Responses for Show #917 - Tuesday, September 6, 1988

Contestants

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Buck Janes, a graduate research assistant from Tucson, Arizona

Rosanne Messineo, an attorney from Dallas, Texas

Dave Prechtl, a warehouse manager from Rosemead, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,801)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS
COUNTRY CROONERS
POTENT POTABLES
BOTANY
FASHION MODELS
FISHING
    $100 8
Ken Kesey

Rosanne
    $100 18
Waylon Jennings

Rosanne
    $100 1
beer

Rosanne
    $100 7
gourds

Dave
    $100 6
Sports Illustrated

Buck
    $100 22
(Alex: Less than a minute to go.)

the hook

Buck
    $200 9
Saul Bellow

Dave
    $200 27
Charley Pride

Buck
    $200 2
(Buck: Uh, what is a, uh, old fashioned?)

a whiskey sour

DaveBuck
    $200 14
(Buck: What are algae?)
(Rosanne: What are...)

fungi

RosanneBuck
Triple Stumper
    $200 13
Christie Brinkley

Buck
    $200 23
a bob (bobber)

Rosanne
    $300 10
(Dave: Who is Faulkner?)

Erskine Caldwell

DaveRosanne
    $300 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

The Judds

Dave
    $300 3
rum

Buck
    $300 15
reproduce (divide)

Buck
    $500 19
Brooke Shields

Rosanne
    $300 24
a pickerel

Triple Stumper
    $400 11
(Gore) Vidal

Rosanne
    $400 4
orange

Rosanne
    $400 16
(Rosanne: What is a pine?)
(Alex: Be more specific, please.)
(Rosanne: What is a Norwegian... uh...)

a (Norway) spruce

RosanneBuck
    $400 20
(Alex: Am I not mistaken, she's from your part of the country, Rosanne? [*], isn't she from Dallas?)
(Rosanne: She's from Grapevine?)

Jerry Hall

Triple Stumper
    $400 25
sinkers

Buck
    $500 12
(Isaac) Asimov

Rosanne
    $500 5
(Rosanne: What is J & B? Oh.)
(Alex: Sorry, you have to ring in before you are allowed to speak; you can ring in now, Rosanne.)
(Rosanne: What is J & B?)
(Alex: Sorry, that is wrong.)
(Rosanne: Oh, well.)
[Laughter]
...
(Alex: Rosanne, you had the initials right, J & B is a scotch--[*] is the bourbon.)

Jim Beam

Rosanne
Triple Stumper
    $500 17
cactus

Dave
    $500 21
Lauren Hutton

Buck
    $500 26
trolling

Buck

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Dave Rosanne Buck
$200 $1,300 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Dave Rosanne Buck
$1,000 $1,500 $2,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

REVOLUTIONARY WAR
RELIGION
OPERA
LANDMARKS
SICKNESS & HEALTH
"UP" & "DOWN"
    $200 12
pope (papacy)

Rosanne
    $200 1
Peer Gynt

Dave
    $200 7
Mao's tomb

Dave
    $200 3
(Buck: What is married women?)
(Rosanne: What is single men?)

married men

DaveRosanneBuck
    $1,000 18
"Up, Up And Away"

Dave
    $400 13
the Archbishop of Canterbury

Dave
    $400 2
(Alex: Yes, in London.)

the Dance of the Seven Veils

Buck
    $400 8
the Sphinx

Buck
    $400 17
arthritis

Dave
    $400 19
a downpour

Buck
    $1,000 26
(Rosanne: Who is Thomas Jefferson?)
...
(Alex: The one who wrote it the biggest, [*].)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

John Hancock

Rosanne
    $600 14
(Buck: What is Jesus of for Yahweh?)
...
(Alex: [*] for Yahweh, that is correct.)

Jehovah

DaveBuck
    $600 4
Columbus discovers America

Dave
    $600 9
the Astrodome

Buck
    $600 23
Blue Cross

Buck
    $600 20
Downing Street

Buck
    $800 15
Eucharist

Dave
    $800 5
Engelbert Humperdinck

Dave
    $800 10
the Presidio

Rosanne
    $800 24
emphysema

Rosanne
    $800 21
Up the Down Staircase

Rosanne
    $1000 16
Methodist

Rosanne
    $1000 6
(Rosanne: What is Belle of the West?)

Girl of the Golden West

DaveRosanne
    $1000 11
the Capitol

Rosanne
    $1000 25
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go, Rosanne.)

the measles

Triple Stumper
    $1000 22
Uppsala

Buck

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Dave Rosanne Buck
$7,200 $3,900 $5,800

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Final Jeopardy! Round responses

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
(Alex: [To Buck] What's the right day on St. Valentine's Day?)
(Buck: February 14th.)
RosanneWhat are Ash Wed. & St. Patrick's Day
$3,899
BuckWhat are St. Valentine's & St. Patrick's Day?
$2,000
DaveWhat are Ash Wednesday & St. Patrick's Day
$7,199
Ash Wednesday & St. Patrick's Day

Final scores:

Dave Rosanne Buck
$14,399 $7,799 $3,800
3-day champion: $29,200 2nd place: Ortho day bed & Bob Mitchell Design wall coverings + Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger 3rd place: Maytag Jetclean dishwasher + Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Dave Rosanne Buck
$6,400 $4,700 $5,800
16 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
(including 1 DD)		 17 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $16,900

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Game tape date: 1988-07-18
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