Responses for Show #1208 - Wednesday, November 29, 1989

The Final Jeopardy! Round from this game appears in the 1991 film The Fisher King, on a TV screen at about the 8-minute mark of the film.

Contestants

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Max Goldberg, a consultant originally from Wilmington, Delaware

Susan Yarborough, a ghost writer from Atlanta, Georgia

Jeff Slike, an ATM repairman originally from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,100)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

1989
AMERICAN INDIANS
SOAP OPERAS
FLOWERS
DRIVING
"POT"s
    $100 2
a hole in one

Jeff
    $100 1
moccasins

Max
    $100 26
Dynasty

Susan
    $100 9
lilies

Jeff
    $100 12
(Susan: What is a buffalo?)
(Alex (Laughing): Love your response, but its incorrect.)
(Max: What is a mountain?)

a traffic light

SusanMax
Triple Stumper
    $100 18
crackpot

Susan
    $200 7
the KGB

Max
    $200 3
mounds

Jeff
    $200 27
Santa Barbara

Max
    $200 17
iris

Max
    $200 13
Nissan

Max
    $200 19
Beatrix Potter

Susan
    $300 8
British Columbia

Susan
    $300 4
Cochise

Jeff
    $300 28
black families

Susan
    $300 23
(Alex: That is it and we've got a minute to go in the round.)

a four o'clock

Susan
    $500 14
a T-Bird (Thunderbird)

Max
    $300 20
Potsdam

Jeff
    $400 10
Colt

Jeff
    $400 5
the Ghost Dance

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

The Young and the Restless

Jeff
    $400 24
P-H-L-O-X

Susan
    $400 15
Dorf

Triple Stumper
    $400 21
a pot of gold

Jeff
    $500 11
Poland

Max
    $500 6
(Jeff: What is Michigan?)

Iowa

JeffSusan
    $500 25
digitalis

Jeff
    $500 16
handicap spots

Susan
    $500 22
a melting pot

Max

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

Jeff Susan Max
$1,600 $100 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jeff Susan Max
$3,200 $2,000 $2,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ENGLISH LITERATURE
FAMOUS NAMES
TRAVEL & TOURISM
HISTORY
DOGS
"PAN"s
    $200 1
Ian Fleming

Jeff
    $200 11
Billy Graham

Susan
    $200 16
the Capitoline

Susan
    $200 6
the slave trade

Jeff
    $200 21
a Boston Terrier

Max
    $200 26
the panic button

Max
    $1,000 2
Chaucer

Jeff
    $400 12
Scott Carpenter

Triple Stumper
    $400 17
the Erie Canal

Susan
    $400 7
(Max: What is the sacred city?)

the Forbidden City

JeffMax
    $400 22
the French poodle

Max
    $400 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

a Panama hat

Susan
    $600 3
Tweedledum & Tweedledee

Jeff
    $600 13
(Susan: Who is Michael Dukakis?)

John Hinckley

Susan
Triple Stumper
    $600 18
the Mummers

Max
    $1,000 8
(Jeff: What are the doldrums?)

Mar Pacifico (Pacific Ocean)

Jeff
    $600 23
(Susan: What are Newfoundlands?)
...
(Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round.)

Labradors

Susan
Triple Stumper
    $800 4
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Jeff
    $800 14
(Robert) McNamara

Max
    $800 19
(Susan: What is Karnak?)

Giza

Susan
Triple Stumper
    $800 9
Bosworth

Susan
    $800 24
a boxer

Jeff
    $1000 5
Our Mutual Friend

Susan
    $1000 15
Barbara Jordan

Susan
    $1000 20
Brisbane

Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
Ghana

Max
    $1000 25
a collie

Susan

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jeff Susan Max
$6,200 $5,000 $5,100

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. PRESIDENTS
SusanWho was Herbert Hoover?
$5,000
MaxWho is Hoover
$5,100
JeffWho is Hoover
$5,000
Herbert Hoover

Final scores:

Jeff Susan Max
$11,200 $10,000 $10,200
2-day champion: $26,300 3rd place: a shelving system + a Nintendo Entertainment System featuring Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! 2nd place: a reclining sofa bed + a spotlight system

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jeff Susan Max
$6,600 $5,000 $4,900
17 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 17 R,
5 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $16,500

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Game tape date: 1989-08-23
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