Responses for Show #5663 - Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Contestants

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Judy Shulman, a school social worker from Goldens Bridge, New York

Daniel Stauss, a federal claims examiner from Seattle, Washington

Heather Menzel, a high school history teacher from South Fork, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,599)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ROME, THE ETERNAL CITY
& THE 21st CENTURY EMMY GOES TO...
WHEN POLITICIANS SPEAK
I WANT MY SUV
(Alex: And I want you to give me the name of each SUV, or the make.)
STEPHEN, KING OF WRITING
THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE
(Will Shortz: Clues from "G" through "X"-rated edition with me, puzzle master Will Shortz.)
    $200 6
the Ganges

Heather
    $200 16
Kiefer Sutherland

Daniel
    $200 11
Ronald Reagan

Judy
    $200 21
Chevrolet

Heather
    $200 26
The Shining

Judy
    $200 1
(Judy: What is the Tour de France?)

Grand Prix

HeatherJudy
    $400 7
Peace

Judy
    $400 17
Laura Linney

Judy
    $400 12
John McCain

Judy
    $400 22
Jeep

Daniel
    $400 27
(Judy: What is the long green mile?)
...
(Alex: Yes, not "the long ...".)

the green mile

DanielJudy
    $400 2
gasoline tax

Daniel
    $600 8
the Colosseum

Daniel
    $600 18
Kathy Griffin

Daniel
    $600 13
Humphrey

Judy
    $600 23
Lincoln

Heather
    $600 28
Christine

Daniel
    $600 3
(Daniel: Who was Groucho Marx?)

Gummo Marx

Daniel
Triple Stumper
    $800 9
the United States

Triple Stumper
    $800 19
Jennifer Aniston

Heather
    $800 14
[ERRATUM: This quote is an urban legend, stemming from a joke made by Rep. Claudine Schneider in 1989.]

Dan Quayle

Heather
    $800 24
(Heather: What is Ford?)

Cadillac

HeatherDaniel
    $800 29
Rita Hayworth

Daniel
    $800 4
Gore-Tex

Daniel
    $1,000 10
(Daniel: What are...)
...
(Alex: Oh, you're not gonna get it, are you? No, if you'd been to Rome, you'd be familiar with the famous [*]. Tourists congregate there all the time.)

Spanish Steps

Daniel
    $1000 20
Doris Roberts

Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
(Heather: Who was... Clinton?)

Richard Nixon

Heather
Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
(Daniel: What is GMC?)

Buick

Daniel
Triple Stumper
    $1000 30
It

Daniel
    $1000 5
gag reflex

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):

Heather Daniel Judy
$400 $200 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Heather Daniel Judy
$1,000 $4,000 $1,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ART HISTORY
NO. 1 HITMAKERS OF THE '90s
THE ZULU
PHOTO/JOURNALISM
LANGUAGES
FISH
    $400 1
fertility

Judy
    $400 21
Will Smith

Heather
    $400 26
Great Britain

Heather
    $400 16
a cub

Heather
    $400 6
(Heather: What is Austria?)

Italy

HeatherJudy
    $400 11
air

Heather
    $800 2
Seurat

Judy
    $800 22
Meat Loaf

Daniel
    $800 27
(Heather: What is a zebra?)

cow (cattle)

HeatherJudy
    $800 17
a slug

Triple Stumper
    $800 7
(Judy: What is Somalia?)
[Initially ruled incorrect; reversed before the Daily Double at clue 13.]

Ethiopia

HeatherJudy
    $800 12
fins

Judy
    $2,000 3
(Diego) Velázquez

Judy
    $1200 23
Madonna

Judy
    $1200 28
a snake

Daniel
    $1200 18
the kicker

Daniel
    $1200 8
the Mayan culture

Triple Stumper
    $3,000 13
(Alex: Judy, two bits of good news for you. We have just done some checking, and we have found that we made a mistake in that clue about Oromo, that major Cushitic language. We should have said "this nation just east of Sudan." You responded Somalia, and that is east of Sudan, and so you're credited with $1,600 more. Your total is $8,800 now.)

the Mekong

Judy
    $1600 4
René Magritte

Triple Stumper
    $1600 24
Bryan Adams

Daniel
    $1600 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the ANC (African National Congress)

Judy
    $1600 19
tag

Judy
    $1600 9
Afrikaans

Heather
    $1600 14
(Heather: What is a flounder?)

flatfish

HeatherJudy
    $2000 5
Clio

Triple Stumper
    $2000 25
Lisa Loeb

Daniel
    $2000 20
put it to bed

Daniel
    $2000 10
Quechua

Judy
    $2000 15
the sheepshead

Heather

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Heather Daniel Judy
$4,200 $12,800 $18,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

BETTING TERMS
(Alex: You'll have to use your imagination just a little bit. You take the hat off, put the bet in it, put the hat back on.)
HeatherWhat is hedge?
$3,000
DanielWhat is handicapping?
$12,700
JudyWhat is a derby?
$7,001
handicapping

Final scores:

Heather Daniel Judy
$1,200 $25,500 $11,599
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $25,500 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Heather Daniel Judy
$4,200 $13,800 $16,000
13 R,
5 W
17 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)
19 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $34,000

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Game tape date: 2009-01-28
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