Responses for Show #490 - Friday, October 24, 1986

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Contestants

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Steve Hayes, a writer from Washington, D.C.

Carolyn Fox, a student from Redondo Beach, California

Lucy Sweeney, an apprentice baker from San Bruno, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

FAMOUS QUOTES
TIMELY MUSIC
PEOPLE ON THE MAP
COLONIAL AMERICA
SIGNS
ACTORS & ROLE
(Alex: This category has to do with information regarding a number of performers who have all played the same role in film or on television.)
    $100 11
income tax

Steve
    $100 6
"Twilight Time"

Carolyn
    $100 16
Virginia

Carolyn
    $100 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

witchcraft

Lucy
    $100 21
a hand

Carolyn
    $100 1
James Bond

Lucy
    $200 12
Patty Hearst

Carolyn
    $200 7
"24 Little Hours"

Lucy
    $200 17
Jack London

Carolyn
    $200 22
(Alex: You've got a minute to go in the round.)

a sandwich board

Steve
    $200 2
Mr. (Fletcher) Christian

Lucy
    $300 13
to die

Carolyn
    $300 8
a quarter to three

Steve
    $300 18
Florida

Steve
    $300 23
a hospital

Carolyn
    $300 3
Eliza Dolittle

Steve
    $400 14
a beaut

Lucy
    $400 9
(Carolyn: What is "To Yesterday"?)

"Minute By Minute"

Carolyn
Triple Stumper
    $600 19
(Steve: No idea, sorry.)
(Alex: Couple of good items in the clue there. New Hampshire, [*]. Now, I hope you guys have noticed that when we said PEOPLE ON THE MAP, that all of the correct responses are the names of people that correspond to places.)
[The song was reprised going into the break.]

Melissa Manchester

Steve
    $400 24
(Alex: You'd see that sign in [*]. At least you should.)

an elevator

Triple Stumper
    $400 4
Darrin Stephens

Steve
    $500 15
Republican

Steve
    $500 10
(Carolyn: What is "Borrowed Time"?)

"Tulsa Time"

Carolyn
Triple Stumper
    $500 20
Jill Ireland

Steve
    $500 25
Hollywood

Triple Stumper
    $500 5
The Front Page

Steve

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Lucy Carolyn Steve
$500 -$300 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Lucy Carolyn Steve
$1,000 $400 $2,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ASTRONOMY
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
STARTS WITH "J"
ELVIS
PRESIDENTS
CORN
    $200 1
the speed of light

Lucy
    $200 22
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

Gilette

Steve
    $200 9
"Jury"

Lucy
    $200 14
(Steve: Who was Jack Paar?)
...
(Alex: Once [*] saw how well he did on Steve Allen, he said, "Sure, let's have Elvis on our show.")

Ed Sullivan

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $200 16
(Steve: Who was Rutherford?)
(Alex: No. Be more specific.)
(Steve: Oh. Who was James B. Rutherford?)
...
(Alex: We did not have a President Rutherford, to my knowledge.)

Rutherford B. Hayes

LucySteve
    $200 3
Columbus

Lucy
    $400 2
(Alex: Approximately 100,000 can be seen with the aid of a telescope.)

6,000

Triple Stumper
    $400 24
(Alex: And congratulations to them.)

Mobil

Steve
    $400 10
a jailbird

Carolyn
    $400 15
(Alex: Because [*] was on its flip side, that's the animal that was featured.)

a hound dog

Triple Stumper
    $400 17
Teddy Roosevelt

Carolyn
    $400 4
why does popcorn pop

Carolyn
    $600 5
galaxies

Steve
    $600 11
julienne

Carolyn
    $600 19
"O Sole Mio"

Lucy
    $600 18
Calvin Coolidge

Steve
    $600 6
(Steve: What is Kansas?)

Iowa

LucySteve
    $600 20
Mercury & Venus

Lucy
    $600 12
Juneau

Carolyn
    $800 23
Memphis

Lucy
    $800 25
(Alex: I just happen to have a few of them in my pocket. [*])
[Laughter]
(Alex: Don't believe that, folks.)

$5,000 bill

Triple Stumper
    $800 7
a kernel

Carolyn
    $1000 21
Pluto

Lucy
    $1000 13
(Carolyn: What is the Jabberwocky?) [Accepted without remark]

the Jabberwock

Carolyn
    $1000 27
(Carolyn: What is Lackland Air Force Base?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Fort Hood

Carolyn
Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
Andrew Jackson

Triple Stumper
    $1000 8
(Carolyn: What are grains?)

the grass family

Carolyn
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Lucy Carolyn Steve
$5,400 $2,600 $3,300

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. CITIES
(Alex: It's the fourth-largest city in the country. New York City, of course, is east of the Mississippi. L.A. is west of the Rockies. Chicago is east of the Mississippi also.)
CarolynWhat is Chicago?
$1,000
SteveWhat is Dallas, Texas?
$2,150
LucyWhat is St. Louis?
$1,201
Houston

Final scores:

Lucy Carolyn Steve
$4,199 $1,600 $1,150
2-day champion: $11,199 2nd place 3rd place

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Lucy Carolyn Steve
$5,600 $2,800 $3,900
14 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 13 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $12,300

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Game tape date: 1986-08-26
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