Responses for Show #348 - Wednesday, January 8, 1986

A clip of this game is shown in the 1987 movie Light of Day.

Contestants

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Gardner Stern, a marketing consultant originally from Chicago, Illinois

Nancy Smith, a lawyer originally from Gainesville, Florida

Steve Willis, a financial analyst from Lynwood, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $31,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

MOVIES
SOUTH AMERICA
LIGHTNING
CARDS
THE 1950s
(Alex: And something new to us here on the program...)
KNOTS TO YOU
    $100 1
Franz Liszt

Steve
    $100 3
the equator

Steve
    $100 20
forest fires

Nancy
    $100 12
rubber

Gardner
    $100 14
nuclear energy

Nancy
    $100 7
a granny knot

Steve
    $200 2
George Burns

Nancy
    $200 10
Brazil

Steve
    $200 21
(Nancy: [with a bad German accent] Who is [*]?)
(Alex: Dr. Frankensteen.)

Dr. Frankenstein

Nancy
    $200 13
(Alex: [repeats clue again when no players have buzzed in])

books

Triple Stumper
    $200 18
The Catcher in the Rye

Nancy
    $200 8
hitch

Steve
    $300 4
A Soldier's Story

Gardner
    $300 15
(Alex: Apparently, according to "People's Almanac", it's not illegal to counterfeit money in that country.)

Colombia

Nancy
    $300 22
100 miles

Triple Stumper
    $300 26
(Steve: What is a super?)
(Alex: No, nooo... sorry! A number of people in our audience would be able to give a correct response.)

Schneider

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $300 24
England

Steve
    $300 9
a square knot

Nancy
    $400 5
Woody Guthrie

Gardner
    $400 16
Chile

Nancy
    $400 23
nitrogen

Gardner
    $400 27
canasta

Steve
    $400 29
(Gardner: I'll take...)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: No you won't, no you won't--our timer got to our board ahead of you, but by golly, we've got a super game!)

J. Paul Getty

Gardner
    $400 11
slack

Gardner
    $500 6
The Man Who Would Be King

Steve
    $500 17
(Alex: I don't think we've had three players get off the mark so beautifully in a long, long time on Jeopardy!;
nice going, congratulations!)

Bolivia

Gardner
    $500 25
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go...)

The Bad Seed

Triple Stumper
    $500 28
lo-ball

Steve
    $500 19
(Alex: Ah, don't tell me we have finally managed to stump you players?!)

friction

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 17):

Steve Nancy Gardner
$1,200 $1,300 $1,700

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Nancy Gardner
$2,100 $1,800 $2,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

PLAYWRIGHTS
AUTOMOBILES
WINTER SPORTS
WEDDINGS
HISTORICAL TRIVIA
"BOOK"S
    $200 17
George Bernard Shaw

Steve
    $200 16
circuses

Nancy
    $200 6
dogsled races

Steve
    $200 23
wedding pictures

Gardner
    $200 1
1917

Steve
    $200 7
bookworms

Nancy
    $400 18
Ben Jonson

Steve
    $400 20
Pinto

Steve
    $400 12
ice hockey

Gardner
    $400 25
a dress uniform

Nancy
    $400 2
Henry VIII

Steve
    $400 8
(Alex: [repeats clue])

I'm in the book!

Steve
    $600 19
Sam Shepard

Gardner
    $600 24
(Alex: That's right, and we've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

fan belt

Nancy
    $600 13
ice sailing (or boating)

Gardner
    $2,000 28
(Alex: Nancy, have you got the question for me?)
(Nancy: I'm afraid that I don't really know, but I believe it's [*].)
(Alex: Phrase it.)
(Nancy: What is [*]?)
(Alex: That's good enough for $2,000!)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: By golly, guess what, Nancy? You're in the lead by...)

"The Wedding March For Titania And Oberon"

Nancy
    $500 3
Christmas

Steve
    $600 9
by the book

Nancy
    $800 21
A Taste of Honey

Triple Stumper
    $800 14
(Alex: Artificial bobsled run... Swiss resort town--we know it better as [*].)

St. Moritz

Triple Stumper
    $800 27
dowry

Nancy
    $800 4
etiquette

Nancy
    $800 10
(Nancy: What is a table of contents?)

a bookplate

Nancy
Triple Stumper
    $1000 22
She Stoops to Conquer

Steve
    $1000 15
(Alex: Once again, it's a popular sport in Canada.)

4

Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
Judaism

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
Haiti

Gardner
    $1000 11
Bookbinder's

Gardner

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Nancy Gardner
$5,800 $6,600 $6,300

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE MILITARY
(Alex: All right! I told you it was an exciting day. So long, everybody!)
[On the next show, both co-champs were defeated by the only new player.]
SteveWhat is Germany?
$5,700
GardnerWhat is Germany?
$6,300
NancyWhat is Germany?
$6,000
Germany

Final scores:

Steve Nancy Gardner
$11,500 $12,600 $12,600
2nd place: a trip to Bluebeard's Castle Hotel, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands New co-champion: $12,600 New co-champion: $12,600

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Steve Nancy Gardner
$5,900 $5,200 $6,300
18 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W
16 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
13 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $17,400

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Game tape date: 1985-09-09
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