Responses for Show #5974 - Thursday, July 29, 2010

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Meg Miller, a high school Latin teacher from Milton, Massachusetts

Markus Iturriaga, an IT administrator from Knoxville, Tennessee

Jen Fick, a records manager from Bethesda, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,300)

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round responses

AGRICULTURE
YOU CAN CALL ME "AL"
OFF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST
JANET RENO'S DANCE PARTY
RAY LaHOOD'S TRANSPO-LOOZA
MITCH McCONNELL'S KENTUCKY MEGAMIX
    $200 8
corn

Jen
    $200 3
an alley

Meg
    $200 13
the alligator

Markus
    $200 14
Will Ferrell

Triple Stumper
    $200 19
Haiti

Jen
    $200 1
Bowling Green

Triple Stumper
    $400 9
AA

Triple Stumper
    $400 4
al dente

Jen
    $400 27
the red kangaroo

Meg
    $400 15
Attorney General

Jen
    $400 20
Arizona

Markus
    $400 2
Frankfort

Meg
    $600 10
loam

Meg
    $600 5
alpha

Markus
    $600 28
the pelican

Meg
    $600 16
a mosh pit

Markus
    $600 21
Dulles

Jen
    $600 24
"My Old Kentucky Home"

Meg
    $800 11
a cover crop

Markus
    $800 6
albuterol

Jen
    $800 29
a squirrel

Markus
    $800 17
(Rudy) Giuliani

Jen
    $800 22
India

Meg
    $1,500 25
the Ohio

Meg
    $1000 12
a strawberry

Jen
    $1000 7
altruist

Meg
    $1000 30
(Markus: What's the wolf?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

the grey wolf (or the timber wolf)

Markus
    $1000 18
"My Sharona"

Markus
    $1000 23
(Meg: What is a seat belt?)
(Alex: ...No.)
(Meg: [Trying again] What is [*]?)

the car seat (or the child safety seat)

JenMeg
    $1000 26
Lexington

Jen

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

Jen Markus Meg
$2,800 $1,600 $2,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jen Markus Meg
$6,400 $5,400 $5,100

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

COMMANDERS AT WAR
TWICE-TOLD TALES
19th CENTURY OPERA
x 2
WHO KILLED ME, SHAKESPEARE?
PACIFIC STANDARD RHYME TIME
    $400 22
Alexander the Great

Meg
    $400 6
Psycho

Markus
    $400 1
Carmen

Meg
    $400 11
(Alex: Perfect score is 300. Multiply it times 2--[*].)

600

Triple Stumper
    $400 12
Macbeth

Meg
    $400 17
a Sacramento memento

Meg
    $800 23
Napoléon Bonaparte

Markus
    $800 7
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Markus
    $800 2
(Richard) Wagner

Markus
    $800 26
34

Jen
    $800 13
(Meg: Who is Mercutio?)
(Jen: Who is Benvolio?)

Romeo

JenMeg
Triple Stumper
    $800 18
Eugene cuisine

Triple Stumper
    $2,400 24
(Markus: [Sighs] What is... I don't know.)
...
(Alex: Less than a minute to go, now, Markus.)

the Mitsubishi Zero

Markus
    $1200 8
Heaven Can Wait

Meg
    $1200 3
Pagliacci (Il Pagliacci accepted)

Markus
    $2,000 27
(Jen: What is 252?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

126

Jen
    $1200 14
Claudius

Meg
    $1200 19
a San Diego Winnebago

Markus
    $1600 25
Inchon

Triple Stumper
    $1600 9
The Defiant Ones

Triple Stumper
    $1600 4
The Barber of Seville

Meg
    $1600 15
(Alex: Emilia was married to [*] in Othello.)

Iago

Triple Stumper
    $1600 20
Seattle cattle

Jen
    $2000 10
El Dorado

Triple Stumper
    $2000 5
La Traviata

Meg
    $2000 16
Titus Andronicus

Markus
    $2000 21
a Salinas Venus

Meg

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jen Markus Meg
$6,000 $10,200 $13,900

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE SUPER BOWL
[Alex specifies "NFC" as "National Football Conference" when reading the clue.]
(Alex: He's at $5,200, as we come to Meg Miller. [*] is what we're looking for.)
(Meg: I don't actually care.)
JenWhat are the Detroit Lions?
$5,999
MarkusWhat is the ??
$5,000
MegWhat are the Jacksonville Panthers
$1,000
the Detroit Lions

Final scores:

Jen Markus Meg
$11,999 $5,200 $12,900
2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $12,900

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jen Markus Meg
$8,000 $12,600 $13,200
12 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 15 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $33,800

[game clues] [game scores] [suggest correction]

Game tape date: 2010-03-16
The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. Scraping, republication, monetization, and malicious use prohibited; this site may use cookies and collect identifying information. See terms. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.