Responses for Show #3055 - Friday, December 5, 1997

Contestants

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Ron Seide, a general manager from Aliso Viejo, California

Carol Tierney, an administrative assistant originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts

Denise Mikrut, a high school teacher from Manteno, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,700)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. GEOGRAPHY
TV INITIALS
(Alex: I will give you the initials of something that's familiar on television, you have to give the entity.)
TECHNOLOGY
LITERATURE
ANTONYMS
CLEOPATRA
    $100 1
Puget Sound

Denise
    $100 11
(Denise: What is Music Video TV?)

Music Television

DeniseRon
    $100 4
4

Ron
    $100 6
The Little Mermaid

Ron
    $100 23
Senior & junior

Carol
    $100 21
Alexandria

Denise
    $200 2
Padre Island

Denise
    $200 12
Columbia Broadcasting System

Carol
    $200 5
Punch cards

Carol
    $200 8
(Denise: What are The Martian Chronicles?)

War of the Worlds

DeniseRon
    $200 24
(Alex: And we have a minute to go.)

a smile

Ron
    $200 22
(Denise: Who is Aphrodite?)

Venus

DeniseCarol
    $300 3
Colorado

Ron
    $300 16
The Learning Channel

Ron
    $300 7
Mirrors

Carol
    $300 13
(Denise: What is The Emperor's New Clothes?)

The Prince and the Pauper

DeniseCarol
    $300 27
Bust

Carol
    $300 25
Carpet

Denise
    $400 19
North Carolina

Ron
    $400 17
American Movie Classics

Denise
    $400 9
InSinkErator

Ron
    $1,000 14
1984

Carol
    $400 28
Contempt

Carol
    $400 26
Asp

Ron
    $500 20
(Carol: What is Minnesota?)

Idaho

CarolRon
    $500 18
(Ron: What is Black Entertainment Network?)

Black Entertainment Television

DeniseRon
    $500 10
Fire extinguishers

Triple Stumper
    $500 15
(Denise: Who is Babbitt?)

Arrowsmith

DeniseRon
    $500 29
Hide/Hyde

Denise
    $500 30
Pearls

Ron

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

Denise Carol Ron
-$300 $2,000 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Denise Carol Ron
$800 $2,500 $3,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 1930s
(Alex: Don't remember those!)
SAINTS BE PRAISED
THE WOMEN OF TEXAS
OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS
VILLAINOUS MOVIE SCHEMES
"G", THAT'S INTERESTING
    $200 3
Pope Pius XII

Carol
    $200 1
Saint George

Carol
    $200 21
Sandra Day O'Connor

Denise
    $200 11
The Jackal

Ron
    $200 16
Genesis

Ron
    $400 6
King Edward VIII

Denise
    $400 2
Mount Etna

Ron
    $400 22
Peter Pan

Ron
    $400 26
(Carol: What is a [**]?)
[Originally ruled incorrect, then:]
(Alex: We were a little careless in our phrasing, and [**] is an acceptable response, as is [*], so we're crediting Carol with $800.)

an emu (or cassowary)

CarolRon
    $400 12
Michael Jordan

Ron
    $400 17
(Greta) Garbo

Ron
    $600 7
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Commission)

Denise
    $600 4
Saint Teresa of Avila

Carol
    $600 23
(Ron: Who was Chisholm?)

Barbara Jordan

CarolRon
    $600 27
flamingos

Ron
    $600 13
Nanny

Denise
    $600 18
a gob

Carol
    $800 8
(Ron: Who were the Francoists?)

the Fifth Column

Ron
Triple Stumper
    $800 5
True Cross

Ron
    $1,500 24
(Carol: Who is Molly Ivins?)

Linda Ellerbee

Carol
    $800 28
a swan

Triple Stumper
    $800 14
Die Hard

Carol
    $800 19
a gauntlet

Ron
    $1000 9
Erskine Caldwell

Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
Saint Cyril

Ron
    $1000 25
(Alex: ...with a minute left...)

Phyllis George

Ron
    $1000 29
(Denise: What is a penguin?)
...
(Alex: It would be pretty hard for a penguin to migrate that far--they don't fly!)
[The end-of-round signal sounds]

a tern

Denise
Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
Broken Arrow

Carol
    $1000 20
(Ron: What is General Unified Theory?)

Grand Unification Theory (or Grand Unified Theory)

CarolRon

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Denise Carol Ron
$1,600 $6,400 $7,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

FOOD
DeniseWhat is Cream of Broccoli?
$1,300
CarolWhat is broccoli? Hi Lila, Matt Bernie Jakob!
$3,700
RonWhat is cream of broccolli
$5,101
Cream of Broccoli

Final scores:

Denise Carol Ron
$2,900 $10,100 $12,801
3rd place: Meade Model 395 Telescope 2nd place: Trip to San Francisco Marriott New champion: $12,801

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Denise Carol Ron
$1,600 $7,300 $7,700
11 R,
6 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 25 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $16,600

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