Responses for Show #485 - Friday, October 17, 1986

Contestants

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Janet Stevenson, a housewife originally from Sioux City, Iowa

Virginia Tyson, a copyeditor originally from Houston, Texas

Paul Waters, a fashion photographer originally from Portland, Oregon

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Jeopardy! Round responses

PREHISTORIC ANIMALS
AUTOMOBILES
FASHION
STORYTELLERS
MOVIE TRIVIA
"M.C."
    $100 16
the horse

Janet
    $100 1
8

Janet
    $100 2
your wish will come true

Paul
    $100 4
Bette Davis

Virginia
    $100 7
master of ceremonies

Paul
    $200 20
Dino (the dinosaur)

Paul
    $200 3
(Alex: Yes, there are others who say that it was named because of the train, the Century Limited.)

100 miles per hour

Virginia
    $200 15
Reeboks tennis shoes

Virginia
    $200 5
Trigger

Virginia
    $500 10
(Alex: Nilsson singing "Everybody's Talkin'".)
[The song was reprised going into the break.]

Midnight Cowboy

Janet
    $300 21
(Alex: We've got a minute to go in the round.)

the pterodactyl

Janet
    $300 8
the '50s

Virginia
    $300 17
cotton

Paul
    $300 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

a photojournalist

Triple Stumper
    $300 6
(Alex: It was filmed in that county and it didn't win any other awards, unfortunately, at the regular Oscars.)

The Color Purple

Janet
    $300 11
(Paul: What is the Marine Academy?)

Medical Center

Paul
Triple Stumper
    $400 24
herbivores

Virginia
    $400 18
the Oldsmobile

Paul
    $400 22
Esprit

Paul
    $400 9
Easter Parade

Janet
    $400 12
Marion Cunningham

Janet
    $500 25
trilobite

Paul
    $500 19
(Janet: Uh, who is Giannini?)
...
(Alex: He got it reclassified as [*] by putting a siren on it and an emergency light.)

a fire engine

Janet
Triple Stumper
    $500 23
handbags for ladies

Triple Stumper
    $500 14
Katharine Hepburn

Janet
    $500 13
Marge Champion

Virginia

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

Paul Virginia Janet
-$100 $800 $1,300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Paul Virginia Janet
$1,700 $1,900 $2,100

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE EASTERN BLOC
CLASSICAL MUSIC
MAGICIANS
EDUCATION
GENERALS
WORDS OF THE PAST
    $200 6
Hungary

Paul
    $200 21
Havana

Janet
    $200 18
Night Court

Virginia
    $200 13
a gymnasium

Paul
    $200 11
Lafayette

Paul
    $200 1
a fool

Janet
    $400 7
Bulgaria

Paul
    $400 22
(Alex: We've got about a minute to go in the round.)

a typewriter

Paul
    $400 19
Teller

Virginia
    $400 14
the G.I. Bill

Virginia
    $400 12
the Salvation Army

Virginia
    $400 2
an apron

Paul
    $1,200 8
Latvia, Lithuania & Estonia

Paul
    $600 20
his hands

Janet
    $600 15
the Baltimore catechism

Triple Stumper
    $600 25
Douglas MacArthur

Triple Stumper
    $600 3
(Virginia: What is prod?)

to beat them

PaulVirginia
    $800 9
(Paul: What is the Soviet Union?)

Nikita Khrushchev

Paul
Triple Stumper
    $800 23
(Paul: Who is Kreskin?)

the Amazing Randi

Paul
Triple Stumper
    $800 16
Euclid

Janet
    $400 26
(Paul: Uh, what is 5-star general?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the first Black general in the U.S. armed forces

Paul
    $800 4
(Virginia: What is skiing?)
(Janet: What is [**]?)
[Janet was ruled incorrect and because tobogganing is all-encompassing to include [**] and luge it was changed to correct just prior to the reveal of the Final Jeopardy! clue.]

tobogganing (bobsledding)

VirginiaJanet
    $1000 10
(Paul: Who are the Yugoslavs?)

the Romanians

Paul
Triple Stumper
    $1000 24
Mark Wilson

Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
kindergartens

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
cry & sing

Paul

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Paul Virginia Janet
$3,300 $1,900 $4,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ROYALTY
(Alex: [To Janet] No, there were other Annes--Anne of Cleves among them. The Catherines were Aragon, Howard and Parr; the only one who did not share her name was [*].)
VirginiaWho is?
$1,898
PaulWho was Catherine of Aragon>
$3,300
JanetWho is Anne Boleyn?
$2,000
Jane Seymour

Final scores:

Paul Virginia Janet
$0 $2 $2,700
3rd place: Ricci flatware 2nd place: La-Z-Boy sofa & chair + Zenith 9" color TV New champion: $2,700

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Paul Virginia Janet
$3,100 $1,900 $4,400
16 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)
11 R,
2 W
13 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $9,400

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Game tape date: 1986-08-20
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