Responses for Show #940 - Friday, October 7, 1988

Contestants

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Alec Iorio, an international freight forwarder originally from St. Louis, Missouri

Donna Maurillo, an owner of a public relations agency from Aptos, California

Gladys Brass, a high school librarian from Pilesville, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,599)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

TECHNOLOGY
ODD WORDS
ARTISTS
WESTERN SONGS
PICKLES
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
    $100 22
3D

Donna
    $100 6
a boxing match (or fight)

Alec
    $100 14
St. Peter's in Rome

Donna
    $100 16
Abilene

Donna
    $100 11
Heinz

Donna
    $100 1
George Washington

Alec
    $200 23
[NOTE: The word "horseshoe" was misspelled on screen as shown.]
(Alex: They use a kind of bonding, the same as for teeth.)

nails

Donna
    $200 7
a bear

Alec
    $200 15
Andy Warhol

Gladys
    $400 25
(Alex: [Before Donna's wager] We've got a minute to go.)

"Ghost Riders In The Sky"

Donna
    $200 12
salt

Donna
    $200 2
Jefferson

Gladys
    $300 24
(Donna: What is a video disc?)
(Alec: What is a computer disc?)
(Gladys: What is an audio disc?)
...
(Alex: Each one of you missed it. No harm, no foul. You lost the same amount of money.)

a compact disc (CD)

GladysDonnaAlec
Triple Stumper
    $300 8
drives camels

Donna
    $300 17
The Divine Comedy

Alec
    $300 26
Sioux City

Gladys
    $300 13
(Alec: Who was Morey Amsterdam?)
...
(Alex: Alec, I believe you misread the clue. We said character, [*], not the actor playing him.)

Buddy Sorrell

Alec
Triple Stumper
    $300 3
Abraham Lincoln

Alec
    $400 9
living in the country

Alec
    $400 18
(Alec: Who was Seurat?)

Édouard Manet

Alec
Triple Stumper
    $400 27
"Happy Trails"

Donna
    $400 20
(Alec [Selecting the clue]: I have this craving for pickles. $400, please.)
(Alex: You're pregnant, are you?)
(Alec: No, craving attention.)

garlic

Gladys
    $400 4
(Martin) Van Buren

Gladys
    $500 10
chukka

Alec
    $500 19
Jasper Johns

Triple Stumper
    $500 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

"I'm An Old Cowhand"

Donna
    $500 21
Christina Pickles

Alec
    $500 5
James Madison

Triple Stumper

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

Gladys Donna Alec
$800 $700 $1,300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Gladys Donna Alec
$1,200 $2,100 $1,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 20TH CENTURY
BLACK AMERICA
ACTORS & ROLES
TRAVEL & TOURISM
THE FUNNIES
SPEAK OF THE DICKENS
(Alex: A reference, of course, to Charles Dickens.)
    $200 25
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

the U.N.

Gladys
    $200 7
Martin Luther King

Gladys
    $200 15
Thumper

Alec
    $200 10
Jakarta

Gladys
    $200 4
Garfield

Gladys
    $200 1
Christmas

Alec
    $400 26
(Alec: What is the Russian empire?)

the Ottoman Empire

Alec
Triple Stumper
    $400 8
9

Donna
    $400 16
Rue McClanahan

Alec
    $400 11
Washington

Donna
    $400 9
Nancy

Gladys
    $400 2
illustrate them

Alec
    $600 28
(Juan) Perón

Alec
    $1,000 20
(Alex: Andrew and Coleman.)

Young

Gladys
    $600 17
Ben Vereen

Triple Stumper
    $600 22
Williamsburg

Alec
    $600 12
Milton Caniff

Donna
    $600 3
Tale of Two Cities

Donna
    $800 29
Secretary of State

Alec
    $800 21
Harriet Tubman

Donna
    $800 18
Dabney Coleman

Alec
    $800 23
Portugal

Alec
    $800 13
Crock

Triple Stumper
    $1,400 5
David Copperfield

Gladys
    $1000 30
Teapot Dome

Alec
    $1000 27
Washington, D.C.

Donna
    $1000 19
James Stewart

Gladys
    $1000 24
San Antonio

Alec
    $1000 14
Hi and Lois

Alec
    $1000 6
fog

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Gladys Donna Alec
$5,800 $5,900 $8,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

SPORTS & GAMES
(Alex: The sport was invented just a couple of years after basketball. It was [*]. Basketball came in 1936. [*] came in '64.)
GladysWhat is basketball?
$5,800
DonnaWhat is box
$5,800
AlecWhat is football
$4,800
volleyball

Final scores:

Gladys Donna Alec
$0 $100 $4,000
3rd place: Baldwin brass desk accessories 2nd place: Ashley bedroom furniture + Capri Lighting track lighting New champion: $4,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Gladys Donna Alec
$4,800 $5,700 $8,800
13 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 20 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $19,300

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Game tape date: 1988-07-26
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