Responses for Show #2498 - Wednesday, June 14, 1995

Jim Vercolen game 2.

Contestants

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Mike Willard, a high school teacher from Oceanside, New York

Martin Bruer, a house renovator from London, Ontario, Canada

Jim Vercolen, a part-time teacher from Rochester, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,900)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ART
ANNUAL EVENTS
QUOTATIONS
POLITICAL TERMS
THE 1920s
CHARACTERS IN FILM
(Alex: I'll name the characters; you identify the film.)
    $100 1
Oxford

Mike
    $100 19
Kentucky

Mike
    $100 20
Little Women

Mike
    $100 11
allegiance

Mike
    $100 13
airmail

Jim
    $100 6
The Sound of Music

Martin
    $200 2
a triptych

Jim
    $200 27
Las Vegas

Martin
    $200 21
Poor Richard's Almanack

Mike
    $200 12
caucus

Jim
    $200 14
Yugoslavia

Mike
    $200 7
Casablanca

Jim
    $300 3
water lilies

Jim
    $300 28
Nebraska

Jim
    $300 22
make passes

Martin
    $300 16
recall

Jim
    $300 15
(Jim: What is bridge?)

backgammon

Jim
Triple Stumper
    $300 8
Midnight Cowboy

Jim
    $400 4
Washington

Jim
    $400 29
Mardi Gras

Jim
    $400 23
(Don't put your eggs) all in one basket

Jim
    $400 17
a mayor

Mike
    $1,000 25
physics

Jim
    $400 9
Animal House

Martin
    $500 5
(Alex: [To Mike] Remember to ring in before you respond.)

plaster

Mike
    $500 30
the Acadians

Martin
    $500 24
nuts

Jim
    $500 18
(Martin: Uh, what is an amendment?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Martin: [No response])

a rider

MartinMike
    $500 26
(Mike: What is Fairbanks?)

Anchorage

JimMike
    $500 10
(Martin: Uh, what is Death of a Salesman?)

The Sunshine Boys

Martin
Triple Stumper

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

Jim Martin Mike
$1,400 $0 $900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jim Martin Mike
$4,800 $500 $1,700

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE BIBLE
WORLD ALMANAC 1995
OPERA
PARKS
BOOKS & AUTHORS
HISTORIC DOUBLE Bs
    $200 1
Adam

Martin
    $200 21
Secretary of State

Martin
    $200 12
Gertrude Stein

Mike
    $200 26
Australia

Martin
    $200 3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Jim
    $200 8
the Caribbean

Martin
    $400 2
beheading

Jim
    $400 22
(Vice President) Gore

Mike
    $400 17
Simón Bolívar

Martin
    $400 27
Dayton

Mike
    $400 4
The Prince of Tides

Mike
    $400 13
Westminster Abbey

Martin
    $600 9
the Gospel according to St. Luke

Martin
    $600 23
race car driving (auto racing)

Martin
    $600 18
Caruso

Jim
    $600 28
Quebec

Martin
    $600 5
Ulysses

Jim
    $600 14
Entebbe

Martin
    $800 10
Rachel (or Leah)

Martin
    $1,500 24
Prince Philip

Martin
    $800 19
Madame Butterfly

Jim
    $800 29
Crater Lake National Park

Triple Stumper
    $800 6
Sylvia Plath

Jim
    $800 15
Ty Cobb

Mike
    $1000 11
wrath

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
Chile

Mike
    $1000 20
(Martin: Who is Bertolt Brecht?)

Kurt Weill

MartinMike
    $1000 30
(Martin: What is Guam?)

American Samoa

Martin
Triple Stumper
    $2,000 7
the Kiss of the Spider Woman

Jim
    $1000 16
Edwin Hubble

Martin

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jim Martin Mike
$10,200 $5,800 $5,900

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN WOMEN
MartinWho was ?
$5,800
MikeWho is Jane Adams
$5,800
JimWho was Jane Adams
$2,000
Jane Addams

Final scores:

Jim Martin Mike
$12,200 $0 $11,700
2-day champion: $22,100 3rd place: Cazal sunglasses + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System + Jeopardy! home game 2nd place: trip on TWA to Washington, D.C. & stay at Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System + Jeopardy! home game

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jim Martin Mike
$8,600 $5,100 $5,900
21 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 16 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $19,600

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Game tape date: 1995-02-07
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