Responses for Show #2426 - Monday, March 6, 1995

Contestants

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Roger Moyer, a bookstore administrator from Alexandria, Virginia

Jeffrey Dickey, a writer originally from Portland, Oregon

Ben Macrory, a law student originally from Washington, D.C. (whose 3-day cash winnings total $40,402)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BIBLICAL PEOPLE & PLACES
SPORTS HISTORY
CONDIMENTS
SICKNESS & HEALTH
TOWERS
5-LETTER WORDS
    $100 3
Bethlehem

Jeffrey
    $100 1
Indianapolis

Ben
    $100 11
a cucumber

Ben
    $100 26
the bones

Jeffrey
    $100 16
Legos

Roger
    $100 20
eager

Ben
    $200 4
the Jordan

Ben
    $200 2
Little League

Jeffrey
    $200 12
Tabasco

Ben
    $200 27
ether

Roger
    $200 17
the Tower of London

Roger
    $200 22
calve

Roger
    $300 8
Sodom & Gomorrah

Ben
    $300 5
water polo

Ben
    $300 13
Worcestershire sauce

Roger
    $300 28
pupils

Ben
    $300 18
the world's longest tower

Triple Stumper
    $300 23
an aside

Roger
    $400 9
Egypt

Ben
    $400 6
Los Angeles

Ben
    $400 14
(Ben: What is, uh, ginger?)

horseradish

Ben
Triple Stumper
    $400 29
the kidneys

Jeffrey
    $400 19
the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Jeffrey
    $400 24
a sheaf

Roger
    $300 10
(Ben: Uh, what is Caanan?)

Cana

Ben
    $500 7
lacrosse

Ben
    $500 15
Dijon

Roger
    $500 30
(Jeffrey: What is a gash?)

a laceration

Jeffrey
Triple Stumper
    $500 21
the Eiffel Tower

Roger
    $500 25
caper

Roger

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Ben Jeffrey Roger
$1,800 $300 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Jeffrey Roger
$2,200 $700 $3,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD HISTORY
STARS
QUOTATIONS
OPERA
MIDDLE NAMES
LITERARY WOMEN
    $200 2
Boris Yeltsin

Ben
    $200 9
the Milky Way

Ben
    $200 10
money

Ben
    $200 1
China

Roger
    $200 14
(Alex: [After reading "King" as [*] and Ben rings in] Ben? Oh, sorry, I do that every two or three years and I give the response.)
[Laughter]

Jean

Triple Stumper
    $200 19
Mary Shelley

Ben
    $400 3
Margaret Thatcher

Jeffrey
    $400 22
planets

Roger
    $400 11
dance

Ben
    $400 4
Lisbon

Jeffrey
    $400 15
Everett

Ben
    $400 20
(Jeffrey: Who is Lindbergh?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Jeffrey: Who is Alice Lindbergh?)

Anne Lindbergh

JeffreyRoger
    $600 6
Ho Chi Minh

Ben
    $600 23
(Ben: What is light?)
(Alex: Mmm, more specific on that.)
(Ben: What is the light reflected off a heavenly body?)

brightness

Ben
Triple Stumper
    $600 12
the knife

Roger
    $600 5
Scotland

Ben
    $600 16
[Ben rings in so fast repeatedly that he locks himself out and never gets in or acknowledged]

Thornton Wilder

Triple Stumper
    $600 21
Steven Smith

Triple Stumper
    $800 7
(King) Hassan

Roger
    $800 24
hydrogen & helium

Ben
    $800 13
Lord Nelson

Triple Stumper
    $1,100 26
The Flying Dutchman

Jeffrey
    $1,500 17
(Ben: Who is Pierce?)
...
(Ben: I knew that.)
(Alex: Spoke too quickly.)

(James K.) Polk

Ben
    $800 29
Edith Wharton

Ben
    $1000 8
(Jeffrey: Who is Catherine the Great?)

Maria Theresa

Jeffrey
Triple Stumper
    $1000 28
a pulsar

Roger
    $1000 25
rules the world

Jeffrey
    $1000 27
Fidelio

Jeffrey
    $1000 18
Linus Pauling

Roger
    $1000 30
Daphne du Maurier

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Jeffrey Roger
$4,500 $3,200 $7,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 1980s
[Alex comes into view for a closer look at Ben's screen]
(Ben: I wrote it in Chinese as well... I'm sorry.)
[Laughter as Alex looks into the camera]
(Alex: Some players are show-offs; I can't tell if that's correct or not.)
...
(Alex: If Roger did the same thing that you did, he probably wrote it in German.)
JeffreyWhat is Tianenmen Square?
$3,150
BenWhat is Tiananmen? 天安门
$4,500
RogerWhat is Tienanmin?
$1,401
Tiananmen Square

Final scores:

Ben Jeffrey Roger
$9,000 $6,350 $9,001
2nd place: Artisans du Marais serigraph by Thomas Pradzynski through Caldwell Synder Gallery & Broyhill bedroom + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or SNES 3rd place: Fendi watch + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or SNES New champion: $9,001

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ben Jeffrey Roger
$6,300 $2,900 $7,600
21 R,
4 W
(including 2 DDs)		 10 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 17 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $16,800

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Game tape date: 1994-11-29
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