Responses for Show #156 - Monday, April 15, 1985

Mike Day game 5.

Contestants

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Patti Post, a transportation consultant from Los Angeles, California

Derek Laurie, a hotel project manager originally from Memphis, Tennessee

Mike Day, a finance and marketing MBA student from Columbus, Ohio (whose 4-day cash winnings total $38,600)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD CAPITALS
FASHION
THE '20s
COLLEGE NICKNAMES
TELEVISION
"UPS" & "DOWNS"
    $100 6
Cambodia

Mike
    $100 16
the Model T

Mike
    $100 1
Notre Dame

Mike
    $100 11
Danny Thomas

Patti
    $100 14
(Derek: Up in the air in a balloon.)

"Up, Up And Away"

MikeDerek
    $200 7
Santiago

Mike
    $200 17
Earhart

Mike
    $200 2
Navy

Mike
    $200 12
(Patti: Who is...sorry.)

a Doberman

DerekPatti
    $200 15
Upstairs, Downstairs

Mike
    $300 8
Tunis

Mike
    $300 18
to swim across the English Channel

Mike
    $300 3
Alabama

Mike
    $300 21
(Derek: What is, um...)
[The time's-up signal sounds.]
(Derek: [*]?)
(Alex: Oh, I'm sorry. You didn't get it in in time.)
...
(Alex: You have to be prepared to question the answers as soon as you ring in, Derek. Sorry about that.)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

MikeDerek
    $300 20
(Mike: Who is, um...)

Hugh Downs

MikePatti
    $400 9
Haiti

Derek
    $400 19
Panama

Mike
    $400 4
the University of Nebraska

Mike
    $400 23
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

(Tom) Hanks

Mike
    $400 22
(Alex: With about a minute left to go in the round, Mike.)
...
(Mike: What is "Breaking Up"? What is [*]?)
(Alex: Wait a minute, the first answer he gave is "What is 'Breaking Up'?", and that is not the complete title of the song. Unfortunately, it is [*].
And I'm sorry, that's going to cost you the $400. Now, this is a Daily Double. We have no way of turning to another contestant, so the ruling has to go against you, Michael. Sorry about that. You're back to $3,500, but you're still in control of the board.)

"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"

Mike
    $500 10
(Derek: What is the Azores?)

the Canary Islands

DerekPatti
    $500 13
Tunney

Mike
    $500 5
[Applause for Mike's running the category.]

Penn State University

Mike

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):

Mike Derek Patti
$2,100 $100 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mike Derek Patti
$3,900 -$300 $700

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN REVOLUTION
AGRICULTURE
BELGIUM
RELIGION
SPORTS TRIVIA
TENORS
    $200 6
2

Mike
    $200 15
feed

Mike
    $200 13
Holland (the Netherlands)

Mike
    $200 18
the Anglican church (Church of England)

Mike
    $200 3
the rough

Mike
    $200 11
Caruso

Mike
    $400 7
(Derek: Who is, um, Hale?)

Samuel Adams

MikeDerek
    $400 16
(Mike: What is acid rain?)
...
(Derek: I'm hitting it like crazy.)
(Alex: You're hitting it like crazy, but I warned you before, Derek, that if you hit it too often, you automatically cancel yourself out.)

cloud seeding

MikePatti
    $400 17
Antwerp

Mike
    $400 19
the Shroud of Turin

Mike
    $400 4
(Mike: What is calf roping?)

bulldogging

Mike
Triple Stumper
    $400 12
(Mike: Who is Rochester?)

Dennis Day

MikePatti
    $600 8
the House of Burgesses

Mike
    $600 20
(Alex: And we've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

Butz

Derek
    $600 23
French

Mike
    $600 24
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
[Mike pumps his fists multiple times in celebration.]

the Dalai Lama

Derek
    $600 5
(Mike: What are, um, grips on a, tennis strokes, [*]?)

grips on a tennis racket

Mike
    $300 14
Mario Lanza

Mike
    $800 9
Francis Marion

Mike
    $800 22
the airline of Belgium

Derek
    $800 2
sculling

Mike
    $1000 10
(Baron) von Steuben

Mike
    $1000 21
(Patti: Who is King Leopold?)

King Baudouin

Patti
Triple Stumper
    $1000 1
field hockey

Derek

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mike Derek Patti
$9,800 $2,300 $500
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. GOVERNMENT
PattiWho is Speaker of House
$100
DerekWho is Vice President Speaker of the House
$2,300
MikeWhat is the Vice-President?
$5,100
the Vice President

Final scores:

Mike Derek Patti
$14,900 $4,600 $400
5-day champion: $53,500 2nd place: vacation to Palm Springs & Skyway luggage set 3rd place: Berkline recliner

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Mike Derek Patti
$10,500 $2,300 $500
33 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)
6 R,
4 W
5 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $13,300

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Game tape date: 1984-12-19
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