Responses for Show #5559 - Thursday, November 6, 2008

Contestants

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Brian Muth, a headmaster from Napa, California

Kate McCoy, a preschool teacher and tutor from Seaford, New York

David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina (whose 3-day cash winnings total $102,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
COLOR-FULL WORDS
PETER, PETER
PUMPKIN EATER
HAD A WIFE & COULDN'T KEEP HER
C'EST LA "V"
    $200 1
Jim

Brian
    $200 6
a blueprint

David
    $200 16
Peter Falk

David
    $200 11
pumpkin bread

Brian
    $200 26
Anne Boleyn

Kate
    $200 21
vous

David
    $400 2
1880s

David
    $400 7
a brownie

David
    $400 17
The Brady Bunch

David
    $400 12
Thanksgiving

Kate
    $400 27
Lot

David
    $400 22
Vive la France !

Kate
    $600 3
Missouri

Brian
    $600 8
infrared

David
    $600 18
Peter Bogdanovich

David
    $600 13
pumpkin seeds

Kate
    $600 28
Carrie Nation

David
    $600 23
Vichy

Brian
    $800 4
Big River

David
    $800 9
tanning

David
    $800 19
Peter Ustinov

David
    $800 14
squash

Brian
    $800 29
Napoleon

Brian
    $800 24
voyeur

Brian
    $1,200 5
the Dauphin

David
    $1000 10
wintergreen

David
    $1000 20
Peter Straub

Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
sage

Brian
    $1000 30
(Julius) Caesar

David
    $1000 25
vrai

Kate

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

David Kate Brian
$5,400 $1,000 $2,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

David Kate Brian
$9,600 $2,600 $5,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE CIVIL WAR: A FILM BY KEN BURNS
(Alex: ...and each of the clues in this category will be given by Ken Burns himself, the producer of the series.)
FROM PAGE TO SCREEN
"G"EOGRAPHY
SPEED METAL
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
FISH MARKET
(Alex: ...where your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to, uh, find the name of the fish hidden in the text of each clue.)
    $400 1
U.S. Grant

David
    $400 23
Apollo 13

David
    $400 7
the Galápagos

David
    $400 2
bronze

David
    $400 8
an inch

Brian
    $400 21
pike (in spike)

Kate
    $800 17
Jefferson Davis

David
    $800 24
Full Metal Jacket

David
    $800 9
the Sea of Galilee

David
    $800 3
(Alex: Talking about music and metals--[*].)

brass

Triple Stumper
    $800 10
coal

David
    $800 22
smelt (in glaciers melt)

David
    $1200 18
Harpers Ferry

Brian
    $1200 25
Bicentennial Man

Brian
    $5,000 13
Guatemala

Brian
    $1200 4
lead

Brian
    $1200 11
a furlong

David
    $1200 28
(Alex: And the fish this time is the [*]. [*] tuna.)

ahi (in Tahini)

Triple Stumper
    $1600 19
(David: What is Appomattox?)

Manassas (or Bull Run)

David
Triple Stumper
    $1600 26
Constantine

David
    $1600 14
(Kate: What is Canaan?)
...
(Alex: Has to start with the letter "G".)

Goshen

DavidKate
    $1600 5
[After David's response, an obvious edit]
(Alex: That is an acceptable response.)

stainless steel

David
    $1600 12
giga

Brian
    $1600 29
gar (in Garter)

Triple Stumper
    $2,000 20
(Brian: What is Vicksburg?)

Shiloh

Brian
    $2000 27
Dead Ringers

Triple Stumper
    $2000 15
Golden

David
    $2000 6
gold

Brian
    $2000 16
a cord

Brian
    $2000 30
trout (in Egypt routed)

David

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

David Kate Brian
$23,600 $1,400 $17,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD CURRENCY
KateWhat is Germany
$1,399
BrianWhat is Zimbabwe?
$5,500
DavidWhat is Argentina
$12,000
Zimbabwe

Final scores:

David Kate Brian
$11,600 $1 $23,100
2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $23,100

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

David Kate Brian
$23,400 $1,400 $15,800
31 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 6 R,
1 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $40,600

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Game tape date: 2008-09-24
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