Responses for Show #1087 - Tuesday, May 2, 1989

Bruce Cox game 3.

Contestants

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Bob Braverman, a marketing director from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mary Beth Culp, an assistant professor originally from Oakland, California

Bruce Cox, an analyst from Lakeside, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $26,650)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

1986
BRITISH TRIVIA
HATS
BROOKLYN
BRIDGES
RATED "P.G."
    $100 1
Marcos

Bruce
    $100 12
the handkerchief

Mary Beth
    $100 3
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Bruce
    $100 21
drawbridges

Bob
    $100 7
Plains, Georgia

Bruce
    $200 2
Iacocca

Bob
    $200 13
(Alex: He married Princess Anne.)

Captain Mark Phillips

Triple Stumper
    $200 17
(Bruce: Who were [*]?)

all born in Brooklyn

Bruce
    $200 22
a span

Mary Beth
    $200 8
Peter Graves

Bob
    $300 4
(Bruce: What is Saturn?)
(Mary Beth: What is Mars?)

Halley's Comet

BruceMary Beth
Triple Stumper
    $300 14
(Bob: Who is Saint Nicholas?)

Father Christmas

Bob
Triple Stumper
    $300 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

On Golden Pond

Mary Beth
    $300 18
a Coney Island hot dog

Bob
    $300 23
the Rhine

Mary Beth
    $300 9
a perfect game

Bruce
    $400 5
The Color Purple

Bruce
    $400 15
India

Bruce
    $400 27
a cloche

Mary Beth
    $400 19
The Patty Duke Show

Bob
    $400 24
steel

Bruce
    $800 10
Peter Gabriel

Bruce
    $500 6
(Alex: And, uh, we're having problems with our audio right now, so I'm going to take our first commercial break. We'll try and repair the difficulties because it's making it a bit difficult for you, Bruce, we can't hear you too well. So we'll come back and chat with the players right after this, and repairs.)

Yul Brynner

Bruce
    $500 16
(Alex: The counties were shires, therefore he was called a [*], later on "sheriff".)

shire reeve

Triple Stumper
    $500 26
pith

Bruce
    $500 20
a trolley

Bruce
    $500 25
Venezuela

Bruce
    $500 11
[NOTE: Alex gives the full names of Charlie Chaplin, Burgess Meredith, & Erich Maria Remarque.]

Paulette Goddard

Mary Beth

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 6):

Bruce Mary Beth Bob
$800 -$300 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bruce Mary Beth Bob
$4,500 $1,500 $900

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ARIZONA
AUTHORS
ANATOMY
ACTORS & ROLES
COMPOSERS
(Alex: We ran out of "A"s, so we started with the "C"s.)
COTTON
    $200 6
copper

Bruce
    $200 11
Italy

Mary Beth
    $200 21
(Bruce: What is the stomach?)
---
(Alex: It begins as soon as you stick it in your [*].)

mouth

Bruce
Triple Stumper
    $200 1
Nancy Davis

Bruce
    $200 16
(Alex: That's right. He thought Gershwin was too talented.)

Irving Berlin

Bruce
    $200 22
(Alex: ...Samuel Slater...)

Rhode Island

Bruce
    $400 7
Gila monster

Bruce
    $400 12
(Bob: Who is James?)
[long pause]
(Alex: Be more specific.)
[Continued pause, Bob shrugs shoulders.]
(Bob: [*].)
(Alex: That's it!)

Henry James

Bob
    $400 23
plasma

Mary Beth
    $400 2
Tony Danza

Bruce
    $400 17
Mendelssohn

Bob
    $400 24
(Alex: Less than a minute to go.)

cottontail

Bruce
    $1,300 8
(Bruce: What are wildlife preserves?)

Indian reservations

Bruce
    $600 13
Robert Louis Stevenson

Bruce
    $600 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the liver

Triple Stumper
    $600 3
(Bob: Who is Bel Geddes?)

Donna Reed

BruceBob
    $600 18
(Bruce: Who is Grieg?)
---
(Alex: Edvard Grieg was Norway.)

Jean Sibelius

Bruce
Triple Stumper
    $600 25
(Alex: Used to make oil, among other things.)

the seeds

Bruce
    $800 9
The Grand Canyon State

Triple Stumper
    $800 14
H.G. Wells

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
(Mary Beth: Who is Laurence Olivier?)

David Niven

Mary Beth
Triple Stumper
    $800 19
Schubert

Bruce
    $1000 10
(Bob: What is the Mojave?)

Sonora

Bob
Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
Leo Buscaglia

Mary Beth
    $1000 5
LeVar Burton & Louis Gossett Jr.

Bruce
    $1000 20
Domenico Scarlatti

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bruce Mary Beth Bob
$8,000 $2,300 $100
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

SLANG
(Alex: [Before revealing the clue] This might be a test not only of knowledge but of spelling ability for our three players.)
BobWhat is veep?
$0
Mary BethWhat is gee whiz
$1,300
BruceWhat is veep????
$2,000
veep

Final scores:

Bruce Mary Beth Bob
$10,000 $1,000 $100
3-day champion: $36,650 2nd place: a Gibson electric range + Royal Queen cookware 3rd place: an Emerson VCR

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Bruce Mary Beth Bob
$8,900 $2,300 $100
25 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 9 R,
2 W		 7 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $11,300

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Game tape date: 1989-01-30
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