Responses for Show #2497 - Tuesday, June 13, 1995

Jim Vercolen game 1.

Contestants

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Jim Vercolen, a part-time teacher from Rochester, New York

John Caniglia, an attorney from Verona, New Jersey

Mark Mullinax, a fish and wildlife volunteer originally from Paxton, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $23,300)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

CANADA
NO. 1 HITS
BLACK FIRSTS
THE OLD WEST
MORE HINTS FROM HELOISE
"T" TIME
    $100 3
Ottawa

Mark
    $100 21
the Bee Gees

Jim
    $100 7
the Kentucky Derby

Jim
    $100 1
the Chuck Wagon

Mark
    $100 26
(Mark: What are bread crumbs?)
...
(Alex: We don't get bread crumbs from crackers.)

crumbs

Mark
Triple Stumper
    $100 16
a tomahawk

Jim
    $200 12
Nova Scotia

Mark
    $200 22
Billy Joel

John
    $200 8
(John: Who is Frederick Douglass?)

Booker T. Washington

John
Triple Stumper
    $200 2
Annie Oakley

John
    $200 27
(face) powder

Triple Stumper
    $200 17
tarot cards

John
    $300 13
Newfoundland

Jim
    $300 23
Michael Bolton

Mark
    $300 9
Jamestown

Jim
    $300 4
Remington

Triple Stumper
    $300 28
bows

Triple Stumper
    $300 18
Troy

Mark
    $400 14
Regina

Jim
    $400 24
"The Loco-Motion"

Jim
    $400 10
the Blue Angels

Jim
    $400 5
Oklahoma

Jim
    $400 29
eggshells

Triple Stumper
    $400 19
tuberculosis

Mark
    $500 15
a beaver

Jim
    $500 25
(Mark: What was "Puff The Magic Dragon"?)
(Jim: What was "Lemon Tree"?)

"Leaving On A Jet Plane"

MarkJim
Triple Stumper
    $500 11
(Jim: What is, uh, George Washington University?)

Howard

Jim
    $500 6
the Santa Fe Trail

Mark
    $500 30
citric acid

Jim
    $500 20
Timothy

John

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

Mark John Jim
$900 $0 $1,900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mark John Jim
$1,300 $900 $2,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

PHILOSOPHY
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
PRESIDENTS
ZOOLOGY
QUOTATIONS
AWARDS
    $200 12
China

Jim
    $200 6
the English Channel

Mark
    $200 1
Harry Truman

Mark
    $200 26
vipers

John
    $200 18
Will Rogers

Mark
    $200 11
football

Jim
    $400 13
Vienna

John
    $1,000 7
the Himalayas

Mark
    $400 2
Richard Nixon

John
    $400 27
the llama

John
    $400 19
love

Triple Stumper
    $400 14
(Mark: What is General Motors?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

Chevrolet

Mark
    $600 15
ethics

Jim
    $600 8
South Africa

John
    $600 3
Virginia

John
    $600 28
(Jim: What is the sea urchin?)

the lobster

Jim
Triple Stumper
    $600 20
(Jim: Who is Mark Twain?)

Edmond Hoyle

Jim
Triple Stumper
    $600 23
(Jim: Mort Drucker.)

Mort Walker

MarkJim
    $800 16
Descartes

Jim
    $800 9
Ben Nevis

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 4
Franklin Roosevelt

John
    $800 29
a snail

Jim
    $800 21
Henry Ford

Jim
    $800 24
Planned Parenthood

Jim
    $1000 17
Kierkegaard

Jim
    $1000 10
the Elbe

John
    $1000 5
(John: Uh, who is Andrew Jackson?)

President Polk

John
Triple Stumper
    $1000 30
birds

Mark
    $1000 22
Disraeli

Jim
    $1000 25
(Arthur) Schlesinger (Jr.)

Jim

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mark John Jim
$4,900 $4,500 $7,900

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORIC PAIRS
JohnWho are Mason & Dixon
$4,400
MarkWho were?
$4,401
JimWho were Mason & Dixon
$2,000
(Charles) Mason & (Jeremiah) Dixon

Final scores:

Mark John Jim
$499 $8,900 $9,900
3rd place: Hatteras hammocks + Jeopardy! home game 2nd place: trip on TWA to San Juan, Puerto Rico & stay at the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza + Jeopardy! home game New champion: $9,900

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Mark John Jim
$4,300 $4,300 $8,400
14 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 12 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 21 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $17,000

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Game tape date: 1995-02-07
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