Responses for Show #5540 - Friday, October 10, 2008

Contestants

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Hannah Lynch, an IT specialist from Sterling, Virginia

Luciano D'Orazio, a social studies teacher from Deer Park, New York

Jim Davis, a college music and humanities instructor from Freeport, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $62,802)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 2008 TIME 100
(Alex: The 100 most influential people in the world.)
MOVIE NUMBERS
PUZZLING ANIMATION
JUST DESSERTS
PAKISTAN LAURELS
HARDY
    $200 16
the Dalai Lama

Luciano
    $200 1
10

Luciano
    $200 6
(Luciano: What is...)
(Jim: What is a round of HORSE?)

horsing around

JimLuciano
Triple Stumper
    $200 7
chocolate chip

Luciano
    $200 26
India

Luciano
    $200 21
the Madding Crowd

Hannah
    $400 17
Tim Russert

Jim
    $400 2
27

Hannah
    $400 8
grow old

Hannah
    $400 9
gingerbread

Hannah
    $400 27
Musharraf

Luciano
    $400 22
Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Jim
    $600 18
Rupert Murdoch

Hannah
    $600 3
8

Jim
    $600 13
Bloomingdale's

Hannah
    $600 10
(Luciano: What are, uh, animal crackers?)

Circus Animal Cookies

Luciano
Triple Stumper
    $600 28
Afghanistan

Jim
    $600 23
The Mayor of Casterbridge

Triple Stumper
    $800 19
Putin

Jim
    $800 4
13 & 30

Jim
    $800 14
an account past due

Hannah
    $800 11
shoo-fly pie

Hannah
    $800 29
the Arabian Sea

Hannah
    $1,200 24
(Jim: Who is...)

Jude the Obscure

Jim
    $1000 20
Muqtada al-Sadr

Hannah
    $1000 5
(Jim: What is 300?)

3000

JimHannah
    $1000 15
(Luciano: What is a heartbreak?)

"Change Of Heart"

Luciano
Triple Stumper
    $1000 12
(Jim: What is a torte?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

Sachertorte

Jim
    $1000 30
Islamabad

Hannah
    $1000 25
[Luciano did not give the leading article in his response.]

The Return of the Native

Luciano

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

Jim Luciano Hannah
$1,200 -$1,400 $4,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jim Luciano Hannah
$2,200 $400 $8,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

"GEN"ERAL SCIENCE
LAST TOP 10 POP HIT
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
DON'T THINK TOO FAST
TRASH TALKING AT THE MEDIEVAL JOUST
10-LETTER WORDS
    $400 26
(Alex: I'll get treatment.)

an allergen

Hannah
    $400 14
The Eurythmics

Luciano
    $400 6
(Alex: [Begins reading the clue in the British accent with which he had read all the clues in TRASH TALKING] "In August eightee--" Oh, no. That was the bad reading. [Starts over])

the Declaration of Independence & the Constitution

Luciano
    $400 19
orange

Hannah
    $400 1
(Luciano: What are shoes?)

stirrups

JimLuciano
    $400 11
an apprentice

Hannah
    $800 27
a carcinogen

Hannah
    $800 15
Tom Jones

Luciano
    $800 7
(Hannah: What is France?)

Spain

LucianoHannah
    $800 20
George VI

Luciano
    $800 2
a lance

Hannah
    $800 12
bridegroom

Triple Stumper
    $2,000 28
oxygen

Hannah
    $1200 16
Steely Dan

Jim
    $1200 8
the Los Angeles Times

Triple Stumper
    $1200 21
Ecuador

Luciano
    $1200 3
a shield

Jim
    $1200 13
a workaholic

Jim
    $1600 29
halogen

Luciano
    $1600 17
Billy Idol

Luciano
    $1600 9
Chief Joseph

Hannah
    $1600 22
(Alex: Yes, the kiwi.)

New Zealand

Jim
    $1600 4
a herald

Hannah
    $1600 24
Neapolitan

Jim
    $2000 30
glycogen

Triple Stumper
    $2000 18
The Moody Blues

Hannah
    $2000 10
(Samuel) Prescott

Luciano
    $2000 23
dogs

Luciano
    $2000 5
a tournament

Luciano
    $3,000 25
(Jim: [Finding the Daily Double] Thought so. Had to be.)
(Alex: Are you talking to yourself or just--)
(Jim: Yes.)
(Alex: All right, that's--that's good.)

a necropolis

Jim

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jim Luciano Hannah
$12,400 $13,600 $17,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

BIBLICAL AKA
JimWho is David?
$4,801
LucianoWho was David?
$13,600
HannahWho is Solomon?
$10,001
King David

Final scores:

Jim Luciano Hannah
$17,201 $27,200 $7,199
2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $27,200 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jim Luciano Hannah
$12,600 $13,600 $16,400
14 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)
17 R,
4 W
21 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $42,600

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Game tape date: 2008-08-20
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