Responses for Show #1232 - Tuesday, January 2, 1990

Missing introductions.

Contestants

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Stephen deSalle, from

Joan Roe, from

Bruce Daitz, originally from Plattsburgh, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

NAMES IN THE NEWS
TIME
COLORFUL SONGS
AUSTRALIA
BAKIN'
"EGG"s
    $100 1
John Paul II

Bruce
    $100 17
April Fools' Day

Joan
    $100 16
gold

Bruce
    $100 6
Queen Elizabeth

Bruce
    $100 11
angel food cake

Stephen
    $100 26
(Stephen: What is a Tom & Jerry?)
(Bruce: What is a Brandy Alexander?)
...
(Alex: You're the only player who remembered that "egg" must appear in all the correct responses.)

egg nog

BruceJoanStephen
    $200 2
Ralph Nader

Joan
    $200 22
2400 hours (or 0000 hours)

Stephen
    $200 18
the "Green, Green Grass Of Home"

Joan
    $200 7
New Zealand

Stephen
    $200 12
confectioners' sugar

Joan
    $200 27
an egghead

Stephen
    $300 3
(Alex: Oh, how quickly we forget popular horses. Who was [*]?)

Sunday Silence

Triple Stumper
    $300 23
[NOTE: The year is typically rendered A.D. 1]

1 B.C.

Bruce
    $300 19
crimson

Stephen
    $300 8
Tasmania

Stephen
    $300 13
mincemeat pie

Joan
    $300 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

an egg roll

Joan
    $400 4
Macheath

Triple Stumper
    $400 24
(Alex: Correct, and we have a minute to go.)

a vernal equinox

Stephen
    $400 20
"Little White Lies"

Stephen
    $400 9
take a girl to a dance (or a party)

Joan
    $400 14
(Stephen: What is a croissant?)

brioche

JoanStephen
    $500 5
Victor Kiam

Bruce
    $500 25
(Stephen: What are the planets?)

the stars

Stephen
Triple Stumper
    $500 21
(Stephen: What is "Deep Velvet"?)
(Alex: Oh, you're kind of on the right track. What is [*]? The melody line was right off the top. "When the [*] falls..." All right, that's a little bit before your time, particularly in Mantovani's edition.)
...
[NOTE: Alex adds "Remember him?" after reading Mantovani's name.]

"Deep Purple"

Stephen
    $500 10
southern land (south)

Bruce
    $500 15
gluten

Joan

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 17):

Bruce Joan Stephen
$1,300 $2,100 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bruce Joan Stephen
$1,500 $2,700 $600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD HISTORY
QUOTES
NATIONAL PARKS
OPERA
PLANTS
CELEBRITY BOOKS
    $200 1
Karl Marx

Bruce
    $200 7
rain

Joan
    $200 10
the Minutemen

Joan
    $200 18
potatoes

Bruce
    $200 3
(Stephen: Who is Mort Sahl?)

Morton Downey (Jr.)

BruceStephen
    $400 2
Henry VIII

Joan
    $400 8
the king

Joan
    $400 14
Yellowstone

Bruce
    $400 19
papyrus

Joan
    $400 13
German

Bruce
    $600 4
(Stephen: What were the Hanging Towers of Babylon?)

the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

BruceStephen
    $600 9
W.C. Fields

Bruce
    $2,000 15
(Bruce: What are the [*]?)

Everglades (National Park)

Bruce
    $600 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Pagliacci

Bruce
    $600 21
cotton

Joan
    $600 20
Gilda Radner

Stephen
    $800 5
(Adolf) Eichmann

Joan
    $800 11
[ERRATUM: [*] did not resign in 1961, but instead died in November of that year while still House Speaker.]

Sam Rayburn

Bruce
    $800 16
(Stephen: What is Yosemite?)
[ERRATUM: It's Clingmans Dome.]

the Great Smokies

Stephen
Triple Stumper
    $800 26
Richard Strauss

Triple Stumper
    $1,200 22
(Joan: What are yews?)

hydrangeas

Joan
    $800 25
Smokey Robinson

Joan
    $1000 6
the Age of Reason

Stephen
    $1000 12
(Joan: Who is Gilbran?)
(Alex: Say it again.)
(Joan: [hesitates])
(Alex: Yeah, we'll give it to you. [*].)
(Joan: Thank you.)

Kahlil Gibran

Joan
    $1000 17
Nevada

Bruce
    $1000 23
(Alex: We have a minute to go, Joan. You pick.)

the grasses

Triple Stumper
    $1000 24
(Alex: A reference to one of his famous films, [*] is the star.)

Cary Grant

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bruce Joan Stephen
$8,500 $6,300 $600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE OSCARS
(Alex: We'll go to Joan in the middle, who had 6300. Ran out of time as she was writing, I noticed. Let's see if she got enough of it in. "What is The Greatest Show". Can't give it to you. You're on the right track, of course, the reference to [*], but that means it's going to cost you. How much?)
StephenWhat is Ben Hur?
$0
JoanWhat is the Greatest Show
$6,000
BruceWhat is Johnny Belinda
$4,200
The Greatest Show on Earth

Final scores:

Bruce Joan Stephen
$4,300 $300 $600
2-day champion: $18,300 3rd place: Oneida crystal 2nd place: Broyhill entertainment center + Colortyme TV

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Bruce Joan Stephen
$7,100 $7,500 $1,100
17 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
19 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)
10 R,
7 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $15,700

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Game tape date: 1989-09-12
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