Responses for Show #843 - Wednesday, April 13, 1988

Contestants

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Betty North, an entertainer from Willow Springs, Illinois

Jeff Miller, a security consultant from Mission Viejo, California

Ron Karr, a software engineer from Mountain View, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,001)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

MATHEMATICS
MAMMALS
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
ODD JOBS
EXPLORERS
IN OTHER WORDS...
    $100 1
6

Ron
    $100 7
a sheep

Betty
    $100 12
a soprano

Betty
    $100 16
the drill instructor (drill sergeant)

Ron
    $100 15
Kit Carson

Betty
    $100 5
(Ron: What is everywhere?)
(Alex: Eh, be more specific.)
(Ron: What is in all?)
(Betty: What is everyplace?)

here, there & everywhere

RonBetty
Triple Stumper
    $200 2
a pie chart

Ron
    $200 14
(Alex: Apparently of natural causes, so it wasn't foul play.)

a dolphin

Jeff
    $200 13
(Ron: What is a guitar?)
(Jeff: What is a drum?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

a bass drum

RonJeff
    $200 17
an oar

Ron
    $200 19
Ponce de Leon

Jeff
    $200 6
flat as a pancake

Jeff
    $300 3
a tire inner tube

Ron
    $800 24
(Ron: What is 4?)
...
(Alex: On the trombone, of course.)
[The music was not reprised going into the break.]

2

Ron
    $300 18
the horses

Jeff
    $300 20
(Francisco) Pizarro

Jeff
    $300 8
old habits die hard

Betty
    $400 4
12

Betty
    $400 25
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the (violin) bow

Betty
    $400 22
the Poet Laureate of the United States

Ron
    $400 21
(2 of) the Hudson Bay & the Hudson River (or the Hudson Strait)

Ron
    $400 9
a marriage made in heaven

Betty
    $500 11
Euclid

Ron
    $500 23
(Alex: I'm not the janitor, I'm the [*].)
[Laughter]
(Alex: From The Producers... we've got less than a minute to go.)

the concierge

Triple Stumper
    $500 10
never give a sucker an even break

Ron

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

Ron Jeff Betty
$1,300 $600 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ron Jeff Betty
$1,600 $1,400 $1,700

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS
LANGUAGES
W.C. FIELDS
HISTORICAL FICTION
THE PLANETS
ENDS IN "TO"
    $200 1
State Street

Ron
    $200 7
the Eskimos

Betty
    $200 9
Philadelphia

Jeff
    $200 13
Genghis Khan

Ron
    $200 14
Mercury

Ron
    $200 2
presto

Betty
    $400 19
Peter Stuyvesant

Triple Stumper
    $400 8
(Jeff: What is Sanskrit?)

Greek

RonJeff
    $400 10
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again

Ron
    $400 15
Earth

Ron
    $400 3
prosciutto

Betty
    $600 20
(Betty: What is Vermont Avenue?)

Massachusetts Avenue

JeffBetty
    $600 12
the Chinese language

Ron
    $600 11
a juggler

Betty
    $600 16
Saturn

Betty
    $600 4
Toto

Betty
    $1,000 21
(Jeff: What is Moscow?)

East Berlin

Jeff
    $800 23
(Betty: What is France--French?)

Portuguese

JeffBetty
    $800 27
the Ziegfeld Follies

Betty
    $800 26
(Betty: Who is Alexander?)

Constantine the Great

Betty
Triple Stumper
    $800 17
the polar ice cap

Jeff
    $800 5
(Ron: What is NATO?)
...
(Alex: NATO is still going strong.)

SEATO

RonBetty
    $1000 22
Beale Street

Betty
    $1000 24
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

Malay

Triple Stumper
    $1000 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

William Claude

Ron
    $1000 25
Sir Walter Scott

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 18
(Jeff: What are uranium & plutonium?)

neptunium & plutonium

Jeff
    $1000 6
[Applause for Betty running the category]
(Alex: Nice going, boy, look at that Betty, you got $4,700...)
[Betty fans herself.]

Erato

Betty

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ron Jeff Betty
$4,200 $1,400 $5,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

NAMES OF STATES
JeffWhat is Georgia
$1,400
RonWhat is Louisiana?
$4,200
BettyWhat is N. Car
$2,101
Louisiana

Final scores:

Ron Jeff Betty
$8,400 $0 $3,599
2-day champion: $13,401 3rd place: Whirlpool refrigerator 2nd place: Keller bedroom furniture & Capri lighting

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ron Jeff Betty
$5,000 $3,400 $5,700
17 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 10 R,
3 W
(including 2 DDs)		 17 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $14,100

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Game tape date: 1987-12-15
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