Responses for Show #486 - Monday, October 20, 1986

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Contestants

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Scottie Ross, a systems analyst from Mill Valley, California

Jeff Smyth, an audio-visual manager from Richmond, Virginia

Janet Stevenson, a housewife originally from Sioux City, Iowa (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,700)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

(Alex: And today there is a common link in all of these categories, starting off with...)
COWBOYS & INDIANS
CATS & DOGS
SICKNESS & HEALTH
MEDALS & DECORATIONS
MYTHS & LEGENDS
ODDS & ENDS
(Alex: The common link, of course, is the ampersand in each of those categories.)
    $100 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

his hat

Jeff
    $100 1
the Pied Piper (of Hamlin)

Janet
    $100 3
birth

Janet
    $100 5
Mexico

Jeff
    $100 13
the Sun

Jeff
    $100 9
(Alex: Yes, obviously, they were not referring to me.)
[Laughter]

a cork

Scottie
    $200 2
Rough & Ready

Jeff
    $200 20
-ectomy

Jeff
    $200 6
(Jeff: What is the 19th century, Civil War?)

the 20th century, World War II

JanetJeff
    $200 15
(Scottie: What are die... or [*]?)

dice

Scottie
    $200 10
(Scottie: What is a map?)

a dictionary

JeffScottie
    $300 4
London

Scottie
    $300 21
(Alex: And we've got about a minute to go in the round.)

coronary care unit

Jeff
    $300 11
(Bob) Geldof

Jeff
    $300 16
(Janet: What is, um, Athens?)

Troy

JanetJeff
    $300 17
planets (or pets)

Janet
    $400 7
(Jeff: What are bloodhounds?)
(Scottie: What is the sense of smell?)

the ability to speak (verbalize their thoughts)

JeffScottie
Triple Stumper
    $400 22
cells

Jeff
    $400 12
Napoleon

Scottie
    $400 24
the Muses

Scottie
    $400 18
Peter Lorre

Triple Stumper
    $300 8
(1 of) That Darn Cat, The Aristocats, The Cat from Outer Space & Jungle Cat

Janet
    $500 23
Wassermann

Jeff
    $500 14
the propeller

Jeff
    $500 25
the labyrinth

Triple Stumper
    $500 19
a (type of) wind

Janet

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

Janet Jeff Scottie
$700 -$100 -$200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Janet Jeff Scottie
$1,200 $2,600 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ITALY
POETRY
WILDFLOWERS
HISTORY
HOMOPHONES
HODGEPODGE
    $200 1
Sicily

Janet
    $200 11
Abraham Lincoln

Triple Stumper
    $200 6
the Suez Canal

Jeff
    $200 15
(Scottie: What's an index?)
(Janet: What are [*]es, or [*]?)
(Alex: [*], okay. Remember, homophones are words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings.)

tacks/tax

JanetScottie
    $200 20
nets

Jeff
    $1,000 2
Venice

Janet
    $800 12
(Alex: Scottie, do you have a response?)
(Scottie: No, I sure don't.)
(Alex: Well, this one is called "Deteriorata", and it's a National Lampoon lampoon of [*].)

"Desiderata"

Scottie
    $400 7
Cornwallis

Scottie
    $400 16
Mantle/mantel

Scottie
    $400 21
sheepskin

Jeff
    $600 3
bocce

Jeff
    $600 13
(Janet: Who was Edna St. Vincent Millay?)
(Jeff: Who was Elizabeth Dickinson?)
(Scottie: Who was Elizabeth Browning?)
...
(Alex: I think Jeff caught himself afterwards. It's [*]. That question cost all of you some money.)

Emily Dickinson

JanetJeffScottie
Triple Stumper
    $600 8
Mary, Queen of Scots

Janet
    $600 17
coward/cowered

Triple Stumper
    $600 22
(Scottie: What is Jewish New Year?)

Israeli Independence Day

JanetScottie
    $800 4
Vittorio De Sica

Scottie
    $800 14
prison

Triple Stumper
    $800 9
Stalin

Scottie
    $800 18
Leach/leech

Janet
    $800 23
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

gang aft agley

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
the Apennines

Janet
    $1000 10
(Jeff: Who is Pinochet?)

Salvador Allende

JeffScottie
    $1000 19
(Alex: We've got a minute to go in the round.)

sue/sou

Janet

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Janet Jeff Scottie
$6,000 $2,400 $2,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

LITERATURE
ScottieWhat is For Whom the Bell Tolls?
$1,900
JeffWhat is Lost Horizon?
$1,401
JanetWhat is For Whom the Bell Tolls?
$700
For Whom the Bell Tolls

Final scores:

Janet Jeff Scottie
$6,700 $999 $3,900
2-day champion: $9,400 3rd place 2nd place

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Janet Jeff Scottie
$5,600 $2,400 $2,800
14 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 16 R,
4 W		 10 R,
6 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $10,800

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Game tape date: 1986-08-26
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