Responses for Show #183 - Wednesday, May 22, 1985

Contestants

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Kevin Davis, an attorney from Houston, Texas

Bodil Wiggins, a technical editor from Arlington, Texas

Charles Beall, a public relations administrator from Duncanville, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $21,900)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS
BABY CARE
NICKNAMES
TEXAS
FICTIONAL ANIMALS
"NOSE"s
    $100 6
Coolidge

Bodil
    $100 3
his blanket

Charles
    $100 16
the Marines

Charles
    $100 1
[At the beginning of the episode, Alex points out that all three players are from Texas, and that TEXAS will be one of the categories. Charles calls for the first clue, "I'll take the "Great State of" for $100.]
...
[Note: Alex claps his hands 4 times at the end of the clue, rather than reading out the words seen on the monitor.]

"Deep In The Heart Of Texas"

Charles
    $100 17
Captain Kangaroo

Bodil
    $100 18
by a nose

Charles
    $200 12
(Alex: Yes, 12 years, 39 days.)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Kevin
    $200 5
lead

Charles
    $200 27
Calamity Jane

Charles
    $200 2
Houston

Bodil
    $200 19
(Bodil: What is "Blue"?)

"I Got You Babe"

CharlesBodil
    $200 21
they pay through the nose

Charles
    $300 13
Abraham Lincoln

Kevin
    $300 7
tetanus

Bodil
    $1,000 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Bud

Charles
    $300 4
Neiman Marcus

Bodil
    $300 20
(Charles: What is the hare? The March Hare?)

the White Rabbit

CharlesBodil
    $300 22
the nose cone

Bodil
    $400 14
Richard Nixon

Charles
    $400 8
a pillow

Bodil
    $400 10
governor

Charles
    $400 25
Winnie the Pooh

Bodil
    $400 23
a nose bleed

Bodil
    $500 15
(Kevin: What is a [*] meeting?)

cabinet

Kevin
    $500 9
(Bodil: What is 6 to 8 glasses?)
(Kevin: What is a pint a day?)
...
[Alex dithers out loud on whether or not to accept Bodil's response. Kevin then rings in, and Alex gets his response without first counting Bodil correct or incorrect. He counts Kevin wrong, then goes back and does the math on whether 6-8 four ounce glasses is close enough to [*]. Ultimately he decides no, and both Kevin and Bodil lose $500.]

a quart

BodilKevin
Triple Stumper
    $500 11
the King Ranch

Kevin
    $500 26
(Bodil: What is a large [*], a sheep [*]?)
(Alex: [*] is right.)

dog

Bodil
    $500 24
(Alex: And we've got less than a minute to go in this Jeopardy! round.)

a nosegay

Bodil

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

Charles Bodil Kevin
$800 $800 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Charles Bodil Kevin
$2,700 $3,100 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

CLASSICAL MUSIC
GOVERNMENT
20TH CENTURY
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
TOUGH TRIVIA
STARTS WITH "G"
    $200 9
the piano

Charles
    $200 1
Winston Churchill

Charles
    $200 19
the Titanic disaster

Charles
    $200 14
Athena

Bodil
    $200 6
the Tijuana Brass

Kevin
    $200 16
generalissimo

Charles
    $400 5
the overture

Bodil
    $400 7
(Charles: What is a democracy?)
[Kevin presses his button over and over.]
(Alex: Remember, Kevin, if you keep pressing you'll just lock yourself out. Stop, Kevin!)
[Kevin finally stops.]
(Alex: Now press the button Kevin.)
[He does, and his light comes on.]
(Alex: Thank you.)
...
(Alex: Remember, you were advised about these buzzers before the program. I don't want it to cost you, and I don't want to be a heavy.)

the republic

CharlesKevin
    $400 20
(Bodil: What is Cuba?)

the Soviet Union

BodilKevin
    $400 13
Amazon

Charles
    $400 15
(Charles: What is...uh, wasn't "Let the buyer beware", it wasn't that.)

You can be sure if it's Westinghouse

Charles
Triple Stumper
    $400 24
(Kevin: What is genealogy?)

gerontology

CharlesKevin
    $600 2
George Frideric Handel

Charles
    $600 8
a premier

Charles
    $600 21
the League of Nations

Bodil
    $600 10
Sparta

Charles
    $600 26
(Bodil: Who was Lenin?)
(Kevin: Who is Trotsky?)

Stalin

BodilKevin
Triple Stumper
    $600 25
(Bodil: What is a jam?)

gridlock

BodilKevin
    $2,500 3
Peter and the Wolf

Charles
    $800 17
the attorney general

Kevin
    $800 22
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

Lindbergh

Bodil
    $800 11
Orpheus

Charles
    $800 27
Joe DiMaggio

Kevin
    $1000 4
(E.T.A.) Hoffmann

Charles
    $1000 18
[Kevin's pronunciation was something approaching "Bun-stock", but Alex gave it to him, and provided the correct name.]

Bundestag

Kevin
    $1,500 23
President Carter

Bodil
    $1000 12
(Charles: Who were the... okay, they were the...)
[The time expiry signal sounds.]
(Alex: Sorry, you're taking too long.)
(Bodil: Who were the Fates?)

the Furies (or the Erinyes)

CharlesBodil
Triple Stumper
    $1000 28
(Alex: The S stood for [*]. Kevin, select.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Strange

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Charles Bodil Kevin
$8,600 $4,000 $4,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE OSCARS
(Alex: For Maggie Smith, Meryl Streep, Mary Steenburgen, and Maureen Stapleton.)
BodilWhat are L.S.
$500
KevinWhat was M.S.
$4,200
CharlesWhat is M.S.?
$100
M.S.

Final scores:

Charles Bodil Kevin
$8,700 $3,500 $8,400
3-day champion: $30,600 3rd place: KangaROOS athletic apparel 2nd place: Pinseeker golf clubs + Serengeti Drivers sunglasses

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Charles Bodil Kevin
$6,200 $3,500 $4,200
23 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W
17 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
11 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $13,900

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Game tape date: 1985-01-23
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