Responses for Show #151 - Monday, April 8, 1985

Three-way tie at zero.

Contestants

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John Voorhuis, a songwriter from Watertown, Massachusetts

Bill McKeever, a naval officer and flight instructor from Virginia Beach, Virginia

Ezra Litwak, a writer originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan (whose 2-day cash winnings total $6,399)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

FIRST LADIES
GARDENS
WEAPONS
BUTLERS
VIRGINIA
POP QUIZ
    $100 3
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (Onassis)

Ezra
    $100 21
Marvin Gardens

Ezra
    $100 2
Star Wars

Ezra
    $100 10
Lurch

Bill
    $100 11
(John: What is the...)
[Time expires]
(John: Cemetery, [*]?)
(Alex: I'm sorry, too late, Bill?)
...
(Alex: You have to be careful if you're blurting out an answer too late, you're merely helping your opponents.)

Arlington National Cemetery

BillJohn
    $100 1
Coca-Cola

John
    $200 4
(Ezra: Who was Abraham Lincoln?)

James Madison

EzraJohn
    $200 22
(Ezra: What is The Secret Garden?)

A Child's Garden of Verse

EzraJohn
    $200 8
a bazooka

Ezra
    $200 23
(Ezra: Who is Rags?)

My Man Godfrey

Ezra
Triple Stumper
    $200 12
Williamsburg

John
    $200 9
(Ezra: What was, uh, Reynolds wrap?)

the aluminum can

Ezra
Triple Stumper
    $300 5
(Ezra: What was UNICEF?)

the General Assembly

EzraBill
    $300 25
"Garden Party"

Bill
    $300 13
the bayonet

Bill
    $300 24
(John: [No response])

John Gielgud

EzraJohn
    $500 14
the Virginia reel

Bill
    $300 19
NutraSweet (or aspartame)

Ezra
    $400 6
Mary Todd Lincoln

John
    $400 17
chainsaw

Ezra
    $400 26
(John: [*]!)
(Alex: Whoa! You didn't phrase it as a question, sorry, and we ran out of time on that one.)
...
(Alex: You have to be careful about that, John.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Jeeves

EzraJohn
    $400 15
Admiral Byrd

John
    $400 20
(Ezra: What is Coca-Cola?)

Dr Pepper

EzraJohn
    $500 7
(Bill: Who was Nancy Reagan?)

Pat Nixon

Bill
Triple Stumper
    $500 18
the scimitar

John
    $500 16
Shenandoah (Valley)

John

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

Ezra Bill John
-$300 $0 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ezra Bill John
$400 $1,100 $2,100

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ANCIENT LEGENDS
INVENTIONS
ANIMALS
ART
NUMBER PLEASE
BRITISH HISTORY
    $200 2
Midas

Ezra
    $200 17
a reaper

Ezra
    $200 16
(Ezra: What are yaks?)
...
(Alex: Where did you come up with yaks? Ezra?)
(Ezra: The same place I got "Pee-pys", I guess.)
(Alex: Oh, all right. "Pee-pys" and yaks go together.

beavers

EzraBill
    $200 1
"I don't know (anything about) art"

John
    $200 22
(Alex: And we've got less than a minute to go in this round.)

2

Ezra
    $200 11
Winston Churchill

John
    $400 3
by flying

John
    $400 18
the Polaroid (instant camera)

Ezra
    $400 7
Andy Warhol

Ezra
    $400 23
(Ezra: What are six?)

seven

EzraBill
    $400 12
jousting

Ezra
    $600 4
Aphrodite

Ezra
    $600 19
(Ezra: What is movie-making?)

television

EzraJohn
    $600 8
(John: What is Venus?)

nude

EzraJohn
    $600 24
(Ezra: What is the 6...)

the 1500-meter race

EzraBill
    $2,000 13
(Ezra: What was France?)

the United States

Ezra
    $800 5
(Ezra: What is the Hades?)

the river Styx

EzraJohn
    $800 20
Singer

John
    $800 9
a mosaic

John
    $800 25
(John: What is 1,000?)

500

John
Triple Stumper
    $800 14
the Pope

Ezra
    $1000 6
Pygmalion

Ezra
    $1000 21
(Ezra: What are copyrights?)
(John: What is 75 years?)
...
(Alex: Patents on designs after 14 years.)

17 years

EzraJohn
Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
(John: What is New York?)

Chicago

BillJohn
    $800 26
(Bill: What is a magnum?)
(Alex: Oh, I'm sorry, you had to go the other way. 187 milliliters is the small bottle, the [*]s, about 6 ounces.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

split

Bill
    $1000 15
(Ezra pronounced it "pep-EEs".)
...
(Alex: He was Mexican, obviously.)

(Samuel) Pepys

Ezra

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ezra Bill John
$600 $2,500 $2,500

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE CALENDAR
(Alex: All of you forgot that January 1, 1984 was a Sunday, so those bowl games were played on [*]. John, you could be the new champion if you did not risk all of it. What did you put down? Sorry about that, fellows, what that means is we have no champion today, and on our next program, we will be introducing three new players right here on Jeopardy! Sorry, guys!)
EzraWhat is Jan. 1 1984
$600
BillWhat is Jan 1, 1984
$2,500
JohnWhat is January 1 1984?
$2,500
January 2

Final scores:

Ezra Bill John
$0 $0 $0
Loser: Berkline Wall Away recliner Loser: vacation to Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs + Skyway luggage Loser: vacation to Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs + Skyway luggage

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ezra Bill John
$2,600 $3,100 $2,500
19 R,
13 W
(including 1 DD)
10 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)
16 R,
7 W

Combined Coryat: $8,200

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Game tape date: 1984-12-18
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