Responses for Show #5496 - Monday, June 30, 2008

Contestants

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John Goodreau, a letter carrier from Arleta, California

T.J. Gillespie, an English teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jean Whitcomb, a teller supervisor from Kalamazoo, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,201)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
THE ONION'S GLOSSARY OF ELECTION TERMS
LITERATURE
ESOTERICA
ABBREV.
    $200 23
the Metropolitan Museum

Triple Stumper
    $200 6
Ohio State

T.J.
    $200 16
a debate

John
    $200 1
War and Peace

Jean
    $200 21
"The Raven"

Jean
    $200 11
words per minute

Jean
    $400 24
Neptune

Jean
    $400 7
I

John
    $400 17
(John: What is a mail-in ballot?)

an absentee ballot

JeanJohn
    $400 2
China

T.J.
    $400 22
Japan

T.J.
    $400 12
kilowatt-hours

John
    $600 25
Augustus

T.J.
    $600 8
audibles

John
    $600 18
a lobbyist

Jean
    $600 3
Sir Walter Scott

T.J.
    $600 28
the Old Farmer's Almanac

John
    $600 13
high-occupancy vehicle

John
    $800 26
terra cotta

Jean
    $800 9
Bowl Championship Series

Jean
    $800 19
the Iowa caucuses

John
    $800 4
the Wife of Bath

T.J.
    $800 29
alchemy

Jean
    $800 14
non-commissioned officer

John
    $1,400 27
Elba

Jean
    $1000 10
Boise State

Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
Diebold

John
    $1000 5
realism

Jean
    $1000 30
Kabbalah

John
    $1000 15
equal-opportunity employer

John

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

Jean T.J. John
$2,200 $2,000 $3,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jean T.J. John
$6,800 $3,000 $7,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THOSE DARN EQUESTRIANS
WHY I HATE YOU
FACE THE MUSIC
AMERICANA
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE CAPITAL CITIES
(Alex: We want the country from you.)
GIMME AN "H"
    $400 26
polo

John
    $400 11
a 3-pointer

T.J.
    $400 2
a sharp

T.J.
    $400 1
brownies

Jean
    $400 16
South Africa

John
    $400 21
the humpback

T.J.
    $800 27
steeplechase

John
    $800 12
(George) Clooney

John
    $800 7
a triangle

Jean
    $800 3
Betty Ford

Triple Stumper
    $800 17
Mongolia

T.J.
    $800 22
hock

Jean
    $1200 28
an English saddle

Jean
    $1200 13
cheesecake

Jean
    $1200 8
ledger lines

Triple Stumper
    $1200 4
country

Triple Stumper
    $1200 18
Macedonia

Triple Stumper
    $1200 23
humility

T.J.
    $1600 29
dressage

John
    $1600 14
Mozart

T.J.
    $1600 9
(Jean: What is a bass drum?)

timpani

JeanJohn
    $1600 5
Atlanta

Jean
    $1600 19
Kazakhstan

Triple Stumper
    $2,000 24
hoisin

T.J.
    $3,000 30
the Tennessee Walker (Walking Horse)

John
    $2000 15
Camus

T.J.
    $2000 10
sostenuto

Triple Stumper
    $2000 6
Johnson County

Triple Stumper
    $2000 20
Yemen

T.J.
    $2000 25
Hestia

T.J.

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jean T.J. John
$11,200 $15,800 $15,600

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Final Jeopardy! Round responses

PLAYWRIGHTS
(Alex: [To John] [*]--the author of Pygmalion, you are correct.)
JeanWho is Tennessee Williams
$11,000
JohnWho is G.B. Shaw
$15,000
T.J.Who Samuel Beckett?
$15,401
George Bernard Shaw

Final scores:

Jean T.J. John
$200 $399 $30,600
3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $30,600

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jean T.J. John
$10,800 $15,400 $14,600
17 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $40,800

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Game tape date: 2008-03-25
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