Responses for Show #5753 - Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Contestants

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Joann Mariani, a high school English teacher from Brooklyn, New York

Kelsey Peterson, a geology and anthropology student from Fletcher, Vermont

Jon Korn, a film festival programmer originally from Concord, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,602)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

REMEMBERING MICHAEL JACKSON
GEOGRAPHY
PLAY ADJECTIVES
FDA APPROVED
(Alex: You have to name the condition for which each drug is FDA approved.)
IN THE NEWS
HEART & SOUL
    $200 16
Diana Ross

Joann
    $200 18
[ERRATUM: The Potomac River does not actually flow through the District of Columbia but instead forms its southern boundary with Virginia. However, the Anacostia River does flow through Washington, D.C.]

the Potomac

Joann
    $200 2
Lost

Joann
    $200 17
acne

Kelsey
    $200 1
China

Joann
    $200 11
grow fonder

Joann
    $400 27
Thriller

Kelsey
    $400 20
the Sahara

Kelsey
    $400 3
Private

Joann
    $400 19
ADD

Kelsey
    $400 7
Macy's

Jon
    $400 12
(Jon: What is "of a man"?)
(Kelsey: What is a lion?)

a king

JonKelsey
Triple Stumper
    $600 28
Moonwalk

Jon
    $600 21
the Baltic Sea

Kelsey
    $600 4
Hairy

Joann
    $600 24
cholesterol

Jon
    $600 8
his moat

Jon
    $600 13
Exodus

Jon
    $800 29
(Joann: Who is Stevie Wonder?)

Paul McCartney

Joann
Triple Stumper
    $1,200 22
Mount Everest

Kelsey
    $800 5
Free

Joann
    $800 25
depression

Jon
    $800 9
Office of Legal Counsel

Jon
    $800 14
Plato

Jon
    $1000 30
"Scream"

Triple Stumper
    $1000 23
Saskatchewan

Joann
    $1000 6
Delicate

Jon
    $1000 26
(Alex: [With mock indignation, after Joann's response] Why are you looking at me? Cut that out!)

hair loss

Joann
    $1000 10
Mousavi

Jon
    $1000 15
(Jon: Who is the succubus?)

Helen of Troy

Jon
Triple Stumper

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

Jon Kelsey Joann
$3,800 -$400 $2,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jon Kelsey Joann
$5,800 $2,800 $4,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BALLET
WRITERS ON FILM
BYE BYE BIRDIE
LESSER-KNOWN NAMES
SPAGHETTI
"WESTERN"
    $400 21
(Jon: What is The Nutcracker Suite?)

The Nutcracker

JonJoann
    $400 16
(Kelsey: Who is Stephenie Meyers?)

Stephenie Meyer

KelseyJoann
    $400 26
the heron

Kelsey
    $400 6
(Jon: Who is Dvorak?)

Franz Liszt

Jon
Triple Stumper
    $400 1
meatballs

Jon
    $400 11
Western Union

Kelsey
    $800 22
(Jon: What is Swan Lake?)

Firebird

JonJoann
    $800 17
Back to School

Joann
    $800 28
the owl

Kelsey
    $800 7
he was colorblind

Kelsey
    $800 2
dente

Jon
    $800 12
Best Western

Kelsey
    $1200 23
(Jon: What is A Midsummer's Night Dream?)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

JonJoann
    $1200 18
(Joann: What is the Player?)

Bob Roberts

Joann
Triple Stumper
    $2,000 8
(Alex: Yes. The [*] Sound. Well done.)

Falkland

Kelsey
    $1200 3
Bolognese

Kelsey
    $1200 13
the Western Front

Kelsey
    $2,000 24
(Joann: What is Billy the Kid?)
(Alex: No, what is [*]? [*]. Less than a minute now.)

Rodeo

Joann
    $1600 19
(Marshall) McLuhan

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

the duck

Kelsey
    $1600 9
(Jon: What is Energy?)

HUD (Housing and Urban Development)

Jon
Triple Stumper
    $1600 4
Carbonara

Kelsey
    $1600 14
(Alex: Would you like some-mo-a?)
[Kelsey laughs]

Western Samoa

Triple Stumper
    $2000 25
Odette

Triple Stumper
    $2000 20
Rex Reed

Joann
    $2000 27
[After reading the clue, Alex makes slurping sounds.]

a starling

Joann
    $2000 10
(Jon: Who is Thomas Paine?)

John Peter Zenger

Jon
Triple Stumper
    $2000 5
Thomas Jefferson

Kelsey
    $2000 15
(Jon: What is the Western Empire?)

the Western World

JonJoann

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jon Kelsey Joann
-$1,400 $15,200 $12,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

17th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY
(Alex: The Gunpowder Plot. You are correct.)
JoannWho was Guy Fawkes?
$7,500
KelseyWho is Paul Revere?
$9,000
Guy Fawkes

Final scores:

Jon Kelsey Joann
-$1,400 $6,200 $19,500
3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $19,500

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jon Kelsey Joann
-$1,400 $14,000 $14,000
12 R,
9 W		 17 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 19 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $26,600

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Game tape date: 2009-07-29
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