Responses for Show #479 - Thursday, October 9, 1986

Contestants

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Benita Boxerman, a stockbroker from St. Louis, Missouri

Steve Cowie, an actor from New York City, New York

Bob Menaker, a journalist from Alexandria, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BODIES OF WATER
SPORTS
WEAPONS
PRESIDENTS' MOMMIES
TV THEMES
WORD PLAY
    $100 17
the Pacific Ocean

Bob
    $100 1
tiddlywinks

Steve
    $100 2
dagger

Steve
    $100 11
Nixon's mother

Bob
    $100 16
[All of the clues in the category were audio only.]

the theme from Bonanza

Bob
    $100 19
K

Steve
    $200 18
the Great Salt Lake

Benita
    $200 4
(Alex: The goalies.)

2

Bob
    $200 3
[Bob did not include "The" in his response.]

The Manhattan Project

Bob
    $200 12
John Kennedy's mother

Steve
    $200 20
(the theme from) Leave It to Beaver

Steve
    $200 26
(Bob: What's the leg?)

(1 of) hips (or hand)

BobSteve
    $300 22
the East River

Steve
    $300 5
Mark Spitz

Bob
    $300 8
the thunderbolt

Steve
    $300 13
Lyndon Johnson's mother

Steve
    $300 21
(Benita: It's been a while.)
(Alex: I'll tell you something, though, I enjoy it when you guys miss 'em because then we get a chance to hear the theme; it brings back a lot of memories.)

the theme from Captain Kangaroo

Triple Stumper
    $0 28
[Steve wagered $500 on this Daily Double and provided the correct response, but he was ultimately not credited the money.]
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
...
(Alex: [Prior to revealing the Final Jeopardy! clue] Because our head judge heard a response coming out of the audience a little while ago in the Daily Double, it affects Steve Cowie, we've had to deduct $500 from his total.)

basin

Steve
    $400 23
the Rio Grande

Steve
    $400 6
toss it

Bob
    $400 9
a pea shooter

Steve
    $400 14
Franklin Roosevelt's mother

Bob
    $400 25
the theme from My Three Sons

Bob
    $500 24
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

Fire Lake

Triple Stumper
    $500 7
taekwondo

Steve
    $500 10
a flintlock

Bob
    $500 15
Rutherford Birchard Hayes's mother

Steve
    $500 27
[The theme was not reprised going into the break.]

The Avengers

Steve

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

Bob Steve Benita
$2,100 $2,400 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bob Steve Benita
$2,500 $4,100 $200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ROCKS & MINERALS
BRITISH FASHION
AVIATION
PEOPLE
POE
POTPOURRI
    $200 1
lightning

Steve
    $200 6
the U2

Benita
    $200 14
Teacher of the Year

Bob
    $200 22
Paris

Bob
    $200 20
dot it

Bob
    $400 2
(Bob: What is acrid or sour?)

salty

BobSteve
    $300 7
(Benita: What is a wescot?)

an undershirt

Benita
    $400 9
human power

Steve
    $400 15
Melvin Dummar

Bob
    $400 24
"The Tell-Tale Heart"

Steve
    $400 21
(Alex: We've got a minute to go in the round.)

Tribbles

Steve
    $600 3
muscovite

Steve
    $600 8
Carnaby Street

Bob
    $600 10
Frank Borman

Steve
    $600 16
David Wolper

Steve
    $600 25
"The Pit and the Pendulum"

Benita
    $600 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Gone with the Wind

Bob
    $800 4
iron

Steve
    $800 12
Vidal Sassoon

Bob
    $800 11
how do you land a plane

Triple Stumper
    $800 17
Martina Navratilova

Bob
    $800 26
the Great Fire of London

Steve
    $1000 5
(Alex: You ran through that category.)
[Applause]

brownstones

Steve
    $1000 19
Mary Quant

Steve
    $1,500 13
the Olympic rings

Bob
    $1000 18
(Alex: By the way, Kathy Shower's on the new Jeopardy! commercials that we've been running; I enjoyed producing those with her.)

Playmate of the Year

Steve
    $1000 23
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Steve

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bob Steve Benita
$7,400 $13,300 $700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

MEDICINE
BenitaWhat is New England Journal of Medicine
$700
BobWhat is The New England Journal of Medicine?
$7,397
SteveWhat is The New England Journal of Medicine?
$1,501
The New England Journal of Medicine

Final scores:

Bob Steve Benita
$14,797 $14,801 $1,400
2nd place: trip on Eastern to the Caribbean & Windjammer Barefoot Cruises Bahamas cruise New champion: $14,801 3rd place: Speed Queen washer & dryer

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Bob Steve Benita
$6,900 $13,600 $1,000
19 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 29 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 3 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $21,500

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Game tape date: 1986-08-19
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