Responses for Show #5825 - Friday, January 1, 2010

First show of the 2010s.

Contestants

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Megan Langhoff, a graduate student from New Orleans, Louisiana

Neel Varde, a food scientist from St. Charles, Illinois

Jessica Stapp, an administrative assistant from Tucson, Arizona (whose 2-day cash winnings total $49,700)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE NEW TESTAMENT
NAME THE FILM
SKIRTING THE ISSUE
IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS
(Alex: You have to name the country that might run such a campaign.)
FOOD & DRINK
TIME TO "EAT"
    $200 26
tongues

Jessica
    $200 1
The Wizard Of Oz

Neel
    $200 11
kilts

Megan
    $200 18
Uganda

Neel
    $200 2
curds & whey

Megan
    $200 14
cheat

Neel
    $400 27
(Neel: Who is Thomas?)
...
(Alex: Who was the bad guy--[*]?)

Judas Iscariot

Neel
Triple Stumper
    $400 7
The Godfather

Megan
    $400 12
an A-line

Megan
    $400 19
Iceland

Neel
    $400 3
fat

Megan
    $400 15
a cleat

Megan
    $600 28
Elizabeth

Jessica
    $600 8
Taxi Driver

Neel
    $600 13
(Neel: What is a bakti?)

a sarong

JessicaNeel
    $600 20
(Megan: What is Argentina?)
...
(Alex: Hail [*]--yes.)

Colombia

NeelMegan
    $600 4
foie gras

Megan
    $600 23
neat

Megan
    $800 29
Malta

Megan
    $800 9
Toy Story

Neel
    $800 16
(Alex: Because she wore [*]. Go to sit down--whoop!)

a hoop skirt

Triple Stumper
    $800 21
Poland

Megan
    $800 5
pad thai

Neel
    $800 24
peat

Jessica
    $2,500 30
(Pontius) Pilate

Megan
    $1000 10
There Will Be Blood

Megan
    $1000 17
an accordion skirt

Jessica
    $1000 22
Madagascar

Megan
    $1000 6
the Hurricane

Megan
    $1000 25
the seat

Neel

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

Jessica Neel Megan
$600 $2,000 $4,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jessica Neel Megan
$3,200 $3,800 $9,700

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

20th CENTURY ARTISTS
RED SOX IT TO ME
(Alex: We'll deal with newer top-level domains in...)
BEYOND .COM
PICK A PLANET
THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN
(Alex: A historical twist on "BEFORE & AFTER"--we call it...)
B.C. & AFTER
    $400 12
(Salvador) Dali

Neel
    $400 11
(Alex: You know all about the Red Sox, and it paid off handsomely. You're now in the lead with $11,000.)
[Audience applause for Neel running the category]

Fenway Park

Neel
    $400 23
(Neel: What is jobs.com?)
(Jessica: What is jobbing.com?)

.jobs

JessicaNeel
Triple Stumper
    $400 1
Mars

Neel
    $400 17
(Alex: Yes, Major Rathbone & Clara were also there.)

Mary Todd Lincoln

Jessica
    $400 4
Alexander the Great Barrier Reef

Megan
    $3,000 13
Frida Kahlo

Neel
    $800 10
the Triple Crown

Neel
    $800 24
(Alex: Yes--dot-[*].)

TV

Jessica
    $800 2
(Neel: What is [**]?)
[Originally ruled incorrect; reversed at the end of Double Jeopardy!]
...
(Alex: [After clue 30] We were a little vague on that because you are dealing with diameters of planets and mass. We were thinking of mass, which would make [*] a correct response. You said [**], which has a bigger diameter, so your response is deemed acceptable.)

Neptune (Uranus also accepted)

NeelMegan
    $800 18
(John T.) Ford

Jessica
    $800 5
the Bronze Age of Aquarius

Jessica
    $1200 14
Magritte

Neel
    $1200 7
the knuckleball

Neel
    $1200 28
info

Jessica
    $1,500 3
(Megan: What is Uranus?)
(Alex: No, the planet closest to the Sun, 'cause it rises at about the same time as the Sun--[*].)

Mercury

Megan
    $1200 19
(Megan: What is .57?)
(Jessica: What is a .357?)
...
(Alex: It was a [*] but not a Magnum--it was a Derringer.)

.44

JessicaMegan
Triple Stumper
    $1200 21
The Colossus of Rhodes Scholarship

Megan
    $1600 15
(Jasper) Johns

Neel
    $1600 8
Babe Ruth

Neel
    $1600 29
.biz

Neel
    $1600 6
(Jessica: What is Saturn?)

Uranus

JessicaNeel
    $1600 20
sic semper tyrannis

Megan
    $1600 22
Oedipus Rex Harrison

Neel
    $2000 16
Kandinsky

Jessica
    $2000 9
(Hideo) Nomo

Neel
    $2000 30
(Alex: We'll accept that, but [*] would have been more correct.)

.org (.net accepted)

Jessica
    $2000 27
Jupiter

Megan
    $2000 25
Seward

Megan
    $2000 26
(Jessica: Who is Java Man without a country?)
...
(Alex: You were on the right track at the beginning--who is [*]?)

Java Man Ray

Jessica
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jessica Neel Megan
$6,000 $21,600 $15,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ROSE BOWL HISTORY
(Alex: This event occurred about 3 1/2 weeks earlier.)
JessicaWhat is Pearl Harbor?
$0
MeganWhat is Pearl Harbor?
$0
NeelWhat is Pearl Harbor?
$8,401
Pearl Harbor

Final scores:

Jessica Neel Megan
$6,000 $30,001 $15,000
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $30,001 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jessica Neel Megan
$6,000 $19,400 $15,000
12 R,
4 W		 23 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 20 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $40,400

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Game tape date: 2009-11-11
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