Responses for Show #5518 - Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Contestants

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Karen Thomas, a graduate student from Groton, New York

Laura Novak, a family doctor from Akron, Ohio

Greg Lindsay, a freelance journalist from Brooklyn, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $40,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BEST PICTURE PICTORIAL
WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' BADGERS!
LET'S SPEAK PORTUGUESE
ENGLAND
SCOTT LAND
WHALES
    $200 6
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Greg
    $200 11
weasel

Greg
    $200 26
(Karen: What is hasta mañana?)
(Alex: [Looking to judges] Mm. Well. Ha.)
(Karen: Oh.)
(Alex: You know what? We're gonna accept that. [*] or hasta mañana.)

see you tomorrow

Karen
    $200 1
Canterbury

Greg
    $200 16
Scott McClellan

Greg
    $200 21
(Laura: What are airholes? Or [*]?)

blowholes

Laura
    $400 7
A Man for All Seasons

Greg
    $400 12
nag

Laura
    $400 27
tea

Greg
    $400 2
the pound

Laura
    $400 17
(Greg: Who is, uh, uh, Scott...)
(Alex: Oh, too long.)

Scott Carpenter

GregKaren
    $400 22
a calf

Karen
    $600 8
Crash

Laura
    $600 13
TB

Laura
    $600 28
I'm sorry

Laura
    $600 3
Cheddar

Karen
    $600 18
Coretta Scott

Laura
    $600 23
Alaska

Laura
    $800 9
An American in Paris

Greg
    $800 14
Yosemite

Karen
    $800 29
Monday

Karen
    $800 4
the House of Lords & the House of Commons

Laura
    $800 19
Scott Turow

Laura
    $800 24
a sperm whale

Karen
    $1000 10
Out of Africa

Laura
    $1000 15
Wind in the Willows

Greg
    $1000 30
(Greg: What is dancing?)
...
(Alex: De fado--music, [*]. Portuguese [*].)

songs

Greg
Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
Cornwall

Karen
    $1000 20
Francis Scott Key

Laura
    $2,500 25
(Alex: We would also have accepted the Burt Bacharach whale.)

a humpback whale

Karen

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

Greg Laura Karen
$2,800 $3,800 $2,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Greg Laura Karen
$2,000 $7,600 $7,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

OPERA
FREAKS AND GEEKS ALUMS
BOOKS' SUBTITLES
(Alex: ...you give us the title of the work.)
ROYAL WOMEN
STATE FLAGS
MIDDLE "C"
(Alex: The letter "C" will be in the middle of the correct word in the response.)
    $400 6
Figaro

Laura
    $400 26
Spider-Man

Greg
    $400 1
(Greg: What is Little Women?)
(Alex: Yes.)
(Greg: BOOKS' SUBTITLES for--)
(Alex: No! Sorry.)

Little Men

GregLaura
    $400 11
Elizabeth I

Greg
    $400 21
red, white & blue

Greg
    $400 16
bacon

Laura
    $800 7
Borgia

Laura
    $800 27
[ERRATUM: "Segel" was misspelled as "Segal" in the clue as shown.]

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Triple Stumper
    $800 2
Great Balls of Fire

Laura
    $800 12
(Karen: What is Denmark?)

Poland

Karen
Triple Stumper
    $800 22
(Greg: What is the Snake?)

the Missouri River

Greg
Triple Stumper
    $800 17
larceny

Laura
    $1200 8
(Giacomo) Puccini

Greg
    $1200 28
(Karen: What is General Hospital?)
(Greg: What is Bones?)

ER

GregKaren
Triple Stumper
    $1200 3
Prince Caspian

Greg
    $1200 13
Thailand

Greg
    $4,000 23
the palmetto

Greg
    $1200 18
a piccolo

Greg
    $1600 9
Richard Strauss

Laura
    $1600 29
The 40-Year-Old Virgin

Karen
    $1600 4
2010

Greg
    $1600 14
(Karen: Who is the Emperor of Japan?)
(Alex: Need a name.)
(Karen: Hirohito?)
(Laura: Who's Arihito?)

Akihito

LauraKaren
Triple Stumper
    $1600 24
Ceres

Laura
    $1600 19
a gecko

Laura
    $3,000 10
(Alex: Laura?)
(Laura: Uh... What is [*]?)
(Alex: Whoa! Boy, oh, boy. Got it in in the nick--the nick, I say--of time. Way to go.)
(Laura: Who knew the Flying Dutchman was a Norwegian?)

The Flying Dutchman

Laura
    $2000 30
Judd Apatow

Karen
    $2000 5
Reversal of Fortune

Triple Stumper
    $2000 15
(Karen: Who is Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands?)
...
(Alex: [*], yes, Queen of Denmark.)

Margrethe

LauraKaren
    $2000 25
(Karen: What is the columbine?)

the lily

Karen
Triple Stumper
    $2000 20
Arachne

Laura

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Greg Laura Karen
$11,200 $21,400 $3,500

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

BRAND NAMES
KarenWhat is Armstrong?
$3,000
GregWhat is Arm + Hammer?
$11,200
LauraWhat is Brawny
$1,000
Samsonite luggage

Final scores:

Greg Laura Karen
$0 $20,400 $500
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $20,400 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Greg Laura Karen
$8,400 $20,400 $2,000
17 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W		 24 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 11 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W

Combined Coryat: $30,800

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Game tape date: 2008-07-15
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