Responses for Show #1606 - Monday, September 2, 1991

First game of Season 8.
New set.

Contestants

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Richard Bannin, a fundraising director from New York City, New York

Bob Porowski, a data processing manager from East Brunswick, New Jersey

Molly Redfield, a Ph.D. candidate from Claremont, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $43,399)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

TRANSPORTATION
MYTHOLOGY
SPORTS
JAZZ
ODDS & ENDS
SERVING SUGGESTIONS
    $100 22
barges

Molly
    $100 1
(Bob: What is silver?)

gold

MollyBob
    $100 21
Tennis

Richard
    $100 6
Louis Armstrong

Richard
    $100 9
preparatory

Richard
    $100 16
salt

Bob
    $200 23
(Bob: What is bactrian?)

dromedary

MollyBob
    $200 2
(Richard: What is Hades?)

Styx

MollyRichard
    $200 27
Winter Olympic Games

Richard
    $200 7
Miles Davis

Bob
    $200 12
(Bob: What are wives?)

mothers

Bob
Triple Stumper
    $200 17
snails

Molly
    $300 24
(Bob: What is a rickshaw?)
...
(Alex: We have less than a minute to go.)

bicycle

MollyBob
    $300 3
Pleiades

Molly
    $300 28
Muhammad Ali

Bob
    $300 8
Lady Sings the Blues

Molly
    $300 13
Hebrew religion (Judaism)

Bob
    $300 18
blankets

Molly
    $400 25
Volvo

Richard
    $400 4
satyr

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

Patrick Ewing

Bob
    $500 10
Duke Ellington

Richard
    $400 14
(Bob: What is a balloon?)

hard-boiled egg

Bob
Triple Stumper
    $400 19
guacamole

Molly
    $500 26
(Bob: What's an outrigger?)
(Richard: What's a sail?)

[Alex confirmed that Bob's response of outrigger was incorrect when the DJ! round began.]

hull

BobRichard
Triple Stumper
    $500 5
Poseidon

Richard
    $500 11
Wynton Marsalis

Richard
    $500 15
Damask rose

Molly
    $500 20
cheese

Bob

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):

Molly Bob Richard
$1,300 -$100 $1,500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Molly Bob Richard
$3,300 $100 $1,700

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

PEOPLE IN HISTORY
CONTEMPORARY BOOKS
FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
PHILOSOPHY
PLAYS
"PORT" CITIES
    $200 2
Ferdinand of Aragon

Molly
    $200 25
Married

Triple Stumper
    $200 9
maestro

Richard
    $200 21
existence of God

Molly
    $200 1
Bonaparte

Molly
    $200 16
Portland

Bob
    $400 3
(Sarah) Bernhardt

Richard
    $400 27
Rodeo Drive

Richard
    $400 10
mantra

Richard
    $400 22
Bertrand Russell

Richard
    $400 4
(P.T.) Barnum

Richard
    $400 17
Port-au-Prince

Bob
    $600 8
Scotland

Richard
    $600 28
(William F.) Buckley

Richard
    $600 11
vigilante

Richard
    $1,300 23
(Richard: Who is Sophocles?)

Socrates

Richard
    $600 5
Luther

Bob
    $600 18
Port of Spain

Molly
    $800 14
South Africa

Molly
    $1,000 29
Australia

Richard
    $800 12
herr & frau

Richard
    $800 24
George Santayana

Triple Stumper
    $800 6
(Richard: What is Sunrise at Campobello?)
...
(Alex: Richard, you misunderstood the clue. We were going for [*]. This president.)

Lincoln

Richard
Triple Stumper
    $800 19
Port Said

Bob
    $1000 15
Lucretia Borgia

Molly
    $1000 30
India

Bob
    $1000 13
lagniappe

Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
(Denis) Diderot

Richard
    $1000 7
The Seagull

Richard
    $1000 20
Port Arthur

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Molly Bob Richard
$6,300 $3,100 $7,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

POETRY
BobWho is Do Don Juan?
$899
MollyWho is the Pied Piper?
$4,000
RichardWho is the Pied Piper of Hamelin
$5,201
Pied Piper (of Hamelin)

Final scores:

Molly Bob Richard
$10,300 $2,201 $12,601
2nd place: trip on Aerocancun to Mexico & stay at Hotel Oasis Cancun 3rd place: Yashica Zoomtec camera & NES with Super Jeopardy! + Wheel of Fortune & InfoGenius for Game Boy New champion: $12,601

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Molly Bob Richard
$6,300 $3,100 $8,400
18 R,
0 W		 11 R,
6 W		 21 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $17,800

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Game tape date: 1991-08-05
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