Responses for Show #5923 - Wednesday, May 19, 2010

2010 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey

Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Clayton, North Carolina

Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BRIT-POURRI
IN THE ARENA
THE FORTUNE 500
(Alex: ...from figures just released.)
BIBLICAL PROVERBS: FILL IN THE BLANK
RIGHT BY THE NUMBERS
WORD PUZZLES
    $200 1
(Alex: Who is [*]? Gilbert and [*].)

Sir Arthur Sullivan

Triple Stumper
    $200 11
Louisiana

Andy
    $200 26
Disney

Justin
    $200 7
sweet

Vijay
    $200 6
B

Andy
    $200 19
two eggs over easy

Justin
    $400 2
Henry

Vijay
    $400 15
Monday Night

Andy
    $400 27
Exxon Mobil

Andy
    $400 9
borrower

Vijay
    $400 8
F

Andy
    $400 20
leftovers

Triple Stumper
    $600 3
Thatcher

Andy
    $600 16
Pittsburgh

Justin
    $600 28
The Washington Post

Vijay
    $600 12
good

Andy
    $600 10
D

Justin
    $600 21
life insurance

Vijay
    $800 4
New Scotland Yard

Vijay
    $800 17
Joe Louis

Justin
    $800 29
building

Vijay
    $2,000 13
heart

Andy
    $800 23
H

Vijay
    $800 22
a wise crack

Justin
    $1000 5
the Fabian Society

Vijay
    $1000 18
the Target Center

Justin
    $1000 30
Xerox

Andy
    $1000 14
destruction

Triple Stumper
    $1000 24
P

Andy
    $1000 25
try to understand

Justin

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

Justin Andy Vijay
$600 $4,400 $2,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Justin Andy Vijay
$5,200 $6,800 $5,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THEY'RE NO. 1!
(Alex: ...according to the CIA World Factbook.)
CLUES TO SECRET IDENTITIES
(Alex: ...of superheroes.)
GOING GREENER
SONNETS & SONNETEERS
IT'S IN MY COFFEE
(Alex: And finally, the response is within the text of the clue in...)
HIDDEN STATES
    $400 13
the U.S.

Andy
    $400 18
Kent

Andy
    $400 21
drought

Triple Stumper
    $400 22
fall (autumn)

Justin
    $400 26
Coffee-Mate

Triple Stumper
    $400 24
Vermont (in never Montpelier)

Justin
    $800 14
Monaco

Vijay
    $800 6
Parker

Vijay
    $800 19
sneakers

Andy
    $800 25
Oliver Cromwell

Vijay
    $800 27
brandy

Triple Stumper
    $800 23
Maine (in grandma in Exeter)

Vijay
    $1200 15
United Arab Emirates

Justin
    $1200 4
(Bruce) Wayne

Vijay
    $1200 8
bamboo

Vijay
    $1200 1
(Thomas) Gray

Vijay
    $1200 28
half-and-half

Vijay
    $1200 10
Texas (in heat exasperating)

Justin
    $5,000 16
inflation

Justin
    $1600 5
Banner

Andy
    $2,000 9
electrons

Vijay
    $1600 2
"Ozymandias"

Triple Stumper
    $1600 29
hazelnut

Justin
    $1600 11
(Justin: [No response])

Oregon (in bookstore go no)

Justin
Triple Stumper
    $2000 17
Liechtenstein

Vijay
    $2000 7
Curry

Vijay
    $2000 20
ash

Vijay
    $2000 3
(Alex: And that's from by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.)

Sonnets from the Portuguese

Triple Stumper
    $2000 30
Splenda

Vijay
    $2000 12
Utah (in put a helmet)

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Justin Andy Vijay
$13,400 $10,000 $23,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

OPERA
(Alex: If you are an operatic tenor, you have to be able to hit this note.)
...
(Alex: Perhaps the most famous tenor in recent years was Luciano Pavarotti.)
...
(Alex: Well, now, Vijay Balse, you are a finalist. Come on over here. You're gonna get to play for a quarter-million dollars--)
(Vijay: Thank you.)
(Alex: --against these two.)
(Stefan: Stefan Goodreau--Los Angeles, California.)
(Jason: Jason Zollinger--South Dayton, New York.)
AndyWhat [is scribbled out] are solos?
$4,000
JustinWhat are trills [a poorly-made question mark scribbled out]?
$7,100
VijayWhat are falsettos?
$3,201
high Cs

Final scores:

Justin Andy Vijay
$6,300 $6,000 $20,399
2nd place: $10,000 3rd place: $10,000 Finalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Justin Andy Vijay
$10,000 $8,800 $23,200
14 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 22 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W

Combined Coryat: $42,000

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Game tape date: 2010-03-24
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