Responses for Show #161 - Monday, April 22, 1985

Contestants

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Rob Sabin, from Oklahoma

Elaine Afable, a lawyer originally from Dearborn, Michigan

Bruce Rhodewalt, a musician from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,450)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

1945
FOOTBALL
"LEE"S
CHEMISTRY
FASHION
REVERSE A WORD
(Alex: And a brief explanation on that last category, REVERSE A WORD, it's a new one for us here on Jeopardy! What it means simply is that the important word in the question is found in the answer as well, but reversed.)
    $100 21
dogs

Elaine
    $100 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the Rose Bowl game

Bruce
    $100 16
Lee Majors

Rob
    $100 3
O

Bruce
    $100 1
helmets

Elaine
    $100 8
the top

Bruce
    $200 22
Kilroy

Bruce
    $200 17
(Bruce: [No response])

Peggy Lee

Bruce
Triple Stumper
    $200 4
iron

Bruce
    $200 2
Japan

Bruce
    $200 9
(Elaine: Um...)
[The time expiry signal sounds.]
(Elaine: What are [*]?)
(Alex: You're taking too long. Sorry.)

rats

BruceElaine
    $300 23
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in this round.)

Jackie Robinson

Rob
    $300 18
(Bruce: [No response])
...
(Alex: I bet you guys are forgetting the category.)
...
(Alex: Remember, if you keep trying to buzz in, it's going to defeat the purpose you intend, because you'll automatically lock yourself out.)

Robert E. Lee

Bruce
Triple Stumper
    $300 5
chemotherapy

Bruce
    $300 13
a ruff

Elaine
    $300 10
evil

Bruce
    $400 24
(Rob: Who is Winston Churchill?)

Hitler

BruceRob
    $400 19
Pinky Lee

Elaine
    $400 6
hydrogen peroxide

Bruce
    $400 14
(Elaine: What are...)
(Alex: Sorry, you're taking too long.)

plus-fours

Elaine
Triple Stumper
    $400 11
the strap

Bruce
    $500 25
the United Nations

Bruce
    $500 20
(Rob: Who is Lee...)

Lee Grant

ElaineRob
    $500 7
[Applause for Bruce's run of the category]

nitrous oxide

Bruce
    $500 15
a tunic

Elaine
    $500 12
(Bruce: What is...)

repaid

BruceElaine

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Bruce Elaine Rob
$2,200 $700 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bruce Elaine Rob
$2,900 $1,800 -$500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN REVOLUTION
LITERATURE
INVENTIONS
COMPOSERS
HERBS & SPICES
MOVIES
    $200 19
Massachusetts

Rob
    $200 2
Tom Sawyer

Bruce
    $200 15
Morse

Bruce
    $200 8
Russia

Elaine
    $200 3
catnip

Elaine
    $200 1
Star Wars

Elaine
    $400 20
Alexander Hamilton

Bruce
    $400 9
John

Elaine
    $400 16
seeds

Elaine
    $400 11
(Bruce: Who was Nike?)
[Laughter]
(Alex: Sorry about that. I love the humor in it, but it's incorrect, of course. The right question is, "Who is [*]?" [*]. I don't write them, folks. Remember that. Remember that in your prayers.)

Robert Schumann

Bruce
Triple Stumper
    $400 4
dill

Bruce
    $400 24
Spartacus

Elaine
    $600 21
"Yankee Doodle"

Rob
    $600 10
Frost

Bruce
    $600 12
(Bruce: Who was Mozart?)
(Rob: Who was Bach?)
[Bruce attempts to signal again.]
(Alex: No, you can't get back in, Bruce. Sorry about that. You gave us such a bad question that I don't-- I wouldn't allow you back in, even if our rules permitted.)

Johannes Brahms

BruceRob
Triple Stumper
    $600 5
parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme

Bruce
    $2,000 25
(Alex: Elaine, I'm going to need a question from you. Do you have any--)
(Elaine: What is The Trouble with Harry?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

The Third Man

Elaine
    $800 22
(Rob: What is Boston?)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

New York City

Rob
Triple Stumper
    $800 17
(Elaine: Who is William James?)

Henry James

Elaine
Triple Stumper
    $800 13
the Unfinished Symphony

Bruce
    $800 6
potpourri

Elaine
    $1000 23
the Battle of Saratoga

Rob
    $1000 18
(Elaine: [No response])

Lord Byron

ElaineRob
    $1000 14
[Mussorgsky's name was rendered as such on the clue screen.]

Pictures at an Exhibition

Bruce
    $1000 7
allspice

Bruce

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bruce Elaine Rob
$7,100 $600 $900
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

GOVERNMENT
ElaineWhat is 15 amendments
$600
RobWhat is 14
$899
BruceWhat are 15?
$1,500
16

Final scores:

Bruce Elaine Rob
$5,600 $0 $1
2-day champion: $14,050 3rd place: World Book Encyclopedia 2nd place: Speed Queen washer & dryer + Broyhill curio cabinet

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Bruce Elaine Rob
$7,100 $2,600 $900
23 R,
5 W		 14 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 6 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $10,600

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Game tape date: 1985-01-08
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