Responses for Show #283 - Wednesday, October 9, 1985

Contestants

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Mary Rumowicz, a student originally from New Brunswick, New Jersey

Michael Marks, an attorney from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chris Golden, a policy service representative originally from Winston-Salem, North Carolina (whose 2-day cash winnings total $16,600)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

FAMOUS COUPLES
PROVERBS
MUSIC TRIVIA
WILD WEST
THEATER
"DEAD" LINES
    $100 5
(George) Burns & (Gracie) Allen

Chris
    $100 13
his stomach

Chris
    $100 14
Mick Jagger

Chris
    $100 1
spurs

Chris
    $100 7
Cats

Chris
    $100 10
a dead duck

Chris
    $200 23
(Chris: Uh, what are the names of the characters in, of, Dynasty in Europe?)

John Forsythe & Linda Evans

Chris
Triple Stumper
    $200 15
Irving Berlin

Chris
    $200 2
(Alex: They're now called beefalo?)

cattle & buffalo

Chris
    $200 8
poker

Chris
    $200 19
the 7 deadly sins

Michael
    $300 24
Mike Nichols & Elaine May

Mary
    $300 16
(Michael: Who is Elvis Presley?)

Ed Sullivan

ChrisMichael
    $300 3
(Michael: Uh, what is "Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam"?)

Oh, bury me not on the lone prairie

ChrisMichael
    $300 9
Arsenic and Old Lace

Mary
    $500 20
(Michael: Who are the Grateful Dead?)
[After the break Michael was credited with a correct response due to the clue's wording not appearing on the board.]

Deadheads

Michael
    $400 25
Douglas Fairbanks & Mary Pickford

Chris
    $400 17
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong

Chris
    $400 4
(Mary: Uh, [*]? Who is [*]?)

(John) Sutter

Mary
    $400 11
The Iceman Cometh

Triple Stumper
    $400 21
Deadwood

Chris
    $500 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

John Derek & Bo Derek

Michael
    $500 18
Tokyo Rose

Triple Stumper
    $500 6
General (Antonio López de) Santa Anna

Chris
    $500 12
Equus

Michael
    $500 22
(Alex: We've got about a minute to go in the round.)

Dead Ringer

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):

Chris Michael Mary
$1,600 $200 $700

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Chris Michael Mary
$3,300 $1,100 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD HISTORY
CHEMISTRY
'50s TV
STATE NAMES
HEADLINES
THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH
    $200 6
Christopher Columbus

Mary
    $200 5
the elements in the periodic table

Mary
    $200 14
Milton Berle

Mary
    $200 17
Louisiana

Mary
    $200 1
the San Francisco earthquake

Chris
    $200 25
a pitcher

Chris
    $400 7
(Alex: Things get rough there, sometimes, in parliament.)

Italy

Triple Stumper
    $400 10
(Mary: What is cyanide?)

plutonium

Mary
Triple Stumper
    $400 15
Rin Tin Tin & Lassie

Michael
    $400 18
Rhode Island

Mary
    $400 2
[Chris said both names.]

Ehrich Weiss or Houdini

Chris
    $400 26
Pig Latin

Chris
    $600 8
Roundheads

Mary
    $600 11
distilling

Mary
    $600 16
the Peanut Gallery

Chris
    $600 19
Mississippi

Michael
    $600 3
Joseph McCarthy

Chris
    $600 27
a stocking

Mary
    $800 9
Canada

Michael
    $800 12
carbon

Michael
    $800 22
[Laughter]
(Chris: Graduate.)
[More laughter]

the Ding Dong School

Chris
    $800 20
(1 of) South Dakota (or North Dakota)

Michael
    $800 4
the treaty signed at Appomattox ending the Civil War (surrender at Appomattox)

Michael
    $800 28
a parole

Michael
    $1000 23
England & France

Chris
    $1,200 13
(1 of) water or a salt

Michael
    $1000 21
Wyoming

Michael
    $1000 24
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in this round.)

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Michael
    $1000 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds and Alex announces the last Daily Double was in the unplayed box.]

a slingshot

Chris

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Chris Michael Mary
$8,500 $9,300 $3,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

LANGUAGES
MaryWhat is Mexico?
$3,599
ChrisWhat is Mexico? Hi Mom
$8,500
MichaelWhat is Mexico?
$7,701
Mexico

Final scores:

Chris Michael Mary
$17,000 $17,001 $7,199
2nd place: trip on Eastern to New York & stay at the Milford Plaza New champion: $17,001 3rd place: Panasonic portable disc player & component stereo

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Chris Michael Mary
$8,500 $8,900 $3,600
24 R,
1 W
14 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W
11 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $21,000

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Game tape date: 1985-07-29
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