Responses for Show #2040 - Friday, June 18, 1993

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Contestants

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Brent Noel, a Ph.D. candidate from Lawrence, Kansas

Nancy Ferro, a lawyer originally from Greenville, South Carolina

Cliff Leach, a lobbyist from West Hartford, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,599)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

INSECTS
FAMOUS WOMEN
HERALDRY
UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES
IN THE "PINK"
LEFTOVERS
(Alex: Clues that are left over from previous competitions.)
    $100 26
termites

Brent
    $100 3
Annie Oakley

Cliff
    $100 19
zebras

Cliff
    $100 1
Utah

Cliff
    $100 6
pinky

Nancy
    $100 16
the Prado

Cliff
    $200 27
mosquitoes

Cliff
    $200 4
Brussels

Nancy
    $200 21
son

Brent
    $200 2
(Brent: What is Iowa?)
(Cliff: What is Oklahoma?)

Kansas

CliffNancyBrent
    $200 7
pink slip

Cliff
    $200 17
(Alexander) Hamilton

Cliff
    $300 28
moths & butterflies

Nancy
    $300 5
(Nancy: Who is Bessie Smith?)

Billie Holiday

NancyBrent
    $300 22
star

Brent
    $300 10
Arizona

Nancy
    $300 12
the Pink Panther

Cliff
    $300 18
The Pure Food and Drug Act

Brent
    $400 29
beetles

Cliff
    $400 8
Jane Goodall

Cliff
    $400 23
(Cliff: What is ermine?)

black

CliffNancy
    $400 11
Maryland

Brent
    $400 13
pinking shears

Nancy
    $400 20
the Soo Canals

Nancy
    $500 30
lice

Nancy
    $600 9
Margaret Sanger

Cliff
    $500 24
eagle

Cliff
    $500 15
New Mexico

Brent
    $500 14
Pink Floyd

Cliff
    $500 25
Iceland

Nancy

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Cliff Nancy Brent
$2,000 $900 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Cliff Nancy Brent
$3,100 $3,000 $1,900

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORY
TYCOONS
ART
HOLLYWOOD IN THE '30s
(Alex: The 1930s.)
POLITICAL TERMS
AUTHORS' BIRTHPLACES
    $200 2
Battle of Hastings

Cliff
    $200 18
Ross Perot

Cliff
    $200 12
(Edgar) Degas

Brent
    $200 1
Greta Garbo

Nancy
    $200 7
Republican

Cliff
    $200 23
Dashiell Hammett

Brent
    $400 3
Catherine

Cliff
    $400 19
(Cliff: What are syringes?)

catheters

CliffNancy
    $400 13
Vincent Van Gogh

Cliff
    $400 11
(Brent: Who was Rudolph Valentino?)

Douglas Fairbanks (Sr.)

NancyBrent
    $400 8
(Nancy: What is the bootstrap effect?)

coattails

CliffNancy
    $400 27
Margaret Mead

Cliff
    $600 4
Kublai Khan

Nancy
    $600 20
Newhouse

Nancy
    $600 14
David

Cliff
    $600 24
(William Randolph) Hearst

Cliff
    $600 9
the Spanish Inquisition

Nancy
    $2,000 28
Terre Haute

Cliff
    $800 5
Salvador Allende

Cliff
    $800 21
the Du Ponts

Nancy
    $800 16
Genoa

Nancy
    $800 25
Howard Hughes

Cliff
    $800 10
Ottoman Empire

Brent
    $800 29
Edna Ferber

Nancy
    $1000 6
the Congo

Cliff
    $1,500 22
(Nancy: What is Kmart?)

Wal-Mart

Nancy
    $1000 17
(Brent: Who was White?)

(Sir Thomas) Malory

CliffBrent
    $1000 26
Betty Grable

Nancy
    $1000 15
eminence grise

Cliff
    $1000 30
Hermann Hesse

Brent

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Cliff Nancy Brent
$12,700 $7,300 $2,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

SOUTH AMERICA
BrentWhat is I ser all
$2,500
NancyWhat is Lima?
$7,300
CliffWhat is LIMA
$1,901
Lima, Peru

Final scores:

Cliff Nancy Brent
$14,601 $14,600 $200
2-day champion: $25,200 2nd place: Trip to Ixtapa, Mexico 3rd place: Vivitar 440 EZ camera + Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune video games for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis system

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Cliff Nancy Brent
$11,200 $8,800 $2,700
28 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 20 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $22,700

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Game tape date: 1993-02-02
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