Responses for Show #3946 - Monday, October 29, 2001

2001 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 1.

(Sarah: You'll be glued to the screen today on the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions.)

Contestants

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Tad Carithers, an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia

Ryan Moore, a partner in a start-up company from Venice, California

Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas

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Jeopardy! Round responses

MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS
PRO FOOTBALL
THEY WERE FREEMASONS
CLEAN FREAK
ART-PODGE
"TIC" TALK
(Alex: Each correct response will end with those three letters of the alphabet.)
    $100 26
scurvy

Babu
    $100 1
Indianapolis

Tad
    $100 16
(Tad: Who is Fess Parker?)

John Wayne

RyanTad
    $100 2
(Alex: And they are so becoming, aren't they?)

hairnets

Tad
    $100 18
Ming

Tad
    $100 11
agnostic

Tad
    $200 27
(Babu: Who is Salk?)

Albert Sabin

BabuTad
    $200 4
Tom Landry

Tad
    $200 17
Harry Houdini

Tad
    $200 3
rinse

Babu
    $200 19
tiger shark

Tad
    $200 12
the Hippocratic Oath

Tad
    $300 28
penicillin

Tad
    $600 7
(2 of 3) Houston, Memphis & Nashville

Babu
    $300 23
Winston Churchill

Ryan
    $300 5
sandblasting

Tad
    $300 20
Alexander Calder

Tad
    $300 13
lunatic

Ryan
    $400 29
Joseph Lister

Ryan
    $400 8
Dan Marino

Tad
    $400 24
Mozart

Tad
    $400 6
Turtle Wax

Babu
    $400 21
(Ryan: What is collage?)

decoupage

Ryan
Triple Stumper
    $400 14
rustic

Tad
    $500 30
hepatitis

Ryan
    $500 10
Bart Starr

Tad
    $500 25
(Alex: We have a minute to go now.)

Aaron Burr

Tad
    $500 9
Brillo

Babu
    $500 22
Frida Kahlo

Ryan
    $500 15
Coptic

Ryan

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

Babu Ryan Tad
$1,700 $800 $2,300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Babu Ryan Tad
$1,600 $2,200 $4,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BOTSWANA ANAGRAMS
(Alex: You're gonna love it.)
SERGEI EISENSTEIN CINEMA
OPERA HAS BEEN VERDI, VERDI GOOD TO ME
IT'S MY LIFE
FRANCE LOSES THE FIGHT
EGGS-ACTLY
    $200 1
crocodile (coil decor)

Babu
    $200 10
strike

Ryan
    $200 3
La Scala

Tad
    $200 11
Jimmy Carter

Tad
    $200 5
Waterloo

Tad
    $200 25
blue

Tad
    $400 2
diamonds (Midas nod)

Tad
    $400 21
Ivan the Terrible

Babu
    $400 20
a troubadour

Ryan
    $400 12
Margaret Mead

Tad
    $400 6
Belgium

Tad
    $400 27
caviar

Tad
    $600 14
Kalahari Desert (a rash ideal trek)

Ryan
    $3,800 22
(Alex: I heard you mumbling it and I was wondering if you were going to say it out loud--well done!)

Battleship Potemkin

Babu
    $600 30
Rigoletto

Triple Stumper
    $600 13
"Lady Sings the Blues"

Babu
    $600 7
Prussia

Babu
    $600 29
(Babu: What is Spain?)

Argentina

BabuRyan
    $800 15
Gaborone (go on bare)

Ryan
    $800 23
1917

Babu
    $100 4
(Tad: What is "Salome"?)

Aida

Tad
    $800 18
Tip O'Neill

Tad
    $800 8
Hundred Years' War

Babu
    $800 28
thousand/hundred-year-old eggs

Tad
    $1000 16
Bechuanaland (can and ale hub)

Triple Stumper
    $1000 24
(Alex: And about a minute left.)

Mexico

Babu
    $1000 17
Falstaff

Ryan
    $1000 19
Don Hewitt

Tad
    $1000 9
Holy Roman Empire

Tad
    $1000 26
Faberge

Babu

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Babu Ryan Tad
$10,200 $5,800 $10,300

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY
(Alex: [To Ryan] That is, uh, not a bad guess, but unfortunately not the right one.)
...
(Alex: [To Babu] That's correct; used to be part of Colombia and South America. Now it's in North America.)
RyanWhat is [something crossed out] Tur Key?
$4,501
BabuWhat is Panama?
$10,200
TadWhat is Panama?
$10,200
Panama

Final scores:

Babu Ryan Tad
$20,400 $1,299 $20,500
2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000 Finalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Babu Ryan Tad
$6,700 $5,800 $10,400
14 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W
13 R,
1 W
29 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $22,900

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Game tape date: 2001-09-25
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