Responses for Show #1285 - Friday, March 16, 1990

Clues featured (out of order) in the opening scene of the TV film Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story.

Contestants

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Keith Herritt, a musician from San Pablo, California

Mark Shrager, a budget analyst from Granada Hills, California

Phil Leib, a typographer from Westfield, New Jersey (whose 3-day cash winnings total $24,400)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE FAR EAST
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
ODDS & ENDS
POLITICAL PARTIES
TV TRIVIA
RHYME TIME
    $100 19
Taiwan (Republic of China)

Phil
    $100 14
Frets

Keith
    $100 18
Champagne

Phil
    $100 1
Prohibition Party

Phil
    $100 8
"Firing Line"

Mark
    $100 6
Humpty Dumpty

Phil
    $1,200 20
Hiroshima

Phil
    $200 15
Stone

Mark
    $200 26
Ouija Board

Phil
    $200 2
George Wallace

Mark
    $200 9
Night

Phil
    $200 7
Boo, Who?

Mark
    $300 21
(Phil: What are Yangtze and...)

Yangtze & Yellow

PhilKeith
    $300 22
Jew's Harp

Keith
    $300 28
Shaking Hands

Mark
    $300 3
Socialist Party

Mark
    $300 13
Grandpa

Keith
    $300 10
zoot suit

Phil
    $400 25
Great Britain

Mark
    $400 23
(Keith: [*].)
(Alex: Remember the phrasing.)
(Keith: What are [*]?)

cymbals

Keith
    $400 29
Silly Putty

Mark
    $400 4
John Quincy Adams

Phil
    $400 16
Sam Donaldson

Triple Stumper
    $400 11
(A: You like that one, you'll love this....)

Kremlin Gremlin

Phil
    $500 27
North & South Korea

Phil
    $500 24
Bells

Keith
    $500 30
Carrying the bride across the threshold

Mark
    $500 5
Whigs

Phil
    $500 17
"Rich Man, Poor Man"

Mark
    $500 12
Fender Bender

Mark

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

Phil Mark Keith
$2,000 $2,000 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Phil Mark Keith
$3,800 $3,600 $1,900

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THEATER
LANGUAGES
BIOLOGY
RELIGIOUS HISTORY
ROYALTY
RUDOLPHS & RUDOLFS
    $200 6
Potomac

Phil
    $200 16
Inca

Phil
    $200 2
the amoeba

Mark
    $200 1
Anglican/Episcopalian/Church of England

Mark
    $200 5
Norway

Keith
    $200 22
Rudolph Valentino

Phil
    $400 8
greasepaint

Mark
    $3,800 17
Arabic

Phil
    $400 3
the epidermis

Keith
    $400 4
Jesus

Phil
    $400 7
King Farouk

Keith
    $400 24
Rudolf Nureyev

Mark
    $600 11
Moscow Arts Theater

Phil
    $600 18
(Phil: What is German?)

French

PhilKeith
    $1,600 9
dorsal

Mark
    $600 15
indulgences

Phil
    $600 12
Wenceslas

Keith
    $600 25
Rudolf Hess

Phil
    $800 19
(Keith: Who is Bob Fosse?)

Gower Champion

PhilKeith
    $800 20
Yugoslavia

Mark
    $800 10
genus

Keith
    $800 29
(Keith: What is a pretender?)

antipope

PhilKeith
    $800 13
Sweden

Keith
    $800 27
Gerald Ford

Phil
    $1000 26
Noel Coward

Phil
    $1000 23
(Keith: What is Catalonia?)

Castille

MarkKeith
    $1000 21
(Carl) Linnaeus

Mark
    $1000 30
Medina

Phil
    $1000 14
(Alex: You sure know Scandinavia. Congratulations. A correct response puts you at $6,100 and gives you the lead!)

Denmark

Keith
    $1000 28
Rudolf Friml

Phil

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Phil Mark Keith
$15,200 $9,200 $4,100

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

LITERARY CHARACTERS
KeithWho is Don Juan?
$100
MarkWho is Don Juan?
$2,800
PhilWho is Figaro?
$3,201
Don Juan

Final scores:

Phil Mark Keith
$11,999 $12,000 $4,200
2nd place: Bassett Old World bedroom set New champion: $12,000 3rd place: Haviland dinnerware service for 4

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Phil Mark Keith
$10,800 $8,200 $4,100
26 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 14 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $23,100

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Game tape date: 1989-10-24
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