Responses for Show #1458 - Wednesday, December 26, 1990

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

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Richard Healey, a deputy district attorney from Huntington Beach, California

Claire Ryder, a computer director from Sterling, Virginia

Gordon Nash, a teacher originally from New York City, New York (whose 3-day cash winnings total $41,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

NURSERY RHYMES
"C" FOOD
WORLD CAPITALS
SPORTS
NUMBER, PLEASE
BEAR FACTS
    $100 20
children

Claire
    $100 16
corned beef

Claire
    $100 6
Cairo

Richard
    $100 1
the Preakness

Gordon
    $100 8
a tenth

Gordon
    $100 15
dogs

Gordon
    $200 21
pease porridge

Richard
    $200 17
(Richard: What is a cayenne pepper?)

a chili pepper

ClaireRichard
    $200 7
Bangkok

Gordon
    $200 2
Roger Maris

Richard
    $200 9
the 49ers

Richard
    $200 25
bear baiting

Richard
    $300 22
Jack Sprat & his wife

Claire
    $300 18
calamari

Gordon
    $300 11
Belgrade

Richard
    $300 3
the Green Bay Packers

Richard
    $300 10
40

Richard
    $300 26
California

Richard
    $400 23
"Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been?"

Claire
    $400 29
cruller

Richard
    $400 12
Vienna

Gordon
    $400 4
synchronized swimming

Gordon
    $300 13
(Alex: You got that in so quickly, we didn't have a chance to enjoy the music. But maybe we'll get a chance to hear more of the music as we pause now for some commercial messages.
Then we'll come back to chat with the three of you. No, we've got our theme. All right.)

the 9th

Gordon
    $400 27
its nose

Richard
    $500 24
Tom Tom, the piper's son

Richard
    $500 30
croquette

Triple Stumper
    $500 14
Jakarta

Claire
    $500 5
Bob Cousy

Richard
    $500 19
7

Triple Stumper
    $500 28
Kodiak bear

Richard

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

Gordon Claire Richard
$1,500 $0 $1,900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Gordon Claire Richard
$1,900 $1,600 $4,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 1920s
SHIPS
FICTIONAL VILLAINS
FASHION
LATIN PHRASES
CHARACTERS IN FILM
    $200 9
Canberra

Gordon
    $200 10
steam

Gordon
    $200 19
Ben-Hur

Richard
    $200 1
corsages

Claire
    $200 4
not mentally competent

Richard
    $200 20
Midnight Cowboy

Claire
    $400 15
Trotsky

Richard
    $400 11
the clippers

Gordon
    $400 27
Simon Legree

Richard
    $400 2
a pump

Claire
    $400 5
(Gordon: What is not in sequence?)
(Alex: Not in sequence? No, that's a little too far off.)

(it) does not follow

GordonRichard
    $400 23
The Hustler

Gordon
    $600 16
Lakehurst

Richard
    $600 12
the Queen Elizabeth

Gordon
    $600 28
Injun Joe

Richard
    $600 3
corduroy

Gordon
    $600 6
the world

Richard
    $600 26
Giant

Triple Stumper
    $3,000 17
Texas

Richard
    $800 13
the Mayflower

Richard
    $800 29
Ichabod Crane

Richard
    $800 21
(Claire: What is the earth?)

(copying) other designers

Claire
Triple Stumper
    $800 7
it's now or never

Triple Stumper
    $800 25
Chinatown

Richard
    $1000 18
(Robert) Goddard

Gordon
    $1000 14
the U.S. Constellation

Triple Stumper
    $500 30
Madame Defarge

Richard
    $1000 22
Balenciaga

Triple Stumper
    $1000 8
we who are about to die salute you

Richard
    $1000 24
American Graffiti

Claire

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Gordon Claire Richard
$4,900 $2,600 $14,500
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 50 STATES
(Alex: All right, somebody was having problems with the pen and did you manage to use your cards
on that?)
(Claire: I didn't finish.)
(Alex: You didn't finish? Well, we'll give you time to finish right now. Do it quickly. I can see in the audience, we'll see in a moment, the problem that Claire experienced with her pen. It went kaflooey. In fact, we'll start with you and we'll show the folks why you had to write it down on the card.)
...
(Alex: [to Richard] That's the only one you wrote. You misunderstood the clue?)
(Richard: I should have read the question a little more carefully.)
(Alex: All right, we were going for three.)
ClaireWhat are Michigan, Idaho, and Oregon?
$0
GordonWhat are Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin?
$300
RichardWhat is Michigan?
$500
(3 of) Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio

Final scores:

Gordon Claire Richard
$5,200 $2,600 $14,000
2nd place 3rd place New champion: $14,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Gordon Claire Richard
$5,000 $2,600 $12,800
15 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
10 R,
1 W
28 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $20,400

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Game tape date: 1990-09-25
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