Responses for Show #285 - Friday, October 11, 1985

Contestants

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Jim Rondoni, a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California

Jeff Carnes, a classics professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Lynn Stark, a lawyer from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE ’60S
ODD JOBS
ANIMAL GROUPS
GEOGRAPHY
FOOD & DRINK
PHAMOUS PHOEBES
(Alex: We have high hopes for that last category.)
    $100 7
(first-class mail domestic) postage

Lynn
    $100 25
(Jim: What is autobiography?)

a biographer

LynnJim
    $100 20
packs

Jeff
    $100 2
Atlas

Jeff
    $100 10
Coca-Cola

Jeff
    $100 1
(Jim: Uh, who was, uh, Calamity Jane?)

Annie Oakley

JeffJim
    $200 8
JFK

Jim
    $200 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

eunuchs

Jeff
    $200 21
(Jeff: What are, uh, quails?)

partridges

JeffJim
    $200 3
Antarctica

Jeff
    $200 16
salt

Jeff
    $200 13
Phoebe Snow

Jeff
    $300 9
Che Guevara

Jim
    $300 22
peacocks

Jeff
    $300 4
(Alex: [After appearing to hesitate to rule Jim correct] I was looking at the light on the top of your podium. You almost ran out of time. Remember, when you ring in, you are--you must be prepared to give me a question.)

Newfoundland (or Quebec)

Jim
    $300 17
croissants

Jim
    $300 14
Phoebe Cates

Lynn
    $400 11
the Berlin Wall

Jeff
    $400 26
[Jeff gave both listed responses.]

a pinboy (or pinsetter)

Jeff
    $400 23
sounder

Jim
    $400 5
the Sinai Peninsula

Jeff
    $500 18
(Alex: You didn't even need to hear the lyrics. Nice going!)

the mashed potato

Jim
    $400 15
Phoebe Hearst

Jim
    $500 12
(Jim: Uh... what is the test ban treaty?)
(Lynn: What is Indochina?)
...
(Alex: They refused to sign the test ban treaty on the nuclear, uh, applications in [*].)

space

LynnJim
Triple Stumper
    $500 27
lamplighter

Jeff
    $500 24
a nest

Triple Stumper
    $500 6
the (Swiss) Alps

Jeff
    $500 19
(Jim: What is sauté?)

a fritter

Jim
Triple Stumper

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

Lynn Jeff Jim
$100 $1,800 $700

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Lynn Jeff Jim
$0 $3,500 $1,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

(Alex: Our categories for this round have already elicited some humorous responses from our three contestants...)
ENGLISH LITERATURE
SPACE & AVIATION
SPORTS TRIVIA
(Alex: Something that's very new to our program...)
DEPARTMENT STORES
HOMOPHONES
(Alex: Words that sound alike but are spelled differently and mean different things.)
ART
    $200 1
Arthur Conan Doyle

Jeff
    $200 23
Saturn

Jim
    $200 11
tennis

Lynn
    $200 2
Rembrandt

Lynn
    $400 12
A.E.

Jeff
    $400 24
(Alex: That is right.
1904.)

the Wright Brothers

Jeff
    $400 7
[ERRATUM: The clue mispunctuated the first word as shown.]
(Jeff: What is [*]'s front line?)
(Alex: [*] is right, yes. Abbreviations for positions.)

a football team

Jeff
    $400 25
(Alex: About a minute to go in the round.)

Bloomingdale's

Jim
    $400 18
pie/pi

Lynn
    $400 3
a mustache

Lynn
    $600 16
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Lynn
    $4,000 26
the Moon

Jim
    $600 8
The Sporting News

Jeff
    $1,100 13
(Alex: Absolutely right. A hundred thousand dollar loan in 1909 really paid off.)

J.L. Hudson

Jeff
    $600 20
heroin/heroine

Jeff
    $600 4
Art Deco

Jim
    $800 17
Charles Dickens

Jeff
    $800 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

a satellite

Jim
    $800 9
(Jim: Oh... uh, what is... uh, swim?)

windsurf

Jim
Triple Stumper
    $800 14
Marshall Field

Jim
    $800 21
thyme/time

Jeff
    $800 5
Goya

Jim
    $1000 19
(Alex: Nice going. Takes you to an even ten grand.)
[Applause]

Jonathan Swift

Jeff
    $1000 10
(Alex: Yes, and Hermann Tissies was famous because he took a 15 on a par 3 in the British Open in 1950. Select again.)
(Jeff: I've done that, too.)
[Laughter]

the Masters

Jeff
    $1000 15
J.C. Penney

Lynn
    $1000 22
chews/choose

Jim
    $1000 6
Canaletto

Jeff

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Lynn Jeff Jim
$2,800 $11,800 $9,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

TELEVISION
(Alex: This was a toughie, I must tell you. I didn't know it. That doesn't mean it's tough, but I know it's tough.)
...
(Alex: The Saturday Night Live series on ABC was hosted by [imitating voice] [*].)
LynnWho is ?
$2,800
JimWho is Chevy Chase?
$3,500
JeffWho is Geraldo Rivera Rivera?
$6,605
Howard Cosell

Final scores:

Lynn Jeff Jim
$0 $5,195 $5,700
3rd place: his & hers Jules Jurgensen Classic Series diamond dial watches 2nd place: Buck Stove "whole-house heating system" + Knight of New Zealand rug of 4 joined matched lambskins New champion: $5,700

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Lynn Jeff Jim
$2,800 $11,300 $5,700
9 R,
1 W		 26 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 16 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W

Combined Coryat: $19,800

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Game tape date: 1985-07-29
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