Responses for Show #5359 - Thursday, December 20, 2007

Cora Peck game 2.

Contestants

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Marvene Horwitz, a retired federal employee from Washington, D.C.

Joseph Maher, a chef from Dallas, Texas

Cora Peck, a teacher and graduate student from Aliso Viejo, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

IT HAPPENED ON CHRISTMAS DAY
"DEC" THE HALLS
BETHLEHEM
GIFT GIVING
JINGO ALL THE WAY
(Alex: And finally, a special movie for the Christmas season...)
THE BUCKET LIST
    $200 1
W.C. Fields

Cora
    $200 12
decaffeination

Cora
    $200 27
bread

Marvene
    $200 7
the Caribbean

Joseph
    $200 17
Spain

Joseph
    $200 22
Jack Nicholson

Marvene
    $400 2
William the Conqueror

Joseph
    $400 13
(Cora: What's a declaration?)
(Alex: No. Too many letters.)

decree

CoraMarvene
    $400 6
a star

Marvene
    $400 8
a Hummer

Cora
    $400 18
(Marvene: What is Christmas?)

Independence Day

Marvene
Triple Stumper
    $400 23
(Joseph: What are the Himalayas?)

Mount Everest

JosephMarvene
    $600 3
the Delaware

Joseph
    $600 14
Decoration Day

Marvene
    $600 28
(Cora: Who are the Steelers?)

the (Philadelphia) Eagles

CoraJoseph
    $600 9
a tie

Joseph
    $600 19
Kipling

Marvene
    $600 24
a Mustang

Cora
    $1,000 4
(Joseph: Who is Grant?)

Andrew Johnson

Joseph
    $800 15
decoupage

Cora
    $800 29
(Joseph: Who is Beethoven?)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Joseph
Triple Stumper
    $800 10
(Al) Gore

Cora
    $800 20
(Samuel) Johnson

Joseph
    $800 25
the Great Wall of China

Joseph
    $1000 5
Charlemagne

Joseph
    $1000 16
Stephen Decatur

Cora
    $1000 30
Bethlehem Steel

Marvene
    $1000 11
a Red Ryder BB gun

Cora
    $1000 21
Manifest Destiny

Cora
    $1000 26
[NOTE: The printed clue uncharacteristically spelled out the word "and" instead of using an ampersand.]

Taj Mahal

Marvene

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

Cora Joseph Marvene
$3,000 $1,800 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Cora Joseph Marvene
$5,000 $3,000 $4,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
SPORTS SIBLING SURNAMES
"B" IS FOR BARD
DESERT SURVIVAL SKILLS
HISTORIC U.S. BUILDINGS
SAY IT IN SPANISH
    $400 6
Beethoven

Joseph
    $400 3
Gretzky

Joseph
    $400 7
Beatrice

Marvene
    $400 26
hypothermia

Cora
    $400 13
the Space Needle

Triple Stumper
    $400 8
a burro

Cora
    $800 5
Bizet

Joseph
    $800 9
Heiden

Cora
    $800 22
Banquo

Marvene
    $800 27
(Joseph: What is a finger?)

a hand

JosephMarvene
    $800 14
a schoolhouse (school accepted)

Cora
    $800 18
macho

Cora
    $1,000 4
(Alex: Bohemia--Czechoslovakia.)

(Antonin) Dvorák

Joseph
    $1200 10
Sharpe

Cora
    $1200 23
Belch

Cora
    $1200 28
(Alex: ...and I don't think her water container was big enough to hold a gallon.)

iodine

Marvene
    $1200 15
Santa Fe

Cora
    $1200 19
libre

Marvene
    $1600 1
Maria Theresa

Joseph
    $1600 11
Grant

Cora
    $1,000 24
(Alex: In Julius Caesar, [*].)

Brutus

Cora
    $1600 29
a yucca

Marvene
    $1600 16
Arts and Crafts

Marvene
    $1600 20
(Joseph: What is sabor?)

gusto

JosephMarvene
    $2000 2
Schumann

Cora
    $2000 12
(Alex: You know your sports--well done.)

Gullikson

Cora
    $2000 25
Bianca

Marvene
    $2000 30
tannin (or tannic acid)

Cora
    $2000 17
Faneuil Hall

Joseph
    $2000 21
Juana La Loca

Joseph

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Cora Joseph Marvene
$18,400 $8,800 $15,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

SNACK BRANDS
JosephWhat is Orville popcorn?
$4,000
MarveneWhat is Pringles?
$15,000
CoraWhat are Pringles?
$12,801
Pringles potato chips

Final scores:

Cora Joseph Marvene
$31,201 $4,800 $30,600
2-day champion: $57,201 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Cora Joseph Marvene
$19,400 $10,000 $15,600
21 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 18 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $45,000

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Game tape date: 2007-09-10
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