Responses for Show #5655 - Friday, March 20, 2009

2009 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.
From Las Vegas.

Contestants

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Ben Bishop, a college student originally from Seattle, Washington

Aaron Schroeder, a grad student from San Diego, California

Mark Wales, a substitute teacher from Amherst, New York

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Jeopardy! Round responses

"A" TRAVEL CATEGORY
GET OUT YOUR BIBLES
ARCHITECTURAL WORDS (& HINTS)
POKING AROUND SPACE
BRAND LOGOS
WORDS WITH ALL 5 VOWELS
    $200 7
Argentina

Ben
    $200 1
the sheep

Ben
    $200 6
an abacus

Aaron
    $200 30
Mars

Ben
    $200 16
Green Giant

Mark
    $200 25
aeronautics

Mark
    $400 8
Amsterdam

Mark
    $400 2
the Red Sea

Ben
    $400 20
loggia

Mark
    $400 28
a basketball

Aaron
    $400 15
Yoplait

Aaron
    $400 24
a sequoia

Triple Stumper
    $600 9
Amarillo

Ben
    $600 3
(Mark: What is amen?)

hallelujah

Mark
Triple Stumper
    $600 21
summer

Triple Stumper
    $600 27
the Indian Ocean

Aaron
    $600 14
Heinz

Aaron
    $600 17
Education

Mark
    $800 10
Acapulco

Mark
    $800 4
Timothy

Ben
    $800 22
corona

Aaron
    $800 26
Japan

Aaron
    $800 13
Nestlé

Aaron
    $800 18
automobile

Triple Stumper
    $1000 11
The Amalfi

Aaron
    $1000 5
(Ben: Who was Pontius Pilate?)

Caiaphas

Ben
Triple Stumper
    $1000 23
a pylon

Aaron
    $1,000 29
(Aaron: What is Apollo?)
(Alex: No, what is [*]--[*] I & II.)

Helios

Aaron
    $1000 12
a bat

Mark
    $1000 19
(Aaron: What is [*]?)
(Alex: That's right, yes, that's the word.)
(Aaron: Thank goodness!)

evacuation

Aaron

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

Mark Aaron Ben
$1,600 $3,000 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mark Aaron Ben
$3,000 $6,600 $1,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

CLASSICAL MUSIC
THE STRIP
(Alex: We're talking about comic strips.)
LITERATURE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
KINGS
HOW'S YOUR LATIN?
    $400 22
allegro

Triple Stumper
    $400 16
Doonesbury

Mark
    $400 11
(Theodore) Dreiser

Aaron
    $400 2
Fidel Castro

Aaron
    $400 20
Louis XVI

Mark
    $400 1
ad nauseam

Aaron
    $800 26
the organ

Aaron
    $800 4
(Mark: Who is Brunhilde?)

Broom-Hilda

MarkAaron
    $800 6
(William) Burroughs

Aaron
    $800 3
Canada

Mark
    $9,000 19
Victor Emmanuel (III)

Ben
    $800 27
rara avis

Mark
    $1200 23
(Mark: Who is Bach?)
(Alex: Which one?)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Mark
    $1200 13
Rex Morgan, M.D.

Aaron
    $1200 8
Native Son

Ben
    $1200 5
New Zealand

Ben
    $1200 17
Christian

Mark
    $1200 28
caveat emptor

Aaron
    $8,000 24
(Mark: Uh, well, we're in Vegas... Uh, I'll bet $8,000.)

Requiem

Mark
    $1600 14
(Aaron: What is Life is Hell?)
(Alex: Yes—no.)

Life in Hell

Aaron
Triple Stumper
    $1600 9
Metamorphoses

Ben
    $1600 7
Syria

Ben
    $1600 18
Thailand

Ben
    $1600 29
amicus curiae

Aaron
    $2000 25
Tchaikovsky

Triple Stumper
    $2000 15
Krazy Kat

Aaron
    $2000 10
Portrait of a Lady

Ben
    $2000 12
(Isak) Dinesen

Mark
    $2000 21
Olaf

Ben
    $2000 30
de gustibus non est disputandum

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mark Aaron Ben
$17,000 $14,600 $21,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

CIVIL WAR SITES
(Alex: [To Aaron] You were thinking of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, and you were thinking of the correct parks.)
AaronWhat are Pennsylvania and Mississippi
$12,000
MarkWhat is Pennsylvania + Georgia?
$12,201
BenWhat are Pennsylvania and Louisiania?
$13,004
Pennsylvania & Mississippi

Final scores:

Mark Aaron Ben
$4,799 $26,600 $8,596
3rd place: $10,000 Finalist 2nd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Mark Aaron Ben
$10,600 $15,600 $13,400
15 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 21 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $39,600

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Game tape date: 2009-01-10
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