Responses for Show #5687 - Tuesday, May 5, 2009

2009 College Championship quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

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Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University

Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University

Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ARCHAEOLOGY
HOW MANY PLAYERS ON EACH SIDE?
(Alex: ...while the game's in progress.)
YOU CAN'T SPELL JEOPARDY! WITHOUT PARTY!
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
SCHOOLS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE
HOMOPHONES
    $200 3
Cleopatra

Scott
    $200 16
5

Scott
    $200 21
tea

Scott
    $200 26
13

Scott
    $200 1
the Juilliard School

Kadeem
    $200 11
rains/reins

Scott
    $400 4
Easter Island

Courtney
    $400 17
(Courtney: What is 5?)

6

ScottCourtney
    $400 22
Mark Twain

Scott
    $400 27
China

Courtney
    $400 2
Brigham Young

Scott
    $400 12
bridle/bridal

Scott
    $600 5
paleolithic

Scott
    $600 18
2

Kadeem
    $600 23
Verdi

Scott
    $600 28
everything

Scott
    $600 8
Duke

Courtney
    $600 13
earn/urn

Scott
    $800 6
New Mexico

Triple Stumper
    $800 19
(Scott: What is 12?)

11

KadeemScott
    $800 24
grape leaves

Courtney
    $800 29
speed

Courtney
    $800 9
Franklin Pierce

Scott
    $800 14
carrot/karat

Courtney
    $1,000 7
(Scott: What is the Elements?)

the Rosetta Stone

Scott
    $1000 20
(Alex: One more than in the United States.)

12

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
(Courtney: What's the theory of relativity?)
(Kadeem: What is quantum theory?)

the Big Bang theory

KadeemCourtney
Triple Stumper
    $1000 30
paper

Scott
    $1000 10
Seton Hall

Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
sheer/shear

Triple Stumper

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

Kadeem Scott Courtney
$200 $2,200 $1,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Kadeem Scott Courtney
$600 $5,000 $2,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

GEOGRAPHY
HIGH-TECH CINEMA
RALLY TO THE CAUSE
LET'S GET PHYSICS-AL
LOOK WHAT YOU'VE WON!
LATIN
    $400 6
Malay

Scott
    $400 11
Transformers

Scott
    $400 16
(Kadeem: What is Manchuria?)

Tibet

KadeemScott
    $400 21
Newton

Courtney
    $400 26
(Scott: What is a silver medal?)

a bronze medal

KadeemScott
    $400 1
time flies

Scott
    $800 7
the Adriatic

Scott
    $800 12
Speed Racer

Triple Stumper
    $800 17
war

Triple Stumper
    $800 22
(Kadeem: What is kinetics?)

mechanics

KadeemCourtney
    $800 27
a Pulitzer

Kadeem
    $800 2
the senate

Scott
    $5,200 9
the Gobi

Scott
    $1200 13
Eagle Eye

Scott
    $1200 18
the Night

Scott
    $1200 23
acceleration

Scott
    $1200 28
a Nobel Prize

Triple Stumper
    $1200 3
rest in peace

Scott
    $1600 10
Bonn

Scott
    $1600 14
Burn After Reading

Scott
    $1600 19
MoveOn

Courtney
    $3,000 24
(Alex: You are right, and you have the $30,000. Now what do you do?)

thermodynamics

Scott
    $1600 29
a Rhodes Scholarship

Courtney
    $1600 4
rotary

Scott
    $2000 8
South Africa

Triple Stumper
    $2000 15
[Applause for Scott's run of the category]

Hugh Jackman

Scott
    $2000 20
neutrality

Scott
    $2000 25
momentum

Kadeem
    $2000 30
(Scott: What are Emmys?)

the Peabodys

Scott
Triple Stumper
    $2000 5
the voice of God

Courtney

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Kadeem Scott Courtney
$2,600 $27,600 $8,800
(lock game)

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ON THE MOON
(Alex: "We came in peace for [*]." Also the quotation, "One small step for man, one giant leap for [*].")
KadeemWhat is mankind?
$2,600
CourtneyWhat is mankind?
$1,200
ScottWhat is peace?
$2,401
mankind

Final scores:

Kadeem Scott Courtney
$5,200 $25,199 $10,000
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated Automatic semifinalist 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Kadeem Scott Courtney
$2,600 $23,200 $8,800
6 R,
3 W		 32 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $34,600

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Game tape date: 2009-04-14
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