Responses for Show #5303 - Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Contestants

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Rita Byrd, an IT consultant from Washington, D.C.

Britt Terry, a Ph.D. student from Fountain Inn, South Carolina

Todd Butler, a fourth grade teacher from Mansfield, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,599)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BRAND NAMES
WHO'S YOUR DADDY?
(Alex: We're going to need to first and the last name from you.)
(Alex: And now a tribute to MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann...)
LET'S PLAY ODDBALL
"D" BRIEFING
PAINE:
IN THE NECK
    $200 21
Nerf

Todd
    $200 1
Donald Sutherland

Rita
    $200 16
an arrest warrant

Todd
    $200 2
dribble

Rita
    $200 26
"try men's souls"

Britt
    $200 11
the larynx

Todd
    $400 22
Danskin

Rita
    $400 5
(Rita: Who is Laila Ali?)

Muhammad Ali

BrittRita
    $400 17
stealing gas (siphoning)

Britt
    $400 3
Dear Diary

Rita
    $400 27
(Rita: What are royalty?... [*]?)

kings

Rita
    $400 12
(Alex: Yeah, it hurts, though.)

a tracheotomy

Britt
    $600 23
M&M's

Rita
    $600 6
Julio Iglesias

Todd
    $600 18
a wallet

Todd
    $600 4
dipsomaniac

Todd
    $600 28
(Rita: I have no idea...What is...)

April

Rita
Triple Stumper
    $600 13
the carotid arteries

Todd
    $800 24
La-Z-Boy

Britt
    $800 7
Tony Curtis

Britt
    $800 19
(Todd: What are the video cassette recorders?)
[Initially ruled correct, Alex added [*]. Judges reversed immediately.]

the tapes

Todd
Triple Stumper
    $800 9
a dustbin

Britt
    $600 29
(Rita: [Muttered] This rebelling people, Rights of Man...)
(Alex: Rita?)
(Rita: What is...[no response]?)

the French

Rita
    $800 14
a thyroid

Britt
    $1000 25
Zyrtec

Todd
    $1000 8
Christopher Plummer

Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
Akron

Rita
    $1000 10
doggerel

Rita
    $1000 30
the Constitution

Britt
    $1000 15
the esophagus

Todd

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

Todd Britt Rita
$3,000 $3,200 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Todd Britt Rita
$4,200 $5,600 $2,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. CITY HISTORY
(Alex: In honor of John Wayne, who would have been 100 this year...)
JOHN WAYNE AT 100
BOOKS OF THE MONTH
FUN WITH PROBABILITY
THEATRICAL ANGELS
THE H WITH U
(Alex: Each response will begin with those 2 letters of the alphabet.)
    $400 4
Providence

Britt
    $400 17
(Britt: What's a stagecoach?
(Rita: What's a bull?)

an elephant

BrittRita
Triple Stumper
    $400 5
July

Todd
    $400 1
(Todd: What is 36?)
(Rita: What is 32?)

37

ToddRita
Triple Stumper
    $400 13
Grease

Britt
    $400 22
the Hubble (Space) Telescope

Rita
    $800 8
Joplin

Todd
    $800 18
Iwo Jima

Britt
    $800 6
(Britt: What is Dallas?)
(Rita: What is May?)

November

BrittRita
Triple Stumper
    $800 2
32

Todd
    $800 14
death

Todd
    $800 23
hubris

Rita
    $1200 9
Tucson

Triple Stumper
    $1200 19
football

Todd
    $1200 7
August

Rita
    $1200 3
(Britt: What are meteors and asteroids?)
(Todd: What are comets and meteors?)

comets & asteroids

ToddBrittRita
    $1200 16
Rent

Rita
    $2,400 24
husbandry

Rita
    $1600 10
Washington, D.C.

Todd
    $1600 20
John Ford

Triple Stumper
    $1600 15
October

Britt
    $1600 12
recessive

Rita
    $1600 25
the Huguenots

Rita
    $2,000 11
(Todd: What is Austin?)

Madison, Wisconsin

Todd
    $2000 21
The Searchers

Triple Stumper
    $2000 27
(Rita: What is 51?)
...
(Alex: The probability is 3 in 51, or 1 in [*].)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

17

Rita
Triple Stumper
    $2000 26
the Hussars

Todd

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Todd Britt Rita
$8,200 $6,400 $9,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ISLANDS
BrittWhat is Tasmania?
$5,000
ToddWhat is Pittcairn Is.?
$8,200
RitaWhat is Bikini
$7,001
Pitcairn Island

Final scores:

Todd Britt Rita
$16,400 $1,400 $2,399
2-day champion: $30,999 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Todd Britt Rita
$10,200 $6,400 $8,800
16 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)
13 R,
3 W
16 R
(including 1 DD),
7 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $25,400

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Game tape date: 2007-07-25
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