Responses for Show #919 - Thursday, September 8, 1988

Contestants

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Erik Knutzen, a venture capitalist originally from Minnetonka, Minnesota

Jane Meggitt, a housewife and mother from Aberdeen, New Jersey

Ron Smith, a teacher from Riverside Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,450)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORY
WORD ORIGINS
MAMMALS
AMERICAN MUSIC
ADVERTISING
NAMES IN THE NEWS
    $100 1
the Netherlands

Erik
    $100 26
opals

Ron
    $100 16
white

Jane
    $100 6
"Frankie and Johnny"

Ron
    $100 17
a Timex

Ron
    $100 10
deaf

Jane
    $200 2
Warren Harding

Ron
    $200 27
molars

Jane
    $200 18
a pack rat

Erik
    $200 7
red, white & blue

Ron
    $200 19
Allen Funt

Ron
    $200 11
(Alex: It was sent while he was U.N. Secretary-General.)

Kurt Waldheim

Jane
    $300 3
France

Ron
    $300 28
salmonella

Ron
    $300 20
(Erik: What is tears?)
(Ron: What is blubber?)
...
(Alex: It's what you get after you process the blubber, have to melt it down; you get [*].)

oil

RonErik
Triple Stumper
    $300 8
Aaron Copland

Ron
    $300 23
(Erik: Uh, the best? What is the best?)

Alpo

JaneErik
    $300 12
Prince Charles

Jane
    $400 4
(Ron: What is Edinburgh?)

Glasgow

RonErik
    $500 29
(Alex: Ron?)
(Ron: What is a...)
(Alex: Hurry.)
(Ron: [No response])
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds. The music was not reprised going into the break.]

a madrigal

Ron
    $400 21
ants

Erik
    $400 9
(Ron: What is the "cold, cold grave"?)

the cold, cold, ground

RonJane
    $400 24
See the U.S.A. in Your Chevrolet

Ron
    $400 13
Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. & Dean Martin

Ron
    $500 5
the Medicis

Erik
    $500 22
a bay

Jane
    $500 15
hasty pudding

Ron
    $500 25
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

American Express

Jane
    $500 14
Larry Flynt & Jerry Falwell

Jane

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

Ron Jane Erik
$700 $1,500 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ron Jane Erik
$1,500 $3,100 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ISLANDS
MYTHOLOGY
THE ELEMENTS
FAMOUS RELATIVES
MUSEUMS
POTPOURRI
    $200 10
Kodiak

Jane
    $200 15
Achilles

Ron
    $200 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

silver

Ron
    $200 22
Liza Minnelli

Jane
    $200 5
Nashville

Ron
    $200 25
Princess

Jane
    $400 1
New Guinea

Erik
    $400 16
Midas

Erik
    $400 11
(Alex: Yes, he married Lynda Bird.)

Lady Bird Johnson

Jane
    $400 6
Richmond

Ron
    $400 21
(Mikhail) Baryshnikov

Ron
    $600 2
the Philippines

Ron
    $600 17
(Ron: Who is Apollo?)

Mercury

RonErik
    $600 12
(Erik: Who is Max von Sydow?)

Jason Miller

JaneErik
    $600 7
(Erik: What is Caracas?)

Rio de Janeiro

Erik
Triple Stumper
    $600 20
lanolin

Erik
    $800 3
Portugal

Erik
    $800 18
they were cyclops, one eye

Erik
    $800 13
Jock Mahoney

Jane
    $800 8
Henry Fonda

Erik
    $800 23
papyrus

Ron
    $1000 4
the Marshalls

Erik
    $1000 19
(Jane: What is [*] of Hesperides?)
(Alex: We didn't need all of that; all we needed was [*], but nicely done.)

the golden apples

Jane
    $1000 14
Dina Merrill

Jane
    $1,500 9
the Whitney

Erik
    $1000 24
(Alex: [*] is right, even though I mispronounced it.)
[Alex read it as "entymon".]
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go, Eric.)

a word

Erik

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ron Jane Erik
$3,700 $7,500 $7,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

SHAKESPEARE
RonWhat was a midsummer nights
$500
JaneWhat is "The Tempest"?
$7,498
ErikWhat is The Tempest?
$7,500
The Tempest

Final scores:

Ron Jane Erik
$3,200 $14,998 $15,200
3rd place: Ducane 2000S gas grill + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version 2nd place: Pinseeker golf clubs & Hatteras hammocks + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version New champion: $15,200

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ron Jane Erik
$4,200 $7,500 $7,200
19 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 18 R,
0 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $18,900

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Game tape date: 1988-07-18
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