Responses for Show #517 - Tuesday, December 2, 1986

Contestants

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Sam Balko, an operations assistant from Venice, California

Brenda Clark, a sales manager from Phenix City, Alabama

Hank Jones, a genealogist from Toluca Lake, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $18,201)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WOMEN
"FORT"s
NUMBERS IN SONG
MOVIE DIRECTORS
THANKSGIVING
-OLOGIES
    $100 11
Katharine Hepburn

Sam
    $100 21
Fort Worth

Hank
    $100 6
5 miles long

Sam
    $100 1
Steven Spielberg

Sam
    $100 13
the woods

Sam
    $100 24
(Brenda: What is sex?)
[Laughter]
...
(Alex: Less than a minute to go.)

the birds and the bees

BrendaSam
    $200 12
The Color Purple

Hank
    $200 22
Fort Lauderdale

Sam
    $200 7
"The Twelfth Of Never"

Brenda
    $200 2
(Alex: He plays clarinet in a pub every Monday night.)

Woody Allen

Sam
    $200 14
Plymouth Rock

Sam
    $200 25
(Brenda: What is anthropology?)

archaeology

Brenda
Triple Stumper
    $300 15
(Sam: Who is Sally Quinn?)

Patti Davis

HankSam
    $300 23
Fort Knox

Sam
    $300 8
2 to 1

Brenda
    $300 3
Frank Sinatra

Hank
    $300 18
(Alex: And this year, as a matter of fact, since they're no longer in business, the parade was sponsored by the station that carries our show, WPVI. Just wanted to give them credit for that.)

Gimbel's

Hank
    $300 26
seismology

Triple Stumper
    $400 16
(Brenda: What is Mt. Fuji?)

Mt. Everest

BrendaSam
    $400 9
"1-2-3"

Hank
    $400 4
(David Wark) Griffith

Hank
    $400 19
Holland

Hank
    $400 27
poisons

Brenda
    $500 17
Georgia O'Keeffe

Sam
    $800 10
(Hank: What is...)
(Alex: Hurry.)
(Hank: ..."Twelve Miles High"?)

"Eight Miles High"

Hank
    $500 5
(Richard) Lester

Hank
    $500 20
(William) Bradford

Hank
    $500 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: And that sort of kills this round.)

die

Hank

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):

Hank Brenda Sam
$1,000 $500 $500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Hank Brenda Sam
$3,100 $200 $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ANCIENT HISTORY
THE BODY IN QUESTION
ON THE RADIO
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
SPORT OF KINGS
OTHER NAMES
    $200 25
pharaoh

Brenda
    $200 17
your teeth

Sam
    $200 6
Wolfman Jack

Brenda
    $200 1
Jimmy Carter

Brenda
    $200 16
(Hank: What is Spain?)

Portugal

HankSam
    $200 11
Rembrandt

Hank
    $400 26
the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Brenda
    $1,000 18
(Sam: What is volume problems?)
(Alex: Sorry. They both had a problem with [*], according to the expert.)

stuttering

Sam
    $400 7
FM

Brenda
    $400 2
Lincoln

Hank
    $400 22
post time

Hank
    $400 12
Christo

Triple Stumper
    $600 27
hacked part of the legs off

Triple Stumper
    $600 19
baldness

Brenda
    $600 8
Fred Allen

Brenda
    $600 3
Theodore Roosevelt

Brenda
    $600 23
Ascot

Brenda
    $600 13
Donovan

Hank
    $800 28
(Hank: Who is Julius Caesar?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Nero

HankSam
    $800 20
the adenoids

Sam
    $700 9
(Brenda: Who is Mr. Rogers?)
(Alex: No, sorry. If you had heard the show, I'm sure you would recognize it. The show is called [*], and although that was Hank Snow singing, Garrison Keillor is the one who sings the song every week on the program.)
[The song was not reprised going into the break.]

A Prairie Home Companion

Brenda
    $800 4
(Hank: Who is Grant?)

Eisenhower

HankBrenda
    $800 24
(Alex: We've got less than a minute.)

Spend a Buck

Triple Stumper
    $800 14
Topol

Hank
    $1000 21
(Alex: Those of us who have problems with it really know about it.
It's called [*].)

the sciatic nerve

Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
$64

Hank
    $1000 5
(Sam: Who is Buchanan?)

(Grover) Cleveland

HankSam
    $1000 15
Halston

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Hank Brenda Sam
$5,700 $4,100 $2,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

MODERN LITERATURE
SamWhat is 'Catch-22'?
$2,000
BrendaWhat is "Catch 22"
$3,000
HankWhat is Catch 22
$0
Catch-22

Final scores:

Hank Brenda Sam
$5,700 $7,100 $4,000
2nd place: trip to Xanadu Beach Resort in the Bahamas New champion: $7,100 3rd place: Panasonic 25" TV

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Hank Brenda Sam
$6,500 $4,800 $3,000
18 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)
13 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)
15 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $14,300

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Game tape date: 1986-09-16
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