Responses for Show #273 - Wednesday, September 25, 1985

Contestants

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Taffy Sandow, an artist from Los Angeles, California

Dane Garrett, a lawyer from Collinsville, Illinois

Rob Lai, an insurance investigator from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,399)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

POP MUSIC
BIRDS
DOLLS
MISSOURI
SPORTS
GOBBLEDYGOOK
    $100 1
Madonna

Taffy
    $100 21
male

Rob
    $100 18
Thomas Edison

Rob
    $100 6
"Show Me"

Dane
    $100 9
(Dane: What is parachute?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Dane: What is jump out of an airplane and skydive?)
(Alex: We can't...you finally came up with the right word. All right.)

skydiving

Dane
    $100 12
a toothpick

Rob
    $200 2
Barry Manilow

Rob
    $200 25
[The Chyron rendered the clue as displayed.]

a pelican

Taffy
    $200 19
Kewpie doll

Taffy
    $200 7
(Alex: Thus the name, "Spirit of [*].)

St. Louis

Dane
    $200 14
the Heisman Trophy

Dane
    $200 13
people

Dane
    $300 3
"You're A Hard Habit To Break"

Taffy
    $300 20
(Taffy: What is Firestone?)

Goodyear

DaneTaffy
    $300 8
Hannibal

Dane
    $1,100 15
(Dane: What is [*] while coming down the ski jump?)

falling

Dane
    $300 24
(Alex: [*], the Rangers, yes indeed, parachuting in.)

a paratrooper

Dane
    $400 4
Anne Murray

Rob
    $400 22
(Alex: With about a minute to go in this round.)

Planet of the Apes

Triple Stumper
    $400 10
Independence

Rob
    $400 16
the wall

Rob
    $400 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

libraries

Rob
    $500 5
Melissa Manchester

Triple Stumper
    $500 23
(Rob: What are the Transformers?)

the G.I. Joe series

Rob
Triple Stumper
    $500 11
Thomas Hart Benton

Triple Stumper
    $500 17
Jack Nicklaus

Dane

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

Rob Dane Taffy
$1,000 $700 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Rob Dane Taffy
$1,600 $3,300 $500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. HISTORY
STARTS WITH "A"
WEATHER
THE MIDDLE AGES
THE LIBRARY
(Alex: Or, as we discovered in the previous round, learning resource centers)
MOVIE DIRECTORS
    $200 5
Franklin Roosevelt

Taffy
    $200 1
Aborigine

Taffy
    $200 8
cyclone

Dane
    $200 9
(Rob: What is Cambridge?)

Oxford

RobDane
    $200 16
Bookmobile

Rob
    $200 14
(Rob: Who is Gene Wilder?)

Mel Brooks

RobTaffy
    $400 6
(Taffy: What is the Republican Party?)

the Democrats

DaneTaffy
    $400 2
(Dane: What is an accomplice?)
(Taffy: What is an abettor?)
...
(Alex: Both your responses would have been correct without the second part of the clue. The scarf, an [*]. An [*] after the fact.)

accessory

DaneTaffy
Triple Stumper
    $400 10
frost

Taffy
    $400 21
King John

Dane
    $400 23
(Alex: It's a decimal system; they are divided into [*].)

10

Triple Stumper
    $400 15
(Sam) Peckinpah

Dane
    $600 7
alcohol

Triple Stumper
    $600 3
the apple

Rob
    $600 24
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

a halo

Rob
    $600 22
France

Triple Stumper
    $600 20
Harvard

Dane
    $600 17
Vincente Minnelli

Triple Stumper
    $800 11
Louisiana

Taffy
    $800 4
adenoids

Dane
    $800 18
Elia Kazan

Triple Stumper
    $1000 12
blue

Triple Stumper
    $500 13
(Alex: Alaska, Alabama, and Arizona were the others.)

Arkansas

Taffy
    $1,000 19
(Rob: Is it [*]?)
(Alex: You know, you phrased that in the form of a question as well, it is [*]! And it's from Modern Times. Nice going! I guess you can do it that way rather than say "Who is". Rob, we've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

Charlie Chaplin

Rob

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Rob Dane Taffy
$3,600 $5,900 $2,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

IN THE NEWS
(Alex: Dane and Rob are tied, they will be co-champions, and they'll both be back on our next program! First time this season, they'll each get $7,200 in cash, and we'll be introducing one newcomer to Jeopardy! on our next program.)
TaffyWhat is Solidarity?
$1,900
RobWhat is Solidarity?
$3,600
DaneWhat is Solidarity
$1,300
Solidarity

Final scores:

Rob Dane Taffy
$7,200 $7,200 $3,900
2-day co-champion: $13,599 New co-champion: $7,200 2nd place: Buck Stove heating system + his & hers Jules Jurgensen watches

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Rob Dane Taffy
$3,600 $5,100 $2,500
12 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 10 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $11,200

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Game tape date: 1985-07-23
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