George
    $2,000 27
Chagall

Elaine
    $1000 8
Jacqueline Susann

Elaine
    $1000 30
Sir Francis Beaufort

Triple Stumper
    $1000 24
To Catch a Thief

George

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Elaine Alison George
$11,900 $5,400 $3,400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

PRESIDENTS
(Alex: [Prior to revealing the clue] If it helps you in writing down your response during those 30 seconds you have at your disposal, you may use abbreviations for the presidents because there isn't going to be all that much time.)
GeorgeWho were Truman, JFK & Johnson?
$3,400
AlisonWho are JFK, LBJ & Eisenhower?
$5,000
ElaineWho is l
$100
JFK, LBJ & Eisenhower

Final scores:

Elaine Alison George
$11,800 $10,400 $0
3-day champion: $31,401 2nd place: Jean d'Eve watch & Maple Leaf bullion investment coins + Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger 3rd place: Panasonic home stereo system + Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Elaine Alison George
$10,500 $4,600 $3,400
23 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W
19 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
8 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $18,500

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Game tape date: 1989-10-23
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