Responses for Show #5582 - Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Contestants

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Rich Smreker, a recording specialist from North Olmsted, Ohio

Lydia Haile Fassett, a Latin teacher from Providence, Rhode Island

Geoff Moore, a screenwriter from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,001)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE PRESIDENT AS KING
COLLEGE ATHLETICS
I'M SERVING "T"
FOREIGN STATES
(Alex: You have to identify the country.)
HOOK, LINE & SINKER
NEW WORDS IN THE OED
(Alex: ...the Oxford English Dictionary.)
    $200 14
Richard Nixon

Lydia
    $200 1
(Geoff: What is Florida?)

LSU

Geoff
Triple Stumper
    $200 6
trout

Rich
    $200 9
Australia

Geoff
    $200 21
Rolling Stone

Rich
    $200 26
(Lydia: What is a binkie?)
...
(Alex: Not a binkie in the OED.)

a blankie

LydiaRich
    $400 15
Andrew Johnson

Geoff
    $400 2
Omaha

Geoff
    $400 7
Tom and Jerry

Rich
    $400 10
Mexico

Geoff
    $400 22
Andy Rooney

Rich
    $400 27
pre-boarding

Geoff
    $600 16
George W. Bush

Rich
    $600 3
Academic All-American

Geoff
    $600 8
tofu

Geoff
    $600 11
India

Geoff
    $600 23
the Titanic

Geoff
    $600 28
puh-leeze

Lydia
    $800 18
Franklin Pierce

Geoff
    $800 4
(Alex: Yes, the coach is Bill Self.)

Kansas

Geoff
    $800 17
triple sec

Geoff
    $800 12
Brazil

Geoff
    $800 24
"Lusitania"

Lydia
    $800 29
ixnay

Lydia
    $1000 19
William McKinley

Geoff
    $1000 5
lacrosse

Rich
    $1000 20
Tums

Geoff
    $1000 13
Nigeria

Geoff
    $1000 25
Leviathan

Lydia
    $3,200 30
a girlcott

Lydia

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 16):

Geoff Lydia Rich
$5,600 $200 $2,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Geoff Lydia Rich
$10,200 $6,400 $3,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

I'M AN ANIMAL
FROM THE NECK UP
SONG LYRICS
WHAT A CONCEPT
FLIGHT OF THE CONCORDES
SPOT THE MISSPELLED WORD
    $400 16
a stork

Geoff
    $400 11
rods and cones

Geoff
    $400 2
Led Zeppelin

Geoff
    $400 26
a U.S. state

Lydia
    $400 21
the sound barrier

Geoff
    $400 1
acquittal

Geoff
    $800 17
a sloth

Rich
    $800 12
a palate

Geoff
    $800 3
Devo

Geoff
    $800 27
Mars

Geoff
    $800 22
New York City

Rich
    $800 7
misshapen

Geoff
    $1200 18
a Clydesdale

Lydia
    $2,200 13
(Geoff: What is... the kraken?)

Atlas

Geoff
    $1200 4
ZZ Top

Geoff
    $1200 28
the soul

Geoff
    $1200 23
Charles de Gaulle

Geoff
    $1200 8
acrid

Geoff
    $1600 19
(Lydia: What is a black rhinoceros?)
...
(Alex: This is [*]. A black rhinoceros is African.)

an Indian rhinoceros

Lydia
Triple Stumper
    $1600 14
the eardrum

Geoff
    $1600 5
(Alex: He said "herre", not here.)
(Geoff: I knew that.)
(Alex: Herre...)

Nelly

Geoff
    $1600 29
(Lydia: What is ASCAP?)

RIAA (the Recording Industry Association of America)

Lydia
Triple Stumper
    $1600 24
Phil Collins

Geoff
    $1600 9
amphibious

Rich
    $2000 20
(Lydia: What is a llama?)
(Rich: What's a vicuna?)
...
(Alex: They eliminated two of the three for you, and you lucked out with that one.)

an alpaca

GeoffLydiaRich
    $2000 15
(Rich: What is the anterior cortex?)
(Alex: No. Geoff.)
(Geoff: What is the cerebrum?)
(Alex: Say it again.)
(Geoff: The cerebrum.)
(Alex: No. Lydia.)
(Lydia: What is the cerebral cortex?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Lydia: Uh, what is... the anterior cerebral cortex?)
(Alex: No, it's called the [*]. [*].)

prefrontal cortex

GeoffLydiaRich
Triple Stumper
    $2000 6
Moon Zappa

Rich
    $2000 30
(Rich: What's a lodestone?)

the philosopher's stone

LydiaRich
    $800 25
Rolls-Royce

Geoff
    $2000 10
ghoulish

Lydia

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Geoff Lydia Rich
$23,600 $4,800 $2,200
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN LITERARY SITES
RichWhat is ?
$200
LydiaWhat is Walden Pond?
$300
GeoffWhat is Walden
$13,600
Walden Pond

Final scores:

Geoff Lydia Rich
$37,200 $5,100 $2,000
2-day champion: $55,201 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Geoff Lydia Rich
$27,000 $2,600 $2,200
34 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 10 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W		 11 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $31,800

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Game tape date: 2008-10-15
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