Responses for Show #5038 - Wednesday, July 5, 2006

Contestants

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Vanessa Meikle, a grad student originally from Austin, Texas

Seth Supcoff, a hotel manager from Santa Fe, New Mexico

Michelle Bondurant, a medical coordinator originally from Greensboro, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,500)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

SHAKESPEARE
WORLD SERIES MVPs
(Alex: We'll name the athlete, and you have to identify the team.)
LOOKING FOR A LATIN LOVER
WHAT'S URSINE?
DO YOU COME HERE OFTEN?
CARE TO SEE MY ETCHINGS?
    $200 1
Portia

Michelle
    $200 12
(Michelle: Who are the Cardinals?)
...
(Alex: Johnny Bench, All-Star for [*].)

the Cincinnati Reds

Michelle
Triple Stumper
    $200 22
alma mater

Michelle
    $200 13
Fozzie Bear

Vanessa
    $200 7
the Easter Egg Roll

Michelle
    $200 6
(John James) Audubon

Seth
    $400 2
Ophelia

Vanessa
    $400 27
(Alex: Michelle, didn't you say [*] a little while ago? Now's the time for it.)

the St. Louis Cardinals

Triple Stumper
    $400 23
postmortem

Michelle
    $400 18
(Seth: A native New Mexican.)

Smokey the Bear

Seth
    $400 8
the Ganges

Michelle
    $400 14
van Gogh

Vanessa
    $600 3
Prospero

Triple Stumper
    $600 28
the Baltimore Orioles

Triple Stumper
    $600 24
E pluribus unum

Vanessa
    $600 19
Davy Crockett

Michelle
    $600 9
Las Vegas

Seth
    $600 15
Rembrandt

Michelle
    $800 4
(Vanessa: What is the Forest of Avon?)
...
(Alex: You were on the right track, Vanessa, but you misspoke, I believe. It's [*]. Not Avon. Nobody's calling in Arden.)

the Forest of Arden

Vanessa
Triple Stumper
    $800 29
(Michelle: The Yankees.)
...
(Alex: Obviously, baseball is not your thing, players.)

the Pittsburgh Pirates

Michelle
Triple Stumper
    $800 25
sub rosa

Vanessa
    $800 20
the University of Alabama

Michelle
    $800 10
(Michelle: What is Mardi Gras?)
(Vanessa: What is Fat Tuesday?)
...
(Alex: [*] is the first day of Lent. Mardi Gras is the day before.)

Ash Wednesday

MichelleSethVanessa
    $800 16
Hogarth

Vanessa
    $1000 5
The Winter's Tale

Triple Stumper
    $1000 30
(Seth: Who are the World Champion [*]?)
(Alex: You are right. Got that plug in there.)

the Diamondbacks

Seth
    $1000 26
(Alex: [*] and opera, yes.)

opus

Seth
    $1000 21
Great Bear Lake

Triple Stumper
    $800 11
St. Francis of Assisi

Seth
    $1000 17
Blake

Vanessa

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Michelle Seth Vanessa
-$200 $2,400 -$1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Michelle Seth Vanessa
$1,600 $4,800 $2,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

DESTINATION: PLUTO
MOVIE-MOBILES
PIECES OF CHINA
GREAT BRITONS
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS "CAST"
THE NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE YEARS
(Kelly: Equipment and methods change, but they were always New York's bravest.)
    $400 23
Neptune

Seth
    $400 17
Rolls-Royce

Triple Stumper
    $400 7
opium

Seth
    $400 2
Florence Nightingale

Michelle
    $400 12
(Seth: What is Broadcast?)
...
(Alex: [*], yes, Columbia [*] System.)

Broadcasting

MichelleSeth
    $400 1
the Bronx

Seth
    $800 24
Pu

Seth
    $800 18
the Mini Cooper

Seth
    $800 8
paper currency

Michelle
    $800 3
jet propulsion

Michelle
    $800 13
the casting couch

Michelle
    $800 19
the Statue of Liberty

Seth
    $1,000 25
Percival Lowell

Seth
    $1200 27
Smokey and the Bandit

Triple Stumper
    $1200 9
(Seth: What is Prince?)
(Michelle: What is King?)

Emperor

MichelleSeth
Triple Stumper
    $1200 4
Newton

Vanessa
    $1200 14
Castor & Pollux

Vanessa
    $1200 20
the number of dead from 9/11

Michelle
    $1600 26
Charon

Vanessa
    $1600 28
(Seth: What is the Challenger?)

the Charger

Seth
Triple Stumper
    $1600 10
the Gobi

Vanessa
    $1600 5
(H.G.) Wells

Seth
    $1600 15
Castillian

Michelle
    $1600 21
steam

Michelle
    $2000 30
Clyde Tombaugh

Triple Stumper
    $2000 29
The Fast and the Furious

Seth
    $2000 11
the Shaolin Temple

Triple Stumper
    $800 6
(Seth: Who is Adam Smith?)

John Locke

Seth
    $2000 16
castigate

Vanessa
    $2000 22
Tammany Hall

Seth

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Michelle Seth Vanessa
$8,000 $11,000 $10,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WESTERN HEMISPHERE GEOGRAPHY
(Alex: The two outlets of the Gulf on each side of Cuba.)
...
(Alex: It's all up to you, Seth. $11,000. [*] and [**]? What are [*] and [long pause while Alex deciphers Seth's small writing]... Yu... that doesn't look like [**], is it? All right, $9500, all right, it's good, $20,500! New champion! And he gets to come back tomorrow. See you then.)
MichelleWhat are Yucatan + Florida?
$7,998
VanessaWhat are Florida + Texas?
$6,000
SethWhat are Florida and Yucatán?
$9,500
Florida & the Yucatán peninsula

Final scores:

Michelle Seth Vanessa
$15,998 $20,500 $4,200
2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $20,500 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Michelle Seth Vanessa
$8,000 $12,200 $10,200
16 R,
4 W
17 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W
(including 1 DD)
12 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $30,400

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