Responses for Show #617 - Tuesday, April 21, 1987

Richard Cordray game 1.

Contestants

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Richard Cordray, a judicial clerk from Grove City, Ohio

Susan Wilcox, a video production manager from Honolulu, Hawaii

Larry Dundas, a police officer from South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

SUMMER
AUTOMOBILES
LESSER-KNOWN NAMES
(Alex: ...of famous people, of course.)
COLONIAL AMERICA
STARRY SONGS
GOING IN STYLE
(Alex: A bit of a play on words there, so be careful.)
    $100 15
thunderstorms

Richard
    $100 1
Adolf Hitler

Larry
    $100 12
male

Susan
    $100 4
your pocket

Susan
    $100 17
(Larry: Who is Isabel Perón?)

Eva Perón (or Evita)

LarryRichard
    $200 2
Malcolm X

Larry
    $200 13
Oxford

Richard
    $200 5
(Alex: [After Larry's correct response] Thank you.)
[Laughter]

"I Only Have Eyes For You"

Larry
    $200 24
Frisbees

Susan
    $300 23
(Alex: We've got a minute to go in the round. Susan, select.)

summer squashes

Triple Stumper
    $300 22
shift gears

Susan
    $300 3
(Larry: Who is Daniel?)

Pat

LarrySusan
    $300 8
(Richard: What is whiskey?)

rum

LarryRichard
    $300 6
(the dawning of) the Age of Aquarius

Susan
    $300 27
(Larry: No. Who is Bela Lugosi?)
...
(Richard: [Quickly, after giving the correct response] AUTOMOBILES for $200, please.)
(Alex: The answer--)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: --we won't get a chance for that clue. We had our Daily Double in this round at the $200 spot in the SUMMER category. Well, we went up, and then we went down, and at the end, Susan was very much up, with $1300.)

Sarah Bernhardt

LarryRichard
    $400 18
(Richard: What is A Midsummer Night's Dream?)
(Susan: What is A Midsummer Night's Comedy?)

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

SusanRichard
Triple Stumper
    $400 20
the speedometer & the odometer

Richard
    $400 9
(Larry: Better get that one right.)

Chubby Checker

Larry
    $400 14
(Larry: What was Maine?)

the Indians

LarrySusan
    $400 7
"Up On The Roof"

Richard
    $400 26
herself

Triple Stumper
    $500 19
March 21 (or March 20)

Richard
    $500 21
(Susan: Uh, what is gasoline?)
(Richard: What is ethanol?)
...
(Alex: Susan wouldn't have any use for it on the island of Hawaii for dealing with the cold, of course, but it's [*], [*]. You need it for the hot weather, also.)

antifreeze

SusanRichard
Triple Stumper
    $500 10
[A lone male audience member claps and says "All right!" when Larry gets the clue correct.]

Bodine

Larry
    $500 16
tea

Susan
    $500 11
(Larry: What is "Wake Up, Little Susie"?)

"Bye Bye, Love"

Larry
Triple Stumper
    $500 25
(Richard: What is his wooden leg?)

his (real) leg

Richard
Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Larry Susan Richard
$900 $800 $300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Larry Susan Richard
$100 $1,300 $300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ROYALTY
BIRDS
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
TV COMMERCIALS
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
LETTER PERFECT
    $200 1
a man

Susan
    $200 2
geese

Susan
    $200 7
Dickens

Richard
    $200 18
the Dominican Republic

Richard
    $200 19
Q

Richard
    $400 4
his heart

Richard
    $400 3
Hartz

Larry
    $400 6
Lorna

Larry
    $400 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Palmolive

Susan
    $3,300 17
(Alex: The answer there is one of the two Daily Doubles in the round. You've got $3300, you lead Susan by $400, Richard. How much do you want to risk?)
(Richard: $3300, please.)
[Someone in the audience whistles.]
(Alex: For $3300 in the category WORLD GEOGRAPHY. This is a True Daily Double, then.)
...
(Alex: Richard?)

(2 of) Jordan, Jamaica, & Japan

Richard
    $400 20
H (for Hubert Horatio Humphrey)

Richard
    $600 23
Marie Antoinette

Larry
    $600 5
Velvet

Larry
    $600 26
Paco Rabanne

Triple Stumper
    $600 11
Africa

Richard
    $600 21
(Richard: What is... O?)

B (for Bishop)

SusanRichard
    $800 13
King Hussein

Richard
    $800 16
(Susan: What is a condor?)

whooping cranes

SusanRichard
    $800 12
(Alex: Who was [*]?--the famous [*] of Red Gap.)

Ruggles

Triple Stumper
    $800 24
Suzanne Somers & Connie Stevens

Larry
    $800 8
(Richard: What is... Saskatchewan?)
(Alex: Sorry, that is wrong. That narrows it for Larry and Susan... Let me give it to you--not fast enough, Susan--what is [*]?--it's on Hudson Bay.)

Manitoba

Richard
Triple Stumper
    $1000 14
Carlota (the wife of Maximilian)

Susan
    $1000 15
(Larry: What are hummingbirds?)

sparrows

Larry
Triple Stumper
    $1000 9
All Quiet on the Western Front (All's Quiet on the Western Front accepted)

Richard
    $1000 25
(Larry: What is [**]?)
(Alex: Sorry, wrong.)
[Larry slaps the top of his podium.]
[Before the Final Jeopardy! Round, Larry is awarded credit for his response, because [**] is the manufacturer of [*].]

Nice 'n Easy (or Clairol)

Larry
    $1000 10
Indonesia

Susan
    $1000 22
X

Richard

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Larry Susan Richard
$2,900 $3,900 $7,800
(lock-tie game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

FAMOUS QUOTES
(Alex: [To Larry] You're absolutely right, that's where we got that expression.)
LarryWhat is the Iron Curtain
$2,800
SusanWhat is stormclouds?
$3,900
RichardWhat is "an iron curtain"?
$0
an Iron Curtain

Final scores:

Larry Susan Richard
$5,700 $0 $7,800
2nd place: a trip to Bahamas Princess Resort & Casino on Grand Bahamas Island on Eastern Airlines 3rd place: Lloyd/Flanders Heirloom Series loveseat, lounge chair & endtable all-weather wicker furniture New champion: $7,800

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Larry Susan Richard
$2,900 $3,900 $4,900
12 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W		 14 R,
3 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W

Combined Coryat: $11,700

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Game tape date: 1987-01-06
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