Responses for Show #1640 - Friday, October 18, 1991

Contestants

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Dave Gingold, a law student from Eugene, Oregon

John Alberti, a college professor originally from Los Angeles, California

Tom Morrison, an accountant originally from Memphis, Tennessee (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ISLANDS
NO. 1 HITS OF THE '60s
THE FUNNIES
MEDALS & DECORATIONS
BOWLING
2—LETTER WORDS
    $100 1
Florida

John
    $100 6
Michael

John
    $100 11
M.D.

John
    $100 25
Napoleon

Tom
    $100 21
(Tom: What's the ten pin?)

5

Tom
Triple Stumper
    $100 16
Oz

Tom
    $200 2
Cuba

Tom
    $200 7
"Wild Thing"

Tom
    $200 12
Dick Tracy

John
    $200 26
swastika

Dave
    $200 22
10th frame

John
    $200 17
pi

Tom
    $300 3
Pitcairn

Tom
    $300 8
"It's Now or Never"

John
    $300 13
Calvin & Hobbes

Tom
    $300 27
Buddhism

Tom
    $300 23
foul line

John
    $300 18
me

John
    $400 4
Italy

Tom
    $400 9
"Harper Valley PTA"

Tom
    $400 14
Matt Groening

Tom
    $400 28
(Tom: What is the Purple Heart?)

Medal of Honor

Tom
Triple Stumper
    $400 24
(Alex: [*], so you slide better, yes. Welcome aboard. We have less than a minute to go.)

leather

Dave
    $400 19
ax

John
    $500 5
Oahu

Tom
    $500 10
"Surf City"

Triple Stumper
    $500 15
Buster Brown

John
    $500 29
Chrysanthemum

John
    $500 30
Brooklyn

Triple Stumper
    $500 20
Ur

John

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

Tom John Dave
$2,700 $1,300 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Tom John Dave
$2,900 $3,500 $600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

OSCAR WILDE
U.S.A.
MAMMALS
ART
ANCIENT HISTORY
THE HUMAN BODY
    $200 2
Salomé

Tom
    $200 8
Alaska

Tom
    $200 22
pachyderm

Tom
    $200 7
St. George

John
    $200 17
Marathon

Tom
    $200 1
epidermis

Tom
    $400 3
prison

Dave
    $400 13
French

Tom
    $400 27
(John: What are birds?)

bats

JohnDave
    $400 9
water lilies

Tom
    $400 18
Alexander the Great

Tom
    $400 23
scapula

Dave
    $600 4
Earnest

Tom
    $600 14
bolo tie (bola tie)

John
    $600 28
Gulf of California

John
    $600 10
LeRoy Neiman

Tom
    $600 19
caste

John
    $600 24
alimentary

Dave
    $800 5
Paris

Tom
    $800 15
one & inseparable

Triple Stumper
    $800 29
bison

John
    $1,900 11
(Tom: Uh, who is Rembrandt?)

Piet Mondrian

Tom
    $400 20
Cleopatra

John
    $800 25
(Alex: Right, and we have less than a minute to go.)

liver

Tom
    $1000 6
(John: What is "The Portrait of Dorian Gray?")

The Picture of Dorian Gray

John
Triple Stumper
    $1000 16
1876

Tom
    $1000 30
lemur

John
    $1000 12
(John: What is uh, "Un Déjeuner sur l'herbe?) [No mention was made of the English name, The Luncheon on the Grass.]

Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe

John
    $1000 21
Babylon

Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
kidneys

John

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Tom John Dave
$7,000 $8,300 $2,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

SCIENCE
DaveWhat is Californium
$2,399
TomWhat is Californium
$7,000
JohnWhat is Californium?
$5,701
Californium

Final scores:

Tom John Dave
$14,000 $14,001 $4,799
2nd place: Bassett oak desk & chair + Smith Corona PWP1200 word processor New champion: $14,001 3rd place: Zojirushi home bakery & Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + InfoGenius for Game Boy

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Tom John Dave
$8,900 $8,700 $2,400
25 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)
21 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
6 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $20,000

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Game tape date: 1991-08-26
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