Responses for Show #5798 - Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Contestants

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Cristy Stone, an online producer from Seattle, Washington

Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida

Robert Bethune, a middle school science teacher from Rancho Palos Verdes, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,700)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

CHILDREN OF PRESIDENTS
FOOTBALL 101
CURLS GONE WILD
MAJOR RELIGION BY COUNTRY
FORBES 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN 2009
ADJECTIVES
    $200 16
Amy Carter

Robert
    $200 1
pigskin

Mike
    $200 4
(Cristy: What is chimpanzee?)

an orangutan

RobertCristy
    $200 5
Catholicism

Robert
    $200 23
Yahoo!

Cristy
    $200 18
wild

Cristy
    $400 17
(Robert: Who is Chelsea?)

Caroline Kennedy

RobertCristy
    $400 2
lateral

Mike
    $400 12
Harpo Marx

Mike
    $400 6
Islam

Robert
    $400 24
Avon

Robert
    $400 19
(Mike: What is open?)

broad

RobertMike
    $600 28
Jeb Bush

Robert
    $600 3
holding

Cristy
    $600 13
a permanent wave

Robert
    $600 7
(Robert: What is Buddhism?)

Hinduism

RobertMike
    $600 25
the World Health Organization

Robert
    $600 20
Portable

Mike
    $800 29
(Mike: Who is Jack Ford?)

Steve Ford

Mike
Triple Stumper
    $800 8
(Mike: What is safety?)

a cornerback

RobertMike
    $800 14
(Cristy: What is The Rape of the Curl?)

The Rape of the Lock

Cristy
Triple Stumper
    $800 10
(Robert: Calvinism?)

Lutheranism

Robert
Triple Stumper
    $800 26
Mrs. (Michelle) Obama

Mike
    $800 21
intrepid

Cristy
    $600 30
(Robert: Who is Taft?)
...
(Robert: That was my other choice.)

Grover Cleveland

Robert
    $1000 9
(Cristy: What is roughing the passer?)
...
(Alex: [*], yes. Uh, Cristy, you gave us too much specificity, unfortunately.)

a personal foul

RobertCristy
    $1000 15
Salvador Dali

Mike
    $1000 11
Buddhism

Robert
    $1000 27
the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)

Mike
    $1000 22
fancy

Triple Stumper

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

Robert Mike Cristy
$2,800 $1,800 -$1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Robert Mike Cristy
$4,000 $3,000 $200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

AFRICAN LAKES
2009 TV FAREWELLS
MMM... BACON
SHAKESPEARE'S B-STORIES
FOR THE BIRDS
TIME TO "FLY"
    $400 21
Lake Nasser

Robert
    $400 27
ER

Robert
    $400 11
lettuce & tomato

Robert
    $400 1
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Cristy
    $400 16
a swan

Robert
    $400 6
the Venus Flytrap

Robert
    $800 22
(Robert: What is the Netherlands?)

South Africa

RobertCristy
    $800 23
(Mike: What is Life with Jim?)

According to Jim

MikeCristy
    $800 12
Canadian bacon

Mike
    $800 2
The Tempest

Triple Stumper
    $800 17
a cardinal

Mike
    $800 7
the shoo-fly pie

Robert
    $1200 29
the Rift Valley

Robert
    $1200 24
Prison Break

Cristy
    $1200 13
Elvis Presley

Robert
    $1200 3
The Merchant of Venice

Cristy
    $1200 18
the partridge

Mike
    $1200 8
the Flying Dutchman

Cristy
    $1600 28
(Robert: What is Lake Victoria?)

Lake Tanganyika

Robert
Triple Stumper
    $3,000 25
Guiding Light

Cristy
    $1600 14
crackling

Mike
    $1600 4
Twelfth Night

Cristy
    $1600 19
a Rhode Island Red

Mike
    $1600 9
the "Blue Tail Fly"

Triple Stumper
    $4,000 30
Liberia

Robert
    $2000 26
Stargate Atlantis

Triple Stumper
    $2000 15
pancetta

Mike
    $2000 5
Richard II

Triple Stumper
    $2000 20
starlings

Robert
    $2000 10
a flywheel

Cristy

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Robert Mike Cristy
$12,800 $10,200 $12,400

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Final Jeopardy! Round responses

POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS
(Alex: "What is Tom Osborne", you were going for?)
(Mike: Yes.)
(Alex: He--a tribute--)
(Mike: Well, he bet it all one time in the national championship when he was going for 2 points, and he lost, but I appreciated the fact that he went for the win.)
...
(Alex: Our 15th state came in in 1792 and its postal abbreviation is KY, which is the end of [*].)
MikeWhat is Tom Osbor
$5,500
CristyWhat is Alabama
$10,000
RobertWhat is Ala.
$12,000
Kentucky

Final scores:

Robert Mike Cristy
$800 $4,700 $2,400
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $4,700 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Robert Mike Cristy
$11,400 $10,200 $11,000
22 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
(including 1 DD)		 14 R,
4 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $32,600

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Game tape date: 2009-10-13
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