Responses for Show #142 - Tuesday, March 26, 1985

Steven Rogitz game 3.
Single-player Final Jeopardy!

Contestants

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Dolores Kimball, a computer operator from Hollister, California

Bill Houck, a radio broadcast producer originally from McHenry, Illinois

Steven Rogitz, a letter carrier from Gardena, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,799)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

1967
BIRDS
P’S & Q’S
(Alex: In quotation marks. ... Speaking of HOLD IT, I got ahead of myself, there. P’S & Q’S are not in quotation marks, but they should be, and you know what that means. They will appear in the answers.)
COMIC BOOK HEROES
EUROPE
HOLD IT
    $100 3
[Alex calls on Dee by "Dolores".]

South Africa

Dee
    $100 26
(Alex: [Beginning to read BIRDS $200] A light--)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: Oh, darn it. We had a real good clue for you, too. One that would've made me laugh. And I enjoy laughing.)

two in the bush

Steve
    $100 4
quench

Steve
    $100 1
(Steve: [Selecting the first clue] Well, people tell me I look like I should be in a comic book, so I'll go COMIC BOOK HEROES for $100, please.)
(Alex: Oh, and you'd like to be a hero, as well.)

Batman & Robin

Steve
    $100 12
Switzerland

Steve
    $100 19
(Alex: Yeah, you could have handlebar mustache if you turn that thing up.)

handlebars

Steve
    $200 8
Egypt

Steve
    $200 15
the plot

Steve
    $200 2
Wonder Woman

Steve
    $200 13
Monaco

Steve
    $200 20
wrestling

Steve
    $300 9
Montreal

Steve
    $300 16
(Dee: [No response])

polish

SteveDee
    $300 5
Atlantis

Steve
    $300 14
(Steve: What is Tuesday?)
(Alex: Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Good sense of humor, as well!)

New Year's Day (January 1)

SteveDee
    $300 21
the menorah

Steve
    $1,900 10
(Alex: When you're hot, you're hot. Things are certainly going your way, Steven.)
...
(Steve: What is India?)
(Alex: Ohhhhh, boo-hiss.)
(Steve: [*].)
(Alex: [*], yeah. You had a choice of one of the two, and you picked the wrong one...)

China

Steve
    $400 17
the quotient

Steve
    $400 6
Plastic Man

Steve
    $400 24
(Steve: What was SALT II?)

the Helsinki Accord

SteveBill
    $400 22
Battle of the Network Stars

Steve
    $500 11
Che Guevara

Steve
    $500 18
(Steve: [No response])
(Dee: What is a plait?)
(Alex: Nnnn... no, I'm sorry, that's wrong. ... It would've been right if we hadn't given you "French for 'tail'". The word we're looking for is [*] [French pronunciation ] or [*] [Anglicized pronunciation].)

queue

SteveDee
Triple Stumper
    $500 7
[Applause for Steve's run of the category]
(Alex: Right, nice going! The man, we mentioned on our last program, has done a lot of reading, and he's obviously done a lot of reading in the comic book vein, also.)

Smallville

Steve
    $500 25
(Bill: What are... three?)
(Steve: What is one?)

two (the Arctic Ocean & the Atlantic)

SteveBill
Triple Stumper
    $500 23
(Bill: [*]. What is a [*]?)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in this round.)

cinch

Bill

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 10):

Steve Bill Dee
$200 $0 $100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Bill Dee
$1,300 $400 -$400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE BIBLE
SPORTS
AMERICAN INDIANS
POLITICAL QUOTES
ART
TREES
    $200 1
pride

Steve
    $200 2
Knickerbockers

Steve
    $200 13
Canada

Steve
    $200 7
Khrushchev

Steve
    $200 21
(Steve: Who was, uh, John Lennon?)

Elvis Presley

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $200 18
California

Steve
    $400 10
a pig

Steve
    $400 3
(Steve: Who is the great [*]?)

Wayne Gretzky

Steve
    $400 14
(Steve: What are the Manhasses?)
...
(Bill: [Without ringing in] [*]?)
(Alex: You have to ring in first.)
[Bill rings in.]
(Alex: And you have to phrase it in the form of a question, Bill.)
(Bill: What is [*]?)
(Alex: ...Right. Okay. Remember that, or it's gonna cost you from now on.)

Manhattan

SteveBill
    $400 8
[Applause for Steve]

King Farouk

Steve
    $400 22
the Last Supper

Steve
    $400 19
ebony

Steve
    $600 4
Detroit

Steve
    $600 15
a dog

Steve
    $600 9
(Steve: What is freedom?)
...
(Alex: We were going for an exact word, there. Dee, you're in control, you've got plus-$200, and now's the time to roll.)

liberty

SteveDee
    $600 23
(Bill: The left hand. What is the left hand?)
...
(Alex: I'd've had to rule you, uh, incorrect anyway, Bill, because you didn't put it in the form of a question.)

the right hand

SteveBill
    $600 20
(Steve: What is balsa?)
...
(Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round.)

the cork oak tree

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $800 5
Rocky Marciano

Steve
    $800 16
Wounded Knee

Steve
    $3,100 11
(Steve: Who is Dulles?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
...
(Alex: Our mailman is on fire today!)

John Foster Dulles

Steve
    $800 24
(Steve: What is the National Museum?)
(Bill: What is the federal government?)
(Dee: What is the National Endowment for the Arts?)

the Smithsonian (Institution)

SteveBillDee
Triple Stumper
    $1,800 25
(Alex: Have you got a question for me?)
(Steve: No, I don't.)
(Alex: Oh, and his music, uh, got to be so popular after the movie The Sting, and that was one of the songs that was featured in that film. It was called [*]. [*]. All right, it cost you a little bit, and--)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

"The Maple Leaf Rag"

Steve
    $1000 6
(Bill: Bob Mathias.)
(Alex: Sorry, that's wrong, and remember to phrase it in the form of a question, players.)
...
[Applause for Steve's run of the category]
(Alex: Bob Mathias was a decathlon star, Bill. [*] was the pole vaulter.)

Bob Richards

SteveBill
    $1000 17
(Steve: Who was Prince George?)
(Alex: No. Ha ha ha ha! Once again, Steven's sense of humor comes through.)

Tecumseh

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $1000 12
Adam Clayton Powell

Steve

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Bill Dee
$7,400 -$1,600 -$600
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

PUBLIC HEALTH
(Alex: All right. We're going to do this a little differently than our normal procedure, Steve. We're going to look, first of all, at how much money you decided to risk, because to this point, you've got over $25,000.)
SteveWhat is a cold?
$5,600
chicken pox

Final scores:

Steve Bill Dee
$1,800 -$1,600 -$600
3-day champion: $27,599 3rd place: 30" Kelvinator Appliance Company electric range with continuous cleaning oven 2nd place: Eastwind Action recliner by Lane + Benchmark Carpet Mills Shadowdance Collection carpeting

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Steve Bill Dee
$8,800 -$1,600 -$600
37 R
(including 1 DD),
12 W
(including 2 DDs)		 3 R,
4 W		 3 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $6,600

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Game tape date: 1984-12-11
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