Responses for Show #914 - Thursday, July 21, 1988

Contestants

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Elliott Hahn, an attorney from Redondo Beach, California

Bob Greenberg, an actor and teacher originally from Chicago, Illinois

Ted Tarson, a former market research manager from Nyack New York

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Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN HISTORY
FOOD FACTS
GAMES
THE MEDITERRANEAN
TELEVISION
TITLES
    $100 1
the Liberty Bell

Elliott
    $100 26
barley

Ted
    $100 17
charades

Bob
    $100 12
Corsica

Bob
    $100 7
(Alex: Taxi and Who's the Boss? were the series.)

Tony Danza

Bob
    $100 6
(Ted: What is mademoiselle?)

madame

TedBob
    $200 2
the War of 1812

Ted
    $200 27
putting in barrels

Ted
    $200 18
Monopoly

Elliott
    $200 13
the Suez Canal

Elliott
    $500 8
(Alex: [*], from Mama's Family, you got it.)

Vicki Lawrence

Bob
    $200 20
the mikado

Bob
    $300 3
resign from the vice presidency

Ted
    $300 28
(Bob: What are almonds?)

a lychee nut

BobElliott
    $300 19
trump

Ted
    $300 15
the Mediterranean fruit fly

Bob
    $300 9
Mike Stivic

Bob
    $300 21
mayor

Ted
    $400 4
Dred Scott

Ted
    $400 30
curd

Triple Stumper
    $400 24
tiddlywinks

Triple Stumper
    $400 16
(Alex: Europe, Asia and Africa, you're right.)

3

Ted
    $400 10
Spin & Marty

Bob
    $400 22
(Bob: What is the prime minister, [*].)

P.M.

Bob
    $500 5
(Ted: Who is the Tammany rings headed by [*].)

Boss (Bill) Tweed

Ted
    $500 29
licorice

Triple Stumper
    $500 25
5

Ted
    $500 14
(Elliott: What is Mount Ararat?)

the Rock of Gibraltar

Elliott
Triple Stumper
    $500 11
[Applause, though no acknowledgement from Alex for Bob running the category]

Ron Ely

Bob
    $500 23
(Elliott: What is the iman?)

Mohammed

BobElliott

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

Ted Bob Elliott
$1,300 $1,900 $100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ted Bob Elliott
$3,100 $3,200 -$200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SCIENTISTS
NEW TESTAMENT
9-LETTER WORDS
DRAMA
"PLEASE"ING SONGS
CZECH, PLEASE
    $200 11
Pasteur

Bob
    $200 14
Nazareth

Bob
    $200 27
oversleep

Ted
    $200 2
Peter Pan

Bob
    $200 20
(Elliott: What is "Please Please"?)
(Alex: More.)

"Please Please Me"

Elliott
    $200 1
Salieri

Ted
    $400 12
Fleming

Bob
    $400 16
the skull

Triple Stumper
    $400 28
a retriever

Ted
    $400 3
the Elms

Ted
    $400 21
"Please Mr. Postman"

Elliott
    $400 6
(Elliott: What is Slovakia?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

the Republic of Slovak (the Slovak Socialist Republic)

Elliott
    $600 13
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

Ted
    $600 17
John

Ted
    $600 29
intersect

Ted
    $600 4
Norway

Ted
    $600 22
"Please Come To Boston"

Elliott
    $600 7
(Alex: Yes, must have been some party.)
[Laughter]

beer

Ted
    $500 15
(Bob: I don't know.)
...
(Alex: Lawrencium is the element.)

Ernest Lawrence

Bob
    $800 18
the goats

Ted
    $800 26
(Bob: I blew it.)
[Alex read "B." as Broderick.]

a roadblock

TedBob
    $800 5
an actor

Elliott
    $800 23
"Please Mr. Please"

Triple Stumper
    $800 8
Anna

Bob
    $1000 19
Niels Bohr

Bob
    $1000 30
the Pool of Siloam

Triple Stumper
    $800 25
(Elliott: What is diversity?)
...
(Alex: We've got a minute to go.)

dichotomy

Elliott
    $1000 9
(Samuel) Beckett

Ted
    $1000 24
[Laughter]

"Please Help Me, I'm Falling"

Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
(Elliott: What is 1967?)
(Ted: What is 195... 8?)

1968

TedBobElliott

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ted Bob Elliott
$8,900 $5,700 $400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. CITIES
(Alex: [Before revealing the responses] I remember the moment well; I was in a hotel in Hamburg, Germany--wee small hours of the morning.)
...
(Alex: [*], Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed.)
ElliottWhat was "Houston"?)
$400
BobWhat is Houston?
$5,700
TedWhat is Houston?
$2,501
Houston

Final scores:

Ted Bob Elliott
$11,401 $11,400 $800
New champion: $11,401 2nd place: trip on Eastern to Hollywood, Florida & stay at the Diplomat + Jeopardy! box game of computerized version 3rd place: Soundesign entertainment center + Jeopardy! box game of computerized version

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ted Bob Elliott
$8,900 $5,900 $1,200
22 R,
2 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 9 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $16,000

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Game tape date: 1988-03-29
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