Responses for Show #539 - Thursday, January 1, 1987

Clip of this game shown in the 2009 documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty.

Contestants

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Marjorie Kelly, a student from Santa Monica, California

Randy Jackson, a branch sales manager originally from Memphis, Tennessee

J.C. Turner, a pharmacy student from Amelia, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD LEADERS
NUTS
RIVER SONGS
WOMEN IN SPORTS
MARCH
IN OTHER WORDS...
(Alex: A few words of explanation, if I may, about this last category. IN OTHER WORDS... came as a result of a big foo-foo that occurred at the Disney Studios last year, when the employees staged a minor revolt when they changed the title of Basil of Baker Street to The Great Mouse Detective and they sent out a memo, tongue-in-cheek, very much so, about what would happen if they changed the titles of all the other great Disney films. So, IN OTHER WORDS, we'll give you an answer and you have to come up with the title of the Disney film as we know it.)
    $100 3
Baby Doc

Marjorie
    $100 13
Pistachio

J.C.
    $100 1
basketball

J.C.
    $100 16
(Randy: What is Veterans of World War I?)
(Marjorie: Veterans of Foreign Wars?)
(Alex: No, remember your phrasing.)

American Legion

RandyMarjorie
Triple Stumper
    $100 9
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

J.C.
    $200 4
Castro

Randy
    $200 21
(J.C.: What is a Brazil nut?)
(Randy: What is a coconut?)

Hazelnut

J.C.Randy
Triple Stumper
    $200 2
(Marjorie: What is 80?)

90

RandyMarjorie
    $200 17
Washing machine

Randy
    $200 10
Pinocchio

J.C.
    $300 5
Kurt Waldheim

J.C.
    $300 23
(Randy: What is a walnut?)

Pecan

J.C.Randy
    $300 26
(Marjorie: What is sweet Avon?)
...
(Alex: Marjorie, you were on the right track, it's "sweet [*]", not Avon. You were thinking about the Avon lady.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Afton

Marjorie
Triple Stumper
    $300 6
Trampoline

J.C.
    $300 19
Constitution

J.C.
    $300 11
[This clue is seen in the 2009 documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty.]

Cinderella

Marjorie
    $400 12
Watch a movie

J.C.
    $400 24
Open

Triple Stumper
    $400 7
(Randy: Who is Martina Navratilova?)

Chris Evert Lloyd

J.C.Randy
    $400 20
Campfire Girls

Randy
    $400 14
One Hundred and One Dalmatians

J.C.
    $500 18
Daniel Ortega

Triple Stumper
    $500 25
Oil

Triple Stumper
    $500 8
Blindness

Triple Stumper
    $500 22
(Randy: What is the Black Hand?)

Murder Incorporated

Randy
Triple Stumper
    $500 15
Peter Pan

J.C.

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 11):

J.C. Randy Marjorie
$1,400 $0 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

J.C. Randy Marjorie
$3,200 -$500 -$200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BOOKS & AUTHORS
GEOGRAPHY
ACTORS & ROLES
AUTOMOBILES
MYTHS & LEGENDS
PAYCHECKS
(Alex: And finally, something all of you are hoping to collect at the end of your sojourn on Jeopardy, a paycheck or two.)
    $200 12
Profiles in Courage

J.C.
    $200 7
(Randy: What is Norway?)

Denmark

RandyMarjorie
    $200 2
Dustin Hoffman

J.C.
    $200 25
Taurus

Marjorie
    $200 1
King Tut

J.C.
    $200 21
Brando

Randy
    $400 13
Elvis Presley

Marjorie
    $400 8
Transjordan

Marjorie
    $400 3
Whoopi Goldberg

J.C.
    $400 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Retract

Randy
    $400 17
Argo

Randy
    $400 22
(Randy: What is $1085?)

$847

RandyMarjorie
    $600 14
Colette

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 9
(Marjorie: What are Venezuela and Colombia?)
(Alex: Oh, sorry. Colombia doesn't make it.)

Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname

Marjorie
    $600 4
Ben Kingsley

J.C.
    $600 18
(Alex: They were referring to his father, [*].)

Uther Pendragon

Triple Stumper
    $600 23
The President

J.C.
    $800 15
Gorky

Marjorie
    $800 10
(J.C.: What is Tibet?)
(Marjorie: What is Nepal?)

China

J.C.Marjorie
Triple Stumper
    $800 5
(Randy: Who is Orson Welles?)

Glenn Ford

RandyMarjorie
    $800 19
Girdle

Randy
    $800 24
Lee Iacocca

J.C.
    $1000 16
the Bible

Triple Stumper
    $1000 11
Turkey

J.C.
    $1000 6
Betty Comden

J.C.
    $1000 26
Running boards

Marjorie
    $1000 20
Sword

Triple Stumper
    $1000 27
Vladimir Horowitz

J.C.

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

J.C. Randy Marjorie
$8,400 -$100 $2,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN INDIANS
[Alex reveals J.C.'s answer]
(Alex: Who are the [*]? Added an "H" at the end, but we don't penalize our contestants for spelling.)
MarjorieWho are the Navajo?
$2,000
J.C.Who are the Navajohs?
$400
Navajo

Final scores:

J.C. Randy Marjorie
$8,800 -$100 $4,200
2-day champion: $15,800 3rd place: a Smith-Corona typewriter 2nd place: a trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

J.C. Randy Marjorie
$8,400 -$100 $3,200
22 R,
2 W		 8 R,
8 W		 10 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $11,500

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Game tape date: 1986-10-07
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