Responses for Show #789 - Thursday, January 28, 1988

Final Jeopardy! logo flashes on the game board's monitors instead of the show's logo.

Contestants

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Chris Beauregard, a librarian from Scotia, New York

Ernie Bonner, a firefighter from Galveston, Texas

Steve Kravitz, a trust and estate attorney from West Palm Beach, Florida (whose 2-day cash winnings total $28,300)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ISLANDS
MOVIE TRIVIA
DRUG STORE
FOOTBALL
FLOWERS
"M.B."
    $100 11
Marco Polo

Ernie
    $100 6
(Alex: Real [*], yeah.)

butter

Steve
    $100 17
Listerine

Chris
    $100 1
the line of scrimmage

Steve
    $100 26
geranium

Chris
    $100 16
marching bands

Ernie
    $200 12
Canada

Steve
    $200 7
Ghostbusters

Steve
    $200 22
the Flintstones

Steve
    $200 2
the end zone

Ernie
    $200 27
a tiger lily

Chris
    $200 18
masters of business

Steve
    $300 13
Elba

Steve
    $300 8
Dom DeLuise

Steve
    $300 23
a sore throat

Chris
    $300 3
60

Steve
    $300 28
sunflowers

Chris
    $300 19
a moth ball

Chris
    $400 14
(Chris: What is Ireland?)

Great Britain

SteveChris
    $400 9
Song of the South

Steve
    $400 24
(Alex: We've got a minute to go.)

prescription

Chris
    $400 4
(2 of) shoulder pads, thigh pads, hip pads, & knee pads

Steve
    $400 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

thought

Chris
    $400 20
Midnight Blue

Triple Stumper
    $500 15
France

Triple Stumper
    $200 10
(Steve: This is a guess, Who is Bert Lahr?)
(Alex: No, you picked the wrong one. Who is [*]. You'll remember Liza was married to [*], Jr.)

Jack Haley

Steve
    $500 25
(Ernie: What is Brylcream?)

Vitalis

Ernie
Triple Stumper
    $500 5
Dick Butkus

Ernie
    $500 21
mind boggling

Chris

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Steve Ernie Chris
$2,100 $800 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Ernie Chris
$2,900 $400 $2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN HISTORY
WORLD LITERATURE
EQUIVALENCIES
COMPOSERS
FAMOUS AMOS's
PALINDROMES
    $200 1
Jamestown

Chris
    $200 6
Chicago

Steve
    $200 16
Secretary of the Treasury

Steve
    $200 21
Franz

Steve
    $200 22
Kunta Kinte

Triple Stumper
    $200 11
[As displayed on-screen, each of the letters in "tilted" was set slightly lower than the previous one, to give an effect that the word tilted at a declining angle.]

level

Triple Stumper
    $400 2
electrocution

Steve
    $400 7
South Africa

Steve
    $400 17
states

Steve
    $100 23
[Audio was the opening lines of "God Bless America".]

Irving Berlin

Steve
    $400 24
Danny Thomas

Steve
    $400 12
hoot

Steve
    $600 3
Texas

Chris
    $600 8
(Chris: What is Maude Flanders?)

Fanny Hill

SteveChris
    $600 18
Aphrodite

Steve
    $600 25
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

"Carry Me Back To Old Virginny"

Steve
    $600 26
Walter Brennan

Triple Stumper
    $600 13
(Ernie: What is oui?)

elle

SteveErnie
    $800 4
the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Triple Stumper
    $800 9
(Franz) Kafka

Steve
    $500 19
(Steve: What is... I can't come up with it.)

the New Frontier

Steve
    $800 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: Oh! That wraps up the Double Jeopardy! Round and bad news for Ernie because he wounds up--winds up at -$200. And Steve, our champion, can sympathize with you; because he was nailed on our last program for failing to phrase a response correctly. Ernie, you're gonna wind up with our 3rd place prize; thank you very much, stay right where you are.)

(John Philip) Sousa

Chris
    $800 27
(Ernie: Uh, [*].)
...
(Alex: Ernie remembered too late the correct phrasing.)

drove a cab

SteveErnie
    $800 14
Lil

Ernie
    $1000 5
(Chris: Who is John Glenn?)

(Virgil "Gus") Grissom

SteveChris
    $1000 10
Darkness at Noon

Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
the Red Crescent

Steve
    $1000 15
shahs

Chris

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Ernie Chris
$11,100 -$200 $3,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

STATE CAPITALS
(Alex: [To Chris] I'll tell you what. That places me in an awkward situation because we can't credit you with extra money for being correct on both of them, which you are!)
...
(Alex: So, the, uh, capitals, of course, are Carson City, Charleston, Cheyenne, Columbia, Columbus, Concord; in the "S" category, Sacramento, Salem, Salt Lake City, Santa Fe, Springfield, and St. Paul, Minnesota.)
ChrisWhat is C and S?
$3,200
SteveWhat is A?
$4,000
C or S

Final scores:

Steve Ernie Chris
$7,100 -$200 $6,400
3-day champion: $35,400 3rd place: a Smith Corona electric typewriter 2nd place: a weekend for 2 at La Costa Hotel and Spa + a set of golf clubs

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Steve Ernie Chris
$12,100 -$200 $3,200
29 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 2 DDs)		 5 R,
3 W		 13 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $15,100

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Game tape date: 1987-10-19
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