Responses for Show #5542 - Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Contestants

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Nate Hudac, a sixth grade teacher from New Orleans, Louisiana

Christina Dudley, a homemaker, writer, and editor from Bellevue, Washington

Todd Covert, a bookkeeper from Valley Glen, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $32,401)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WHICH U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENT?
WE LOVE DISNEYLAND
FOUND IN TRANSLATION
THE BELLS ARE RINGING
FOR "ME"
MY GALAXY
    $200 22
the Treasury

Nate
    $200 6
submarines

Nate
    $200 16
Homer

Nate
    $200 21
the pepper

Todd
    $200 11
measles

Nate
    $200 1
Magellan

Todd
    $400 24
(Todd: [*].)
(Alex: Remember your phrasing.)
(Todd: What is the [*]?)

Department of Interior

Todd
    $400 7
Sleeping Beauty

Todd
    $400 17
All's Well That Ends Well

Nate
    $400 23
(Nate: Who are the Maple Leafs?)

the Montreal Canadiens

ToddNate
    $400 12
the meek

Nate
    $400 2
Andromeda

Nate
    $600 25
the Department of Labor

Triple Stumper
    $600 8
The Haunted Mansion

Nate
    $600 18
Crime and Punishment

Nate
    $600 27
"Silver Bells"

Todd
    $600 13
Lake Mead

Nate
    $600 3
the redshift

Todd
    $800 26
the Department of Transportation

Christina
    $800 9
Buzz Lightyear

Christina
    $800 19
The Da Vinci Code

Christina
    $800 29
(Nate: What is Big Ben?)

the Liberty Bell

Nate
Triple Stumper
    $800 14
meager

Todd
    $800 4
(Alex: [*], yes, the [*]y Way. I feared you might overcomplicate that one.)

milk

Todd
    $1000 28
the Commerce Department

Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
the Abominable Snowman

Nate
    $1000 20
[Nate responds in a French accent.]

Louis L'Amour

Nate
    $1000 30
the tolling of the bells

Christina
    $1000 15
the median

Todd
    $1000 5
a dwarf galaxy

Todd

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

Todd Christina Nate
$4,800 $800 $3,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Todd Christina Nate
$6,400 $3,400 $4,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

EXPLOSIVES
NOMINATIVE DETERMINISM
(Alex: People whose names fit their professions, like the guy who makes my suits--Bill Taylor.)
"C"OUNTRIES
BALANCHINE BALLETS
PRESIDENTIAL BIOGRAPHIES
WORD ORIGINS
    $400 11
TNT

Christina
    $400 6
the Secretary of Education

Nate
    $400 1
the Congo

Nate
    $400 27
a plot

Todd
    $400 17
Jefferson

Todd
    $400 12
(Sir Isaac) Newton

Nate
    $800 18
(Nate: What is mining?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Nate: Um, what is [*]?)

coal mining

Nate
    $800 7
(Usain) Bolt

Nate
    $800 2
(Alex: [*]. Emperor Qin.)

China

Todd
    $800 28
Fiorello LaGuardia

Triple Stumper
    $800 19
Jimmy Carter

Todd
    $800 13
poultry

Nate
    $1200 23
a plastic explosive

Todd
    $1200 8
a weatherman (or meteorologist)

Nate
    $1200 3
Costa Rica

Christina
    $1200 30
Eurydice

Todd
    $1200 20
Andrew Johnson

Nate
    $1200 14
(Todd: [No response])
...
(Alex: [*]cab, [*]meter.)

a taxi

Todd
Triple Stumper
    $1600 24
high

Triple Stumper
    $1600 9
Sin

Triple Stumper
    $1600 4
Croatia

Christina
    $2,000 29
The Firebird

Todd
    $2,000 21
(Nate: Who is... Ulysses Grant?)
(Alex: No. A Time to Heal--[*], following the resignation of President Nixon.)

Gerald Ford

Nate
    $1600 15
(Nate: What is a forum?)

library

Nate
Triple Stumper
    $2000 25
fuel oil

Triple Stumper
    $2000 10
(Chris) Moneymaker

Nate
    $2000 5
Cyprus

Nate
    $2000 26
Faust

Todd
    $2000 22
(Grover) Cleveland

Nate
    $2000 16
(Alex: The people were the Slavs, hence, [*].)

slave

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Todd Christina Nate
$14,000 $6,600 $13,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ENGLISH LIT
ChristinaWhat is a Tale of Two Cities?
$6,595
NateWhat is A Tale of 2 Cities
$10,000
ToddWhat is Tale of Two Cities?
$12,001
A Tale of Two Cities

Final scores:

Todd Christina Nate
$26,001 $13,195 $23,000
2-day champion: $58,402 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Todd Christina Nate
$13,600 $6,600 $15,000
19 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 7 R,
0 W		 23 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $35,200

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Game tape date: 2008-08-26
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