Responses for Show #6279 - Thursday, December 29, 2011

Jason Keller game 10.
Dave Leach game 1.

Contestants

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Dave Leach, a software analyst from Atlanta, Georgia

Jennifer Green, a university librarian from Paris, Tennessee

Jason Keller, a tutor from Highland Park, New Jersey (whose 9-day cash winnings total $213,900)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

I THINK I LOVE SHOE
KENTUCKY KERNELS
EPONYMS
OFFICIAL BRITISH ROYAL POSTS
CHILDREN'S LIT
THAT SMELLS... LIKE A CELEBRITY!
    $200 8
loafers

Dave
    $200 10
Jefferson Davis

Jennifer
    $200 1
chauvinism

Jason
    $200 23
Poet Laureate

Jason
    $200 21
Eloise

Jennifer
    $200 6
Austin Powers

Dave
    $400 9
bowling

Jennifer
    $400 11
(Jennifer: Who are the Hatfields?)
...
(Alex: Yeah, you had a 50/50 shot there, Jennifer. Sorry it didn't work.)

the McCoys

JenniferDave
    $400 2
to lynch

Dave
    $400 24
the Thames

Jason
    $400 22
Aquitaine

Jason
    $400 7
(David) Beckham

Jason
    $600 12
a pump

Jennifer
    $600 13
Louisville

Dave
    $600 3
panic

Jason
    $600 25
the piper

Dave
    $600 26
(Dave: What is Alice in Wonderland?)
(Jennifer: What is Alice [*]?)

Through the Looking Glass

JenniferDave
    $600 18
Christina Aguilera

Jennifer
    $800 14
a Mary Jane

Jennifer
    $800 15
(Daniel) Boone

Jason
    $800 4
Cyrillic

Dave
    $800 29
(Jason: What is Stable?)

Horse

Jason
Triple Stumper
    $800 27
(Jennifer: What is The Secret Garden?)

A Little Princess

Jennifer
Triple Stumper
    $800 19
(Dave: Who is Rodriguez?)

(Derek) Jeter

JasonDave
    $1000 16
Louboutin

Jennifer
    $1000 17
hemp

Jennifer
    $1000 5
(Jennifer: What is the Sussex setter?)

the Gordon setter

Jennifer
Triple Stumper
    $2,000 30
the Astronomer Royal (the Royal Astronomer accepted)

Dave
    $1000 28
(Jennifer: What is The Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar?)

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

JenniferDave
    $1000 20
Usher

Dave

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

Jason Jennifer Dave
$2,000 $600 $2,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jason Jennifer Dave
$3,000 $2,200 $5,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

OPERA
SCIENTISTS
THE THIRD-MOST POPULAR PRESIDENTIAL CHOICE
(Alex: We'll give you the name of the candidate who finished in third place. You have to tell us who won that presidential election.)
"D-O"
DAYLIGHT COME
ME WANNA GO HOME
    $400 4
Tristan

Jason
    $400 8
Newton

Jason
    $400 1
domestic

Jennifer
    $400 16
Sunrise

Dave
    $400 21
Romania

Jason
    $800 5
Aida

Jennifer
    $800 12
Marconi

Jason
    $800 2
a dollop

Dave
    $800 17
prayers

Jennifer
    $800 26
Winnipeg

Jason
    $1200 9
Lulu

Triple Stumper
    $1200 13
autism

Jennifer
    $1200 3
a dossier

Jason
    $1200 18
tai chi

Jennifer
    $1200 24
(Dave: What is Rio de Janeiro?)

São Paulo

JasonDave
    $1600 10
Hansel and Gretel

Jennifer
    $1600 14
Ptolemy

Dave
    $3,000 27
(Jason: Who is FDR?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Harry Truman

Jason
    $1600 6
doubloons

Dave
    $3,000 19
Aurora

Jennifer
    $1600 23
(Alex: Yes, with less than a minute to go.)

Veracruz

Jason
    $2000 11
(Alex: You are right, and a footnote to that particular clue--this opera's premiere occurs New Year's Eve at the Met. Something to look forward to.)

Prospero

Dave
    $2000 15
an electron microscope

Dave
    $2000 25
Reagan

Dave
    $2000 7
donnybrook

Dave
    $2000 20
(Stephenie) Meyer

Dave
    $2000 22
Timbuktu

Jason

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jason Jennifer Dave
$8,800 $11,200 $19,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN WRITERS
(Alex: [To Dave] You're going home with $15,599, and Jason Keller is going home with a lot of money, over $213,000. He's gonna be in our Tournament of Champions next time out.)
JasonWho is Grisham?
$7,000
JenniferWho is McMurty?
$11,198
DaveWho is Michener?
$3,401
Larry McMurtry

Final scores:

Jason Jennifer Dave
$1,800 $2 $15,599
2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $15,599

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jason Jennifer Dave
$11,800 $9,800 $18,000
17 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $39,600

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Game tape date: 2011-11-01
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