Responses for Show #6058 - Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Contestants

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Melissa Nilles, a legislative aide from Kapolei, Hawaii

Erik Lang, a mail room clerk from Nashville, Tennessee

Steve Gratz, a freelance artist from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,399)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

IT'S TV, IT'S HBO
THE LAST EMPEROR
(Alex: You name the empire or the country for us.)
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME
CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF
TAKE A LETTER
"I"s IN THE PRIZE
    $200 15
Boardwalk Empire

Melissa
    $200 4
France

Steve
    $200 20
Obama's llamas

Erik
    $200 23
a fiddle

Erik
    $200 1
I

Erik
    $200 27
a Pulitzer

Erik
    $400 16
The Pacific

Melissa
    $400 5
China

Erik
    $400 12
Bush's tushes

Erik
    $400 22
chameleon

Erik
    $400 3
(Steve: What is a C-note?)
(Melissa: What is a G?)

an X

SteveMelissa
Triple Stumper
    $2,400 8
(Erik: [Long pause] Who is Nobel?)
(Alex: No, who is [*]? It was [*], then he fell into disfavor, and it was Lenin.)

Joseph Stalin

Erik
    $600 17
Funny or Die

Melissa
    $600 2
Mexico

Steve
    $600 9
Taylor's mailers

Erik
    $600 13
fungus

Erik
    $600 24
(Erik: What is I?)

A

SteveErik
    $600 30
the XXIII

Steve
    $800 18
The Sopranos

Melissa
    $800 6
the Ottoman Empire

Erik
    $800 10
Hoover's maneuvers

Erik
    $800 14
Commonwealths

Melissa
    $800 25
(Alex: [*] for "west".)

W

Steve
    $800 29
(Erik: What is physics?)
(Melissa: What is science?)

physiology

ErikMelissa
Triple Stumper
    $1000 19
(Steve: What is the Garry San--[*]?)

The Larry Sanders Show

Steve
    $1000 7
the Byzantine Empire

Erik
    $1000 11
Polk's folks

Steve
    $1000 21
Amerigo Vespucci

Steve
    $1000 26
(Steve: What is S?)

M

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $1000 28
Ellis Island

Steve

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

Steve Erik Melissa
$1,400 $2,400 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Erik Melissa
$5,400 $2,000 $1,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

IT'S NOT TV, IT'S "HBO"
(Alex: ...and those letters in quotation marks, so they will come up in that order in each correct response.)
BROADWAY BILLYS
ADVENTUROUS WOMEN
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSE, PLEASE
LITERARY E-MAIL ADDRESSES
SUGAR
(Jimmy: From the Domino sugar refinery in Louisiana--what it has to go through before it can sweeten your tea.)
    $400 24
neighbor

Steve
    $400 21
Billy Crystal

Steve
    $400 2
the Arctic Circle

Melissa
    $400 16
Lancaster

Steve
    $400 6
(Steve: Who is Rowling?)

Dumbledore

SteveErik
    $400 11
molasses

Erik
    $800 25
Matchboxes

Steve
    $800 22
Chicago

Melissa
    $800 1
a gorilla

Steve
    $800 14
a Windsor

Erik
    $800 17
Gollum

Steve
    $800 9
a centrifuge

Triple Stumper
    $1200 26
a fishbowl

Melissa
    $1200 23
Billy Elliot

Steve
    $1200 3
the Himalayans

Melissa
    $1200 12
York

Erik
    $2,500 18
Dorian Gray

Steve
    $1200 8
glucose & fructose

Triple Stumper
    $1600 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the wishbone

Steve
    $1600 27
Billy Joel

Steve
    $1600 4
Baghdad

Steve
    $1600 13
Hanover

Steve
    $1600 19
Jack Ryan

Melissa
    $1600 7
sugar cane

Steve
    $2000 5
(Erik: What is the Volga?)

the Danube

ErikMelissa
    $2000 15
Stuart

Steve
    $2000 20
Winston Smith

Steve
    $2000 10
(Alex: Obviously this category is too sweet for the three of you. We're talking about [*], sugar [*].)

crystals

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Erik Melissa
$24,300 $2,800 $8,800
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

COUNTRIES
(Alex: The correct response is [*]--the Indus River.)
ErikWhat is Democratic Republic of Congo
$2,800
MelissaWhat is China?
$2,000
SteveWhat is Brazil
$5,700
India

Final scores:

Steve Erik Melissa
$18,600 $0 $6,800
2-day champion: $30,999 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Steve Erik Melissa
$23,000 $5,200 $8,800
24 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 16 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $37,000

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Game tape date: 2010-09-28
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