Responses for Show #1456 - Monday, December 24, 1990

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Contestants

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Curt Daniel, a chemistry teacher from Colorado Springs, Colorado

Chris Tully, a research assistant originally from Kearny, New Jersey

Gordon Nash, a teacher originally from New York City, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,800)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

COOKING "P"s
LANGUAGES
GOULASH
TREATIES
AUTO AD LINES
CHRISTMAS SONGS
(Alex: In keeping with the spirit of the season.)
    $100 26
plum pudding

Curt
    $100 11
South America

Curt
    $100 16
Shetland

Gordon
    $100 6
Germany

Gordon
    $100 1
a Ford

Curt
    $100 21
cheer

Gordon
    $200 27
(Gordon: What are peas?)

potatoes

GordonCurt
    $200 12
India

Gordon
    $200 17
neon

Chris
    $200 7
Sweden

Gordon
    $200 2
Pontiac

Curt
    $200 22
my two front teeth

Chris
    $300 28
(Alex: An acquired taste, I believe.)

poi

Curt
    $500 13
Mayan

Gordon
    $300 18
the 19th century

Chris
    $300 8
(Curt: What is the Hundred Years' War?)

Thirty Years' War

ChrisCurt
    $300 3
Chevrolet

Curt
    $300 23
(Alex: And we have less than a minute to go.)

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, you'll go down in history

Chris
    $400 29
pavlova

Curt
    $400 14
English

Gordon
    $400 19
Christie's Minstrels

Chris
    $400 9
Treaty of Versailles

Curt
    $400 4
Nissan

Triple Stumper
    $400 24
"A Holly Jolly Christmas"

Chris
    $500 30
polenta

Triple Stumper
    $500 15
(Alex: Oh, Gordon looks as if he wants to ring in and say "What is [*]", but he didn't do that, so he'll get to pick again.)

Japanese

Triple Stumper
    $500 20
William

Chris
    $500 10
the Lateran Treaty

Triple Stumper
    $500 5
(Chris: What is Acura?)
(Curt: What is Lexus?)

BMW

ChrisCurt
Triple Stumper
    $500 25
"Deck The Halls"

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Gordon Chris Curt
$1,000 -$200 $300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Gordon Chris Curt
$1,400 $2,100 $1,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

NAME THE AUTHOR
MEDICAL TERMS
MARRIAGE
U.S. CITIES
BIBLICAL ZOO
DWIGHT EISENHOWER
    $200 22
(Alex: A minute to go.)

Philip Roth

Curt
    $200 1
benign

Curt
    $200 21
obey

Gordon
    $200 11
Atlanta

Chris
    $200 6
(Curt: What is a cow or bull?)

pig (or swine)

ChrisCurt
    $200 16
David

Chris
    $400 23
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Triple Stumper
    $400 2
a placebo

Gordon
    $400 27
common-law

Gordon
    $400 12
Wilmington

Chris
    $400 7
a camel

Gordon
    $400 17
(Curt: Who is Bradley?)
(Chris: Who is Mark Clark?)
...
(Alex: You were thinking of military proteges instead of political proteges and the correct response is "Who is [*]?", president of the United States at that time.)

Richard Nixon

ChrisCurt
Triple Stumper
    $600 24
Raymond Chandler

Chris
    $600 3
(Alex: You have probably experienced it and you know it a lot better as [*].)

jet lag

Triple Stumper
    $600 28
Mae West

Curt
    $600 13
Virginia City

Gordon
    $600 8
(Curt: What is an elephant?)

a lion

ChrisCurt
    $600 18
General Motors

Gordon
    $800 26
John Steinbeck

Chris
    $800 4
colorblindness

Gordon
    $800 29
George Sanders

Chris
    $2,400 14
Tyler

Gordon
    $1,100 9
(Chris: What is the crow?)
(Alex: No, he sent a [*]. You're in the right area there thinking of the right color bird at any rate. He sent a [*] and you're down to $1,800.)

raven

Chris
    $800 19
Eisenhower's heart attack

Curt
    $1000 25
Somerset Maugham

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
hemophilia

Gordon
    $1000 30
(Chris: What is Brigadoon?)

Gretna Green

Chris
Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
Tuscaloosa

Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
foxes

Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
Abilene

Curt

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Gordon Chris Curt
$8,200 $3,400 $2,900
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
CurtWhat is gunpowder?
$2,900
ChrisWhat are firearms?
$3,399
GordonWhat was oil?
$1,400
gunpowder

Final scores:

Gordon Chris Curt
$6,800 $1 $5,800
2-day champion: $27,600 3rd place 2nd place

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Gordon Chris Curt
$6,400 $4,500 $2,900
16 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 16 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 14 R,
5 W

Combined Coryat: $13,800

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Game tape date: 1990-09-25
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