Responses for Show #5962 - Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Contestants

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Van Lane, an ATM support technician from Denver, Colorado

Anne Anglim, a public health physician from Pasadena, California

Saad Hasan, a nanotechnology scientist from Nashville, Tennessee (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,700)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ENGLISH LIT
CLASSIC ROCK
THE AGE OF ASPARAGUS
FAIL TO THE CHIEF
LET'S BLOW
BOOK WORDS
    $200 11
Gulliver

Van
    $200 6
Led Zeppelin

Van
    $200 26
Peru

Van
    $200 16
John Kennedy

Van
    $200 21
a jet engine

Van
    $200 1
page

Triple Stumper
    $400 12
Jane Eyre

Anne
    $400 7
The Beach Boys

Van
    $400 27
salt

Anne
    $400 17
Carter

Van
    $400 22
an air conditioner

Van
    $400 2
the appendix

Saad
    $600 13
Charge of the Light Brigade

Saad
    $600 8
Lynyrd Skynyrd

Van
    $600 28
white

Van
    $2,500 18
James Buchanan

Van
    $600 23
an airbag

Anne
    $600 3
a sentence

Saad
    $800 14
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Van
    $800 9
The Eagles

Anne
    $800 29
hollandaise

Saad
    $800 19
Jefferson

Van
    $800 24
"Thar she blows!"

Saad
    $800 4
binding

Van
    $1000 15
Virginia Woolf

Saad
    $1000 10
"My Generation"

Van
    $1000 30
a crown

Van
    $1000 20
the Forest Service

Van
    $1000 25
a vortex

Anne
    $1000 5
dedication

Anne

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

Saad Anne Van
$2,600 $2,200 $4,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Saad Anne Van
$4,200 $4,200 $11,300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

COMIC STRIPS
B.C.
THE FAMILY CIRCUS
BLOOM COUNTY
LIFE IN HELL
THE "FAR" SIDE
    $400 11
(Gary) Larson

Saad
    $400 6
(Saad: What is the Venus?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

the Venus de Milo

Saad
    $400 26
(Anne: What is a flying trapeze?)
...
(Alex: Right, with less than a minute to go.)

a high wire

AnneVan
    $400 14
a rose

Van
    $400 17
a coin

Saad
    $400 1
a farmers market

Anne
    $800 12
Matt Groening

Van
    $800 7
the Buddha

Anne
    $3,000 30
Siam (Thailand accepted)

Van
    $800 22
parsley

Saad
    $800 18
the Styx

Anne
    $800 2
a farce

Van
    $1200 13
Wiley

Anne
    $1200 8
Hannibal

Van
    $1200 29
the unicycle

Van
    $1200 23
(Van: What is a dogwood?)

magnolias

Van
Triple Stumper
    $1200 19
(Saad: What is a harp?)
[Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before first Daily Double at clue 25 when some sources were found which called the instrument a harp]

a lyre

SaadVan
    $1200 3
Farsi

Van
    $1600 15
Opus

Van
    $1600 9
the Pantheon

Saad
    $1600 27
The Greatest Show on Earth

Triple Stumper
    $1600 24
Calaveras County

Van
    $1600 20
Sisyphus

Anne
    $1600 4
far-fetched

Saad
    $2000 16
P.J.

Van
    $2000 10
(Anne: Who is Xerxes?)
(Van: Who is Alexander?)

Cyrus the Great

AnneVan
Triple Stumper
    $2000 28
Cirque du Soleil

Van
    $3,000 25
(Van: What is the blue spruce?)

the forget-me-not

Van
    $2000 21
Tartarus

Triple Stumper
    $2000 5
Farouk

Anne

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Saad Anne Van
$10,600 $8,600 $22,500
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN NOVELISTS
AnneWho was Ayn Rand?
$8,000
SaadWho is Ayn Rand?
$6,600
VanWho was Ayn Rand
$0
Ayn Rand

Final scores:

Saad Anne Van
$17,200 $16,600 $22,500
2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $22,500

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Saad Anne Van
$10,600 $8,600 $21,400
13 R,
0 W
12 R,
2 W
30 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $40,600

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Game tape date: 2010-03-09
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