Responses for Show #1788 - Wednesday, May 13, 1992

1992 College Championship semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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Ken Kansa, a junior from George Washington University

Stephanie Leveene, a senior from the University of Delaware

Ernst Bell, a senior from the University of Florida

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Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. HISTORY
CELEBRITY COUPLES
THE ENVIRONMENT
SHAKESPEARE
SPORTS
PARTY TIME
    $100 2
the Mississippi River

Ken
    $100 17
Bruce Springsteen

Ken
    $100 30
elephants

Stephanie
    $100 5
a mouse

Ken
    $100 1
Martina Navratilova

Ken
    $100 4
a tea party

Stephanie
    $200 6
the Republican Party

Ken
    $200 19
Anjelica Huston

Ken
    $200 29
carbon dioxide

Ernst
    $200 9
mercy

Stephanie
    $200 3
the Kansas City Chiefs

Ken
    $200 18
crash it

Ken
    $300 7
John Jacob Astor

Ernst
    $300 20
Jason Patric

Stephanie
    $300 28
2%

Stephanie
    $300 10
(Ken: What are her lips?)

her cheek

Ken
Triple Stumper
    $300 8
heavyweight

Stephanie
    $300 23
a bon voyage

Ken
    $400 15
(Ken: What is [*]?)
[Ken was ruled incorrect and the decision was reversed after the break due to the Treaty of Ghent signed at the end of 1814 though not ratified until 1815. Alex explained that the clue was not pinned as well as it could have been.]

1815 (*1814)

StephanieKen
    $400 21
Lisa Hartman

Triple Stumper
    $400 27
Styrofoam (polystyrene)

Ernst
    $400 11
Falstaff

Stephanie
    $400 13
Nadia Comaneci

Ernst
    $400 24
(Alex: Yes, less than a minute to go.)

place cards

Stephanie
    $500 16
(Ken: Who is Nash?)

Thomas Nast

ErnstKen
    $500 22
(Ken: Who is Kelly Lynch?)

Kelly Preston

StephanieKen
    $500 26
the Superfund

Ernst
    $1,000 12
Petruchio

Stephanie
    $500 14
Ted Williams

Ken
    $500 25
a receiving line

Ken

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

Ernst Stephanie Ken
$700 $2,400 $1,300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ernst Stephanie Ken
$2,300 $4,000 $1,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD GEOGRAPHY
MYTHOLOGY
SHORT STORIES
NUTS
PHILOSOPHERS
WORD ORIGINS
    $200 2
the Gulf of Mexico

Ken
    $200 16
Zeus

Ken
    $200 15
(Edgar Allan) Poe

Ken
    $200 1
Hawaii

Ernst
    $200 11
Marx

Ken
    $200 27
a rhesus monkey

Ernst
    $400 3
Greenland

Ken
    $400 17
Thor

Ken
    $400 14
the Headless Horseman

Stephanie
    $400 7
the chestnut tree

Stephanie
    $400 12
[Stephanie gave one variation and game play moved along without Alex adding anything.]

Immanuel (Emanuel)

Stephanie
    $400 30
embryo

Ken
    $600 4
(Ernst: What is the Red Sea?)

the Dead Sea

ErnstKen
    $600 18
a goat

Stephanie
    $600 10
New York

Ken
    $600 26
black

Ken
    $600 13
(Ernst: Who is Ptolemy?)

Pythagoras

Ernst
Triple Stumper
    $600 29
(Ernst: What is a comforter?)

a quilt

Ernst
Triple Stumper
    $800 5
Gdansk

Ken
    $800 24
scales

Ernst
    $800 8
(Anton) Chekhov

Stephanie
    $800 25
the Brazil nut

Ken
    $800 19
Plato

Triple Stumper
    $800 28
scaffolding

Ken
    $1000 6
Sudan

Ken
    $1,500 22
Medea

Stephanie
    $2,000 9
Guy de Maupassant

Stephanie
    $1000 23
cashew

Stephanie
    $1000 20
Spinoza

Stephanie
    $1000 21
skiing

Stephanie

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ernst Stephanie Ken
$1,700 $13,100 $8,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ZOOLOGY
(Alex: [To Ken] You're having second thoughts, obviously; what do you think you should have put down?)
(Ken: A platypus?)
(Alex: No, either way you would have been wrong.)
(Ken: Then I'm happy.)
(Alex: Don't drive yourself crazy over it.)
ErnstWhat is the Frog?
$1,699
KenWhat is a whale?
$4,301
StephanieWhat is the platypus?
$4,600
a hippopotamus

Final scores:

Ernst Stephanie Ken
$1 $8,500 $4,499
3rd place: $5,000 Finalist 2nd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ernst Stephanie Ken
$1,700 $11,100 $8,800
9 R,
3 W		 21 R
(including 3 DDs),
0 W		 26 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $21,600

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Game tape date: 1992-03-09
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