Responses for Show #174 - Thursday, May 9, 1985

Contestants

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Carole Blatchford, a dental assistant from Tomball, Texas

Randy Conry, a social studies teacher from La Mesa, California

Bill Bauss, a sales representative from Cleveland Heights, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

COLORS
FLOWERS & TREES
AROUND THE HOUSE
"GOOD" & "BAD" MOVIES
NUMBERS
U.S.A.
    $100 10
the blue & the gray

Bill
    $100 23
the chrysanthemum

Randy
    $100 17
smoke alarms (smoke detectors)

Carole
    $100 1
Goodbye, Columbus

Carole
    $100 6
for two

Randy
    $100 7
(Randy: What is 6?)

9

BillRandy
    $200 20
red meat

Bill
    $200 24
Venus flytrap

Bill
    $200 18
dryer lint

Randy
    $200 2
The Good Earth

Bill
    $200 8
a figure 8

Bill
    $200 13
Indiana

Bill
    $300 21
the blue flu

Randy
    $300 26
(Randy: What is all are green?)

national flowers

BillRandy
    $300 19
a fuse box (circuit breaker)

Bill
    $300 3
(Randy: I have absolutely no idea.)

The Bad and the Beautiful

Randy
Triple Stumper
    $300 9
a six pack

Carole
    $300 14
Bob Dole

Bill
    $400 22
black lung

Carole
    $400 27
an evergreen tree (pine tree, Christmas tree spruce)

Carole
    $400 29
over the septic tank

Carole
    $400 4
Bad Day at Black Rock

Bill
    $400 11
(Carole: Um...)

17

Carole
Triple Stumper
    $400 15
destroy them (shred them)

Randy
    $500 25
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

the silver screen

Bill
    $500 28
sapling

Carole
    $500 30
(Carole: Who are [*]?)
(Alex: Right.)
(Carole: And... I don't know the other one.)

Heloise (Cruse) & Mary Ellen (Pinkham)

Carole
    $500 5
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Bill
    $500 12
(Carole: What's 7 Up?)

Five Alive

Carole
Triple Stumper
    $500 16
(Randy: What is the Spanish-American War?)

the War of 1812

Randy
Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):

Bill Randy Carole
$1,500 -$300 -$500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bill Randy Carole
$3,500 -$100 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ANIMALS
TIME
EXPLORERS
BALLET
WALL ST.
CHEMISTRY
    $200 2
a pack

Bill
    $200 1
different ages of time

Carole
    $200 9
(Randy: What is Colorado?)

the Mississippi

RandyCarole
    $200 16
toe shoes

Bill
    $200 3
a bear

Randy
    $200 20
(Bill: What is, uh, yellow?)

green

BillRandy
    $400 12
grizzly bears

Bill
    $400 4
a deadline

Bill
    $400 10
Marco Polo

Randy
    $400 22
Fantasia

Carole
    $400 5
[Bill responded with an impression of John Houseman followed by laughter.]

they earn it

Bill
    $400 21
helium

Carole
    $600 13
(Bill: Uh, what is a caribou?)

a moose

Bill
Triple Stumper
    $600 17
(Bill: What is a sundial?)

the atomic clock

BillRandy
    $600 11
Burton

Bill
    $600 23
a pirouette

Randy
    $600 6
Wall Street Week

Bill
    $600 24
iodine

Carole
    $1,000 14
(Bill: Uh... what is... a fox?)

an armadillo

Bill
    $800 18
the Atlantic time zone

Randy
    $800 25
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Nijinsky

Carole
    $800 7
10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Bill
    $1000 15
an elephant

Carole
    $1,500 19
(Randy: What is... 10 minutes?)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

8 minutes

Randy
    $1000 8
a dividend

Bill

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bill Randy Carole
$5,700 $1,000 $4,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD CAPITALS
(Alex: [To Randy] They gave us damask, [*] steel and damascene.)
RandyWhat is Damascus
$999
CaroleWhat is Damascus?
$4,399
BillWhat is Jerusalem?
$3,100
Damascus

Final scores:

Bill Randy Carole
$2,600 $1,999 $8,799
2nd place: Sunray range + Bernardaud de Limoges dinnerware set 3rd place: Botany 500 fashions New champion: $8,799

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Bill Randy Carole
$6,700 $2,500 $4,900
22 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)
11 R,
6 W
(including 1 DD)
14 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $14,100

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Game tape date: 1985-01-21
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