Responses for Show #746 - Monday, November 30, 1987

Contestants

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Robert Horton, a computer salesman from Largo, Florida

Andras Babero, an attorney from Las Vegas, Nevada

Sheryl Krieger, an advertising executive from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,599)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

SCIENCE
ITALIAN IDIOMS
ONE-WORD SONGS
WEEDS
CONTESTS
CONTAINERS
    $100 2
da Vinci

Robert
    $100 4
falsetto

Sheryl
    $100 1
"Stay"

Robert
    $100 13
spores (or seeds)

Robert
    $100 10
(Alex: And we're begging the obvious question, if he should die, the remainder of the funds goes to his estate.)

the (state) lottery

Sheryl
    $100 15
a poke

Robert
    $200 3
lead

Andras
    $200 5
the Bambino

Andras
    $200 7
(Andras: What are women?)

"Kids"

SherylAndras
    $200 14
hemlock

Andras
    $200 11
gladiators

Sheryl
    $200 23
a pouch

Robert
    $300 16
100 billion

Robert
    $300 6
(Andra: What are wines?)

wine, women & song

SherylAndras
    $300 8
"Desperado"

Sheryl
    $300 12
the National Spelling Bee

Andras
    $300 24
a bassinet

Sheryl
    $400 17
deciduous

Triple Stumper
    $400 22
sono buoni

Triple Stumper
    $200 9
(Alex: Yeah. Was that a guess?)
(Sheryl: [Laughs excitedly] Yes.)
(Alex: You got it, though. Nice going. That takes you to $1,100, and it takes us to our first commercial break. You got to feel good about that.)
(Sheryl: I do.)
(Alex: Keep enjoying that moment during this pause for some important commercial messages.)
[The song was reprised going into the break.]

"Vacation"

Sheryl
    $400 19
Olivia Newton-John

Sheryl
    $400 25
a hope chest

Robert
    $500 18
[ERRATUM: The term "acid-base" was misspelled in the clue as shown. Alex read it correctly.]

litmus

Robert
    $500 21
"Tenderly"

Sheryl
    $500 20
(Alex: We've got a minute to go.)

I'm Chiquita Banana

Triple Stumper
    $500 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: And just four clues left up there, and all of them in a nasty category--er, not all, but most of them in a nasty category called WEEDS. We're not too concerned about that.)

stone

Andras

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 9):

Sheryl Andras Robert
$1,100 -$100 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Sheryl Andras Robert
$2,600 $900 $1,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE MIDDLE AGES
WOMEN
U.S. STATES
MOVIE TRIVIA
COLLEGES
"B" IN LITERATURE
(Alex: All of the responses in this category will begin with the letter B.)
    $200 1
the ancient Roman Empire

Sheryl
    $200 9
Gloria Steinem

Robert
    $200 21
Delaware

Robert
    $200 4
(Andras: Who is Frankenstein?)

King Kong

AndrasRobert
    $200 17
fraternities & sororities

Robert
    $200 2
Brideshead

Sheryl
    $400 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

a tail

Robert
    $400 10
Elizabeth Dole

Andras
    $400 22
Martha's Vineyard or Nantucket Island

Triple Stumper
    $400 5
Clan of the Cave Bear

Robert
    $400 18
(Robert: What is the South?)

New England

Robert
Triple Stumper
    $400 3
Beowulf

Robert
    $600 11
the New York Stock Exchange

Robert
    $600 23
(Alex: We've got a minute to go in the round.)

Hawaii

Robert
    $600 6
Charlie Chaplin

Sheryl
    $600 19
Matthew Vassar

Triple Stumper
    $600 13
(Sheryl: [Shakes head] I don't know.)
(Alex: Aw, it's too bad. One of the best-selling novels of all time by General Lew Wallace, "What is [*]?")
(Sheryl: That's what I thought.)
(Alex: You thought--you should have said it! Go with your instincts.)

Ben-Hur

Sheryl
    $800 12
(Andras: What's Pablona?)
(Alex: Pardon?)
(Andras: Pablona Picasso?)

Paloma Picasso

SherylAndras
    $800 24
Texas

Robert
    $800 7
"Jaws"

Andras
    $800 20
(Robert: Let's try U.S. STATES for $200.)
(Alex: Thank--thank you for changing the category.)
[Laughter]

Harvard

Triple Stumper
    $800 14
Bertolt Brecht

Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
Cheaper by the Dozen

Sheryl
    $1,000 25
Montana

Robert
    $1000 8
Jeff Daniels

Robert
    $1000 26
the Fashion Institute of Technology

Sheryl
    $1000 16
(Alex: Andras knew it, but he was afraid to ring in.)

Bleak House

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Sheryl Andras Robert
$5,800 $1,100 $7,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD GEOGRAPHY
[Robert's and Andras's responses were both accepted without remark.]
AndrasWhat is Venezula
$600
SherylWhat is Argentina?
$0
RobertWhat is Venezula
$4,201
Venezuela

Final scores:

Sheryl Andras Robert
$5,800 $1,700 $11,601
2nd place: a trip to Florida on Eastern Airlines & 5 nights at the Cocoa Beach Hilton and Towers on Florida's Space Coast 3rd place: Burris Industries French Court high-leg reclining chair New champion: $11,601

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Sheryl Andras Robert
$6,600 $1,100 $7,400
16 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 7 R,
4 W		 20 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $15,100

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Game tape date: 1987-08-31
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