Responses for Show #37 - Tuesday, October 30, 1984

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

John Noble, a bank manager originally from Hershey, Pennsylvania

Mary Landra, a former naval officer from Calabasas, California

Peter Lalos, a fundraiser from San Francisco, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,800)

Jeopardy! Round responses

SWITZERLAND
SPORTS
TAX FACTS
NOTORIOUS
TV TRIVIA
POTENT POTABLES
    $100 23
William Tell

Mary
    $100 5
basketball

John
    $100 17
(Peter: What is the IRS?)

income tax

Peter
Triple Stumper
    $100 22
the wolf

Mary
    $100 6
Yogi Bear

Peter
    $100 8
whiskey

Mary
    $200 24
Heidi

Mary
    $200 4
bowling

John
    $200 18
(Mary: What is $200?)

a luxury tax

MaryJohn
    $200 21
vampires

Peter
    $200 7
Paul Lynde

Mary
    $200 9
(Alex: Looks like water too, doesn't taste like it.)

vodka

Mary
    $300 25
(2 of) German & French (Italian or Romansh)

Mary
    $300 1
the marathon

John
    $300 19
(Alex: [After the next clue selection] We've got about a minute to go in the round.)

representation

John
    $300 11
(Peter: ... who are the kings of Judea?)

Herod

Peter
Triple Stumper
    $300 14
WKRP

John
    $300 10
rum

Peter
    $400 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

bankers

Peter
    $400 2
the Washington Redskins

Peter
    $400 20
an audit

Peter
    $400 12
(John: Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?)
(Peter: Who is...)
(Alex: Oh, I'm sorry, I heard that answer come out of the audience and folks, you're going to get our champion, Peter, very upset because somebody just cost him $400 in cash and if he should lose today by $400 he may come up there, and even though you're an attractive lady, he will thump you, sorry about that.)
[Laughter]

Jack Ruby

John
Triple Stumper
    $400 15
The Monkees

John
    $500 3
Roy Campanella

Peter
    $500 13
the Nuremberg trials

Peter
    $500 16
Philadelphia

John

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 11):

Peter Mary John
$1,000 $500 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Peter Mary John
$2,400 $1,000 $1,900

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. HISTORY
THE NEWS
GEOGRAPHY
BUSINESS
FOUR SEASONS
CAPTAINS
    $200 9
slavery

Mary
    $200 13
the morning

Mary
    $200 1
Tokyo

Mary
    $200 11
red

Mary
    $200 24
Howdy Doody

John
    $200 21
(Peter: [No response])

Captain Hook

PeterJohn
    $400 8
World War I

Peter
    $400 5
Huntley & Brinkley

Mary
    $400 2
(John: What is the Ural?)

the Nile

PeterJohn
    $400 22
at an auction

John
    $400 27
parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme

John
    $400 20
the (Captain) Baron von Trapp

Peter
    $600 3
the hostages in Iran

Peter
    $600 14
(Mary: I don't know.)

Chevy Chase

MaryJohn
    $600 6
Australia

John
    $600 23
to endorse

Mary
    $600 17
(Mary: Who is Blackbeard?)
(John: Who is Captain Cook?)

Captain Kidd

PeterMaryJohn
    $800 4
Andrew Jackson

John
    $800 15
Charles Kuralt

Peter
    $800 10
Asia

John
    $800 25
featherbedding

Peter
    $800 18
Captain Cook

Peter
    $1000 7
tea

John
    $1000 16
Walter Winchell

Peter
    $1000 12
(Peter: Uh, what is... the United States?)

Panama

PeterJohn
    $100 26
(Alex: [Prior to the wager] We've got about a minute left in this round.)
(Peter: What is shaving?)

embezzlement

Peter
    $1000 28
(John: Uh... who is Neil Simon?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
...
(Mary: FOUR SEASONS for $800.)
(Alex: Well, we ran out of time.)
[Laughter]
(Alex: You wanna keep going? It's a lot easier when the guys are laying back and not competing against you.)
...
(Alex: [Between prize announcement and reveal of Final Jeopardy! category] You know something, Mary, I like your style; I used to do the same thing in basketball, when the final whistle went, or the final buzzer sounded, I'd go in and sink two or three layups, I was a star then; at halftime I was great.)
[Laughter]

Vivaldi

MaryJohn
    $1000 19
"O Captain! My Captain!"

Peter

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Peter Mary John
$7,900 $2,600 $5,900

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

FAMOUS FAMILIES
(Alex: This is the closest we've had it so far on Jeopardy!...)
(John: Do I get half the money then? It was close.)
(Alex: You'll have to talk to Peter about that after the program. Thanks to you and to Mary for making it such an exciting day for us.)
MaryWho are the Barrymores?
$2,600
JohnWho are the Barrymores?
$5,900
PeterWho are the Barrymores?
$3,905
the Barrymores

Final scores:

Peter Mary John
$11,805 $5,200 $11,800
3-day champion: $32,605 3rd place 2nd place

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Peter Mary John
$8,000 $2,600 $5,900
18 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)
14 R,
3 W
18 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $16,500

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Game tape date: 1984-08-29
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