Responses for Show #1687 - Tuesday, December 24, 1991

Contestants

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Paul Teplitz, a sales representative from Thousand Oaks, California

Melissa Ennis, a writer from Arlington, Virginia

Larry Dunn, an export manager from Northridge, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,800)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

GEOLOGY
SILENT MOVIES
THE BELLS
FEATHERED FRIENDS
A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS
MEDALS & DECORATIONS
(Alex: We will tell you about the medal or the decoration; you have to identify the country which it represents.)
    $100 6
a pebble

Paul
    $100 11
the Hunchback of Notre Dame

Paul
    $100 23
a toll

Melissa
    $100 18
white

Melissa
    $100 13
'Twas the night before Christmas

Larry
    $100 1
Spain

Larry
    $200 7
coal

Melissa
    $200 12
Pauline

Melissa
    $200 24
(Paul: Uh, what is 50ยข?)

$1

LarryPaul
    $200 19
feet

Paul
    $200 14
sugar-plums

Larry
    $200 2
England

Larry
    $300 8
the Philippines

Melissa
    $300 27
Metropolis

Paul
    $300 25
a carillon

Paul
    $300 20
Egypt

Larry
    $300 15
his nose

Larry
    $300 3
Monaco

Larry
    $400 9
jade

Melissa
    $400 28
The General

Larry
    $500 26
(Paul: I have no idea.)

Ding, dong, bell (pussy's in the well)

Paul
    $400 21
sapsuckers

Larry
    $400 16
ashes & soot

Melissa
    $400 4
Denmark

Larry
    $500 10
fool's gold

Melissa
    $500 29
(Paul: Uh, who is Luise Rainer?)
...
(Alex: Luise Rainer came later. [*] was the winner of the first. Larry, back to you.)
(Larry: Uh, BELLS for $500.)
(Alex: Thought you might go there.)

Janet Gaynor

Paul
Triple Stumper
    $500 30
(Melissa: What is four hours?)

every half hour

Melissa
Triple Stumper
    $500 22
(Paul: Uh, what is blood?)
(Larry: What are the eyes?)
...
(Alex: Boy, two gruesome responses! Go for the obvious, please!)

milk

LarryPaul
Triple Stumper
    $500 17
(Larry: Who is Clayton Moore?)
(Melissa: Who is Clayton Thomas?)
...
(Alex: I believe Clayton Moore was the Lone Ranger.)
(Larry: [Overlapping with Alex] He was the Lone Ranger.)

Clement Moore

LarryMelissa
Triple Stumper
    $500 5
the Vatican

Melissa

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

Larry Melissa Paul
$1,600 $2,100 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Larry Melissa Paul
$1,900 $1,700 -$700

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

CITIES
LITERATURE
20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES
CLASSICAL MUSIC
VOCABULARY
AMERICAN HISTORY
    $200 1
(Larry: What is Geneva?)

Zurich

LarryPaul
    $200 3
Cervantes

Larry
    $200 9
Yuri Gagarin

Melissa
    $200 26
Richard Wagner

Paul
    $200 10
a pestle

Melissa
    $200 11
the Continental Congress

Larry
    $400 2
Glasgow

Melissa
    $400 4
Peter Pan

Paul
    $400 21
(Larry: [*]. Who is [*]?)

Alexander Haig

Larry
    $400 27
Queen Elizabeth II

Larry
    $400 16
maroon

Melissa
    $400 12
Eisenhower

Melissa
    $600 5
Singapore

Larry
    $1,000 8
(Paul: Um... who is Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings?)

John Steinbeck

Paul
    $600 22
James Galway

Larry
    $600 28
(Alex: [Calling on Larry] Be--Larry?)

Ludwig van Beethoven

Larry
    $600 17
(Larry: What is the fox?)

the wolverine

LarryMelissa
    $600 13
Boss Tweed

Larry
    $800 6
Dunkirk

Larry
    $800 20
(Melissa: Who is Mansfield?)

Katherine Anne Porter

Melissa
Triple Stumper
    $800 23
(Larry: Who is Hiram Rickover?)
(Alex: Yes.)
(Larry: 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES for $1000.)
(Alex: Wait a second. Before you--all right, I'll read this.)
[Reversed after clue 24.]

Hyman Rickover

Larry
Triple Stumper
    $800 29
(John) Williams

Paul
    $800 18
(Alex: Cute clue--not fast enough, Larry.)

a racketeer

Triple Stumper
    $1,100 14
(James) Gadsden

Larry
    $1000 7
Vladivostok

Paul
    $1000 25
[Paul attempted to ring in, but was too late.]

George S. Kaufman

Triple Stumper
    $1000 24
(Alex: And Larry, I think I'm going to have to penalize you, because I think you said "Hiram Rickover"--am I correct on that?--...)
...
(Alex: We've got a minute to go.)

George Meany

Triple Stumper
    $1000 30
Rome

Larry
    $1000 19
(Melissa: [Without ringing in] Oh, what is [*]?)
(Alex: Wait--you have to ring in.)
[Melissa just barely beats Larry on the signaling device.]

fish

Melissa
    $1000 15
(Melissa: Who is Dewey?)

Horace Mann

Melissa
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Larry Melissa Paul
$6,800 $3,100 $900
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORIC ROUTES
(Alex: [To Larry] Yes, if you go to Rome and visit the catacombs, you will drive over part of [*].)
PaulWhat is ?
$899
MelissaWhat was Claudius?
$3,095
LarryWhat is the Apian Way?
$200
the Appian Way

Final scores:

Larry Melissa Paul
$7,000 $5 $1
2-day champion: $17,800 2nd place: Whirlpool no-frost side-by-side refrigerator with through-the-door ice & water dispensers + GoldStar model 7800 telephone & answering machine + the Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger 3rd place: Panasonic family-sized microwave combination oven + Panasonic 13" color monitor receiver with remote + the Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Larry Melissa Paul
$6,500 $3,100 $2,400
22 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W		 16 R,
4 W		 10 R,
5 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $12,000

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Game tape date: 1991-10-01
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