Responses for Show #5922 - Tuesday, May 18, 2010

2010 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.

Contestants

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Jason Zollinger, an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York

Nick Yozamp, a biology student from St. Cloud, Minnesota

Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania

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Jeopardy! Round responses

LEGISLATURES OF THE WORLD
McACTORS
GOOD DOGGIE
THE NEW YORK TIMES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ATMOSPHERE
DOUBLE "E"
    $200 2
the Communist Party

Jason
    $200 21
Matthew McConaughey

Jason
    $200 16
corgis

Jason
    $200 23
(Joseph) Lieberman

Liz
    $200 11
clouds

Jason
    $200 6
pedigree

Liz
    $400 3
the Senate

Nick
    $400 22
Ian McKellen

Triple Stumper
    $400 17
retrievers

Jason
    $400 24
Sapphire

Triple Stumper
    $400 12
acid rain

Jason
    $400 7
a speed trap

Nick
    $600 1
Latvia

Jason
    $600 28
Frances McDormand

Liz
    $600 18
a Rottweiler

Jason
    $600 25
stamps

Triple Stumper
    $600 13
the poles

Nick
    $600 8
deep sixing

Triple Stumper
    $600 4
Mongolia

Nick
    $800 29
(James) McAvoy

Liz
    $800 19
(Jason: What's the greyhound?)

salukis

Jason
Triple Stumper
    $800 26
(Jack) Valenti

Jason
    $800 14
(Nick: What is the thermosphere?)

the stratosphere

NickJason
    $800 9
beseech

Liz
    $1000 5
(Nick: What is Manhattan?)
(Liz: What is Harlem?)

the Staten-Generaal

LizNick
Triple Stumper
    $1000 30
David McCallum

Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
a Borzoi

Liz
    $1000 27
John Maynard Keynes

Jason
    $1000 15
radio waves

Jason
    $1000 10
proceed

Jason

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

Liz Nick Jason
$0 $200 $3,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Liz Nick Jason
$2,600 $200 $6,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ALL ROADS LEAD TO CECIL RHODES
RECORD OF THE YEAR GRAMMY WINNERS
RHYME TIME
STATES' LOWEST POINTS
"EU" VEY!
DARWIN IN THE GALAPAGOS
(Alex: The 1835 visit that changed the way we think about the development of life on Earth.)
    $400 3
Oxford

Liz
    $400 17
Bobby McFerrin

Liz
    $400 13
a copy poppy

Liz
    $400 1
Tennessee

Nick
    $400 30
Deutschland

Nick
    $400 10
natural selection

Nick
    $800 8
the Masons

Liz
    $800 7
Sheryl Crow

Jason
    $800 14
Mir here (or Mir near)

Liz
    $800 2
Nevada

Jason
    $800 29
Sigmund Freud

Jason
    $800 16
The Origin of Species

Jason
    $2,200 9
De Beers

Liz
    $1200 18
The Dixie Chicks

Jason
    $1200 15
preamble scramble

Triple Stumper
    $1200 4
(Nick: What is New York?)

Vermont

LizNick
    $1200 24
Streusel

Liz
    $1200 21
the Beagle

Nick
    $1600 11
(Liz: Who--who is [*] for the Krugerrand?)

(Paul) Kruger

Liz
    $1600 19
Toto

Jason
    $1600 27
sarcophagus esophagus

Jason
    $1600 5
California

Triple Stumper
    $2,000 25
Steuben

Liz
    $1600 22
a volcanic eruption

Triple Stumper
    $2000 12
the Cape Colony

Jason
    $2000 20
Kings of Leon

Nick
    $2000 28
unseen Marine

Triple Stumper
    $2000 6
Kansas

Liz
    $2000 26
Richard Neutra

Triple Stumper
    $2000 23
iguana

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Liz Nick Jason
$15,600 $3,400 $16,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ROMAN EMPERORS
NickWho is Nero?
$0
LizWho was Nero?
$1,201
JasonWho is Nero?
$15,001
Nero

Final scores:

Liz Nick Jason
$16,801 $3,400 $31,201
2nd place: $10,000 3rd place: $10,000 Finalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Liz Nick Jason
$14,200 $3,600 $16,200
17 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 9 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 21 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $34,000

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Game tape date: 2010-03-24
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