Responses for show #6230 - Friday, October 21, 2011

Contestants

Balaji Narain, an attorney originally from Cumming, Georgia

Heather Anstaett, an auditor from West Palm Beach, Florida

Jay Peterson, an English professor from Howell, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,201)

Jeopardy! Round responses

THE SONG DYNASTY
WEATHER GEAR
STATE OF THE NOVEL
(Alex: You identify the state in which the novel's action takes place.)
THAT'S "UN" CALLED FOR!
PHYSICS
CATCHING A BREAK
    $200 16
Lennon & McCartney

Balaji
    $200 26
mittens

Heather
    $200 1
Washington

Heather
    $200 11
unemployment

Heather
    $200 6
light

Balaji
    $200 21
a C.B. radio

Balaji
    $400 17
Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

Jay
    $400 27
a parka

Jay
    $1,000 2
(Alex: [*]--yes--Stephen King's home state.)

Maine

Heather
    $400 12
unabridged

Jay
    $400 7
the center

Heather
    $400 22
breakdancing

Balaji
    $600 18
Motown

Balaji
    $600 28
a slicker

Heather
    $600 3
Iowa

Jay
    $600 13
undulate

Jay
    $600 8
(Balaji: What is magnetism?)

microwave

Balaji
Triple Stumper
    $600 23
(Alex: The Afikomen is a piece of [*].)

matzo

Triple Stumper
    $800 19
(Nick) Ashford

Jay
    $800 29
an umbrella

Jay
    $800 4
Nebraska

Balaji
    $800 14
uninstall

Balaji
    $800 9
electron volt

Balaji
    $800 24
snap beans

Jay
    $1000 20
Carole King

Heather
    $1000 30
(Heather: What are Ray-Bans?)
(Balaji: What are Oakleys?)
...
(Alex: Heather remembers now--who's that behind those [*]?)

Foster Grants

HeatherBalaji
Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
Florida

Balaji
    $1000 15
ungulates

Balaji
    $1000 10
(Balaji: What is a colloid?)
[Originally ruled incorrect; reversed after first break.]

an emulsion

Balaji
    $1000 25
(Jay: What is staccato?)

an arpeggio

Jay
Triple Stumper

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

Jay Heather Balaji
$1,600 $1,800 $5,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jay Heather Balaji
$3,800 $2,600 $5,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE SONG DYNASTY
OLD JOBS
THE KILLING
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
POLITICIANS
"GOOD", "BAD" & "UGLY" MOVIES
    $400 22
porcelain (or pottery or ceramics)

Balaji
    $400 6
the roof

Jay
    $400 17
(Heather: Who is Gandhi?)

Benazir Bhutto

HeatherBalaji
    $400 9
a Swiss kiss

Balaji
    $400 8
(Michael) Bloomberg

Heather
    $400 1
Good Will Hunting

Jay
    $2,000 23
the Mongols

Balaji
    $800 7
horses

Balaji
    $800 18
Garfield

Balaji
    $800 10
Greek speak

Jay
    $800 26
Kucinich

Balaji
    $800 2
Goodfellas

Jay
    $1200 30
silk

Heather
    $3,000 14
wash clothes

Jay
    $1200 19
Malcolm X

Heather
    $1200 11
a siesta fiesta

Jay
    $1200 27
(Hubert) Humphrey

Balaji
    $1200 3
(Alex: Yeah, but a good-lookin' teacher.)

Bad Teacher

Heather
    $1600 24
gunpowder

Balaji
    $1600 15
(Alex: [*]--aurum--yes.)

gold

Jay
    $1600 20
Michael Collins

Heather
    $1600 12
a bossy Aussie

Triple Stumper
    $1600 28
Secretary of the Interior

Heather
    $1600 4
Bad Santa

Jay
    $2000 25
Confucianism

Balaji
    $2000 16
the doctor (or the surgeon)

Triple Stumper
    $2000 21
Shaka

Balaji
    $2000 13
a Basque cask

Jay
    $2000 29
Chris Christie

Jay
    $2000 5
Coyote Ugly

Jay

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jay Heather Balaji
$19,600 $9,400 $17,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
(Alex: [Revealing Heather's response] Right you are. Of course, Disney took the relationship with the cricket in a totally different direction...)
HeatherWho is Pinocchio?
$9,399
BalajiWho is Pinocchio?
$17,600
JayWho is Hansel?
$16,001
Pinocchio

Final scores:

Jay Heather Balaji
$3,599 $18,799 $35,400
3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $35,400

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jay Heather Balaji
$17,800 $8,800 $16,600
19 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 13 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 22 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $43,200

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