Responses for Show #6073 - Wednesday, January 26, 2011

IBM Challenge mini-documentary: "What is a Grand Challenge?"

Contestants

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Ryan Nelson, a law student originally from Tampa, Florida

Tom Jennings, a maintenance mechanic from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Gitta Neufeld, a Judaic teacher trainer from Far Rockaway, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,300)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE WRITER
THE PERFORMER
THE DIRECTOR
THE CAMERA MAN
THE PRODUCER
"ACTION"!
    $200 1
(Ryan: Who is Clancy?)

(John) Grisham

TomRyan
    $200 16
Ratatouille

Ryan
    $200 21
FDR

Tom
    $200 26
(Tom: What is D-Day?)
...
(Alex: Victory in Japan, yes.)

V-J Day

GittaTom
    $200 11
the Jolly Green Giant

Ryan
    $200 6
satisfaction

Tom
    $400 2
Fitzgerald

Tom
    $400 17
As the World Turns

Gitta
    $400 22
Washington

Tom
    $400 27
the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts)

Tom
    $400 12
Vaseline

Tom
    $400 7
a contraction

Triple Stumper
    $600 3
Mario Vargas Llosa

Triple Stumper
    $600 18
Caprica

Gitta
    $600 23
fingerprints

Tom
    $600 28
Kent State

Gitta
    $600 13
Jif

Ryan
    $600 8
a chain reaction

Gitta
    $800 4
Miss Jean Brodie

Gitta
    $800 19
Spider-Man

Ryan
    $800 24
the KKK (Ku Klux Klan)

Tom
    $800 29
(Tom: What is Life?)

National Geographic

TomRyan
    $800 14
Oscar Mayer

Ryan
    $800 9
putrefaction

Gitta
    $1000 5
Marcel Proust

Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
(Tom: Who is Lemmon?)

Tony Curtis

GittaTom
    $1000 25
"Baby Face" Nelson

Gitta
    $1,000 30
(Alex: Ryan?)
(Ryan: Who is McCarthy?)
(Alex: No, the man's name was [*], and he's the one who photographed the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Dallas. That was before your time.)

Abraham Zapruder

Ryan
    $1000 15
Häagen-Dazs

Gitta
    $1000 10
affirmative action

Tom

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

Gitta Tom Ryan
$3,200 $2,200 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Gitta Tom Ryan
$7,000 $2,600 $2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

CONSTELLATIONS
1980s NO. 1 HITMAKERS
IN CRISIS MODE
ALPHABETICALLY FIRST
ART QUOTES
"C" IT, SAY IT
    $400 1
Ursa Major

Gitta
    $400 3
Hall & Oates

Tom
    $400 22
Eisenhower

Gitta
    $400 2
eight

Tom
    $400 26
(Ryan: Who is Dalí?)

Picasso

GittaRyan
    $400 12
a corsage

Tom
    $800 8
the dove

Tom
    $800 4
Chicago

Triple Stumper
    $800 21
the Cuban Missile Crisis

Ryan
    $800 17
(Gitta: What is Io?)

Jupiter

GittaRyan
    $800 27
Van Gogh

Tom
    $800 13
a chalice

Ryan
    $1200 9
the bee

Tom
    $1200 5
(Kenny) Loggins

Tom
    $1200 23
(Ryan: What is Iran-Contra?)
...
(Alex: That's right, the hostage situation.)

hostages in Iran

TomRyan
    $3,000 18
(Ryan: Who is Kennedy?)

Garfield

Ryan
    $1200 28
Norman Rockwell

Gitta
    $1200 14
cameos

Gitta
    $1600 10
(Gitta: What is Viola?)

Lyra

Gitta
Triple Stumper
    $1600 6
Phil Collins

Tom
    $1600 24
Asia

Ryan
    $1600 19
(Tom: What is blue?)

black

TomRyan
    $1600 29
a portrait

Gitta
    $1600 15
corrugated

Gitta
    $4,000 11
Aquarius

Tom
    $2000 7
Terence Trent D'Arby

Tom
    $2000 25
Austria-Hungary

Gitta
    $2000 20
(Gitta: What is Johannesburg?)

Bloemfontein

GittaTom
    $2000 30
Jasper Johns

Tom
    $2000 16
the cassowary

Tom

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Gitta Tom Ryan
$11,400 $21,000 $3,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AFRICA
RyanWhat is Liberia?
$1,200
GittaWhat is Liberia?
$100
TomWhat is Liberia
$3,000
Liberia

Final scores:

Gitta Tom Ryan
$11,500 $24,000 $4,400
2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $24,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Gitta Tom Ryan
$11,400 $19,000 $7,200
18 R,
3 W		 24 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 11 R,
5 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $37,600

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Game tape date: 2010-10-13
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