Responses for Show #5409 - Thursday, February 28, 2008

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Gwynne Ash, a university professor from Austin, Texas

Reynard Regenstreif-Harms, a student from Missoula, Montana

Jason Dizon, an attorney from Woodside, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,800)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

TALL STRUCTURES
TV
WHAT DOESN'T BELONG?
(Alex: ...from the list we will give you.)
COURT-LY
SWEET
"LOW"
    $200 6
(Reynard: What is the Empire State Building?)

the Chrysler Building

ReynardGwynne
    $200 1
"Heeeere's Johnny"

Jason
    $200 26
French horn

Reynard
    $200 16
Andrew Johnson

Reynard
    $200 21
molasses

Gwynne
    $200 11
low-fat milk

Jason
    $400 7
Honolulu

Jason
    $400 2
New York City

Gwynne
    $400 27
Latvia

Jason
    $400 17
Ginsburg

Gwynne
    $400 22
Easter

Gwynne
    $400 12
Lowenbrau

Jason
    $600 8
(Reynard: What is storage?)

television broadcasting

Reynard
Triple Stumper
    $600 3
"Hot Lips"

Gwynne
    $600 28
Charles Wellman

Triple Stumper
    $600 18
Rehnquist

Jason
    $600 23
[NOTE: Phenylalanine was spelled on screen as shown.]
(Alex: [After reading the clue.] ...and that's a mouthful.)

NutraSweet (or aspartame)

Reynard
    $600 13
the low man on the totem pole

Jason
    $800 9
the CN Tower

Reynard
    $800 4
Kung Fu

Jason
    $800 29
Luddites

Gwynne
    $800 19
(Gwynne: Who is Jay?)
(Jason: Who is Burger?)

Earl Warren

JasonGwynne
Triple Stumper
    $800 24
Turkish delight

Jason
    $800 14
lowercase

Gwynne
    $1000 10
Taiwan

Reynard
    $1000 5
(Gwynne: What is The Twilight Zone?)

Star Trek

Gwynne
Triple Stumper
    $1000 30
Chambers

Reynard
    $1,000 20
(Jason: Who is John Jay?)

(John) Marshall

Jason
    $1000 25
corn syrup

Gwynne
    $1000 15
low blood pressure

Gwynne

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

Jason Reynard Gwynne
$2,600 $1,000 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jason Reynard Gwynne
$2,600 $3,000 $4,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

JAPANESE CULTURE
SAMUEL L. JACKSON
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "S"
GOULASH
MEDICINE MEN & WOMEN
WORD ORIGINS
    $400 11
(Gwynne: What is Shintoism?)

Buddhism

JasonGwynne
    $400 1
Bill Cosby

Gwynne
    $400 13
Scrooge

Gwynne
    $400 24
Thor

Jason
    $400 18
Dr. Spock

Reynard
    $400 2
parson

Gwynne
    $800 12
paddies

Gwynne
    $800 7
Pulp Fiction

Jason
    $800 14
Simone

Gwynne
    $800 25
Hatteras

Gwynne
    $800 19
alveoli

Jason
    $800 3
(Reynard: What is "swede"?)
[Initially accepted as correct, reversed before the first Daily Double after the judges could find no dictionary giving that pronunciation of the word]

suede

Reynard
Triple Stumper
    $1200 23
tie-dye

Gwynne
    $1200 8
(Reynard: What is Die Hard 2?)
(Gwynne: What is Die Harder?)

Die Hard with a Vengeance (or Die Hard 3)

JasonReynardGwynne
    $1200 15
Strindberg

Gwynne
    $1200 26
FDR

Triple Stumper
    $1200 20
Wasserman

Jason
    $1200 4
dollop

Gwynne
    $1600 29
treasures

Jason
    $1600 9
Unbreakable

Jason
    $1,600 16
sonnets

Gwynne
    $1600 27
Florence

Gwynne
    $1,000 21
Jenner

Jason
    $1600 5
stevedore

Jason
    $2000 30
a samisen

Triple Stumper
    $2000 10
Frozone

Triple Stumper
    $2000 17
(Jason: ...Ah. Sorry.)
(Alex: Ooh, a blank for you.)

Sir Walter Scott

Jason
Triple Stumper
    $2000 28
Jim Davis

Triple Stumper
    $2000 22
Omaha

Triple Stumper
    $2000 6
campanile

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jason Reynard Gwynne
$11,200 $1,400 $12,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE NFL
(Alex: [Revealing Reynard's response] They play in Giants Stadium, but when they play their home games they refer to it as the Meadowlands. You're right.)
ReynardWho are the NY Jets
$1,373
JasonWho are the NY Jets
$11,200
GwynneWho are the Jets?
$9,600
the New York Jets

Final scores:

Jason Reynard Gwynne
$22,400 $2,773 $22,400
2-day co-champion: $30,200 2nd place: $2,000 New co-champion: $22,400

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jason Reynard Gwynne
$12,800 $1,400 $12,800
19 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 7 R,
4 W		 21 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $27,000

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Game tape date: 2007-11-13
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