Responses for Show #5581 - Monday, December 8, 2008

Ben Bishop game 5.

Contestants

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Kathy Sahlmann, a pharmacist from Erie, Pennsylvania

Geoff Moore, a screenwriter from Los Angeles, California

Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington (whose 4-day cash winnings total $114,800)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

RED STATES
THE OLYMPIC GAMES
MIDDLE NAMES
PLANTS
A NUMBER FROM 1 TO 10
AD "LIB"
    $200 2
Michigan

Kathy
    $200 19
Zeus

Geoff
    $200 3
(Robert E.) Lee

Kathy
    $200 26
the palm

Ben
    $200 1
5

Geoff
    $200 8
the Liberty Bell

Kathy
    $400 10
Arizona

Ben
    $400 20
(Ben: What is January?)

February

BenGeoff
    $400 4
Louis Mayer

Kathy
    $400 27
(Kathy: What is the hemlock?)
(Geoff: What is a pine tree?)

the cactus

GeoffKathy
Triple Stumper
    $400 16
(Kathy: What is 9?)

2 (pitcher & catcher)

BenKathy
    $400 9
the Liberator

Geoff
    $600 14
California

Ben
    $600 21
Jamaica

Geoff
    $600 5
(James K.) Polk

Ben
    $600 28
(Kathy: What is maize?)

wheat

GeoffKathy
    $600 18
(Kathy: What is twice?)

once

GeoffKathy
    $600 11
the libido

Kathy
    $800 15
(Ben: What is Alaska?)

Montana

BenKathy
    $1,500 22
Jim Thorpe

Geoff
    $800 6
(John D.) Rockefeller

Ben
    $800 29
a chili pepper

Geoff
    $800 24
7

Ben
    $800 12
the libretto

Ben
    $1000 17
Texas & Oklahoma (& Arkansas)

Ben
    $1000 23
(Kathy: Who is Missy May-Treanor?)

Misty May-Treanor

BenKathy
    $1000 7
(Mohandas K.) Gandhi

Ben
    $1000 30
the banyan tree

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
9

Ben
    $1000 13
a libertine

Geoff

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

Ben Geoff Kathy
$3,400 $1,600 $2,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Geoff Kathy
$7,400 $5,900 -$600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

OTHER RED STATES
BEETHOVEN'S GOTTA LOTTA SONATAS
MY TV TOWN
THE LITTLE DRAMA BOY
TIMELINE 1600S
BRICKMAKING
    $400 6
blushing bride

Kathy
    $400 4
(Kathy: What is Midnight Sonata?)

Moonlight Sonata

BenKathy
    $400 1
Boston

Ben
    $400 13
Neil Simon

Kathy
    $400 18
(Kathy: What is Emperor?)

Shogun

BenKathy
    $400 23
firing

Ben
    $800 7
Humble Pie

Triple Stumper
    $800 5
Tempest

Geoff
    $800 2
Mayberry

Geoff
    $800 14
Macduff

Geoff
    $800 19
Charles I

Ben
    $1,600 26
iron

Geoff
    $1200 8
chagrin

Kathy
    $1200 24
(Kathy: What is Springtime Sonata?)

the Spring Sonata

Kathy
Triple Stumper
    $1200 3
Smallville

Ben
    $1200 15
Member of the Wedding

Triple Stumper
    $1200 20
Prague

Ben
    $1200 27
(Kathy: What is curing?)
(Ben: What is finishing?)

drying

BenKathy
Triple Stumper
    $2,000 9
mortified

Kathy
    $1600 25
Pathetique

Geoff
    $1600 11
Milwaukee

Kathy
    $1600 16
sympathy

Kathy
    $1600 21
(Ben: What is Netherlands?)
(Kathy: What is England?)

France

BenKathy
Triple Stumper
    $1600 28
mortar

Ben
    $2000 10
a contretemps

Geoff
    $2000 29
Appassionata

Triple Stumper
    $2000 12
Hooterville

Triple Stumper
    $2000 17
Peter

Kathy
    $2000 22
(Geoff: What is Kathmandu?)

Lhasa

GeoffKathy
    $2000 30
(Ben: What is casting?)

extrusion

BenKathy

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Geoff Kathy
$9,000 $11,500 $7,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ACTOR-DIRECTORS
KathyWho is Streisand?
$2,798
BenWho is Dogyet?
$6,800
GeoffWho is Streisand?
$6,501
Barbra Streisand

Final scores:

Ben Geoff Kathy
$2,200 $18,001 $10,598
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $18,001 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ben Geoff Kathy
$9,000 $10,000 $7,400
20 R,
5 W		 16 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
10 W

Combined Coryat: $26,400

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Game tape date: 2008-10-15
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