Responses for Show #288 - Wednesday, October 16, 1985

Contestants

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Maria Mercado, a law student from Pico Rivera, California

John Gallogly, an actor originally from Snug Harbor, Rhode Island

Keith West, an engineer from Altadena, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,600)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN HISTORY
THE LIBRARY
"DOUBLE" DUTY
WHODUNIT
SNAKES
GIRLS IN SONG
    $100 1
the Liberty Bell

John
    $100 6
(Maria: What is Mexico?)
(John: What is Spain?)

France

JohnMaria
Triple Stumper
    $100 13
a doubleheader

Keith
    $100 18
Goldilocks

Maria
    $100 23
an asp

Maria
    $100 8
(Maria: Who is Johnny?)

Frankie

JohnMaria
    $200 2
the Mississippi River

Keith
    $200 7
the Library of Congress

Maria
    $200 14
a double chin

John
    $200 19
Professor Plum

John
    $200 24
a diamondback rattler

John
    $200 9
Carole King

Keith
    $300 3
the Pony Express

John
    $300 25
papyrus

John
    $300 15
a double negative

Keith
    $300 20
Al Capone

Maria
    $300 28
the eyes

Keith
    $300 10
Rhonda

Maria
    $400 4
Jefferson

John
    $400 26
(Alex: And we've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

Oxford

Maria
    $400 16
double vision

Maria
    $400 21
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

Keith
    $400 29
a sidewinder

John
    $300 11
Candida

Maria
    $500 5
rum

John
    $500 27
the library at Alexandria

Keith
    $500 17
double time

Keith
    $500 22
Tinkerbell

Maria
    $500 30
a coral snake

Triple Stumper
    $500 12
Judy

Maria

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

Keith John Maria
$400 $1,300 $300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Keith John Maria
$2,500 $2,600 $2,900

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

RELIGION
WORD ORIGINS
U.S. STATES
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
ACTORS & ROLES
BANNED BOOKS
    $200 21
(John: What is Ali?)

Mohammed

JohnMaria
    $200 14
(Maria: What is Calcutta?)
(John: What is corduroy?)

calico

JohnMaria
Triple Stumper
    $200 4
Maryland

Keith
    $200 1
frozen, liquid & gas

Keith
    $200 3
Sylvester Stallone

Maria
    $200 17
Mickey Mouse

John
    $400 22
the Sikhs

Keith
    $400 15
cereal

John
    $400 5
(John: What is Nebraska?)
(Maria: What is Wyoming?)

Kansas

KeithJohnMaria
    $400 2
hot to cold

John
    $400 9
Gale Storm

Maria
    $400 18
Ulysses

John
    $1,000 23
John Paul I

Keith
    $600 16
Charles Macintosh

Triple Stumper
    $600 12
Massachusetts

John
    $600 6
alternating current & direct current

Keith
    $600 10
Scott Baio

Maria
    $600 19
Boris Pasternak

Triple Stumper
    $800 25
the Talmud

Keith
    $800 24
(Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round.)

Pennsylvania

John
    $800 7
friction

Keith
    $800 11
The Breakfast Club

Keith
    $800 20
Theodore Dreiser

Triple Stumper
    $1000 27
Brigham Young

John
    $1000 26
(Maria: What is Delaware?)

Vermont

JohnMaria
    $1,500 8
(Keith: What are freon and argon?)

(2 of) helium, neon, argon, xenon, krypton & radon

Keith
    $1000 13
Santa Claus (Kris Kringle)

Keith
    $1000 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

God's Little Acre

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Keith John Maria
$7,200 $6,600 $2,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

MONEY
MariaWhat is nickel
$2,000
JohnWhat is a $10 bill
$6,600
KeithWhat is a $100 bill?
$3,800
the $10 bill or the $50 bill

Final scores:

Keith John Maria
$3,400 $13,200 $700
2nd place: Buck Stove house heating system + Benchmark carpeting New champion: $13,200 3rd place: Chinon 35FA camera

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Keith John Maria
$8,300 $6,600 $2,800
18 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 18 R,
4 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W

Combined Coryat: $17,700

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Game tape date: 1985-07-30
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