Responses for Show #40 - Friday, November 2, 1984

Contestants

Jim Conway, a speech communications teacher from Cayucos, California

Dianne Burke, a maintenance clerk originally from New Orleans, Louisiana

Kirk Donnell, a bartender from West Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,300)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

AUTHORS
BABY CARE
UNREAL ESTATE
CELEBRITY TRIVIA
GERMANY
"MY, MY"
    $100 1
JFK

Kirk
    $100 22
sleep

Kirk
    $100 10
never-never land

Jim
    $100 6
Jimmy Carter

Kirk
    $100 18
My Favorite Martian

Kirk
    $200 2
(Alex: And obviously it's not a book that you people have read even though you have seen the film, I'm sure. [*].)

Margaret Mitchell

Triple Stumper
    $200 16
Shangri-La

Kirk
    $200 7
Barbara Walters

Kirk
    $200 9
put on (she wears it)

Dianne
    $200 13
My Little Chickadee

Kirk
    $300 3
St. Paul

Kirk
    $300 17
Shady Lane

Jim
    $300 8
(Jim: Who is Harry Belafonte?)

Sidney Poitier

DianneJim
    $300 12
Hindenburg

Kirk
    $300 11
(Jim: What is "I Never Touched You"?)
(Alex: Well, that may be in there somewhere, but the title of the song is [*].)

"My Eyes Adored You"

Jim
    $400 4
Zane Grey

Kirk
    $400 24
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Gloria Swanson

Dianne
    $400 21
Dylan Thomas

Dianne
    $400 19
the United Nations

Jim
    $400 14
My Little Margie

Dianne
    $500 5
(Dianne: Who is Sinclair Lewis?)
(Jim: Who is Lincoln Steffens?)
...
(Alex: Dianne, do you think you know now? I had a feeling when you said Sinclair Lewis that you just missed it slightly. It's [*].)

Upton Sinclair

DianneJim
Triple Stumper
    $500 23
(Jim: Who was Ub Iwerks?)

Rube Goldberg

Jim
Triple Stumper
    $500 20
(Alex: [after reading the clue] We've got less than a minute in the round.)

Nietzsche

Kirk
    $500 15
"My Wild Irish Rose"

Kirk

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 10):

Kirk Dianne Jim
$1,100 $0 -$700

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Kirk Dianne Jim
$3,000 $1,200 -$800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

EXPLORERS
WORD ORIGINS
BIOLOGY
ROCK OF THE 80'S
"I" LANDS
PARTNERS
    $200 18
a camel

Triple Stumper
    $200 6
(Alex: [*]. Simple. Those are aquatic creatures. I wouldn't have liked to have sat at a bar with Anaximander, but he was basically a nice fellow.)

fish

Triple Stumper
    $200 1
John Lennon

Kirk
    $200 12
India

Kirk
    $200 8
Laurel & Hardy

Kirk
    $400 24
a Jeep

Dianne
    $400 7
Pasteur

Kirk
    $400 2
Bruce Springsteen

Kirk
    $400 13
the Ivory Coast

Dianne
    $400 9
Woodward & Bernstein

Kirk
    $600 25
[Alex omitted the "In 1940" when reading the clue.]
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

a stripper

Triple Stumper
    $600 19
a plant is alive

Kirk
    $600 3
"The Heart Of Rock & Roll"

Kirk
    $600 14
Iceland

Kirk
    $600 10
Mantle & Maris

Kirk
    $1,800 22
(Alex: We've got about a minute left to go...)
(Dianne: The works. $1,800.)
...
(Dianne: What is the teapot calling the kettle black?)

muckraker

Dianne
    $800 20
ecology

Kirk
    $800 4
Thomas Dolby

Kirk
    $800 15
Iraq

Jim
    $800 11
(Dianne: Who are Batman & Robin?)

Batman & Superman

DianneJim
    $1000 23
freelance

Triple Stumper
    $1000 21
(Kirk: What is DNA?)

amino acids

KirkDianne
    $1000 5
[Applause for Kirk's running of the category]

Michael Jackson & Mick Jagger

Kirk
    $1000 16
(Alex: The UN resolution in '47 giving it its independence.)

Israel

Kirk
    $2,000 17
(Kirk: Who is Goldwater and [incoherent mumble]...)
(Alex: Goldwater and [incoherent mumble]. Well, you were close, but unfortunately not close enough. Who are [*] & [**]?)

Goldwater & Miller

Kirk

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Kirk Dianne Jim
$7,800 $400 $800
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

NUMBER, PLEASE
DianneWhat is 1961?
$400
JimWhat is 1961?
$200
KirkWhat is 1961?
$1,500
1961

Final scores:

Kirk Dianne Jim
$9,300 $800 $1,000
2-day champion: $15,600 3rd place: Oneida Silversmiths gift certificate 2nd place: Sunray range + Bernardaud dinnerware set

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Kirk Dianne Jim
$9,800 $2,200 $1,100
26 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)
8 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)
5 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $13,100

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