Responses for Show #4366 - Monday, September 8, 2003

Sam Ott game 2.
First game of Season 20.
New title graphics.
Champions return until they lose ("sky's the limit" rule) effective beginning this game.

Contestants

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Sharon Fenick, a patent attorney from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Nick Thurkettle, a writer and teacher from Van Nuys, California

Sam Ott, a graduate student from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,600)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

PHOTOGRAPHERS
TV ON TV
STAND BY YOUR BRAND
19th CENTURY LITERATURE
MODERN-DAY QUOTES
"Q" ME
    $200 1
negatives

Sharon
    $200 17
Married... with Children

Sam
    $200 26
(Sharon: What are Newtons? [*]?)

Fig Newtons

Sharon
    $200 16
the Hunchback (of Notre Dame)

Sharon
    $200 11
Michael Jackson

Sam
    $200 6
Quaker (Oats)

Sam
    $400 2
Life (magazine)

Sam
    $400 22
Cliff Clavin

Sam
    $400 27
Volvo

Sam
    $400 18
Crime and Punishment

Sam
    $400 12
Vanessa Williams

Sam
    $400 7
a quip

Nick
    $600 3
Richard Avedon

Sam
    $600 23
Sports Night

Sharon
    $600 28
Betty Crocker

Sharon
    $600 19
Wuthering Heights

Nick
    $600 13
pay taxes

Nick
    $600 8
quarterly

Sam
    $800 4
(Sam: Who is Poe?)

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Sam
Triple Stumper
    $800 24
(Nick: Who is Ralph?)

Ed (Norton)

NickSharon
    $800 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

A&W

Sharon
    $800 20
(Nick: What is The Scarlet Letter?)
(Alex: No, what is [*]? Remember Madame DeFarge watching all the people going to the guillotine.)

A Tale of Two Cities

Nick
    $800 14
Bob Dole

Nick
    $800 9
Queensland

Sam
    $1000 5
Herb Ritts

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
Family Feud

Triple Stumper
    $1000 21
(Sam: Who is Mark Twain?)
...
(Alex: Which author is famous for a sea tale? [*].)

Herman Melville

Sam
Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
Enron

Sam
    $1000 10
Qatar

Nick

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

Sam Nick Sharon
$3,400 $2,800 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Sam Nick Sharon
$3,800 $1,800 $3,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BALLET
SINGERS
NAME THE DECADE
(Alex: Ah, we're gonna test your language skills in...)
HUNGARIAN 101
A FISH CALLED…
RWANDA
    $400 26
the Louvre

Sam
    $400 1
(Nick: Who is Paul Simon?)

Art Garfunkel

NickSharon
    $400 6
the 1950s

Sam
    $400 17
a syllable

Sam
    $400 11
(Alex: A certain kind of [*] will do that. Fun to watch 'em.)

catfish

Triple Stumper
    $400 10
(Nick: What is Swahili?)

French

Nick
Triple Stumper
    $1,000 27
(Alex: [*], who lived there, yes. Fall River.)

Lizzie Borden

Sam
    $800 2
(Sharon: Who is J. Geils?)
...
(Alex: [*], yes. The J. Geils Band.)

Peter Wolf

NickSharon
    $800 7
the 1930s

Sam
    $800 18
seven

Sharon
    $800 12
an electric eel

Sam
    $800 22
(Sam: What is Botswana?)
...

(Alex: Minute to go now, Sam.)

Burundi

Sam
Triple Stumper
    $1200 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Jerome Robbins

Nick
    $1200 3
Macy Gray

Sam
    $1200 8
(Nick: What is the 1970s?)
(Sharon: What is the 1980s?)
...
(Alex: Yes, that was John Glenn, remember, the Space Race.)

the 1960s

SamNickSharon
    $1200 19
paprika

Nick
    $1200 13
(Sam: What is a trout?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

a rainbow trout

Sam
    $1200 23
Dian Fossey

Nick
    $1600 4
Jenny from the Block

Sam
    $1600 9
(Sam: What is... 1770s?)
(Nick: What is 1780s?)
...
(Alex: Sharon, they were leading up to you, [*] was next.)

the 1790s

SamNick
Triple Stumper
    $1600 20
Transylvania

Nick
    $1600 14
(Sam: What is a swordfish?)

a marlin

Sam
Triple Stumper
    $1600 24
Kigali

Triple Stumper
    $2000 5
(Sam: Oh, uh, oh, I just had it, darn it.)
(Alex: Oh, that's too bad, but you lost it.)

Celia Cruz

SamNick
    $1,800 16
(Sam: Oh… I'm gonna say 1920.)

the 1910s

Sam
    $2000 21
long & short

Sam
    $2000 15
sole

Sam
    $2000 25
(Sam: Who is Livingstone?)

John Speke

Sam
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Sam Nick Sharon
$7,000 $6,200 $2,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

TOYS & GAMES
SharonWhat is whiffleball?
$2,599
NickWhat is a Wiffle ball?
$900
SamWhat is a slingshot? wiffleball
$5,401
Wiffleball

Final scores:

Sam Nick Sharon
$12,401 $7,100 $5,199
2-day champion: $26,001 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Sam Nick Sharon
$8,600 $7,000 $2,600
24 R
(including 1 DD),
8 W
(including 1 DD)
11 R,
6 W
(including 1 DD)
9 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $18,200

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Game tape date: 2003-07-22
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