Responses for Show #172 - Tuesday, May 7, 1985

Contestants

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David Rambo, a real estate agent originally from Spring City, Pennsylvania

Dorian Ellis, a chef from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ralph Pride, a freelance cooking writer from Houston, Texas

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Jeopardy! Round responses

HOSPITALS
SILLY SONGS
STARTS WITH "V"
MAMMALS
JIMMY CAGNEY
DESSERTS
    $100 7
that party going on

Dorian
    $100 8
vital signs

Dorian
    $100 1
(Dorian: Uh oh, is it sloth? What is sloth?)
(Ralph: What is [**]?)
(Alex: [Not sure how to rule] Take one more shot at it.)
(Ralph: A tree top rodent that falls...)
(Alex: Hurry.)
[Ralph's response originally ruled incorrect; reversed before Double Jeopardy!]

a squirrel (a flying squirrel)

RalphDorian
    $100 12
you dirty rat

David
    $100 6
cookies

David
    $200 11
(Dorian: Oh, I just went blank; I'm going to say, "Who is Leroy Brown?", but that's not it.)
(David: Who was Rickey?)
(Ralph: Who is the Boy from New York City?)

Mickey

RalphDorianDavid
Triple Stumper
    $200 9
a ventriloquist

Ralph
    $200 2
a cheetah

Dorian
    $200 13
Coca-Cola

David
    $200 10
tarts

David
    $500 23
(David: What is Rudolph's red nose?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

it glows

David
    $300 19
vertebrae

David
    $300 3
a wolverine

Ralph
    $300 14
(Ralph: [No response])
(David: What is Angels with Dirty Faces?)
...
(Alex: He died on that storage tank, all that fuel under him.)

White Heat

RalphDavid
Triple Stumper
    $300 16
a tin fruit cocktail

Dorian
    $400 20
a volleyball

Dorian
    $400 4
(Dorian: What is a goat?)

a rabbit

Dorian
Triple Stumper
    $400 15
Yankee Doodle Dandy

Dorian
    $400 17
strudel

Dorian
    $500 21
(Ralph: [*]. What is [*]?)
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

verbatim

Ralph
    $500 5
an elk

Ralph
    $500 22
(Ralph: What is Terrible Joe Moran?)

Ragtime

RalphDavid
    $500 18
Tofutti (tofu ice cream)

Dorian

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 7):

Ralph Dorian David
$900 -$200 $100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ralph Dorian David
$600 $1,700 $400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD CITIES
12-LETTER WORDS
COMPOSERS
AGRICULTURE
CIVIL WAR
EQUIVALENCIES
    $200 12
Mecca

David
    $200 6
(Dorian: [Stumbling over words] The chief.)
...
(Alex: [Reminding the players about the category] Chief has slightly less than 12 letters.)

Commissioner

DorianDavid
    $200 1
the William Tell Overture

David
    $200 21
(Ralph: What's the North?)
...
(Alex: Minute left to go in the round.)

the South (the Confederacy)

RalphDorian
    $200 16
provinces

Dorian
    $400 13
(David: What is, um...)

Vancouver

DorianDavid
    $400 7
(Dorian: [No response])
[The time expiry signal sounds.]
(Dorian: What is [*]?)

illustration

DorianDavid
    $400 2
[The movie's title was rendered as "Help" and not Help!.]

Beethoven

David
    $400 22
Jefferson Davis (President of the Confederacy)

Dorian
    $400 17
[Dorian's score dropped by $400 after this clue with no incorrect response by her shown.]

the Girl Guides

Dorian
Triple Stumper
    $600 11
(Dorian: [No response])
[The time expiry signal sounds.]
(Dorian: What is Stonehenge?)

Dublin

Dorian
Triple Stumper
    $600 8
pyrotechnics

Dorian
    $600 3
George Gershwin

David
    $1,000 23
(1 of) Kentucky (Missouri, West Virginia, Delaware or Maryland)

Dorian
    $600 18
blintzes

David
    $800 14
Reykjavik

Dorian
    $800 9
(Dorian: What is [*] swimming?)

synchronized

Dorian
    $800 4
Mendelssohn

David
    $800 24
Pickett

Ralph
    $800 19
(Ralph: What is the House of...)

the State Assembly

RalphDavid
    $1000 15
Petrograd

Dorian
    $1,000 10
(Dorian: Oh, God! It's the people who work on ships. What is a dock yard worker? A dock worker. What is a dock worker?)

a longshoreman

Dorian
    $1000 5
(Alex: You ran the category.)
[Applause]

the Romantic period

David
    $1000 25
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

13

Ralph
    $1000 20
an ensign

Ralph

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ralph Dorian David
$2,400 $4,500 $5,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

GOVERNMENT
RalphWhat is Secy of State
$0
DorianWho is the Sect'y of State
$4,499
DavidWho is the Secretary of State?
$500
the Secretary of State

Final scores:

Ralph Dorian David
$2,400 $8,999 $5,700
3rd place: Landes coffee & tea set with tray New champion: $8,999 2nd place: Frigidaire washer & dryer + Benchmark carpeting

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ralph Dorian David
$2,400 $5,100 $5,700
8 R,
5 W
17 R
(including 1 DD),
8 W
(including 1 DD)
16 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $13,200

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Game tape date: 1985-01-21
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