Responses for Show #5865 - Friday, February 26, 2010

Contestants

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Kori Tyler, a high school history teacher from Cordova, Tennessee

Ashok Bhaskar, a college student originally from Malvern, Pennsylvania

Ben Auer, a law clerk from Savannah, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,202)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

YEAR ONE
PRESIDENTIAL LAST NAMES
THEY LIVED PAST 100
THE COUNTRY AS DESCRIBED BY THE ONION
STUCK
IN THE MIDDLE WITH "U"
(Alex: Now, each correct response will have the letter U around the middle of the word.)
    $200 21
MacArthur

Ashok
    $200 1
Wilson

Kori
    $200 26
Anne Frank

Kori
    $200 8
Panama

Ashok
    $200 16
quicksand

Ben
    $200 3
to abduct

Ashok
    $400 22
Hirohito

Ben
    $400 2
Jackson

Ashok
    $400 27
(Ashok: Who is George Carlin?)

Bob Hope

BenAshok
    $400 10
Jamaica

Ashok
    $400 17
the corner

Kori
    $400 15
a republic

Ben
    $600 23
Maya Lin

Kori
    $600 5
Johnson

Ben
    $600 28
Rose Kennedy

Kori
    $600 12
Canada

Ben
    $600 18
a stuck zipper

Kori
    $600 4
a concussion

Ben
    $800 24
the Bismarck

Ben
    $800 6
Adams

Triple Stumper
    $800 29
(Ashok: Who is Sharpton?)
(Alex: Pardon?)
(Ashok: Who is Al Sharpton?)

Strom Thurmond

BenAshok
    $800 13
Chile

Ben
    $800 19
hot water

Ben
    $800 9
faculty

Ben
    $1000 25
Wallis Simpson

Ben
    $1000 7
Coolidge

Kori
    $1000 30
Astor

Kori
    $1000 14
Madagascar

Ben
    $2,000 20
(Ben: What is spin one's tires--spin the tires?)

spinning your wheels

Ben
    $1000 11
a carburetor

Ben

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

Ben Ashok Kori
$5,800 $1,200 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Ashok Kori
$8,200 $200 $4,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

20th CENTURY FICTION
THE 2009 TONY AWARDS
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
THE QUOTA SYSTEM
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS
    $400 22
The Grapes of Wrath

Ben
    $400 15
Hair

Ashok
    $400 24
Newton

Kori
    $400 12
China

Ben
    $400 4
birds

Ben
    $400 20
esoteric

Kori
    $800 23
(Alex: Played by Ernest Borgnine on film, [*].)

"Fatso" Judson

Triple Stumper
    $800 18
Elton John

Kori
    $800 25
Hemingway

Kori
    $800 13
Mecca

Ashok
    $800 5
a squid

Ben
    $1200 16
(Ashok: What is Anthem?)

The Fountainhead

AshokKori
    $1200 19
Will Ferrell

Ben
    $5,000 26
(Kori: Who is... [long pause] [*]?)
(Alex: You took a long time to come up with a correct response.)
[Applause]
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Einstein

Kori
    $1200 6
an annelid (or worm)

Ashok
    $1200 1
hooves

Ashok
    $1600 21
(Ashok: What is Hastings?)

The Norman Conquests

Ashok
Triple Stumper
    $1600 14
(Leo) Tolstoy

Kori
    $1600 11
Ukraine

Ben
    $2,200 8
(Ashok: What is a basset hound?)
(Alex: Oh, you picked the wrong one. [*] is the correct response.)

a bloodhound

Ashok
    $1600 2
propaganda

Ashok
    $2000 17
(Kori: Who is Molière?)

Eugene Ionesco

Kori
Triple Stumper
    $2000 10
(Alex: And that would be [*], his father.)

William F. Buckley

Triple Stumper
    $2000 9
bananas

Ashok
    $2000 7
(Ashok: What is a ram?)

an antelope

Ashok
Triple Stumper
    $2000 3
cows

Ben

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Ashok Kori
$15,000 $400 $12,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

LANDMARKS
AshokWhat is the Leaning Tower Of Pisa?
$266
KoriWhat is the Leaning Tower Of Pisa
$10,000
BenWhat is the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
$10,608
the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Final scores:

Ben Ashok Kori
$25,608 $666 $22,800
2-day champion: $36,810 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ben Ashok Kori
$17,000 $2,600 $9,000
22 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R,
6 W
(including 1 DD)		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $28,600

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Game tape date: 2009-12-08
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