Responses for Show #808 - Wednesday, February 24, 1988

Contestants

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George Wallace, an attorney from Tujunga, California

Scott Hoyer, a veterinarian from Scottsdale, Arizona

David Huemer, a commodities trader from Hoboken, New Jersey (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,400)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORY
BRITISH TV
TUNES OF THE '20s
BIOLOGY
SURFING
POINT IT OUT
(Alex: You have to, as part of your response, do something with your hands to point out. You know, point to your noise, point to your eye, or wherever. All right? The clue will tell you what you have to do.)
    $100 1
Nicaragua

David
    $100 5
Monty Python's Flying Circus

David
    $100 7
"Gimme A Little Kiss"

George
    $100 19
(Scott: What is 4?)

2

ScottGeorge
    $100 13
Captain Cook

Scott
    $100 15
[Scott points to David's head, stretching the full extent of his signaling device cable.]

locks of hair

Scott
    $200 2
(Henry) Hudson

David
    $200 9
College Bowl

David
    $200 8
"Toot, Toot, Tootsie!"

George
    $200 20
Carnivorae

George
    $200 14
body surfing

David
    $200 22
cross my heart

George
    $300 3
Manila Bay

David
    $300 10
Brideshead Revisited

George
    $500 21
(George: What is I'm at a total loss?)
...
(Alex: Benny Goodman and his orchestra.)

"Love Me Or Leave Me"

George
    $300 26
hearing

David
    $300 16
Oahu

David
    $300 23
(Scott: What is [performs gesture]?)
(Alex: [*], yes.)
(Scott: Thank you.)

cross your fingers

Scott
    $400 4
Siberia

George
    $400 11
Top of the Pops

George
    $400 29
"Someone To Watch Over Me"

George
    $400 27
(David: What is position?)
(Alex: To what?)
(David: Position.)

laying an egg

DavidScott
    $400 17
The Endless Summer

David
    $400 24
(Scott: What is [performs gesture] "s'alright"? What is do this with your hand?)
(Alex: That's correct, but "s'alright" was Pedro.)

talk with hand

Scott
    $500 6
Columbus

David
    $500 12
Doctor in the House

Scott
    $500 30
"You're The Cream In My Coffee"

George
    $500 28
amino acids

Scott
    $500 18
(Scott: Who is, uh, King Kamehameha?)

Duke

DavidScott
    $500 25
(David: What is this? [Performs gesture])
...
(Alex: We've got a minute to go.)

hands on your hips with the elbows out

David

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

David Scott George
$1,600 $700 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

David Scott George
$3,200 $1,700 $2,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ANTARCTICA
ACADEMY AWARDS
CONTAINERS
AMERICAN LITERATURE
VENUS
4-WORD PHRASES
    $200 17
zero

David
    $200 8
"Georgy Girl"

Scott
    $200 23
a tube

Scott
    $200 7
Golden

David
    $200 5
the Earth

David
    $200 1
salt of the earth

David
    $400 18
seals

George
    $400 9
Shirley Temple

George
    $400 27
a socket

David
    $400 11
Bring 'Em Back Alive

George
    $400 6
the Soviet Union

George
    $400 2
speak of the devil

David
    $600 19
the Antarctic Circle

George
    $600 10
(3 of) Disney, Warner Brothers, MGM (Universal-RKO, Paramount or Columbia)

David
    $600 22
the horn

David
    $600 12
The Clansman

George
    $600 25
(Scott: What are the Sun and Mars?)

the Sun & Moon

ScottGeorge
    $800 3
better late than never

David
    $800 20
a sea

Triple Stumper
    $800 28
(George: What is Top Gun?)

An Officer and a Gentleman

George
Triple Stumper
    $800 30
(Alex: You hear about it whenever you go to the doctor's office or dentist's office--what is [*]? Scott thought of it, but too late.)

an autoclave

Triple Stumper
    $800 13
Ambrose Bierce

David
    $800 26
(George: What is the atmosphere?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(George: What are [*]?)
[After the break it was determined that Alex should not have asked George to be more specific and the response was changed from correct to incorrect.]

the clouds

George
Triple Stumper
    $800 4
end of the line

George
    $1000 21
the International Geophysical Year

George
    $1000 29
(Scott: What are, uh, silent movie?)

comedies

Scott
Triple Stumper
    $1000 24
a portmanteau word

George
    $1000 14
Norman Vincent Peale

David
    $1,400 16
(David: What is... its light?)

because they thought it was really two different planets

David
    $1000 15
Defender of the Faith

David

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

David Scott George
$8,200 $500 $6,900

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WASHINGTON, D.C.
ScottWhat is the Dept. of Education?
$500
GeorgeWhat is the Library of Congress?
$6,500
DavidWhat is the Capitol?
$5,601
the Library of Congress

Final scores:

David Scott George
$2,599 $0 $13,400
2nd place: KitchenAid refrigerator + Helix TV/clock radio 3rd place: Ricardo Beverly Hills luggage New champion: $13,400

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

David Scott George
$9,400 $500 $7,400
24 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 9 R,
4 W		 20 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $17,300

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Game tape date: 1987-11-09
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