Responses for Show #121 - Monday, February 25, 1985

Contestants

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John Martin, a government budget analyst from San Diego, California

Leo Cullum, a magazine cartoonist originally from North Bergen, New Jersey

Michael Wing, a minister originally from Roseburg, Oregon (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,300)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BEST SELLERS
THE IRISH
DAYTIME TV
THE '70s
SHIPS
GOT IT "MADE"
    $100 10
a paddy wagon

Michael
    $100 1
Bryant Gumbel

John
    $100 22
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

"whip inflation now"

Michael
    $100 6
(John: What is a mast?)
...
(Alex: The platform gives the view.)

the crow's nest

MichaelJohn
    $100 7
(John: What is...)
(Alex: Sorry, you're taking too long.)
(Michael: What is homemade?)
(Leo: What is fingermade?)

handmade

MichaelLeoJohn
Triple Stumper
    $200 11
(John: What is Irish stew?)

Mulligan stew

MichaelJohn
    $200 3
(John: What is Wheel of Fortune?)
...
(Alex: Our company, John, Merv Griffin Productions, thanks you for the plug for Wheel of Fortune.)

The Electric Company

MichaelJohn
    $200 14
a balloon

Leo
    $200 16
(Michael: Oh, let's see, what, I draw a blank.)

tramp steamer

MichaelLeo
    $200 8
the devil made me do it

John
    $300 12
(Michael: What is Kilkenny?)

Tara

MichaelJohn
    $300 4
(Michael: Oh boy. What was... what is 396...?)
...
(Alex: That beauty contest wasn't worth too much.)

$1.98

MichaelJohn
    $300 9
(John: What is India?)
...
(Alex: Lisa Halaby, or [**] with Hope Cooke.)

Jordan (or Sikkim)

LeoJohn
    $300 17
lee

John
    $300 21
(Alex: I thought you might get that one.)

marriage made in heaven

Michael
    $400 15
(Alex: [*], a credit to old Ireland!)

McNamara's Band

Leo
    $400 19
Richard Pryor

Michael
    $400 5
being a woman

Leo
    $400 18
(Leo: What is the poop deck?)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

the smokestack

Leo
Triple Stumper
    $500 20
Bob Keeshan

Michael
    $500 2
Steve Cauthen

Michael
    $500 13
(Samuel) Cunard

Michael

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 8):

Michael Leo John
$400 $300 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Michael Leo John
$2,000 $1,000 $300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

CHEMISTRY
AMERICAN INDIANS
5-LETTER WORDS
THE RENAISSANCE
ACTORS & ROLES
GEOGRAPHY
    $200 25
(Michael: What is you?)
...
(Alex: 80%.)

an earthworm

MichaelJohn
    $200 11
a tomahawk

Michael
    $200 7
snuff

Michael
    $200 21
Michelangelo

Leo
    $200 20
(John: Who was, uh, Redford?)
...
(Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round.)

Mel Gibson

LeoJohn
    $200 4
the Suez Canal

Leo
    $400 13
Lewis & Clark

John
    $400 8
stomp

John
    $400 22
chateaus

Triple Stumper
    $400 14
James Dean

John
    $1,000 5
(Leo: What are [*] and [**]?)
[NOTE: Alex accidentally said that [***] was Australia.]

(2 of) France, Switzerland, Austria, Yugoslavia

Leo
    $600 15
the first Thanksgiving

Michael
    $600 12
the first

Leo
    $600 23
(John: What is...)

teacher (professor)

John
Triple Stumper
    $600 3
Nanook (of the North)

Leo
    $600 6
Vancouver

Michael
    $800 18
(John: Who are the Sioux?)

the Crows

John
Triple Stumper
    $800 16
(John: What is a lease?)
...
(Alex: No lease in a book, I don't think.)

a title

John
Triple Stumper
    $800 24
the Pope

Michael
    $800 2
(Michael: Who was Rock Hudson?)

Clark Gable

MichaelJohn
    $800 9
the Caspian Sea

Leo
    $1000 19
(Michael: Who was Captain John Smith?)

John Rolfe

MichaelJohn
    $1000 17
(Leo: [*].)
(Alex: Phrase it in the form of a question.)
(Leo: What is [*]?)

prone

Leo
    $1,000 26
(John: What is the 1100s?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the 19th century

John
    $1000 1
(John: Oh boy, buzzed too soon. Who is... don't know?)
...
(Alex: One of the dangers in selecting the very expensive answers is that you don't have a chance to get into the rhythm of the category, so I caution you about that.)

Alec Guinness

John
Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
(Michael: What is Ethiopia?)
(John: What is Sudan?)
...
(Alex: [*]. Muammar Gaddafi's [*].)

Libya

MichaelJohn
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Michael Leo John
$1,400 $5,600 -$1,900
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE CABINET
[Alex specified "officer" for "ofcr." when reading the clue.]
MichaelWho is the UN director?
$1,399
LeoWho is UN Ambassador?
$1,000
U.N. Ambassador

Final scores:

Michael Leo John
$1 $6,600 -$1,900
2nd place: recliner + answering machine New champion: $6,600 3rd place: exercise bench

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Michael Leo John
$1,400 $5,000 -$900
15 R,
8 W		 13 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 11 R,
12 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $5,500

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Game tape date: 1984-11-13
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