Responses for Show #440 - Friday, May 16, 1986

"Signature game" with all clues prepared by Jeopardy! researcher Ruth Deutsch.

Contestants

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Michael Madden, a chiropractor from San Diego, California

John McHugh, a banker from Oakland, California

Mark Pierce, an attorney from Tamarac, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,199)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

1965
SYMBOLS
3-LETTER PRODUCTS
REFERENCE BOOKS
ROCK 'N' ROLL TRIVIA
VIEWS OF THE WORLD
    $100 6
(Michael: What is a garbage strike?)
(John: What is a newspaper strike?)
...
(Alex: Both of the other gentlemen misread the clue, unfortunately.)

New York

MarkJohnMichael
    $100 13
Nebraska

Mark
    $100 7
a Bic

Mark
    $100 21
(John: What is The Book of Lists?)

The People's Almanac

MarkJohn
    $100 1
leather

Michael
    $100 23
(Alex: Yes, the Mark Hopkins Hotel.)

San Francisco

John
    $200 9
Dyan Cannon

Michael
    $200 14
(Michael: What is speed up?)
...
(Alex: Pianissimo.)

play very quietly (very softly)

MarkMichael
    $200 8
Pet

Michael
    $200 22
(Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round.)

Britannica

Michael
    $200 2
The Byrds

Mark
    $500 24
(John: What is Death Valley?)
(Alex: Oh, sorry. What is [*]? That was a picture taken near Kilauea in Hawaii.)

a volcano

John
    $300 10
transcontinental TV transmissions (or telephone calls)

Triple Stumper
    $300 15
airports

Triple Stumper
    $300 18
(Michael: What is Pepsi-Cola?)
(John: What is Diet Coke?)

Tab

JohnMichael
Triple Stumper
    $300 3
(Michael: What is Vicious?)
(Alex: And?)
(Michael: [No response])

Sid Vicious & Johnny Rotten

MarkMichael
    $300 25
(Michael: What is the Berlin Wall?)
...
(Alex: The Gum Dept. Store is in Moscow.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the Kremlin Wall

Michael
Triple Stumper
    $400 11
Adlai Stevenson

John
    $400 16
(Mark: As a circle. An open circle.)
(Alex: Nope. Remember the proper phrasing also.)
(John: What is no shape?)

a blackened circle

MarkJohn
Triple Stumper
    $400 19
(John: What is dishwashing detergent?)
...
(Alex: Yes, you're forgetting the category there, John, and it's getting you in trouble. 3-LETTER PRODUCTS.)

Joy

MarkJohn
    $400 4
the Supremes

Michael
    $500 12
South Vietnam

John
    $500 17
(John: Who is Ishmael?)
(Mark: Who is Ahab?)

Queequeg

MarkJohn
Triple Stumper
    $500 20
Aim

Mark
    $500 5
a desk

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):

Mark John Michael
$700 $800 $500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mark John Michael
$1,100 -$1,300 -$100

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

MEASUREMENTS
EXPERTS
CELEBRITY QUOTES
IT'S FATTENING
AIR
ENDS WITH "X"
    $200 18
a compass

Michael
    $200 10
blood

John
    $200 1
Clark Gable

Mark
    $200 8
pasta

Michael
    $200 19
(Mark: What is air?)

mercury

MarkMichael
    $200 6
fix it

John
    $400 21
a hippie

John
    $400 11
perfume

Michael
    $400 2
Joan Rivers

Michael
    $400 9
(John: What is peanut butter?)

butter

JohnMichael
    $400 20
a sonic boom

Mark
    $400 7
coax

Triple Stumper
    $600 22
(John: What is a gram?)
...
(Alex: Less than a minute to go.)

a kilogram

John
Triple Stumper
    $600 12
(Alex: We had a contestant on Jeopardy! yesterday who was an expert in [*].)

calligraphy

Triple Stumper
    $600 3
Salvador Dali

John
    $600 14
milk fat (or butter fat)

Triple Stumper
    $600 25
deep sea diving (scuba diving)

John
    $600 13
(Michael: What is i... uh, I was going to say ivory, obviously not?)

onyx

Michael
    $800 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

J. Alfred Prufrock

Mark
    $800 23
sharpshooter

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
Dick Cavett

Triple Stumper
    $800 15
(John: What is flambé?)

a bombe

MarkJohn
    $800 26
wind machines (or wind tunnels)

Mark
    $800 16
Sussex

Mark
    $1000 24
a Renaissance man

Michael
    $1000 5
Lunt & Fontanne

John
    $1000 28
3,500

Triple Stumper
    $1000 27
the stratosphere

John
    $1000 17
Yvette Mimieux

Mark

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mark John Michael
$5,700 $900 $2,100
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE CALENDAR
(Alex: January 1st is on Monday, so the 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th would be Mondays. 30th, 31st would be a Wednesday. The 1st of February would be a Thursday. Add 14 to that, take off one, it's a [*], Valentine's Day. Did you follow that? I didn't.)
(Mark: It's not so easy, though. 30 seconds, wouldn't you say?)
(Alex: I know, Mark. I know the feeling. Believe me.)
JohnWhat is Thursday
$895
MichaelWhat is Friday
$300
MarkWhat is Thursday?
$1,100
Wednesday

Final scores:

Mark John Michael
$4,600 $5 $1,800
2-day champion: $6,799 3rd place: Maytag washer & dryer 2nd place: trip to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Mark John Michael
$5,700 $1,400 $2,700
16 R,
3 W		 10 R,
10 W
(including 1 DD)		 12 R,
6 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $9,800

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Game tape date: 1985-12-10
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