Responses for Show #5605 - Friday, January 9, 2009

Contestants

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Ellen Gluckman, an early childhood educator from Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania

Jack McPherson, a bookseller from Mount Ida, Arkansas

Kori Tyler, a high school teacher from Cordova, Tennessee (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE MOST POPULOUS NATION
(Alex: We'll give you a choice, of course.)
COURTROOM DRAMAS
FARK.COM HEADLINES
HAIKU TO THE CHIEF
POTENT POTABLES
STUPID WORD ORIGIN ANSWERS
    $200 16
Canada

Ellen
    $200 11
Boston Legal

Jack
    $200 21
Usher

Triple Stumper
    $200 26
Ronald Reagan

Jack
    $200 1
gin

Ellen
    $200 6
ice

Ellen
    $400 17
(Jack: What is Spain?)

Ukraine

JackEllen
    $400 12
12 Angry Men

Kori
    $400 22
the Pope (Benedict XVI)

Kori
    $400 27
William Henry Harrison

Ellen
    $400 2
Chopin

Triple Stumper
    $400 7
a jacket

Jack
    $600 18
Germany

Jack
    $600 13
Judgment at Nuremberg

Ellen
    $600 23
Ashlee Simpson

Kori
    $600 28
James Buchanan

Kori
    $1,000 3
bourbon

Ellen
    $600 8
OK

Ellen
    $800 19
Colombia

Ellen
    $800 14
A Time to Kill

Kori
    $800 24
Georgia

Kori
    $800 29
Calvin Coolidge

Ellen
    $800 4
(Kori: What is wheat?)

rye

KoriJack
    $800 9
seven

Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
Egypt

Jack
    $1000 15
Al Pacino

Kori
    $1000 25
Dan Quayle

Kori
    $1000 30
James Garfield

Jack
    $1000 5
Southern Comfort

Kori
    $1000 10
eggplant

Kori

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

Kori Jack Ellen
$3,400 $1,400 $2,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Kori Jack Ellen
$6,800 $3,800 $5,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

3 LITTLE LETTERS
(Alex: And we want just 3-letter words.)
A BIT OF "MIS" INFORMATION
OLD KING
COAL
MERRY OLD SOUL
THE VIKING SHIP MUSEUM
(Jimmy: ...in Roskilde, Denmark. The vessels they used to ravage Europe and make history.)
    $400 6
AOL

Jack
    $400 1
a hemisphere

Kori
    $400 11
(Kori: Who is Midas?)

Croesus

KoriEllen
    $400 16
canaries

Kori
    $400 18
Marvin Gaye

Jack
    $400 23
(Jack: What is Greenland?)
...
(Alex: [*]--yes--America.)

Vinland

JackEllen
    $800 7
the PLO

Jack
    $800 2
mistletoe

Kori
    $800 12
Henry V

Kori
    $800 17
strip mining

Kori
    $800 19
James Brown

Ellen
    $800 24
a walrus

Ellen
    $1200 8
(Kori: What is a MiG?)
...
(Alex: What is [*]?--supersonic transport.)

an SST

Kori
Triple Stumper
    $1200 3
a bigamist

Ellen
    $1200 13
Robert the Bruce

Jack
    $1200 28
Wales

Kori
    $3,000 20
Earth, Wind & Fire

Ellen
    $1200 25
(Jack: What is radar?)

sonar

KoriJack
    $3,500 9
(Alex: Ellen and Kori tied for the lead at $8,400. Were you to risk $3,400 and respond correctly, we'd have a 3-way tie, which would be kind of nice.)
(Jack: Oh, I'll wager $3,500.)
[Laughter]
(Alex: [Defiantly] I like symmetry. It'll still be symmetrical. You'll have $8,400 on each side of you.)

the CDC (Centers for Disease Control)

Jack
    $1600 4
permissible (or admissible)

Kori
    $1600 14
Umberto

Jack
    $1600 29
bituminous

Jack
    $1600 21
The Temptations

Triple Stumper
    $1600 26
(Kori: What's resin?)

tar

KoriEllen
    $2000 10
an ATV

Kori
    $2000 5
(Alex: I sounded a lot like the song, didn't I?)
(Ellen: Yes, you did.)

a commissar

Ellen
    $2000 15
(Jack: Who is Gustavus Asto--Adolphus?)
...
(Alex: Swedish king
named [*]--[*] XII.)

Charles

Jack
Triple Stumper
    $2000 30
an auger

Kori
    $2000 22
The Commodores

Triple Stumper
    $2000 27
Ireland

Jack

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Kori Jack Ellen
$14,800 $11,700 $15,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ALPHABETS
(Alex: Now, the phonetic alphabet to which we refer... Alpha, Bravo, Charlie.)
...
(Kori: I misread the question.)
(Alex: You misread the question. That'll cost you, unfortunately.)
JackWhat are the Zulu?
$4,500
KoriWhat is Z
$14,000
EllenWhat is Iroqois?
$14,801
Zulu

Final scores:

Kori Jack Ellen
$800 $16,200 $599
2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $16,200 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Kori Jack Ellen
$14,800 $9,800 $13,200
20 R,
4 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 18 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W

Combined Coryat: $37,800

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Game tape date: 2008-11-05
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