Responses for Show #552 - Tuesday, January 20, 1987

Contestants

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Jean Billingham, a systems consultant originally from Boston, Massachusetts

Jerry Salzman, a systems analyst originally from Akron, Ohio

Suzanne Peck, a domestic engineer from Annandale, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

POST OFFICE
RELIGION
FOLK DANCES
FOOD & DRINK
BASEBALL
"M"OVIES
    $100 26
first class

Jean
    $100 11
the Mormons

Suzanne
    $100 17
a jig

Jean
    $100 16
prime

Jerry
    $100 4
(Suzanne: What are the Steelers?)

the Pirates

SuzanneJerry
    $100 1
Mary, Mary

Triple Stumper
    $200 27
a rifle

Jean
    $200 12
Arabic

Jean
    $200 18
the waltz

Suzanne
    $200 23
an egg cream

Suzanne
    $200 5
an umpire

Jerry
    $200 2
(Jean: Uh, [*]? What is [*]?)
(Alex: What is [*]. Remember the phrasing, please.)

Missing

Jean
    $300 28
(Jean: What is a telegram?)

a mailgram

Jean
Triple Stumper
    $300 13
Judaism

Jerry
    $300 19
(Suzanne: What is a flamingo?)

flamenco

SuzanneJerry
    $300 22
buckwheat

Suzanne
    $600 6
(Jerry: What is... 2?)
(Alex: Oh, sorry--the catcher's mitt, the first baseman's and the regular fielder's glove.)

3

Jerry
    $300 3
Murder

Jerry
    $400 29
a stamp

Jean
    $400 14
Mary

Suzanne
    $400 20
a tarantella

Jerry
    $400 24
cold water

Suzanne
    $400 7
(Suzanne: Who is Yogi Berra?)

Casey Stengel

SuzanneJerry
    $400 9
Mister Roberts

Jerry
    $500 30
zone improvement plan

Triple Stumper
    $500 15
Shintoism

Jean
    $500 21
to enlist

Triple Stumper
    $500 25
(Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round, Suzanne, select.)

pearl onions

Triple Stumper
    $500 8
[ERRATUM: The game in question occurred April 29, 1986.]

Roger Clemens

Jean
    $500 10
(Suzanne: What was... Masses?)
...
(Alex: Suzanne, you're at minus...)
(Suzanne: [At -$1,000] I'm doing great.)
(Alex: What?)
(Suzanne: I'm doing great.)
[Laughter]
(Alex: No, I wouldn't say that.)

Mass Appeal

Suzanne
Triple Stumper

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

Suzanne Jerry Jean
-$1,000 $800 $700

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Suzanne Jerry Jean
$300 $1,900 $1,900

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. HISTORY
OPTICS
PEANUTS
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
ISLANDS
FAMOUS AMOS's
    $200 1
(Alex: Yes, he offered Spain $100 million for it.)

Cuba

Jerry
    $200 7
(Jean: What is a hurricane?)

a rainbow

JerryJean
    $200 14
Charles Schulz

Suzanne
    $200 26
Pillsbury

Suzanne
    $200 5
the Falkland Islands

Jerry
    $200 18
football

Jerry
    $400 13
the automobile

Jean
    $400 8
prisms

Jerry
    $400 21
Snoopy

Suzanne
    $400 27
Wilkinson

Jerry
    $400 6
Cyprus

Jerry
    $400 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

an agent

Jean
    $600 15
(Jean: Be convicted of treason.)
(Alex: No, sorry, and remember your phrasing.)
(Jerry: What is be convicted of treason?)

the first to defect to the Soviet Union

JerryJean
Triple Stumper
    $1,600 9
a mirror

Jerry
    $600 25
Van Pelt

Suzanne
    $600 12
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Suzanne
    $600 2
Madagascar

Jerry
    $800 16
Thomas Jefferson

Jean
    $800 10
green

Triple Stumper
    $800 24
Sir

Suzanne
    $800 19
(Suzanne: What is Columbia Pictures?)

Warner Communications

Suzanne
Triple Stumper
    $2,000 3
(Jerry: [After a couple of trumpet notes] What is [*]?)
(Alex: ... to hear Al Hirt play it.)

Java

Jerry
    $1000 17
Ned Buntline

Triple Stumper
    $1000 11
(Alex: Sherlock Holmes used to use it a great deal, [*].)

the magnifying glass

Triple Stumper
    $1000 22
(Jean: Who is Sherman?)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

Franklin

SuzanneJean
    $1000 20
Exxon

Jerry
    $1000 4
Luzon

Triple Stumper
    $1000 23
(Alex: It was called Burke's Law and he was called [*].)

Amos Burke

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Suzanne Jerry Jean
$3,300 $8,500 $1,700
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

PETS
JeanWhat is Cocker Spaniels
$100
SuzanneWhat is a Poodle?
$3,300
JerryWhat is poodle?
$682
(1 of) Cocker Spaniels or Poodles

Final scores:

Suzanne Jerry Jean
$6,600 $9,182 $1,800
2nd place: trip on Eastern to the Caribbean & stay at Xanadu Beach & Marina Resort New champion: $9,182 3rd place: Panasonic VCR

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Suzanne Jerry Jean
$3,300 $6,900 $1,700
13 R,
5 W		 20 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $11,900

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Game tape date: 1986-10-15
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