Responses for Show #5992 - Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Contestants

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James Brown, a university administrator from Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Kristen Schroeder, an audiologist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,199)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ESCAPE
RUN
FLEA
TAKE A POWDER
GET "OUT" WHILE YOU CAN
HERE COME THE MONSTERS!
    $200 5
Dolley Madison

Kristen
    $200 3
(Robert) Byrd

Don
    $200 12
blood

Don
    $200 11
LDL

Don
    $200 1
the dugout

James
    $200 2
a pinhead

Kristen
    $400 14
a tunnel

Don
    $400 23
Idaho

Don
    $400 13
jumping

James
    $400 27
aspirin

Don
    $400 4
grout

Kristen
    $400 7
(Don: Who was King Kong?)

Godzilla

DonJames
    $600 15
Spartacus

Don
    $600 24
(Orrin) Hatch

Don
    $600 20
eggs

James
    $600 28
sodium

Don
    $600 6
a whiteout

Kristen
    $600 8
(James: What is Beijing?)

Seoul

James
Triple Stumper
    $1,000 18
Louis XVI

James
    $800 25
Ed Koch

Triple Stumper
    $800 21
a fogger

James
    $800 29
Emergen-C

Triple Stumper
    $800 16
"Wipe Out"

James
    $800 9
Pan's Labyrinth

James
    $1000 19
the Isle of Wight

Don
    $1000 26
Alabama

James
    $1000 22
a turkey (or chicken)

Don
    $1000 30
(Don: What is lactose?)
(James: What is lactic acid?)

whey

DonJames
Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
devout

James
    $1000 10
Rancor

James

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

Don Kristen James
$1,200 $1,400 $2,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Don Kristen James
$4,200 $1,400 $6,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ASTRONOMY
FAMILY MUSIC
ASIAN NATIONS
A QUIET EVENING AT HOME
WHAT'S THE STORY?
EASTERN STANDARD RHYME TIME
    $400 6
the Hubble

Don
    $400 13
(Kristen: Who are the Nelsons?)
(Don: Who is Ricky Nelson?)

The Everly Brothers

DonKristen
Triple Stumper
    $400 1
India

Kristen
    $400 21
jam

Don
    $400 17
Murder on the Orient Express

James
    $400 3
Dover clover

Kristen
    $800 7
[ERRATUM: The clue misspelled the name of the comet, which is actually "Tempel-Tuttle".]

Leo

Don
    $800 14
the Jonas Brothers

Kristen
    $800 16
(Don: What is Mexico? Dumb, dumb, dumb!)
(Alex: No, not dumb. You probably misspoke. You were thinking of Thailand, but said Mexico.)
(Don: Of course!)

Thailand

Don
Triple Stumper
    $800 22
genealogy

James
    $800 2
(Kristen: What is Cyrano de Bergiac?)
[Originally ruled correct; reversed before Daily Double at clue 19]

Cyrano de Bergerac

Kristen
Triple Stumper
    $800 4
weary Erie

Kristen
    $1200 8
the Van Allen belts

Don
    $1200 15
The Pointer Sisters

James
    $2,000 23
(James: What is Korean?)

Burmese

James
    $1200 27
a stitch

Kristen
    $1200 18
The English Patient

James
    $1200 5
glancing at Lansing

Don
    $1600 9
Triton

Triple Stumper
    $1600 24
The Andrews Sisters

James
    $1600 26
the Philippines

Don
    $1600 28
chess

Don
    $2,000 19
(James: What is Love in the Age of Cholera?)

Death in Venice

James
    $1600 11
Bronx wonks

Triple Stumper
    $2000 10
galaxies

Don
    $2000 25
The Allman Brothers

Triple Stumper
    $2000 20
Cannery Row

Kristen
    $2000 12
Miami clammy

Don

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Don Kristen James
$14,200 $5,800 $7,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

BROADWAY STARS
KristenWho is Julie Andrews?
$5,000
JamesWho is Julie Andrews?
$7,500
DonWho is Julie Andrews?
$1,001
Mary Martin

Final scores:

Don Kristen James
$13,199 $800 $100
2-day champion: $21,398 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Don Kristen James
$14,200 $5,800 $11,400
20 R,
4 W
10 R,
2 W
16 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $31,400

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Game tape date: 2010-08-04
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