Responses for Show #1455 - Friday, December 21, 1990

Contestants

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Susan Huser, an insurance underwriting manager originally from Cincinnati, Ohio

Gordon Nash, a teacher originally from New York City, New York

David Hewitt, a minister from Mount Pulaski, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,100)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BIOLOGY
4-LETTER WORDS
FOOD & DRINK
MUSIC
SPORT OF KINGS
KINGS NAMED FRED
    $100 3
teeth

Gordon
    $100 13
even

Susan
    $100 26
an egg

Susan
    $100 2
Gregorian chants

Gordon
    $100 1
win, place & show

Gordon
    $100 18
Frederick the Great

Gordon
    $200 4
(Susan: What are four?)

two

GordonSusan
    $200 14
a post

Susan
    $200 27
half & half

Gordon
    $200 8
a cappella

David
    $200 12
(Gordon: What is pot?)

the purse

Gordon
Triple Stumper
    $200 19
Jerusalem

David
    $300 5
(Gordon: What is -ase?)

-ose

GordonSusan
    $300 15
a purl

Triple Stumper
    $300 28
pâté de foie gras

Susan
    $300 9
brass & woodwinds

Gordon
    $300 23
the furlong

Gordon
    $300 20
Holy Roman emperor

Gordon
    $400 6
fat

Gordon
    $400 16
a pond

Susan
    $400 29
platinum blond

Gordon
    $400 10
(Susan: What's the fret?)

a bridge

DavidSusan
    $400 24
Saratoga

Gordon
    $400 21
Barbarossa

David
    $600 7
cheese

Gordon
    $500 17
lore

Gordon
    $500 30
(Susan: What's a roux?)

filé

Susan
Triple Stumper
    $500 11
a natural

Triple Stumper
    $500 25
(Alex: We have less than a minute to go.)

(2 of) Secretariat & Affirmed (or Seattle Slew)

Gordon
    $500 22
the Congress of Vienna

Gordon

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

David Gordon Susan
$600 $1,300 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

David Gordon Susan
$1,200 $4,500 $300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. GEOGRAPHY
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
LITERARY TERMS
CHINESE HISTORY
THEATER
YE GODS!
    $200 2
Missouri

Gordon
    $200 5
a log cabin

David
    $200 1
the plot

Gordon
    $200 22
World War II

David
    $200 15
David: Who is Catherine?)
(Alex: Be more...)

Catherine the Great

David
    $200 3
lightning

Gordon
    $400 13
Annapolis

David
    $400 8
(Susan: Who is Washington?)

Woodrow Wilson

Susan
Triple Stumper
    $400 27
a pun

Susan
    $400 23
the Mongols

David
    $400 18
a clown

Gordon
    $400 4
Ishtar

David
    $600 19
the Adirondacks

Gordon
    $3,700 12
LBJ (Lyndon Johnson)

Gordon
    $600 28
nom de plume

Gordon
    $600 24
the Boxer Rebellion

David
    $600 17
Phantom of the Opera

David
    $600 9
the caduceus

Gordon
    $800 20
Wyoming

David
    $800 7
Tyler

Gordon
    $800 29
[NOTE: Gordon spelled out each letter in his response.]

sic

Gordon
    $800 25
the Opium War

Gordon
    $800 16
To Kill a Mockingbird

Susan
    $800 10
Titan

Gordon
    $1000 21
the Narragansett Bay

David
    $1000 6
James Monroe

David
    $1000 30
a foot

Triple Stumper
    $1,200 26
silk

Gordon
    $1000 14
40

Susan
    $1000 11
(David: Who is Hyperion?)

Helios

DavidGordon

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

David Gordon Susan
$6,000 $16,400 $2,100
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

OSCAR-WINNING FILMS
SusanWhat is There's No Business Like Show Business?
$2,000
DavidWhat is "All About Eve"?
$1,700
GordonWhat is All About Eve
$4,400
All About Eve

Final scores:

David Gordon Susan
$7,700 $20,800 $100
2nd place: Colortyme home entertainment center & La-Z-Boy sofa New champion: $20,800 3rd place: RCA washer & dryer & + Nintendo Entertainment system with Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy! & Fisher Price preschool games + Wheel of Fortune for Game Boy

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

David Gordon Susan
$6,000 $13,000 $2,100
15 R,
1 W
30 R
(including 3 DDs),
2 W
9 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $21,100

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Game tape date: 1990-09-24
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