Responses for Show #2425 - Friday, March 3, 1995

Contestants

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Bob Michael, a geologist from Santa Barbara, California

John Vallerga, an astrophysicist from Oakland, California

Ben Macrory, a law student originally from Washington, D.C. (whose 2-day cash winnings total $18,002)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORY
1994 MOVIES
MEASURING DEVICES
NOTABLE ANIMALS
TRAVEL & TOURISM
6-LETTER WORDS
    $100 1
Columbus

Ben
    $100 16
Eddie Murphy

Ben
    $100 14
time

Ben
    $100 22
(Ben: What is an elephant?)

a giraffe

BenJohn
    $100 6
New Jersey

John
    $100 26
humble

Ben
    $200 2
Mecca

Ben
    $200 17
The Flintstones

Ben
    $200 11
a rain gauge

Bob
    $200 19
Schweitzer

Ben
    $200 7
Christ

Bob
    $200 27
canopy

Triple Stumper
    $300 3
a joust

John
    $300 18
The Crow

Bob
    $300 12
ruler

Ben
    $300 23
(John: What is a tiger?)

a gorilla

BenJohn
    $300 8
Paris

Ben
    $300 28
a canter

John
    $500 4
(Brian) Mulroney

John
    $400 20
John Lennon

Ben
    $400 13
an odometer

John
    $400 24
(Ben: Uh, who is, uh... Falu?)

Fala

BenJohn
    $400 9
Bombay

Bob
    $400 29
a flurry

John
    $500 5
the Andrea Doria

Ben
    $500 21
Four Weddings and a Funeral

Ben
    $500 15
a scale

John
    $500 25
Jane Goodall

Ben
    $500 10
(Bob: What is...)
(Alex: Hang on, you have to ring in.)
(Bob: What is Philadelphia?)

New York City

Bob
Triple Stumper
    $500 30
a mantra

Ben

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 16):

Ben John Bob
$1,600 $1,800 $300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben John Bob
$3,800 $2,700 $600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 16th CENTURY
LIBRARIES
POLITICIANS
QUOTES ABOUT AUTHORS
BAYS
OPERA
    $200 29
Balboa

Ben
    $200 27
Rome

Ben
    $200 11
Hawaii

Ben
    $200 28
H.G. Wells

Ben
    $200 30
(Bob: What is [**]?)
(Alex: [*] is right.)

Hudson Bay (Hudson's Bay)

Bob
    $200 24
of Sheba

John
    $400 12
tubes

Ben
    $400 20
the Library of Congress

John
    $400 2
Robert Kennedy

Bob
    $400 16
Byron

Ben
    $400 7
the Chesapeake

John
    $400 1
Peter the Great

Ben
    $600 13
a toilet

John
    $600 21
(John: What is Ireland?)

Wales

JohnBob
    $600 5
(Spiro) Agnew

John
    $600 17
Coleridge

Ben
    $600 8
Manila Bay

Ben
    $1,000 3
La bohème

Bob
    $800 14
the Admirable Crichton

Triple Stumper
    $800 25
(Alex: You're right and we have a minute to go.)

bibliothèque

Ben
    $800 9
Weicker

Ben
    $800 18
(G.K.) Chesterton

Ben
    $800 22
the Bay of Bengal

Bob
    $800 4
(Bob: Who is...)
...
(Alex: Bob, you have to be the first to ring in and be recognized.)

Mozart

Ben
    $1000 15
William of Orange

Ben
    $1000 26
Assyria

John
    $1000 10
(Henry) Clay

John
    $1000 19
Bret Harte

Triple Stumper
    $4,400 23
the Bay of Biscay

Bob
    $1000 6
Handel

Bob

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben John Bob
$11,200 $6,300 $9,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
[Exuberant audience reaction to Ben's wager and win]
JohnWhat is H
$1,005
BobWhat is Princeton
$8,000
BenWhat is Columbia?
$11,200
Columbia

Final scores:

Ben John Bob
$22,400 $5,295 $1,000
3-day champion: $40,402 2nd place: Keller dining furniture & RCR crystal stemware + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or SNES. 3rd place: + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or SNES.

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ben John Bob
$11,200 $6,200 $5,200
29 R,
2 W
16 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
11 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $22,600

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Game tape date: 1994-11-16
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