Responses for Show #1477 - Tuesday, January 22, 1991

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

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Mark Parthemer, an attorney and bookseller originally from Portland, Oregon

Elaine Bloom, a writer from Maplewood, New Jersey

Mary Anderson, a story editor from Santa Monica, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,800)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

1956
COLORS
ALASKA
BASEBALL
NURSERY RHYMES
BARBARA STANWYCK
    $100 7
Khrushchev

Elaine
    $100 25
(Alex: And we have a minute left to deal with NURSERY RHYMES.)

blue

Mark
    $100 2
Juneau

Mary
    $100 1
Boston

Mark
    $100 30
(Alex: Correct. You've got it this time. See, [*] is a lot easier than Prudhoe Bay.)

a peck of pickled peppers

Mary
    $100 12
(Alex: Yes, [*] Dallas.)

Stella

Mary
    $200 8
fluoride (or fluoridation)

Elaine
    $200 21
violet

Mary
    $200 17
salmon

Elaine
    $200 3
Satchel Paige

Mary
    $200 26
"fly away home"

Mary
    $200 13
The Thornbirds

Mary
    $300 9
(Elaine: Who were the Temptations?)

[The song was not reprised going into the first break.]

The Platters

Elaine
    $300 22
white

Elaine
    $300 18
the gold rush

Mary
    $300 4
Lou Gehrig

Mary
    $300 27
stole a pig

Mark
    $300 14
Robert Taylor

Elaine
    $400 10
Prince (Norodom) Sihanouk

Elaine
    $400 24
purple

Elaine
    $400 19
the future

Elaine
    $400 5
(Mary: What is 11 to nothing?)
(Mark: What is 1 to nothing?)

9-0

MaryMark
Triple Stumper
    $400 28
put the kettle on

Mark
    $400 15
Double Indemnity

Mary
    $500 11
Waiting for Godot

Mary
    $500 23
(Elaine: What is red?)

green

MaryElaine
    $500 20
(Mary: What is Perdo Bay?)
(Alex: Are we going to give her a yes on that? More specific, Mary. Give you one more shot at it.)
(Mary: That's what I know.)
(Alex: That's what you know, sorry.)

Prudhoe Bay

MaryMark
    $500 6
(Mary: What is 450?)
...
(Alex: You were going to make it a little difficult for those hitters, Mary.)

400

Mary
Triple Stumper
    $500 29
eating bread & honey

Mary
    $500 16
Sorry, Wrong Number

Elaine

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

Mary Elaine Mark
$200 $400 -$300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mary Elaine Mark
$2,200 $2,000 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
THE BIBLE
METALS
HISTORIC SITES
ROYALTY
"EX" MARKS THE SPOT
    $200 10
Huckleberry Finn

Mark
    $200 16
swaddling clothes

Elaine
    $200 6
magnesium

Mark
    $200 1
Edison

Mary
    $200 20
Catherine the Great

Mark
    $200 26
extradition

Elaine
    $400 11
Captain Brassbound

Triple Stumper
    $400 17
(Mary: Who is Abel?)

Cain

MaryElaine
    $400 7
steel

Mark
    $400 2
Fort McHenry

Mark
    $400 21
Belgium

Mary
    $400 27
exacta

Mark
    $600 12
Jay Gatsby

Mary
    $600 18
mine enemies

Mark
    $600 8
radium

Mark
    $600 3
Texas

Mary
    $600 22
Denmark

Elaine
    $600 28
an executor

Mark
    $800 13
Ichabod Crane

Mark
    $1,200 19
the Sea of Galilee

Mark
    $800 9
lead

Mary
    $800 4
Captain Cook

Elaine
    $2,000 24
(Elaine: No idea.)
(Alex: Want to take a guess?)
(Elaine: Richard the Lionheart?)
(Alex: His younger brother, who was [*], the one who was forced to sign the Magna Carta.)

King John

Elaine
    $800 29
Excelsior

Mark
    $1000 14
Willie Stark

Triple Stumper
    $1000 23
Deborah

Elaine
    $1000 15
lithium

Elaine
    $1000 5
(Mary: Who is Taylor?)

Andrew Johnson

MaryMark
    $1000 25
Eugénie

Mark
    $1000 30
the exponent

Mark

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mary Elaine Mark
$3,400 $4,200 $10,400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
[Alex did not speak specifically what Elaine's or Mark's responses were.]
MaryWhat is Persia?
$3,399
ElaineWhat is Persia?
$4,200
MarkWhat is Persia?
$1,999
Persia (or Iran)

Final scores:

Mary Elaine Mark
$6,799 $8,400 $12,399
3rd place 2nd place New champion: $12,399

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Mary Elaine Mark
$3,400 $6,500 $10,000
18 R,
5 W
16 R,
3 W
(including 2 DDs)
20 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $19,900

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Game tape date: 1990-10-15
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