Responses for Show #149 - Thursday, April 4, 1985

One response in Final Jeopardy! entered from audiorecording.

Contestants

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David Shane, a systems analyst from Santa Ana, California

Ezra Litwak, a writer originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan

Susan Taggart, a claims representative from Burbank, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,900)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ARMED FORCES
THEATRICAL CHARACTERS
NAMES
ENGLISH HISTORY
SILLY SONGS
IT'S A CRIME
    $100 22
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

non-commissioned officer

Ezra
    $100 2
Peter Pan

Susan
    $100 15
Michelle

Susan
    $100 7
Parliament

Ezra
    $100 1
(David: Oh, I'm sorry, Alex. I haven't got that one.)

Mr. Postman

EzraDavid
    $100 20
petty theft (petty larceny)

David
    $200 3
Oklahoma!

Ezra
    $200 16
Stephen

Susan
    $200 8
Sir Francis Drake

Ezra
    $200 10
"Puff The Magic Dragon"

David
    $300 4
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Ezra
    $300 17
(David: What is Augustus?)

Julius

SusanDavid
    $300 9
(Susan: Who were the Puritans?)

the American colonists (the 13 Colonies)

SusanEzra
    $300 12
"What's-a-matter, you?"

Susan
    $400 5
the Salvation Army

Ezra
    $400 18
(Ezra: What is Hal?)
(Susan: What is Hank?)

Harry

SusanEzra
Triple Stumper
    $400 11
the Common Market

Susan
    $400 13
(Ezra: Sorry.)

"Alley Oop"

SusanEzra
    $500 6
Lefty

Ezra
    $500 19
(Susan: What is [**]? Lily in Hebrew? It is [**]. What is [**]?)
(Alex: We have an expert in Hebrew also, who's one of our judges, and he is nodding yes. What we were going for is Susanna, [*], or Suzanne. I guess you would know about your name. You better know about your name, Susan.)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

Susan (Shoshanna accepted)

Susan
    $500 21
(Ezra: What is South Africa?)

Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)

EzraDavid
    $500 14
a girl

Triple Stumper

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

Susan Ezra David
$200 $2,100 $100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Susan Ezra David
$1,600 $900 $400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

GENETICS
ART
TIME
NEW YORK CITY
FLOWERS & TREES
15-LETTER WORDS
    $200 12
(Susan: What is heredity?)

survival of the fittest

SusanDavid
    $200 7
a wall

Ezra
    $200 1
three minutes

Ezra
    $200 2
Queens

Ezra
    $200 21
an orchid

Ezra
    $200 22
procrastination

David
    $400 13
cloning

Ezra
    $400 8
(Ezra: What is Italian?)
(David: What is Spanish?)
(Susan: What is Mexican?)

French

SusanEzraDavid
Triple Stumper
    $400 14
(Ezra: What are 4?)
(David: What are 5?)

24

EzraDavid
Triple Stumper
    $400 3
the World Trade Center

Ezra
    $400 23
Americanization

David
    $600 18
(Ezra: What are Y chromosomes)

X chromosomes

EzraDavid
    $600 9
Michelangelo

Susan
    $600 15
millennium

David
    $600 4
SoHo

Ezra
    $600 24
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

unsportsmanlike

David
    $800 19
the albino condition

David
    $800 10
the Guggenheim Museum

David
    $1,000 16
(David: What is The Jack Benny Show?)
(Alex: Oooh. [*]. [*].)
(David: Same era.)
(Alex: Same era, wrong person.)

Ed Sullivan

David
    $800 5
(Ezra: Where is the JFK Stadium?)

Flushing Meadows

Ezra
Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
(David: What is 32?)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

23

David
Triple Stumper
    $1,000 11
(David: What is The Reapers?)

The Gleaners

David
    $1000 17
the same day (same date)

David
    $1000 6
Fifth Avenue

Ezra

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Susan Ezra David
$1,600 $1,900 $1,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE OSCARS
SusanWhat was True Grit?
$600
DavidWhat is True Grit?
$1,800
EzraWhat is True Grit?
$1,900
True Grit

Final scores:

Susan Ezra David
$2,200 $3,800 $3,600
3rd place: La-Z-Boy recliner New champion: $3,800 2nd place: WhiteWestinghouse refrigerator/freezer + Noritake dinnerware collection

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Susan Ezra David
$1,600 $1,900 $3,800
9 R,
4 W		 17 R,
7 W		 12 R,
7 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $7,300

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Game tape date: 1984-12-12
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