Responses for Show #5577 - Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Ben Bishop game 1.
Champion Update #1: Frank Spangenberg.

Contestants

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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington

Marcie Berson, a real estate broker from Fairfield, Connecticut

Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $38,401)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE MIDDLE AGES
TEAMS' RETIRED JERSEYS
MEDICAL "T" TIME
MEET THE BROWNS
9-LETTER WORDS
THE INTERNATIONAL BUTLER ACADEMY
(Sarah: ...where we learn the lost art of being a gentleman's gentleman.)
    $200 12
Rome

Marcie
    $200 17
the Packers

Marcie
    $200 7
toenails

Judy
    $200 26
Molly Brown

Marcie
    $200 6
(Ben: What is hypothermia?)

frostbite

JudyBen
    $200 1
(Marcie: What is a carafe?)

a decanter

JudyMarcie
    $400 13
the poll tax

Marcie
    $400 19
(Marcie: Who are the Lakers?)

the 76ers

MarcieBen
    $400 8
tennis elbow

Marcie
    $400 27
James Brown

Ben
    $400 16
a tarantula

Ben
    $400 2
dessert

Ben
    $600 14
Russia

Marcie
    $600 20
the (Philadelphia) Eagles

Ben
    $600 9
tetanus

Ben
    $600 28
(Ben: Who is Amherst graduate [*]?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Dan Brown

Ben
    $600 18
(Marcie: What is, um, vaudeville?)

burlesque

MarcieBen
    $600 3
Egypt

Ben
    $800 15
(Marcie: What is torture?)

trial by ordeal

Marcie
Triple Stumper
    $800 21
(Marcie: Who are the Islanders?)
(Judy: Who are the Rangers?

Chicago Blackhawks

JudyMarcie
Triple Stumper
    $1,400 10
(Ben: I'll risk all my monies, please, Alex.)

trichinosis

Ben
    $800 24
(Ben: What is symbiotics?)
(Marcie: What is symbiosis?)

chemistry

MarcieBen
Triple Stumper
    $800 4
mother of pearl

Marcie
    $1000 23
Peter the Hermit

Triple Stumper
    $1000 22
Houston Astros

Triple Stumper
    $1000 11
thrombosis

Judy
    $1000 25
an astrolabe

Ben
    $1000 5
Lady Windermere's fan

Triple Stumper

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

Judy Marcie Ben
$1,600 $1,400 $2,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Judy Marcie Ben
$800 -$800 $6,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD GEOGRAPHY
ODE TO A SITCOM
NOBEL LITERATURE PRIZE WINNERS
LABOR
VWLLSS CNTRS
(Alex: VOWELLESS COUNTRIES.)
BEFORE & AFTER
    $400 14
New Zealand

Marcie
    $400 1
Cheers

Marcie
    $400 19
(Marcie: Who is Chamberlain?)

(Winston) Churchill

JudyMarcie
    $400 26
Lech Walesa

Marcie
    $400 9
(Marcie: What is... [sighs])

Haiti

MarcieBen
    $400 6
Get Smart missile

Marcie
    $800 15
Vietnam

Marcie
    $800 2
Friends

Judy
    $800 22
Seamus Heaney

Ben
    $800 27
(Ben: Who are police officers?)

air traffic controllers

MarcieBen
    $800 10
India

Ben
    $800 7
Sly & the Family Stone Age

Judy
    $1200 16
the Adriatic

Ben
    $1200 3
M*A*S*H

Marcie
    $1200 23
Albert Camus

Ben
    $1200 28
the Teamsters

Marcie
    $1200 11
Benin

Ben
    $1200 8
ESPN SYNC

Ben
    $1600 17
Qatar

Ben
    $1600 4
The Office

Judy
    $1600 24
(Ben: Who is Odets?)
(Judy: Who is...)
...
(Judy: That's him.)
(Alex: Samuel [*]. Waiting for Godot, yes.)

Beckett

JudyMarcieBen
    $3,000 29
the National Labor Relations Board

Marcie
    $1600 12
Croatia

Marcie
    $1600 20
"Don't Worry, Be Happy Meal"

Marcie
    $8,000 18
Liberia

Ben
    $2000 5
30 Rock

Marcie
    $2000 25
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Judy
    $2000 30
(Marcie: What is John Deere?)

McCormick

Marcie
Triple Stumper
    $2000 13
Estonia

Ben
    $2000 21
a Banana Split infinitive

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Judy Marcie Ben
$4,800 $11,800 $22,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

BREAKFAST CEREALS
JudyWho is Cap'n Crunch?
$4,000
MarcieWho is Captain Crunch?
$11,100
BenWho is Cap'n Crunch?
$3,000
Cap'n Crunch

Final scores:

Judy Marcie Ben
$8,800 $22,900 $25,000
3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $25,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Judy Marcie Ben
$4,800 $10,400 $15,400
9 R,
2 W
20 R
(including 1 DD),
9 W
21 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $30,600

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Game tape date: 2008-10-14
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