Responses for Show #4138 - Wednesday, September 4, 2002

Contestants

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Alba Caraceni, a newswriter and editor from Queens, New York

Merlin DeTardo, an administrative assistant from Cleveland, Ohio

Amy Hummel, a clinical research coordinator from West Norriton, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,001)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 2002 WINTER OLYMPICS
PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICA
STOCK SYMBOLS
CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS OF CONGRESS
JOANIE LOVES KARACHI
ENDS IN "O"
    $200 24
snowboarding

Merlin
    $200 19
Virginia

Amy
    $200 11
Coca-Cola

Merlin
    $200 6
taxes

Alba
    $200 13
the British Empire

Merlin
    $200 1
video

Merlin
    $400 25
Sarah Hughes

Alba
    $400 20
Ben Franklin

Merlin
    $400 12
Johnson & Johnson

Alba
    $400 7
the Supreme Court

Alba
    $400 14
Islamabad

Merlin
    $400 2
Esperanto

Merlin
    $600 26
the biathlon

Alba
    $600 21
Maine

Alba
    $600 18
American Express

Alba
    $600 8
piracy

Alba
    $600 15
the Arabian Sea

Merlin
    $600 3
al fresco

Amy
    $800 27
the bobsled

Alba
    $800 22
Fraunces Tavern

Alba
    $800 29
The Gap

Alba
    $1,000 9
give themselves a raise

Alba
    $800 16
Benazir Bhutto

Merlin
    $800 4
arms akimbo

Merlin
    $1000 28
Jamie Sale & David Pelletier

Triple Stumper
    $1000 23
Connecticut

Amy
    $1000 30
the Philip Morris Company

Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
money

Amy
    $1000 17
(Amy: What is the Ganges?)

the Indus

AmyMerlin
    $1000 5
the Politburo

Alba

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

Amy Merlin Alba
$1,600 $2,800 $3,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Amy Merlin Alba
$1,800 $5,200 $8,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

NOTED AFRICAN AMERICANS
HALLMARK HALL OF FAME
(Alex: Celebrating 50 years on the air.)
ANATOMY
GARDEN TALK
MATHEMATICIANS
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
    $400 9
(George Washington) Carver

Merlin
    $400 19
(Merlin: Who is... [Shakes head] no.)

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Merlin
Triple Stumper
    $400 1
mammary glands

Merlin
    $400 6
(Amy: What is a tomato?)

eggplant

AmyMerlin
    $400 21
Newton

Amy
    $400 14
(Alba: What is a cartoon tune... [*]?)
(Alex: No.)
(Merlin: What is [*]?)
(Alex: Yes. The reason for the difference in ruling this time, Alba, is that I ruled against you and then you came up with correct response.)
[NOTE: Although "toon tune" seems the more reasonable transcription, the onscreen graphic read "tune toon."]

a tune toon

MerlinAlba
    $800 10
Martin Luther King Jr.

Alba
    $800 20
Hamlet

Amy
    $800 2
gluteus maximus

Amy
    $800 7
root crops

Amy
    $800 22
Euclid

Merlin
    $800 15
foul fowl

Alba
    $1200 11
Dr. Ralph Bunche

Triple Stumper
    $1200 28
(Alba: What is... Who is...?)

Hardy

AmyAlba
    $1200 3
the radius & the ulna

Amy
    $1200 8
a trowel

Alba
    $1200 23
logic

Amy
    $1200 16
a Thai tie

Merlin
    $1600 12
(Alba: Who is [*] Brown... [*]?)
(Alex: Yes, that's it.)
[See clue 14 in HOMOPHONIC PAIRS.]

Carol Moseley Braun

Alba
    $1600 29
Sarah, Plain and Tall

Alba
    $1600 4
plasma

Amy
    $2,000 26
myrrh

Merlin
    $1600 24
an equation

Merlin
    $1600 17
per purr

Amy
    $2000 13
Phillis Wheatley

Triple Stumper
    $2000 30
(Merlin: What is The Piano Teacher?)

The Piano Lesson

Merlin
Triple Stumper
    $2000 5
the eustachian tube

Merlin
    $2000 27
an orchid

Merlin
    $2,000 25
Archimedes

Merlin
    $2000 18
the thrown throne

Alba

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Amy Merlin Alba
$11,000 $16,000 $14,600

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Final Jeopardy! Round responses

NEW YORK CITY LANDMARKS
(Alex: Alba, for the third day in a row we have someone winning a game at that lectern, $22,001. And each day it goes up by about a thousand dollars. Tomorrow probably a $32,000 winner standing right there. Join us and see if it works out. So long.)
AmyWhat is Yankee Stadium?
$2,201
AlbaWhat is Madison Square Garden?
$7,401
MerlinWhat is Radio City Music Hall?
$16,000
Madison Square Garden

Final scores:

Amy Merlin Alba
$8,799 $0 $22,001
2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $22,001

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Amy Merlin Alba
$11,000 $15,600 $14,400
13 R,
2 W		 22 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $41,000

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Game tape date: 2002-06-10
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