Responses for Show #3948 - Wednesday, October 31, 2001

2001 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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Larry Cloud, a computer consultant from Inglewood, California

Mark Eckard, a software designer from Bedford, Massachusetts

Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Jeopardy! Round responses

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
TV OR NOT TV
STRAIT TO THE POINT
TORAH! TORAH! TORAH!
(Alex: Now we want you to repeat our advice with the full name of the element--I'll give you the element--in each clue in...)
ELEMENTARY ADVICE
PREFIXES
    $100 1
a union

Mark
    $100 6
(Mark: Who is, uh, Hawkeye?)

Trapper John

MarkLarry
    $100 11
the North Sea

Mark
    $100 16
Moses

Mark
    $100 22
zinc before you speak

Larry
    $100 18
proto-

Mark
    $200 2
California

Brad
    $200 7
(Alex: Duuuuude, you're right!)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Brad
    $900 12
(Alex: That's right. Russia is the largest and the United States is the fourth-largest.)

the Bering Strait

Mark
    $200 17
Passover

Brad
    $200 23
mind your own bismuth

Brad
    $200 27
idio-

Brad
    $300 3
October

Larry
    $300 8
Fame

Mark
    $300 13
Istanbul

Mark
    $300 19
"Let my people go!"

Mark
    $300 24
all the best parking places argon

Larry
    $300 28
(Mark: What is quad-?)

tetra-

Mark
Triple Stumper
    $400 4
Jack Kemp

Brad
    $400 9
(Larry: What is Dad?)
...
(Alex: You knew that, Larry, you spoke too quickly though.)

Nothing in Common

Larry
Triple Stumper
    $400 14
the Strait of Gibraltar

Brad
    $400 20
(Alex: Noah is rightah!)

Noah

Mark
    $400 25
cesium the day

Larry
    $400 29
homeo-

Brad
    $500 5
(Robert) Byrd

Brad
    $500 10
The Paper Chase

Mark
    $500 15
the Persian Gulf

Mark
    $500 21
(Brad: What is Numbers?)

Deuteronomy

BradLarry
    $500 26
a foolish criminal will become a silicon

Larry
    $500 30
endo-

Mark

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

Brad Mark Larry
$1,300 $2,100 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Brad Mark Larry
$2,200 $3,700 $1,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORICAL TRICK OR TREAT
(Alex: ...in honor of Halloween, obviously!)
KINGS OF ENGLAND
SPELL THE LAST NAME
(Alex: ...and that's what we want you to do.)
TRAVEL & TOURISM
INSPIRED CHARACTERS
ROBOT MANIA
    $200 1
Annie Oakley

Brad
    $200 2
Edward

Brad
    $200 11
(Mark: What is... Winnipeg?)

Edmonton

BradMark
    $200 21
Virginia Woolf

Mark
    $200 16
The Terminator

Larry
    $400 7
chivalry

Brad
    $400 3
Henry VIII

Brad
    $400 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: Whoa, the last clue will remain hidden.)

L-I-N-D-B-E-R-G-H

Mark
    $400 12
the Acropolis

Mark
    $400 22
Shelley

Brad
    $400 17
R2-D2

Mark
    $600 8
(Mark: What is beauty?)

variety

MarkLarry
    $600 4
(Mark: Who is King George?... the... Fifth?)

George VI

BradMark
    $600 26
E-I-S-E-N-H-O-W-E-R

Mark
    $600 13
Philadelphia

Mark
    $1,000 23
(Alex: Just as Mark and Larry were beginning to think they could move up on you, you hit the Daily Double.)

Agatha Christie

Brad
    $600 18
AIBO

Triple Stumper
    $800 9
a legion

Brad
    $1,600 5
the Regency

Brad
    $800 27
G-U-I-L-L-A-U-M-E

Brad
    $800 14
Tokaj

Triple Stumper
    $800 24
(Alex: Less than a minute to go.)

D.H. Lawrence

Mark
    $800 19
The Stepford Wives

Mark
    $1000 10
(Alex: Well, we had our Clue Crew in various guises there, but one thing in common: they all looked a little weird!)

Capet

Brad
    $1000 6
Canute

Larry
    $1000 28
W-O-L-L-S-T-O-N-E-C-R-A-F-T

Brad
    $1000 15
Fiji

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
Evelyn Waugh

Mark
    $1000 20
(Larry: What is Millennium Man?)
...
(Alex: Yes, Larry, you catch yourself always a little bit too late, I know!)

Bicentennial Man

MarkLarry

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Brad Mark Larry
$10,800 $8,500 $2,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WORDS IN POETRY
(Alex: "Give me your tired, your [*]..."
and the last line, "...the golden door.")
...
(Alex: Brad, come on over here. You'll get a chance to shake hands with your opponents in just a moment. Right now I want you to take a look at your two opponents in the finals, starting tomorrow. They are...)
(Tad: Tad Carithers, Atlanta, Georgia.)
(Rick: Rick Knutsen, Brooklyn, New York.)
(Alex: And in just two days, one of the three of you will wind up $100,000 richer, so good luck in that. Join us tomorrow--the finals begin on Jeopardy! So long.)
LarryWhat are Poor + Door?
$2,200
MarkWhat is poor and look
$2,400
BradWhat are poor and door?
$6,201
poor & door

Final scores:

Brad Mark Larry
$17,001 $6,100 $4,800
Finalist 2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Brad Mark Larry
$9,600 $7,800 $2,600
22 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 22 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W		 10 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $20,000

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Game tape date: 2001-09-25
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