Responses for Show #2458 - Wednesday, April 19, 1995

Contestants

Steve Irish, an amateur athlete from Washington, D.C.

Alan Patton, a chemistry instructor from Scottsdale, Arizona

Bill Nutt, a freelance writer from Hackettstown, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,900)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

1900
MUSICAL THEATRE
MARRIAGE
THE 50 STATES
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
"W"ORDS
    $100 26
Houdini

Bill
    $100 1
Louis Armstrong

Bill
    $100 21
(Alan: What is [**]?)
[Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before Double Jeopardy!]

a bridesmaid (the maid of honor)

Alan
    $100 4
Hawaii

Steve
    $100 11
Labor Day

Bill
    $100 16
a warrant

Bill
    $200 27
(Steve: What is Kodak Eastman?)
(Alex: Yes--won't accept that? Sorry.)

Eastman Kodak

AlanSteve
    $200 2
Cats

Alan
    $200 22
50

Alan
    $200 5
Florida

Bill
    $200 12
Valentine's Day

Bill
    $200 17
weave

Steve
    $300 28
Italy

Steve
    $300 3
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Steve
    $300 23
chastity (celibacy)

Bill
    $300 8
Wyoming

Alan
    $300 13
Jerusalem

Bill
    $300 18
a wisp

Bill
    $400 29
Crete

Steve
    $400 6
Carousel

Bill
    $400 24
the banns

Bill
    $400 9
Illinois

Alan
    $400 14
(Bill: What is the 20th Amendment?)

the 19th Amendment

BillSteve
    $400 19
whist

Steve
    $500 30
Colette

Bill
    $500 7
(Alan: What is Sunday in the Park with George?)

La Cage aux Folles

BillAlan
    $500 25
red

Triple Stumper
    $500 10
(Steve: What is Rhode Island?)

Delaware

AlanSteve
    $500 15
Guy Fawkes Day

Steve
    $500 20
a wattle

Steve

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

Bill Alan Steve
$1,400 $900 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bill Alan Steve
$3,100 $1,400 $2,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. HISTORY
AUTHORS
GERMAN COMPOSERS
TEXTILES
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
'ELLO DUCHESS
    $200 20
Spain

Alan
    $200 2
Cervantes

Steve
    $200 7
Johann Sebastian Bach

Steve
    $200 22
a dye

Bill
    $200 1
Montreal

Bill
    $200 16
tea time

Steve
    $400 21
the Federalist (Papers)

Steve
    $400 3
(Boris) Pasternak

Bill
    $400 9
Handel

Steve
    $400 8
(Steve: What is Norway?)
(Alan: What is Sweden?)
(Bill: [Playfully pondering his response] What is [*]?)
(Alex: Oh, you played it beautifully and you are correct.)
[Laughter]

Finland

BillAlanSteve
    $400 23
(Alex: About a minute to go, Bill.)

the Duchess of Windsor

Triple Stumper
    $600 17
the Grand Coulee Dam

Steve
    $600 4
Joel Chandler Harris

Bill
    $600 13
Beethoven

Bill
    $600 25
poplin

Triple Stumper
    $600 10
Ghent

Alan
    $600 27
Robert Browning

Triple Stumper
    $800 18
John Jacob Astor

Alan
    $800 5
(Alan: Who is Nabokov?)

(Isaac) Asimov

BillAlan
    $800 14
Richard Strauss

Bill
    $800 24
batik

Alan
    $800 11
New Zealand

Steve
    $1,000 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Goya

Steve
    $1,600 19
(Alan: Who is Rehnquist?)

Warren Burger

Alan
    $1000 6
Booth Tarkington

Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
(Bill: Who is Wagner?)

Robert Schumann

Bill
Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
nylon

Steve
    $1000 12
AsunciĆ³n

Bill

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bill Alan Steve
$7,100 $1,000 $6,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WARS
AlanWhat is the 100 years war?
$200
SteveWhat is the Boer War?
$6,800
BillWhat was the Crim Crimean War?
$6,501
the Boer War

Final scores:

Bill Alan Steve
$599 $800 $13,600
3rd place: Service Merchandise gift certificate + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System + Jeopardy! home game 2nd place: Acer computer + Kroy labeling system + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System + Jeopardy! home game New champion: $13,600

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Bill Alan Steve
$7,100 $2,600 $6,600
22 R,
2 W
11 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)
18 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $16,300

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Game tape date: 1995-01-10
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