Responses for Show #101 - Monday, January 28, 1985

Contestants

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Ron Mulligan, a production assistant from Los Angeles, California

Robert Miltenberg, a writer originally from Jersey City, New Jersey

Les Miller, a scrap metal dealer from La Mesa, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,100)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

"FIRST"
GREECE
CARTOONISTS
MOVIES
TREES
ROCK 'N ROLL
    $100 19
(Les: What is the first, the first woman, first...)
(Alex: No.)
(Les: [*].)
...
(Alex: I can only accept one of the first things you said, Les. Not all seven. We cannot vamp until we come up with the correct question, by the way.)

the First Lady

LesRon
    $100 6
(Robert: What is Mount Olympus?)
(Les: What is Mount Athos?)
...
(Alex: Ron is thinking about "Mount Porthos," "Aramis," & "Mount D'Artagnan." No. It's what is [*]? I'll tell you what, guys. I'm sure you won't mind if we take a commercial break right now, because I'm sure you want to get yourselves psyched up and make some good moves for us on the program, because it helps us if you guys are doing well.)

the Acropolis

LesRobert
Triple Stumper
    $100 14
Garry Trudeau

Les
    $100 3
To Be Or Not To Be

Ron
    $100 8
Irene Cara

Les
    $200 20
first names

Ron
    $200 7
Melina Mercouri

Les
    $200 15
Vargas

Les
    $200 4
(Alex: We have a fabulous beginning for our players today. I have never seen three deficits off the top, but go ahead, Ron.)

Bugs Bunny

Triple Stumper
    $200 9
(Ron: Who are the Who?)

Twisted Sister

Ron
Triple Stumper
    $300 21
(Ron: [no response])
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

first string

RobertRon
    $300 13
Greek Orthodox

Les
    $300 16
Spider-Man

Ron
    $300 5
a Mad Hatter

Ron
    $300 10
Dark Side of the Moon

Robert
    $400 17
The Washington Post

Robert
    $400 1
(Les: Um, oh, I don't know.)
(Ron: What is Dune?)
...
(Alex: And I will caution you, players, that by starting with the higher value answers, you may not give yourself an opportunity to discover exactly what we are going for in that particular category. That's why the questions are usually a little easier at the top. Les, you select again.)
(Les: All right, with that in mind, I'll take MOVIES for $500, please.)

Dreamscape

LesRon
Triple Stumper
    $400 11
(Robert: What is "Summer"? What is "A Long, Lonely Summer"?)

"Cruel Summer"

RobertRon
    $500 18
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

Rube Goldberg

Robert
    $500 2
(Ron: What is The Deer Hunter?)
(Robert: What is Silkwood?)

Kramer Vs. Kramer

RobertRon
Triple Stumper
    $500 12
(Robert: What is laserdisc?)

compact disc

RobertRon

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 6):

Les Robert Ron
-$500 -$600 -$500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Les Robert Ron
$300 $0 $500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BRITISH HISTORY
THE SENSES
LANDMARKS
ECOLOGY
THE CIRCUS
"LAST"
    $200 1
Nelson

Robert
    $200 22
(Robert: Here's to you, kid. What is here's to you, kid? [*]?)
(Alex: Oh, you guys are making it difficult for me. I'll give it to you since I was lenient a little while ago. We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

"Here's looking at you, kid"

Robert
    $200 9
(Ron: What is the Leaning Tower of Pizza?)
(Alex: Correct. I beg your pardon? No.)
(Ron: [*].)
(Alex: No. Will we accept it. Leaning Tower, because we kiddingly refer to it as the Leaning Tower of Pizza sometimes. All right. Be very careful about that, players. The first answer you give me is going to be the one I have to accept.)

the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Ron
    $200 14
the dodo

Ron
    $200 6
Burt Lancaster

Ron
    $200 12
the last straw

Ron
    $400 2
Queen Victoria

Robert
    $400 23
a fair hearing

Ron
    $400 10
Sugarloaf

Les
    $400 20
the Sierra Club

Les
    $400 7
a clown's face

Robert
    $400 13
last names

Robert
    $600 3
Winston Churchill

Robert
    $1,300 24
(Ron: I don't know.)

"Feels So Good"

Ron
    $600 11
(Les: What is Berlin?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Les: What is West Berlin?)

East Berlin

LesRobert
    $600 21
(Robert: What is Roosevelt Island? What is [*]?)

Teddy Roosevelt Island

Robert
    $600 8
the Flying Wallendas

Les
    $600 15
(Robert: Who is...)

The Last Tycoon

RobertRon
    $800 4
the War of the Roses

Robert
    $800 25
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

taste buds

Robert
    $1,000 18
(Ron: What is Paris?)

London

Ron
    $800 16
(Robert: What is The Last Supper?)

The Last Judgement

Robert
Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
(Robert: Who is Ed Norton?)

the Gunpowder Plot

Robert
Triple Stumper
    $1000 19
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Les
    $1000 17
"One Last Kiss"

Ron

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Les Robert Ron
$2,100 $2,600 $1,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. PRESIDENTS
(Alex: FDR, Truman, President Ford, and Reagan.)
RonWhat is 3?
$1,000
LesWhat is four
$2,100
RobertWhat is 3?
$1,700
4

Final scores:

Les Robert Ron
$4,200 $900 $0
2-day champion: $10,300 2nd place: Action Recliner + Alsy-Cycle II lamp set 3rd place: Teletec Touch II telephone system

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Les Robert Ron
$2,100 $2,600 $3,300
9 R,
4 W		 14 R,
7 W		 14 R,
6 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $8,000

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Game tape date: 1984-10-23
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