Responses for Show #304 - Thursday, November 7, 1985

Harvey Becker game 3.
Harvey Becker sets a new single-day cash winnings record of $25,400.
Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

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Bill Hendrickson, a college student from Lincoln, Nebraska

Karen Brown, a financial editor originally from Carlsbad, New Mexico

Harvey Becker, an attorney turned writer from Old Bridge, New Jersey (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,400)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
COLLECTIBLES
"YOUNG"s
SPORTS TRIVIA
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
ACTORS & ROLES
    $100 12
the Gingerbread Man

Triple Stumper
    $100 17
matchbooks

Harvey
    $100 3
Cy Young

Harvey
    $100 19
figure skating

Harvey
    $100 1
pimentos

Karen
    $100 2
Sissy Spacek

Bill
    $200 13
pease porridge hot

Karen
    $200 18
(Karen: What are cigars?)
...
(Alex: He has over 170,000 of them.)

cigar bands

HarveyKaren
    $200 4
(Alex: [*], of Father Knows Best.)

Robert (Young)

Harvey
    $200 20
the Indianapolis 500

Bill
    $200 10
a nectarine

Karen
    $200 6
Vanessa Redgrave

Karen
    $300 14
William Shakespeare

Karen
    $300 26
coins

Harvey
    $300 5
Loretta Young

Karen
    $300 21
glasses

Harvey
    $300 11
kumquats

Triple Stumper
    $300 7
Moscow on the Hudson

Harvey
    $400 15
the Hardy Boys

Karen
    $400 27
collecting spoons

Harvey
    $400 22
En garde

Harvey
    $400 24
(Bill: What is a turnip?)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

a parsnip

Bill
Triple Stumper
    $400 8
Steve McQueen

Harvey
    $500 16
Tom Thumb

Triple Stumper
    $500 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

butterflies (moths)

Karen
    $500 23
(Karen: What are greyhounds?)

Frisbee catching

Karen
Triple Stumper
    $500 25
broccoli

Triple Stumper
    $500 9
Elsa Lanchester

Karen

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

Harvey Karen Bill
$1,000 $1,300 $100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Harvey Karen Bill
$2,800 $2,000 -$100

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BRITISH HISTORY
POTENT POTABLES
PEOPLE
SOUTH AMERICA
LANGUAGE
FIRST LINES
    $200 1
Disraeli

Harvey
    $200 12
pubs (public houses)

Karen
    $200 13
(Alex: Right, "The Great Carsoni".)

Johnny Carson

Bill
    $200 11
Colombia

Harvey
    $200 6
mothers-in-law

Karen
    $200 25
In the beginning

Bill
    $400 2
the Magna Carta

Harvey
    $400 22
40%

Harvey
    $400 18
Mel Gibson

Harvey
    $400 14
Argentina, Brazil & Chile

Harvey
    $400 7
the question mark

Harvey
    $400 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: $18,300--I think that's the biggest total for any player at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round... The single day record on Jeopardy! is $23,200; it was set last year by an undefeated champion named Elise Beraru.)
[ERRATUM: The one-day record was $23,800.]

the Declaration of Independence

Bill
    $600 3
mail

Harvey
    $600 23
kirschwasser

Triple Stumper
    $600 19
[Laughter]
(Alex: Forgive me, Paul, I didn't write it.)

Paul Williams

Triple Stumper
    $2,500 15
swing by their tail

Harvey
    $600 8
(Alex: You count quickly.)
[Laughter]

a Q

Harvey
    $5,000 27
[Huge roar and applause from the audience]

"A Visit from Saint Nicholas"

Harvey
    $800 4
Sir Francis Drake

Karen
    $800 24
(Alex: You like that one, huh?)
[Laughter]
(Harvey: I had a hunch.)

the Harvey Wallbanger

Harvey
    $800 20
(Alex: Yes, legally declared dead.)

Jimmy Hoffa

Bill
    $800 16
Peru

Karen
    $800 9
alliteration

Harvey
    $800 26
(Karen: What is...)
(Bill: What is "Eight Days A Week"?)
...
(Alex: Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

"She Loves You"

HarveyKarenBill
    $1000 5
Eton

Harvey
    $1000 21
congressman

Harvey
    $1000 17
Venezuela

Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
a gerund

Bill

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Harvey Karen Bill
$18,300 $3,200 $1,700
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

MATHEMATICS
(Alex: Our new record, held by Harvey Becker, $25,400, for one day.)
[Applause]
(Alex: A new 3-day record of $50,800!)
BillWhat is 3?
$1,600
KarenWhat is 3?
$3,199
HarveyWhat is 3?
$7,100
3

Final scores:

Harvey Karen Bill
$25,400 $6,399 $3,300
3-day champion: $50,800 2nd place 3rd place

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Harvey Karen Bill
$12,000 $3,200 $1,700
27 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W		 13 R,
3 W		 7 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $16,900

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Game tape date: 1985-08-12
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