Responses for Show #6770 - Friday, February 7, 2014

Battle of the Decades: The 1980s game 5.

Contestants

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Bob Verini, an academic director for a test preparation company from Los Angeles, California

Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California

Tom Cubbage, an attorney from Washington, D.C.

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Jeopardy! Round responses

MYTH DIAGNOSIS
STOCK SYMBOLS
ARCHIPELAGOS
NOTABLE NAMES
THE T IS SILENT
(Alex: ...in each correct response.)
'80s ACTORS & ROLES
    $200 26
(Bob: What is, uh--who is [*]?)

Atlas

Bob
    $200 11
American Express

Jerome
    $200 16
the Hawaiian Islands

Jerome
    $200 1
(Jerome: Who is, uh... Kirkpatrick?)

(Madeleine) Albright

TomJerome
    $200 19
a trestle

Tom
    $200 3
Glenn Close

Bob
    $400 27
Narcissus

Jerome
    $400 12
Coca-Cola

Triple Stumper
    $400 17
the Bismarck Archipelago

Tom
    $400 2
Sergey Brin

Bob
    $400 20
(Alex: Don't want to be chewing on [*].)

gristle

Triple Stumper
    $400 4
The Killing Fields

Bob
    $600 28
Charon

Bob
    $1,000 13
(Alex: You know the drill. You can risk your $600, or you can risk up to $1,000.)
(Jerome: Oh, I was just in the minus. Let's go for $1,000. What can happen?)
[Laughter]
...
(Jerome: What is... BUY?)
(Alex: Oh, close; what is [*]?)
(Jerome: Oh.)
(Alex: [*], Sotheby's, the auction house.)

BID

Jerome
    $600 18
the Azores

Bob
    $600 8
Aung San Suu Kyi

Jerome
    $600 23
hustle

Jerome
    $600 5
the Fat Boys

Triple Stumper
    $800 29
Sisyphus

Bob
    $800 14
Nordstrom

Triple Stumper
    $800 21
(Jerome: What are the Galápagos?)

Tierra del Fuego

Jerome
Triple Stumper
    $800 9
(Lilly) Pulitzer

Tom
    $800 24
thistle

Bob
    $800 6
John Hurt

Bob
    $1000 30
Agamemnon

Jerome
    $1000 15
AutoZone

Triple Stumper
    $1000 22
the Cook Islands

Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
(Alex: Succeeded [*].)

Paul Volcker

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
glisten

Bob
    $1000 7
(Jerry) Orbach

Tom

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

Tom Jerome Bob
$2,000 -$400 $1,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Tom Jerome Bob
$2,600 $1,000 $5,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

1980s BOOKS
PHYSICS
FIRST LADIES' FATHERS
(Alex: We'll tell you about [*]. You guys have to identify the first ladies.)
"DUM" IT UP
NO LONGER AROUND
SONG OF THE YEAR
    $400 3
2010

Bob
    $400 26
two

Jerome
    $400 1
Jackie Kennedy

Jerome
    $400 11
(Jerome: [Selecting the clue] Okay, "DUM" IT UP for $400.)
[Laughter]

a referendum

Tom
    $400 16
the Food and Agricultural Organization

Jerome
    $400 21
(Bob: What is 1980?)

1976

TomBob
    $800 4
(Lee) Iacocca

Bob
    $800 27
critical mass

Tom
    $800 2
Barbara Bush

Bob
    $800 12
Dumbo

Tom
    $800 17
(Jerome: Who are The Kinks?)

The Clash

TomJerome
    $800 22
an automobile

Jerome
    $3,000 5
(Alex: Good moment for you--you have $7,800, and you could say, "Let's make this a True Daily Double.")
[Laughter]
(Bob: Yes, I could, you rascal, but I won't.)
...
(Alex: Listen to the applause--5,000 people.)
(Bob: Yeah, a bit nicer outcome for me, though... than then.)

Bright Lights, Big City

Bob
    $1200 28
a gluon

Triple Stumper
    $1200 8
(Mamie) Eisenhower

Tom
    $1200 13
dumping

Tom
    $1200 18
the Chipwich

Triple Stumper
    $1200 23
(Tom: What is the [*]?)
(Alex: Pays to have five kids, doesn't it?)

"Summer Of '69"

Tom
    $1600 6
Hotel New Hampshire

Jerome
    $1600 29
a cyclotron

Jerome
    $1600 9
Julia Dent Grant

Jerome
    $1600 14
corundum

Triple Stumper
    $1600 19
(Jerome: What is Orange Free State?)
(Tom: What is the [*]?)
(Alex: [*], that was why we misspelled "part" there for you.)

Transvaal

TomJerome
    $1600 24
"1984"

Bob
    $2000 7
The Lord God Made Them All

Jerome
    $2000 30
to degauss

Jerome
    $3,000 10
(Jerome: Who is... Elizabeth Monroe?)
...
(Jerome: [*]. We just talked about that earlier.)

Edith Bolling Galt Wilson

Jerome
    $2000 15
reductio ad absurdum

Bob
    $2000 20
the moa

Jerome
    $2000 25
"1979"

Tom

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Tom Jerome Bob
$13,000 $8,400 $14,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD POLITICS
[Jerome wrote his wager as "US$1600".]
(Alex: Jerome has an impish sense of humor. We love him.)
...
(Alex: The five finalists from this week will come back in May to play for $1 million against the winners of our second and third decades, and we'll see you all on Monday for our College Championship. That's gonna be exciting--younger players. We'll see you then.)
JeromeWho are Putin & Medvedev?
$1,600
TomWho are Putin + Medvedev?
$3,801
BobWho are [something crossed out]?
$12,001
Putin & Medvedev

Final scores:

Tom Jerome Bob
$16,801 $10,000 $1,999
Quarterfinalist 2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Tom Jerome Bob
$13,000 $12,400 $12,200
15 R,
0 W		 16 R,
6 W
(including 2 DDs)		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $37,600

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Game tape date: 2013-12-17
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