Responses for Show #915 - Friday, July 22, 1988

Last game of Season 4.
Every clue was prepared by Jeopardy! staff researcher Victoria Haselton.

Contestants

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Chuck Bennett, a chemist from Fullerton, California

Dave Prechtl, a warehouse manager from Rosemead, California

Ted Tarson, a former market research manager from Nyack New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,401)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

GEORGIA
HUMMINGBIRDS
CHILDREN'S SONGS
MAUREEN STAPLETON
WEATHER
IN OTHER WORDS...
    $100 7
(Ted: Who is Jimmy Carter?)
...
(Alex: Yes, the date was January 23, 1780, Ted.)
[Laughter]
(Alex: Just a couple of years before Mr. Carter.)

George Washington

TedDave
    $100 21
red

Dave
    $100 26
all fall down

Ted
    $100 1
Barbra Streisand

Ted
    $100 14
fog

Ted
    $100 3
beggars can't be choosers

Dave
    $200 8
[ERRATUM: The Cherokee Phoenix was printed 1828-1834, not 1928.]

a newspaper

Dave
    $200 22
a helicopter

Chuck
    $200 27
Saturday

Ted
    $200 2
(Ted: Who is Edith Stapleton?)
...
(Alex: [*], who played Edith Bunker; Ted got his tongue twisted on that one.)

Jean Stapleton

TedDave
    $200 17
ice

Chuck
    $200 4
(Ted: The pen is mightier... what is [*]?)

the pen is mightier than the sword

Ted
    $300 9
(Alex: Yes, the Western & Atlantic [*].)

railroads

Dave
    $300 23
(Alex: We've got a minute to go.)

their body temperature (their metabolism)

Triple Stumper
    $300 28
(Ted: What is brown & yellow?)

green & yellow

TedChuck
    $300 5
(Alex: Great film, too.)

(Best) Supporting Actress

Ted
    $300 18
rainbows

Ted
    $300 13
buy it with (for) a song

Triple Stumper
    $400 10
de Soto

Ted
    $400 24
beaks (bills)

Ted
    $400 29
the old lady

Chuck
    $400 6
sleep

Chuck
    $400 19
(Chuck: The time between [*]; you see the [**] and you hear [*].)
(Alex: That's a nice explanation but always remember the phrasing)

the thunder & the lightning

Chuck
    $400 15
dead men don't talk (dead men tell no tales)

Dave
    $500 12
the Okefenokee

Dave
    $500 25
(Ted: What is Alaska?)

Hawaii

TedDave
    $5 30
(Chuck: I have a phenomenal amount of confidence in myself, I'll bet $5.)
[Laughter]
...
[The song was not reprised going into the break.]

a round

Chuck
    $500 11
The Gin Game

Ted
    $500 20
(Dave: What is hydrocarbon?)
(Ted: What is ozone?)

carbon dioxide

TedDaveChuck
    $500 16
[Titters from Dave and audience after the clue is read]
...
(Alex: Don't read too much into it, what is [*]? I wanted to cut in in case you guys got a little funny.)
[Laughter]

pie in the sky

Triple Stumper

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

Ted Dave Chuck
$1,200 $1,400 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ted Dave Chuck
$1,000 $1,900 $2,405

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD LITERATURE
MOUNTAINS
ISLAM
ARCHITECTURE
SPELLING
NAME THE SPORT
    $200 2
the Aztecs

Dave
    $200 20
Athens

Chuck
    $200 16
white

Ted
    $200 25
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

a fortress

Triple Stumper
    $200 1
S-O-P-H-O-M-O-R-E

Chuck
    $200 3
wrestling

Dave
    $400 8
George Gordon Lord Byron

Ted
    $400 21
the Alps

Ted
    $400 17
a pilgrimage

Triple Stumper
    $400 12
(Dave: Oh, I was thinking of franchise, no.)

S-U-F-F-R-A-G-E

TedDave
    $400 4
(Chuck: What is gymnastics?)

figure skating

DaveChuck
    $600 9
Molière

Chuck
    $600 22
(Alex: We've got a minute to go.)

Yosemite

Dave
    $600 18
a veil (the chador)

Dave
    $600 13
F-I-F-T-I-E-T-H

Ted
    $600 5
gymnastics

Dave
    $800 10
Siddhartha

Dave
    $800 23
(Chuck: What is Red China?)

Nepal

Chuck
Triple Stumper
    $800 19
the final days (the end of the world)

Dave
    $800 14
(Dave: What is B-R-A-Z-I-L-I-A?)
(Ted: What is B-R-A-S-I-L-I-A-S?)

B-R-A-S-I-L-I-A

TedDave
Triple Stumper
    $800 6
fencing

Ted
    $1000 11
Virginia Woolf

Ted
    $1,000 24
(Alex: Calgary, Alberta, Canada.)

The Rockies

Dave
    $1000 15
(Ted: What is a B-O-U-T-T-I-N-I-E-R-E?)
(Dave: What is B-O-U-T-O-N-I-E-R-E?)
...
(Alex: Aren't you glad we're out of spelling; it's like going back to school, isn't it?)

B-O-U-T-O-N-N-I-E-R-E

TedDave
Triple Stumper
    $1000 7
skiing

Ted

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ted Dave Chuck
$4,000 $4,900 $2,205

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ROYALTY
(Alex: [To Chuck] He was here courting Grace Kelly?)
...
(Dave: Generous?)
(Alex: Pardon?)
(Dave: Are you going to use generous judging?)
(Alex: Are we going to get a generous judgment he says.)
[Dave's response is revealed]
(Dave: R-E-I-N...)
(Alex: R-E-I-N...)
(Dave: I'm not a good speller.)
[Inaudible from offstage]
(Alex: It's not an anagram so we can accept it.)
[Dave gives a thumbs up towards the judges.]
ChuckWho is Prince Rainer
$1,800
TedWho is Prince Rainier?
$4,000
DaveWho was Prince Reineir
$3,101
Prince Rainier

Final scores:

Ted Dave Chuck
$8,000 $8,001 $4,005
2nd place: Jenn-Air grill-range + 7 Krup kitchen products New champion: $8,001 3rd place: Lucien Piccard his & her watches

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ted Dave Chuck
$4,000 $4,900 $2,700
18 R,
7 W
18 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
11 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $11,600

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Game tape date: 1988-03-29
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