Responses for Show #5547 - Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Contestants

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Eli Edwards, a law student from Newark, California

Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California

Meredith Robbins, a library media specialist from New York, New York (whose 4-day cash winnings total $48,700)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

IN MEMORIAM 2008
GET THE POINT
BORN TO BE MILD
LIGHTNING YOUR LOAD
THERE WILL BE "UD"
AND THEN THERE'S BEA ARTHUR
    $200 21
Jim McKay

Eli
    $200 26
John Kerry

Eli
    $200 11
the Dalai Lama

Mike
    $200 6
a lightning rod

Eli
    $200 1
a huddle

Eli
    $200 16
Maude

Mike
    $400 22
Sir Edmund Hillary

Eli
    $400 27
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Mike
    $400 12
St. Francis

Eli
    $400 7
[Alex reads NOAA as "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration".]
(Eli: What is 1 in 5 million?)

1 in 5,000

MikeEli
    $400 2
a rosebud

Meredith
    $400 17
Curb Your Enthusiasm

Eli
    $600 23
George Carlin

Mike
    $600 28
the Chrysler Building

Meredith
    $600 13
Henry David Thoreau

Eli
    $600 8
Zeus

Mike
    $600 3
(Mike: What is The Grudge Report?)

a drudge

MeredithMike
    $600 18
Fiddler on the Roof

Mike
    $800 24
William F. Buckley (Jr.)

Eli
    $800 29
John Wilkes Booth

Eli
    $800 14
(Mohandas) Gandhi

Meredith
    $800 9
a park ranger

Mike
    $800 4
a curmudgeon

Meredith
    $800 19
The Golden Girls

Meredith
    $1000 25
Anthony Minghella

Eli
    $1000 30
the Arizona

Mike
    $1000 15
Charles Schulz

Eli
    $1,200 10
the telephone

Mike
    $1000 5
Judges

Meredith
    $1000 20
Saturday Night Live

Mike

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

Meredith Mike Eli
$3,600 $2,600 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Meredith Mike Eli
$5,000 $6,400 $5,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE HUMAN BODY
HITCHCOCK FILMS IN OTHER WORDS
"M": A NATION
THE MISSING DRINK
I HAVE A QUESTION
WHAT'VE YOU GOT THERE?
    $400 11
the tongue

Mike
    $400 1
Rebecca

Eli
    $400 3
Monaco

Mike
    $400 21
milk

Mike
    $400 16
a dagger

Eli
    $400 26
Sacagawea

Mike
    $800 12
the tibia

Mike
    $800 2
The Birds

Mike
    $0 4
(Alex: And you have just increased your lead.)
(Mike: Let's go $1,347.)
[Laughter]
(Alex: I have to ask--what is the significance of that?)
(Mike: No one ever does it.)
[Laughter]
(Alex: So you're just being silly. It's sort of like playing strip Jeopardy! isn't it? You're--)
(Mike: Not as much fun.)
[Laughter]
(Alex: You're messing--Oh, hello. All right. Here comes the clue. Let's get serious.)
...
(Mike: What is... the Marshall Islands?)
[Ruled incorrect]
[NOTE: Before Final Jeopardy!, the judges ruled that the clue was imprecise and restored Mike's money, but did not credit him with a correct response. Mike's wager is therefore entered here as $0.]

Micronesia

Mike
    $800 22
(Meredith: What is cream?)

water

MeredithMike
    $800 17
J.M. Barrie

Meredith
    $800 27
a cigar

Meredith
    $1200 13
the prostate gland

Eli
    $1200 8
Spellbound

Meredith
    $1200 5
Macedonia

Mike
    $1200 23
(Mike: What's a ball?)

tea

Mike
Triple Stumper
    $1200 18
Ebenezer Scrooge

Meredith
    $1200 28
a Swiss Army knife

Mike
    $1600 14
the vena cava

Mike
    $1600 9
Notorious

Meredith
    $1600 6
Mongolia

Meredith
    $1600 24
juice

Meredith
    $1600 19
Atlas Shrugged

Eli
    $1600 29
the Wii

Eli
    $2000 15
the medulla oblongata

Triple Stumper
    $2000 10
Topaz

Eli
    $2000 7
Mozambique

Meredith
    $2000 25
port

Mike
    $3,000 20
(Eli: [Chuckling nervously] Uh, who is Lord Byron?)

Shelley

Eli
    $2000 30
Molson

Meredith

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Meredith Mike Eli
$17,000 $15,200 $10,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS
(Alex: [To Mike] That is right. After World War I.)
...
(Alex: [To Meredith] First time you come up with a correct response in Final, and you don't win the game, but, Mike Maheu, congratulations. $30,393.)
EliWho is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
$8,500
MikeWho is Wilson?
$15,193
MeredithWho is Wilson?
$4,000
Wilson

Final scores:

Meredith Mike Eli
$21,000 $30,393 $1,500
2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $30,393 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Meredith Mike Eli
$17,000 $15,000 $13,000
16 R,
1 W		 22 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 18 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $45,000

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Game tape date: 2008-08-27
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