Responses for Show #4739 - Thursday, March 24, 2005

2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1, game 32.

Contestants

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Chacko George, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin from Austin, Texas

Eugene Finerman, a writer from Northbrook, Illinois

Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WAR STORIES
(Alex: We want you to identify the war each story is associated with.)
OLYMPIC BOXERS
CRUISIN' THE CARIBBEAN
STATE TREES
SMITH COLLEGE ALUMNAE
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
    $200 1
World War II

Eugene
    $200 30
Cassius Clay

Chacko
    $200 19
sand

Tom
    $200 6
a holly tree

Chacko
    $200 14
Margaret Mitchell

Tom
    $200 9
a metaphor

Tom
    $400 2
the Civil War

Tom
    $400 29
(George) Foreman

Chacko
    $400 28
Royal Caribbean

Triple Stumper
    $400 7
the buckeye

Triple Stumper
    $400 15
(Julia) Child

Chacko
    $400 10
(Chacko: What is a synonym?)

a euphemism

EugeneChacko
    $600 3
(Tom: What is the Spanish Civil War?)

World War I

TomChacko
    $600 23
(Alex: Great [*]n boxer.)

Cuba

Tom
    $600 20
Carnival

Tom
    $600 8
a spruce

Tom
    $600 16
(Chacko: Who are Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush?)
(Tom: Who are, uh Barbara Bush and...)

Barbara Bush & Nancy Reagan

TomEugeneChacko
    $600 11
an oxymoron

Eugene
    $800 4
The Spanish-American War

Tom
    $800 24
(Tom: Uh, what is Ray?)
...
(Alex: [*] Leonard, [*] Seales.)

Sugar Ray

TomChacko
    $800 21
(Alex: [*] is right, yes, sailing vessel.)

wind

Tom
    $800 26
the palmetto

Tom
    $800 17
(Gloria) Steinem

Chacko
    $800 12
a hyperbole

Chacko
    $1000 5
The Korean War

Chacko
    $1000 25
(Alex: What is [*]? Michael and Leon [*].)

Spinks

Triple Stumper
    $1,200 22
(Tom: What are pesos?)
(Alex: No, it's an overseas region of France, so you have to change it into [*].)

euros

Tom
    $1000 27
the piñon

Triple Stumper
    $1000 18
The Baby-sitters Club

Eugene
    $1000 13
spoonerisms

Tom

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

Tom Eugene Chacko
$2,600 $1,200 $2,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Tom Eugene Chacko
$3,000 $2,800 $4,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE ORCHESTRA
AROUND THE HORN
SYMBOLS
THE VIOLENCE
PLAYING THE BUFFOON
"P" AN' "O"s
(Alex: Each correct response will have two words in it. First word will begin with the letter P; the second word will begin with the letter O.)
    $400 30
the brass

Eugene
    $400 21
Drake

Chacko
    $400 16
the international phonetic alphabet

Chacko
    $400 3
arson

Eugene
    $400 1
(Tom: Um, um, what is the, um...?)
(Alex: Ohh, you drew a blank.)

The Bellboy

TomChacko
    $400 11
a power outage

Eugene
    $800 29
(Chacko: What's a conducting staff?)
(Alex: A conducting staff. No.)

a baton

EugeneChacko
    $800 22
Holland

Triple Stumper
    $800 17
(Tom: Um, what are nails?)

wounds (or stigmata)

TomEugene
    $800 5
(Eugene: She deserved it. Who was [*]?)
[Much audience laughter]
(Alex: [Laughing] Ho ho ho! Editorializing on Jeopardy! anew, and the first!)

Nero

Eugene
    $800 2
Chris Farley

Tom
    $800 12
post office

Eugene
    $1,600 28
(Tom: What is the violin?)
(Alex: Ahhh, no. Pablo Casals was No. 1. He was No. 2 on [*].)

the cello

Tom
    $1200 23
the Beagle

Eugene
    $1200 18
a subscript & a superscript

Tom
    $4,000 6
(Eugene: [Sighs, shakes head] Who is... Brain freeze...)
(Alex: Say something.)
(Euguene: Who is... Cameron Burns? Uh, no.)
(Alex: No. [*]. It's very successful here in California. The [*] system. All right, no money, but it's still early.)

Amber Alert

Eugene
    $1200 4
Bluto

Tom
    $1200 13
poison oak

Tom
    $1600 27
a (bass) clarinet

Triple Stumper
    $1600 24
(Tom: Who was Admundsen?)
(Alex: Yes--say it again?)
(Tom: Admundsen?)
(Alex: No.)

Amundsen

TomEugene
    $1600 19
(Chacko: What is the Star Alliance?)

SkyTeam

Chacko
Triple Stumper
    $1600 7
(Chacko: [Shaking head no] Who was Goebbels?)

Klaus Barbie

TomChacko
    $1600 9
(Tom: Uh, who was Otto?)

Uncle (or Count) Olaf

Tom
Triple Stumper
    $1600 14
a prairie oyster

Eugene
    $2000 26
(Chacko: What is a piano?)

a harp

TomChacko
    $2000 25
Cook

Chacko
    $2000 20
ideographs

Eugene
    $2000 8
the Duke of Buckingham

Eugene
    $2000 10
Chris Tucker

Chacko
    $2000 15
a photo opportunity

Tom

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Tom Eugene Chacko
$7,000 $11,600 $3,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

HARVARD MEN
(Alex: Former high office holder in the government.)
ChackoWho is Henry Kissinger?
$3,399
TomWho is Kissinger?
$6,999
EugeneWho is Henry Kissenger?
$4,000
Henry Kissinger

Final scores:

Tom Eugene Chacko
$13,999 $15,600 $6,799
2nd place: $5,000 Winner: $15,600 + an advance to UToC Round 2 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Tom Eugene Chacko
$9,800 $15,600 $3,400
18 R,
9 W
(including 2 DDs)		 17 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 14 R,
6 W

Combined Coryat: $28,800

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Game tape date: 2005-03-01
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