Responses for Show #169 - Thursday, May 2, 1985

Ron Black game 3.

Contestants

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Jay Wernikoff, a computer salesman from Scottsdale, Arizona

Dorian Flanders, a tour designer originally from Aurora, Illinois

Ron Black, an attorney from Raleigh, North Carolina (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,500)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ROARING '20S
THE EMMYS
FOREIGN PHRASES
BASEBALL
DEMOCRATS
"BLUE" SONGS
    $100 19
Taxi

Ron
    $100 8
time flies

Ron
    $100 9
(Jay: [*]'s on second. Who is [*]'s on second?)

What

Jay
    $100 1
Tip O'Neill

Ron
    $100 6
(Ron: What is a "Blue, [*]"?)

"Blue Christmas"

Ron
    $200 20
(Dorian: What is Laugh-In?)

Get Smart

RonDorian
    $200 10
shalom

Dorian
    $200 15
Joe DiMaggio

Ron
    $200 2
Russell Long

Ron
    $200 7
(Jay: What are red roses?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

"Red Roses For A Blue Lady"

Jay
    $300 11
"I'd walk a mile for a Camel"

Jay
    $300 21
(Ron: Who is the late, great, [*]?)
(Alex: Late, great. Editorializing now are you, okay?)
(Ron: Big fan.)

Rod Serling

Ron
    $300 12
(Ron: What is nirvana?)

om

RonJay
    $300 16
(Alex: Yeah, and it didn't happen until September 7th in that year.)

the Washington Senators

Ron
    $300 3
Harold Washington

Ron
    $300 24
they gave birth to the blues

Jay
    $400 22
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in this round.)

The $64,000 Question

Ron
    $400 13
deja vu

Jay
    $400 17
Roberto Clemente

Jay
    $400 4
(John Y.) Brown

Ron
    $400 25
(Ron: [No response])

"Devil With The Blue Dress On"

Ron
Triple Stumper
    $500 23
[Applause for Ron's run of the category]
(Alex: Are you feeling, folks, that this young man has watched a lot of television?)

Big Bird (from Sesame Street)

Ron
    $500 14
Erin go Bragh

Ron
    $500 18
Carl Yastrzemski

Ron
    $1,000 5
(Alex: Nice going, you ran that category.)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Ron
    $500 26
(Ron: What is "Blue Jeans"?)
(Dorian: What is "That's Why They Call It The Blues"?)
[Accepted without remark]
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

"I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues"

RonDorian

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 9):

Ron Dorian Jay
$2,200 $0 $300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ron Dorian Jay
$4,000 $500 $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

MAMMALS
SWEETS
AMERICAN INDIANS
WOMEN WRITERS
LANDMARKS
CONTESTS
    $200 4
(Jay: What is lamolin?)

lanolin

RonJay
    $200 13
Tootsie

Ron
    $200 3
a Mohawk

Jay
    $200 11
(Jay: What is Austria?)

Denmark

DorianJay
    $400 14
(Jay: What are...)

the duck-billed platypus

RonJay
    $1,400 5
(Ron: No answer.)
...
(Alex: The singer, of course, was John Denver.)

"Wooden Indian"

Ron
    $400 17
the Alamo

Jay
    $600 15
the shrew

Ron
    $600 21
(Ron: [No response])

"Brown Sugar"

RonJay
    $600 6
the Apache

Ron
    $600 1
(Jay: [No response])
(Ron: Who is Lady
Antonia Fraser?)

Barbara Cartland

RonDorianJay
    $600 9
the Eiffel Tower

Ron
    $800 16
(Ron: What is the desert?)
(Jay: What are cities?)
...
(Alex: The mammals with the least amount of hair are porpoises and whales.)

the water

RonJay
Triple Stumper
    $800 20
marzipan

Jay
    $800 7
the Trail of Tears

Dorian
    $800 2
Katherine Anne Porter

Ron
    $800 12
the Panama Canal

Ron
    $1000 18
(Jay: What is 12?)

7

Jay
Triple Stumper
    $1000 19
(Jay: What is...)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

flan

Jay
Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
the Comanche

Ron
    $1000 8
(Ron: Who is Gertrude Stein?)

Dorothy Parker

RonDorian
    $1000 23
(Ron: What is the Department of the Interior?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the Supreme Court building

Ron
Triple Stumper
    $1000 22
(Jay: What is how much money and what's playing?)

the count and the amount

RonJay

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ron Dorian Jay
$4,800 $3,100 -$1,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

FLAGS
(Alex: From 1912 to 1959, the United States flag had [*] stars.)
DorianWhat is 48?
$3,095
RonWhat is 48?
$1,401
48

Final scores:

Ron Dorian Jay
$6,201 $6,195 -$1,200
3-day champion: $20,701 2nd place: Frigidaire range + Vitamaster exercise bikes 3rd place: Berkline recliner

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ron Dorian Jay
$5,700 $3,100 -$1,200
26 R
(including 1 DD),
9 W
(including 1 DD)		 6 R,
1 W		 11 R,
8 W

Combined Coryat: $7,600

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Game tape date: 1985-01-09
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