Responses for Show #398 - Wednesday, March 19, 1986

Contestants

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Spencer McIlmurray, a management consultant from Evanston, Illinois

Donna Cunningham, a writer from Ventura, California

Gerri Miller, a magazine editor from New York City (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,199)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

FICTION
SLOGANS
STARTS WITH "G"
ARCHERY
MOVIES
HODGEPODGE
    $100 12
Of Mice and Men

Gerri
    $100 6
the Army

Spencer
    $100 13
gymnasts

Spencer
    $100 11
target

Donna
    $100 1
Urban Cowboy

Gerri
    $100 21
TBA

Spencer
    $200 15
Lilliput

Spencer
    $200 7
a Hallmark

Gerri
    $200 19
gluttony

Donna
    $200 14
(Spencer: Who are the Assyrians?)
(Gerri: Who are the Greeks?)

the Egyptians

GerriSpencer
Triple Stumper
    $200 2
1,000,000 Years B.C.

Donna
    $200 25
Europe

Gerri
    $300 16
Huckleberry Finn

Donna
    $300 8
good to the last drop

Donna
    $300 20
(Donna: Messed that one up.)

gizmo

Donna
Triple Stumper
    $300 22
(Spencer: What is a crossbow?)

a longbow

GerriSpencer
    $300 3
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Donna
    $300 26
the Olympic flag

Gerri
    $400 17
20,007

Spencer
    $600 9
MGM

Donna
    $400 23
Georgette

Spencer
    $400 29
(Donna: What is fishing?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Donna: Uh, fishing with a bow.)
(Alex: Yeah, it's called [*], but fishing with a bow will do.)
[Laughter]

bowfishing

Donna
    $400 4
(Spencer: What is In Like Flint?)

Our Man Flint

Spencer
Triple Stumper
    $400 27
(Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round.)

by hanging

Spencer
    $500 18
U.S.A.

Gerri
    $500 10
the United Negro College Fund

Spencer
    $500 24
gnocchi

Donna
    $500 30
(Spencer: A simple bow. What is a simple bow?)

pulleys

Spencer
Triple Stumper
    $500 5
A Passage to India

Donna
    $500 28
a bolster

Gerri

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Gerri Donna Spencer
$200 $2,000 $100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Gerri Donna Spencer
$2,000 $3,100 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SOUTH AMERICA
SICKNESS & HEALTH
TEXTILES
UNIVERSITIES
"ROCK" & "ROLL" SONGS
FISH
    $200 15
(Donna: What's monsoon season?)
(Spencer: What is summer?)

winter

DonnaSpencer
Triple Stumper
    $200 6
plaque

Spencer
    $200 9
(Donna: What's cotton?)

flax

GerriDonna
    $200 3
Alabama (Crimson Tide)

Donna
    $200 10
"Rock-A-Bye Your Baby"

Gerri
    $200 1
(Spencer: What is [***]?)
(Alex: We'll give it to you, [*] and [**] are the two colors we were going for and that's close enough.)

silver or blue (gray)

Spencer
    $400 21
prickly

Gerri
    $400 14
(Spencer: What is canvas?)
(Gerri: What is batik?)

oilcloth

GerriSpencer
Triple Stumper
    $400 4
Ohio State University

Donna
    $400 11
"Rollin' On The River"

Triple Stumper
    $500 2
(Alex: Do you have a response for me?)
(Spencer: Sorry, I don't.)
(Alex: Oh, the song is called "Moritat", from The Threepenny Opera and when it's speeded up and sung by Bobby Darin you'd recognize it as "Mack The Knife" and "Oh, [*] with his teeth".)

the shark

Spencer
    $600 22
tics

Gerri
    $600 18
(the Captain and) chenille

Gerri
    $1,000 5
(Donna: What is [*]?)
(Alex: Right.)
(Donna: And... Robert E. Lee...)

William and Mary & Washington and Lee

Donna
    $600 12
rock and roll music

Donna
    $600 16
(Spencer: What is temperature?)
(Donna: What are currents?)
(Alex: No, you're not allowed to ring in again, Spencer.)
[Laughter]
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

salinity

GerriDonnaSpencer
    $800 23
underactive

Gerri
    $800 19
felt

Gerri
    $800 7
the University of Colorado

Triple Stumper
    $800 13
"Rock Of Ages"

Spencer
    $1000 24
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

toxic shock syndrome

Spencer
    $1000 20
(Gerri: What is feel?)

to weave

GerriSpencer
    $1000 8
the University of Delaware

Spencer
    $1000 17
(Alex: No fast enough, Spencer.)

"Let The Good Times Roll"

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Gerri Donna Spencer
$4,800 $2,300 $3,300

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ELECTIONS
(Alex: [To Spencer] Alf got about 8 electoral votes, I believe.)
...
(Alex: The correct response is "Who is [*]?"--he got 99; 1944 election, right?)
DonnaWho was?
$1,800
SpencerWho was Alf Landon?
$3,300
GerriWho is?
$1,801
Thomas Dewey

Final scores:

Gerri Donna Spencer
$2,999 $500 $0
2-day champion: $7,198 2nd place: trip on Eastern to Orlando, Florida & stay at Radisson Plaza 3rd place: Olympus OM-2S camera

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Gerri Donna Spencer
$4,800 $3,100 $3,800
16 R,
3 W		 13 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 14 R,
8 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $11,700

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Game tape date: 1985-11-05
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