Responses for Show #170 - Friday, May 3, 1985

Ron Black game 4.
Missing one incorrect response in the Double Jeopardy! Round.

Contestants

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Doug Hauser, a mathematician originally from Inwood, New York

Jack Pollack, a musician from San Diego, California

Ron Black, an attorney from Raleigh, North Carolina (whose 3-day cash winnings total $20,701)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. PRESIDENTS
THE OSCARS
POTENT POTABLES
SCANDINAVIA
INVENTIONS
DOUBLE TALK
    $100 23
(Doug: What is three times?)

four times

RonDoug
    $100 19
prostitute

Doug
    $100 5
a martini

Jack
    $100 1
Secretary General

Ron
    $100 3
the ring

Doug
    $100 8
twinkle, twinkle

Ron
    $900 24
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

Gerald R. Ford

Ron
    $200 20
priests

Doug
    $200 6
vodka

Doug
    $200 2
the fjords

Doug
    $200 4
(Jack: Um, I've drawn a mental blank. I'm sorry.)

a locomotive

RonJack
    $200 9
the dumdum bullet

Ron
    $300 25
the assassination of Lincoln

Doug
    $300 21
(Ron: What is Best Song?)

Best Foreign Film

Ron
Triple Stumper
    $300 7
(Jack: What is sherry?)

brandy

RonJack
    $300 13
Danish modern

Ron
    $300 16
slot machine

Doug
    $300 10
(Doug: What is pitter-patter?)

a murmur

RonDoug
    $400 26
(Doug: Who was Garfield?)

William Henry Harrison

RonDoug
    $400 22
Hamlet

Ron
    $400 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

bock beer

Ron
    $400 14
Bergman

Ron
    $400 17
(Doug: What is the gear?)

the pendulum

RonDoug
    $400 11
(Doug: Red Rider, Red Rider.)

Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

RonDoug
    $500 27
(Doug: Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?)

Warren G. Harding

RonDoug
    $500 28
the Hustons (John and Walter)

Doug
    $500 15
Lutheran

Ron
    $500 18
the flying buttress

Doug
    $500 12
(Alex: You did well in that double talk category. And as a result, you're the only player with a plus sign in front of the dollar symbols.)
(Ron: I am a lawyer, Alex.)
[Laughter]

"Go-Go"

Ron

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

Ron Jack Doug
$2,400 -$400 -$200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ron Jack Doug
$6,100 -$400 $300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ROYALTY
NEWSPAPERS
BIOLOGY
THE MIDDLE AGES
THE MIND
FAMOUS PAIRS
    $200 19
Bourbon

Ron
    $200 24
(Jack: What is Pravda?)
(Ron: What is TASS?)

Izvestia

RonJack
Triple Stumper
    $200 1
1

Doug
    $200 4
the Magna Carta

Doug
    $200 9
amnesia

Doug
    $200 11
tooth & nail

Ron
    $400 20
(Ron: It means [*].)
(Alex: Question.)

she's there (in attendance)

Ron
    $400 25
(Ron: What is Chicago, Illinois?)
...
(Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round.)

Boston

Ron
Triple Stumper
    $400 2
bionics

Doug
    $400 5
a squire

Ron
    $400 10
[Ron's incorrect response was cut off in the recording used to archive the game and is unknown.]

brain waves

RonJack
    $400 18
(Jack: [No response])

track & field

RonJack
    $600 21
Romanov

Ron
    $1,500 26
(Ron: What is the Stars and Stripes?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

The Washington Post

Ron
    $600 3
(Jack: Um...)

regeneration

RonJack
    $600 6
the Dark Ages

Doug
    $600 16
the left side

Jack
    $600 17
Stiller & Meara

Doug
    $800 22
(Doug: What is the Archdeacon?)

the Archbishop of Canterbury

RonDoug
    $800 7
reptiles (and amphibians)

Doug
    $800 12
guilds

Ron
    $800 15
Mensa

Doug
    $1000 23
(Ron: Who is Queen Juliana?)

Queen Wilhelmina

Ron
Triple Stumper
    $1000 8
the day/night rhythm

Doug
    $1000 13
the Holy Roman Empire

Doug
    $1000 14
idiot savants

Doug

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ron Jack Doug
$7,000 -$600 $6,300

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

STATE CAPITALS
DougWhat is Baltimore, MD
$3,000
RonWhat is Annapolis?
$6,300
Annapolis

Final scores:

Ron Jack Doug
$13,300 -$600 $3,300
4-day champion: $34,001 3rd place: Bushnell telescope 2nd place: WhiteWestinghouse refrigerator/freezer + Vitamaster exercise machine

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ron Jack Doug
$7,800 -$600 $6,300
27 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
(including 1 DD)		 3 R,
5 W		 20 R,
7 W

Combined Coryat: $13,500

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Game tape date: 1985-01-09
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