Responses for Show #5929 - Thursday, May 27, 2010

Contestants

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Nancy Williams, an administrative assistant from Chicago, Illinois

Bill Benison, a wine shop manager from Stamford, Connecticut

Tom LaPorta, a web designer from Jacksonville, Florida (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,901)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

STATES' FORMER GOVERNORS
BORN IN BURBANK
ADOPTION
WORLD OF GESTURES
TREES COMPANY
2 WORDS IN ONE
    $200 24
Alabama

Tom
    $200 14
Bonnie Raitt

Bill
    $200 8
names

Tom
    $200 6
Hawaii

Tom
    $200 19
a cherry tree

Tom
    $200 1
asphalt (asp + halt)

Tom
    $400 27
Massachusetts

Tom
    $400 15
Tim Burton

Bill
    $400 9
foster care

Tom
    $400 7
skinny

Nancy
    $400 20
a pine

Bill
    $400 2
beginning (beg + inning)

Tom
    $600 28
(Nancy: New York? What is New York?)

Ohio

Nancy
Triple Stumper
    $600 16
Mark Harmon

Bill
    $600 11
(Nancy: What is Mexico?)

Guatemala

BillNancy
    $600 10
a tip

Nancy
    $600 21
an aspen

Bill
    $600 3
patriot (pat + riot)

Tom
    $800 29
Pennsylvania

Tom
    $800 17
Rene Russo

Tom
    $800 12
Malawi

Nancy
    $800 25
archers or bowmen

Bill
    $1,800 22
an ash

Bill
    $800 4
massacre (mass + acre)

Tom
    $1000 30
New York

Bill
    $1000 18
John Ritter

Tom
    $1000 13
Florida

Bill
    $1000 26
a phone call

Nancy
    $1000 23
(Nancy: What is the fir?)

the cedar

Nancy
Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
[Applause for Tom's run of the category]
(Alex: Well done in the category. You're obviously a wordsmith.)

finale (fin + ale)

Tom

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

Tom Bill Nancy
$3,800 $2,200 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Tom Bill Nancy
$7,200 $7,400 $600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SHAKESPEARE'S CHARACTERS DESCRIBED
MUSICAL MOVIE TITLES
THE NEWS
TOMBSTONE
ARIZONA
OK, CORRAL ME
    $400 26
Othello

Bill
    $400 8
The Piano

Tom
    $400 19
CNN

Tom
    $400 3
the Scots

Nancy
    $400 1
cold water

Nancy
    $400 14
milk

Bill
    $800 27
Cordelia, Goneril & Regan

Nancy
    $800 9
a ballad

Tom
    $800 21
Timothy Russert

Nancy
    $800 7
an equation

Tom
    $800 2
(Nancy: What is the University of Arizona?)

Arizona State University

BillNancy
    $800 15
(Bill: What is the horns?)

the ear

BillNancy
    $1200 28
Prospero

Triple Stumper
    $1200 10
The Tin Drum

Nancy
    $1200 22
Jon Stewart

Bill
    $1200 11
Auschwitz

Nancy
    $1200 4
Pueblo

Nancy
    $1200 16
the Black Angus

Nancy
    $1,500 29
Titania

Nancy
    $1600 20
Shut Up and Sing

Bill
    $1600 23
Chris Matthews

Nancy
    $1600 12
the Serengeti

Triple Stumper
    $1600 5
(Bill: What is Phoenix?)

Tucson

Bill
Triple Stumper
    $2,000 17
a longhorn

Nancy
    $2000 30
(Nancy: Who is Romeo?)
(Bill: What is Tybal?)
(Alex: [Overlapping] Bill?)
(Bill: Who is Tybal?)
[Initially ruled correct; reversed before the Final Jeopardy! Round after the judges reviewed the tape during the break]

Tybalt

BillNancy
Triple Stumper
    $2000 25
Mr. Holland's Opus

Bill
    $2000 24
Greta Van Susteren

Tom
    $2000 13
Pinkerton

Bill
    $2000 6
(Alex: They're called [*], not Blue Dog.)

Pinto Democrats

Triple Stumper
    $2000 18
foot-and-mouth disease

Bill

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Tom Bill Nancy
$11,600 $13,400 $10,900

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

COLONIAL AFRICA
(Alex: So many African countries achieved their independence after the Second World War.)
NancyWhat are Morocco & Mali?
$3,600
TomWhat are Egypt + Ethiopia
$5,000
BillWhat are Liberia + Lybia?
$10,000
Egypt & Ethiopia

Final scores:

Tom Bill Nancy
$16,600 $3,400 $7,300
3-day champion: $50,501 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Tom Bill Nancy
$11,600 $12,400 $10,600
19 R,
0 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 16 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W

Combined Coryat: $34,600

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Game tape date: 2010-02-09
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