Responses for Show #4809 - Thursday, June 30, 2005

Contestants

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Amy Oberst, a contract attorney from Arlington, Virginia

Chad Morgan, an engineer from Edwards, California

Ben Kesling, a student from Lexington, Kentucky (whose 2-day cash winnings total $24,600)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

USA
MUSICMAKERS
MIDDLE NAME PLEASE
KEEP THE FAITH
LETHAL WEAPONS
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
    $200 11
(Ben: What is Wyoming?)
(Chad: What is Montana?)

California

BenChad
Triple Stumper
    $200 22
Paul Simon

Ben
    $200 17
Alva

Ben
    $200 12
bread

Amy
    $200 6
the harpoon

Ben
    $200 1
a thesaurus

Ben
    $400 23
(Ben: What is the Red Cross?)

the United Nations Charter

Ben
Triple Stumper
    $400 27
Paul McCartney

Ben
    $400 18
Wilson

Ben
    $400 13
(Ben: Who is Krishna?)
(Chad: Who is...)

Vishnu

BenChadAmy
    $400 7
a hydrogen bomb

Ben
    $400 2
hip-hop

Amy
    $600 24
Atlantic City

Triple Stumper
    $600 28
Paul Anka

Triple Stumper
    $600 19
Montgomery

Chad
    $600 14
Lutheranism

Chad
    $600 8
a crossbow

Amy
    $600 3
idiot savant

Ben
    $800 25
a pine tree

Chad
    $800 29
Paul Revere

Amy
    $800 20
(Ben: What is Blythe?)

Bysshe

BenAmy
    $1,000 15
(Chad: What is taboo?)

heresy

Chad
    $800 9
a tomahawk

Ben
    $800 4
an orchard

Ben
    $1000 26
the Grand Tetons

Chad
    $1000 30
Billy Paul

Triple Stumper
    $1000 21
Ming

Triple Stumper
    $1000 16
Io

Chad
    $1000 10
rocket propelled grenades

Ben
    $1000 5
Willa Cather

Amy

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 11):

Ben Chad Amy
$3,800 -$200 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Chad Amy
$3,400 $2,400 $4,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

USA!! USA!!
JAMES THURBER
WORLD OF FOOD
(Alex: You have to identify the country with which each dish is associated.)
BARONS & BARONESSES
IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?
ENDS IN "TU"
    $400 1
Paul Hamm

Triple Stumper
    $400 6
The New Yorker

Ben
    $400 14
Germany

Ben
    $400 24
(Margaret) Thatcher

Ben
    $400 17
Dr. Scholl's

Ben
    $400 8
a tutu

Ben
    $800 2
(Ben: What is the women's soccer team?)
...
(Alex: It would take a lot of scoring to pick up 51 goals in soccer.)

the women's softball team

Ben
Triple Stumper
    $800 7
(Ben: What is wed?)
(Amy: What is tired?)
...
(Alex: Gonna rhyme with "bed.")

dead

BenAmy
Triple Stumper
    $800 20
(Ben: What is England?)

Australia

BenChad
    $800 26
Baron von Trapp

Amy
    $800 18
Dr. Spock

Amy
    $800 9
Timbuktu

Chad
    $600 3
(Alex: [*] is right. The 50-meter rifle shot, in the prone position.)

shooting

Chad
    $1200 10
Walter Mitty

Amy
    $1200 21
Vietnam

Chad
    $1200 27
(Jane) Goodall

Chad
    $1200 19
(Ben: What is the Red Cross?)
(Amy: What is UNICEF?)

Doctors Without Borders

BenAmy
Triple Stumper
    $1200 12
impromptu

Amy
    $1600 4
Justin Gatlin

Triple Stumper
    $1600 11
(E.B.) White

Ben
    $1600 22
Brazil

Amy
    $1600 28
Stanley

Ben
    $1600 25
(Samuel) Mudd

Chad
    $1600 15
(Chad: What is Tutu?)

the Bantu languages

Chad
Triple Stumper
    $2000 5
(Alex: Obviously we're having trouble remembering the Olympics, so let's go somewhere else.)

Gary Hall Jr.

Triple Stumper
    $2000 13
Carnival

Triple Stumper
    $2000 23
the Philippines

Triple Stumper
    $2000 30
Baron von Steuben

Triple Stumper
    $2000 29
Hippocrates

Triple Stumper
    $2,000 16
(Ben: [*].)
(Alex: ...No, sorry, I can't accept it, and I'll tell you why: you are correct, but in the Double Jeopardy! Round you must remember to phrase it in the form of a question. You've been losing your concentration, but regain it now, make another selection.)

in situ

Ben

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Chad Amy
$3,000 $7,000 $7,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

OSCAR NOMINEES
(Alex: The movie was Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.)
...
(Alex: That movie had a lot of weird Air Force officers, Chad. Let's see if you came up with the correct response. You did. Is Dr. Strangelove a popular film for Air Force personnel? No?)
(Chad: No, not really.)
(Alex: I didn't think so.)
BenWho is Peter Sellers
$2,998
ChadWho is Peter Sellers
$6,999
AmyWho is Peter Sellers
$3,000
Peter Sellers

Final scores:

Ben Chad Amy
$5,998 $13,999 $10,800
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $13,999 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ben Chad Amy
$5,000 $8,600 $7,800
18 R,
9 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 12 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $21,400

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Game tape date: 2004-12-10
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