Responses for Show #4893 - Wednesday, December 14, 2005

(Sarah: What was our rival in the Space Race up to all those years? Clues from Russia's Cosmonaut Training Centre, next on Jeopardy!)

Contestants

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Erin McGurgan, an English teacher from Saugerties, New York

Bill Crowley, a hotel employee from Goderich, Ontario, Canada

Rich Way, a manager from Aromas, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $34,800)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

CARY GRANT
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
ARSENIC
OLD LACE
HOLIDAY
THE TALK OF THE "TOWN"
    $200 15
James Bond

Rich
    $200 16
(Bill: Who is Abigail Adams?)

Betsy Ross

BillErin
    $200 23
World War I

Bill
    $200 11
linen

Erin
    $200 1
tea

Bill
    $200 6
"O Little Town Of Bethlehem"

Triple Stumper
    $400 21
Coney Island

Rich
    $400 17
the Liberty Bell

Bill
    $400 24
water

Bill
    $400 12
(Erin: What is crochet?)

needlepoint

Erin
Triple Stumper
    $400 2
the State Department

Rich
    $400 7
town halls

Erin
    $600 22
Archibald Leach

Triple Stumper
    $600 18
the First Continental Congress

Bill
    $600 25
Agatha Christie

Erin
    $600 13
(Alex: A lot like a choker. It's called [*].)

a ruff

Triple Stumper
    $600 3
Romania

Bill
    $600 8
"Man About Town"

Triple Stumper
    $800 29
Audrey Hepburn

Bill
    $1,200 19
(Bill: What is Liberty?)
(Alex: No, what is [*]? "Let [*] continue.")

Brotherly love

Bill
    $800 26
iron

Rich
    $800 14
Queen Anne

Rich
    $800 4
Florida

Rich
    $800 9
a township

Erin
    $1000 30
Dyan Cannon

Erin
    $1000 20
(Rich: What is the Carnegie Institute?)

the Franklin Institute

Rich
Triple Stumper
    $1000 27
(Alex: It was found in everyday [*].)

wallpaper

Triple Stumper
    $1000 28
(Alex: Even though it was French, it was [*], the Italian city.)

Venice

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
the Kasbahs

Rich
    $1000 10
Townshend

Bill

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

Rich Bill Erin
$3,200 $1,800 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Rich Bill Erin
$3,400 $2,800 $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE RUSSIANS IN SPACE
SPORTING EVENTS
DESERTS
THE VATICAN'S INDEX OF FORBIDDEN BOOKS
(Alex: ...which was discontinued way back in 1966.)
U.S. HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS
WORDS IN (THE) DICTIONARY
(Alex: Each correct response will be made up of letters in the word "dictionary" itself.)
    $400 26
Soyuz

Rich
    $400 1
[Bill selected the first clue.]

the Masters

Bill
    $400 6
the Sahara

Bill
    $400 9
Hugo

Bill
    $400 16
San Francisco

Bill
    $400 21
a diary

Erin
    $800 27
Mir

Rich
    $800 2
the Ironman Triathlon

Bill
    $800 7
(Alex: Sorry, Erin, not quickly enough.)
(Erin: Good.)

the Arabian desert

Triple Stumper
    $800 12
Edward Gibbon

Triple Stumper
    $800 17
(Rich: What is US-... I-I'm sorry, what is I-74?)
...
(Alex: Missed it by six points.)

I-80

Rich
Triple Stumper
    $800 22
tardy

Bill
    $1200 30
(Alex: How quickly you forget--[*]. I bet you would remember her name if she was a tennis star.)

Valentina Tereshkova

Triple Stumper
    $1200 3
the America's Cup

Erin
    $1200 8
the Kalahari

Rich
    $1200 13
Immanuel Kant

Triple Stumper
    $1200 18
Commonwealth Avenue

Rich
    $1200 23
a carton

Erin
    $1600 29
Vostok

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 4
(Erin: What is the Grand Prix?... [*]?)

(the 24-hour Grand Prix at) Le Mans

Erin
    $1600 10
the Negev

Triple Stumper
    $500 14
(Erin: Mmmm ...Voltaire?... Who is Voltaire?)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Erin
    $1600 19
(Erin: Beverly Hills Hotel?)
(Alex: No.)
(Erin: ...What is the Beverly Hills Hotel?)
(Alex: You're a little late, but you're wrong on both counts.)
(Erin: Okay, good.)
...
(Alex: Be careful of that, Erin, in this round. You'll lose points.)

the Ambassador Hotel

Erin
Triple Stumper
    $1600 24
citron

Bill
    $2000 28
the shuttle

Rich
    $2000 5
the Breeder's Cup

Triple Stumper
    $2000 11
the Gobi Desert

Erin
    $2000 15
John Stuart Mill

Triple Stumper
    $2000 20
the Lincoln Highway

Rich
    $2000 25
ionic

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Rich Bill Erin
$10,200 $7,600 $6,500

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

SURNAMES
(Alex: Yes, Woodrow [*] and Harold [*]--prime minister, Labour prime minister.)
ErinWhat is Adams?
$6,500
BillWhat is Wilson
$7,000
RichWhat is "Ford"? "Adams"?
$5,001
Wilson

Final scores:

Rich Bill Erin
$5,199 $14,600 $0
2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $14,600 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Rich Bill Erin
$10,200 $8,800 $7,600
13 R,
2 W
15 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)
11 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $26,600

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Game tape date: 2005-09-21
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