Responses for Show #498 - Wednesday, November 5, 1986

Contestants

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Wenzel Jones, a word processor originally from Orlando, Florida

Richard Gelb, a writer from New York City

Dave Maney, a student originally from Binghamton, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,400)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

MILITARY MELODIES
ACTORS & ROLES
ANTONYMS
POTENT POTABLES
AILMENTS
VAMPIRES
    $100 30
caissons

Dave
    $100 3
Richard Gere

Wenzel
    $100 17
fast

Dave
    $100 1
Portugal

Wenzel
    $100 4
morning sickness

Wenzel
    $100 16
bats

Wenzel
    $200 29
the United States Marines

Wenzel
    $200 8
Fess Parker

Dave
    $200 18
lost & found

Wenzel
    $200 2
a drunken sailor

Richard
    $200 12
ear wax

Wenzel
    $200 21
(Dave: Wow!)
[Laughter]
(Alex: Now, don't pick on the Bulgarians.)
(Dave: Literally.)

a nostril

Dave
    $300 27
South Africa

Richard
    $300 9
Mike the Dog

Dave
    $300 19
(Dave: What are [*] on the gas gauge?)

full & empty

Dave
    $300 5
Drambuie

Wenzel
    $300 13
orthopedic

Wenzel
    $300 23
garlic

Richard
    $400 26
(Dave: Who is Wagner?)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

Beethoven

Dave
Triple Stumper
    $400 10
(Dave: I saw it and I don't remember.)

Maureen O'Sullivan & Mia Farrow

Dave
    $400 20
wane

Richard
    $400 6
(Alex: Yes, half unicorn, half dragon.)

kirin

Dave
    $400 14
lupus

Richard
    $400 24
Jack Palance

Dave
    $500 28
a fife

Dave
    $500 11
Michael Caine

Wenzel
    $500 22
Perfect Strangers

Richard
    $500 7
Italian Swiss Colony

Triple Stumper
    $500 15
(Wenzel: What is bursitis?)

a bunion

Wenzel
Triple Stumper
    $500 25
Klaus Kinski

Richard

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Dave Richard Wenzel
$500 $200 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Dave Richard Wenzel
$1,700 $2,600 $1,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN HISTORY
THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH
BOTANICAL NAMES
WORLD CAPITALS
RELIGION
PRACTICAL JOKES
    $200 4
Napoleon

Dave
    $200 18
lef-TEN-ant

Wenzel
    $200 9
Roses

Richard
    $200 1
Colombo

Dave
    $200 6
the Amish

Wenzel
    $200 14
(Wenzel: What is running?)
[Alex does not rule.]
(Wenzel: Away.)

running away

Wenzel
    $400 5
the Declaration of Independence & the Constitution

Richard
    $400 19
(Wenzel: What is concentration?)

solitaire

DaveWenzel
    $400 11
(Richard: Who was, uh... Walter Mondale?)
...
(Alex: Yes, he is still our vice president, by the way; we caught Richard on that one.)
[Laughter]

George Bush

DaveRichard
    $400 2
North Korea

Wenzel
    $400 10
Hinduism

Wenzel
    $400 25
crying wolf

Dave
    $600 12
World War I

Richard
    $600 21
a pacifier

Wenzel
    $600 15
Bud Abbott

Dave
    $600 3
(Alex: Ottawa is the city.)

Ontario

Dave
    $600 13
St. Ignatius of Loyola

Triple Stumper
    $400 26
(Dave: Who is Peter from Peter and the Wolf?)

Till Eulenspiegel

Dave
    $700 16
(Dave: Nice job on the pronunciation by the way.)
[Laughter]

the man who shot William McKinley

Dave
    $800 22
[Richard said it both ways.]

a million million (a trillion)

Richard
    $800 20
Moss Hart

Wenzel
    $800 7
Federal District (Distrito Federal)

Wenzel
    $800 23
predestination

Richard
    $1000 17
John Calhoun

Triple Stumper
    $1000 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Lily Pons

Triple Stumper
    $1000 8
Aden

Wenzel
    $1000 24
(Alex: His grandfather, by the way, had 45 wives; that might explain why he's related to so many of our presidents. We've got less than a minute to go, Dave, select.)

the Mormon Church

Dave

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Dave Richard Wenzel
$5,800 $5,000 $5,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

POETRY
[Dave's response was revealed before Wenzel's response.]
...
(Wenzel: The Red White and Blue--I made it up.)
[Laughter]
RichardWhat is Rainbow in the
$2,200
WenzelWhat was the Red White & Blue?
$5,800
DaveWhat is the Blue Danube
$3,300
the "Purple Cow"

Final scores:

Dave Richard Wenzel
$2,500 $2,800 $0
2nd place: trip to Palm Springs & stay at the Royce Resort Hotel + Zenith 9" color TV New champion: $2,800 3rd place: Whirlpool microwave oven

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Dave Richard Wenzel
$6,700 $5,000 $5,800
18 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 2 DDs)		 12 R,
1 W		 19 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $17,500

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Game tape date: 1986-09-09
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