Responses for Show #159 - Thursday, April 18, 1985

Contestants

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Steve Grubman, a pharmacist from North Hollywood, California

Mike Gayles, a technical manager from Liverpool, New York

Matthew Hubbard, a computer game designer from Palo Alto, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $19,700)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

LAKES & RIVERS
RADIO
POTENT POTABLES
5-LETTER WORDS
COUNTRY MUSIC
ETIQUETTE
    $100 1
(Matt: What is Lake Erie?)

Lake Ontario

MattMike
    $100 14
[Matt did a Dr. Ruth imitation while responding and calling for the next clue.]

sex

Matt
    $100 9
(Mike: What is a scotch?)

bitters

MikeSteve
    $100 2
blank

Mike
    $100 5
(Mike: Who is...)
...
(Alex: Mike is getting caught by ringing in a little bit too early there and not being able to come up with a correct question. You'll get into a rhythm, Mike. Don't worry about it.)

Hank Williams

MattMike
    $100 17
(Mike: Who is Ann Landers?)
...
(Alex: And we've got less than a minute to go in this round.)

Miss Manners

MattMike
    $200 15
(Matt: [Singing] Who can it be, it's [*]?)
(Alex: You realize that maybe because you're singing, we may have to pay a royalty?)
(Matt: No.)
(Alex: We'll take it out of your winnings.)

Little Orphan Annie

Matt
    $200 10
(Matt: Oh, um, drew a blank.)

Southern Comfort

MattSteve
    $200 3
(Mike: What is...)

pluck

Mike
Triple Stumper
    $200 6
Sun Records

Matt
    $300 16
(Matt: Who is drawing a blank?)

Rick Dees

MattSteve
    $400 11
tequila

Steve
    $300 4
(Mike: What is...)

press

MattMike
    $300 7
Chester (Chet) Atkins

Matt
    $400 20
Pope John Paul

Matt
    $400 12
(Matt: What is France?)
(Mike: What is Germany?)

Italy

MattMike
Triple Stumper
    $400 8
Charley Pride

Steve
    $500 21
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Australia

Matt
    $500 19
Dr. Demento

Matt
    $500 13
(Steve: Uh, you spice it? What is spicing?)

you heat it

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $500 18
the White House

Matt

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

Matt Mike Steve
$600 -$500 $700

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Mike Steve
$2,200 -$1,000 $900

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

MEDICAL HISTORY
THEATER
RELIGION
1940
FAMOUS FOLKS
LAST WORDS
    $200 6
Pasteur

Matt
    $200 11
a flat

Matt
    $200 14
purgatory

Matt
    $200 4
London

Matt
    $200 1
60 Minutes

Mike
    $200 21
(Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round.)

King Kong

Matt
    $400 7
(Matt: What is the flu?)

tuberculosis

MattSteve
    $400 12
(Mike: I don't know.)

Under The Elms

MattMike
    $400 15
(Mike: Who is Sally...)
...
(Alex: Michael, I had the feeling that it was there on the tip of your tongue if you could have untwisted it and gotten it out. Unfortunate for you.)

Haile Selassie

MikeSteve
    $400 5
(Mike: What are trains?)

aviation

MikeSteve
    $400 2
(Mike: Who is Gildna Radner? [accepted without comment])

Gilda Radner

Mike
    $400 22
(Mike: Who is...Ethel Merman?)

Dinah Shore

MattMike
    $600 8
ether

Matt
    $600 13
(Matt: Who is Edmund Wilkes?)
(Steve: Who is John Booth?)

Edwin Booth

MattSteve
Triple Stumper
    $600 17
the Jehovah's Witnesses

Matt
    $600 25
Rebecca

Mike
    $600 3
(Mike: Who is Baker?)

Elizabeth Dole

MikeSteve
    $600 23
"et tu, Brutus"

Mike
    $800 16
the Food and Drug Administration (the FDA)

Matt
    $800 20
Oh, Calcutta!

Mike
    $800 18
(Leo) Ryan

Steve
    $1,200 9
Ariel Sharon

Matt
    $800 24
John Adams

Matt
    $1000 19
interferon

Matt
    $1000 27
(Mike: Who is...I don't know.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Noel Coward

MattMike
    $1000 10
(Mike: Who is Morley Sather?)

Bill Moyers

Mike
Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
Charles II

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Mike Steve
$9,000 -$2,600 $2,900
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE AUTOMOBILE
SteveWhat is the VW Bug?
$2,800
MattWhat is the Mustang?
$3,150
Volkswagen Beetle

Final scores:

Matt Mike Steve
$5,850 -$2,600 $5,700
3-day champion: $25,550 3rd place: Jules Jurgensen his & hers watches 2nd place: Speed Queen washer & dryer + Vitamix breadmaker

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Matt Mike Steve
$8,600 -$2,600 $2,800
25 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W		 7 R,
13 W		 10 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $8,800

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Game tape date: 1984-12-19
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