Responses for Show #1408 - Wednesday, October 17, 1990

Sara Cox game 1.

Contestants

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Bill Hughes, a firefighter from Brooklyn, New York

Sara Cox, a teacher from Bangor, Maine

Joe Laboda, a teacher from Hudson Falls, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

"A" IN SCIENCE
FOOD
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
SEE THE USA
SPORTS
IN OTHER WORDS...
    $100 12
(Sara: What is a catalyst?)

accelerator

JoeSara
    $100 1
tomatoes

Joe
    $100 6
Angela Lansbury

Bill
    $100 11
Li'l Abner

Joe
    $100 18
calisthenics

Sara
    $100 17
There's no business like show business

Bill
    $200 13
absolute zero

Joe
    $200 2
California

Bill
    $200 7
Roy Rogers

Bill
    $200 16
(Sara: What is Kilauea?)
(Alex: No...Be more specific.)
(Sara: The [*] of Kilauea.)

lava

Sara
    $200 19
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Joe
    $200 27
leave no stone unturned

Joe
    $300 14
acetic

Joe
    $300 3
sandwich

Joe
    $300 8
Drew Barrymore

Sara
    $300 24
Azusa

Triple Stumper
    $300 21
double dribble

Bill
    $300 28
movers & shakers

Joe
    $400 15
atomic clock

Sara
    $400 4
creme

Joe
    $400 9
Natalie Wood

Bill
    $600 25
Cherokee

Joe
    $400 22
pace & trot

Bill
    $400 29
(Sara: What is looking [*]?)

like death warmed over

Sara
    $500 20
abrasive

Bill
    $500 5
Nestlé

Sara
    $500 10
Bette Davis

Bill
    $500 26
Lake Havasu City

Sara
    $500 23
golf

Joe
    $500 30
to make a long story short

Joe

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 17):

Joe Sara Bill
$1,500 $1,300 $1,500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Joe Sara Bill
$3,800 $2,300 $2,700

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

1989
MAGAZINES
ISLANDS
SHAKESPEARE
ABBREV.
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
    $200 15
Manuel Noriega

Bill
    $200 27
TV Guide

Joe
    $200 12
Manila

Bill
    $200 2
Wherefore art thou?

Joe
    $200 1
certified public accountant

Joe
    $200 7
Harry Truman

Bill
    $3,000 16
(Bill: Who is Tip O'Neill?)

Jim Wright

Bill
    $400 28
(Sara: What is TASS?)

Pravda

SaraBill
    $400 13
Antarctica

Bill
    $400 3
Macduff

Joe
    $400 21
animal

Sara
    $400 8
John Quincy Adams

Bill
    $600 17
photography

Joe
    $600 30
H.L. Mencken

Triple Stumper
    $600 14
Bermuda

Sara
    $1,000 4
Hamlet

Joe
    $600 22
garbage in, garbage out

Sara
    $600 9
Easter egg roll

Bill
    $800 20
Chile

Joe
    $800 29
The Saturday Evening Post

Sara
    $800 18
(American) Samoa

Sara
    $800 5
Beatrice

Sara
    $800 23
National Labor Relations Board

Sara
    $800 10
Dwight Eisenhower

Joe
    $1000 25
Dick Cheney

Bill
    $1000 26
The Atlantic Monthly

Joe
    $1000 19
(Bill: What is Krakatoa?)

Martinique

SaraBill
    $1000 6
Troilus & Cressida

Sara
    $1000 24
Federal Insurance Contributions Act

Triple Stumper
    $1000 11
William Henry Harrison

Joe

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Joe Sara Bill
$10,000 $8,700 $2,100

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
BillWhat is the 4 4 Minute Mile
$2,000
SaraWhat was the 4 Minute Mile?
$8,700
JoeWhat is The 4 Minute Mile?
$7,400
The Four-Minute Mile

Final scores:

Joe Sara Bill
$17,400 $17,400 $4,100
2-day co-champion: $28,600 New co-champion: $17,400 2nd place: a trip to New York & stay at Roseland Ranch in Stanfordville + The Jeopardy! Book

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Joe Sara Bill
$9,400 $8,700 $5,100
23 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W
16 R,
2 W
17 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $23,200

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Game tape date: 1990-08-27
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