Responses for Show #155 - Friday, April 12, 1985

Mike Day game 4.
Single-player Final Jeopardy!

Contestants

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Carol Lubin, a legal secretary from Silver Spring, Maryland

Richard Topp, a real estate developer from Raleigh, North Carolina

Mike Day, a finance and marketing MBA student from Columbus, Ohio (whose 3-day cash winnings total $26,600)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

GEOGRAPHY
TRAINS
TRIVIA
IN THE MIDDLE
WHALES
HERALDRY
    $100 1
(Mike: What is Mexico?)

Nicaragua

MikeRick
    $100 17
hobos

Mike
    $100 6
(Mike: What are strips?)
(Carol: What are cels?)

stained glass windows

MikeCarol
Triple Stumper
    $100 11
the Equator

Mike
    $100 21
(Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round.)

its blowhole

Mike
    $100 14
(Mike: What is an emblem?)

coat of arms

Mike
Triple Stumper
    $200 2
Africa

Mike
    $200 18
Casey Jones

Carol
    $200 7
Switzerland

Mike
    $200 12
medium

Mike
    $200 22
blubber

Mike
    $200 24
(Mike: What are the 12 signs of the Zodiac?)

the 12 tribes of Israel

MikeRick
    $300 3
Geneva

Mike
    $300 19
(Alex: Or, as Lawrence Welk used to say, "Take a train!")

"Take The A-Train"

Carol
    $300 8
a type of snake

Mike
    $300 13
(Mike: What is the lens?)
(Carol: What is the cornea?)

the pupil

MikeCarol
Triple Stumper
    $300 23
[Alex did not say what the other country was.]

the Soviet Union

Mike
    $400 4
(Mike: What is Greece?)
(Rick: What is Italy?)

Spain

MikeRick
Triple Stumper
    $400 20
Japan

Mike
    $400 9
a turkey

Mike
    $400 15
an Oreo

Mike
    $500 5
(Rick: What is Vladivostok?)

Leningrad

MikeRick
    $500 25
(Mike: Who is Westinghouse?)
...
(Alex: And we know his engine as the [*] engine.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Rudolf Diesel

Mike
Triple Stumper
    $500 10
a rust stain

Mike
    $500 16
5

Carol

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 11):

Mike Rick Carol
$1,900 -$800 -$100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mike Rick Carol
$2,500 -$600 $600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

GOVERNMENT
COLORS
MUSIC
COLLECTIBLES
POST-WAR WORLD
SPORTS
    $200 7
Surgeon General

Mike
    $200 18
green

Mike
    $200 2
operetta

Mike
    $200 12
autograph hounds (signature hounds accepted)

Mike
    $200 15
MacArthur

Mike
    $200 1
Glen Campbell

Carol
    $400 8
watching you

Mike
    $400 19
purple

Rick
    $400 25
woodwinds

Mike
    $400 13
100 years

Mike
    $400 16
an iron curtain

Mike
    $400 3
Belmont (Park)

Mike
    $600 9
the State of the Union Address

Mike
    $600 26
falsetto

Mike
    $500 14
(Mike: What is porcelain?)
(Alex: I'm sorry, that is incorrect. What we were going for is what are [*]? Animal [*]. That's why it's called [*] china.)

bones

Mike
    $600 17
China

Mike
    $600 4
Dempsey

Mike
    $800 10
the Articles of Confederation

Mike
    $800 24
(Rick: [No response]
[ERRATUM: The Ishihara test is used for red-green color-blindness.]

(red-green) color-blindness

MikeRick
    $1,200 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
[Mike pumps his fists in celebration.]

a chord

Mike
    $800 21
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

Hungary

Rick
    $800 5
(Mike: Who are the, um, I don't know.)
(Rick: Who are the New York Giants?)

the New York Jets

MikeRick
Triple Stumper
    $1000 11
(Rick: What are the number of members of the House of Representatives?)
(Mike: What are the number of electors in the Electoral College?)
...
(Alex: [*]. The combined membership of the House and Senate.)

how many Members of Congress there are

MikeRick
Triple Stumper
    $1000 22
(Rick: Who is Heisenberg?)

Sir Isaac Newton

Rick
Triple Stumper
    $1000 23
(Carol: What are Dresdens?)

Hummels

Carol
Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
(Rick: What are the Netherlands?)

France

Rick
Triple Stumper
    $1000 6
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Rick

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mike Rick Carol
$8,400 -$3,000 -$200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

MEDICINE
[The music stops playing as soon as Mike finishes writing his response.]
...
[After being ruled correct, Mike pumps his fists in celebration again.]
MikeWhat are barbers?
$3,600
barbers

Final scores:

Mike Rick Carol
$12,000 -$3,000 -$200
4-day champion: $38,600 3rd place: Vitamaster exercise bike 2nd place: a Broyhill sofa + Andis personal care appliances

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Mike Rick Carol
$8,500 -$3,000 -$200
32 R
(including 1 DD),
10 W
(including 1 DD)
5 R,
7 W
4 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $5,300

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Game tape date: 1984-12-18
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