Responses for Show #6078 - Wednesday, February 2, 2011

IBM Challenge mini-documentary: "Practice Makes Perfect"

Contestants

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Mike Huijon, a medical student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Fred Cofone, a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut

Molly Rosenbusch, a night court clerk from Twin Lakes, Idaho (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,601)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
SPORTS LEGENDS
STAMPS
HUMBLE & NOT-HUMBLE ABODES
BONES
3-LETTER WORDS
    $200 26
cruise ships

Molly
    $200 5
Smith

Fred
    $200 16
Bob Hope

Fred
    $200 18
an igloo

Molly
    $200 1
calcium

Molly
    $200 9
rob

Mike
    $400 27
Christmas

Molly
    $400 6
Chris Evert

Fred
    $400 17
the Pulitzer

Molly
    $400 19
a penthouse

Fred
    $400 2
(Fred: What are stress and compound?)
(Alex: No. Molly or Mike? [pause] What are [*], but we're gonna check on stress.)

simple & compound

Fred
Triple Stumper
    $400 10
mob

Fred
    $600 28
(Fred: What is Brazil?)

Venezuela

FredMike
    $600 7
finish the New York Marathon

Mike
    $600 20
(Mike: What are forget-me-nots?)

pansies

MollyMike
    $600 21
a convent

Molly
    $600 3
the mandible

Molly
    $600 13
sob

Molly
    $800 29
Port of Spain

Mike
    $800 11
(Alex: Sam [*], yes, the Greensboro Open.)

Snead

Fred
    $800 24
(Alex: Yes, with a minute to go.)

Michener

Molly
    $800 22
Bombay (or Mumbai)

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
the marrow

Fred
    $800 14
a lob

Fred
    $1000 30
an ibis

Molly
    $1000 12
Gordie Howe

Fred
    $1000 25
a kelp forest

Molly
    $1000 23
(Alex: Navajo's homes were called [*]s.)

a hogan

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 8
the ulna

Mike
    $1000 15
a cob

Mike

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Molly Fred Mike
$1,400 $3,200 $1,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Molly Fred Mike
$6,600 $4,000 $3,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS
OSCAR WINNER BEFORE & AFTER
MEN & WOMEN OF LETTERS
FORBES STATES' RICHEST COMPANIES
(Alex: We're talking about privately held companies.)
IMMORTALITY
WORD ORIGINS
    $400 3
Chicago

Fred
    $400 5
Sherwood Forest Whitaker

Molly
    $400 13
(E.L.) Doctorow

Triple Stumper
    $400 14
energy

Molly
    $400 19
a peach

Fred
    $400 1
(Molly: What is... [shakes head] what is veal?)

shells

Molly
Triple Stumper
    $800 4
Brigham Young

Molly
    $800 6
Kathy Bates Motel

Molly
    $1,000 15
(J.M.) Barrie

Molly
    $800 25
(Molly: What are fruit? What is fruit?)

flowers

MollyFred
    $800 2
talons (or claws)

Fred
    $1200 10
(Robert) Goddard

Mike
    $1200 7
Kiss Me Kate Winslet

Molly
    $1200 16
(P.G.) Wodehouse

Molly
    $1200 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the Fountain of Youth

Fred
    $1200 24
cut

Molly
    $1600 11
Churchill Downs

Fred
    $1600 8
William Holden Caulfield

Molly
    $1600 17
(S.E.) Hinton

Triple Stumper
    $1600 21
Mars

Triple Stumper
    $1600 27
God the Father & Jesus Christ

Triple Stumper
    $1600 23
(Mike: What is a quay?)
...
(Alex: Jeté is the word for "throwing". Minute to go now, Fred.)

a jetty

Mike
Triple Stumper
    $2000 12
(Fred: Who is Faulkner?)
...
(Alex: The author was [*], President of the Confederacy.)

Jefferson Davis

Fred
Triple Stumper
    $2000 9
[Applause for Molly's run of the category]
(Alex: You are right again. Well done, you ran the category. Beautiful work!)

Big Ben Kingsley

Molly
    $2000 18
(C.S.) Forester

Triple Stumper
    $2000 20
Harrah's

Triple Stumper
    $2000 26
the Titans

Fred
    $2,000 22
haywire

Fred

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Molly Fred Mike
$16,000 $11,200 $3,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. PRESIDENTS
(Alex: Two were assassinated, and one was forced from office.)
...
[Gasps at Molly's wager]
(Alex: My gosh. And, Fred, congratulations. With $3,200, you are the new Jeopardy! champion. Oh, Molly took a big chance on that one, and it did not pay off, so Fred comes back to play again tomorrow.)
MikeWho were Lincoln and Kennedy
$3,200
FredWho are Nixon +
$8,000
MollyWho are Lincoln and FDR
$16,000
(2 of) Lincoln, Nixon & McKinley

Final scores:

Molly Fred Mike
$0 $3,200 $0
2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $3,200 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Molly Fred Mike
$15,800 $11,200 $3,200
22 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 7 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $30,200

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Game tape date: 2010-10-26
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