Responses for Show #2980 - Friday, July 11, 1997

Contestants

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Steve Muni, a cooking writer from Jackson, California

Jeff Pilgreen, a waiter from Woodbury, Minnesota

Kim Simkins, a paralegal from Santa Barbara, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,900)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 1800S
SPORTS
FASHION HISTORY
ANIMALS
AMERICAN HODGEPODGE
CURRENT EXPRESSIONS
    $100 4
Napoleon

Jeff
    $100 26
Michael Jordan

Jeff
    $100 1
red

Kim
    $100 10
the common cold

Steve
    $100 15
(Kim: What is Wheeling?)
...
(Alex: It would be interesting to dance the "Wheeling".)

Charleston

KimJeff
    $100 21
channel surfing

Jeff
    $200 5
Alexandre Dumas

Steve
    $200 27
Steffi Graf

Kim
    $200 2
pajamas

Jeff
    $200 11
sheep

Kim
    $200 16
Detroit

Kim
    $200 22
"Sony dot com"

Kim
    $300 6
Charles Dana Gibson

Kim
    $300 28
Dan Marino

Jeff
    $300 3
(Steve: What's a lace covering over the bosom?)
(Alex: Looks like we're going to accept that.)

a collar

Steve
    $300 12
the fiddler crab

Steve
    $300 18
Tulsa

Kim
    $600 23
(Alex: And now, the secret is out--everyone knows where my ancestors got their start!)

morphing

Kim
    $400 8
La Scala

Kim
    $400 29
(1 of) Jack Murphy, L.A. Coliseum, the Rose Bowl & Stanford Stadium

Jeff
    $400 7
gauchos

Steve
    $400 14
manatees

Jeff
    $400 19
Nebraska

Jeff
    $400 24
(Alex: We have less than a minute left.)

a reality check

Kim
    $500 13
Lucy Hayes ("Lemonade Lucy")

Steve
    $500 30
Ted Williams

Jeff
    $500 9
(Steve: What is a shise?)
(Jeff: What is a maxi skirt?)

a hobble skirt

JeffSteve
Triple Stumper
    $500 17
the cod

Jeff
    $500 20
Montevideo

Jeff
    $500 25
a map

Jeff

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

Kim Jeff Steve
$1,000 $200 $1,300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Kim Jeff Steve
$2,800 $3,600 $1,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SCIENCE
FOOD
MOVIE CHARACTERS
NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
EDUCATION
AMERICAN LITERATURE
    $200 26
Moon

Jeff
    $200 1
Chips

Kim
    $200 6
Indiana Jones

Jeff
    $200 11
Ireland

Jeff
    $200 16
Bilingual

Kim
    $200 17
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Kim
    $400 27
Antarctica

Steve
    $400 2
Scampi

Kim
    $400 7
E.T.

Jeff
    $400 12
Whooping crane

Jeff
    $400 22
Home economics

Jeff
    $400 18
Herman Wouk

Kim
    $600 29
Root

Jeff
    $600 3
Mushroom

Kim
    $600 8
Mary Reilly

Kim
    $600 13
New Zealand

Jeff
    $600 23
Middle school

Kim
    $600 19
Larry McMurtry

Kim
    $800 30
(Alex: Well, maybe not so popular!)

Lichens

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
Poi

Kim
    $800 9
Forrest Gump

Jeff
    $800 14
Poland

Jeff
    $1,000 24
(Kim: What is phonetics?)
...
(Alex: We have about a minute left.)

phonics

Kim
    $800 20
The Age of Innocence

Jeff
    $1000 28
Chemical precipitation

Kim
    $1000 5
Pierogi

Jeff
    $1000 10
Buddy Love

Jeff
    $1000 15
(Alex: Jeff is rolling--he's rolling!)

Khmer

Jeff
    $1000 25
Gymnasium

Jeff
    $2,000 21
Invisible Man

Jeff

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Kim Jeff Steve
$7,400 $15,000 $1,700
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE COLD WAR
(Alex: Jeff, you're going back to Czechoslovakia--you've got enough money now!)
SteveWho is Alger Hiss?
$1,700
KimWho is ?
$0
JeffWho is Alger Hiss?
$199
Alger Hiss (accused by Whittaker Chambers)

Final scores:

Kim Jeff Steve
$7,400 $15,199 $3,400
2nd place: Trip to Braco Village Resort, Jamaica New champion: $15,199 3rd place: Klipsch Rebel Speakers

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Kim Jeff Steve
$8,100 $14,000 $1,700
21 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)
29 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
7 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $23,800

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Game tape date: 1997-02-12
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