Responses for Show #508 - Wednesday, November 19, 1986

1986 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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Lionel Goldbart, a retired schoolteacher from Miami Beach, Florida

Beryl Arbit, a legal assistant from Los Angeles, California

Paul Rouffa, an actor from Forest Park, Illinois

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WEATHER
NEW WORDS
FICTIONAL BOYFRIENDS
EGYPT
A.K.A.
"ON" & "OFF" SONGS
    $100 21
(Paul: What is Oregon?)

Hawaii

PaulBeryl
    $100 7
(Paul pronounces the number "Twenty-O-Seven.")

2007

Paul
    $100 3
(Clue elicted a good deal of audience laughter.)

Superman

Beryl
    $100 26
the Suez Canal

Lionel
    $100 1
Artie Shaw

Beryl
    $100 10
"On The Radio"

Paul
    $200 22
the ice age

Paul
    $200 8
a romance novel

Paul
    $200 17
Gidget

Paul
    $200 30
(Paul: What are Pharesses?)
(Beryl: What are wives of Pharaohs, [*]?)
...
(Alex: "Pharesses" is not a word with which I am familiar.)
(Beryl: NEW WORDS...)
(Paul: NEW WORDS for $600.)
(Alex: We're going to include that in our new words category next time we play this game.)
...
(Alex: [After the break] Before we get into the Double Jeopardy! round, a bit of information for Paul. My crack team of investigators is researching your response in the EGYPT category, and so far we've discovered that "Pharess" is a wheel.)
[Laughter from audience and Paul]

queens of Egypt

PaulBeryl
    $200 2
Piaf

Lionel
    $200 13
(Lionel: What is "Off The Wall"?)

"On You"

BerylLionel
    $300 23
weather satellites

Beryl
    $300 9
a coyote

Beryl
    $300 18
Howard the Duck

Paul
    $300 29
the United Arab Republic

Lionel
    $300 4
Queen Mary

Beryl
    $500 14
(Beryl: What is "Follow The Yellow Brick Road"?)

"We're Off To See The Wizard"

Beryl
    $400 24
Nevada

Beryl
    $400 11
(Alex: I experienced it about 7 years ago. Increasing inability to [*].)
[Audience laughter.]
(Paul: I'm glad I didn't answer that.)

entertain

Triple Stumper
    $400 19
Lamont Cranston

Paul
    $400 28
a minaret

Paul
    $400 5
Françoise Sagan

Paul
    $400 15
"Stranger On The Shore"

Triple Stumper
    $500 25
anemometer

Beryl
    $500 12
the environment

Beryl
    $500 20
(Lionel: Who is Madeline Kahn?)

Cloris Leachman

PaulLionel
    $500 27
the Arab League

Lionel
    $500 6
Betty Ford

Paul
    $500 16
"On And On"

Paul

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Paul Beryl Lionel
$1,300 $1,000 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Paul Beryl Lionel
$3,500 $2,500 $400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN REVOLUTION
SPORTS STADIUMS
PERSONAL FINANCE
MOVIE STUDIOS
HORSES
FINE CHINA
    $200 6
[Lionel is mistakenly credited with $400 on this clue.]

Christmas

Lionel
    $200 1
the Giants

Paul
    $200 22
the Treasury Department

Lionel
    $200 13
MGM

Paul
    $200 11
the world horse population

Beryl
    $200 12
bone china

Paul
    $400 7
Hessians

Paul
    $400 2
Chicago

Paul
    $400 26
individual retirement account

Beryl
    $400 14
Disney

Paul
    $400 16
(Paul: What is a Civil War hero?)

a horse

Paul
Triple Stumper
    $400 18
glaze

Beryl
    $600 8
Spain

Lionel
    $1,000 3
Washington, D.C. & Philadelphia

Paul
    $600 27
yield

Lionel
    $600 15
20 Century Fox

Lionel
    $600 17
coal mines

Beryl
    $600 19
royal blue

Paul
    $800 9
the Sons of Liberty

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
Boston (Fenway Park)

Lionel
    $800 30
Magellan

Paul
    $800 20
Paramount

Triple Stumper
    $800 23
draft horses

Beryl
    $800 24
Wedgwood

Beryl
    $1000 10
General Henry Knox

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
(Paul: What is Toronto?)

Cleveland

Paul
Triple Stumper
    $1000 29
zero coupons

Beryl
    $1000 21
Pinewood

Triple Stumper
    $3,400 28
(Alex: Lionel, you're in third place. You've got $3,600 to risk on HORSES.)
(Lionel: [After a pause] Go for it.)
(Alex: All of it?)
(Lionel: Yes.)
(Alex: In the category HORSES, here is the clue...)
...
(Lionel: [*].)
(Alex: Oh, Lionel, you didn't phrase it in the form of a question. I have to rule against you.)
[Lionel's score drops to zero as the audience groans. The scoring mistake after clue 6 was never explicitly corrected.]

until winning a race

Lionel
    $1000 25
Dresden china

Paul

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Paul Beryl Lionel
$7,300 $6,700 $0

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

MAN IN SPACE
BerylWho is Wally Schirra
$5,400
PaulWho is Wally Schirra? Way to go Lionel
$6,700
Wally Schirra

Final scores:

Paul Beryl Lionel
$14,000 $12,100 $0
Finalist 2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Paul Beryl Lionel
$6,900 $7,200 $3,400
22 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
18 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)
10 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $17,500

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Game tape date: 1986-10-29
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