Responses for Show #5460 - Friday, May 9, 2008

2008 College Championship quarterfinal game 5.
From the Kohl Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Contestants

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Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder

Jonathan Hawley, a sophomore from Harvard University

Tara Franey, a senior from Michigan State University

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Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN IDOL
(Alex: And you can give us the first or last name as a response.)
COLLEGE-PODGE
GET A JOB!
MOTHER'S DAY
(Alex: Hey, this Sunday is [*], so remember to call Mom.)
GOVERNMENT
LET'S SPEAK FRENCH
    $200 26
Simon Cowell

Jonathan
    $200 21
the University of Washington

Jonathan
    $200 16
a mayor

Tara
    $200 1
a soccer mom

Tara
    $200 6
veterans

Tara
    $200 11
"One More Time"

Than
    $400 27
Jordin Sparks

Triple Stumper
    $400 22
Hawaii

Tara
    $400 17
a choreographer

Tara
    $400 2
cramps

Than
    $400 7
Energy

Tara
    $400 12
I don't know

Jonathan
    $600 28
Jennifer Lopez ("J.Lo")

Jonathan
    $600 23
South Africa

Than
    $1,000 18
(Tara: What is farming?)
(Alex: No, Lord is my [*], I shall not want.)

shepherd

Tara
    $600 3
Jesus

Than
    $600 8
the Capitol

Jonathan
    $600 13
my uncle (mon oncle)

Than
    $800 29
Ruben (Studdard)

Tara
    $800 24
"Let there be light"

Than
    $800 19
a governess

Than
    $800 4
a stage mother

Than
    $800 9
(Tara: What is Social Security?)
(Jonathan: What is Welfare?)

Medicare

TaraJonathanThan
    $800 14
OK

Than
    $1000 30
Sanjaya

Tara
    $1000 25
Tasmania

Tara
    $1000 20
candles

Jonathan
    $1000 5
Mary (Wollstonecraft) Shelley

Jonathan
    $1000 10
the Federal Reserve

Than
    $1000 15
German

Tara

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

Tara Jonathan Than
$1,000 $1,200 $5,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Tara Jonathan Than
$3,800 $3,200 $7,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN ISLE
SCIENCE
COLLEGE STADIUMS & ARENAS
POETS & POETRY
McLOVIN'
WORDS IN UNIVERSITY
(Alex: All responses will be composed of letters in the word "university", so if you come up with an 11-letter response, you're wrong.)
    $400 23
Ellis Island

Jonathan
    $400 17
air

Tara
    $400 16
Penn State

Tara
    $400 6
the Pied Piper of Hamelin

Tara
    $400 1
Cormac McCarthy

Jonathan
    $400 11
the runt

Than
    $800 24
Nantucket

Than
    $800 18
thermodynamics

Than
    $800 22
Michigan & Ohio State

Tara
    $800 7
the Aeneid

Tara
    $800 2
John McCain

Jonathan
    $800 12
reins

Than
    $1200 28
Galveston Island

Than
    $1200 19
(Jonathan: What is a surge?)

a short circuit

JonathanThan
    $1200 25
the (Los Angeles Memorial) Coliseum

Than
    $1200 8
Dylan Thomas

Tara
    $1200 3
Nanny McPhee

Than
    $1200 13
a nurse

Tara
    $1600 29
(Jonathan: What is Hilton Head?)

Parris Island

Jonathan
Triple Stumper
    $1600 20
(Tara: What is a ramp?)
(Than: What is a lever?)
[Before Final Jeopardy!, "ramp" was accepted for "inclined plane"; Than's subsequent incorrect answer was erased.]

an inclined plane (ramp later ruled acceptable)

Tara
    $1600 26
Dean Smith

Triple Stumper
    $3,000 9
Idylls of the King

Tara
    $1,600 4
(Alex: She's the widow of the McDonald's chairman, [inaudible] Ray Kroc.)

the Ronald McDonald House

Than
    $1600 14
runes

Than
    $2000 30
Key West

Jonathan
    $2000 21
(Than: What is the conservation of momentum?)

Newton's 3rd Law of Motion

Than
Triple Stumper
    $2000 27
the Pauley Pavilion

Jonathan
    $2000 10
Stephen Vincent Benet or William Rose Benet

Jonathan
    $2000 5
(Jonathan: Who is Grant?)

(George) McClellan

TaraJonathan
    $2000 15
the vestry

Than

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Tara Jonathan Than
$15,600 $6,000 $18,200

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ANCIENT TIMES
(Alex: Tara, come on over here. Congratulations, young lady.)
(Tara: Thank you.)
(Alex: And now, we meet the other semifinalists--the winners of games this week.)
(Gabrielle: Gabrielle McMahan, Florida A&M University.)
(Danielle: Danielle Zsenak, Marquette University.)
(Joey: Joey Beachum, Mississippi State University.)
(Danny: Danny Devries, from the University of Michigan.)
(Alex: And those all-important high-scorers--the four players who were not winners. Here they are:)
(Andrew: Andrew Chung, Harvey Mudd College.)
(Suchita: Suchita Shah, University of Wisconsin, Madison.)
(James: James Grant, Georgetown University.)
(Vera: Vera Swain, University of South Carolina.)
(Alex: Semifinals--getting underway Monday, right here. We'll see you then.)
JonathanWho is Cicero?
$5,998
TaraWho is Julius Caesar?
$10,000
ThanWho was Cicero
$13,001
Julius Caesar

Final scores:

Tara Jonathan Than
$25,600 $2 $5,199
Automatic semifinalist 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Tara Jonathan Than
$15,200 $6,000 $18,200
20 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 13 R,
4 W		 22 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $39,400

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Game tape date: 2008-04-11
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