Responses for Show #173 - Wednesday, May 8, 1985

Contestants

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Bill Bauss, a sales representative from Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Martha Gordon, a teacher from Mansfield, Texas

Dorian Ellis, a chef from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,999)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

MUSIC
SPORTS
HOW TO...
GEOGRAPHY
TIES & SCARVES
"BOOM"S
    $100 15
Harpo

Bill
    $100 2
harness racing

Bill
    $100 20
how to strike a match

Bill
    $100 1
Venice

Bill
    $100 7
sis boom bah

Martha
    $200 16
Marvin Hamlisch

Bill
    $200 3
archery

Bill
    $200 21
how to make a Big Mac

Martha
    $200 8
Canada

Bill
    $200 12
microphone boom (boom mic)

Dorian
    $300 17
(Bill: Who is Dandy?)

"The Most Beautiful Girl In The World"

Bill
Triple Stumper
    $300 4
pugilism

Bill
    $300 22
how to prove you're either drunk or not drunk (a sobriety test)

Bill
    $300 9
the Tigris

Bill
    $300 13
(Dorian: He would boom his voice. What is to boom one's voice?)

lower the boom

DorianMartha
    $400 18
a libretto

Bill
    $400 5
(Bill: Who is Arnold Palmer?)

Jack Nicklaus

Bill
Triple Stumper
    $400 23
(Dorian: What is it [*]? How to be a game, how to host, how to do what you do, sir?)
...
(Alex: A minute left to go in the round.)

how to be Johnny Carson (how to host The Tonight Show)

Dorian
    $400 10
Crete

Dorian
    $400 14
the Baby Boomer Edition

Bill
    $500 19
the manual

Triple Stumper
    $500 6
[ERRATUM: The clue's wording has Billy instead of Billie.]

Margaret Court

Bill
    $500 24
(Dorian: What is to fret a guitar...)
(Alex: No. [*]?)
(Dorian: Oh, poop.)

how do you use chopsticks

Dorian
    $500 11
(Dorian: What is East Germany?)

the Soviet Union

Dorian
Triple Stumper
    $500 25
(Dorian: What is The Big Boom?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Boomtown

DorianBill

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 10):

Dorian Martha Bill
$400 $100 $1,300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Dorian Martha Bill
-$800 $600 $3,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. HISTORY
FICTIONAL DETECTIVES
THE DESERT
NURSERY RHYMES
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
MAGIC
    $200 14
integrate

Bill
    $200 6
Nancy Drew

Martha
    $200 1
(Bill: What is a desert?)

a cactus

DorianBill
    $200 7
Little Boy Blue

Martha
    $200 21
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

split the atom

Bill
    $200 15
a top hat

Bill
    $400 17
John Paul Jones

Bill
    $400 12
(Bill: What is Bullet?)

Harper

MarthaBill
    $400 2
a mirage

Dorian
    $400 8
(Dorian: What is mama's gonna sing you a lullaby?)
(Martha: What is mama's gonna buy you [*]?)

a mockingbird

DorianMartha
    $400 22
The Day After

Dorian
    $400 16
Mandrake the Magician

Martha
    $600 13
Father Brown

Martha
    $600 3
(Dorian: What is sand?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Dorian: What is desert sand? What is silicone dioxide?)
...
(Alex: What is [*]? [*]. "Soil particle" was the important part of the clue.)

a grain of sand

Dorian
Triple Stumper
    $600 9
nightgowns

Dorian
    $600 24
(Dorian: What is heavy water?)

the uranium atom

Dorian
Triple Stumper
    $700 18
(Alex: Olivia Newton-John singing "Magic" in the film [*].)

Xanadu

Bill
    $800 23
(Dorian: Who is Mr. Wambaugh?)

George Kennedy

DorianBill
    $800 4
the Painted Desert

Dorian
    $800 10
Jack (from "Jack and Jill")

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

Britain

Dorian
    $800 19
(Martha: [No response])

mentalists

MarthaBill
    $1,000 5
Europe

Dorian
    $1000 11
(Martha: I don't know it.)

halfway up and halfway down

DorianMartha
    $1000 20
(Alex: That's the man from whom Houdini took his name.)

Robert-Houdin

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Dorian Martha Bill
$2,000 $1,800 $5,700
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ANCIENT HISTORY
MarthaWho was Julius Caesar?
$1,200
DorianWho was Julius Caesar?
$2,000
BillWho was Julius Caesar?
$300
Julius Caesar

Final scores:

Dorian Martha Bill
$4,000 $3,000 $6,000
2nd place: Action Lane recliner + Bausch & Lomb binoculars 3rd place: Vitamaster exercise bike New champion: $6,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Dorian Martha Bill
$2,500 $1,800 $5,600
11 R
(including 1 DD),
8 W
(including 1 DD)
10 R,
2 W
21 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $9,900

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Game tape date: 1985-01-21
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