Responses for Show #5243 - Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Mehrun Etebari game 5.

Contestants

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Dianne Lindsay, a publisher's representative from Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Phil Cunneff, a musician and teacher from Baltimore, Maryland

Mehrun Etebari, a grad student from Durham, New Hampshire (whose 4-day cash winnings total $99,100)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN AUTHORS
BEGINNING & END
STATE SUPERLATIVES
3 LITTLE LETTERS
(Alex: That's all we require.)
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"
    $200 6
Hemingway

Mehrun
    $200 13
open & close

Mehrun
    $200 1
California

Mehrun
    $200 8
ATMs

Phil
    $200 26
Walt Disney

Dianne
    $200 21
Bucharest

Mehrun
    $400 7
Willa Cather

Mehrun
    $3,000 14
the Tour de France

Mehrun
    $400 2
Alaska

Mehrun
    $400 9
DDT

Mehrun
    $400 27
Ned Flanders

Mehrun
    $400 22
crest

Phil
    $600 16
(Harriet Beecher) Stowe

Mehrun
    $600 15
from soup to nuts

Dianne
    $600 3
(Dianne: What is Alaska?)

Texas

MehrunDianne
    $600 10
NPR

Mehrun
    $600 28
Mel Blanc

Mehrun
    $600 23
a trestle

Dianne
    $800 18
L. Frank Baum

Dianne
    $800 17
"The Nativity" & "The Crucifixion"

Phil
    $800 4
Minnesota

Dianne
    $800 11
the CIA

Mehrun
    $800 29
Antonio Banderas

Mehrun
    $800 24
Presto

Dianne
    $1000 19
Stephen Vincent Benet

Mehrun
    $1000 20
takeoff & landing (or launch & arrival)

Dianne
    $1000 5
Washington

Dianne
    $1000 12
TNT

Mehrun
    $1000 30
Mike Judge

Mehrun
    $1000 25
Orestes

Dianne

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

Mehrun Phil Dianne
$7,800 $200 $1,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mehrun Phil Dianne
$12,400 $1,400 $6,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

EARLY AMERICA
BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS
DOWN MEXICO WAY
TAKE A PILL
TRANSPORTATION
AN E FOR AN I
(Alex: Each correct response will consist of two identical words except for the fact that an "E" will have been replaced by an "I" in one of those words.)
    $400 10
San Antonio

Mehrun
    $400 2
Ordinary People

Phil
    $400 17
the World Cup

Mehrun
    $400 16
Dramamine

Mehrun
    $400 26
Toyota

Mehrun
    $400 1
a lei & a lee

Dianne
    $800 11
the Boston Massacre

Mehrun
    $800 3
Grand Hotel

Dianne
    $800 18
Acapulco

Mehrun
    $800 22
alcohol

Phil
    $800 29
a carriage

Mehrun
    $800 7
strep & strip

Dianne
    $1200 12
Cotton Mather

Mehrun
    $1200 4
Rocky

Triple Stumper
    $1200 19
Guadalajara

Mehrun
    $1200 23
prostate cancer

Mehrun
    $1200 27
London

Dianne
    $4,000 8
(Dianne: Hmm. [No response])

mild & meld

Dianne
    $1600 13
the Huguenots

Dianne
    $1600 5
On the Waterfront

Mehrun
    $1600 20
Night of the Iguana

Dianne
    $1600 24
cholesterol

Mehrun
    $1600 28
the bus

Mehrun
    $1600 9
tried & treed

Triple Stumper
    $2000 14
William Bradford

Triple Stumper
    $2000 6
(Phil: What is Man of the Year?)

A Man For All Seasons

PhilDianne
    $2000 21
Cancun

Mehrun
    $2000 25
Miltown

Dianne
    $1,000 30
mules

Mehrun
    $2000 15
to fill & to fell

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mehrun Phil Dianne
$27,800 $600 $12,600
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE BRITISH THEATRE
PhilWhat is The Importance of Being Earnest
$599
DianneWhat is the Mouse Trap?
$10,000
MehrunWhat is The Mousetrap?
$1,200
The Mousetrap

Final scores:

Mehrun Phil Dianne
$29,000 $1 $22,600
5-day champion: $128,100 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Mehrun Phil Dianne
$26,200 $600 $16,600
33 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W		 5 R,
1 W		 17 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $43,400

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Game tape date: 2007-02-21
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