Responses for Show #555 - Friday, January 23, 1987

Contestants

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Ursula Ziegler-Sullivan, a writer originally from Media, Pennsylvania

Henry Ohrtman, a traveling salesman from Santa Barbara, California

Jerry Salzman, a systems analyst originally from Akron, Ohio (whose 3-day cash winnings total $35,582)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

CITIZENSHIP TEST
MOVIE TRIVIA
COUNTRY MUSIC
RUGS & CARPETS
DOGS
THE MOON
    $100 20
a bill

Ursula
    $100 13
football

Henry
    $100 7
Waylon Jennings

Henry
    $100 19
the red carpet

Henry
    $100 10
rabies

Jerry
    $100 11
lunacy (or lunatic)

Henry
    $200 21
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Henry
    $200 12
You Light Up My Life

Henry
    $200 8
Dolly Parton

Jerry
    $200 27
to cut a rug

Ursula
    $200 15
(Henry: What is the jackal?)

the dingo

HenryUrsula
    $200 9
a planet (or asteroid)

Ursula
    $300 24
(Alex: And we've got less than a minute
to go in the round.)

its population as determined by the census

Jerry
    $300 3
Pippi Longstocking

Henry
    $300 14
Hee-Haw

Jerry
    $300 28
(Henry: What is a vacuum cleaner?)
(Ursula: What is a carpet shampooer?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

a carpet sweeper

HenryUrsula
Triple Stumper
    $300 16
(Henry: What is a labrador?)

a mongrel

HenryUrsula
    $500 1
the names of seas on the Moon

Jerry
    $400 25
a third

Ursula
    $400 4
Hair

Jerry
    $400 22
shoulders

Henry
    $400 17
a mastiff

Ursula
    $400 2
Diana

Henry
    $500 26
from many, one

Jerry
    $500 6
Taxi Driver

Henry
    $500 23
Hank Williams

Henry
    $500 18
baying

Triple Stumper
    $500 5
first quarter

Jerry

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 11):

Jerry Henry Ursula
$1,700 $1,400 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jerry Henry Ursula
$2,800 $2,100 $1,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

PLAYWRIGHTS
EPIDEMICS
HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS
BRITISH HISTORY
TIMELY CLASSICS
2-LETTER WORDS
    $200 5
Oscar Wilde

Ursula
    $200 25
Bloody Mary

Triple Stumper
    $200 20
"The Minute Waltz"

Jerry
    $200 6
an ax

Jerry
    $400 1
Samuel Beckett

Ursula
    $400 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

syphilis

Henry
    $400 22
(Alex: We've got a minute to go in this match.)

the widest street in the world

Triple Stumper
    $400 19
the 1812 Overture

Ursula
    $400 10
on

Jerry
    $600 2
Molière

Ursula
    $600 11
(Henry: What are smallpox?)

measles

HenryUrsula
    $600 21
Miami

Ursula
    $600 23
Admiral Nelson

Triple Stumper
    $2,000 16
the Clock Symphony

Jerry
    $600 9
ex

Jerry
    $1,000 3
Sam Shepard (or Jason Miller)

Ursula
    $800 12
the flu (influenza)

Ursula
    $800 14
El Camino Real

Jerry
    $800 24
India

Jerry
    $800 17
the Dance of the Hours

Jerry
    $800 7
pi

Henry
    $1000 4
Eugene O'Neill

Triple Stumper
    $1000 13
a pandemic

Jerry
    $1000 15
Via Veneto

Triple Stumper
    $1000 18
(Ursula: What are The Rites of Spring?)
[Accepted without remark]

The Rite of Spring

Ursula
    $1000 8
(Alex: For instance, [*] foot, [*] eye, [*]...)

my

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jerry Henry Ursula
$9,600 $2,700 $7,100

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE CONTINENTS
HenryWhat is South America
$2,699
UrsulaWhat is Africa?
$7,000
JerryWhat is Asia?
$5,000
Africa

Final scores:

Jerry Henry Ursula
$4,600 $1 $14,100
2nd place: Berklina sofa + Panasonic portable dishwasher 3rd place: Whirlpool freezer New champion: $14,100

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jerry Henry Ursula
$8,000 $2,700 $6,900
17 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W		 13 R,
4 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $17,600

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Game tape date: 1986-10-15
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