Responses for Show #1525 - Friday, March 29, 1991

Contestants

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Richard Dial, a security inspector from Carson, California

Bennett Crocker, an apartment building manager originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dan Avila, a photographer from Los Angeles, California

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD CITIES
COUNTRY MUSIC
THE NORTH POLE
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
FEBRUARY
SPRECHEN SIE DEUTSCH?
(Alex: And something new for us. [*]. You'll find all about that in a moment.)
    $100 1
(Alex: Dan, you select first. You won the toss.)

Montreal

Richard
    $100 11
[Alex pronounced "B. Mandrell" as "Barbara Mandrell."]

a double bed

Bennett
    $100 16
Santa Claus

Dan
    $100 20
[ERRATUM: After Dan gave the correct response to this clue, his score jumped up to $400 rather than up to $0. The scoring error was corrected before the start of Double Jeopardy!]

IBM

Dan
    $100 30
(Nelson) Mandela

Dan
    $100 6
gesundheit

Bennett
    $200 2
Venice

Bennett
    $200 12
Roy Clark & Buck Owens

Triple Stumper
    $200 17
(Dan: What is the polar--the North--what is the polar cap?)
...
(Alex: The region is called [*]. Very simple. Sorry, we didn't mean to trick you on that one, Dan.)

the Arctic

Dan
Triple Stumper
    $200 21
Pocket Books

Richard
    $200 29
(Dan: What is Petrified National Forest?)

the Grand Canyon

DanRichard
    $200 7
danke schoen

Richard
    $300 3
(Dan: Uh, what is Edinburgh?)
(Richard: What is Liverpool, Alex?)

Glasgow

DanBennettRichard
    $300 13
Charlie Daniels

Dan
    $300 18
Greenland

Richard
    $300 22
(Richard: What is Federal Express?)

UPS

BennettRichard
    $300 28
the USO

Dan
    $300 8
Lowenbrau

Bennett
    $400 4
Amman

Richard
    $400 14
Luckenbach

Triple Stumper
    $400 19
(Richard: What is mail delivery?)
...
(Alex: It was a Soviet [*].)

icebreaker

Richard
Triple Stumper
    $400 23
Johnson & Johnson

Bennett
    $400 27
Gandhi

Richard
    $400 9
edelweiss

Richard
    $500 5
Nassau

Bennett
    $500 15
(Dan: What is the "Orange Blossom Special"?)
(Alex: Oh, you picked the wrong one. What is the [*]? [*].)

"Wabash Cannonball"

Dan
    $500 26
Frankenstein

Dan
    $500 24
(Alex: Yes--I call it the breakfast of champions.)

Snickers

Richard
    $500 25
(Jack) Paar

Dan
    $500 10
schnitzel

Dan

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Dan Bennett Richard
$0 $1,500 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Dan Bennett Richard
$1,200 $2,200 $1,700

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BLACK AMERICA
POETS & POETRY
CONSTELLATIONS
ANCIENT GREECE
A SEAFOOD SAMPLER
BEN FRANKLIN
    $200 16
West Point

Richard
    $200 6
(Richard: What is "a tangled web we weave"?)
(Alex: [To judges] Is that complete enough?)
[The judges can be heard to murmur "no."]
(Alex: We need a little bit more from you.)
(Richard: What is, uh, "a tangled web we weave when first we--")
(Alex: No, you're repeating the line.)

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave"

BennettRichard
    $200 20
(Dan: What is Andromeda?)

the Big Dipper (or Ursa Major)

DanBennett
    $200 1
Alexander the Great

Dan
    $200 7
Campbell's

Richard
    $200 25
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the Constitution

Dan
    $400 17
Charlie Parker

Dan
    $400 12
(Bennett: Whoops. Uh...)
[Laughter]
(Alex: Surprise! You press the button and we call on you! Richard or Dan? The poem was [*].)

"Old Ironsides"

Bennett
Triple Stumper
    $400 21
Orion

Dan
    $400 2
(Richard: What is Heliopolis?)

Sparta

DanRichard
    $400 8
Dover

Bennett
    $600 18
(Dan: Who is Lena Horne?)

Marian Anderson

Dan
Triple Stumper
    $600 13
(Jack) Kerouac

Dan
    $600 22
(Richard: What is Pisces?)

Aries

Richard
Triple Stumper
    $600 3
the drachma

Dan
    $600 9
mussels

Richard
    $800 19
(Dan: Who is Bernard Baruch?)

Ralph Bunche

Dan
Triple Stumper
    $1,000 14
(Emily) Dickinson

Dan
    $800 23
the Northern Crown

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
Homer

Dan
    $800 10
a clam bake

Richard
    $1000 15
Celia

Triple Stumper
    $1000 24
(Richard: Alpha Centauri? What is Alpha Centauri?)
(Dan: What is Alpha Centauri?)
(Alex: No, he corrected himself and phrased it properly in the form of a question. Alpha Centauri is one of three stars in [*], the constellation.)

Centaurus

DanRichard
Triple Stumper
    $1,200 5
Thermopylae

Dan
    $1000 11
a red herring

Dan

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Dan Bennett Richard
$5,400 $2,600 $1,300
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WOMEN IN HISTORY
RichardWho was Lafayette?
$1,300
BennettWho was
$600
DanWho is Lafeyette
$100
Empress Josephine

Final scores:

Dan Bennett Richard
$5,300 $2,000 $0
New champion: $5,300 2nd place: Bassett entertainment center & Symphonic's TV/VCR combo 3rd place: Cazal 951/955 sports sunglasses & a Nintendo Entertainment System with Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune games

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Dan Bennett Richard
$5,500 $2,600 $1,300
19 R
(including 2 DDs),
8 W
(including 1 DD)
11 R,
1 W
13 R,
7 W

Combined Coryat: $9,400

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Game tape date: 1991-01-30
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