Responses for Show #5461 - Monday, May 12, 2008

2008 College Championship semifinal game 1.
From the Kohl Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Contestants

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Gabrielle McMahan, a junior from Florida A&M University

Tara Franey, a senior from Michigan State University

Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE DAIRY CATTLE CENTER
THE NEW YORK TIMES ENTERTAINMENT
COLLEGE COURSES
OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
"NEW" MEDIA
    $200 2
(Tara: What is digestion?)

ruminate (or rumination)

DanielleTara
    $200 7
Heath Ledger

Tara
    $200 1
Italian

Tara
    $200 10
The Good Earth

Danielle
    $200 22
an acre

Tara
    $200 15
New Mexico

Tara
    $400 8
(Gabrielle: What is a cadence?)

pulse

Gabrielle
Triple Stumper
    $400 27
The New Adventures of Old Christine

Gabrielle
    $400 3
psychology

Danielle
    $400 11
Carson McCullers

Tara
    $400 23
a ream

Tara
    $400 16
Paul Newman

Danielle
    $600 9
(Tara: What is cellulose?)
[Tara's response was initially ruled incorrect; the ruling was reversed after the first commercial break.]

fiber (or cellulose)

Tara
    $600 28
The Bolshoi Ballet

Triple Stumper
    $600 4
fencing

Gabrielle
    $600 12
Love in the Time of Cholera

Danielle
    $1,400 24
(Tara: What is... the Domesday Book?)
(Alex: No. The [*]. 1215.)

Magna Carta

Tara
    $600 17
Newport News

Gabrielle
    $800 20
adrenaline

Danielle
    $800 29
Pyongyang

Tara
    $800 5
greed

Danielle
    $800 13
South Africa

Tara
    $800 25
needles

Tara
    $800 18
a newt

Gabrielle
    $1000 21
Holstein

Tara
    $1000 30
(Alex: Because of the movie There Will Be Blood.)

Upton Sinclair

Gabrielle
    $1000 6
Juilliard

Triple Stumper
    $1000 14
A Million Little Pieces

Gabrielle
    $1000 26
a stone

Danielle
    $1000 19
New Delhi

Tara

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Danielle Tara Gabrielle
$2,200 $2,000 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Danielle Tara Gabrielle
$4,400 $5,000 $4,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORICAL DIARIES?
MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES
CHEMISTRY
FOREIGN COLLEGE TOWNS
MAKE SOME NOISE!
NEW MEDIA
    $400 11
John Hancock

Tara
    $400 4
Jupiter

Danielle
    $400 12
100 degrees

Tara
    $400 23
(Tara: What is London?)

Cambridge

Tara
Triple Stumper
    $400 1
the bagpipes

Gabrielle
    $400 14
Netflix

Tara
    $800 20
Schwarzkopf

Tara
    $800 5
a python

Tara
    $800 13
citric acid

Gabrielle
    $1,000 27
the Ganges

Danielle
    $800 2
a jackhammer

Gabrielle
    $800 16
lonelygirl15

Danielle
    $1200 24
Al Capone

Danielle
    $1200 6
a Venus flytrap

Gabrielle
    $1200 15
volume

Gabrielle
    $1200 28
The Hague

Danielle
    $1200 3
(Alex: [*], yes, "La Marseillaise".)

France

Tara
    $1200 17
Quarterlife

Gabrielle
    $1600 25
Lenin

Gabrielle
    $1600 9
Ceres

Danielle
    $1600 21
noble gases

Tara
    $1600 29
Bologna

Danielle
    $1600 7
(Alex: [*] or a dorm room here at--well, we won't go into that.)

geese

Gabrielle
    $1600 18
Fat Joe

Danielle
    $2000 26
Mussolini

Danielle
    $2,000 10
Mentor

Danielle
    $2000 22
electroplating

Tara
    $2000 30
(Danielle: What is Ethiopia?)

Tanzania

Danielle
Triple Stumper
    $2000 8
1961

Danielle
    $2000 19
(Danielle: What is General Hospital?)
(Gabrielle: What is The Young and the Restless?)

As the World Turns

DanielleGabrielle
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Danielle Tara Gabrielle
$15,800 $12,200 $10,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

INVENTORS
GabrielleWhat is cricket?
$10,800
TaraWhat is baseball?
$9,401
DanielleWhat is table tennis?
$12,201
boxing

Final scores:

Danielle Tara Gabrielle
$3,599 $2,799 $0
Finalist 2nd place: $10,000 3rd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Danielle Tara Gabrielle
$15,600 $13,600 $10,800
19 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 20 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 14 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $40,000

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Game tape date: 2008-04-12
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