Responses for Show #4209 - Thursday, December 12, 2002

Contestants

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Heather Ross-Arters, a high school teacher from Ashton, Pennsylvania

Gadi Ben-Yehuda, a university professor from Washington, D.C.

Willie Holmes, a truck loader and bartender from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS
'70s MUSIC
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
THE HUMAN BODY
CHAT ROOM LINGO
(Alex: Now this category came about because David Letterman did the "Top 10 Rejected Jeopardy! Categories" and MOIST THINGS came up No. 1, so just to prove David wrong, we have...)
MOIST THINGS
    $200 6
Agatha Christie

Willie
    $200 1
Chicago

Willie
    $200 11
Charles Lindbergh

Willie
    $200 21
joint

Willie
    $200 16
care

Gadi
    $200 13
towelette

Heather
    $400 7
King Lear

Heather
    $400 2
Carly Simon

Willie
    $400 12
(Willie: Who is Smithsoni?)

(James) Smithson

Willie
Triple Stumper
    $400 22
skull

Willie
    $400 17
mortgage

Heather
    $400 14
fog

Triple Stumper
    $600 8
Pearl S. Buck

Heather
    $600 3
piña colada

Heather
    $600 23
(Alex: With a minute to go.)

Henry E. Steinway

Heather
    $600 27
(Gadi: What is 15?)

14

WillieGadi
    $600 18
"May the force be with you"

Willie
    $600 15
Spanish moss

Gadi
    $800 9
(Willie: What is the Fox?)

the Dragon

Willie
Triple Stumper
    $800 4
"Two Tickets To Paradise"

Triple Stumper
    $800 24
Stetson

Gadi
    $800 26
optic nerve

Triple Stumper
    $800 19
outside the box

Gadi
    $800 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

carrot cake

Willie
    $600 10
Willa Cather

Heather
    $1000 5
Stevie Wonder

Willie
    $1000 28
(Gadi: What is the Fibianchi Series?)

Leonardo Fibonacci (the "Fibonacci Sequence")

Gadi
Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
(Heather: What is the pancreas?)

gallbladder

GadiHeather
    $1000 20
only kidding

Gadi

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Willie Gadi Heather
$800 $0 $2,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Willie Gadi Heather
$3,400 $2,800 $2,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE DIAMOND
BASES LOADED
(Alex: Hey... a theme a-building!)
HEADING FOR HOME
REIGN DELAY
ALL "STAR"s
WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL
    $400 1
Tiffany's

Willie
    $400 8
Guantanamo Bay

Willie
    $400 14
carpets

Willie
    $400 3
Iran

Willie
    $400 2
Star Search

Gadi
    $400 17
Pete Rose

Willie
    $800 24
Antwerp

Gadi
    $800 9
(Gadi: What is...Base 10?)

Fort Knox

WillieGadi
    $800 15
bricks

Heather
    $800 13
Scotland

Willie
    $800 4
Stardust

Willie
    $1,800 18
(Willie: What is Luke Appling?)

Henry (Hank) Aaron

Willie
    $1,000 26
(Willie: What is England?)

France

Willie
    $1200 10
(Heather: What is Camp Lejeune?)

Parris Island

GadiHeather
    $1200 16
(Gadi: What are wainscotings?)
(Willie: What are baseboards?)

moldings

WillieGadi
Triple Stumper
    $1200 25
Haile Selassie

Willie
    $1200 5
starter's pistol

Gadi
    $1200 19
Rickey Henderson

Willie
    $1600 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Brazil

Triple Stumper
    $1600 11
Edwards Air Force Base

Heather
    $1600 22
Naked Furniture

Willie
    $1600 6
starling

Willie
    $1600 20
(Alex: Minute to go now.)

Roger Clemens

Willie
    $2000 12
the Presidio

Gadi
    $2000 23
(Willie: What are nestings?)

dovetail joints

Willie
Triple Stumper
    $2000 7
(Willie: What is The Star Is My Destination?)

Starship Troopers

Willie
Triple Stumper
    $2000 21
Leo Durocher

Willie

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Willie Gadi Heather
$9,000 $6,400 $3,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTORS
HeatherWho is Mel Gibson?
$0
GadiWho is Orson Wells??
$6,007
WillieWho is Mel Gibson?
$8,000
Mel Gibson (for Braveheart)

Final scores:

Willie Gadi Heather
$17,000 $393 $3,600
2-day champion: $39,000 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Willie Gadi Heather
$11,800 $6,400 $4,000
24 R,
7 W
(including 2 DDs)		 11 R,
4 W		 9 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $22,200

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Game tape date: 2002-09-17
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