Responses for Show #1879 - Thursday, November 5, 1992

Tom Nosek game 3.

Contestants

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Ruth Mara, a foreign service officer from Alexandria, Virginia

Richard Sun, an epidemiologist originally from Parma, Ohio

Tom Nosek, an aerospace engineer originally from Chicago, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $31,300)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

NOTABLE WOMEN
NEWSPAPERS
FORESTS
FOOD FACTS
"GUY"s
DOLLS
    $100 12
Joan of Arc

Richard
    $100 6
Indiana

Richard
    $100 1
(Zebulon) Pike

Tom
    $100 10
tortillas

Tom
    $100 21
"Nice guys finish last"

Tom
    $100 26
Egypt

Tom
    $200 15
(Mrs.) O'Leary

Tom
    $200 7
(Tom: What is Hawaii?)
...
(Alex: Tom just said, some of you may have heard, "Oh." He realizes that he misread the clue. "This state capital", not "state's capital", so we were going for [*]. You were in the right area, of course, Tom.)

Honolulu

Tom
Triple Stumper
    $200 2
Idaho

Tom
    $200 13
a dagwood

Richard
    $200 22
Guy Fawkes Day

Ruth
    $200 27
The Little Mermaid

Richard
    $300 16
a brassiere

Tom
    $300 8
(Baltimore) Sun

Tom
    $300 3
Alaska

Tom
    $300 14
caviar

Tom
    $300 23
Wiseguy

Ruth
    $300 28
G.I. Joe

Tom
    $400 17
Brigham Young

Tom
    $400 9
The New York Times

Ruth
    $400 4
(Joyce) Kilmer

Tom
    $400 19
tripe

Ruth
    $400 24
Guy Lombardo

Tom
    $400 29
Ken

Tom
    $500 18
Fannie Farmer

Ruth
    $500 11
The Chicago Tribune

Richard
    $500 5
Arizona & New Mexico

Tom
    $500 20
tapioca

Ruth
    $500 25
"My Guy"

Ruth
    $500 30
a Cabbage Patch Kid

Richard

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

Tom Richard Ruth
$1,700 $700 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Tom Richard Ruth
$4,200 $1,600 $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 1940s
ANIMALS
LATIN AMERICA
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
TENNYSON, ANYONE?
ON THE MONEY
(Alex: On the five currently-minuted U.S. coins.)
    $200 12
(Jacques) Cousteau

Tom
    $200 7
turtles

Richard
    $200 2
Lima

Ruth
    $200 17
the Republicans

Tom
    $200 20
woman

Triple Stumper
    $200 1
Lincoln

Ruth
    $400 13
Italy

Tom
    $400 8
bears

Richard
    $400 3
Dutch

Ruth
    $400 18
the Senate

Ruth
    $400 23
Sir Galahad

Tom
    $3,000 24
(Alex: You did the wise thing. A lot of people have asked as to the difficulty of the Daily Doubles, and it usually depends on where they are located in the board, and you did the right thing there, knowing that if it was in the second box from the top, it would be a relatively easier clue.)

Jefferson & Washington

Tom
    $600 14
the Archbishop of Canterbury

Tom
    $600 9
a manatee

Richard
    $600 4
Chile

Ruth
    $600 19
Oliver North

Triple Stumper
    $600 28
"The Charge of the Light Brigade"

Tom
    $600 25
(Alex: And we know what the birds are.)

the quarter & half-dollar

Triple Stumper
    $800 15
Marshall

Richard
    $800 10
a scarab

Richard
    $800 5
(Richard: What is Venezuela?)

Costa Rica

RichardRuth
    $800 21
a caucus

Ruth
    $800 29
Idylls of the King

Richard
    $800 26
(Tom: In God We Trust. What is In God We Trust?)
(Alex: Word and the phrase.)
(Tom: [No response])
(Alex: Sorry, I can't give it to you.)

In God We Trust & Liberty

Tom
Triple Stumper
    $1000 16
(Joe) DiMaggio

Tom
    $1000 11
(Ruth: What is a terrier?)

a setter

Ruth
Triple Stumper
    $1000 6
(Alex: Richard, now was the time to ring in with [*].)

Venezuela

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 22
the Socialist Party

Ruth
    $1000 30
Sir Arthur Sullivan

Triple Stumper
    $1000 27
Monticello

Richard

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Tom Richard Ruth
$9,800 $5,400 $6,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

EXPLORERS
RichardWho was Bering?
$4,401
RuthWho is Bering?
$3,700
TomWho is Bering
$2,700
Vitus Bering

Final scores:

Tom Richard Ruth
$12,500 $9,801 $9,900
3-day champion: $43,800 3rd place: Magnavox camcorder 2nd place: Singer dining room set + Retroneu silverware set

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Tom Richard Ruth
$7,200 $5,400 $6,200
24 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 13 R,
1 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $18,800

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Game tape date: 1992-08-18
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