Responses for Show #138 - Wednesday, March 20, 1985

Contestants

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Gayle Pemberton, a college professor originally from St. Paul, Minnesota

Roger Golden, an attorney from Encino, California

Steve Grant, a sales consultant originally from Newton, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,500)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BODIES OF WATER
LETTERS
MOVIES
1983
FAIRY TALES
SON OF WOOD
(Alex: And those of you with good memories will recall that some time ago we had a category called WOOD. We're bringing back, by popular demand, [*]. By the way, the popular demand came from the researcher who prepared the answers in this category. We'll find out soon enough how well it works.)
    $100 1
the Dead Sea

Steve
    $100 19
U

Gayle
    $100 6
Atlanta

Gayle
    $100 11
(Gayle: Um, I don't know.)

(Mr.) Blackwell

SteveGayle
    $100 14
the blood of an Englishman

Steve
    $100 24
whittling

Steve
    $200 2
the Hudson River

Gayle
    $200 20
a monogram

Steve
    $200 7
James Bond villains

Steve
    $200 12
(Alex: The big hoax.)

Hitler diaries

Steve
    $200 16
beds (or chairs)

Gayle
    $300 3
the Colorado River

Steve
    $300 21
X

Steve
    $300 8
(Steve: What is wood?)
(Roger: What is aluminum?)

plaster

SteveRoger
Triple Stumper
    $300 13
the Baltimore Orioles

Gayle
    $300 17
(Steve: Uh, what was a bricklayer?)
...
(Alex: Yes, you had to be very specific because we gave you three clues there, Steve. James, the actor's name was not James Bricklayer. It was James [*].)

a Mason

SteveRoger
    $400 4
(Roger: What is the Bay of India?)

the Bay of Bengal

SteveRoger
    $800 22
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in this Jeopardy! Round.)

demand

Steve
    $400 9
John Wayne

Steve
    $400 15
Ronald Reagan's son

Roger
    $400 18
Bremen

Triple Stumper
    $500 5
the Soviet Union

Steve
    $500 23
(Steve: [No response])

V

SteveGayle
    $500 10
Barbarella

Steve
    $500 25
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: Oh, one of our researchers is going to be terribly disappointed, ladies and gentlemen. We got to one answer only in SON OF WOOD. Tell you what we'll do. This will make all of you very happy. We will save it for some future date.)

Groucho Marx

Steve

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 10):

Steve Roger Gayle
$2,100 -$700 $300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Roger Gayle
$3,600 $0 $1,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD WAR I
GEOLOGY
ISLANDS IN SONG
POETRY
STATE CAPITALS
NUMBERS
    $200 2
Ireland

Gayle
    $200 1
earthquakes

Gayle
    $200 15
Jamaica

Roger
    $200 12
struck out

Steve
    $200 4
(Gayle: What is Lexington?)

Frankfort

SteveGayle
    $200 9
[NOTE: "Millennium" was misspelled on the clue screen as shown.]

1,000

Steve
    $400 3
Big Bertha

Steve
    $400 16
stalagmites

Gayle
    $400 21
Manhattan

Steve
    $400 17
a star

Gayle
    $400 5
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Steve
    $400 10
27

Steve
    $600 22
"Hawaii Five-O"

Steve
    $600 18
(Steve: What is destiny?)

death

SteveGayle
    $600 6
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Steve
    $600 11
3

Gayle
    $800 23
(Gayle: Um...)

Key Largo

Gayle
Triple Stumper
    $800 19
(Roger: What is truth?)
...
(Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round.)

honor

Roger
Triple Stumper
    $800 7
(Steve: What is Phila--no.)

Albany, New York

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $800 13
(Steve: What is 4?)

7

Steve
    $1000 24
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the Isle of Capri

Steve
    $1000 20
(Roger: Who are maids?)

the virgins

Roger
Triple Stumper
    $1,400 8
(Steve: [No response])

Denver, Colorado

Steve
    $1000 14
seven and a half cents (an hour)

Steve

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Roger Gayle
$5,400 -$1,600 $2,700
(lock-tie game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. PRESIDENTS
GayleWho was Franklin Roosevelt
$2,699
SteveWho was F.D. Roosevelt
$5,300
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Final scores:

Steve Roger Gayle
$10,700 -$1,600 $5,399
2-day champion: $18,200 3rd place: Smith-Corona portable electronic typewriter 2nd place: trip to Palm Springs + Jetzon radial tires

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Steve Roger Gayle
$7,200 -$1,600 $2,700
26 R
(including 1 DD),
7 W
(including 2 DDs)		 3 R,
4 W		 12 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $8,300

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Game tape date: 1984-12-05
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