Responses for Show #6255 - Friday, November 25, 2011

Contestants

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James Ruchala, an ethnomusicologist from Ararat, North Carolina

Kendra Anspaugh, a community college instructor from New Orleans, Louisiana

Ann Thurlow, an aspiring novelist and retired salesperson from Mendham, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,805)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

PHILATELY PHUN
PORTMANTEAU WORDS
WHAT THE DICKENS?
POTENT POTABLES
IT'S NOT THE MIAMI HEAT
IT'S THE HUMILITY
    $200 12
Queen Victoria

Kendra
    $200 11
a motorcade

James
    $200 1
(James: What is Great--Anticipation--)
(Alex: No.)
(James: What is [*]?)
(Alex: No, sorry.)
...
(Alex: I ruled against you before you changed your response, James, sorry about that.)

Great Expectations

AnnJames
    $200 6
a kamikaze

Ann
    $200 26
the Cleveland Cavaliers

James
    $200 21
Gandhi

Ann
    $400 13
adhesive

James
    $400 15
a Breathalyzer

Ann
    $400 2
A Tale of Two Cities

James
    $400 7
tequila

James
    $400 27
the Los Angeles Lakers

Kendra
    $400 22
Sir Isaac Newton

James
    $600 14
(Harry) Houdini

Ann
    $600 16
netiquette

James
    $600 3
(Ann: What is Christmas... Story?)

A Christmas Carol

AnnJames
    $600 8
vermouth

Kendra
    $600 28
the Boston Celtics

Ann
    $600 23
the Congressional Medal of Honor

Ann
    $800 17
cork

Kendra
    $800 19
a pixel

Kendra
    $800 4
The Old Curiosity Shop

James
    $800 9
grapefruit juice

James
    $800 29
the Chicago Bulls

Kendra
    $800 24
worthy

James
    $1000 18
Las Vegas

Kendra
    $1000 20
a contrail

James
    $1000 5
Hard Times

Kendra
    $1000 10
Seagram's 7 & 7 Up

Ann
    $1000 30
the Toronto Raptors

Kendra
    $2,000 25
Joe Biden

James

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

Ann Kendra James
$1,800 $1,800 $3,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ann Kendra James
$3,200 $6,600 $8,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE LONELY ISLAND
SONG OF THE SOUTH
HALOGENS
GRHYME TYME
TRUTH SEEKERS
RAILROADING 101
(Alex: All aboard for some [*] clues.)
    $400 1
(Ann: What is, um, Elba?)

St. Helena

AnnJames
    $400 2
Old Dixie

James
    $400 12
salts

James
    $400 25
(Kendra: Who is Drudge?)
(Alex: Need more than that.)
(Kendra: Who is, uh, grudge?)
(Alex: No.)

a Drudge smudge

AnnKendra
    $400 20
Buddhism

Kendra
    $400 11
gauge

Kendra
    $800 7
Pitcairn Island

Kendra
    $800 3
Carolina

Ann
    $800 13
chlorine

Ann
    $800 26
(James: Mud Judd, or [*]--what is [*]?)
(Alex: [Laughs] Boy, you worked that one to death, didn't you, but we'll give it to you. Go again.)

Judd mud

James
    $800 21
(Kendra: Uh, who is John Locke?)
...
(Alex: [*]--the meaty part--yes.)

Francis Bacon

KendraJames
    $800 14
a crane

Triple Stumper
    $5,000 8
(Alex: [*], yes. Not even a momentary pause for you there.)

the Midway Islands

Kendra
    $1200 4
New Orleans

Kendra
    $1200 17
(Ann: What is fluoride?)

fluorine

AnnKendra
    $1200 27
duck muck

Kendra
    $1200 22
(Kendra: Who is Hegel?)
(Ann: Who is Kant?)

(Friedrich) Nietzsche

AnnKendraJames
    $1200 15
(Ann: What is a roundhouse?)

a turntable

AnnJames
    $1600 9
France

Kendra
    $1600 5
Tennessee

Kendra
    $10,000 18
radioactive

Kendra
    $1600 28
(Ann: What is, uh... smudge--)

the main stain

Ann
Triple Stumper
    $1600 23
Thomas Aquinas

Kendra
    $1600 16
stoking

Kendra
    $2000 10
Herman Melville

James
    $2000 6
(Kendra: What is Mississippi?)

Texas

KendraJames
    $2000 19
bromine

Kendra
    $2000 29
Rome loam

Ann
    $2000 24
Kierkegaard

Kendra
    $2000 30
a grade

Kendra

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ann Kendra James
$1,600 $34,800 $17,600

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Final Jeopardy! Round responses

MODERN AMERICAN NOVELS
AnnWhat is a Confederacy of Dunces
$0
JamesWhat is A A Confederacy of Dunces
$400
KendraWhat is ?
$500
A Confederacy of Dunces (by John Kennedy Toole)

Final scores:

Ann Kendra James
$1,600 $34,300 $18,000
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $34,300 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ann Kendra James
$1,600 $22,600 $16,600
12 R,
6 W		 24 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W		 22 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $40,800

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Game tape date: 2011-10-10
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