Responses for Show #5696 - Monday, May 18, 2009

Contestants

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Susan Hankins, a project accountant from Downey, California

Elliott Rountree, a high school history and government teacher from Marietta, Georgia

Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

COLONIALISM IN AFRICA
FICTIONAL GAMES
RESTAURANT LINGO
STATES BY STATE PARKS
STUPID ANSWERS: THE BRITISH EDITION
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE MARINE CORPS
    $200 1
Ethiopia (or Liberia)

Elliott
    $200 6
Harry Potter

Jean
    $200 14
soup du jour

Susan
    $200 21
Hawaii

Jean
    $200 10
(Susan: What is St. James's Park?)

Green Park

Susan
Triple Stumper
    $200 7
Iwo Jima

Jean
    $400 2
Dr. Livingstone

Jean
    $400 27
Friends

Jean
    $400 15
entrée

Jean
    $400 22
Georgia

Jean
    $400 11
(Jean: What is the Tower?)

the Bloody Tower

Jean
Triple Stumper
    $400 8
the Vietnam War

Jean
    $600 3
Algeria

Jean
    $600 28
M*A*S*H

Susan
    $600 16
à la carte

Susan
    $600 23
Arizona

Susan
    $600 12
(Alex: That's why they call it [*] Abbey--the abbey in the town of [*].)

Battle

Triple Stumper
    $600 9
(Jean: Who is Stalin?)

(Igor) Sikorsky

JeanSusan
    $800 4
The Congo

Susan
    $800 29
The Simpsons

Susan
    $800 17
hors d'œuvre

Susan
    $2,000 24
Massachusetts

Susan
    $800 20
the Mermaid Inn

Susan
    $800 13
the Leatherneck Gallery

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
Heart of Darkness

Elliott
    $1000 30
Jumanji

Jean
    $1000 18
maître d'

Jean
    $1000 25
Maryland

Susan
    $1000 26
Princess Royal

Jean
    $1000 19
the Harrier

Susan

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

Jean Elliott Susan
$800 $1,200 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jean Elliott Susan
$5,200 $1,200 $9,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

FUNNY LADIES IN SHAKESPEARE
(Alex: You have to name the play.)
TEAM PLAYERS
THE NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNISTS
WHAT'S THE MARTYR WITH YOU?
RECENT SPACE NEWS
YOU TUBA
    $400 10
The Merchant of Venice

Susan
    $400 1
(Jean: What is the Lakers?)

the (Boston) Celtics

JeanSusan
    $400 3
Guantanamo

Jean
    $400 2
Joan of Arc

Jean
    $400 22
a telescope

Elliott
    $400 21
trumpet

Triple Stumper
    $800 17
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Jean
    $800 5
the (Boston) Red Sox

Jean
    $800 4
Hurricane Katrina

Susan
    $800 11
Valentine

Jean
    $1,200 26
India

Susan
    $1200 18
The Merry Wives of Windsor

Jean
    $1200 7
the Globetrotters

Susan
    $1200 6
Minnesota

Susan
    $1200 14
Thomas à Becket

Susan
    $1200 23
(Susan: What is Russia?)

Nigeria

Susan
Triple Stumper
    $1200 24
Wagner

Jean
    $1600 19
(Elliott: Um, what is...)

Much Ado About Nothing

JeanElliott
    $1600 8
the Houston Oilers

Elliott
    $1600 12
drill

Jean
    $1600 15
(Jacques-Louis) David

Elliott
    $1600 25
the Mars rovers

Susan
    $2000 20
(Jean: Uh, what is Measure for Measure?)

Two Gentlemen of Verona

Jean
Triple Stumper
    $2000 9
(Alex: We're talking about hockey there.)

the Montreal Canadiens

Triple Stumper
    $2000 13
(Alex: And before you make the next selection, I do want to thank, on behalf of all of us at Jeopardy!, The New York Times for making these talented columnists available to us for those clues.)

Pakistan

Jean
    $2,000 16
(Elliott: Who is John the Baptist?)

Saint Stephen

Elliott
    $2000 27
(Susan: What is Jupiter?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds]

Saturn

ElliottSusan

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jean Elliott Susan
$13,600 $3,200 $14,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

NO. 1 HITS OF THE 1970s
(Alex: The American Heart Association uses that song when they're teaching CPR.)
ElliottWhat is "Staying Alive"?
$3,100
JeanWhat is CPR?
$7,199
SusanWhat is Stayin' Alive?
$12,801
"Stayin' Alive"

Final scores:

Jean Elliott Susan
$6,401 $6,300 $27,201
2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $27,201

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jean Elliott Susan
$13,600 $5,200 $12,800
22 R,
4 W		 6 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 20 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $31,600

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Game tape date: 2009-02-24
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