Responses for Show #1686 - Monday, December 23, 1991

Contestants

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Anne LeVeque, a library science student from Austin, Texas

Larry Dunn, an export manager from Northridge, California

Neal Baer, a medical student and writer originally from Denver, CO

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Jeopardy! Round responses

IN THE DICTIONARY
CONGRESS
CUBA
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
THE AUTO INDUSTRY
SONGS OF THE '60s
(Alex: But in this case, we're dealing with songs of the 1860s.)
    $100 2
dinghy

Neal
    $100 16
a constituency

Anne
    $100 11
sugar

Neal
    $100 21
a watermelon

Anne
    $100 26
the Hudson

Larry
    $100 1
(Anne: What is hang your head [*]?)

Tom Dooley

Anne
    $200 3
locomotive

Larry
    $200 17
435

Larry
    $200 12
slavery

Larry
    $200 22
an artichoke

Anne
    $200 27
(Larry: What is the Alpha Romeo?)

Fiat

NealLarry
    $200 7
little brown jug

Anne
    $300 4
siesta

Larry
    $300 18
appropriation bills

Neal
    $300 13
Grenada

Neal
    $300 23
eggplant

Larry
    $300 28
Smith

Neal
    $300 8
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home"

Anne
    $400 5
governor

Larry
    $400 19
bicameral

Anne
    $400 14
Guantanamo Bay

Larry
    $400 24
a tomato

Larry
    $400 29
Mazda

Larry
    $400 9
Stephen Foster

Anne
    $500 6
madras

Neal
    $500 20
cloture

Larry
    $500 15
Batista

Larry
    $500 25
endive

Neal
    $500 30
Edsel Ford

Larry
    $500 10
(Anne: [Laughing] Um, what is [*], my home state?)
(Alex: Your home state, did you say?)
(Anne: Yes.)
(Alex: Well, it's a good thing you got that one right!)
(Anne: Yes.)

Maryland

Anne

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

Neal Larry Anne
$700 $1,100 $1,500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Neal Larry Anne
$2,300 $4,200 $2,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORIC NAMES
DOGS
FAMOUS QUOTES
WOMEN AUTHORS
ASTRONOMY
ROMEO & JULIET
    $200 11
(Anne: Who is, um, Nerawhal Nehru?)
(Alex: Mmmm... I wish you hadn't made an attempt on that first name. Incorrect. Neal?)
(Neal: Who is Nehru?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
[Neal smiles and laughs.]
(Alex: Can't give it to you. When one contestant--)
(Neal: Right.)
[Larry rings in.]
(Alex: --offers a first name and blows it, we cannot then give, uh, credit to the second contestant for just the last name. Larry?)
(Larry: Jahawarhal Nehru?)
[Larry looks expectantly for a ruling.]
(Alex: [Looking at judges] No, that, too, is incorrect. It is not Jahawarhal, it is Jawaharlal. So, each of you loses the same amount.)
[The contestants laugh.]
(Alex: And, uh, perhaps, uh, Anne is not quite so happy that she left the ROMEO & JULIET category with one clue remaining.)
[Anne laughs.]

(Jawaharlal) Nehru

NealLarryAnne
Triple Stumper
    $200 7
a bloodhound

Anne
    $200 21
overlooked

Anne
    $200 1
[Neal selected the first clue.]

Ayn Rand

Anne
    $200 16
Orion

Anne
    $200 2
poison

Neal
    $400 12
the beagle

Larry
    $400 22
Vince Lombardi

Larry
    $400 3
Nora Ephron

Neal
    $400 18
Venus

Anne
    $400 8
(Alex: The man's name was--[reacting to Larry's tardy ring-in] not fast enough, [*]--the--Larry!--the man's name was [*].)

Paris

Triple Stumper
    $600 13
the Chihuahua

Neal
    $600 23
We are not amused

Anne
    $2,000 4
Judith Rossner

Neal
    $600 19
(Alex: Minute to go.)

the rings

Anne
    $2,000 9
(Anne: Who is... [puts hand to bridge of nose briefly] Bo--um, who is... [sighs] Bolivio? Is that--? No, it's... [sighs])

Tybalt

Anne
    $800 14
(Larry: What's a Weimaraner?)
(Anne: What's a Doberman pinscher?)

the boxer

LarryAnne
Triple Stumper
    $800 5
Belva Plain

Neal
    $800 20
a meteor

Larry
    $1000 25
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Diocletian

Larry
    $1000 15
(Alex: Scottish author is [*].)

Sir Walter Scott

Triple Stumper
    $1000 24
(Anne: Who is Hoover?)
(Neal: Who is Webster?)
...
(Alex: No one would have dared say that about Mr. Hoover.)

L. Patrick Gray

NealAnne
Triple Stumper
    $1000 6
(Alex: Neal knew it, but he just couldn't come up with it.)

Bel Kaufman

Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
(Larry: "TEE-ko BRA-hay". "TY-ko BRA-hay".)
(Alex: Sorry--)
(Larry: [Urgently] Who is [*]?)
(Alex: Oh, you got it in in time.)
(Larry: [Wiping his brow] Whew!)

Tycho Brahe

Larry
    $1000 10
Rosaline

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Neal Larry Anne
$5,100 $6,800 $700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. CITIES
(Alex: [To Larry] He's smiling. He's not a good poker player, I fear.)
[Larry chuckles.]
AnneWhat is ? ?
$700
NealWhat is Pueblo?
$5,000
LarryWhat is Grand Junction
$4,000
Grand Junction

Final scores:

Neal Larry Anne
$100 $10,800 $0
2nd place: U.S. Mint 1991 American Eagle gold & silver bullion coins + Sentry safe New champion: $10,800 3rd place: Variations Shelving Systems adjustable shelves + a Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune + InfoGenius for Nintendo Game Boy

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Neal Larry Anne
$3,700 $6,800 $2,700
13 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 18 R,
3 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $13,200

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Game tape date: 1991-10-01
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