Responses for Show #266 - Monday, September 16, 1985

Jay Rosenberg game 2.
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Contestants

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Capt. Kimberly Power, an Air Force officer originally from Manhasset, New York

Missy Williamson, a student originally from Phoenix, Arizona

Jay Rosenberg, a professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,400)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

AUTOMOBILES
SINGERS & DANCERS
FARMING
TV ADS
U.S.A.
"BAD" WORDS
    $100 13
the Stanley Steamer

Jay
    $100 5
(Kimberly: Who was Nat King Cole?)

Elvis Presley

Kimberly
Triple Stumper
    $100 16
a scarecrow

Kimberly
    $100 1
(Kimberly: What is a monk?)

the Little Tramp

JayKimberly
    $100 21
(Jay: What is the Goodyear Blimp?)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)

the Statue of Liberty's torch

JayKimberly
    $100 8
the Badlands

Missy
    $200 14
(Missy: Who is John Wayne?)
...
(Alex: Those cars, by the way, are worth $800,000 right now.)

Gary Cooper

Missy
Triple Stumper
    $200 6
Enrico Caruso

Jay
    $200 17
[A segment of the audience erupts in titters as Alex reaches the "illegal substance" portion of the clue.]

marijuana

Jay
    $200 2
NyQuil

Jay
    $200 22
(Jay: What is a drainage vent on [*]?)

a toilet

Jay
    $200 9
bad blood

Missy
    $300 15
a Cadillac

Kimberly
    $300 18
the horse

Triple Stumper
    $300 3
Avon calling

Missy
    $300 23
(Kimberly: What is the Federal Reserve system?)

the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Kimberly
Triple Stumper
    $300 10
badminton

Missy
    $400 19
a plantation

Kimberly
    $400 4
(Jay: What is Ovaltine?)

Good & Plenty candy

Jay
Triple Stumper
    $400 24
(Alex: That gives you $400 more, and you are in the lead all by yourself.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: And we are out of time in the Jeopardy Round. But good play by all of you. Look at that. The returning champion in the lead, Missy in second place, and Kimberly, you made a little--)
(Kimberly: Gets to pick first.)
[Laughter]
(Alex: Kimberly gets to pick first when we come back with Double Jeopardy! And we will do that, ladies and gentlemen, right after this.)

air mail

Jay
    $400 11
to badger

Jay
    $500 20
(Kimberly: I almost guessed that!)
(Alex: You almost did?)
(Kimberly: Yes!)

about ½

Triple Stumper
    $500 7
[Applause for Missy]
(Alex: You never thought a Cross Your Heart bra would pay off that beautifully, did you?)
(Missy: Not likely.)

it lifts and separates

Missy
    $500 12
(Alex: Two ladies with associations with the Air Force, and we missed up on "What is--")
(Kimberly: We never got in trouble.)
(Alex: You never got in trouble.)
(Missy: No.)
(Alex: Oh, how unfortunate for you? Because you could have picked up $500 if you knew "What is [*]?".)

bad time

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 10):

Jay Missy Kimberly
$100 $1,400 -$200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jay Missy Kimberly
$1,300 $1,200 $400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ENGLISH LITERATURE
FLOWERS
THE MILITARY
1982
BASEBALL TRIVIA
FRANCE
    $200 2
the Artful Dodger

Jay
    $200 7
the blue bonnet

Missy
    $200 1
Switzerland

Jay
    $200 17
"Valley Girl"

Jay
    $200 8
[Exactly one audience clap for Missy]

Steve Garvey

Missy
    $200 12
the Franks

Jay
    $400 3
Bram Stoker

Jay
    $400 11
the African violet

Triple Stumper
    $400 25
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: Kimberly, obviously, you did not get in any trouble at the, uh, military clubs. The [*] is what we were looking for there.)

sergeant-at-arms

Triple Stumper
    $400 18
(Alex: 1982 is the category. Remember that.)

Prince William

Triple Stumper
    $400 9
Babe Didrikson

Missy
    $400 13
the French Riviera

Kimberly
    $600 4
(Alex: They get tougher, supposedly.)

The Prisoner of Zenda

Triple Stumper
    $600 22
[ERRATUM: The name of the service was "Florists' Transworld Delivery".]
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round...)

Mercury

Jay
    $600 19
(Alex: Sorry, Jay not fast enough.)

Nancy Reagan

Triple Stumper
    $600 10
Yogi Berra

Jay
    $1,000 14
(Kimberly: [Under her breath] Oh, I should wait for the music?)
[A Vikki Carr version of "I Will Wait For You" played.]
(Alex: ...You can listen to it, or you can give me a question.)

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Kimberly
    $800 5
Beowulf

Jay
    $800 23
the lotus

Jay
    $1,700 20
(Alex: Boy, oh boy, when all of the films that are to be considered--Grease 2 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Amityville Horror: Possession or Friday the 13th--you came up with the correct question. Way to go!)

Rocky III

Jay
    $800 15
Charles de Gaulle

Jay
    $1000 6
man

Jay
    $1000 24
(Jay: What is stellate?)

aster

Jay
Triple Stumper
    $1000 21
[Applause for Jay]

Braniff

Jay
    $1000 16
(Maréchal Henri) Pétain

Jay

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jay Missy Kimberly
$9,800 $2,000 $1,800
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE OSCARS
(Kimberly: I get to go first again, right?)
[Laughter]
KimberlyWho is Cloris Leachman?
$100
MissyWho is Cloris Leachman?
$2,000
JayWho is Karen Black?
$800
Cloris Leachman

Final scores:

Jay Missy Kimberly
$9,000 $4,000 $1,900
2-day champion: $24,400 2nd place: Panasonic 25" monitor receiver + Stiffel lamps 3rd place: Jules Jurgensen watches

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jay Missy Kimberly
$8,900 $2,000 $1,400
22 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W
8 R,
1 W
6 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $12,300

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Game tape date: 1985-07-02
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