Responses for Show #5668 - Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Contestants

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Melissa Hunter, an electrical engineer from Austin, Texas

Jeff Mangum, a rental car manager from Louisville, Kentucky

Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,401)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM...
THIS WILL SLAY YOU
IT'S A COUNTRY THING
(Alex: We need to know what nationality precedes the items we will give you in the clue.)
NAME THAT MAMMAL
MODERN TECHNOLOGY
WORDS FROM PLACES
    $200 21
Neil Armstrong

Becky
    $200 26
(Jeff: What is a spear?)

arrow

BeckyJeff
    $200 1
Mexican

Becky
    $200 6
a platypus

Melissa
    $200 13
mattresses

Melissa
    $200 11
a tuxedo

Becky
    $400 22
(Louis) Braille

Jeff
    $400 27
an axe

Melissa
    $400 2
German

Melissa
    $400 7
a hedgehog

Melissa
    $400 14
a swimsuit

Jeff
    $400 12
manila

Melissa
    $600 23
Plato

Melissa
    $600 28
duels

Melissa
    $600 3
English

Melissa
    $600 8
gorillas

Melissa
    $600 15
(Becky: What is...)

Blu-ray

BeckyMelissa
    $600 18
a spa

Melissa
    $800 24
(Jim) Bowie

Becky
    $2,000 29
stiletto

Melissa
    $800 4
Indian

Melissa
    $800 9
a wildebeest (or a hartebeest)

Melissa
    $800 16
(Jeff: What is the PlayStation?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

PlayStation 3

Jeff
    $800 19
armageddon

Jeff
    $1000 25
(Thomas) Dewey

Jeff
    $1000 30
carbon

Jeff
    $1000 5
Canadian

Jeff
    $1000 10
opossum

Jeff
    $1000 17
a robot

Becky
    $1000 20
magenta

Triple Stumper

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

Becky Jeff Melissa
-$200 $2,400 $5,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Becky Jeff Melissa
$2,000 $6,200 $9,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

18th CENTURY AMERICA
PRO CHEERLEADER SQUADS
PALINDROMIC YEARS
POETS' MONOGRAMS
THE NEW YORK TIMES: TRAVEL
"MEN" AT WORK
    $400 26
Rhode Island

Melissa
    $400 16
the 49ers

Jeff
    $400 21
2002

Jeff
    $400 7
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Melissa
    $400 6
Iceland

Melissa
    $400 1
(Gregor) Mendel

Becky
    $800 27
Benedict Arnold

Becky
    $800 17
(Jeff: Who are the Eagles?)

the (New York) Jets

JeffMelissa
    $800 22
1991

Melissa
    $800 8
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Melissa
    $800 12
Denver

Becky
    $800 2
(H.L.) Mencken

Becky
    $1200 28
(Jeff: What is Pennsylvania?)

Massachusetts

JeffMelissa
    $1,000 18
the Pistons

Melissa
    $1200 23
1881

Jeff
    $1200 9
Edna St. Vincent Millay

Becky
    $1200 13
(Melissa: What is Abu Dhabi?)

Dubai

JeffMelissa
    $1200 3
(Gian Carlo) Menotti

Becky
    $1600 29
tobacco

Melissa
    $1600 19
the (Sacramento) Kings

Jeff
    $1600 24
1661

Jeff
    $1600 10
(Becky: ...Oh. Oh.)

Edgar Lee Masters

Becky
Triple Stumper
    $2,600 14
Santa Fe

Jeff
    $1600 4
Menninger

Becky
    $2000 30
Benjamin Franklin

Melissa
    $2000 20
the (St. Louis) Cardinals

Jeff
    $2000 25
1771

Becky
    $2000 11
Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Triple Stumper
    $2000 15
(Jeff: What is Tahiti?)
...
(Alex: You were in the wrong part of the world. The island is [*].)

Martinique

Jeff
Triple Stumper
    $2000 5
(Alex: I don't think he ever had a country album.)

Sir Yehudi Menuhin

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Becky Jeff Melissa
$9,200 $13,200 $17,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

FILM QUOTES
(Alex: [As Becky's response is revealed] Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca--"Of all the [*] joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.")
BeckyWhat is Gin?
$8,201
JeffWhat is gin?
$6,800
MelissaWhat is brandy?
$9,001
gin

Final scores:

Becky Jeff Melissa
$17,401 $20,000 $8,399
2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $20,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Becky Jeff Melissa
$9,200 $12,200 $16,400
14 R,
2 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 25 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $37,800

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Game tape date: 2009-02-03
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