John Genova game 2.
Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.
Jeopardy! Round responses
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[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: Nice going, Gregory. That heavy metal band must have really helped.)
(Gregory: It really helps on the music ones, Alex.)
(Alex: It certainly does, all right.)
rum
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(Alex: Yes, you had to think about it for a moment.)
Tony Randall
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(Roberta: What is a virginal?)
(Gregory: What is a Clavinet?)
(John: [Without being recognized] What is an autoharp?)
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(Alex: How 'bout your basic all-American [*]?)
a piano
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[Applause for John's third correct response in a row]
kangaroos
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(John: Uhh!)
(Alex: Too much time!)
Mary Lou Retton
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(John: Who was Carmen Miranda?)
[Alex sings a bit of the correct response's song.]
Chiquita Banana
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(John: What is a scorpion?)
a wasp
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(Roberta: [No response])
(Alex: Ah, too much time for you.)
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(Alex: Yes, we used to see her lovely legs.)
[ERRATUM: She was occasionally seen from the waist up in Richard Diamond, Private Detective.]
Mary Tyler Moore
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[Applause for Gregory's correct response]
sheep
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(Alex: Yes, so far, their only coach. We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)
Tom Landry
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(Alex: I had the feeling, there, Gregory, that you really didn't need the music, but have you got a question for me?)
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(Roberta: [No response])
John Cameron Swayze
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Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):
| John |
Roberta |
Gregory |
| $400 |
$500 |
$400 |
Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:
| John |
Roberta |
Gregory |
| $900 |
$900 |
$3,200 |
Double Jeopardy! Round responses
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(Alex: As we begin Double Jeopardy!, normally the person who is in third place would go, but we have a tie, John and Roberta with $900. John, you were the contestant who gave us the last correct question, so you get to select first in this round.)
the Marquis de Sade
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[Alex misspeaks the second title as For Whom the Bells Tolls.]
Spain
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[Alex says the word "first" twice in a row when reading the clue.]
Moby-Dick
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(John: What is The Boy with...)
(Alex: I'm sorry, John. I bet you Roberta knows. Don't you, Roberta?)
(Roberta: [Laughs] [*]?)
The Tin Drum
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(Alex: ...giving you a total of $6,600. You're back in the lead, John!)
Deng Xiaoping
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[Gregory stumbles over the surname pronunciation.]
Anna Karenina
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(Roberta: [*].)
(Alex: [*], right!)
thumb
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(Gregory: What is tinny?)
(John: What is tintinnabulum?)
(Alex: Take another shot at it.)
(John: Tintinnabala?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
tintinnabulation
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(Alex: The man's on a roll!)
Irish
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(Gregory: What is, um, a lesion?)
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(Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round, and three answers only remaining on the board.)
a compound fracture
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(Roberta: [No response])
(Alex: Sorry, you took too long.)
Vancouver
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(Gregory: Who is, uh, Neville Chamberlain?)
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(Alex: Nice going, Roberta! You're right back in this.)
John Profumo
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Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:
| John |
Roberta |
Gregory |
| $6,200 |
$2,300 |
$7,800 |
[wagering suggestions for these scores]
Final Jeopardy! Round responses
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(Alex: All right, put your pens down. Whoop-op-op-op! Op-op! Put 'em down! Sorry, we have to be fair.)
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(Alex: [Reading Gregory's response] "Who are speaker of House and..." I can't make out the rest of it. And that is unfortunate. I don't--I'll--I'll ask you--)
(Gregory: It's "speaker pro tem.")
(Alex: Speaker pro tem. I'm sorry, that is incorrect. We have--aw. [Misspeaking] You risked $7,800, let's see what it cost you... s--$5,300, leaving you with a total of $2,500, and that means you finish in second place.)| Roberta | Who is the speaker & the chief justice? | | $2,300 | | John | Who are the speaker of the House & the vice president? | | $6,195 | | Gregory | Who are speaker of House & [indecipherable] | | $5,300 |
the speaker of the House & the vice president |
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Final scores:
| John |
Roberta |
Gregory |
| $12,395 |
$0 |
$2,500 |
Game dynamics:
| John |
Roberta |
Gregory |
| $5,900 |
$2,300 |
$7,300 |
Game tape date: 1984-09-04
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