Responses for Show #5797 - Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Contestants

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Robert Bethune, a middle school science teacher from Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Jen Jacobsen, a wellness coordinator from Grinnell, Iowa

Ben Davis, a law student from Chicago, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $51,802)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

SCIENCE & NATURE
RUN, RUN, RUN
MILITARY SLANG
SCULPTURE
BUSINESS BUDDIES
COMMON SIMILES
    $200 2
(Ben: What is the space station?)

the space shuttle

BenRobert
    $200 16
an inside-the-park home run

Ben
    $200 11
[ERRATUM: The school's nickname is usually given as the one-word "TOPGUN".]

Top Gun

Robert
    $200 26
the Mayo Clinic

Ben
    $200 21
Decker

Ben
    $200 1
a leaf

Robert
    $400 3
the Department of Agriculture

Triple Stumper
    $400 17
the Roses

Robert
    $400 12
altitude

Robert
    $400 27
Japan

Ben
    $400 22
Bausch

Ben
    $400 7
tough

Ben
    $600 4
a Stegosaurus

Ben
    $600 18
runner's high

Jen
    $1,300 13
search and rescue

Robert
    $600 28
Florence

Triple Stumper
    $600 23
(George) Mifflin

Robert
    $600 8
drinking like a fish

Jen
    $800 5
gold

Robert
    $800 19
a fast break

Ben
    $800 14
the equator

Robert
    $800 29
(Jen: Who is Lin?)

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Jen
Triple Stumper
    $800 24
(Walter) Bowes

Robert
    $800 9
mud

Robert
    $1000 6
Lucy

Ben
    $1000 20
(Robert: What is the steeplechase?)

cross-country

JenRobert
    $1000 15
active duty

Jen
    $1000 30
(Robert: Who is Brancusi?)
...
(Alex: Remember those undulating statues he would make? Fantastic works.)

Henry Moore

Robert
Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
Schuster

Robert
    $1000 10
a rap sheet as long as your arm

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Ben Jen Robert
$1,800 $600 $3,900

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Jen Robert
$4,000 $2,400 $5,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD CAPITALS
LYRICS FROM MUSICALS
THE NEW YORK TIMES 2009 FICTION BESTSELLERS
THE NEWSEUM
(Alex: ...in Washington, with me.)
PAPAL NAMES
"PH"UN WORDS
(Alex: Each correct response will either begin or end with those two letters.)
    $400 2
Seoul

Ben
    $400 13
Grease

Ben
    $400 1
Bones

Ben
    $400 11
Tokyo Rose

Ben
    $400 18
Leo

Ben
    $400 6
morph

Robert
    $800 3
Vienna

Ben
    $800 14
West Side Story

Jen
    $800 30
Nancy Grace

Ben
    $800 26
the Lindbergh baby

Ben
    $800 19
Innocent

Ben
    $800 7
phylum

Robert
    $1200 4
Kingston (Jamaica)

Ben
    $1200 15
Damn Yankees

Ben
    $1200 29
Sookie Stackhouse

Robert
    $1200 27
(George) Stephanopoulos

Ben
    $1,000 20
(Ben: What is... Sanctus?)
(Alex: No. What is--you should have thought more recently--what is [*]?)

Benedict

Ben
    $1200 8
graph

Jen
    $1600 5
Buenos Aires

Robert
    $1600 16
Wicked

Ben
    $1600 28
(E.L.) Doctorow

Ben
    $1600 25
(Ted) Kaczynski (the Unabomber)

Robert
    $1600 21
Victor

Triple Stumper
    $1600 9
a Philistine

Robert
    $7,200 12
(Ben: What is Manila?)
(Alex: No, you picked the wrong country. The country is Indonesia, the capital is [*]. So you're down to nothing. But, many clues still left on the board.)

Jakarta

Ben
    $2000 17
Little Shop of Horrors

Ben
    $2000 23
(James) Patterson

Ben
    $2000 24
Greensboro, North Carolina

Triple Stumper
    $2000 22
(Ben: What is... [sighs])
(Alex: Oh, too much time.)

Boniface

Ben
Triple Stumper
    $2000 10
Phoebe

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Jen Robert
$9,800 $4,400 $12,700

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

COMPOSERS
(Alex: You figure he's got to be famous. He died in 1828, and he had an unfinished 8th symphony.)
JenWho is Beethoven?
$4,395
BenWho is Brahms?
$9,800
RobertWho is Schubert
$8,000
(Franz) Schubert

Final scores:

Ben Jen Robert
$0 $5 $20,700
3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $20,700

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ben Jen Robert
$18,000 $4,400 $12,000
25 R,
4 W
(including 2 DDs)		 6 R,
1 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $34,400

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Game tape date: 2009-10-13
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