Responses for Show #1453 - Wednesday, December 19, 1990

Contestants

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Mitch Gerber, an editor originally from Buffalo, New York

Duane Leach, a railroad brakeman from North Platte, Nebraska

Charles Hankey, a computer consultant and novelist from Brecksville, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $13,799)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. CITIES
FOOD
TV COPS
ASTRONOMY
NAME'S THE SAME
CHRISTMAS STORIES
    $100 11
Tucson

Mitch
    $100 23
on fire

Charles
    $100 16
Hill Street Blues

Duane
    $100 21
cannibalism

Duane
    $100 1
rice

Duane
    $100 6
A Christmas Carol

Duane
    $200 12
Columbia

Mitch
    $200 24
a tamale

Duane
    $200 17
Ironside

Duane
    $200 22
beta

Charles
    $200 2
(Charles: [*].)

Cassius Clay

Charles
    $200 7
the shepherds

Duane
    $300 13
Detroit

Duane
    $300 28
baklava

Mitch
    $300 18
Pepper

Duane
    $300 25
noon

Mitch
    $500 3
[NOTE: Prior to the wager Alex cautioned Charles about his lack of phrasing on the previous clue.]

Mark

Charles
    $300 8
Dylan Thomas

Charles
    $400 14
New Orleans

Duane
    $400 29
(Mitch: What is Mornay?)

Béarnaise sauce

Mitch
Triple Stumper
    $400 19
(Alex: The series was Hawaii Five-O and it was Detective [*].)

Steve McGarrett

Triple Stumper
    $400 26
expanding

Duane
    $400 4
Life

Duane
    $400 9
O. Henry

Charles
    $500 15
San Francisco

Mitch
    $500 30
(Duane: What is saffron?)
...
(Alex: Saffron would tend to turn it more orange.)

turmeric

Duane
Triple Stumper
    $500 20
(Alex: Yes, "They call me Mr. [*], Virgil [*] is right.)

(Virgil) Tibbs

Duane
    $500 27
the Moon

Duane
    $500 5
Seneca

Duane
    $500 10
A Christmas Memory

Triple Stumper

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

Charles Duane Mitch
$1,400 $2,000 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Charles Duane Mitch
$1,700 $3,800 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

"A" IN PSYCHOLOGY
TRAVEL & TOURISM
ARCHITECTURE
DRAMA
WORLD WAR II
UNREAL ESTATE
(Alex: Places in fiction.)
    $200 6
anorexia

Mitch
    $200 11
the changing of the guard

Duane
    $200 21
web

Duane
    $200 22
kabuki

Charles
    $200 1
Eisenhower

Mitch
    $200 12
Eastwick

Mitch
    $400 7
autism

Mitch
    $400 13
(Mitch: What is Berlin?)
(Charles: What is Schiphol?)
(Duane: What is Munich?)

Frankfurt

CharlesDuaneMitch
Triple Stumper
    $400 26
nave

Mitch
    $400 23
The Crucible

Mitch
    $400 2
Sherman

Charles
    $400 20
the Ox-Bow

Charles
    $600 8
(Charles: What is adverse conditioning?)
(Alex: Would you say that again?)
(Charles: What is adverse conditioning?)

averse conditioning

CharlesMitch
    $600 14
ouzo

Charles
    $600 27
a column

Mitch
    $600 24
Job

Mitch
    $600 3
Sicily

Charles
    $600 19
Poker Flat

Mitch
    $1,000 9
agoraphobia

Mitch
    $800 15
(Duane: What is France?)

Belgium

CharlesDuane
    $800 28
the rose windows

Triple Stumper
    $800 25
(Charles: What is Divorce His, Divorce Hers?)
..
(Alex: We have less than a minute to go.)

Private Lives

Charles
Triple Stumper
    $800 4
airplanes

Mitch
    $800 18
Brobdingnag

Mitch
    $1000 10
the anima

Charles
    $3,100 16
(Charles: What is Madrid?)

Toledo

Charles
    $1000 29
Romanesque

Charles
    $1000 30
Pirandello

Charles
    $1000 5
Potsdam

Mitch
    $1000 17
(Mitch: What is New Hampsphire?)

Pennsylvania

Mitch
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Charles Duane Mitch
$2,800 $3,000 $7,400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

PEN NAMES
CharlesWho is Lewis Carroll
$2,800
DuaneWho is Lewis Carroll?
$3,000
MitchWho is Lewis Carroll?
$600
Lewis Carroll

Final scores:

Charles Duane Mitch
$5,600 $6,000 $8,000
3rd place: Lucien Piccard his & her watches + Nintendo Entertainment system with Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy! & Fisher Price preschool games + Wheel of Fortune for Game Boy 2nd place: Keller dining furniture + Cuthbertson Christmas dinnerware New champion: $8,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Charles Duane Mitch
$5,700 $3,000 $7,200
15 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 17 R,
3 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $15,900

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Game tape date: 1990-09-24
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