Responses for Show #5544 - Thursday, October 16, 2008

Contestants

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Steven Jones, an attorney from Rocheport, Missouri

Amanda Glaser, a productivity engineer from Albany, New York

Meredith Robbins, a library media specialist from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,700)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITAR SONGS
AN AVERAGE CATEGORY
RECENTLY DISCOVERED ANCIENT ROMANS
A RATION OF FASHION
O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN
    $200 21
Israel

Amanda
    $200 26
Chuck Berry

Meredith
    $200 4
a porcupine

Meredith
    $200 16
Espresso

Meredith
    $200 1
Miami Vice

Amanda
    $200 9
Columbus

Amanda
    $400 22
Denmark

Meredith
    $400 27
"Purple Haze"

Amanda
    $400 7
grade point average

Meredith
    $400 17
Carnivorous

Meredith
    $400 2
a sari

Meredith
    $400 10
Captain Morgan

Amanda
    $600 23
Borneo

Amanda
    $600 28
"I Love Rock 'N Roll"

Amanda
    $600 8
insects

Amanda
    $600 18
(Alex: Yes. One of my favorites.)

Vicarious

Amanda
    $600 3
Imelda Marcos

Steven
    $600 11
(Christopher) Newport

Amanda
    $800 24
Switzerland

Meredith
    $800 29
(Meredith: What was "Sweet Home Alabama"?)

"Free Bird"

MeredithAmanda
    $800 14
(Steven: What is Mercury?)
...
(Alex: We're talking about average.)

Venus

AmandaSteven
    $800 19
Pistachio

Amanda
    $800 5
a Windsor knot

Meredith
    $1,000 12
(Amanda: Who is Bering?)
(Alex: No. Who is [*]. The Discovery.)

Henry Hudson

Amanda
    $1000 25
Haiti

Triple Stumper
    $1000 30
(Alex: Someone in the audience spoke out there. I didn't hear exactly what that person said, but you were wrong.)

John Mayer

Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
April

Amanda
    $1000 20
(Alex: Hail, [*]!)

Oblivion

Triple Stumper
    $1000 6
(Alex: [Prefacing the clue] Here's a news flash for you...)

parachute pants

Steven
    $1000 13
Captain Cook

Meredith

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

Meredith Amanda Steven
$2,800 $2,800 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Meredith Amanda Steven
$4,000 $6,800 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ART
POTPOURRI
COMPLETE THE HUGO AWARD-WINNING TITLE
FLOWERS
DOUBLE TALK
O CAPTAIN, MY POP CULTURE CAPTAIN
    $400 16
the Impressionists

Amanda
    $400 20
God

Amanda
    $400 26
Starship

Amanda
    $400 8
(Amanda: What's a rose?)

the tulip

Amanda
Triple Stumper
    $400 1
"Beep! Beep!"

Amanda
    $400 6
Captain Kangaroo

Meredith
    $800 17
peasants

Meredith
    $800 21
Grant

Meredith
    $800 27
Darkness

Triple Stumper
    $800 9
Prince Edward Island

Meredith
    $800 2
a yo-yo

Steven
    $800 7
the Captain & Tennille

Amanda
    $3,000 18
the Spanish Republic

Meredith
    $1200 23
Mi

Triple Stumper
    $1200 28
Rendezvous

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 10
(Meredith: What is a rose?)

an iris

Meredith
    $1200 3
the cha cha

Amanda
    $1200 13
Hill Street Blues

Steven
    $1600 19
symbolism

Amanda
    $1600 24
(Amanda: What is Peace?)

Serenity

Amanda
Triple Stumper
    $1600 29
Scream

Triple Stumper
    $1600 11
(Alex: The Black [*].)

Dahlia

Meredith
    $1600 4
Walla Walla

Steven
    $1600 14
Cannonball Run

Meredith
    $2000 22
(Alex: [Correcting Steven's pronunciation] M.C. Esk-er, yes.)

M.C. Escher

Steven
    $2000 25
courage

Meredith
    $2000 30
Canticle

Meredith
    $2000 12
Gerber daisies

Meredith
    $2000 5
(Amanda: What is Pago Pago?)

Bora Bora

Amanda
Triple Stumper
    $2000 15
(Alex: Pirates of the Caribbean, yes.)

Jack Sparrow

Meredith

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Meredith Amanda Steven
$20,000 $8,000 $6,400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HISTORY
(Alex: How appropriate.)
(Alex: Pick a year when we were at war with someone.)
StevenWhat is 1941?
$3,000
AmandaWhat is 1944?
$5,000
MeredithWhat is 1861?
$2,000
1864

Final scores:

Meredith Amanda Steven
$18,000 $3,000 $3,400
2-day champion: $23,700 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Meredith Amanda Steven
$19,200 $9,000 $6,400
21 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 21 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 6 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $34,600

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Game tape date: 2008-08-26
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