Responses for Show #700 - Friday, September 25, 1987

Roy Holliday game 5.

Contestants

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Sam Scheibler, a consultant originally from Concordia, Kansas

Kathy Popoff, an attorney from San Pedro, California

Roy Holliday, a radiologist from Brooklyn, New York (whose 4-day cash winnings total $43,900)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

AFRICA
KITCHEN FIRSTS
#1 HITS
THE JET SET
WOLVES
"LL"
    $100 8
the Sahara

Roy
    $100 16
(Alex: It won by the way.)

the Reuben sandwich

Kathy
    $100 23
(1 of) "Sherry" ("Big Girls Don't Cry", "Walk Like A Man", "Rag Doll" or "December 1963")

Kathy
    $100 15
howls

Kathy
    $100 1
a milliner

Roy
    $200 9
(Roy: What are elephants?)

camels

RoyKathy
    $200 6
(Sam: What is copper?)
(Roy: What is stainless steel?)

aluminum

RoyKathySam
    $200 17
(Sam: What is "Annie"?)
(Alex: No.)
(Sam: I'm sorry, what is [*]?)
(Alex: Mmm... all right, we'll give it to him? I had already said no and the rule is once I have ruled on it that we can't accept it.)

"Annie's Song" (or "Sunshine On My Shoulders", "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" or "I'm Sorry")

KathySam
    $200 24
(Roy: Who are Ferdinand and Imelca Marcos? [**].)
(Alex: Yeah, okay, you got it in before I said no.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: It's turning out to be a rough day for me; rougher than it is for the contestants.)

Ferdinand & Imelda Marcos

Roy
    $200 19
(Kathy: What is the mastiff?)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

the Irish Wolfhound

KathySam
    $200 2
Illinois

Triple Stumper
    $300 12
Portugal

Roy
    $300 7
(Sam: What is a can?)
(Alex: Be more...)

a tin can

Sam
    $300 18
"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" (or "Half-Breed" or "Dark Lady")

Sam
    $300 20
alpha

Kathy
    $500 3
(Roy: Who are the Hall brothers?)
[The song was not reprised going into the break.]

the Bellamy Brothers

Roy
    $400 13
Pretoria

Sam
    $400 10
[The clue had "Du" and "Pont" separated by a space.]

Tupperware

Kathy
    $400 21
(1 of) "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" (or "When I Need You")

Kathy
    $400 4
(Alex: That's one of the reasons the ratings are so low, I suppose, not enough people watch and not enough people know about [*].)

Rolland Smith

Triple Stumper
    $500 14
the guinea

Triple Stumper
    $500 11
the microwave oven

Sam
    $500 22
"Dancing Queen"

Triple Stumper
    $500 5
Mickey Spillane

Kathy

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

Roy Kathy Sam
-$600 $700 $100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Roy Kathy Sam
-$200 $2,300 $1,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

REMBRANDT
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
WARS
STATE COLLEGES
SOUTHERN AUTHORS
MOVIE ROYALTY
    $200 7
the Rhine River

Kathy
    $200 1
spoons

Sam
    $200 2
the War of 1812

Roy
    $200 15
Hershey

Sam
    $200 21
Cleopatra

Sam
    $400 9
(Roy: What is his portraiture?)

the effect of light & darkness (light & shadow)

RoySam
    $400 3
(Alex: Yup, bought it from a man who stole it.)

a Stradivarius

Roy
    $1,900 10
George S. Patton

Sam
    $400 16
Playboy

Kathy
    $400 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Carson McCullers

Roy
    $400 8
Richard the Lionhearted

Roy
    $600 13
the Bible

Sam
    $1,000 4
the player's lips

Roy
    $600 11
(Kathy: Who is Chesterfield?)

Lord Cardigan

Kathy
Triple Stumper
    $600 22
(Kathy: What is my alma mater [*].)
(Alex: We've got a minute to go in this round.)

Arizona State

Kathy
    $600 25
New Orleans

Roy
    $600 17
Zsa Zsa Gabor

Kathy
    $800 19
(Alex: After they cleaned it up, they realized it was a day scene.)

The Night Watch

Roy
    $800 5
a pick

Triple Stumper
    $800 12
Haiti

Roy
    $800 24
Florida State

Roy
    $800 26
Tobacco Road

Roy
    $800 18
Robert Shaw

Sam
    $1000 20
anatomy

Kathy
    $1000 6
the tuba

Roy
    $1000 14
(Kathy: Who is Suleiman the Magnificent?)

Saladin

Kathy
Triple Stumper
    $1000 27
To Kill a Mockingbird

Roy
    $1000 23
Charles I

Sam

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Roy Kathy Sam
$7,600 $3,500 $6,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

PRESIDENTS
(Alex: [To Sam] Who is [*]? That is correct, with over 6 years at the moment.)
(Sam: [After a problem revealing his wager] No, I didn't erase it; it was $5,000.)
...
(Alex: [To Roy] The first five-time champion this season.)
[Roy blinks away tears.]
KathyWho is Richard Nixon
$3,450
SamWho is Ronald Reagan?
$5,000
RoyWho is Reagan?
$5,700
Ronald Reagan

Final scores:

Roy Kathy Sam
$13,300 $50 $11,600
5-day champion: $57,200 3rd place: Gruen watches 2nd place: stay at Spa Hotel & Mineral Springs in Palm Springs & Ricoh KR-30SP camera

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Roy Kathy Sam
$7,700 $3,500 $5,100
16 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)
15 R,
3 W
13 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $16,300

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Game tape date: 1987-06-17
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