Responses for Show #332 - Tuesday, December 17, 1985

Contestants

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Denise Nielsen, a teacher from Thousand Oaks, California

Ron Jones, a writer from San Francisco, California

Louis Lang, a trial lawyer from Skokie, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $8,300)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

POLITICAL TRIVIA
PIRATES
COLORS
TV COMEDY
HISTORY
COMMON BONDS
    $100 7
Lincoln

Lou
    $100 2
a buccaneer

Lou
    $100 19
blue

Lou
    $100 1
The Honeymooners

Ron
    $100 16
Brittania

Ron
    $100 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

what did Old King Cole call for

Lou
    $200 8
(Alex: Yes, in August 1960.)

Fidel Castro

Ron
    $200 9
the Barbary Coast

Ron
    $200 20
Grover

Lou
    $200 3
My Mother the Car

Lou
    $200 17
the Cossacks

Ron
    $300 11
the People's Republic of China

Ron
    $300 10
doubloons

Lou
    $300 21
(Ron: What is green tea?)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

orange pekoe

Ron
Triple Stumper
    $300 4
Monty Python's Flying Circus

Triple Stumper
    $300 18
(Ron: Who are... [*]?)
[Ron turns in dejection.]
(Alex: Right.)
[Huge audience reaction as Ron is surprised he was correct]
(Alex: Even when he thinks he's wrong, he's right.)

Jews

Ron
    $400 14
(Alex: $120,000 per year for each member.)

Japan

Ron
    $400 12
the Ohio River

Ron
    $400 22
golden

Denise
    $500 5
(Alex: Lou?)
(Lou: I'm afraid I don't know it, Alex.)

Ernie Kovacs

Lou
    $400 23
the Versailles Treaty

Ron
    $500 15
Bolivia

Ron
    $500 13
(Lou: Who is Zorro?)

Captain Blood

LouRon
    $500 25
a red tide

Triple Stumper
    $500 6
Police Squad!

Triple Stumper
    $500 24
feudalism

Ron

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

Lou Ron Denise
$200 $800 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Lou Ron Denise
$100 $3,800 $400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

CELEBRITIES
CLASSICAL MUSIC
MAMMALS
ELECTRONICS
GEOGRAPHY
HOMOPHONES
    $200 1
(Lou: Who is Ronald Reagan?)

Michael Jackson

LouDenise
    $200 11
Firebird

Denise
    $200 16
light with dark stripes

Lou
    $200 27
(Ron: What is stereo?)
(Lou: What is quadrasonic sound?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

quadraphonic

LouRonDenise
    $200 12
(Ron: What is chicken [*]?)

Kiev

Ron
    $200 2
a poll (Pole)

Lou
    $400 3
Boy George

Denise
    $400 20
Tchaikovsky

Lou
    $400 17
hares

Triple Stumper
    $400 13
the Himalayas

Denise
    $400 6
whine (wine)

Denise
    $600 4
Phyllis George

Denise
    $600 21
Mozart

Ron
    $600 18
perfume

Ron
    $600 14
the Hudson

Denise
    $600 7
seize (sees, seas)

Denise
    $600 5
(Denise: Uh, who are Sally Field and Jessica Lange?)

(2 of) Jane Fonda, Jessica Lange & Sissy Spacek

Denise
    $800 22
Itzhak Perlman

Lou
    $800 25
Mongooses

Triple Stumper
    $800 15
(Alex: Yes, the Pacific and Arctic.)

Alaska

Lou
    $800 8
all (awl)

Denise
    $1000 10
Rupert Murdoch

Lou
    $1000 23
Chopin

Ron
    $1000 24
the tiger

Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
troubleshooting

Triple Stumper
    $4,000 19
(Ron: Okay, I didn't come down here to tiptoe through the tulips...)
[Very loud audience reaction]
(Ron: I'm going for four grand.)
[Audience oohs, ahs and applause]
(Denise: Good luck, Ron.)
...
(Ron: Okay, what are... Portugal, Spain and France?)
...
(Alex: We've got about a minute to go in the round.)

Portugal, Spain & Great Britain (England)

Ron
    $1000 9
pact (packed)

Lou

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Lou Ron Denise
$4,100 $2,000 $4,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 50 STATES
[Alex read Ron's K as R and Ron clarified it was a K.]
(Alex: K is incorrect, I'm sorry, we have the state of Kansas.)
...
(Alex: [To Lou] What are E, Q, and U.)
(Lou: No, that's a V.)
(Alex: That's a V; that is incorrect, we have the state of Virginia.)
RonWhat are B E K
$1,900
LouWhat are E, Q, V
$3,901
DeniseWhat are E, J,+ Q
$4,199
(3 of) B, E, J & Q

Final scores:

Lou Ron Denise
$199 $100 $8,399
2nd place: Merillat modular shelving system 3rd place: Frigidaire refrigerator & Robot Coupe food processor New champion: $8,399

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Lou Ron Denise
$4,600 $6,000 $4,800
14 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)
17 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)
11 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $15,400

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Game tape date: 1985-08-20
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