Responses for Show #4947 - Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Contestants

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Jimmy Orsag, a journalist from Rochester, Pennsylvania

Julie Seitter, a voice talent from Littleton, Massachusetts

Jessica Epstein, an assistant dean originally from Mercer Island, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,401)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

PRIMATES
YOU'RE THE MAYOR
COMMON BONDS
BIO HAZARD
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENTERTAINERS
"S"-ENTIAL KNOWLEDGE
    $200 17
Madagascar

Jimmy
    $200 16
Chicago

Jessica
    $200 1
bridges

Jessica
    $200 21
Churchill

Jimmy
    $200 3
Will Smith

Jessica
    $200 8
a soap opera

Jessica
    $400 18
bamboo

Jimmy
    $400 26
(Michael) Bloomberg

Jessica
    $400 2
Counts

Jimmy
    $400 22
Mohammed

Jessica
    $400 7
Queen Latifah

Julie
    $400 9
Spain

Jessica
    $600 19
the aye-aye

Triple Stumper
    $600 27
(Jessica: What is Austin?)
(Jimmy: What is Houston?)
[ERRATUM: San Antonio is the 2nd largest Texas city.]

Dallas

JessicaJimmy
Triple Stumper
    $600 4
bills

Jimmy
    $600 23
(Jessica: Who is Gershwin?)
(Alex: Which one?)

George Gershwin

Jessica
    $600 13
[Alex specifies "UNCF" as "United Negro College Fund" in his read of the clue.]

Lou Rawls

Jimmy
    $600 10
Sputnik

Julie
    $800 20
its warning call

Triple Stumper
    $800 28
Oakland

Julie
    $800 5
arches

Jimmy
    $800 24
(Jessica: What is Her Story?)

Living History

JessicaJimmy
    $800 14
Pearl Bailey

Triple Stumper
    $800 11
Samson

Jessica
    $1000 30
prosimians

Triple Stumper
    $1000 29
Philadelphia

Jimmy
    $1,000 6
things that are stiff

Jimmy
    $1000 25
(Julie: Who are... Nelson & Napoleon?)
...
(Alex: Nelson was at sea, remember.)

Napoleon & the Duke of Wellington

Julie
Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
(Jimmy: Who is Jessye Norman?)
(Jessica: Who is Callas?)

Marian Anderson

JessicaJimmy
Triple Stumper
    $1000 12
Selene

Triple Stumper

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

Jessica Julie Jimmy
$800 $1,000 $2,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jessica Julie Jimmy
$1,000 $800 $4,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ISLANDS
COLORFUL FILM TITLES
19th CENTURY EUROPE
MAGAZINE HEADQUARTERS
THINGS IN THE YALE LIBRARY
THINK "TANK"
    $400 24
(Jimmy: What is Staten Island?)
(Jessica: What is Manhattan?)
...
(Alex: [*], yes, thanks to Jimmy and Jessica who narrowed it down for you.)
(Julie: Absolutely.)

Long Island

JessicaJulieJimmy
    $400 2
Orange

Jessica
    $400 17
(Jessica: What is Germany?)
(Julie: What is Austria?)
...
(Alex: When you talk about cantons, usually you're talking about [*].)

Switzerland

JessicaJulie
Triple Stumper
    $400 14
Detroit

Jessica
    $400 11
(Walt) Whitman

Julie
    $400 1
a tankard

Jimmy
    $800 25
(Alex: Less than a minute to go, now, Julie.)

Australia

Triple Stumper
    $800 3
Black

Julie
    $800 18
(Jimmy: Who is Bismarck?)

Wilhelm (I)

JessicaJimmy
    $800 20
(Alex: Used to be on [*]. Mad magazine. [*].)

Madison

Triple Stumper
    $800 12
Thoreau

Jessica
    $800 4
a tank engine

Julie
    $1200 26
(Alex: They're both known as [*].)

Channel Islands

Triple Stumper
    $1200 6
Green

Julie
    $1200 19
(Queen) Victoria

Jessica
    $1,600 21
(Jessica: What is Honolulu?)
(Alex: No. The National Geographic Society is based in [*], our nation's capital.)

Washington, D.C.

Jessica
    $1200 13
the Romanovs (of Russia)

Jimmy
    $1200 5
the septic tank

Jimmy
    $1600 8
Brown

Jimmy
    $2,000 27
(Julie: No, I--nothing.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Cuba & Puerto Rico

Julie
    $1600 22
Boston

Julie
    $1600 15
Alice Toklas

Jessica
    $1600 7
Tutankhamen

Jessica
    $2000 9
Red

Jimmy
    $2000 23
London

Julie
    $2000 16
Franz Liszt

Triple Stumper
    $2000 10
cantankerous

Jimmy

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jessica Julie Jimmy
$5,400 $5,600 $11,600
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

TREES
(Alex: Yes, the famous Indian who had developed that writing system.)
...
(Alex: Oh, what a big wager!)
(Jimmy: Only two dollars.)
(Alex: Two bucks! Sure you can afford it? $11,602--you can now.)
JessicaWhat is Sequoia?
$5,400
JulieWhat is a Sequoia?
$5,500
JimmyWhat is Sequoia?
$2
Sequoia

Final scores:

Jessica Julie Jimmy
$10,800 $11,100 $11,602
3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $11,602

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jessica Julie Jimmy
$7,000 $7,600 $11,600
16 R,
6 W
(including 1 DD)		 10 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $26,200

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