Responses for Show #609 - Thursday, April 9, 1987

Contestants

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Chris Walkey, a jeweler originally from Boston, Massachusetts

Peg Smith, a housewife from Madeira Beach, Florida

Jonathan Vaughan, a graphics design student originally from Hong Kong (whose 2-day cash winnings total $13,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

COUNTRY MUSIC
SPELLING
THE MIDDLE AGES
COTTON
ANIMAL LOVERS
THE 3 STOOGES
    $100 1
G-R-A-M-M-A-R

Jonathan
    $100 3
the Crusades

Chris
    $100 13
the boll

Peg
    $100 8
a bull

Chris
    $100 21
Howard

Chris
    $200 2
A-E-R-O-B-I-C-S

Peg
    $200 4
Africa

Chris
    $200 14
busted

Peg
    $200 9
a swan

Chris
    $200 22
Hitler

Chris
    $300 18
(Chris: What are P-A-R-A-N-T-H-E-S-I-S?)

P-A-R-E-N-T-H-E-S-E-S

JonathanChris
    $300 5
(Jonathan: What is now France?)

Spain

JonathanPeg
    $300 15
(Peg: What is a knee sock?)
(Alex: Oh, sorry. According to the card, this contains 11 ounces of raw cotton, enough to make a long-sleeved [*]. Would you believe it in this little...)
(Peg: No, I wouldn't believe it.)
(Alex: You'll believe it now.)

a man's shirt

Peg
    $300 10
Beauty and the Beast

Chris
    $300 23
[Alex gave the correct response with a vocal trill.]

woo

Triple Stumper
    $400 19
(Peg: What is A-D-R-I-A-T-I... I lost it.)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

M-E-D-I-T-E-R-R-A-N-E-A-N

JonathanPeg
    $400 6
(Chris: What is Iceland?)

England

PegChris
    $400 16
(Chris: What is Madras?)

Egypt

Chris
Triple Stumper
    $400 11
Trigger

Triple Stumper
    $400 24
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: Somebody once said that only men appreciate the wild humor of the Three Stooges. Women are too intelligent to go for that kind of stuff.)

Pull

Chris
    $500 20
P-O-I-N-S-E-T-T-I-A

Chris
    $500 7
(Jonathan: Who are the Huns?)

the Mongols

JonathanPeg
    $500 17
(Peg: What is Nashville?)

Memphis

JonathanPeg
    $500 12
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)

Chris

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):

Jonathan Peg Chris
-$700 $1,400 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jonathan Peg Chris
$500 $500 $1,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WESTERN HEMISPHERE
TECHNOLOGY
TREES
AMERICAN POETRY
"STEIN"s
COMMON BONDS
    $200 16
Tahiti

Peg
    $200 11
movie theatre (or screening room)

Triple Stumper
    $200 1
[Jonathan selected the first clue as "the returner".]

cones

Peg
    $200 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Ogden Nash

Peg
    $200 21
(Jonathan: Who is Gertrude Stein?)

Gloria Steinem

JonathanPeg
    $200 2
(Peg: What are ties? Neckwear?)

things that go around the neck

Peg
Triple Stumper
    $400 17
El Dorado

Peg
    $400 12
shopping carts

Chris
    $400 7
oak

Triple Stumper
    $400 22
Gertrude Stein

Jonathan
    $400 3
children's games

Jonathan
    $600 18
(Peg: What is Chile?)
(Jonathan: What is Peru?)
(Chris: What is Colombia?)

Ecuador

JonathanPegChris
Triple Stumper
    $600 13
a clone

Chris
    $600 8
chlorophyll

Chris
    $600 23
(Chris: Who is Rubenstein?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Chris: Johnathan Rubenstein?)
[Originally ruled correct; reversed before Final Jeopardy!]

John Rubenstein

Chris
Triple Stumper
    $600 4
grapes

Chris
    $1,000 19
Ontario

Peg
    $800 14
telegraph

Chris
    $800 9
(Chris: What is Brazil?)
(Peg: What is Australia?)

India

JonathanPegChris
    $800 24
Charles Steinmetz

Triple Stumper
    $500 5
stages

Chris
    $1000 20
(Alex: With a minute to go.)

the Great Salt Lake

Chris
    $1000 15
(Rupert) Murdoch

Chris
    $1000 10
cedars (of Lebanon)

Jonathan
    $1000 25
Stein Eriksen

Triple Stumper
    $1000 6
(Jonathan: What are punctuation marks?)
[Originally ruled correct; reversed before Daily Double at clue 19]

diacritical marks (or pronunciation marks)

Jonathan
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jonathan Peg Chris
$1,300 $1,100 $5,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

PRESIDENTS
PegWho is LBJ?
$1,100
JonathanWho is Hoover?
$1,200
ChrisWho is L.B.J
$1,000
Lyndon B. Johnson

Final scores:

Jonathan Peg Chris
$100 $2,200 $6,000
3rd place: Speed Queen washer & dryer 2nd place: trip to Roseland Ranch in Stanfordville, New York New champion: $6,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jonathan Peg Chris
$1,300 $1,200 $5,300
8 R,
5 W		 12 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
(including 1 DD)		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W

Combined Coryat: $7,800

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Game tape date: 1986-12-09
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