Responses for Show #333 - Wednesday, December 18, 1985

Contestants

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Ron Marriott, a student originally from Cupertino, California

Jon Lindsey, an attorney from New York City

Denise Nielsen, a teacher from Thousand Oaks, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,399)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE '50s
THREESOMES
GUINNESS RECORDS
ANIMALS
SUPERSTITIONS
STARTS WITH "REC"
    $100 2
3-D glasses

Jon
    $100 11
listen

Ron
    $100 18
(Alex: Can you imagine the size of his mouth.)
[Laughter]

beer

Ron
    $100 26
a polar bear

Ron
    $100 16
black

Jon
    $100 1
a recipe

Ron
    $600 7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Ron
    $200 12
The Three Stooges

Jon
    $200 19
(Denise: What is a bath?)

a shower

Denise
Triple Stumper
    $200 27
(Ron: What is a baboon?)

chimpanzees

Ron
Triple Stumper
    $200 17
good luck

Ron
    $200 3
a receptionist

Denise
    $300 8
(Edmund) Hillary

Jon
    $300 13
The Kingston Trio

Denise
    $300 20
(Ron: What is a glass of wine?)
...
(Alex: It was open, too.)

a tray with a wine bottle

DeniseRon
    $300 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

an elephant

Jon
    $300 23
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go now.)

rungs

Ron
    $300 4
a recluse

Jon
    $400 9
Norman Vincent Peale

Jon
    $400 14
truth, justice & the American way

Ron
    $400 21
cigar

Jon
    $400 24
(Alex: It also makes you sick for about half a year.)
[Laughter]

a butterfly

Denise
    $400 5
a recital

Jon
    $500 10
the Nautilus

Ron
    $500 15
Hart Schaffner & Marx

Jon
    $500 22
(Jon: What is backwards?)
...
(Alex: That's faster than I can do it on my legs.)

on his hands

Jon
Triple Stumper
    $500 25
(Alex: Who would want to do it, I don't know.)

a toad

Triple Stumper
    $500 6
a rectory

Ron

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

Denise Jon Ron
$200 $1,500 $1,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Denise Jon Ron
$1,000 $2,500 $2,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE ROMAN EMPIRE
BASEBALL
MUSIC
FASHION DESIGNERS
PROVERBS
UNREAL ESTATE
    $200 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the Rubicon

Jon
    $200 1
Chuck Connors

Denise
    $200 8
rhythm & blues

Jon
    $200 17
Calvin Klein

Denise
    $200 6
two heads are better than one

Jon
    $200 9
Atlantis

Jon
    $400 2
George Steinbrenner

Denise
    $400 12
Schubert

Jon
    $400 18
Halston

Denise
    $400 7
the fat lady

Ron
    $400 10
the Little Prince

Jon
    $600 3
Mike Schmidt

Ron
    $600 22
(Ron: What are the wind organs--the wind instruments?)
(Alex: No. All right, be more specific.)
(Ron: What are the woodwinds?)

the reeds

Ron
Triple Stumper
    $600 19
shocking pink

Triple Stumper
    $600 14
speech

Triple Stumper
    $600 11
El Dorado

Ron
    $2,000 4
(2 of) Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb (Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson or Christy Mathewson)

Ron
    $2,200 23
(Alex: With less than a minute to go in the round.)

"A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight"

Denise
    $800 20
Norma Kamali

Triple Stumper
    $800 15
ebb

Jon
    $800 13
pandemonium

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
Red Barber

Jon
    $1000 24
the Eastman

Jon
    $1000 21
Fendi

Triple Stumper
    $1000 16
[Audible popping noise]
(Alex: That is not the penalty, by the way, that gunshot is one of our lights blowing out.)

one might as well be hanged for stealing a sheep as a lamb

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
Narnia

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Denise Jon Ron
$4,400 $6,900 $5,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

RECENT HISTORY
(Alex: [To Ron] We go from President Harry Truman who was president when Queen Elizabeth became queen upon the death of George VI in 1952, all the way up to President Reagan.)
DeniseWhat is 7?
$4,399
RonWhat is 8?
$3,401
JonWhat is seven?
$4,000
8

Final scores:

Denise Jon Ron
$1 $2,900 $8,801
3rd place: Panasonic compact disc player 2nd place: trip on Eastern to San Francisco & stay at the Holiday Lodge New champion: $8,801

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Denise Jon Ron
$3,000 $6,900 $3,800
9 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
19 R,
1 W
14 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $13,700

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Game tape date: 1985-08-20
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