Responses for Show #5976 - Monday, September 13, 2010

Roger Craig game 1.
First game of Season 27.

Contestants

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Roger Craig, a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware

Scott Wells, a medievalist from Los Angeles, California

Meg Miller, a high school Latin teacher from Milton, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,299)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

AN OCEAN OF KNOWLEDGE
THE WORLD SERIES MVP's TEAM
(Alex: You identify the team for us.)
GOVERNMENT BY COMMITTEE
FOOD & DRINK
THE ONION DESCRIBES THE STATE
FEELS LIKE "FALL"
    $200 16
the tides

Roger
    $200 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the (Cincinnati) Reds

Roger
    $200 15
(John) Kerry

Roger
    $200 21
Russian

Roger
    $200 6
California

Scott
    $200 1
snowfall

Meg
    $400 10
a tsunami

Roger
    $400 12
(Scott: Who are the... Dodgers?)

the (Boston) Red Sox

ScottRoger
    $400 19
rules

Roger
    $400 23
eggs

Roger
    $400 7
Massachusetts

Scott
    $400 2
a fall guy

Scott
    $1,200 11
seaweed (or algae)

Roger
    $600 26
the Dodgers

Roger
    $600 13
business

Roger
    $600 8
Tennessee

Meg
    $600 3
pratfall

Meg
    $800 17
(Alex: Yeah, natural [*].)

antifreeze

Roger
    $800 25
the Pirates

Roger
    $800 14
Wyoming

Scott
    $800 9
(Alex: [*]--the Grand Canyon--correct.)

Arizona

Roger
    $800 4
(Alex: And that show was called [*].)

Pitfall

Triple Stumper
    $1000 22
the Gulf of Mexico

Scott
    $1000 24
the (Baltimore) Orioles

Roger
    $1000 20
Aging

Meg
    $1000 18
Georgia

Roger
    $1000 5
The Fall of the House of Usher

Scott

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):

Meg Scott Roger
$1,400 $1,600 $2,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Meg Scott Roger
$2,400 $3,400 $9,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BILL CLINTON & THE CLINTON FOUNDATION
(Alex: And the ex-President will deliver all of the clues in that category.)
MOVIE DIRECTORS
THE THINGS YOU SAY!
ELEMENTAL CLUES
GHOST WRITERS
IN THE SKY
    $400 24
(Meg: What is [*] or [**]?)
(Alex: [**], right you are with a minute to go.)

HIV (or AIDS)

Meg
    $400 20
Woody Allen

Meg
    $400 1
pearls

Roger
    $400 12
radium

Roger
    $400 6
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Scott
    $400 27
KLM

Scott
    $800 16
the Empire State Building

Roger
    $800 2
This is Spinal Tap

Scott
    $800 19
gibberish

Roger
    $800 15
(Alex: [*] is right: Rae Dawn Chong.)

radon

Roger
    $800 7
Dickens

Scott
    $800 25
Pegasus

Meg
    $1200 17
diabetes

Scott
    $1200 3
(Roger: Who is... Almodóvar?)

John Cassavetes

ScottRoger
    $1200 21
truth

Meg
    $1200 11
(Scott: What is [*]?... Uh, what is [*]?)
(Alex: [*], yes. I thought I misheard you.)

rhodium

Scott
    $1200 8
Arthur Conan Doyle

Scott
    $1200 26
vertical

Roger
    $1600 18
philanthropy

Roger
    $1600 4
(David) Lynch

Roger
    $1600 22
blasphemy

Meg
    $1600 14
hafnium

Roger
    $1600 9
Ambrose Bierce

Scott
    $10,000 28
(Scott: Who is Practikoff?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Igor Sikorsky

Scott
    $2000 5
Renny Harlin

Triple Stumper
    $2000 23
repartée

Roger
    $12,400 13
(Roger: I'll bet it all. Bet it all.)
(Alex: [Looking surprised] Okay, you caught me by surprise.)
(Roger: Yeah.)
(Alex: Possible big payday for you if you are right on this clue.)

palladium

Roger
    $2000 10
Saki

Roger

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Meg Scott Roger
$6,800 $2,200 $33,600
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

MUSICAL THEATER
[Alex comments on the "little bit of hair" Meg draws over her response.]
ScottWhat is "Hair"?
$200
MegWhat is Hair?
$0
RogerWhat is Hair? [with a smiley face]
$3,400
Hair

Final scores:

Meg Scott Roger
$6,800 $2,400 $37,000
2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $37,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Meg Scott Roger
$6,800 $12,200 $22,600
9 R,
0 W		 15 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 28 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $41,600

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Game tape date: 2010-07-27
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