Responses for Show #5638 - Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Contestants

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Leland Graham III, a research specialist and project coordinator from Rock Hill, South Carolina

Maria Borga, an economist from Washington, D.C.

Jorge Rivero, a contamination control technician from Sunrise, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,100)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. CAPITALS OF THE WORLD
NON-MEMORABLE MOVIE QUOTES
(Alex: We want you to name the memorable film for us.)
MIRRORS
TO "SUR"
WITH LOVE
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
    $200 6
ham

Jorge
    $200 1
The Wizard of Oz

Jorge
    $200 21
a compact

Jorge
    $200 16
a surfboard

Leland G.
    $200 26
a diamond

Maria
    $200 11
the Emancipation Proclamation

Leland G.
    $400 7
Leap Year

Leland G.
    $400 2
Shaft

Jorge
    $400 22
dolphins

Leland G.
    $400 17
a surcharge

Leland G.
    $400 27
champagne

Leland G.
    $400 12
(Leland: Who is Jackie Robinson?)

Hank Aaron

Leland G.
Triple Stumper
    $600 8
Memphis

Leland G.
    $600 3
(Jorge: What is Shampoo?)

Star Wars

JorgeLeland G.
    $600 23
(Leland: What is your rear view mirror?)

side view mirrors

Leland G.
Triple Stumper
    $600 18
a surplus

Jorge
    $600 28
The Bahamas

Leland G.
    $600 13
the Continental Army

Maria
    $800 9
spinach

Leland G.
    $800 4
Grease

Leland G.
    $800 24
(Jorge: What is a convex mirror?)

a concave mirror

JorgeMaria
    $800 19
(Leland: What is a surgeon's office?)

a surgery

MariaLeland G.
    $800 29
Chanel No. 5

Leland G.
    $1,600 14
(Maria: Who is Marcus Garvey?)

W.E.B. Du Bois

Maria
    $1000 10
Moline

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
Amadeus

Maria
    $1000 25
telescopes

Maria
    $1000 20
surveillance

Jorge
    $1000 30
Rolls-Royce

Leland G.
    $1000 15
Phillis Wheatley

Triple Stumper

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

Jorge Maria Leland G.
$200 $0 $3,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jorge Maria Leland G.
$1,200 $2,800 $5,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SCIENCE
ON THE STAGE
SAMUEL JOHNSON
NOT TO BE CONFUSED
LIGHTLY SCRAMBLED EGGHEADS
(Alex: And I don't know how to describe that category for you.)
THE USED "-AR" SALESMAN
(Alex: Each correct response will end with those two letters of the alphabet.)
    $400 1
the epicenter

Leland G.
    $400 23
Arthur Miller

Triple Stumper
    $400 21
"London"

Leland G.
    $400 11
haddock

Leland G.
    $400 16
Jung

Leland G.
    $400 6
a guitar

Jorge
    $800 2
Isaac Newton

Leland G.
    $800 24
The Glass Menagerie

Leland G.
    $800 22
(Leland: What is an encyclopedia?)

a dictionary

MariaLeland G.
    $800 12
Cambodia

Leland G.
    $800 17
Nicholas of Cusa

Triple Stumper
    $800 7
a shofar

Jorge
    $1200 3
sunspots

Jorge
    $1200 25
(James) Boswell

Leland G.
    $1200 13
cantata

Leland G.
    $1200 18
Carlyle

Leland G.
    $1200 8
a Mason jar

Maria
    $1,200 4
(Jorge: Diurnal ... What is diurnal?)

circadian rhythms

Jorge
    $4,000 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the Whigs

Leland G.
    $1600 14
Eugene Onegin

Maria
    $1600 19
Noam Chomsky

Leland G.
    $1600 9
rebar

Maria
    $2000 5
(Alex: [*] is acceptable, yes. Named for Buckminster Fuller. We're looking for [*] also.)

buckyballs (fullerenes)

Maria
    $2000 15
agar

Jorge
    $2000 20
Parmenides

Leland G.
    $2000 10
(Jorge: What is a budgigar?)
...
(Alex: You left out one syllable, Jorge. You said "a budgigar" instead of [*].)

a budgerigar

Jorge
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jorge Maria Leland G.
$2,400 $10,000 $19,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

SPORTS TEAM NAMES
JorgeWHAT _______
$1,400
MariaWhat is Philadelphia Phillies
$9,900
Leland G.What are the Phillies?
$5,200
the Philadelphia Phillies

Final scores:

Jorge Maria Leland G.
$1,000 $19,900 $25,000
3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $25,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jorge Maria Leland G.
$3,600 $11,600 $17,400
10 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 26 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $32,600

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Game tape date: 2009-01-20
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