Responses for Show #857 - Tuesday, May 3, 1988

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Paul Dooling, a college graduate from Wheeling, Illinois

Carl Pasbjerg, a teacher and coach from Rochester, Michigan

Mike Harris, a physician from Mill Valley, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $31,600)

Jeopardy! Round responses

BOSTON
CELEBRITIES
MUSIC
BIOLOGY
SITCOMS
STARTS WITH "Z"
    $100 1
the Old North Church

Mike
    $100 22
Muhammad Ali

Mike
    $100 12
the 9th

Mike
    $100 4
the heart

Mike
    $100 8
the Nortons (Ed & Trixie)

Paul
    $100 16
a zillion

Carl
    $200 2
the JFK library

Mike
    $200 23
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

Jessica Hahn

Paul
    $200 7
2

Paul
    $200 9
Lumpy

Paul
    $200 17
zest

Mike
    $300 3
Beacon Hill

Carl
    $300 24
Carly Simon

Paul
    $300 13
Pavlov

Mike
    $300 10
Webster

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 19
(Michael: [No response])
(Alex: Oh, Michael, you saw the camera [*] in on you, and the word we were going for, obviously is what is [*]? A [*].)

zoom

Mike
    $400 5
Harvard Square

Mike
    $400 14
five-toed (or five-fingered)

Mike
    $400 11
Jose Jimenez

Triple Stumper
    $400 20
Zion

Mike
    $500 6
(Alex: You did well in that category. Did you study in Boston?)
(Mike: I used to live there.)
(Alex: That helps.)

April

Mike
    $500 25
Goodness Had Nothing to Do with it

Triple Stumper
    $500 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Pablo Casals

Paul
    $500 15
the yolk

Carl
    $500 18
Robin Hood

Triple Stumper
    $500 21
zounds

Paul

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

Mike Carl Paul
$2,100 $800 $500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mike Carl Paul
$1,800 $900 $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN AUTHORS
ENGLISH KINGS
TROPICAL FRUITS
LABOR UNIONS
4-LETTER WORDS
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE
(Alex: A snappy dresser, a nice guy, good singer, too.)
    $200 26
did not lie when chopping down the cherry tree

Paul
    $200 2
(Paul: Who is William?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

William the Conqueror

Paul
    $200 7
Jesus

Carl
    $200 11
the CIO (the Congress of Industrial Organizations)

Paul
    $200 1
aqua

Mike
    $200 20
a patent

Mike
    $400 9
(Carl: Who is Richard?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

Richard the Lionhearted

Carl
    $400 8
the coconut

Mike
    $400 12
locals

Paul
    $400 3
hold

Mike
    $400 21
Niagara Falls

Carl
    $600 16
Henry VIII

Carl
    $600 10
breadfruit

Mike
    $600 13
(Mike: Who are the International Workers of the World, also known as the Wobblies?)
[Originally ruled correct; reversed before Final Jeopardy!]

the Industrial Workers of the World (the Wobblies)

Mike
Triple Stumper
    $600 4
(Paul: What is high, for high stake?)

ante

CarlPaul
    $300 22
(Carl: What is a switching device?)

air brakes (for trains)

Carl
    $800 28
(Paul: Who is Zachary Taylor?)
...
(Alex: Yeah, it's said they kept him drunk, that's why he collapsed and died.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Edgar Allan Poe

MikePaul
    $800 17
(Mike: Who's Charles I?)
(Paul: Who is James II?)

Charles II

MikePaul
Triple Stumper
    $800 18
(Paul: What is Africa?)
(Carl: What is South America?)

Asia

CarlPaul
Triple Stumper
    $800 14
Gene Upshaw

Mike
    $800 5
a bloc

Mike
    $800 23
automobiles

Carl
    $700 27
(Paul: Who is Carrie Nation?)

Helen Keller

Paul
    $1000 25
(Alex: Less than a minute to go.)

George III

Triple Stumper
    $1000 19
mango

Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
the Haymarket

Mike
    $1000 6
a wyle

Carl
    $1000 24
(Alex: Until then, they used a lot of DC.)

alternating current

Mike

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mike Carl Paul
$6,600 $3,800 -$700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ADVERTISING
(Alex: It happened in Nicollet Park in Minneapolis. It was for Wheaties, of course. [*].)
CarlWhat is Breakfast of Champions?
$3,800
MikeWhat is Snap, Crackle, Pop?
$1,000
"The Breakfast of Champions"

Final scores:

Mike Carl Paul
$5,600 $7,600 -$700
2nd place New champion: $7,600 3rd place

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Mike Carl Paul
$7,600 $4,100 $0
21 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)
10 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)
11 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $11,700

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Game tape date: 1988-01-25
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