Responses for Show #2492 - Tuesday, June 6, 1995

Contestants

Tom Gardner, an inventor and engineer from Walnut Creek, California

Judi Amsel, an acquisitions editor from Nyack, New York

Howard Goldstein, a music professor from Auburn, Alabama (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN HISTORY
THE MOVIES
FASHION
PARKS
ORGANIZATIONS
HODGEPODGE
    $100 5
Rhode Island

Tom
    $100 1
The Silence of the Lambs

Judi
    $100 3
pajamas

Judi
    $100 10
(Howard: What is Buffalo?)

Niagara Falls

HowardTom
    $100 25
the PTA

Judi
    $100 19
Sports Illustrated

Judi
    $200 6
the Confederacy

Tom
    $200 2
The River Wild

Triple Stumper
    $200 4
a slicker

Tom
    $200 11
Mammoth Cave

Tom
    $200 26
the Knights of Columbus

Judi
    $200 20
(Edgar Allan) Poe

Howard
    $300 7
Clara Barton

Judi
    $300 15
Clint Eastwood

Howard
    $300 18
shoes

Judi
    $300 12
St. Augustine

Judi
    $300 27
the NCAA

Judi
    $300 21
aluminum

Judi
    $400 8
South Carolina

Tom
    $400 16
Spencer Tracy

Howard
    $400 24
shoulders

Tom
    $400 13
Hot Springs

Tom
    $400 28
Oz

Howard
    $400 22
the Puritans

Howard
    $600 9
Philadelphia

Tom
    $500 17
The Age of Innocence

Judi
    $500 30
seersucker

Tom
    $500 14
Holland

Howard
    $500 29
Martin Luther King, Jr

Tom
    $500 23
Geronimo

Judi

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

Howard Judi Tom
$700 $800 $2,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Howard Judi Tom
$2,100 $3,100 $3,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 16th CENTURY
FRUITS
GEOGRAPHY
SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE
AUTHORS
MALAYO- POLYNESIAN WORDS
(Alex: This is the first time we have had this as a category.)
    $200 12
the Sistine Chapel

Howard
    $200 20
grapefruit

Judi
    $200 1
the Balkans

Tom
    $200 14
Federalist

Howard
    $200 27
John Steinbeck

Tom
    $200 4
taboo

Tom
    $400 13
Cortés

Tom
    $400 21
(Judi: [*]?--What are [*]?)

cherries

Judi
    $400 2
the Arctic Circle

Tom
    $400 18
(Sam) Rayburn

Howard
    $400 6
(Joseph) Conrad

Judi
    $400 5
(Judi: What is havoc?)

amok

HowardJudi
    $600 17
Lady Jane Grey

Tom
    $600 22
the watermelon

Judi
    $600 3
a Cypriot

Judi
    $600 19
(Woodrow) Wilson

Judi
    $600 7
Norman Mailer

Howard
    $400 28
(Tom: No idea, Alex.)

a caddy

Tom
    $800 15
(John) Calvin

Howard
    $800 23
an avocado

Judi
    $2,500 10
Armenia

Howard
    $800 25
(Nicholas) Longworth

Tom
    $800 8
Anthony Burgess

Triple Stumper
    $800 29
(Howard: What is... mahi mahi?)

the mako

Howard
Triple Stumper
    $1000 16
(Howard: What is the Bridge of Sighs?)
(Judi: What is the Rienzi?)
...
(Alex: I have a feeling, Judi, you may have misspoken. "What is [*]?"--not the Rienzi. Rienzi was a famous individual.)

the Rialto

HowardJudi
Triple Stumper
    $1000 24
(Howard: What is McIntosh?)

(Red) Delicious

HowardTom
    $1000 11
(Howard: What is Norway?)
(Judi: What is Denmark?)
...
(Alex: Tom's going to sit this one out, or stand this one out.)

Sweden

HowardJudi
Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
(Judi: Who is... Tyler?)

Polk

HowardJudi
    $1000 9
(Saul) Bellow

Howard
    $1000 30
(Tom: What's an emu?)
(Howard: What is a... rhea?)

a cassowary

HowardTom
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Howard Judi Tom
$4,400 $3,300 $6,000

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Final Jeopardy! Round responses

POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS
(Alex: All right. There's a bit of a trick, obviously, in this one, because the state that is first alphabetically is not necessarily the one that has the two-letter abbreviation that is first alphabetically.)
...
(Alex: [To Judi] The two-letter abbreviation is AK. Alabama is AL.)
JudiWhat is Alaska?
$499
HowardWhat is Alaska?
$4,399
TomWhat is Alaska
$2,801
Alaska

Final scores:

Howard Judi Tom
$8,799 $3,799 $8,801
2nd place: Gateway 2000 family multimedia PC + Bassett home computer workstation + Jeopardy! home game 3rd place: Samsung 13" color monitor TV/VCR + Jeopardy! home game New champion: $8,801

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Howard Judi Tom
$2,700 $3,300 $6,300
15 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W		 19 R,
4 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $12,300

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Game tape date: 1995-02-01
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