Responses for Show #598 - Wednesday, March 25, 1987

John Podhoretz game 5.
Missing first 16 clues of the Double Jeopardy! Round.

Contestants

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Bonnie Brown, a personnel coordinator from San Diego, California

Russ Tolman, a graduate business student from Hollywood, California

John Podhoretz, a writer from Washington, D.C. (whose 4-day cash winnings total $34,300)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ANCIENT WORLDS
PHOBIAS
PEOPLE
4-LETTER WORDS
RELIGION
DIFFERENCES
    $100 6
India

John
    $100 2
(Russ: What are ducks?)

a chicken

RussBonnie
    $100 11
(Bonnie: Who is "Yacky" [*])

(Yakov) Smirnoff

Bonnie
    $100 16
tall

Bonnie
    $100 1
don'ts

Russ
    $100 25
(Alex: Top of the column, minute to go.)

subtraction

Russ
    $200 7
their sister

John
    $200 3
nudity

Russ
    $200 12
(Alex: Yes, he originally just called it Li'l Folks.)

Peanuts

John
    $200 17
wave

Bonnie
    $200 14
(John: What is that he may exist?)
(Alex: Be a little more specific.)
(John: Uh... I can't.)
(Alex: Let's get a ruling on this one.)
(Alex: All right, we were going for [*]; your response came in close enough.)

we can't be sure if he exists

John
    $200 27
$7.50

John
    $300 8
honey

Russ
    $300 4
the pope

Bonnie
    $300 21
Amelia Earhart

Russ
    $300 18
a veto

John
    $300 15
France

Russ
    $400 9
(Russ: What is, um, Greece?)
(Alex: Pardon?)
(Russ: Greece?)
(John: What is Athens?)

(the) Roman(s)

JohnRussBonnie
    $400 5
slime

John
    $400 23
(John: Who is Mother Teresa?)

Queen Elizabeth II

John
Triple Stumper
    $400 24
dirt

Russ
    $400 19
The Book of Common Prayer

John
    $400 28
the differential

Russ
    $500 13
(Russ: What is Iraq?)

Mesopotamia

Russ
Triple Stumper
    $500 10
(Russ: What is touch?)

speeding

RussBonnie
    $500 22
Orson Welles

Bonnie
    $500 26
file

John
    $500 20
New York

John
    $500 29
(Russ: Who is Patti Page?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds and the song was not reprised going into the break.]

Dinah Washington

Russ

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

John Russ Bonnie
$500 -$900 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

John Russ Bonnie
$2,200 $100 $2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

PLAYWRIGHTS
NOTORIOUS
TRAVEL & TOURISM
ASTRONOMY
EDUCATION
=
    $200 2
=

Bonnie
    $200 12
=

John
    $200 6
=

Triple Stumper
    $200 20
the Montessori method

Bonnie
    $200 7
=

Bonnie
    $400 3
=

Bonnie
    $400 25
(Russ: Who is Cortes?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Francisco Pizarro

Russ
Triple Stumper
    $400 13
=

John
    $400 21
graduate record

Russ
    $400 8
=

Triple Stumper
    $600 4
=

Bonnie
    $600 17
(Bonnie: Who is Bebe Rebozo?)

Robert Vesco

Bonnie
Triple Stumper
    $600 14
=

Triple Stumper
    $600 22
(John: What is 14?)
(Russ: Let's try 10.)

12

JohnRussBonnie
    $600 9
=

Triple Stumper
    $800 5
=

Bonnie
    $2,000 18
Gary Gilmore

John
    $800 15
=

Triple Stumper
    $800 23
adults

John
    $2,000 10
=

Bonnie
    $1000 1
(Russ: )

=

Russ
Triple Stumper
    $1000 19
(Bonnie: Who is Richard Speck?)
...
(Alex: Richard Speck, I believe, was in Chicago... we've got a minute to go.)

Charles Whitman

Bonnie
Triple Stumper
    $1000 16
=

John
    $1000 24
Horace Mann

John
    $1000 11
=

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

John Russ Bonnie
$7,000 -$1,500 $5,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. STATES
BonnieWhat is Florida?
$5,500
JohnWhat is Florida?
$4,300
Florida

Final scores:

John Russ Bonnie
$11,300 -$1,500 $11,100
5-day champion: $45,600 3rd place: Olympus OM-2S camera 2nd place: Vitamaster exercise cycle & Zenith 9" color TV

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

John Russ Bonnie
$5,800 -$1,000 $4,400
16 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 9 R,
8 W
(including 1 DD)		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $9,200

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Game tape date: 1986-12-02
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