Responses for Show #5125 - Friday, December 15, 2006

Contestants

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Rob Donnelly, a university researcher from San Diego, California

Paula Frome, a lawyer from Glen Cove, New York

R.J. Lesch, a programmer from Adel, Iowa (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,800)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

STRUCTURES
3-LETTER MEN
UNUSUAL ANIMALS
FASHION SENSE
"T" COUNTRIES
NUMBER, PLEASE
    $200 22
(Rob: What is a guard tower?)
(Paula: What is a lookout tower?)

a fire tower

PaulaRob
Triple Stumper
    $200 1
Dan

R.J.
    $200 5
an alligator

R.J.
    $200 8
gloves

R.J.
    $200 9
(Rob: What is Kazakhstan?)

Turkmenistan

PaulaRob
    $200 18
12

R.J.
    $400 23
Mansion

Paula
    $400 2
Bob

R.J.
    $400 7
a bat

Paula
    $400 10
a parasol

R.J.
    $400 11
Turkey

Paula
    $400 19
212

Paula
    $600 27
a guardhouse

Triple Stumper
    $600 3
Lou

Rob
    $600 20
(Rob: What is a tarantula?)

a (wolf) spider

R.J.Rob
    $1,000 12
a jumpsuit

Paula
    $600 15
Tunisia

Rob
    $600 24
2

R.J.
    $800 28
a skyscraper

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
(Rob: Uh, what are Sams?)
(Alex: Yes. No! Paula?)
(Paula: What is [*]?)
(Alex: What is [*], yes. You added that "S", Rob, sorry.)

Sam

PaulaRob
    $800 21
(Paula: What is an octopus?)
(R.J.: What is a crab?)

a squid

R.J.Paula
Triple Stumper
    $800 13
plus-fours

Paula
    $800 16
Tanzania

Rob
    $800 25
15

Rob
    $1000 29
a hippodrome

Rob
    $1000 6
Ted

R.J.
    $1000 30
a lemur

Paula
    $1000 14
Madras

R.J.
    $1000 17
(Rob: What is Togo?)
(R.J.: What is Tuvalu?)
...
(Alex: I bet you were thinking of [*], not Togo, but you misspoke.)

Tonga

R.J.Rob
Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
40

Triple Stumper

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

R.J. Paula Rob
$3,400 $3,600 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

R.J. Paula Rob
$3,000 $4,400 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BEFORE & AFTER
THE FALL
OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
OF THE SUN
KING JAMES BIBLE
BELT
    $400 6
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco Franco"

Paula
    $400 1
Mike Tyson

Rob
    $400 7
Nero

R.J.
    $400 12
dwarf

Paula
    $400 24
with a kiss

Paula
    $400 21
a conveyor belt

R.J.
    $800 17
(Rob: Uh--What is Last Tango in Paris...)
...
(Alex: Rob couldn't remember Paris Hilton. That's sad.)

Last Tango In Paris Hilton

PaulaRob
    $800 2
Muhammad Ali

Triple Stumper
    $800 8
a toga

Paula
    $800 13
sunspots

Paula
    $800 25
Esther

R.J.
    $1200 18
Robert E. Lee Iacocca

Rob
    $1200 3
Bjorn Borg

R.J.
    $1200 9
Caligula

R.J.
    $1200 14
nuclear fusion

R.J.
    $1,000 19
Clarence Thomas Wolfe

Rob
    $1600 4
(Rob: What is... Agitate?)

Upset

Rob
Triple Stumper
    $1600 10
Antony

Paula
    $3,000 15
(Alex: [*] is right, yes. Gases at about 2 million degrees Fahrenheit.)

corona

R.J.
    $1600 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Abraham

R.J.
    $1600 23
wampum

Paula
    $2000 20
Lucretia Mott The Hoople

Triple Stumper
    $2000 5
[Alex pronounces the last part of the clue as "Alexander Karelin."]

Greco-Roman wrestling

R.J.
    $2000 11
Punic

Paula
    $2000 16
(R.J. What is microwave?)

convection

R.J.Paula
    $2000 26
(R.J. What is "My Lord, why have thou forsaken me?")
(Alex: [Looking at judges] He's giving it to you. [*], but we'll accept "have".)
[Later ruled incorrect, because the category is THE KING JAMES BIBLE and the exact words are "God, God, why hast thou forsaken me?"]

Why hast thou forsaken me?

R.J.
Triple Stumper
    $2000 22
Orion

R.J.

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

R.J. Paula Rob
$12,800 $15,200 $1,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

POEM TITLES
(Alex: [Revealing Rob's response] ...and you left out an important word--"the"--in the middle of the clue. We'll let you get away with leaving the "the" at the beginning off, but not "the Ancient Mariner".)
RobWhat is Rime of Ancient Mariner?
$1,200
R.J.What is "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
$12,800
PaulaWhat is the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner?
$10,401
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Final scores:

R.J. Paula Rob
$25,600 $25,601 $0
2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $25,601 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

R.J. Paula Rob
$11,400 $14,800 $1,800
20 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 8 R
(including 1 DD),
7 W

Combined Coryat: $28,000

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Game tape date: 2006-10-18
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