Responses for Show #784 - Thursday, January 21, 1988

Contestants

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Mike Procopio, a student from Anaheim, California

Pam Myers, a special investigator for the Department of Justice originally from London, England

Paul Tidwell, a tutor from Mission Hills, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $24,400)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE '40S
[The "S" was uppercase and the same size as the "'40".]
ACTORS & ROLES
"WISH"FUL SONG
TRAVEL & TOURISM
POETIC ANIMALS
HOT DOG!
    $100 1
(Paul: Uh, who is FDR?)
...
(Alex: Yes, FDR was dead for quite a while.)

Truman

PaulMike
    $100 2
Mark Twain

Paul
    $100 16
wish upon a star

Mike
    $100 8
SeaWorld

Paul
    $100 10
the king's horses & king's men

Paul
    $100 22
Coney Island

Mike
    $200 3
Stalin

Paul
    $200 5
Christ

Paul
    $200 17
"We Wish You A Merry Christmas"

Paul
    $200 21
New York City

Pam
    $200 11
the raven

Triple Stumper
    $200 27
water

Mike
    $300 4
ABC

Mike
    $300 7
Stacy Keach

Pam
    $300 19
"I Wish"

Paul
    $300 23
(Pam: What is Los Angeles?)

San Francisco

PaulPam
    $300 12
"a Favourite Cat"

Paul
    $300 28
Swifts

Paul
    $400 6
Chuck Yeager

Mike
    $400 14
(Pam: What is, uh... sorry.)

Inspector 12

PamMike
    $400 20
"Wishin' and Hopin'"

Paul
    $400 24
the old Globe Theatre

Mike
    $400 13
(Mike: What is [*], burning bright?)

Tyger Tyger

Mike
    $400 29
(Paul: What are [**]?)
[Alex accepted the city names without naming the common hot dog names.]

frankfurter & weiner (Frankfurt & Vienna)

Paul
    $500 9
(Alex: The author of The Betsy, [*].)

Harold Robbins

Triple Stumper
    $500 15
(Mike: Who are [*]... and that other guy?)
[Alex and audience laughter]
(Paul: Who are [*] and Treat Williams?)

Marlon Brando & Anthony Quinn

PaulMike
Triple Stumper
    $1,000 25
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)
[The song was not reprised going into the break.]

"Wishing You Were Here"

Mike
    $500 26
Maryland

Pam
    $500 18
oysters

Mike
    $500 30
(Mike: What is Hebrew International?)

Hebrew National

PaulMike

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

Paul Pam Mike
$900 -$100 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Paul Pam Mike
$2,800 $300 $2,900

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

FLAGS
FLOWERS
FRENCH ROYALTY
WORLD LITERATURE
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
10-LETTER WORDS
    $200 2
hurricanes

Paul
    $200 19
a snapdragon

Paul
    $200 7
a porcupine

Paul
    $200 3
(Alex: Sherlock Holmes stories.)

(Sir Arthur Conan) Doyle

Mike
    $200 20
Antarctica

Mike
    $1,500 6
(1 of) a hydroplane (hovercraft or helicopter)

Mike
    $400 8
the (grizzly) bear

Pam
    $400 25
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

endangered species

Mike
    $400 14
Napoleon

Paul
    $400 4
Scheherazade

Paul
    $400 21
a printing press

Paul
    $400 18
(Paul: What is equality?)

equivalent

Paul
Triple Stumper
    $600 12
a staff

Mike
    $600 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the pistil

Pam
    $600 15
Eleanor of Aquitaine

Mike
    $600 5
the rubaiyat

Mike
    $600 22
(Mike: [*]?)

the Manhattan (Project)

PaulMike
    $600 28
efficiency

Paul
    $800 13
(Mike: What is... green?)

blue

Mike
Triple Stumper
    $800 16
Louis XVI

Mike
    $800 10
Latin

Paul
    $800 23
Nobel

Paul
    $800 9
the hypotenuse

Paul
    $1000 26
Libya

Triple Stumper
    $1000 27
(Alex: Not fast enough, Paul.)

the narcissus

Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
Madame (de) Pompadour

Mike
    $1000 11
Dostoevsky

Paul
    $1000 24
(Charles) Macintosh

Paul
    $1000 1
geriatrics

Paul

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Paul Pam Mike
$10,800 $1,300 $7,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WOMEN'S RIGHTS
(Alex: [To Mike] We appreciate all the question marks; you remembered now, phrase it in the form of a question.)
[Laughter]
PamWho is Truman
$300
MikeWho is Wilson???????
$7,400
PaulWho was Wilson?
$5,000
(Woodrow) Wilson

Final scores:

Paul Pam Mike
$15,800 $1,000 $14,800
3-day champion: $40,200 3rd place: Villeroy & Boch Naif breakfast set for 8 + Jeopardy! computerized version or Jeopardy! box game 2nd place: Soundesign audio/video center + Sam Moore wing chair + Jeopardy! computerized version or Jeopardy! box game

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Paul Pam Mike
$10,800 $1,300 $5,600
27 R,
3 W
5 R,
2 W
20 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $17,700

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Game tape date: 1987-09-29
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