Responses for Show #5692 - Tuesday, May 12, 2009

2009 College Championship semifinal game 2.

Contestants

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Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University

Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri

Greg Lichtenstein, a freshman from Vassar College

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Jeopardy! Round responses

FUN WITH SCIENCE
TV GEOGRAPHY
KICKIN' IT OLD SCHOOL
WORLD COINS
CITIES' NEWER NAMES
YOU'RE A "Q____T"
    $200 26
bats

Andrew
    $200 4
Phoenix

Laura
    $200 11
Oxford

Andrew
    $200 1
guitar

Greg
    $200 13
Beijing

Greg
    $200 21
quit

Andrew
    $400 27
eggs

Laura
    $400 5
Brooklyn

Greg
    $400 12
Prague

Greg
    $400 2
Italy

Greg
    $400 15
St. Petersburg

Greg
    $400 22
quilt

Laura
    $600 28
oxidation

Greg
    $600 8
(Laura: What is ER?)

Chicago

LauraAndrew
    $600 18
mosque

Greg
    $600 3
heart

Andrew
    $600 16
New York

Laura
    $800 23
quaint

Laura
    $800 29
carbon dioxide

Triple Stumper
    $800 9
Indiana

Laura
    $800 19
Dominican Republic

Andrew
    $800 6
Pope John Paul II

Greg
    $800 14
(Greg: What is Dresden?)

Gdansk

GregLaura
    $800 24
quest

Andrew
    $1000 30
osmosis

Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
Philadelphia

Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
School of Nursing

Triple Stumper
    $1000 7
breast cancer

Andrew
    $1000 17
(Greg: What is Gaborone, Botswana?)

Harare

Greg
Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
quadrant

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 17):

Greg Laura Andrew
$1,000 $1,800 $2,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Greg Laura Andrew
$2,200 $3,400 $4,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BIBLE BOOK HIGHLIGHTS
RESCUE ME
(Alex: And that exciting series is now beginning its fifth season, airing Tuesdays on FX.)
DENIZENS OF THE UNDERGROUND
GET A JOB, KID!
VIVA MEXICO!
CROSSWORD CLUES "I"
    $400 26
(Andrew: What is Genesis?)

Exodus

GregAndrew
    $400 12
backdraft

Andrew
    $400 2
wings

Greg
    $400 15
a caddy

Andrew
    $400 1
Spain

Laura
    $400 7
infect

Greg
    $800 27
(Andrew: What is Genesis?)

John

Andrew
Triple Stumper
    $800 13
[ERRATUM: "Known", pronounced correctly by the reader, was printed as "know" in the clue as displayed on screen.]

self-contained breathing apparatuses

Greg
    $800 14
tarantula

Triple Stumper
    $800 16
an extra

Laura
    $800 3
(Vicente) Fox

Andrew
    $800 8
immaculate

Greg
    $1200 28
Job

Andrew
    $1200 20
triage

Laura
    $1200 23
the pocket gopher

Triple Stumper
    $1200 17
a stockbroker

Laura
    $1200 4
red, green & white

Greg
    $1200 9
ichthyology

Triple Stumper
    $1600 29
Jude

Andrew
    $1600 21
Malta

Greg
    $1600 24
(Laura: What is a prairie dog?)

a meerkat

Laura
Triple Stumper
    $1600 18
a geisha

Andrew
    $1,500 5
Cinco de Mayo

Greg
    $1600 10
ignorance

Triple Stumper
    $2000 30
Revelation

Triple Stumper
    $2000 22
ionization

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 25
kidneys

Greg
    $2000 19
a diva

Laura
    $2000 6
Maximilian

Greg
    $2000 11
iamb

Laura

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Greg Laura Andrew
$12,300 $9,400 $9,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WORDS OF INSPIRATION
AndrewWhat is Success?
$9,200
LauraWhat is The Last Lecture?
$9,001
GregWhat is the Audacity of hope?
$6,501
The Last Lecture

Final scores:

Greg Laura Andrew
$5,799 $18,401 $0
2nd place: $10,000 Finalist 3rd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Greg Laura Andrew
$13,400 $9,200 $9,200
19 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W
13 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
14 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $31,800

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Game tape date: 2009-04-15
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