Responses for Show #472 - Tuesday, September 30, 1986

Contestants

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Jim Flowers, a computer scientist originally from Boston, Massachusetts

Jonathan Oren, a pedicab operator originally from Honolulu, Hawaii

Tom Rutledge, a freelance journalist originally from Columbus, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,201)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

GEMS
INITIALS
BASEBALL NICKNAMES
POTENT POTABLES
PATRIOTIC SONGS
TOYS OF THE '60s
    $100 25
Ruby

Tom
    $100 6
the KGB

Tom
    $100 18
"Little Poison"

Tom
    $100 23
orange

Jonathan
    $100 1
England

Tom
    $100 12
Twister

Tom
    $200 26
diamonds

Jonathan
    $200 7
BMW

Jonathan
    $200 19
(Sal) "the Barber"

Tom
    $200 17
vintage

Tom
    $200 2
the coming of the Lord

Tom
    $200 13
Operation

Tom
    $300 8
(Jonathan: What are rubies?)
...
(Alex: Yes, a heart-shaped [*].)

an emerald

JonathanJim
    $300 9
(Jonathan: What is MGM?)

RKO

Jonathan
Triple Stumper
    $300 20
"Moose"

Jim
    $300 24
(Jonathan: What is eggnog?)

Tom & Jerry

TomJonathan
    $300 3
"Anchors Aweigh"

Tom
    $300 14
Electric Football

Jim
    $400 27
a marquise

Jim
    $500 10
(Alex: Jim, do you have a response for us? Hurry.)
...
[The theme was reprised going into the break.]

KLM

Jim
    $400 21
"Dr. Strangeglove"

Tom
    $400 4
macaroni

Tom
    $400 15
Mouse Trap

Tom
    $500 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the opal

Triple Stumper
    $500 11
(Jim: What is the FDA?)
(Tom: What is the FTC?)

the AMA

TomJim
Triple Stumper
    $500 22
(Alex: We've got a minute to go in this round.)

Branch Rickey

Tom
    $500 5
(Alex: You ran the category.)
[Applause]
[ERRATUM: It's Pikes Peak.]

"America The Beautiful"

Tom
    $500 16
the Easy-Bake Oven

Jonathan

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 11):

Tom Jonathan Jim
$1,100 -$400 -$700

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Tom Jonathan Jim
$3,600 $100 $300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

GEOGRAPHY
19th CENTURY
FAMOUS QUOTES
IOWA
NOVEL PLOTS
"SPRING" IS HERE
    $200 4
Alaska

Jonathan
    $200 8
Ellis Island

Tom
    $200 9
broken

Jonathan
    $200 10
Johnny Carson

Jonathan
    $200 25
Tom Sawyer

Jim
    $200 12
Bruce Springsteen

Jim
    $400 5
Netherlands

Jim
    $400 18
the Supreme Court

Jim
    $400 20
Timothy Leary

Tom
    $400 11
Buffalo Bill (Cody)

Jim
    $400 13
offspring

Jim
    $1,000 1
India

Jonathan
    $600 2
the telephone

Jonathan
    $600 3
Joseph Kennedy

Tom
    $600 15
George Reeves

Jim
    $600 14
Springtime for Hitler

Jonathan
    $800 6
Cyprus

Jonathan
    $187 17
(Jonathan: Who is... Cagney?)

P.T. Barnum

Jonathan
    $800 21
(Jim: Who is Adolf Hitler?)
(Jonathan: What is--who is...)

Albert Einstein

TomJonathanJim
    $800 23
(Jim: Who is Mike Wallace?)
(Tom: Who is Dan Rather?)

Harry Reasoner

TomJim
Triple Stumper
    $800 16
a springbok

Jonathan
    $1000 7
Leipzig

Triple Stumper
    $1000 19
Canada & United States

Jonathan
    $1000 22
(Alex: We've got about a minute to go in the round.)

politics

Jonathan
    $1000 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Mamie Eisenhower

Tom
    $1000 26
(Tom: What is Ulysses?)

Finnegans Wake

Tom
Triple Stumper
    $1000 24
Spring Byington

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Tom Jonathan Jim
$4,800 $5,513 $1,300

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

TELEVISION
(Alex: [To Jim] I saw you rushing at the end there before time expired; did you manage to get down a question? What was...)
(Jim: [*].)
...
[Jonathan displays double shakas as Alex announces him as the winner.]
(Alex: Gives the folks back in Hawaii a double sign for good luck.)
JimWhat was R[incomplete O]
$1,300
TomWhat is Shogun
$2,000
JonathanIs it Roots
$4,100
Roots

Final scores:

Tom Jonathan Jim
$2,800 $9,613 $0
2nd place: trip on Western Airlines to Oakland & stay at Embassy Suites in Napa Valley New champion: $9,613 3rd place: Bozof dinette with table & chairs

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Tom Jonathan Jim
$4,800 $5,300 $1,800
21 R,
3 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $11,900

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Game tape date: 1986-08-13
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