Responses for Show #5587 - Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Ask Alex #8: Languages.

Contestants

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George Yates, a simulator instructor from Simi Valley, California

Jeannie Leoutsakos, a postdoctoral fellow from Ellicott City, Maryland

Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,199)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WASHINGTON STATE
PUBLIC DOMAIN SONGS GO HEAVY METAL
LAST NAME'S THE SAME
WE REWRITE HISTORY!
(Alex: Give the name or names we have replaced.)
WHO MADE THAT ALPHANUMERIC THING?
JUST SAY "RO"
    $200 11
the Mount St. Helens eruption

Justin
    $200 6
"The Old Gray Mare"

George
    $200 16
Buchanan

George
    $200 1
Galileo

Justin
    $200 21
Sony

George
    $200 26
rope

Justin
    $1,000 12
cherry

Justin
    $400 7
"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"

George
    $400 17
Carson

Justin
    $400 2
Rehnquist

Justin
    $400 22
Campbell's

Jeannie
    $400 27
the roadrunner

Justin
    $600 13
(Justin: What is a train?)

a monorail

JustinGeorge
    $600 8
"My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean"

George
    $600 18
Whitney

Jeannie
    $600 3
Hirohito

Justin
    $600 23
Mazda

Justin
    $600 28
a rotisserie

George
    $800 14
Puget Sound

George
    $800 9
(Justin: What is [*], clap your hands?)

"If You're Happy And You Know It"

Justin
    $800 19
Edwards

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
Alice Walker

Jeannie
    $800 24
Kraft

Justin
    $800 29
a rollercoaster

George
    $1000 15
Vancouver

Jeannie
    $1000 10
"The Farmer In The Dell"

Jeannie
    $1000 20
Walton

George
    $1000 5
(Justin: Who are Madame & [*]? [*].)

Marie & Pierre Curie

Justin
    $1000 25
CNN

Justin
    $1000 30
Rolling Rock

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Justin Jeannie George
$3,600 $1,800 $2,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Justin Jeannie George
$7,000 $3,800 $5,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

DINOSAURS
MOVIE NUMBER, PLEASE
I NEED A HERO
FOOD
AMERICAN ARCHITECTS
THE "COO" CREW
    $400 1
a nest

George
    $400 6
Twelve

Jeannie
    $400 11
Pecos Bill

George
    $400 16
marmalade

Jeannie
    $400 21
(Buckminster) Fuller

Justin
    $400 26
a tycoon

Jeannie
    $800 2
(George: What is a wall?)

a footprint

George
Triple Stumper
    $800 7
Ten

Justin
    $2,500 12
a tragedy

George
    $800 17
mangoes

Jeannie
    $800 22
Frank Lloyd Wright

George
    $800 27
(Jeannie: What is coupe?)

a scooter

JustinJeannie
    $1200 3
window

Justin
    $1200 8
Seven

George
    $1200 13
(Justin: What are The Pickwick Papers?)

David Copperfield

JustinGeorge
    $1200 18
crème brûlée

Justin
    $1200 23
the Hancock tower

George
    $1200 28
Cooperstown

Justin
    $1600 4
a brontosaurus

Justin
    $1600 9
400

George
    $1600 14
Ernest Shackleton

Triple Stumper
    $1600 19
enchilada

Triple Stumper
    $2,100 24
(George: Who is Sarien?)

Eero Saarinen

George
    $1600 29
cool your heels

George
    $2000 5
sauropods

Triple Stumper
    $2000 10
1492

Jeannie
    $2000 15
Gilgamesh

George
    $2000 20
Vidalia

George
    $2000 25
Charles Bulfinch

Triple Stumper
    $2000 30
a bandicoot

Justin

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Justin Jeannie George
$15,000 $7,000 $17,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

NOVELS
JeannieWhat is the secret life of bees?
$2,000
JustinWhat is The Bridges of Madison County?
$15,000
GeorgeWhat is The Bridges of Madison County?
$14,000
The Bridges of Madison County

Final scores:

Justin Jeannie George
$30,000 $5,000 $31,400
2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $31,400

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Justin Jeannie George
$14,400 $7,000 $17,800
21 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 10 R,
1 W		 21 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $39,200

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Game tape date: 2008-10-20
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