Responses for Show #94 - Thursday, January 17, 1985

Contestants

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Sheryl Adsit, a word processor from Hawthorne, California

John Ortberg, a pastor originally from Rockford, Illinois

Jim Burland, a commodities broker from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,700)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

TELEVISION
ANIMALS
FOR THE KIDS
SPORTS NICKNAMES
"IN"s & "OUT"s
ITALY
    $100 6
(Sheryl: Who is... I'm sorry.)

Chuck Barris

JimSheryl
    $100 16
(John: Who are [*]?)
(Alex: Who are [*]? Harry is a snake.)

the snakes

John
    $100 23
(Alex: I did all the work on that one.)

Peter

Jim
    $100 3
the "Penguin"

John
    $100 13
(John: the [*]. [*]? Who are [*]?)
(Alex: Right, remember to phrase it in the form of a question.)

the outlaws

John
    $100 7
the Catholic Church

Jim
    $200 10
Jack Albertson

John
    $200 17
(Alex: He thought the turkey should be our emblem)

the eagle

Sheryl
    $200 24
(Alex: [After not reading the clue smoothly] Boy, oh, boy, I got through Peter, but I bombed out on "Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle".)
[Laughter]
(John: No, I don't know.)

(Helen) Beatrix Potter

JohnSheryl
    $200 4
the "Bear" (Bryant)

John
    $200 14
indent

John
    $200 8
Napoleon

Jim
    $300 11
(John: ... No.)
...
(Alex: Emmanuel Lewis is the young man's name.)

Webster

JimJohn
    $300 18
(Jim: What is a jaguar?)

cheetahs

JimSheryl
    $300 25
(Alex: We have less than a minute to go in the round.)

Little Red Riding Hood

Sheryl
    $300 1
Jim

Jim
    $300 15
the Outback

Sheryl
    $300 9
Dante

Jim
    $400 21
Alistair Cooke

Sheryl
    $400 19
orangutan

Sheryl
    $400 26
[ERRATUM: It should be Dolittle.]

a Pushmi-Pullyu

Sheryl
    $400 2
the "Snake"

John
    $400 28
an incumbent

Sheryl
    $300 12
Garibaldi

Jim
    $500 22
a vast wasteland

Jim
    $500 20
a pecking order

Sheryl
    $500 27
(Jim: Their bowl of mush.)

pie

JimJohn
    $500 5
(Alex: We're done with SPORTS NICKNAMES and I'll sure Sheryl will be very happy about that.)

Oscar Robertson

John
    $500 29
(Alex: [After reading clue three times] It and Alex go on forever.)
[Laughter]
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

infinity

Triple Stumper

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

Jim John Sheryl
$1,600 $1,100 -$100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jim John Sheryl
$1,400 $1,800 $3,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

LITERATURE
MONARCHS
MEDICINE
MOVIE MUSICALS
U.S. GOVERNMENT
OCTOBER
    $200 15
War and Peace

Sheryl
    $200 19
Henry VIII

John
    $200 2
an epidemic

Sheryl
    $200 7
(John: "Happy Days Are Here Again"--what are "Happy Days Are Here Again"?)

"Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?"

JohnSheryl
    $400 16
James Thurber

Sheryl
    $400 20
King Hussein

Jim
    $400 3
food poisoning

Sheryl
    $400 8
that "Ol' Man River"

Jim
    $400 25
the Library of Congress

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

Leif Erikson Day

Jim
    $600 17
(John: What is the Pulitzer Prize?)

the Nobel Prize for Literature

JimJohn
    $600 18
Caesar

Sheryl
    $600 4
(Alex: Sorry, I was nodding off there.)
[Laughter]

fall asleep

Sheryl
    $2,000 12
[Sheryl nods as music plays.]
(Alex: Do you know it?)
[Sheryl nods.]
(Alex: Well, we could listen to the music; we could dance.)

"Pennies From Heaven"

Sheryl
    $600 1
(John: Uh, the I...)

the FDIC (the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)

JohnSheryl
    $600 24
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

the Statue of Liberty

Jim
    $800 26
(Jim: Moby-Dick.)

Heart of Darkness

JimSheryl
    $800 21
George I

Jim
    $800 5
tetanus

Sheryl
    $800 13
(John: Doggone it.)
(Alex: Doggone it is incorrect.)
[Laughter]
...
(Alex: Remember Grace Kelly and Bing Crosby on the boat, the [*]?)

"True Love"

John
Triple Stumper
    $1,500 9
(Jim: Federal Department of... what is the Department of Agriculture?)

the Department of Commerce

Jim
    $800 10
(Jim: [*].)

William the Conqueror

Jim
    $1000 27
(Jim: Who is Forester?)

Kipling

JimJohn
    $1000 22
Emperor Hirohito of Japan

Triple Stumper
    $1000 6
(Alex: Nice going... you rolled through that beautifully.)
[Applause]

vitamin B (niacin, protein)

Sheryl
    $1000 14
Maurice Chevalier

John
    $1000 23
the Federalist Papers

Jim
    $1000 11
The Missiles of October

Sheryl

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jim John Sheryl
$3,100 $1,800 $12,500
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

STATE CAPITALS
(Alex: I've never seen three blanker expressions, uh, in many a game, but if it's any consolation to you, when I first heard this particular answer, I didn't get it either.)
...
(Alex: [To John] Oakland, our new California state capital.)
...
(Alex: What is Paris? When you don't know, be humorous, I love it.)
[Laughter]
...
(Sheryl: I drew a blank.)
JohnWhat is Oakland
$1,800
JimWhat is Paris
$2,900
SherylWhat is ____?
$5,500
Phoenix, Arizona

Final scores:

Jim John Sheryl
$200 $0 $7,000
2nd place: Skyway luggage & Dakotah bedroom ensemble 3rd place: Oneida Silversmiths gift certificate New champion: $7,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jim John Sheryl
$4,700 $1,800 $11,100
17 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 12 R,
6 W		 24 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $17,600

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Game tape date: 1984-10-16
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