Responses for Show #1213 - Wednesday, December 6, 1989

Missing introductions

Contestants

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Mary Martin, from contestant search in St. Louis

Marge Burgess, a homemaker from Glenview, Illinois

Susan Gerofsky, a researcher from Hawaii (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,600)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

FAMOUS QUOTES
ROCK 'N' ROLL
BODIES OF WATER
FIRST AID
FOOD
HOLLYWOOD TRIVIA
    $100 21
heels

Susan
    $100 17
Bruce Springsteen

Marge
    $100 9
(Mary: What is the [?]?)

the Caribbean

MargeMary
    $100 1
the head

Susan
    $100 3
bird's nest soup

Marge
    $100 12
George Burns

Mary
    $200 22
even

Marge
    $200 27
Tina Turner

Susan
    $200 15
Lake Michigan

Marge
    $200 2
a splint

Marge
    $200 4
pepperoni

Susan
    $200 13
Batman

Mary
    $300 23
[Susan drew a laugh for saying it as "moider".]

murder

Susan
    $300 28
the Grateful Dead

Marge
    $300 16
the Bay of Bengal

Susan
    $300 5
blisters

Triple Stumper
    $300 8
lobster

Susan
    $300 14
La Bamba

Susan
    $400 24
Helen of Troy

Marge
    $400 29
Pink Floyd

Mary
    $400 18
the Aegean

Susan
    $400 6
the nose

Susan
    $400 10
meatballs

Triple Stumper
    $400 20
(Aaron) Spelling

Susan
    $500 25
Cyril Northcote Parkinson

Triple Stumper
    $500 30
Huey Lewis and the News

Mary
    $500 19
(Susan: What is the Black Sea?)

the Caspian Sea

SusanMarge
    $500 7
sweat

Mary
    $500 11
cabbage family (mustard family)

Marge
    $500 26
Sean Connery

Susan

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

Susan Marge Mary
$1,000 $900 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Susan Marge Mary
$3,000 $2,600 $1,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORY
ALL NUMBERS
BOOKS
ITALIAN ART
DELAWARE
"Mc" PEOPLE
    $200 21
Switzerland

Marge
    $200 4
50-50

Mary
    $200 13
USA Today

Triple Stumper
    $200 2
(Susan: What is the Vatican?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

the Sistine Chapel

Susan
    $200 9
Wilmington

Marge
    $200 1
(George) McGovern

Susan
    $400 22
(Mary: Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?)
...
(Alex: A minute to go.)

William & Mary

SusanMary
    $400 17
123

Mary
    $400 14
(Marge: Who is Barbara Bush?)

Nancy Reagan

MargeMary
    $400 3
France

Triple Stumper
    $400 10
(Susan: What are Christmas stamps?)
(Mary: What are duck stamps?)
...
(Alex: Christmas stamps are what the post office issues.)

Christmas Seals

SusanMary
Triple Stumper
    $800 5
The McGuire Sisters

Mary
    $600 23
Portugal

Mary
    $600 18
700

Mary
    $600 15
Excellence

Marge
    $600 11
(Alex: Well, let's see--they ratified the Constitution and when they ratified the Constitution we suddenly had a country officially and though they would have been the first state, that's the way we're gonna look at that one?)
(Judge: [Offstage] It says it on their license plate.)
...
(Alex: Their license plates in Delaware are good enough for our researchers.)

the date that Delaware became part of the United States, or the First State

Marge
    $600 6
(Mary: Who is Hattie McDaniel?)

Butterfly McQueen

MargeMary
    $800 24
1917

Triple Stumper
    $800 19
(Susan: What is 267?)

270

Susan
Triple Stumper
    $800 26
(John) Jakes

Susan
    $800 12
(Susan: What is Germany?)

Sweden

SusanMary
    $800 7
McLean Stevenson

Mary
    $1000 25
INTERPOL

Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
4

Susan
    $1000 27
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Triple Stumper
    $1000 28
(Susan: Who is Rubens?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Tintoretto

Susan
Triple Stumper
    $1000 16
Peter du Pont IV

Triple Stumper
    $1000 8
Rod McKuen

Marge

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Susan Marge Mary
$2,600 $5,400 $4,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS
(Alex: [To Mary] That is very incorrect... I say very incorrect because Australia is so much bigger and it's right next to it.)
SusanWhat is Canada?
$400
MaryWhat is New Zealand?
$4,800
MargeWhat is Canada?
$4,201
Canada

Final scores:

Susan Marge Mary
$3,000 $9,601 $0
2nd place: Chromecraft dining furniture & Casablanca ceiling fan New champion: $9,601 3rd place: Oneida Silversmiths gift certificate + Family & Junior Editions of Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the Nintendo Entertainment System

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Susan Marge Mary
$2,600 $5,400 $4,400
17 R,
5 W
16 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
13 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $12,400

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Game tape date: 1989-08-28
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