Responses for Show #688 - Wednesday, September 9, 1987

Contestants

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Gail Waterman, a librarian originally from Newfield, New Jersey

Steve Burnside, a utility systems operator from Anaheim, California

Brenda Berstler, a homemaker from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,500)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

RELIGION
BEAUTY SECRETS
'60s BRITISH ROCK
COUNTRIES
SPORTS QUOTES
OOPS!
    $100 9
a nun

Steve
    $100 16
rats (mice)

Brenda
    $100 14
The Rolling Stones

Steve
    $100 20
Mexico

Brenda
    $100 6
Rodney Dangerfield

Brenda
    $100 1
a crossword puzzle

Brenda
    $200 10
(Steve: What is Protestant?)

Roman Catholic

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

pregnant

Gail
    $200 15
The Who

Gail
    $200 21
Israel

Steve
    $200 7
Vince Lombardi

Brenda
    $200 2
a tornado

Brenda
    $300 11
charge interest

Gail
    $300 19
(Steve: Who are Freddie & The Freeloaders?)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

Freddie and the Dreamers

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $300 22
Morocco

Steve
    $300 8
John Wooden

Gail
    $300 3
Worcester, Mass.

Brenda
    $500 12
(Gail: Who is Ethel Waters?)
[The song was played going into the break.]

Mahalia Jackson

Gail
    $400 23
Brazil

Gail
    $400 17
(Steve: What is a... a miss?)
(Gail: What is a hit record?)
...
[Laughter]
(Brenda: Well, different strokes.)

sex

SteveGail
Triple Stumper
    $400 4
St. Louis

Brenda
    $500 13
Anglican

Steve
    $500 24
rice

Gail
    $500 18
(Gail: What is football?)
(Brenda: What is soccer?)
(Steve: What is jogging?)

skiing

BrendaSteveGail
Triple Stumper
    $500 5
(Brenda: What is "Separate Lives"?)
(Gail: What is "Tonight's The Night"?)

"Against All Odds (Look At Me Now)"

BrendaGail
Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):

Brenda Steve Gail
$800 -$100 -$200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Brenda Steve Gail
$500 -$200 $200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

EARLY AMERICA
BOTANY
TV HISTORY
FREUD
SMOKING
"LING"O
    $200 18
(Gail: What is the Mississippi River?)

the Rocky Mountains

BrendaGail
    $200 7
the White House

Steve
    $200 4
cocaine

Gail
    $200 13
(Gail: What are the Andorras? The Andorra Mountains?)

cigarettes

BrendaGail
    $200 5
sterling

Brenda
    $400 19
Lord Calvert (Baltimore)

Brenda
    $400 8
(Brenda: What is the Treasury Department?)

the FCC

BrendaSteve
    $400 9
repression (defense)

Steve
    $400 14
Winstons

Triple Stumper
    $400 6
(Brenda: Sorry I did that. Uh... I don't know.)

a lingonberry

Brenda
Triple Stumper
    $600 20
Missouri

Brenda
    $600 10
videotape

Gail
    $700 1
the ego, the id & the superego

Steve
    $600 15
Winston Churchill

Brenda
    $600 23
Earthlings

Gail
    $300 21
(Brenda: What is Mexico?)
...
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)

France

Brenda
    $800 27
(Steve: What are cherry blossoms?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

lotus blossoms

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $800 11
the Emmy

Brenda
    $800 2
(Gail: What is psychoanalysis?)
(Brenda: What is word association?)
(Alex: No.)
(Brenda: [*]?)

free association

BrendaGail
Triple Stumper
    $800 16
(Gail: Who is Nabisco?)
(Alex: Be more specific?)
(Gail: The National Biscuit Association?)
(Brenda: Who is Philip Morris?)

R.J. Reynolds

BrendaSteveGail
    $800 25
a linguist

Steve
    $1000 22
Massachusetts

Triple Stumper
    $1000 24
Vitamin A

Brenda
    $1000 12
(Steve: What is NORAD?)

the Emergency Broadcasting System

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $1000 3
The Interpretation of Dreams

Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
a panatella

Brenda
    $1000 26
groundlings

Gail

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Brenda Steve Gail
$2,800 $1,300 $600
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

EASTERN EUROPE
[NOTE: The archive calculates Brenda's score as $2,800 for the Final Jeopardy! round while the show had $3,400 to account for a $600 discrepancy in Brenda's 2-day total.]
GailWhat is Bulgaria?
$600
SteveWhat is Albania?
$1,300
BrendaWhat is Hungary?
$300
Hungary or Czechoslovakia

Final scores:

Brenda Steve Gail
$3,100 $0 $0
2-day champion: $13,600 2nd place: Allen Smith entertainment center & Magnavox 20" TV 3rd place: Bushnell telescope

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Brenda Steve Gail
$3,100 $1,200 $1,100
17 R,
7 W
(including 1 DD)
11 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
11 R,
8 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $5,400

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Game tape date: 1987-06-15
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