Responses for Show #6230 - Friday, October 21, 2011

Contestants

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Balaji Narain, an attorney originally from Cumming, Georgia

Heather Anstaett, an auditor from West Palm Beach, Florida

Jay Peterson, an English professor from Howell, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,201)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE SONG DYNASTY
WEATHER GEAR
STATE OF THE NOVEL
(Alex: You identify the state in which the novel's action takes place.)
THAT'S "UN" CALLED FOR!
PHYSICS
CATCHING A BREAK
    $200 16
Lennon & McCartney

Balaji
    $200 26
mittens

Heather
    $200 1
Washington

Heather
    $200 11
unemployment

Heather
    $200 6
light

Balaji
    $200 21
a C.B. radio

Balaji
    $400 17
Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

Jay
    $400 27
a parka

Jay
    $1,000 2
(Alex: [*]--yes--Stephen King's home state.)

Maine

Heather
    $400 12
unabridged

Jay
    $400 7
the center

Heather
    $400 22
breakdancing

Balaji
    $600 18
Motown

Balaji
    $600 28
a slicker

Heather
    $600 3
Iowa

Jay
    $600 13
undulate

Jay
    $600 8
(Balaji: What is magnetism?)

microwave

Balaji
Triple Stumper
    $600 23
(Alex: The Afikomen is a piece of [*].)

matzo

Triple Stumper
    $800 19
(Nick) Ashford

Jay
    $800 29
an umbrella

Jay
    $800 4
Nebraska

Balaji
    $800 14
uninstall

Balaji
    $800 9
electron volt

Balaji
    $800 24
snap beans

Jay
    $1000 20
Carole King

Heather
    $1000 30
(Heather: What are Ray-Bans?)
(Balaji: What are Oakleys?)
...
(Alex: Heather remembers now--who's that behind those [*]?)

Foster Grants

HeatherBalaji
Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
Florida

Balaji
    $1000 15
ungulates

Balaji
    $1000 10
(Balaji: What is a [**]?)
[Originally ruled incorrect; reversed after first break.]

an emulsion (or colloid)

Balaji
    $1000 25
(Jay: What is staccato?)

an arpeggio

Jay
Triple Stumper

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

Jay Heather Balaji
$1,600 $1,800 $5,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jay Heather Balaji
$3,800 $2,600 $5,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE SONG DYNASTY
OLD JOBS
THE KILLING
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
POLITICIANS
"GOOD", "BAD" & "UGLY" MOVIES
    $400 22
porcelain (or pottery or ceramics)

Balaji
    $400 6
the roof

Jay
    $400 17
(Heather: Who is Gandhi?)

Benazir Bhutto

HeatherBalaji
    $400 9
a Swiss kiss

Balaji
    $400 8
(Michael) Bloomberg

Heather
    $400 1
Good Will Hunting

Jay
    $2,000 23
the Mongols

Balaji
    $800 7
horses

Balaji
    $800 18
Garfield

Balaji
    $800 10
Greek speak

Jay
    $800 26
Kucinich

Balaji
    $800 2
Goodfellas

Jay
    $1200 30
silk

Heather
    $3,000 14
wash clothes

Jay
    $1200 19
Malcolm X

Heather
    $1200 11
a siesta fiesta

Jay
    $1200 27
(Hubert) Humphrey

Balaji
    $1200 3
(Alex: Yeah, but a good-lookin' teacher.)

Bad Teacher

Heather
    $1600 24
gunpowder

Balaji
    $1600 15
(Alex: [*]--aurum--yes.)

gold

Jay
    $1600 20
Michael Collins

Heather
    $1600 12
a bossy Aussie

Triple Stumper
    $1600 28
Secretary of the Interior

Heather
    $1600 4
Bad Santa

Jay
    $2000 25
Confucianism

Balaji
    $2000 16
the doctor (or the surgeon)

Triple Stumper
    $2000 21
Shaka

Balaji
    $2000 13
a Basque cask

Jay
    $2000 29
Chris Christie

Jay
    $2000 5
Coyote Ugly

Jay

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jay Heather Balaji
$19,600 $9,400 $17,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
(Alex: [To Heather] Right you are. Of course, Disney took the relationship with the cricket in a totally different direction.)
HeatherWho is Pinocchio?
$9,399
BalajiWho is Pinocchio?
$17,600
JayWho is Hansel?
$16,001
Pinocchio

Final scores:

Jay Heather Balaji
$3,599 $18,799 $35,400
3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $35,400

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jay Heather Balaji
$17,800 $8,800 $16,600
19 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 13 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 22 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $43,200

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Game tape date: 2011-08-30
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