Responses for Show #290 - Friday, October 18, 1985

Contestants

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Ken Lebeau, a doctor from Los Angeles, California

Nina Kleinberg, a midwife from Venice, California

John Gallogly, an actor originally from Snug Harbor, Rhode Island (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,100)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

INVENTIONS
'60s BRITISH ROCK
INSECT PESTS
ACTORS & ROLES
SPORTS TRIVIA
ACRONYMS
    $100 14
China

Ken
    $100 16
"Downtown"

Nina
    $100 25
the common fly

John
    $100 1
Gidget

John
    $100 9
(Alex: [*] Erving, right.)

Julius

John
    $100 6
(John: National Administration, uh, National Association of Space Administration.)
(Alex: Sorry, that is incorrect and you didn't phrase it in the form of a question.)

the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JohnNina
    $200 17
(Louis) Braille

John
    $200 15
Cilla Black

Triple Stumper
    $200 27
poisonous snakes

John
    $200 2
Alice in Wonderland

John
    $200 10
how you played the game

John
    $200 7
(John: Strategic, what is Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty?)

the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

JohnNina
    $300 18
(Alex: Boy, are we thankful for it in the Southland.)

the air conditioner

Nina
    $1,000 22
(Alex: [To Ken] Have you got a question for me?)
(Ken: [No response])
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

The Dave Clark Five

Ken
    $300 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

a flea

Ken
    $300 3
Jimmy Stewart

John
    $300 11
none

John
    $300 8
the American Stock Exchange

John
    $400 20
King Camp Gillette

John
    $400 23
Peter and Gordon

Triple Stumper
    $400 4
(Alex: In The Wizard of Oz and The Wiz, yes.)

Dorothy

John
    $400 12
(John: Who is Tommy Lasorda?)

Fidel Castro

John
Triple Stumper
    $400 19
Delaware, Maryland & Virginia

Ken
    $500 21
(Lt. Col. Jacob) Schick

Ken
    $500 24
(Alex: Not fast enough, John.)

"The House Of The Rising Sun"

Triple Stumper
    $500 5
Jim Backus

Nina
    $500 13
(Nina: Oh, what is "Say it ain't so, Joe?")
...
(Alex: Nina, you were thinking about the Chicago White Sox scandal, I believe.)

I shoulda stood in bed

Nina
Triple Stumper
    $500 26
the United Nations Children Fund

Nina

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

John Nina Ken
$1,200 $300 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

John Nina Ken
$2,100 $1,200 $300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

FAMOUS FIRSTS
SOUTH AMERICA
CARTOONS
PRESIDENTS
NEW TESTAMENT
FAMOUS LASTS
    $200 8
the first woman Supreme Court justice

John
    $200 1
Argentina

Ken
    $200 4
Felix

John
    $200 5
business

Nina
    $200 16
swine

John
    $200 25
(Alex: Yes, he died in 1977.)

Guy Lombardo

John
    $400 13
a skyscraper

John
    $400 2
Colombia

Nina
    $400 21
(Ken: What is... [shakes head])
(John: What is darned wabbit?)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

wascally wabbit

JohnKen
Triple Stumper
    $400 9
John Kennedy

John
    $400 17
pass through the eye of a needle

Nina
    $400 26
Walter Cronkite

John
    $600 14
(Ken: What is Alabama?)
(Nina: What is Connecticut?)
...
(Alex: Nellie Tayloe Ross in 1925 in the state of [*].)

Wyoming

NinaKen
Triple Stumper
    $600 3
make tea (drink it)

Ken
    $600 22
(J. Wellington) Wimpy

John
    $600 10
Ulysses S. Grant

John
    $600 18
(Alex: You gave me all three, nice going.)

(2 of) gold, frankincense & myrrh

John
    $600 27
The Beatles

John
    $800 15
Information Please

Triple Stumper
    $800 6
Chile

Triple Stumper
    $800 23
(John: Who are Heckle and Jeckle?)

Tom & Jerry

John
Triple Stumper
    $800 11
(John: Uh, who is Ronald Reagan?)

(1 of) Jefferson, Lincoln, Andrew Johnson or Rutherford Hayes

John
    $800 19
Herod

John
    $800 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Vincent van Gogh

Ken
    $600 7
Guyana & Suriname

Nina
    $1000 24
Super Chicken

Triple Stumper
    $1000 12
FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)

Nina
    $1000 20
(John: Who is Mary?)

their mother (mom)

John
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

John Nina Ken
$4,300 $3,200 $900

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

LANDMARKS
KenWhat is the North Star
$500
NinaWhat is the Statue of Liberty?
$3,199
JohnWhat is Elba?
$2,200
the Statue of Liberty

Final scores:

John Nina Ken
$2,100 $6,399 $400
2nd place: Broyhill bedroom & Bates bedspread, pillow shams & drapes New champion: $6,399 3rd place: Casablanca ceiling fan

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

John Nina Ken
$5,100 $3,600 $1,900
24 R,
7 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 7 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $10,600

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Game tape date: 1985-07-30
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