Responses for Show #1541 - Monday, April 22, 1991

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Contestants

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Judie Tuthill, a programmer analyst from Maybrook, New York

Bill Taylor, a lawyer originally from Wilmington, Delaware

Bob Canter, a government relations representative from Martinez, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,800)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

MYTHS & LEGENDS
FOOD & DRINK
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
POP SINGERS
ABBREVIATIONS
MARIE ANTOINETTE
    $100 1
genies

Bob
    $100 16
ade

Bob
    $100 24
the United States

Bob
    $100 21
2 Live Crew

Bob
    $100 6
earned run average

Judie
    $100 11
the guillotine

Bob
    $200 2
Odysseus

Judie
    $200 17
Manhattan

Bob
    $200 27
X-rays (gamma rays)

Judie
    $200 22
Paul McCartney

Bob
    $200 7
Associated Press & United Press International

Bob
    $200 12
"let them eat cake"

Bob
    $300 3
(Bob: What is the phoenix?)

the snake (serpent)

Bob
Triple Stumper
    $300 18
root beer

Judie
    $300 28
(Bill: What's an alpha particle?)
(Judie: What's omega?)

a proton

BobBillJudie
    $300 23
Gloria Estefan

Bill
    $300 8
Anno Domini

Bob
    $300 13
Louis XVI

Judie
    $400 4
Mercury (or Hermes)

Judie
    $400 19
(Judie: What are pears?)
(Bill: What are apples?)

the peach

BillJudie
Triple Stumper
    $400 29
nuclear fission

Bill
    $400 25
(Alex: I have a feeling Bob wishes he bet the bundle.)
(Bob: Yes, I do. Who is Paul Anka?)
(Alex: No...)
(Bob: [*].)
(Alex: "Who is", now you realize this...)
(Bob: [*].)
(Alex ..."Who is [*]?" Yes, they do sound a bit alike in that particular part of the song, but it cost you $400.)

Neil Sedaka

Bob
    $400 9
(Bob: What is delirium tantrums?)

delirium tremens

BobJudie
    $400 14
(Alex: Yes, 1774 to 1793.)

19 years

Judie
    $500 5
the Sun

Bob
    $500 20
a luau

Judie
    $500 30
2

Bill
    $500 26
(Alex: With less than a minute to go.)

Prince

Judie
    $500 10
Feeding Everyone

Triple Stumper
    $500 15
Vienna

Judie

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Bob Bill Judie
$700 $0 $2,300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bob Bill Judie
$1,300 $500 $3,100

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

1941
POETRY
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
FAMOUS AMERICANS
THEATER
ON THE TELEPHONE
    $200 1
Babe Ruth

Bob
    $200 6
Robert Burns

Bob
    $200 7
the (geographic) North Pole

Bob
    $200 12
Nielsen

Bob
    $200 14
Eugene O'Neill

Triple Stumper
    $200 22
911

Bill
    $400 2
Sam Houston

Bill
    $400 27
make passes

Bob
    $400 8
the Arabian Peninsula

Judie
    $400 13
(John) Mitchell

Judie
    $400 15
an Obie

Bill
    $400 23
party lines

Bob
    $600 3
Miss America

Bill
    $600 28
Mandalay

Bill
    $600 9
Iceland

Bob
    $600 16
(George) Pullman

Judie
    $600 19
Raymond Massey

Judie
    $600 24
a sprint

Bob
    $800 4
Boston

Judie
    $800 29
(Carl) Sandburg

Judie
    $2,000 10
(Bob: What is the Caribbean Sea?)

the Sargasso Sea

Bob
    $800 17
Horace Greeley

Bob
    $800 20
Becket

Bill
    $1,000 25
(Alex: You have a minute left in this round, Bob.)

"Number, please"

Bob
    $1000 5
Fiorello LaGuardia

Judie
    $1000 30
(Bill: Who's John Greenleaf Riley?)
(Judie: Who's Whittier?)
(Alex: Bill was sort of there, he got two poets confused. Who is [*]? I believe you were thinking of Greenleaf Whittier.)

James Whitcomb Riley

BillJudie
Triple Stumper
    $1000 11
Nigeria

Bob
    $1000 18
Thomas Nast

Bill
    $1000 21
(Judie: What is Lily?)

Carousel

Judie
Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
Japan

Bob

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bob Bill Judie
$5,900 $3,500 $5,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

EXPLORERS
BillWho was Bering?
$2,000
JudieWho is Bering? Bering
$700
BobWho is Bering?
$5,800
Vitus Bering

Final scores:

Bob Bill Judie
$11,700 $5,500 $6,400
2-day champion: $23,500 3rd place: Long Star phone & Nintendo Entertainment System + games 2nd place: Zenith notebook computer & Baldwin Brass Collection lamp

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Bob Bill Judie
$8,100 $3,500 $5,700
24 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 2 DDs)		 10 R,
3 W		 18 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $17,300

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Game tape date: 1991-02-18
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