Responses for Show #1392 - Tuesday, September 25, 1990

Jim Scott game 1.

Contestants

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Joan Sebelin, an attorney from Shaker Heights, Ohio

Jim Scott, a college student from Charlottesville, Virginia

Barbara Simon, a goldsmith from Cape Coral, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

1958
RELIGION
STATE LICENSE PLATES
LITERATURE
THE FAB FOUR
(Alex: A reference to The Beatles.)
THE BEETLES
    $100 2
Berlin

Jim
    $100 7
Leo

Jim
    $100 18
Idaho

Barbara
    $100 26
the Mona Lisa

Jim
    $100 9
Liverpool

Jim
    $100 1
ladybugs

Jim
    $200 3
the Harlem Globetrotters

Barbara
    $200 8
whirling

Joan
    $200 19
Oklahoma

Jim
    $200 27
(Barbara: Who is Washington Irving?)

Longfellow

Barbara
Triple Stumper
    $200 11
Paul McCartney

Jim
    $200 14
the weevils

Barbara
    $300 4
Mary Ann Mobley

Barbara
    $300 10
Patrick

Joan
    $300 20
Illinois

Jim
    $300 28
the Great Gatsby

Jim
    $300 17
(Barbara: Who is "the man on the hill"?)

"the fool on the hill"

Barbara
Triple Stumper
    $300 15
the antenna

Barbara
    $400 5
Prince Albert

Jim
    $400 12
the Torah

Jim
    $400 21
Indiana

Barbara
    $900 29
her hair

Jim
    $400 24
(Jim: What is Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Clubs Band?)

The Magical Mystery Tour

BarbaraJim
    $400 16
the scarab

Joan
    $500 6
(Orval) Faubus

Jim
    $500 13
(Barbara: Who is Haile Selassie?)

Elijah Muhammad

Barbara
Triple Stumper
    $500 22
Nevada

Barbara
    $500 30
Cuban

Jim
    $500 25
(Alex: At the time it wasn't Ringo Starr, it was [*].)

Pete Best

Triple Stumper
    $500 23
(Jim: What are pupa?)
(Joan: What is papyrus?)

bookworms

JimJoan
Triple Stumper

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

Barbara Jim Joan
$500 $1,900 $500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Barbara Jim Joan
$1,400 $3,300 $400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORD ORIGINS
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
PLAYWRIGHTS
GEOGRAPHY
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
MORTAL MATTERS
    $200 12
(Jim: What is nihilism?)
(Barbara: What is negate?)

nix

BarbaraJim
Triple Stumper
    $200 26
(Alex: Yes, good deduction.)

a finger

Barbara
    $200 15
David

Barbara
    $200 8
Asia

Barbara
    $200 2
New York City

Jim
    $200 1
Hannibal

Jim
    $400 13
a mall

Barbara
    $400 27
a 1,000,000

Jim
    $400 18
(Herman) Wouk

Barbara
    $400 22
Denmark

Jim
    $400 3
Teddy Roosevelt

Barbara
    $400 4
King Tut

Jim
    $600 14
ham

Joan
    $3,000 28
(Alex: [Prior to the wager] Less than a minute to go.)

a mile

Jim
    $600 19
(Barbara: Who is Lorenz?)

Kaufman

Barbara
Triple Stumper
    $600 23
Cape Horn

Jim
    $600 5
the Kennedys

Jim
    $600 9
(Joan: Who is Pavlova?)

Isadora Duncan

BarbaraJoan
    $800 16
Shangri-La

Barbara
    $800 29
a kilogram

Jim
    $800 20
(Alex: Not fast enough, Barbara.)

Anton Chekhov

Triple Stumper
    $800 24
India & Pakistan

Jim
    $2,000 6
Hoover

Jim
    $800 10
Mordred (his son)

Barbara
    $1000 17
chintzy

Barbara
    $1000 30
(Jim: What is a dram?)
(Barbara: Uh, what is an ounce?)
(Alex: No.)
(Joan: I'm not gonna try.)

a grain

BarbaraJim
Triple Stumper
    $1000 21
Sophocles

Jim
    $1000 25
(1 of) Nicaragua (or Honduras)

Jim
    $1000 7
(Andrew) Jackson

Jim
    $1000 11
El Dorado

Barbara

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Barbara Jim Joan
$5,600 $14,500 $400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

BRITISH HISTORY
(Joan: I went for the humor.)
...
(Alex: We're gonna give you points for the humor.)
...
(Alex: I'd give you ten bucks just for the laugh I got out of Lady Chatterley.)
...
(Alex: Who is [*]?--the nine-day queen.)
JoanWhat is Lady Chatterly
$10
BarbaraWho is Mary Queen of Scots
$4,000
JimWho is Lady Jane Grey?
$3,000
Lady Jane Grey

Final scores:

Barbara Jim Joan
$1,600 $17,500 $390
2nd place: a trip on Delta to San Juan, Puerto Rico & stay at El San Juan Hotel & Casino + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger New champion: $17,500 3rd place: Maytag washer & dryer + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Barbara Jim Joan
$5,600 $10,400 $400
19 R,
6 W		 28 R
(including 3 DDs),
4 W		 4 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $16,400

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Game tape date: 1990-08-07
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