Responses for Show #2480 - Friday, May 19, 1995

Contestants

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Edmund Dente, a media specialist from Somerville, Massachusetts

Ron Lindsay, a philosophy professor from Alexandria, Virginia

Mike Nibley, a multimedia writer and producer from Laurel, Maryland (whose 3-day cash winnings total $36,101)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

FAMOUS PEOPLE
MOVIE DIRECTORS
CHINESE FOOD
POLITICAL TERMS
HEALTH & MEDICINE
TRADITIONAL NATIONAL FLOWERS
(Alex: These are not necessarily the official national flower. These are traditional.)
    $100 1
Hershey

Mike
    $100 8
Stallone

Edmund
    $100 21
sprouts

Edmund
    $100 6
movers

Edmund
    $100 7
menopause

Ron
    $100 26
Ireland

Mike
    $200 2
Einstein

Mike
    $200 15
(Francis Ford) Coppola

Mike
    $200 22
(Mike: What is wok cooking?)
...
(Alex: They're all done basically in a wok.)

stir-frying

MikeEdmund
    $200 11
whistlestopping

Ron
    $200 9
(Ron: What is a cornea?)

the lens

Ron
Triple Stumper
    $200 27
Peru

Edmund
    $300 3
McCormick

Ron
    $300 16
Polanski

Edmund
    $300 23
ham

Mike
    $300 12
not in my back yard

Ron
    $300 10
a kidney

Ron
    $300 29
France

Ron
    $400 4
Rickenbacker

Ron
    $400 19
Penny Marshall

Edmund
    $400 24
a pancake

Ron
    $400 13
(Spiro) Agnew

Mike
    $400 17
leprosy

Ron
    $400 30
Japan

Edmund
    $500 5
Martin Van Buren

Ron
    $500 20
Roger Vadim

Mike
    $500 28
bok choy

Mike
    $500 14
a world order

Mike
    $500 18
anemia

Ron
    $500 25
Switzerland

Edmund

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

Mike Ron Edmund
$1,400 $1,900 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mike Ron Edmund
$2,600 $3,500 $2,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD HISTORY
RELIGION
COMPOSERS
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
ASIA
LITERATURE
    $200 11
Canada

Ron
    $200 17
an agnostic

Edmund
    $200 1
(John Philip) Sousa

Mike
    $200 26
a carat

Ron
    $200 23
Bangkok

Ron
    $200 6
War and Peace

Ron
    $400 15
Brazil

Ron
    $400 18
Islam

Ron
    $400 2
a conductor

Mike
    $400 28
a second

Edmund
    $400 25
Indonesia

Mike
    $400 8
Waugh

Mike
    $600 14
Noriega

Ron
    $600 20
the Talmud

Ron
    $600 3
Johann Strauss

Ron
    $600 29
(Alex: The system is the [*] system, and it may be named for the city of Troyes, T-R-O-Y-E-S.)

troy

Triple Stumper
    $600 24
Afghanistan

Mike
    $600 9
Jean Valjean

Mike
    $800 13
Greece

Ron
    $800 19
Methodism

Ron
    $800 4
Belgium

Mike
    $2,250 30
carbon

Edmund
    $800 22
Arabic

Mike
    $800 10
The Naked and the Dead

Mike
    $1000 12
(Mike: What is Andalusia?)
(Edmund: What is Alhambra?)
...
(Alex: [**] would have been an acceptable response, but we were going for [*].)

Granada (Upper Andalusia)

MikeRonEdmund
    $1000 16
Coptic

Mike
    $1,000 5
(Edvard) Grieg

Mike
    $1000 27
Torricelli

Mike
    $1000 21
Ulan Bator

Ron
    $1000 7
(Samuel) Pepys

Edmund

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mike Ron Edmund
$9,600 $10,500 $5,150

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

CANADA
EdmundWhat are Regina and Victoria
$2,500
MikeWhat are Victoria and Regina
$800
RonWhat are Victoria and Regina?
$9,000
Victoria (British Columbia) & Regina (Saskatchewan)

Final scores:

Mike Ron Edmund
$10,400 $19,500 $7,650
2nd place: Klipsch speakers + Columbia House music club membership New champion: $19,500 3rd place: Tasco telescope

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Mike Ron Edmund
$9,600 $10,500 $3,700
21 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 24 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 13 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $23,800

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Game tape date: 1995-01-17
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