Responses for Show #519 - Thursday, December 4, 1986

Missing introductions.

Contestants

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Carson Anderson, a city planner originally from Los Angeles, California

Shani Ahronowitz, originally from Baltimore, Maryland

Rick Vernier, a graduate student from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,900)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BIOLOGY
SITCOMS
RHYME TIME
1900
FAMOUS "JAMES"s
TAKE A BATH
    $100 1
a Douglas fir

Shani
    $100 21
Hong Kong

Rick
    $100 6
Sigmund Freud

Carson
    $100 11
(Carson: Who is Gideon?)

King James

ShaniCarson
    $100 16
the back

Shani
    $200 2
eels

Rick
    $200 24
Mr. Peepers

Shani
    $200 22
a green bean

Rick
    $200 7
Count (Ferdinand von) Zeppelin

Rick
    $200 12
James Taylor

Rick
    $200 17
John Glenn

Rick
    $300 3
(Babe) the Blue Ox

Shani
    $300 25
Ralph Kramden

Shani
    $300 23
(Alex: About a minute to go in the round.)

May Day

Triple Stumper
    $300 8
Hawaii

Rick
    $300 13
James Watt

Carson
    $300 18
Richard Wagner

Triple Stumper
    $400 4
the stomach

Carson
    $400 26
All In The Family

Rick
    $400 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

The "Say Hey" Kid

Rick
    $400 9
Casey Jones

Rick
    $400 14
James Joyce

Carson
    $400 19
Queen Elizabeth

Carson
    $500 5
birth

Rick
    $500 27
Chuckles the Clown

Rick
    $500 10
Puccini

Carson
    $600 15
(3 of) James Buchanan, James Madison, James Monroe, James Polk, and James Garfield

Carson
    $500 20
a sauna

Carson

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Rick Shani Carson
$1,800 $500 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Rick Shani Carson
$3,600 $1,100 $3,100

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WASPS
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
WORD ORIGINS
PLAYWRIGHTS
GODFATHERS
YOUNG STARS
    $200 15
(Rick: [Selecting the category] Since I am one, I'll take WASPS for $200, please.)
(Alex: This might be a different kind of wasp.)
[Laughter]

the female sex

Carson
    $200 18
Sweden

Carson
    $200 12
a moped

Rick
    $200 9
Sam Shepard

Shani
    $200 20
The Karate Kid

Shani
    $400 16
4

Rick
    $400 1
(Rick: What are South America and Aus, oh, sorry...)
(Alex: That is incorrect.)

Australia & Antarctica

RickCarson
    $400 5
spaniel

Rick
    $400 10
Eugene O'Neill

Rick
    $400 21
the Cosby kids

Shani
    $600 17
flap their wings at the entrance to the next (fanning their wings)

Carson
    $600 2
the Mediterranean

Carson
    $600 6
a platypus

Carson
    $600 11
Peter Ustinov

Triple Stumper
    $600 25
(Carson: What is confirmation?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

marriage

RickCarson
    $600 23
Rebecca De Mornay

Triple Stumper
    $800 19
saliva

Rick
    $400 3
(Carson: What is Vienna?)
(Alex: Oh, sorry. That's wrong. I remember when that was a big hit for Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. The song is called "[*] Antigua". [*] is the capital.)

Lisbon

Carson
    $800 7
the croupier

Rick
    $800 13
Neil Simon

Rick
    $800 24
Diahann Carroll

Triple Stumper
    $1000 22
(Alex: Less than a minute.)

wasp-waisted

Rick
    $1000 4
the Bahamas

Rick
    $1,000 8
(Rick: What is awaken or waken?)
(Alex: No, sorry. That is incorrect. You were very close, of course. "Waken" was mentioned, and it sounds like it, and that's probably the same derivation. But "it's about time" leads to [*]. What is a [*]?)

watch

Rick
    $1000 14
(Jean) Racine

Rick

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Rick Shani Carson
$9,600 $1,900 $4,700
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WOMEN IN BUSINESS
ShaniWhat is the Washington Post?
$1,899
CarsonWhat is the Christian Science Mon?
$0
RickWhat is the Washington Post?
$100
The Washington Post

Final scores:

Rick Shani Carson
$9,700 $3,799 $4,700
2-day champion: $15,600 3rd place: Panasonic stereo system 2nd place: trip to San Diego

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Rick Shani Carson
$10,600 $1,900 $5,000
23 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 9 R,
0 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $17,500

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Game tape date: 1986-09-16
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