Responses for Show #844 - Thursday, April 14, 1988

Contestants

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Kate McDonough, an attorney from Yonkers, New York

Marty Montgomery, an IRS agent originally from Chicago, Illinois

Ron Karr, a software engineer from Mountain View, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $13,401)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. HISTORY
ITALIAN LITERATURE
MOVIE TRIVIA
ABBREVIATIONS
BOTTOMS UP
MEDIUM & MESSAGE
    $100 21
the Nineties (1890s)

Kate
    $100 9
Gloria Swanson

Kate
    $100 6
(Alex: Texas [*].)

Company

Ron
    $100 4
the navy

Kate
    $100 1
buzz

Kate
    $200 22
(Ron: What is Alaska?)
...
(Alex: The Sooners.)

Oklahoma

RonKate
    $200 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

operas

Kate
    $200 10
The Longest Day

Ron
    $200 7
care of

Ron
    $200 5
go around

Ron
    $200 2
courier

Kate
    $300 23
the 1970s

Ron
    $300 28
Michelangelo

Kate
    $300 13
The Postman Always Rings Twice

Kate
    $300 8
(Ron: What is commissioned officer?)

a commanding officer

RonKate
    $300 17
Smirnoff

Marty
    $300 3
(Marty: What is the checkered flag?)
...
(Alex: [*] to start; checkered flag to be declared the winner.)

green

MartyKate
    $400 24
(Marty: What is World War II?)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

the Civil War

Marty
Triple Stumper
    $400 16
Dante

Kate
    $400 14
Jon Voight & Bruce Dern

Kate
    $400 11
(Marty: What is carbon?)
...
(Alex: Carbon is C; [*] is Co.)

cobalt

Marty
Triple Stumper
    $400 26
the Christian Brothers

Marty
    $400 19
PBX

Ron
    $500 25
(James) Gadsden

Kate
    $500 18
Pinocchio

Ron
    $500 15
the last silent film made

Marty
    $500 12
county

Ron
    $500 27
Czechoslovakia

Marty
    $900 20
a telegraph operator

Ron

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Ron Marty Kate
$900 -$200 $1,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ron Marty Kate
$2,800 $600 $3,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

NEW TESTAMENT
WORD ORIGINS
INDIA
DANCE
WOMEN IN THE NEWS
ANATOMICAL SPELLING
    $200 9
the Mount

Ron
    $200 23
the magnolia

Ron
    $200 4
Jackie Kennedy

Ron
    $200 5
(Marty: What is H-I-P?)

F-E-M-U-R

MartyKate
    $400 8
the Judas tree

Marty
    $400 20
a coffee klatch

Kate
    $400 22
Brazil

Ron
    $400 6
Ali MacGraw

Kate
    $400 10
R-H-E-S-U-S

Marty
    $600 3
Saul (of Tarsus)

Kate
    $600 19
bells

Triple Stumper
    $600 13
Agra

Ron
    $600 21
a taxi dancer

Marty
    $600 7
the cello

Marty
    $600 14
E-U-S-T-A-C-H-I-A-N

Kate
    $800 2
(2 of) John & Peter (or James)

Marty
    $800 17
an epicure

Triple Stumper
    $800 11
the Commonwealth

Marty
    $800 25
Harlem

Kate
    $800 15
(Kate: Who is Diana?)

Princess Anne

Kate
Triple Stumper
    $800 24
(Alex: We've got a minute to go.)

M-A-N-D-I-B-L-E

Kate
    $1000 1
Matthias

Marty
    $1,400 18
(Marty: [Shakes head])

butter

Marty
    $1000 12
the Brahmins

Marty
    $1,500 26
(Kate: What is Me and My Gal?)
[Accepted as correct; changed to incorrect after the break]

Me and My Girl

Kate
    $1000 16
marry Tom Selleck

Marty
    $1000 27
(Kate: What is E-P-I-G-L-O-T-T-U-S?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

E-P-I-G-L-O-T-T-I-S

RonKate

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ron Marty Kate
$5,400 $5,600 $4,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY
(Alex: ...Alaska, which borders Canada also, so and makes it [*]--North Dakota, Montana, Idaho and Washington.)
...
(Alex: That's the lowest score, I think, we've had in three years.)
KateWhat are 4?
$4,000
RonWhat is 6?
$5,400
MartyWhat is 4?
$5,400
5

Final scores:

Ron Marty Kate
$0 $200 $0
2nd place: trip on Eastern to Bermuda & stay at the Elbow Beach Hotel + Jeopardy! box game New champion: $200 3rd place: Colortyme TV + Jeopardy! box game

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ron Marty Kate
$5,000 $7,000 $5,500
15 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 13 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 21 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $17,500

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Game tape date: 1987-12-15
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