Responses for Show #54 - Thursday, November 22, 1984

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Alan Weiner, a newspaper reporter from Seattle, Washington

Veronica Gonzalez Rubio, an apprentice film director originally from Ecuador, South America

Richard Landon, a restaurant manager from Santa Cruz, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,400)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

FOREIGN CITIES
POTENT POTABLES
ETIQUETTE
TELEVISION
FLAGS
"CAT"EGORY
    $100 1
Marseille

Richard
    $100 22
aperitif

Alan
    $100 4
(Richard: Who are latecomers?)

men

Richard
Triple Stumper
    $100 10
Jamie Farr

Richard
    $100 9
(Richard: What is the Confederate flag?)
...
(Alex: [*], signifying a victory; he may have waved the Confederate flag himself.)

the checkered flag

RichardAlan
    $100 19
the Cat in the Hat

Alan
    $200 2
Sydney

Veronica
    $200 23
(Veronica: What is tonic?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

lemon juice

VeronicaAlan
    $200 5
(Veronica: [*]? What is [*]?)

Ms.

Veronica
    $200 13
(Richard: What is, uh...)

Family Ties

RichardVeronica
    $200 11
a white flag

Richard
    $200 20
cat's cradle

Richard
    $100 3
(Alex: Do you have a question for me?)
(Veronica: New York...)
(Alex: Not a big baseball are you, Veronica? If you were you would know the [*] Expos.)

Montreal

Veronica
    $300 6
nothing

Richard
    $300 14
(Veronica: Who is Victor French?)

Michael Landon

VeronicaAlan
    $300 12
(Alex: Good thing you're from Seattle, that helps.)

Washington

Alan
    $300 21
the Catwoman

Alan
    $400 7
Soweto

Richard
    $400 15
Lynda Carter & Loni Anderson

Alan
    $400 17
(Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round.)

the Union Jack (the flag of Great Britain)

Veronica
    $500 8
Macau

Richard
    $500 16
Stefanie Powers

Richard
    $500 18
the semaphore

Alan

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 7):

Richard Veronica Alan
$700 $300 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Richard Veronica Alan
$1,900 $400 $2,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

CHEMISTRY
WORLD WAR II
WOMEN
SPORTS
PRESIDENTS
THE BIG TOP
    $200 11
100 degrees

Richard
    $200 1
(Alex: [Prior to Veronica making the first pick] I'm willing to bet right now that you do not select SPORTS; you can surprise me if you do.)
[Mild scattered laughter]

Nagasaki

Alan
    $200 16
Mary Lou Retton

Richard
    $200 2
(Alan: What is, uh,...)
(Alex: Wait a minute. Richard. You hadn't rung in there, Alan--Richard.)

6

Richard
    $200 15
none

Veronica
    $200 26
(Alan: [No response])
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Jumbo

Alan
Triple Stumper
    $400 12
(Veronica: What is hydrogen?)
(Alan: What is oxygen?)

nitrogen

RichardVeronicaAlan
    $400 3
Italy

Veronica
    $400 19
the Revolutionary War

Veronica
    $400 7
(Alex: [**] in general.)

billiards (pool)

Richard
    $400 18
(Veronica: Who is Wilson?)

Benjamin Harrison

VeronicaAlan
    $600 13
(Veronica: [No response])

the periodic table

RichardVeronica
    $600 4
the Bismarck

Richard
    $600 20
Phyllis Schlafly

Veronica
    $600 8
5

Alan
    $600 23
George Washington

Alan
    $800 14
(Richard: What is baking soda?)
(Alan: What is sodium chloride?)

lye

RichardAlan
Triple Stumper
    $800 5
[Richard responds using German accent after Alex read the clue with a German accent.]

propaganda

Richard
    $1,000 21
(Veronica: What is San Francisco?)
(Alex: We were afraid you might go for that. So many people--we'll have a lot of viewers in [*] watching us on WLN who will say, "Why didn't they think of Mayor Byrne?" She's no longer the mayor, but she was mayor large city, [*].)

Chicago

Veronica
    $800 9
basketball

Richard
    $800 24
Abraham Lincoln

Richard
    $1000 17
(Richard: What is 5?)

7

Richard
Triple Stumper
    $1000 6
(Vidkun) Quisling

Richard
    $1000 22
(Alex: [After reading the clue and before Richard responded] We've got less than a minute, Richard.)

Betty Friedan

Richard
    $1000 10
(Alex: Aw, none of you guys have played polo lately? ... I bet your horses would know.)
[Laughter]

300 yards

Triple Stumper
    $1,500 25
(Alex: Was that a guess?)
(Richard: No.)
(Alex: You knew it?)

President Zachary Taylor

Richard

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Richard Veronica Alan
$8,600 -$400 $2,700
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

DANCE
AlanWho is Fred Astaire?
$2,600
RichardWho is Fred Astaire?
$400
Fred Astaire

Final scores:

Richard Veronica Alan
$9,000 -$400 $5,300
2-day champion: $17,400 3rd place 2nd place

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Richard Veronica Alan
$8,100 $700 $2,700
21 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W		 8 R,
7 W
(including 2 DDs)		 13 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $11,500

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Game tape date: 1984-09-11
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