Responses for Show #5823 - Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Stephen Weingarten game 5.

Contestants

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Jessica Stapp, an administrative assistant from Tucson, Arizona

Sergiu Sanielevici, a scientist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon (whose 4-day cash winnings total $96,690)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE PULITZER FOR BIOGRAPHY/ AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BROADWAY MUSICALS
SOAP BOX DERBY
SCIENCE IS A BREEZE
FACTS & FIGURES
SOUNDS LIKE FOOD
    $200 26
(Ben) Franklin

Jessica
    $200 9
Mary Poppins

Stephen
    $200 12
Ivory

Jessica
    $200 6
pollen

Stephen
    $200 14
holding his breath

Stephen
    $200 1
chilly

Jessica
    $400 27
(Sergiu: Uh... who is... the governor--)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Huey Long

SergiuJessica
    $400 13
Chicago

Stephen
    $400 19
Irish Spring

Stephen
    $400 7
a sea breeze

Stephen
    $400 15
Colorado

Stephen
    $400 2
stake

Stephen
    $600 23
Wicked

Jessica
    $600 20
Lava

Stephen
    $600 8
(Stephen: What is pressure?)

temperature

StephenSergiu
    $600 16
Walmart

Jessica
    $600 3
to prune

Jessica
    $800 24
Billy Elliot

Jessica
    $800 21
Dial

Stephen
    $800 10
(Sergiu: What is a thermal?)
(Stephen: What is the jet stream?)
[Initially ruled incorrect; after the first break, the judges decided that the clue was not well-written and decided to discount both incorrect responses and give back the amount of the clue.]

a tailwind

Triple Stumper
    $800 17
Aging

Stephen
    $800 4
the batter

Jessica
    $2,000 25
Phantom of the Opera

Jessica
    $1000 22
Dove

Jessica
    $1000 11
the Beaufort scale

Triple Stumper
    $1000 18
(Richard) Branson

Jessica
    $1000 5
(Stephen: What is...)

curry

Stephen
Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Stephen Sergiu Jessica
$0 $600 $1,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Stephen Sergiu Jessica
$3,200 $200 $8,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WELCOME TO OUR FINE HOTEL
DAYS IN...
CROWN PLAZA
CLUB MED
SUPER 8
"W"
    $400 7
(Jessica: Who is the bellhop?)
(Stephen: Who is... Elvis Presley?)

the desk clerk

StephenJessica
Triple Stumper
    $400 2
Tuesdays with Morrie

Jessica
    $400 21
Elizabeth II

Stephen
    $400 26
the Nile

Stephen
    $400 14
flight attendant

Stephen
    $400 11
to whet

Jessica
    $800 1
a Toblerone

Jessica
    $800 3
First Monday in October

Triple Stumper
    $800 22
Saudi Arabia

Stephen
    $800 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the Riviera

Sergiu
    $800 17
(Sergiu: What are quarks?)

planets

SergiuJessica
    $800 12
wisteria

Stephen
    $1200 8
terrycloth

Jessica
    $1200 4
Any Given Sunday

Jessica
    $1200 25
Japan

Sergiu
    $1200 19
New York City

Triple Stumper
    $1200 13
a wok

Jessica
    $1600 9
50 meters

Stephen
    $1600 5
(Stephen: What is My Girl Friday?)

His Girl Friday

StephenJessica
    $1600 24
(Stephen: Who is... William?)
(Sergiu: What is Hanover?)

Edward (VIII)

StephenSergiuJessica
    $1600 18
Edward R. Murrow

Triple Stumper
    $6,000 15
(Stephen: What is a whippet?)

a Weimaraner

Stephen
    $2000 10
shiatsu

Stephen
    $2000 6
The Long Good Friday

Jessica
    $2000 23
the Hapsburgs

Jessica
    $2000 20
Gregorian chants

Stephen
    $2000 16
wainscot

Jessica

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Stephen Sergiu Jessica
$2,000 -$200 $23,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE CONSTITUTION
StephenWhat is the Preamble?
$1,031
JessicaWhat is the
$6,800
the Presidential Oath of Office

Final scores:

Stephen Sergiu Jessica
$969 -$200 $16,400
2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $16,400

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Stephen Sergiu Jessica
$8,000 -$200 $22,200
19 R,
6 W
(including 1 DD)		 3 R,
3 W		 24 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $30,000

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Game tape date: 2009-11-11
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