Responses for Show #3296 - Monday, December 28, 1998

Contestants

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Linda St. Clair-James, a registered nurse from Lake Charles, Louisiana

Ron Mahla, a casino supervisor from Las Vegas, Nevada

Will Thompson, a French professor from Memphis, Tennessee (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BEVERLY HILLS
(Alex: In honor of the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year)
WHICH CAME FIRST?
HITS OF THE '40s
BLASTS FROM THE PAST
ETYMOLOGY
KWANZAA
    $100 20
Rodeo Drive

Linda
    $100 10
Paul Gauguin

Linda
    $100 5
"Pearls"

Ron
    $100 15
Athens

Will
    $100 1
broccoli

Will
    $100 26
Watts

Will
    $200 21
(Ron: What is 8... 9... 8...?)

90210

WillRon
    $200 11
The Ink Spots

Ron
    $200 6
"Eight To The Bar"

Ron
    $200 16
France

Ron
    $200 2
digits

Will
    $200 27
(Will: What is a candelabra?)

candles

WillLinda
    $300 23
Wolfgang Puck

Ron
    $600 12
The Upanishads

Ron
    $300 7
"Besame Mucho"

Ron
    $300 17
Valley of the Kings

Will
    $300 3
cherries

Linda
    $300 28
Swahili

Linda
    $400 24
(Alex: ...we have a minute to go...)

Beverly Hills Hotel

Will
    $400 13
Chicago Bears

Linda
    $400 8
find yourself somebody to love

Triple Stumper
    $400 18
Incas

Linda
    $400 4
international

Will
    $400 29
children

Ron
    $500 25
Will Rogers

Triple Stumper
    $500 14
Lenin

Ron
    $500 9
"Mule Train"

Ron
    $500 19
Hadrian's Wall

Ron
    $500 22
ecdysiast

Triple Stumper
    $500 30
(Alex: So you'll be hearing a great deal about Kwanzaa later on this week!)

New Year's Day

Will

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Will Ron Linda
$700 $2,400 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Will Ron Linda
$2,100 $3,600 $1,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

NORTH BY NORTHWEST
REBECCA
(Alex: Hey, there's a theme building!)
NOTORIOUS
THE BIRDS
SPELLBOUND
(Alex: And you have to spell the response!)
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
    $200 11
Northwest Territory

Linda
    $200 13
Esau

Ron
    $200 23
Rasputin

Ron
    $200 2
flamingo

Ron
    $200 6
B-U-R-E-A-U

Will
    $200 14
Jack the Ripper

Will
    $400 12
West Bank

Ron
    $400 18
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Ron
    $400 24
Brutus

Linda
    $400 3
owl

Linda
    $400 7
(Linda: What is G-U-I-N-E-S-S?)

G-U-I-N-N-E-S-S

WillLinda
    $1,400 19
(Alex: I just want to digress for a moment - is the Bates Motel a lot like the Bellagio?)
(Ron: Nothing at all!)

Psycho

Ron
    $600 15
(Ron: What are the Bahamas?)
...
(Alex: We were going for the one island, not the whole group.)

Grand Bahama Island

Ron
Triple Stumper
    $600 25
(Ron: What is Panama?)

Dominican Republic

Ron
Triple Stumper
    $600 1
dodos

Will
    $600 8
D-E-U-T-E-R-O-N-O-M-Y

Triple Stumper
    $600 20
Ingrid Bergman

Will
    $800 16
South Africa

Triple Stumper
    $800 26
Blackbeard

Linda
    $800 4
New Zealand

Linda
    $800 9
(Linda: What is C-O-M-M-I-T-T-M-E-N-T-S?)

C-O-M-M-I-T-M-E-N-T-S

WillLinda
    $800 21
Strangers on a Train

Ron
    $1000 17
Australia

Will
    $3,000 27
(Linda: Who is Manuel Noriega?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Anastasio Somoza

Linda
    $1000 5
albatross

Will
    $1000 10
(Alex: Will must have done very well in spelling in class!)

S-E-S-Q-U-I-C-E-N-T-E-N-N-I-A-L

Will
    $1000 22
(Alex: Less than a minute to go.)

McGuffin

Ron

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Will Ron Linda
$7,900 $7,000 $200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

LITERARY SETTINGS
LindaWhat is ??
$0
RonWhat is Xanadu?
$6,500
WillWhat is Shangri-la?
$6,200
Shangri-La

Final scores:

Will Ron Linda
$14,100 $500 $200
2-day champion: $18,300 2nd place: Trip to Stonefield Estate, St. Lucia 3rd place: Trip to St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Will Ron Linda
$7,900 $5,700 $3,200
18 R,
1 W		 19 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 12 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $16,800

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Game tape date: 1998-11-04
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