Responses for Show #735 - Friday, November 13, 1987

1987 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.
All Jeopardy! Round categories begin with an "A" and all Double Jeopardy! Round categories begin with a "T" as a tribute to Alex Trebek.

Contestants

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Roger Storm, a teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio

Doug Molitor, a writer from Brentwood, California

John Ryan, an economist from Santa Barbara, California

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ANIMALS
ARTS & CRAFTS
ADVERTISING
AMERICAN MOUNTAINS
AUTO SHOP
"APRIL" SONGS
    $100 6
its wings

Doug
    $100 13
a collage

Roger
    $100 12
Campbell's Soup

Roger
    $100 1
New Hampshire

Roger
    $100 25
universal

Roger
    $100 7
"April Love"

Doug
    $200 2
a dog

Doug
    $200 14
a kiln

Doug
    $200 29
"I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing"

Doug
    $200 17
the Ozarks

John
    $200 26
(Alex: Yes, we've got a minute to go.)

very hot

Doug
    $200 8
(Doug: [Imitating Bing Crosby] What are [*]?)

"April Showers"

Doug
    $300 3
the secretarybird

Roger
    $300 15
tie-dye

Doug
    $300 16
Renault

Roger
    $300 18
Mt. Palomar

John
    $300 27
(Roger: What are [**]?)

shock absorbers (or suspension devices)

Roger
    $500 9
(Doug: What is "April In Paris"?)

"April In Portugal"

Doug
    $400 4
(Roger: What is three?)

four

DougRoger
    $400 24
(John: What is cloth?)
(Roger: What is rope/twine?)
(Doug: [Without ringing in] I ain't touchin' it!)

baskets

JohnRoger
Triple Stumper
    $400 22
(Doug: What is the pouring contest?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Doug: What is how fast does it pour out?)
(Alex: What?)
(Doug: Ketchup.)
(Alex: Right--they've got 57 varieties, I wanted to make sure you knew which one!)

the ketchup pouring contest

Doug
    $400 19
the Cascades

John
    $400 28
[Alex reads "condenser" as "a condenser".]

the distributor

Doug
    $400 10
"The April Fools"

Doug
    $500 5
the sponge

Roger
    $500 23
cloisonné

Doug
    $500 21
"I'd walk a mile for a Camel"

John
    $500 20
the Catskills

Doug
    $500 30
(John: What is the emission control device?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(John: Uh...)
[The time expiry signal sounds.]

a catalytic converter

JohnRoger
    $500 11
"Pieces Of April"

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 11):

John Doug Roger
$0 $900 $500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

John Doug Roger
$500 $3,600 $1,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

TRAVEL & TOURISM
TWAIN
(Alex: As in Mark.)
THE TROJAN WAR
TAXES
TEXAS
TOUGH DISNEY
    $200 19
a subway token

John
    $200 17
chicken

John
    $200 10
[ERRATUM: "Iliad" was misspelled in the clue as shown.]

Ajax

John
    $200 1
(John: Let's try TEXAS for $200.)
(Alex: TEXAS for 2.)
(John: No, I meant TAXES.)
(Alex: TAXES for 2.)
[Laughter]
(Alex: Alrighty...)
(John: This is gonna be fun!)
(Alex: The answer is...)

withholding

John
    $200 5
(John: What is Mexico?)

Spain

JohnDoug
    $200 3
Orange County

John
    $400 20
throw tea overboard

Roger
    $400 18
Huckleberry Finn

Roger
    $400 13
Sparta

John
    $400 2
auditing

Doug
    $400 27
Dallas & Fort Worth

John
    $1,000 6
(Doug: Because it was the first one with sound... What is [*]?)
(Alex: Uh... he got it in, he re-phrased it before we ruled on it, and you're right. You remembered to phrase it in the form of a question; gosh, I was worried about having to nail you down on that one!)

because it had sound

Doug
    $600 23
(Doug: What is Seattle?)

Montreal

JohnDoug
    $600 21
Charles Dickens

Doug
    $600 14
Odysseus

Doug
    $600 4
sales tax

Roger
    $600 28
[Alex read "The" at the start of the clue.]
(Roger: What's Lake Rayburn?)

Sam Rayburn

JohnRoger
    $600 7
Jiminy Cricket

Doug
    $800 24
Lincoln's birthplace

Roger
    $800 22
Langhorne

John
    $800 15
Achilles

Doug
    $1,000 11
(John: Let's try TEXAS for $800--TAXES for $800.)
...
(John: Oh, what's the day that you... stop working for the government and start working for yourself?)
(Alex: It's called [*]; we'll accept your response. Nice going.)

Tax Freedom Day

John
    $800 29
(Alex: What is the famous [*]?)

the Texas Prison Rodeo

Triple Stumper
    $800 8
a toot, a whistle, a plunk & a boom

Doug
    $1000 26
Georgia

Roger
    $1000 25
the equator

Triple Stumper
    $1000 16
Aeneas

John
    $1000 12
to destroy

Doug
    $1000 30
Padre Island

Roger
    $1000 9
(Roger: What is The Nutty Professor?)

The Absent-Minded Professor

DougRoger

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

John Doug Roger
$6,100 $10,000 $4,100

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE CABINET
[NOTE: Caspar Weinberger resigned on 1987-11-06, one week before the episode aired. A note stating "The Final Jeopardy! information was correct at the time of taping" was broadcast.]
RogerWho is Cap. Wineberger?
$4,000
JohnWho is Caspar Weinberger?
$6,100
DougWho was is Secy of Educ'n
$0
Caspar Weinberger (Secretary of Defense) or Samuel Pierce of HUD

Final scores:

John Doug Roger
$12,200 $10,000 $8,100
Automatic semifinalist 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

John Doug Roger
$5,900 $9,900 $4,100
16 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 24 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 15 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $19,900

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Game tape date: 1987-10-26
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