Responses for Show #5912 - Tuesday, May 4, 2010

2009-2010 Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational semifinal game 2.

Contestants

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Charles Shaughnessy, an actor from Mad Men

Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer and TV personality from the QVC Network

Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ASTRONOMY & ASTROLOGY
"M" & EMMYS
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
PROVERBIALLY SPEAKING
GET A WHIFF OF THIS
POTPOURRI
    $200 16
Pluto

Michael
    $200 1
Marcel Marceau

Isaac
    $200 18
the Rockies

Michael
    $200 11
medicine

Isaac
    $200 22
diamonds

Charles
    $200 6
(Isaac: What is... what is... Oh, gosh!... I don't know. Sorry.)

AT&T

MichaelIsaac
    $400 17
oriental

Charles
    $400 2
Monk

Michael
    $400 27
the Caribbean Sea

Isaac
    $400 12
a fool & his money

Michael
    $400 23
Eternity

Isaac
    $400 7
ABBA

Charles
    $600 19
Saturn

Michael
    $600 3
Mad About You

Michael
    $600 28
the anaconda

Michael
    $600 13
a picture

Charles
    $600 24
Armani

Isaac
    $600 8
Jamestown

Michael
    $800 20
Pisces

Isaac
    $800 4
Masterpiece Theatre

Isaac
    $800 29
the Hudson Bay

Charles
    $800 14
boils

Michael
    $800 25
Swiss Army

Isaac
    $800 9
(Michael: What is Aeroflot?)

Alaska Airlines

Michael
Triple Stumper
    $1000 21
a sun sign

Michael
    $1000 5
Moonlighting

Charles
    $1000 30
the University of Buenos Aires

Charles
    $1000 15
the one-eyed man

Michael
    $3,000 26
[Alex specifies that "YSL" stands for "Yves Saint Laurent" when reading the clue.]
...
(Isaac: Got lucky for that. I should have bet the store. Oh, well. I sort of did.)

Opium

Isaac
    $1000 10
Brookline

Michael

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Michael Isaac Charles
$3,200 $1,000 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Michael Isaac Charles
$6,800 $7,000 $4,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN DRAMATISTS
DIRECTORS' FIRST FEATURES
50th ANNIVERSARIES
NAME THE JAMES
(Alex: The latest list...)
FORBES' RICHEST PEOPLE
FROM THE YIDDI"SCH"
    $400 1
Arthur Miller

Michael
    $400 2
John Hughes

Charles
    $400 11
Bubble Wrap

Isaac
    $400 12
(James) Ives

Michael
    $400 21
Mexico

Charles
    $400 23
the schnoz

Michael
    $800 3
[ERRATUM: Hammett only wrote one Thin Man novel, not a series; although a series of six films was produced based on the novel's characters, he did not write the screenplays for any of the films.]

Lillian Hellman

Isaac
    $800 7
Judd Apatow

Charles
    $800 13
the Playboy Club

Isaac
    $800 17
James Brady

Charles
    $800 22
(Bill) Gates

Michael
    $800 24
schmooze

Charles
    $1200 4
David Mamet

Charles
    $1200 8
Sam Mendes

Michael
    $1200 14
The Fantasticks

Isaac
    $1200 18
James Cook

Charles
    $1200 28
Warren Buffett

Triple Stumper
    $1200 25
a schtick

Isaac
    $1600 5
(August) Wilson

Michael
    $1600 9
(Isaac: Is it [*]?)

Huston

Isaac
    $1600 15
(John F.) Kennedy

Isaac
    $4,000 19
(Isaac: You really figured that out.)

James Carville

Charles
    $1600 29
Marvel

Michael
    $1600 26
a schlamazel

Michael
    $2000 6
Clifford Odets

Michael
    $2000 10
(Michael: [Chuckles] Who else?)
(Isaac: He's my neighbor.)

John Waters

Michael
    $2000 16
OPEC

Charles
    $2000 20
James Ivory

Charles
    $2,800 30
Hong Kong

Michael
    $2000 27
(Michael: What is the whole schmiel?)

the whole schmear

Michael
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Michael Isaac Charles
$19,600 $14,600 $18,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

OFFICIAL STATE SONGS
(Isaac: [After his response is revealed] Exclamation point.)
(Alex: Exclamation point, like Jeopardy!)
...
(Isaac: [After Michael's response is revealed] He got the exclamation point.)
(Michael: Got the exclamation point.)
...
(Alex: [Responding to a woman's screaming] That's Annette we're hearing in the audience.)
IsaacWhat is Oklahoma
$14,000
CharlesWhat is Hawaii Alaska
$1,601
MichaelWhat is Oklahoma!
$17,500
Oklahoma

Final scores:

Michael Isaac Charles
$37,100 $28,600 $16,399
Finalist 2nd place: an additional $75,000 to Good Shepherd Services 3rd place: an additional $50,000 to the 1736 Family Crisis Center

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Michael Isaac Charles
$18,800 $12,600 $15,600
24 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
16 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
17 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W

Combined Coryat: $47,000

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Game tape date: 2010-04-17
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