Responses for Show #1523 - Wednesday, March 27, 1991

Tom Halpern game 4.
Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

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Roberta Fells, a paralegal from Leonia, New Jersey

David Kneip, a lawyer originally from Evanston, Illinois

Tom Halpern, a researcher and writer from New York City, New York (whose 3-day cash winnings total $34,001)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

"C" IN GEOGRAPHY
20th CENTURY AUTHORS
THE PIANO
SPORTS
PROVERBS
CHARACTERS IN FILM
(Alex: We will give you the characters, you identify the film.)
    $100 14
(David: What is Johannesburg?)
...
(Alex: This is "C" IN GEOGRAPHY.)

Cape Town

DavidRoberta
    $100 24
Truman Capote

Tom
    $100 20
foot pedals

Tom
    $100 1
the Boston Marathon

Tom
    $100 6
cleanliness

David
    $100 9
The Graduate

Tom
    $200 15
Chile

Tom
    $200 27
Mary McCarthy

Roberta
    $1,000 21
a scroll for a player piano (the player piano roll)

Tom
    $200 2
Ronald Reagan

Tom
    $200 7
pears

David
    $200 10
Midnight Cowboy

David
    $300 16
Columbus

David
    $300 28
Philip

Tom
    $300 22
(David: Who is Stravinsky?)

Irving Berlin

DavidRoberta
    $300 3
El Paso

David
    $300 8
a round table

Tom
    $300 11
In The Heat Of The Night

David
    $400 19
Cardiff

Tom
    $400 29
Salinger

Tom
    $400 25
36

Tom
    $400 4
basketball

David
    $400 17
(Tom: What is blink?)
...
(Alex: The audience started reacting to this almost immediately. Garlic makes a man wink, drink, and [*]. That's right. Thank you, audience.)

stink

Tom
Triple Stumper
    $400 12
Blazing Saddles

Tom
    $500 23
Cairo

Roberta
    $500 30
(Larry) McMurtry

Tom
    $500 26
a harpsichord

David
    $500 5
Ben Johnson

David
    $500 18
(Roberta: [*].)
(Alex: Remember the phrasing.)
(Roberta: What is [*]?)
(Alex: That's it. Gotta get you into some good habits.)

heal thyself

Roberta
    $500 13
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 16):

Tom David Roberta
$1,300 $2,200 $100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Tom David Roberta
$4,100 $2,400 $1,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ANATOMY
THE ROMAN EMPIRE
BALLET
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
FAMOUS WOMEN
FRACTIONS
    $200 2
the tongue

Tom
    $200 21
Cleopatra

Tom
    $200 22
sailors

David
    $200 5
May Day

Roberta
    $200 1
Deborah Norville

Tom
    $200 10
a tenth

Tom
    $400 3
a root

Roberta
    $400 26
Hannibal

David
    $400 23
(David: What is The Nutcracker?)
(Tom: What is Swan Lake?)

Sleeping Beauty

TomDavid
Triple Stumper
    $400 15
the Queen's birthday (or King)

David
    $400 4
Mary Kay

Tom
    $400 11
half

Roberta
    $600 6
the inner ear

Roberta
    $600 27
the Pax Romana

Tom
    $1,500 24
"Annabel Lee"

David
    $600 16
Peter & Paul

Roberta
    $600 9
Nevada

Tom
    $600 12
one-eighth

David
    $800 7
the mitral valve

Roberta
    $800 28
the Appian Way

David
    $800 25
Petrushka

Roberta
    $800 17
Auld Lang Syne

David
    $800 19
(Alex: And her great song, "God Bless America". [*].)

Kate Smith

Triple Stumper
    $800 13
(David: What is three-quarters?)

four-fifths

TomDavid
    $1000 8
(Paul) Langerhans

Roberta
    $1000 30
the Forum

Triple Stumper
    $1000 29
(David: What is the Ballet Russes?)

the Kirov

TomDavid
    $2,000 18
(David: What is the signing of the Constitution?)
...
(Alex: Oh, sorry. You were dealing with the right subject matter, but we were referring to [*].)

the inauguration of George Washington as President

David
    $1000 20
Jane Goodall

Roberta
    $1000 14
one-third

David

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Tom David Roberta
$7,900 $3,900 $7,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. PRESIDENTS
(Alex: You at home weren't able to catch it, I'm sure, but we just had one of those very strange occurrences. Tom Halpern, our champion, wrote down his response quickly, looked at it, and then looked back at our clue to say, "Are they trying to trick me? Is it tougher than I think it is?")
...
(Alex: [To Tom] Why did you give it a second look, a doubting look almost?)
(Tom: I just wanted to make sure he was in the Senate when he was running in 1960.)
DavidWho was John F. Kennedy?
$3,800
RobertaWho was Jackson?
$7,400
TomWho is John F. Kennedy?
$6,901
Warren G. Harding or John F. Kennedy

Final scores:

Tom David Roberta
$14,801 $7,700 $0
4-day champion: $48,802 2nd place 3rd place

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Tom David Roberta
$7,100 $5,000 $7,400
23 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
(including 1 DD)		 14 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $19,500

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Game tape date: 1991-01-30
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