Responses for Show #553 - Wednesday, January 21, 1987

Contestants

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Liz Voss, a legal assistant from Walnut, California

Laurence Braude, an actor and casting assistant from Venice, California

Jerry Salzman, a systems analyst originally from Akron, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,182)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

TRAVEL & TOURISM
SMOKING
O.R.
AMERICAN HISTORY
DRUG STORE
STOP THE PRESSES!!!
(Alex: These are weird, wild, wonderful, almost newsworthy items.)
    $100 19
the Washington Monument

Jerry
    $100 6
West Point

Liz
    $200 25
California

Jerry
    $200 26
(Jerry: What is the Soviet Union?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the United States

JerryLiz
    $200 4
Orville Redenbacher

Jerry
    $200 7
the Declaration of Independence

Jerry
    $200 23
"when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent"

Jerry
    $200 22
(Alex: Or lose federal highway funds if they didn't rescind it.)

55

Laurence
    $300 24
(Laurence: What are business meetings?)

computers

Laurence
Triple Stumper
    $300 11
the Surgeon General's report

Jerry
    $300 1
Oral Roberts

Jerry
    $300 10
the 18th Amendment

Laurence
    $300 14
acetylsalicylic acid

Jerry
    $300 5
no money

Liz
    $400 20
Panama and Columbia

Jerry
    $400 12
(Laurence: What are Camels?)

Salem

Laurence
Triple Stumper
    $500 2
(Jerry: What is "The Old Reward"?)
(Alex: No, sorry. That was a hit song by Walter Brennan. It was all about [*].)
[The song was not reprised going into the break.]

"Old Rivers"

Jerry
    $400 17
the Erie Canal

Liz
    $400 15
acetaminophen

Jerry
    $400 8
angels

Jerry
    $500 21
(Alex: Minute to go in the round.)

Kenya (or Tanzania)

Laurence
    $500 13
(Laurence: Who is John Smith?)

John Rolfe

Laurence
Triple Stumper
    $500 3
Oak Ridge

Triple Stumper
    $500 18
(Laurence: Who is Aaron Burr?)
(Liz: Who is Stephen Douglas?)

Henry Clay

LaurenceLiz
Triple Stumper
    $500 16
alcohol

Liz
    $500 9
(Laurence: Who is, um, who is, Mrs...)

Imelda Marcos

LaurenceLiz

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 10):

Jerry Laurence Liz
$600 -$200 $900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jerry Laurence Liz
$2,300 -$1,200 $1,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

LITERATURE
THE EQUATOR
BABY SONGS
CELEBRITY QUOTES
BRITISH RULERS
BICYCLES
    $200 26
Main Street

Liz
    $200 6
[Applause for Jerry's run of the category]

zero

Jerry
    $200 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

"Baby, Baby, Can't You Hear My Heartbeat"

Liz
    $200 24
Plantagenet

Jerry
    $400 19
(Laurence: What is Huckleberry Finn?)

Life on the Mississippi

Laurence
Triple Stumper
    $400 5
Quito

Jerry
    $400 25
(Jerry: What is "Don't Go"?)

(Don't) "Get Hooked On Me"

JerryLiz
    $400 16
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Triple Stumper
    $400 23
Queen Victoria

Liz
    $400 8
(Liz: What is aluminum?)

plastic

Liz
Triple Stumper
    $600 18
Faulker

Liz
    $2,000 2
25,000

Jerry
    $600 13
"She's My Baby"

Laurence
    $600 10
Edith Head

Triple Stumper
    $600 20
(Liz: Who is Henrietta?)
(Jerry: Who is Queen Victoria?)
(Laurence: Who is Queen Elizabeth?)

Mary, Queen of Scots

JerryLaurenceLiz
Triple Stumper
    $600 7
(Jerry: What are gear shift mechanisms?)

brakes

Jerry
Triple Stumper
    $800 1
The Three Musketeers

Jerry
    $800 3
the magnetic poles

Jerry
    $800 14
Sonny & Cher

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 11
Henry Kissinger

Laurence
    $800 21
(Alex: We've got a minute to go in the round.)

Lady Jane Grey

Liz
    $800 9
pumping water

Laurence
    $1000 17
(Liz: Who is John Masefield?)
(Laurence: Who is John Milton?)

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

LaurenceLiz
Triple Stumper
    $1000 4
the trade winds

Jerry
    $1000 15
"Baby The Rain Must Fall"

Laurence
    $1000 12
Liberace

Laurence
    $1000 22
(Laurence: Who is George?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Laurence: Who is George the... third?)

George VI

LaurenceLiz

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jerry Laurence Liz
$6,100 $200 $3,100

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE CABINET
LaurenceWhat is the Treasury Dept?
$199
LizWhat is the Dept. of the Treasury
$3,000
JerryWhat is the Treasury?
$5,600
Department of the Treasury

Final scores:

Jerry Laurence Liz
$11,700 $399 $6,100
2-day champion: $20,882 3rd place: Smith Corona electric typewriter 2nd place: Admiral refrigerator + Zenith 9" color TV

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jerry Laurence Liz
$5,200 $0 $3,100
18 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 8 R
(including 1 DD),
9 W		 13 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $8,300

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Game tape date: 1986-10-15
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