Responses for Show #286 - Monday, October 14, 1985

Contestants

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Sherri Lipman, a bookkeeper and a household executive from Fullerton, California

Neil Bright, a teacher and a writer from Mongaup Valley, New York

Jim Rondoni, a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,700)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

1885
POP MUSIC
FOREIGN PHRASES
MINNESOTA
FAIRIES & WEE FOLK
THE PATSYS
(Alex: ...awards that are presented each year to animals in the entertainment industry.)
    $100 6
golf

Sherri
    $100 11
ABBA

Neil
    $100 7
stalag

Jim
    $100 1
Land of 10,000 Lakes

Jim
    $100 26
(Sherri: What is a leprechaun?)
(Jim: Uh, what is garlic?)
...
(Alex: [Audience still laughing] Sherri, I love your sense of humor, you get a leprechaun and you quarter the little devil and by golly you'll be protected against many, many bad things.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

a 4-leaf clover

JimSherri
Triple Stumper
    $100 21
Tarzan

Neil
    $200 16
the Washington Monument

Neil
    $200 12
(Jim: Who is Randy Newman?)
...
(Alex: Randy Newman sings a song called "I Love L.A.".)

David Lee Roth

Jim
Triple Stumper
    $200 8
negro

Sherri
    $200 2
Rocky & Bullwinkle

Triple Stumper
    $200 22
(Jim: Who is Pluto?)
(Sherri: Who was the Tramp?)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

(1 of) Old Yeller, the Shaggy Dog or Big Red

JimSherri
Triple Stumper
    $300 17
Good Housekeeping

Jim
    $300 13
Bob Dylan & Mick Jagger

Neil
    $300 9
rigor mortis

Sherri
    $300 3
the Indians

Triple Stumper
    $300 23
Mr. Ed

Jim
    $400 18
Karl Marx

Jim
    $400 14
[ERRATUM: Attempts was misspelled.]

Marie Osmond

Triple Stumper
    $400 10
a coolie

Neil
    $400 4
iron ore

Jim
    $400 24
(Sherri: What was Bewitched?)
...
(Alex: Film in which Kim starred with James Stewart; it was called [*].)

Bell, Book and Candle

Sherri
Triple Stumper
    $500 19
(Ulysses) Grant

Neil
    $500 15
(Sherri: Who is Connie, uh, Stevens?)

Tina Turner

JimSherri
    $500 20
(Neil: What is noblesse oblige?)

Beau Geste

NeilSherri
    $500 5
Duluth

Jim
    $500 25
(Alex: Oh, and the goose was so good, too; the film was called [*].)

Friendly Persuasion

Triple Stumper

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

Jim Neil Sherri
$900 $500 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jim Neil Sherri
$2,100 $1,100 -$100

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BOTANY
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
STARTS WITH "A"
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
THE AMERICAS
SITCOMS
    $200 13
the Venus flytrap

Jim
    $200 5
21

Jim
    $200 1
(Sherri: What is an aerie?)
[Ruled incorrect; changed to correct before revealing the Final Jeopardy! Clue]

an aviary

JimSherri
    $200 2
$100,000

Jim
    $200 8
the Pampas

Neil
    $400 19
a pine tree

Triple Stumper
    $400 9
Lincoln

Jim
    $400 12
argyles

Triple Stumper
    $400 3
Harley-Davidson

Jim
    $400 10
(Jim: Uh, what is Lake Powell?)

the Grand Canyon

Jim
Triple Stumper
    $600 20
beets & sugarcane

Sherri
    $600 16
postage (U.S mail)

Jim
    $600 21
(Sherri: What is a coral reef?)

an atoll

Sherri
Triple Stumper
    $600 4
the Fuller Brush Company

Neil
    $600 11
Canada

Sherri
    $800 23
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

fungi

Triple Stumper
    $1,500 17
(Alex: Hurry.)
[Time's up signal sounds.]
(Jim: Who is [*]?)
(Alex: I don't think you made it in time.)

(Andrew & Lyndon) Johnson

Jim
    $800 22
the Antichrist

Triple Stumper
    $800 6
(Neil: What is Colgate?)

Procter & Gamble (P&G)

JimNeil
    $800 14
(Neil: Who are the Cajuns?)
(Jim: Who are the Acadians?)
...
(Alex: Jim, now you know?)
(Jim: Who are [*]?)

the Creoles

JimNeil
Triple Stumper
    $1000 18
(Alex: [*]--out of many, one... we've got a minute to go in the round)

E Pluribus Unum

Triple Stumper
    $1000 7
Wisconsin

Jim
    $1000 15
the Alliance for Progress

Neil

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jim Neil Sherri
$3,400 $1,300 $700
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE BIBLE
(Alex: [To Sherri] You bet it all, good girl; it leaves you with nothing, however.)
[Laughter]
(Alex: Well, I like somebody that takes a gamble; if you're gonna go for it, go for it.)
SherriWhat is famine?!
$700
NeilWhat is Plague?
$125
JimWho is Death?
$100
Death

Final scores:

Jim Neil Sherri
$3,500 $1,175 $0
2-day champion: $9,200 2nd place: Panasonic TV + Lane recliner 3rd place: Jules Jurgensen his & hers watches

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jim Neil Sherri
$4,900 $1,300 $700
17 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
(including 1 DD)		 9 R,
3 W		 7 R,
5 W

Combined Coryat: $6,900

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Game tape date: 1985-07-30
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