Responses for Show #5410 - Friday, February 29, 2008

Contestants

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Ashok Rau, a law student from Los Angeles, California

Gwynne Ash, a university professor from Austin, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,400)

Jason Dizon, an attorney from Woodside, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $30,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

SOUTH AMERICAN ANIMALS
TRADING PLACES
BELGIUM, BELARUS OR BELIZE
STATE LICENSE PLATES
RATED "R"
FOR SAX AND VIOLINS
    $200 2
rodents

Gwynne
    $200 7
St. Louis

Jason
    $200 23
Belarus

Jason
    $200 13
Florida

Gwynne
    $200 1
a raffle

Ashok
    $200 18
Georgia

Ashok
    $400 12
(Ashok: What is a mountain lion?)
(Gwynne: What is a bobcat?)

the jaguar

GwynneAshok
Triple Stumper
    $400 8
horse trading

Jason
    $400 24
Belize

Gwynne
    $400 14
Ohio

Gwynne
    $400 3
a Rolodex

Jason
    $400 19
"Eleanor Rigby"

Ashok
    $600 28
the spectacled bear

Triple Stumper
    $600 9
(Ashok: What is Asia?)

Africa

JasonAshok
    $600 25
(Gwynne: What is Belarus?)

Belgium

Gwynne
Triple Stumper
    $600 15
the magnolia

Gwynne
    $600 4
a reaper

Ashok
    $600 20
Billy Joel

Jason
    $800 29
the tapir

Triple Stumper
    $800 10
Istanbul

Ashok
    $800 26
Belarus

Gwynne
    $800 16
Texas

Jason
    $1,000 5
a raconteur

Ashok
    $800 21
Lou Reed

Ashok
    $1000 30
(Gwynne: What is a llama?)
(Jason: What is an alpaca?)
(Alex: No. That narrows it down, but Ashok doesn't want to ring in to try to come up with [*].)

the vicuna

JasonGwynne
Triple Stumper
    $1000 11
(Jason: What is the Commodities Market?)

the Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Jason
Triple Stumper
    $1000 27
Belize

Gwynne
    $1000 17
the saguaro

Gwynne
    $1000 6
(Gwynne: What is a retort?)

a riposte

JasonGwynne
    $1000 22
the Dave Matthews Band

Gwynne

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

Jason Gwynne Ashok
$1,600 $0 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jason Gwynne Ashok
$2,200 $2,600 $3,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

17th CENTURY FRANCE
HEDY LAMARR-VELOUS
WHERE YA FROM, TERPSICHOREAN?
(Alex: Name the country of birth in that one.)
WHAT'S THAT ON TOP OF YOUR HEAD?
SHAKESPEAREAN ROUND-UP
5-LETTER WORDS
    $400 1
Versailles

Ashok
    $400 26
Austria

Gwynne
    $400 21
the Soviet Union

Gwynne
    $400 16
a propeller

Gwynne
    $400 6
mercy

Gwynne
    $400 11
an eagle

Gwynne
    $800 2
Richelieu

Jason
    $800 27
the Ziegfeld Follies

Triple Stumper
    $800 22
(Jason: What is France?)
...
(Alex: One of the great prima beara--ballerinas of [*].)

England (Great Britain)

Jason
Triple Stumper
    $800 17
fezzes

Triple Stumper
    $800 7
(Ashok: Who is Brutus?)

Julius Caesar

JasonAshok
    $800 12
a divot

Jason
    $1200 3
(Ashok: Who is Balzac?)
...
(Alex: Yes, Balzac came much later.)

Molière

GwynneAshok
    $1200 28
(Alex: [*] in downtown Hollywood.)

the Hollywood Canteen

Triple Stumper
    $1200 23
India

Jason
    $1200 18
(Gwynne: What is a macaw?)

a cockatoo

JasonGwynne
    $1200 8
Venus

Triple Stumper
    $1200 13
anime (manga accepted)

Ashok
    $1600 4
Bourbon

Gwynne
    $1600 29
(Alex: Correct response, what is [*]. Let me ask the three of you a question: am I the only one who knows who Hedy Lamarr is?)
(Gwynne: I know from Blazing Saddles.)
[Laughter]

Algiers

Triple Stumper
    $1600 24
Italy

Jason
    $1600 19
(Gwynne: What is an appointment?)

a brush

JasonGwynne
    $1,500 9
(Jason: Who is Madame Capulet and the maid?)
(Alex; Oh, no... who are the two mothers? [*]--Romeo's mom and Juliette's mom.)

Lady Capulet & Lady Montague

Jason
    $1600 14
a scull (or shell)

Gwynne
    $2000 5
the Edict of Nantes

Gwynne
    $2000 30
Victor Mature

Jason
    $2000 25
Spain

Triple Stumper
    $2000 20
a sucker (or a suction cup)

Gwynne
    $2000 10
As You Like It

Gwynne
    $2,000 15
(Gwynne: What is violet?)

mauve

Gwynne

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jason Gwynne Ashok
$9,900 $10,200 $2,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

NAME'S ALMOST THE SAME
(Alex: [To Jason] Yes, and do you know what the connection is? The Carpathia was the ship that came to the rescue of so many of the people who survived the Titanic disaster.)
AshokWhat are the Titans?
$2,500
JasonWhat is the Carpathian Mountains
$9,800
GwynneWhat are the Andulusions?
$9,700
the Carpathian Mountains

Final scores:

Jason Gwynne Ashok
$19,700 $500 $100
3-day champion: $49,900 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jason Gwynne Ashok
$11,400 $12,200 $2,400
16 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 20 R,
7 W
(including 1 DD)		 9 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $26,000

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Game tape date: 2007-11-13
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