Jeopardy! Round responses
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(Larry: I almost said Jimmy--Jimmy Connors.)
Jimmy Carter
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(Alex: Larry, you get to pick first. I should point out that even though there is a Navy man as a contestant and NAVY as a category, it often happens that the player who would seem to be favored never gets a chance to ring in because of slow reflexes.)
[Doug laughs.]
(Alex: So Doug will have to guard against that. Larry, you pick the subject.)
(Larry: Just in case, WORD ORIGINS for $100, please.)
Vaudeville
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the (tablets on which the Ten) Commandments (were written)
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(Larry: What is oxygen?)
(Alex: No. Oxygen is an element, or a gas.)
carbon dioxide
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the Transcontinental Railroad
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(Alex: And we have less than a minute to go.)
(John) Muir
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(Doug: What is hepatitis?)
jaundice
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(Doug: What is subtropical?)
(Larry: What is temperate?)
equatorial
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(Alex: Would've been great if Mary had gotten this one.)
[Mary laughs.]
James Forrestal
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Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):
| Larry |
Doug |
Mary |
| $1,200 |
$600 |
$500 |
Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:
| Larry |
Doug |
Mary |
| $2,000 |
$900 |
$2,400 |
Double Jeopardy! Round responses
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(Mary: Uh... who was... oh!)
(Alex: Sorry.)
Nelson Rockefeller
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(Mary: Who is Kipling?)
(Larry: Who is Edgar Allan Poe?)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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(Larry: Who is Abigail van Buren?)
(Mary: Who is Ann Landers?)
...
(Alex: They are not really gossip columnists, but [*] is.)
Liz Smith
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(Doug: Who's Scarface?)
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(Alex: He was called [*] because of his red beard.)
Barbarossa
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(Larry: What is a sapphire?)
an opal
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[Mary pronounced the correct response with a "CH" sound.]
(Alex: No.)
(Female judge: Yes.)
pincer
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(Larry: Who is Wallace?)
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(Alex: Didn't think much of the vice presidency.)
John Nance Garner
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(Alex: One minute to deal with ZOOLOGY.)
(King) Olav
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(Larry: [*]? [More clear enunciation] [*]? What is a [*]?)
(Alex: Yes, and you said it before the timing device went out. I'm happy for your sake that you did that. Takes a load off of me.)
proboscis monkey
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Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:
| Larry |
Doug |
Mary |
| $4,400 |
$3,300 |
$7,200 |
[wagering suggestions for these scores]
Final Jeopardy! Round responses
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| Doug | What is Ming | | $3,299 | | Larry | What is the Manchu | | $4,300 | | Mary | What was the Manchu Dynasty? | | $4,401 |
the Ch'ing (or Manchu) Dynasty |
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Final scores:
| Larry |
Doug |
Mary |
| $8,700 |
$1 |
$11,601 |
Game dynamics:
| Larry |
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Mary |
| $5,000 |
$3,300 |
$6,400 |
Game tape date: 1991-10-01
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