Responses for Show #2148 - Wednesday, December 29, 1993

Contestants

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Frank Smith, a sales manager from Milford, Connecticut

Jim Mullins, a computer programmer from New York City, New York

George Chesney, a small business owner from Tempe, Arizona (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,601)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

LAKES & RIVERS
TV TRIVIA
TEXTILES
ZOOLOGY
4-LETTER WORDS
WHAT IS IT?
    $100 16
Sweden

Jim
    $100 7
Roots

Jim
    $100 23
terry

Jim
    $100 8
a zebra

Frank
    $100 4
a tent

Jim
    $100 1
the belly button

George
    $200 18
the Dead Sea

Frank
    $200 9
Murphy Brown

George
    $200 27
denim

Jim
    $200 12
(Frank: What is a rattlesnake?)

an alligator

JimFrank
    $200 5
dibs

Frank
    $200 2
(George: [No response])

a musical instrument

GeorgeFrank
    $300 19
the Volga

Jim
    $300 14
Police Woman

Frank
    $300 28
wool

George
    $300 13
a pouch

George
    $300 6
a hook

Frank
    $300 3
a flag

Jim
    $400 20
(Jim: What's the Rio Grande?)

the Colorado

GeorgeJim
    $400 15
Nick & Nora Charles

George
    $400 29
velveteen

Jim
    $400 25
the hippopotamus

Jim
    $400 17
grit

George
    $400 10
a dance

George
    $500 21
the Indus River

Triple Stumper
    $500 22
Whoopi Goldberg

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 30
Jersey

Jim
    $500 26
ermine

Jim
    $500 24
a plug

Jim
    $500 11
a star

Jim

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

George Jim Frank
$1,200 $1,200 $900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

George Jim Frank
$2,300 $4,300 $1,100

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

FRENCH HISTORY
PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES
OFFICES
NOVEL CHARACTERS
RELIGION
OPERA
    $200 12
Napoleon

Jim
    $200 1
Jack Kennedy

George
    $200 20
the box office

Jim
    $200 6
Jane Eyre

Jim
    $200 2
the Mormon church

Frank
    $200 19
Johann Sebastian Bach

George
    $400 13
Gaul

George
    $400 14
Miss Lillian

Frank
    $400 22
Yuri Gagarin

Frank
    $400 7
The Master of Ballantrae

Frank
    $400 3
Shinto

Frank
    $400 25
William Tell

Jim
    $600 18
(Frank: Who is Louis?)
(Jim: Who is Pepin?)
(George: Who is Henry?)
...
(Alex: So no harm, no foul, each of you missed. Each of you lost the same amount of money on "Who is [*]?")

Charles

GeorgeJimFrank
Triple Stumper
    $600 15
Margaret Truman

Frank
    $600 23
the Hays Office

Frank
    $600 8
Elizabeth I

Jim
    $600 4
Islam

George
    $600 30
Carmen

George
    $800 21
the Huguenots

George
    $800 16
Patti Davis

Frank
    $1,700 24
the Foreign Office

Frank
    $800 9
Aunt Polly

George
    $800 5
Lutheran

Jim
    $800 29
Caruso

Jim
    $1000 26
(Frank: Who is the Capetian?)
(Jim: What is the Merovingian?)

the Carolingian

JimFrank
Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
Martin Van Buren

Frank
    $1000 28
(George: What is the Office of Special Services?)

the Office of Strategic Services

George
Triple Stumper
    $2,000 11
(Jim: What is Of Mice and Men?)

East of Eden

Jim
    $1000 10
Buddhism

Jim
    $1000 27
Moliere

Jim

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

George Jim Frank
$4,300 $5,900 $6,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

FOOD & DRINK
(Alex: This is one of those clues that can drive you crazy because if you don't get into it right away, you'll just be running all of those coffee brands. Is it Folgers? Is it Sanka? Is it this? Is it—Oh, gosh, I'm running out of time.)
...
(Alex: [To George] The Java Hotel, famous hotel. I've spent many wonderful hours there sipping mint juleps. No coffee for me, thank you.)
GeorgeWhat is The Java?
$1,701
JimWhat is Blue Mt
$5,880
FrankWhat is Express
$5,900
Maxwell House

Final scores:

George Jim Frank
$2,599 $20 $100
2-day champion: $16,200 3rd place: Samsung 19" TV/VCR + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis 2nd place: notebook computer from CompUSA + Samsonite computer cases

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

George Jim Frank
$4,300 $7,400 $5,100
15 R,
3 W		 23 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $16,800

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Game tape date: 1993-09-20
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