Responses for Show #717 - Tuesday, October 20, 1987

Contestants

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J.P. Duffy, a stage director and writer from Los Angeles, California

Denise Rossi, a systems engineer from Santa Monica, California

Judith Seeger, an associate research engineer from Mountain View, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $32,199)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

HEALTH & FITNESS
PATRON SAINTS
4-LETTER WORDS
U.S. HISTORY
CHILDREN'S GAMES
"LAST" MOVIES
    $100 1
[Alex said nothing to indicate the correct response should have been "prisoners".]

prisons

Judith
    $100 3
kilt

Denise
    $100 13
Poor Richard's Almanac

Judith
    $100 12
down

J.P.
    $100 9
[J.P. broke up his response with a pause before adding the prepositional portion of his response.]

Last Tango in Paris

J.P.
    $200 2
librarians

J.P.
    $200 4
(J.P.: What is Tony?)

lilt

JudithJ.P.
    $200 20
Brinks

Judith
    $200 14
get the ball, get the rope wrapped all the way around the pole

Judith
    $200 10
The Last Days of Pompeii

J.P.
    $300 5
pastry cooks (bakers)

Judith
    $600 6
(Alex: Reference, of course, to the pinball machine.)

tilt

Judith
    $300 21
(J.P.: What is Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead?)
(Alex: Sorry, you're getting our naval heroes mixed up. I have just begun to fight. We have less than a minute to go.)
[ERRATUM: Alex incorrectly provided the correct response with no correction later in the show.]

I have not yet begun to fight!

J.P.
Triple Stumper
    $300 15
[The second portion of J.P.'s response was accepted with nothing further said.]

change the suit or the number

J.P.
    $300 11
The Last Picture Show

Judith
    $400 7
St. Benedict

Triple Stumper
    $400 18
gilt

Judith
    $400 24
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Panama Canal

Judith
    $400 22
the cheese

J.P.
    $400 16
The Last Remake of Beau Geste

Triple Stumper
    $500 8
(Judith: Who is Saint [sounded like?] Amos?)

St. Vincent

JudithJ.P.
    $500 19
silt

J.P.
    $500 23
(Judith: What are the markers?)
(J.P.: What are the stones?)

lines

JudithJ.P.
Triple Stumper
    $500 17
The Last Angry Man

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 10):

Judith Denise J.P.
$700 $100 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Judith Denise J.P.
$1,800 $100 $1,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
AFRICAN ANIMALS
MARK TWAIN
LAKES & RIVERS
MILITARY QUOTES
NAMES IN SONG
    $200 16
Meese

J.P.
    $200 4
gorillas

Denise
    $200 12
20th century

J.P.
    $200 7
(J.P.: What is the Mississippi?)

Missouri

DeniseJ.P.
    $200 23
[ERRATUM: Clue was to have read "quoted".]

war

Judith
    $200 1
(Judith: Who is Bill?)
(Alex: Yeah, okay. [*] is his full name.)

Billy Davis, Jr.

Judith
    $400 17
Massachusetts

J.P.
    $400 10
(J.P.: What is lie down?)
(Denise: What is close his eyes?)

yawning

DeniseJ.P.
Triple Stumper
    $400 13
white

Judith
    $400 8
Mekong

Denise
    $400 24
(Alex: He was referring to Yossarian. We've got less than a minute to go.)

die

J.P.
    $400 2
Mary Lou

Judith
    $600 18
Alan Cranston

Denise
    $600 11
tusks

Judith
    $600 14
(J.P.: What is the devil?)

"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

J.P.
Triple Stumper
    $600 9
Lake Tahoe

J.P.
    $600 3
[Alex tried to be funny when reading the clue by saying Tennessee to have the "see" rhyme with "her".]

Marie

J.P.
    $800 19
maternity leave

Triple Stumper
    $800 22
baboons

Judith
    $800 15
(J.P.: What is the Connecticut Yankee in [*]?)
(Alex: Yeah, that's the whole title. [*] is where he woke up.)

King Arthur's Court

J.P.
    $700 20
(Denise: What are Maryland & Virginia?)

(2 of) New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

Denise
    $800 5
"Elvira" or "Bobbie Sue"

Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)

Judith
    $1000 25
serengeti

Denise
    $1000 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

James Fenimore Cooper

Triple Stumper
    $1000 21
Lake Nasser

Triple Stumper
    $1000 6
(Alex: You don't tug on Superman's cape and [*].)

"You Don't Mess Around With Jim"

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Judith Denise J.P.
$5,400 $1,400 $3,300

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 50 STATES
DeniseWhat is Minnesota?
$1,399
J.P.Where is Texas
$3,000
JudithWhat is Michigan?
$1,201
Michigan

Final scores:

Judith Denise J.P.
$6,601 $1 $300
4-day champion: $38,800 3rd place: Gibson Les Paul guitar + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version 2nd place: trip to Florida on Eastern & stay at Safety Harbor Spa & Fitness center on Tampa Bay + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Judith Denise J.P.
$5,100 $2,100 $3,300
17 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 6 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 15 R,
6 W

Combined Coryat: $10,500

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Game tape date: 1987-08-18
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