Responses for Show #5255 - Friday, June 15, 2007

Contestants

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Angel Gomez, an attorney from Los Angeles, California

Alex Hovan, a graduate student from Champaign, Illinois

Jared Cohen, a private equity analyst from Narberth, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $26,223)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

GEOLOGY
FILM & TV SPACESHIPS
WHAT'S IN YOUR FOOD?
"B" WRITERS
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
THE POSSESSIVE CASE
    $200 5
a fossil

Jared
    $200 1
Lost in Space

Jared
    $200 9
(Jared: What is soymilk?)

tofu

JaredAlex
    $200 15
(John) Bunyan

Alex
    $200 12
Rangers

Alex
    $200 26
a baker's dozen

Angel
    $400 6
the ocean

Angel
    $400 2
Battlestar Galactica

Jared
    $400 10
fat

Alex
    $400 16
(James Matthew) Barrie

Jared
    $400 17
the minimum (hourly) wage

Alex
    $400 27
Davy Jones's locker

Angel
    $600 7
(Angel: What is earth, water, air, and...drawing a blank.)

earth, air, water & fire

JaredAngel
    $600 3
(Angel: What are the Vulcans?)

the Klingons

JaredAngel
    $600 11
a bacterium

Angel
    $600 18
(Saul) Bellow

Alex
    $600 23
a white paper

Angel
    $600 28
Dead Man's Curve

Triple Stumper
    $800 21
glaciers

Angel
    $800 4
2001: A Space Odyssey

Angel
    $800 13
sodium

Alex
    $800 19
Samuel Butler

Triple Stumper
    $800 24
(Angel: What is a democracy?)

a republic

Angel
Triple Stumper
    $800 29
Fisherman's Wharf

Angel
    $1000 22
the mantle

Jared
    $1000 8
Alien

Jared
    $1000 14
egg

Alex
    $1,200 20
(Alex Hovan: Who is Bennett?)
...
(Alex Trebek: No, you were sort of on the right track, it was [*].)

(Samuel) Beckett

Alex
    $1000 25
wards

Jared
    $1000 30
Lloyd's of London

Angel

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

Jared Alex Angel
$2,800 $2,800 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jared Alex Angel
$5,200 $2,600 $3,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 10 LARGEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
(Alex Trebek: We're talking about area here.)
THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST
GROUPS
COMPETITORS TO NASA
WORLD WAR II
"V" FOR VICTORY
(Alex Trebek: "V" will be for each correct response in the category.)
    $400 6
Australia

Jared
    $400 1
(Angel: What is Spain?)
(Alex Hovan: What is Portugal?)
…
(Alex Trebek: Correct response, "What is [*]?" Sorry, Jared, not quickly enough.)

Italy

AlexAngel
Triple Stumper
    $400 26
the Sacraments

Angel
    $400 19
California

Jared
    $400 14
the Army

Angel
    $400 11
viruses

Jared
    $800 7
Russia

Angel
    $800 2
ABBA

Alex
    $800 27
winds

Angel
    $800 20
Kazakhstan

Jared
    $800 15
a tank

Angel
    $800 12
the vault

Alex
    $1200 8
(Angel: What is Canada?)
(Jared: What is China?)
...
(Alex Trebek: Largest is Russia, then Canada, then [*].)

the United States

JaredAngel
Triple Stumper
    $1200 3
Elton John & Bernie Taupin

Triple Stumper
    $1200 28
columns

Jared
    $1200 21
(Angel: What is Norway?)
(Alex Hovan: What is Finland?)
(Alex Trebek: Jared doesn't want to try for [*], and that's too bad, because that's where it is.)

Sweden

AlexAngel
Triple Stumper
    $1200 16
Bulgaria

Triple Stumper
    $1200 13
Vienna

Angel
    $1600 9
Canada & India

Triple Stumper
    $2,500 4
(Celine) Dion

Alex
    $3,599 29
(Jared: What are stages of development?)
(Alex Trebek: No, you had to be more specific than that. What are [*]?)

Shakespeare's Seven Ages Of Man

Jared
    $1600 22
(Jared: What is Dubai?)

the United Arab Emirates

Jared
Triple Stumper
    $1600 17
the Battle Of The Bulge

Angel
    $1600 24
(Alex Trebek: And the "V" this time is for [*].)

Village Voice

Triple Stumper
    $2000 10
(Angel: What is Libya?)
(Jared: What is Chad?)

the Sudan

JaredAlexAngel
    $2000 5
Katrina & The Waves

Alex
    $2000 30
quarks

Angel
    $2000 23
Singapore

Angel
    $2000 18
(Alex Trebek: That was the beach at [*].)

Anzio

Triple Stumper
    $2000 25
the Vulgate

Alex

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jared Alex Angel
$1 $11,100 $8,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICANA
(Alex Trebek: [Revealing Jared's response] What is... Kee-bert Xela, which is "Alex Trebek" backwards.)
(Jared: I heard that sends you back to another dimension.)
[Audience laughter]
(Alex Trebek: Sends me back where?)
(Jared: Another dimension.)
(Alex Trebek: To another dimension, yes, I will go back to another dimension as soon as we deal with the other players.)
...
(Alex Trebek: Alex will get to relax for the weekend while I go to that other dimension. So long.)
JaredWhat is KEBERT XELA
$1
AngelWhat is a lighthouse?
$8,000
AlexWhat is a lighthouse?
$7,000
a lighthouse

Final scores:

Jared Alex Angel
$0 $18,100 $16,800
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $18,100 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jared Alex Angel
$3,600 $11,400 $8,800
14 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 18 R,
7 W

Combined Coryat: $23,800

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Game tape date: 2007-02-28
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