Responses for Show #2979 - Thursday, July 10, 1997

Contestants

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Richard Dargan, a writer from Albuquerque, New Mexico

Kim Simkins, a paralegal from Santa Barbara, California

David Smith, an attorney originally from Norwich, England (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,602)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ELECTRICITY
THE JACKSONS
HOUSEPLANTS
HISTORIC AMERICANS
POTPOURRI
CROSSWORD CLUES "P"
    $100 21
Sewing machine

Kim
    $100 7
Michael Jackson

Richard
    $100 22
Palm

Kim
    $100 1
Robert E. Lee

David
    $100 16
China

David
    $100 3
Pitter-patter

David
    $200 24
Static electricity

David
    $200 8
Kate Jackson

Kim
    $200 23
(R: What is jelly?)

Marmalade

DavidRichard
    $200 2
Jonas Salk

Kim
    $200 17
Downing Street

David
    $200 12
(K: What is plasma?)

Prisoner

DavidKim
    $300 25
(K: What is an electronic magnet?)

Electromagnet

KimRichard
    $300 9
Reggie Jackson

Kim
    $300 26
(Note: Ficus elastica: rubber plant)

Latex

Triple Stumper
    $300 4
Nathan Hale

David
    $300 18
Marinate

David
    $300 13
Pig Latin

Kim
    $400 27
Filament

David
    $400 10
Samuel L. Jackson

David
    $400 29
Passion flower

Triple Stumper
    $400 5
George Marshall

Richard
    $400 19
Garry Kasparov

David
    $400 14
Pearl

David
    $500 28
Electrolyte

Triple Stumper
    $500 11
Alan Jackson

David
    $500 30
(K: What is a money plant?)

Money tree

Kim
Triple Stumper
    $400 6
John Glenn

Richard
    $500 20
Silica

Triple Stumper
    $500 15
Pith helmet

David

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

David Kim Richard
$2,000 $800 $900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

David Kim Richard
$4,300 $200 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

STATE SEALS
ANCIENT RELIGION
MUSIC
AWARDS
ACTOR-DIRECTORS
1995 BESTSELLERS
    $200 4
Utah

David
    $200 21
Piano

Richard
    $200 16
Canada

David
    $200 11
Mel Gibson

David
    $200 1
Pocahontas

Kim
    $400 5
Hawaii

David
    $400 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: And now, the last clue will remain hidden, because we ran out of time.)

the Incas

Richard
    $400 22
Paul McCartney

Kim
    $400 17
Ted Turner

David
    $400 12
"Hill Street Blues"

Kim
    $400 2
in the kitchen

Kim
    $600 6
Maryland

Kim
    $600 28
Cro-Magnons/Neanderthals

Richard
    $600 24
(Alex: We have less than a minute to go.)

Spain

David
    $600 18
John Muir

Kim
    $600 13
Carole Lombard

Kim
    $600 3
Mars & Venus

David
    $800 8
Wisconsin

David
    $800 27
(D: Who is Shiva?)

Kali

David
Triple Stumper
    $800 23
Richard Wagner

Kim
    $1,100 19
(K: What is poetry?)

Economics

Kim
    $800 14
Kevin Bacon

Kim
    $800 7
Deepak Chopra

David
    $2,000 9
(D: What is Colorado?)

Arizona

David
    $1000 26
Baal

David
    $1000 25
Edward Elgar

David
    $1000 20
Jordan

Kim
    $1000 15
(R: Who is Von Stroheim?)

Otto Preminger

KimRichard
    $1000 10
Robert James Waller

Richard

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

David Kim Richard
$7,700 $5,900 $2,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS
[Before she was bitten by an asp and died]
RichardWho is Juliet?
$2,200
KimWho is Cleopatra?
$5,000
DavidWho is Portia?
$4,101
Cleopatra

Final scores:

David Kim Richard
$3,599 $10,900 $0
2nd place: Trip to Walt Disney Swan Hotel, Orlando New champion: $10,900 3rd place: Pierre Cardin Classique Watches

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

David Kim Richard
$9,700 $7,000 $2,300
26 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)
17 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)
8 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $19,000

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Game tape date: 1997-02-12
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