Responses for Show #625 - Friday, May 1, 1987

Contestants

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Matthew Lee, a graduate student from Los Angeles, California

Betsey Kay, an alcohol and drug abuse counselor from Carson City, Nevada

Linda Shewey, a housewife from Richmond, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BEST SELLERS
MYTHOLOGY
WASHINGTON, D.C.
LEADING MEN
"V" WORDS
STOP THE PRESSES!!!
    $100 1
Jane Fonda

Linda
    $100 3
the Earth

Linda
    $100 4
(Alex: They took back a little bit of it and put it back into Virginia.)

smaller

Triple Stumper
    $100 26
John Wayne

Matthew
    $100 7
votive candles

Matthew
    $100 16
(Linda: What is a bus?)

a fire engine

Linda
Triple Stumper
    $200 2
World War II

Matthew
    $200 10
Mars

Matthew
    $200 19
George Washington & Christopher Columbus

Matthew
    $200 27
(Matthew: What is a sea captain?)
...
(Alex: The film was called The Case of the Curious Bride and Errol played [*].)
...
(Alex: He played it well by the way.)

a corpse

Matthew
Triple Stumper
    $200 8
vagrancy

Betsey
    $200 17
a sushi bar

Betsey
    $300 5
(Matthew: Who is Mr. Goodbar?)

#1

Matthew
Triple Stumper
    $300 11
(Alex: Wife of Menelaus, right.)

Helen

Linda
    $300 20
Japan

Matthew
    $300 28
(Alex: Matthew?)
(Matthew: I can't place it.)
(Alex: He starred in the film Elvis and the Beauty Queen and he is currently seen each week on television in Miami Vice.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds and the song was not reprised going into the break.]

Don Johnson

Matthew
    $300 9
"Volare"

Matthew
    $300 23
[Laughter]

Ronald McDonald

Betsey
    $400 6
Jacqueline Susann

Betsey
    $400 13
Prometheus

Matthew
    $400 21
the Library of Congress

Linda
    $400 15
a viscount

Linda
    $400 24
(Alex: Yeah, penalize them. We've got less than a minute to go, Matthew.)

obese people (fat people)

Matthew
    $500 12
The One Minute Manager

Matthew
    $500 14
(Alex: You didn't ring in fast enough there, Matthew.)

story (tale)

Triple Stumper
    $500 22
Abraham Lincoln

Betsey
    $500 18
valance

Linda
    $500 25
(Alex: Yes, it's an award for excellence and service to our country.)

Kate Smith

Linda

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

Linda Betsey Matthew
$500 $600 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Linda Betsey Matthew
$2,200 $1,600 $1,900

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SPORTS NICKNAMES
AFRICA
FRUIT
ARMED FORCES
PREACHERS
QUESTIONABLE SONGS
    $200 6
Wilt Chamberlain

Betsey
    $200 2
(Betsey: What is Monaco?)
(Matthew: What is Nigeria?)

the Republic of South Africa

BetseyMatthew
Triple Stumper
    $200 1
an apple

Matthew
    $200 19
(Alex: Yes, although the New Jersey did see some service in Vietnam it was recommissoned on that date.)

battleships

Linda
    $200 16
Oral Roberts

Matthew
    $200 9
"Where Did Our Love Go?"

Triple Stumper
    $400 8
Billie Jean King

Triple Stumper
    $400 14
the Gold Coast

Matthew
    $400 3
Huckleberry

Betsey
    $400 22
(Matthew: What is the Navy?)

the Coast Guard

BetseyMatthew
    $400 20
(Alex: He won an Emmy also, [*], we've got less than a minute, Linda.)

Bishop Fulton Sheen

Triple Stumper
    $400 10
"Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)"

Triple Stumper
    $600 11
"The Rocket"

Linda
    $600 15
the Congo

Linda
    $400 4
watermelon

Betsey
    $600 23
the calvalry

Triple Stumper
    $600 21
Elijah Muhammad

Triple Stumper
    $800 12
(Alex: That's right, Gehrig was nicknamed the "Iron Horse".)

the "Iron Man"

Betsey
    $1,000 17
(Matthew: What are [*]?)
(Alex: Right.)
(Matthew: [**]?)
(Alex: Uh huh.)
(Matthew: And... Dutch?)

(3 of) English, French, Spanish or Portuguese

Matthew
    $800 5
a tomato

Linda
    $800 24
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

women

Matthew
    $1000 13
Sammy Baugh

Triple Stumper
    $1000 18
Rwanda

Matthew
    $1000 7
(Alex: Very similar to the French word pamplemousse, [*].)

pomelo

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Linda Betsey Matthew
$4,400 $3,600 $2,900

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

TRANSPORTATION
MatthewWhat is American?
$2,900
BetseyWhat is United?
$3,600
LindaWhat is Eastern?
$0
United

Final scores:

Linda Betsey Matthew
$4,400 $7,200 $0
2nd place: Vitamaster Monitor 500M exercise cycle + Zenith 9" color TV New champion: $7,200 3rd place: Waverly bed ensemble

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Linda Betsey Matthew
$4,400 $3,800 $4,200
11 R,
1 W
10 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
15 R,
6 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $12,400

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Game tape date: 1987-01-07
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