Responses for Show #175 - Friday, May 10, 1985

Contestants

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Dennis Rickman, a research associate originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Elaine McCauley, a dance instructor from Walnut, California

Carole Blatchford, a dental assistant from Tomball, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,799)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WWII
(Alex: World War II.)
SIT-COMS
FASHION
FIRST LINES
MUSIC TRIVIA
"BIG"
    $100 7
Mickey Mouse

Carole
    $100 2
The Partridge Family

Elaine
    $100 17
"Four score and seven years ago"

Dennis
    $100 9
(Carole: Who is "Weird Al" Yankovic?)

Steve Martin

CaroleDennis
    $100 1
the big top

Elaine
    $200 12
the Axis

Elaine
    $200 3
(Dennis: What is Family Ties?)

Too Close for Comfort

CaroleDennis
    $200 18
a locomotive

Elaine
    $200 13
the Rolling Stone magazine

Carole
    $200 8
Bigfoot

Elaine
    $300 14
Mussolini

Carole
    $300 4
Father Knows Best

Carole
    $300 19
The Beverly Hillbillies

Carole
    $300 22
Harry

Elaine
    $300 10
the Big Valley

Carole
    $400 15
(Elaine: What was Normandy?)

Dunkirk

Elaine
Triple Stumper
    $400 5
One Day at a Time

Carole
    $400 20
"How do I love thee?"

Elaine
    $400 23
Chicago Transit Authority

Elaine
    $400 11
(Carole: Um...what is the...)

The Big Broadcast

Carole
Triple Stumper
    $500 16
Bill Mauldin

Dennis
    $500 6
(Elaine: Oh, I drew a blank.)

(on a) rooftop

ElaineDennis
    $500 21
(Elaine: Who is Hamlet?)
(Dennis: Who is Lady Macbeth?)
...
(Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round.)

Macbeth

ElaineDennis
Triple Stumper
    $500 24
Michael Nesmith

Elaine
    $500 25
(Elaine: Oh, gee. I'm blank.)
(Carole: What's the Big Thicket?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Big Bend National Park

CaroleElaine
Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 11):

Carole Elaine Dennis
$800 -$100 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Carole Elaine Dennis
$1,100 $500 $500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

FICTION
THE '60S
TECHNOLOGY
ISLANDS
THE BIBLE
(Alex: And in the last round we had "BIG", why not follow it with...)
"LITTLE"
    $200 1
[Elaine selected the first clue.]

The Great Gatsby

Elaine
    $200 16
Sidney Poitier

Elaine
    $200 22
Charles Lindbergh

Carole
    $200 6
Great Britain

Dennis
    $200 18
rest

Elaine
    $200 11
Little Richard

Elaine
    $400 2
(Elaine: I'm sorry.)

Norman Mailer

Elaine
Triple Stumper
    $400 17
Muhammad Ali

Carole
    $400 27
a metronome

Dennis
    $400 7
Cyprus

Carole
    $400 23
manna

Elaine
    $400 12
the Little Dipper

Carole
    $600 3
Crime and Punishment

Elaine
    $600 19
circumnavigate the earth

Dennis
    $600 8
(Dennis: What is the Philippines?)
(Elaine: What is Tahiti?)

Hawaii

CaroleElaineDennis
    $600 24
(Elaine: Who was... uh...)
...
(Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round.)

the prodigal son

Elaine
Triple Stumper
    $1,300 13
(Alex: "Send In The Clowns" from [*].)

A Little Night Music

Carole
    $800 4
(Elaine: [No response])

Holden Caulfield

Elaine
Triple Stumper
    $1,000 20
the Six-Day War

Dennis
    $800 29
(Elaine: What is for wind?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

for sun

ElaineDennis
    $800 9
the Bahamas

Carole
    $800 25
(Elaine: What were the angels?)

the lilies of the field

CaroleElaine
    $800 14
Little Lord Fauntleroy

Elaine
    $1000 5
(Elaine: [No response])

The Loved One

CaroleElaine
    $1000 21
(Elaine: [No response])

the New York City blackout (the East Coast blackout)

ElaineDennis
    $1000 28
(Elaine: What is the sewing machine?)

the cigar roller

ElaineDennis
    $1000 10
(Dennis: What is Sicily?)

Capri

CaroleDennis
    $1000 26
Naomi

Carole
    $1000 15
(Elaine: What is a little knowledge?)
(Dennis: What is a little freedom?)

a little learning

ElaineDennis
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Carole Elaine Dennis
$9,000 -$4,900 $2,900
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

TOYS AND GAMES
(Carole: That's the [**]. The rook is another name for the [**].)
(Alex: No, no, the rook is the piece at the end of the board. We also call it the castle.)
(Carole: Oh, gee. I thought it was the [**], that's all.)
(Alex: That's it. The lady comes on the show, picks up $8,000, decides she's going to argue with us on Final Jeopardy! when I've had a research team of 3,700 people studying this particular problem. I'm sorry. You are wrong, and it's going to cost you.)
DennisWhat are pawn + knight?
$2,899
CaroleWhat are a pawn + the rook?
$2,000
pawn & knight

Final scores:

Carole Elaine Dennis
$7,000 -$4,900 $5,799
2-day champion: $15,799 3rd place: Panasonic car radio 2nd place: Vitamaster exercise machine + Skyway luggage

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Carole Elaine Dennis
$8,300 -$4,900 $2,700
19 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W
16 R,
14 W
11 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W

Combined Coryat: $6,100

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Game tape date: 1985-01-21
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