Responses for Show #421 - Monday, April 21, 1986

Contestants

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Ilsa Kahn, a housewife and teacher's aide from Encino, California

Louis Gladman, a stress engineer from Los Angeles, California

Kurt Weldon, a comedian and a writer from Beverly Hills, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

STATE CAPITALS
FAMOUS QUOTES
ECCLESIASTIC NAMES
COOKING
SPORTS
ALL EARS
    $100 9
Little Rock

Louis
    $100 1
little minds

Kurt
    $100 16
(Louis: What are the Angels?)

the Cardinals

LouisIlsa
    $100 11
scrambled eggs

Triple Stumper
    $100 23
(Louis: What is a penalty?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

a fine

Louis
    $100 6
friends, Romans & countrymen

Ilsa
    $200 10
(Alex: Yes, the end of the line for the Western & Atlantic Railroad, and the city itself was called Terminus for a while.)

Atlanta

Ilsa
    $200 2
(Louis: What is a smile?)

a gun

Louis
Triple Stumper
    $200 21
Dr. Joyce Brothers

Ilsa
    $200 12
chicken soup

Kurt
    $200 27
Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay)

Louis
    $200 7
hear

Kurt
    $300 13
Providence

Louis
    $300 3
brevity

Kurt
    $300 24
(Alex: That's a good ecclesiastic name.)
[Laughter]

Twisted Sister

Kurt
    $300 19
(Louis: What is tepid?)

cold

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

basketball

Ilsa
    $300 8
[ERRATUM: Saavik's name was misspelled with one "A" as shown.]

Gloria Steinem

Louis
    $400 14
(Ilsa: What is Austin?)

Phoenix, Arizona

Ilsa
Triple Stumper
    $400 4
the appetite

Triple Stumper
    $400 25
Alexander Pope

Kurt
    $400 20
apple pie

Louis
    $400 17
to grin from ear to ear

Ilsa
    $500 15
(Louis: What is Madison?)

Jackson, Mississippi

Louis
    $500 5
"You may fire when (you are) ready, Gridley"

Kurt
    $500 26
Richard Deacon

Ilsa
    $500 22
(Alex: We've got about a minute to go in the round.)

cream of tartar

Triple Stumper
    $500 18
your elbow

Louis

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

Kurt Louis Ilsa
$1,100 $200 $300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Kurt Louis Ilsa
$2,000 $800 $1,700

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ANCIENT HISTORY
ANIMALS
COUNTRY MUSIC
CAPTAINS
LITERARY ADAPTATIONS
HOMOPHONES
    $200 1
wool

Louis
    $200 16
canary

Kurt
    $200 15
(Louis: What is the Royal Princess? Of [*]?)
(Alex: No.)
...
(Alex: I don't believe it's the Royal Princess. It's the Pacific Princess.)

The Love Boat

LouisIlsa
    $200 5
North & South

Kurt
    $200 4
him (hymn)

Kurt
    $400 2
Rome

Louis
    $400 22
(Alex: We've got a minute to go, and I don't want to have to give any more correct questions.)

beluga

Triple Stumper
    $400 17
Abraham Lincoln

Kurt
    $400 6
(Ilsa: What is Porgy & Bess?)
...
(Alex: Ilsa, I believe you misunderstood the clue. Was named just this, just [*].)

Porgy

Ilsa
Triple Stumper
    $400 8
bass (base)

Ilsa
    $600 3
Crete

Ilsa
    $600 23
barnacles

Louis
    $1,000 28
(Louis: I have no idea.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
[While it was immaterial to his final outcome, Louis's wager was not deducted from his score.]
[The song was not reprised going into the break.]

"Young Love"

Louis
    $600 18
Captain Video

Triple Stumper
    $600 7
State Fair

Ilsa
    $600 9
reel (real)

Kurt
    $800 14
(Ilsa: What is 10?)

20

Ilsa
Triple Stumper
    $1,800 24
(Louis: What are [*]...)
(Alex: Right.)
(Louis: ...and Dalmatians?)

(2 of) German shepherds, golden retrievers, or Labrador retrievers

Louis
    $800 27
Johnny Cash

Louis
    $800 19
Eddie Rickenbacker

Kurt
    $800 10
(Ilsa: Is it Oscar Wilde?)

William Saroyan

KurtIlsa
    $800 12
hire (higher)

Kurt
    $1000 21
Iraq

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
(Louis: What is a lion?)

crocodiles

Louis
Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
honky-tonk angels

Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
four stripes

Triple Stumper
    $1000 11
My World... and Welcome to It

Kurt
    $1000 13
friar (frier)

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Kurt Louis Ilsa
$7,000 -$1,200 $1,500
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

POLITICIANS
IlsaWhat is 3?
$1,500
KurtWhat is 3?
$1,000
4 (Nixon, Agnew, Ford, Mondale)

Final scores:

Kurt Louis Ilsa
$6,000 -$1,200 $0
2-day champion: $14,200 3rd place: Hero Jr. personal robot from Heath/Zenith 2nd place: trip to Diplomat Resort, Hollywood, Florida

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Kurt Louis Ilsa
$7,000 $2,100 $1,500
16 R,
0 W
11 R,
8 W
(including 3 DDs)
12 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $10,600

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Game tape date: 1985-12-02
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