Responses for Show #1217 - Tuesday, December 12, 1989

Missing introductions.

Contestants

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Debra Stein, a costumer-designer from

Tom, originally from Washington

Bob Caruso, a political consultant from Scranton, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,800)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

STARTS WITH "J"
AVIATION
COMIC STRIPS
FASHION HISTORY
ANIMALS
FROM THE TOP
(Alex: We're going to be dealing with the first lyrics of a particular song and you have to proceed through the category starting from the top.)
    $100 18
a jungle gym

Tom
    $100 20
Pan American

Bob
    $100 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Broom-Hilda

Debra
    $100 2
white

Debra
    $100 8
rainbow trout

Bob
    $100 1
(Bob: What is... uh, "Shake, Rattle And Roll"?)
(Debra: What is "Don't step on my [*]"?)
(Alex: [*], Carl Perkins, that is right for $100.)

"Blue Suede Shoes"

BobDebra
    $200 22
June (a June bug)

Tom
    $200 21
Sweden

Bob
    $200 3
(Tom: What are pantyhose?)

stocking seams

TomDebra
    $200 12
a warren

Tom
    $200 7
"Tie A Yellow Ribbon" (Round The Ole Oak Tree)

Tom
    $300 24
Jigger

Debra
    $300 14
(Tom: What is rotate?)

flap

Tom
Triple Stumper
    $300 23
(Alex: We have a minute to go in the round.)

Reporter

Debra
    $300 4
wigs

Tom
    $500 13
hippopotamus

Tom
    $300 9
(Alex: [*] with The Beach Boys, right.)

"Good Vibrations"

Bob
    $400 25
Juno & Jupiter

Triple Stumper
    $400 15
N

Triple Stumper
    $400 27
(Alex: Before out time, what is [*]?)

the Phantom

Triple Stumper
    $400 5
bustle

Debra
    $400 17
pollen

Debra
    $400 10
(Alex: Bill Haley and the Comets.)

"See You Later, Alligator"

Bob
    $500 26
(Alex: Sorry, Tom, you didn't ring in quickly enough.)

the Jungfrau

Triple Stumper
    $500 16
the X-15

Tom
    $500 6
(Christian) Dior

Debra
    $500 19
eyes

Bob
    $500 11
(Alex: The man speaking and the man who will be singing in a moment is Pat Boone and the song is called... listen to a little bit more of it.)
[Music stops playing when Alex expected it to go on longer.]
(Alex: Ohhhhh!)
[Laughter]
...
(Alex: Do you believe that was a hit song in my era?)
[Laughter]
(Alex: Am I the only one who is old enough to remember it? Hope not.)
[The song was not reprised going into the break.]

"Speedy Gonzales"

Triple Stumper

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

Bob Tom Debra
$700 $300 $1,300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bob Tom Debra
$1,500 $1,500 $2,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE '30s
MOVIES
FAMOUS QUOTES
U.S. CITIES
AUTHORS
THE OCCULT
    $200 13
(Alex: Yes, they were all girls.)

5

Bob
    $200 1
[Bob selected the first clue.]

Samuel Goldwyn

Tom
    $200 23
more

Debra
    $200 7
Louisville

Debra
    $200 2
Dylan Thomas

Bob
    $200 12
masks

Debra
    $6,000 14
(Bob: What is the United States?)

Germany

Bob
    $1,700 3
Moonstruck

Bob
    $400 24
Andy Warhol

Bob
    $400 19
Michigan

Tom
    $400 8
Evelyn Waugh

Debra
    $400 18
(Tom: What is Delphus?)
[Alex does not rule.]
(Tom: [*]?)
(Alex: Sorry, can't give it to you.)

Delphi

BobTom
    $600 15
the Spanish (Civil) War

Tom
    $600 4
the Titanic

Debra
    $600 25
The Compleat Angler

Tom
    $600 20
Austin

Bob
    $600 9
(Gustave) Flaubert

Bob
    $600 30
seance

Tom
    $800 16
(Tom: What is Germany?)

Italy

BobTom
    $800 5
The Picture of Dorian Gray

Debra
    $800 26
Ehrlichman

Tom
    $800 21
Newport

Bob
    $800 10
Greece

Bob
    $800 29
an incubus

Tom
    $1000 17
the Queen Mary

Tom
    $1000 6
(Greta) Garbo

Bob
    $1000 27
Paddy Chayefsky

Bob
    $1000 22
(Bob: What is a senior citizen retirement community?)

Sun City

BobDebra
    $1000 11
Truman Capote

Tom
    $1000 28
(Tom: What is the thumb?)
(Debra: What is the pinky?)
[Laughter after Bob quickly flipped his [*].]

the index finger

BobTomDebra

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bob Tom Debra
$4,000 $5,300 $4,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WOMEN
(Alex: [After time's up] She has also served in the United Nations as our ambassador in Ghana and is currently our ambassador in Czechoslovakia.)
...
[Tom slams his hand in disgust on the podium.]
BobWho is ?
$1,400
DebraWho is E. Dole?
$4,800
TomWho is Letitia Baldridge?
$4,301
Shirley Temple Black

Final scores:

Bob Tom Debra
$2,600 $999 $0
2-day champion: $4,400 2nd place: Merillat oak modular shelving & Olympia desktop calculator + Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger 3rd place: The Dow is Up serigraph by Jane Wooster Scott from Scottarts Graphics + Jeopardy! box game or Jeopardy! Challenger

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Bob Tom Debra
$8,700 $5,100 $4,800
19 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W		 16 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $18,600

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Game tape date: 1989-08-29
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