Responses for Show #6312 - Tuesday, February 14, 2012

2012 College Championship final game 2.

Contestants

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Zack Terrill, a senior at Vanderbilt University from Winter Springs, Florida (subtotal of $8,000)

Monica Thieu, a sophomore at the University of North Texas from Dallas, Texas (subtotal of $18,000)

Sarah Bart, a senior at Goucher College from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subtotal of $9,800)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

A FEW THINGS HAPPENED IN 1865
CELEBRITY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
FITNESS
SCI FI & FANTASY
LEARN SOME GERMAN
ODD JOBS
    $200 1
Andrew Johnson

Monica
    $200 2
Mexico

Sarah
    $200 15
a mile

Sarah
    $200 8
a virus

Monica
    $200 26
good morning

Sarah
    $200 19
bananas

Monica
    $400 7
War and Peace

Monica
    $400 3
(Sarah: What is Argentina?)

Spain

Sarah
Triple Stumper
    $400 16
crunches

Zack
    $400 9
Wodan

Monica
    $400 27
a headache

Sarah
    $400 20
(Monica: What is smoke signaling?)

skywriting

SarahMonica
    $1,400 11
The Salvation Army

Sarah
    $600 4
Brazil

Zack
    $600 17
a stationary bike

Monica
    $600 10
Time

Sarah
    $600 28
(Sarah: What is snow-y?)

foggy

Sarah
Triple Stumper
    $600 22
IMAX screens

Sarah
    $800 12
Turin

Monica
    $800 5
Israel

Zack
    $800 18
(Sarah: What are push-ups? Oh... never mind.)
(Alex: Three of them--oh, okay. Zack.)
(Zack: What are push-ups, pull-ups and chin-ups?)

push-ups, pull-ups & sit-ups

SarahZack
Triple Stumper
    $800 14
Aspirin

Triple Stumper
    $800 29
(Monica: What is a backpack?)
(Sarah: What is a knapsack?)
...
(Alex: Schlaf refers to sleep, so it's a [*].)

sleeping bag

SarahMonica
Triple Stumper
    $800 23
rodeo clowns

Zack
    $1000 13
the Matterhorn

Zack
    $1000 6
(Monica: What is England?)

Canada

SarahMonica
    $1000 21
body mass index

Zack
    $1000 25
Thomas Covenant

Triple Stumper
    $1000 30
(Sarah: What is tuna?)

lobster

Sarah
Triple Stumper
    $1000 24
dice

Zack

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

Sarah Monica Zack
$3,000 $1,000 $2,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Sarah Monica Zack
$1,400 $600 $4,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ISLANDS
2 FOR THE SHOW
A BIBLE BOOK FOR THEE
(Alex: Give us the book of the Bible.)
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
CLASSICAL MUSIC
ENDS IN "GHT"
    $400 2
Antarctica

Sarah
    $400 30
Ashton Kutcher

Monica
    $400 29
(Zack: What is Exodus?)

Genesis

SarahZack
    $400 27
the Watergate scandal

Zack
    $400 22
The Messiah

Zack
    $400 4
straight

Triple Stumper
    $800 3
Denmark

Monica
    $800 18
(Monica: What are Cities?)

Kitties

MonicaZack
    $800 28
Job

Zack
    $800 26
Gabrielle Giffords

Sarah
    $800 9
(Zack: What is three?)

four

MonicaZack
    $800 5
drought

Sarah
    $1200 6
[Alex pronounced Cockburn as Coburn.]
(Sarah: What are the British Virgin Islands?)

the Turks & Caicos Islands

Sarah
Triple Stumper
    $1200 14
90210

Triple Stumper
    $1200 23
Revelation

Triple Stumper
    $1200 19
the Equal Rights Amendment

Sarah
    $1200 1
Chopin

Sarah
    $1200 11
an onslaught

Zack
    $1600 7
(Monica: What is Brunei?)

the Kingdom of Tonga

Monica
Triple Stumper
    $1600 15
2 Broke Girls

Sarah
    $1600 24
Jonah

Triple Stumper
    $2,000 20
(Alex: Sarah?)
(Sarah: I can't think of it.)

the Appropriations Committee

Sarah
    $1,000 10
(Monica: What is Jeux, or Games?)

La Mer

Monica
    $1600 13
wrought iron

Zack
    $2000 8
the Northern Mariana Islands

Monica
    $2000 16
Two-Face

Monica
    $2000 25
(Alex: At least you're learning something about the Bible.)
[Laughter from entire audience]

Deuteronomy

Triple Stumper
    $2000 21
the spoils system

Monica
    $2000 12
resurrection

Zack
    $2000 17
(Zack: What is plight?)
...
(Alex: You were one letter off. It's not plight, it's [*].)

blight

Zack
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Sarah Monica Zack
$4,600 $5,200 $8,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
(Alex: Monica Thieu, congratulations, young lady. You are the new Jeopardy! college champion.)
(Monica: Oh, my God! Thank you!)
(Alex: Come on out here, Monica. $50,000 for Sarah and Zack gets $25,000...)
(Monica: What?)
(Alex: But you get the trophy, young lady, and $100,000.)
(Monica: What is this? Wow! Thank you.)
SarahWhat is Afghanistan
$4,600
MonicaWhat is Afghanistan??
$3,000
ZackWhat is Bhutan?
$8,800
Afghanistan

Final scores:

Sarah Monica Zack
$9,200 $8,200 $0

Cumulative scores:

Sarah Monica Zack
$19,000 $26,200 $8,000
1st runner-up: $50,000 Tournament champion: $100,000 + a trophy 2nd runner-up: $25,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Sarah Monica Zack
$5,800 $6,200 $8,800
16 R
(including 1 DD),
7 W
(including 1 DD)
13 R,
6 W
(including 1 DD)
14 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $20,800

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Game tape date: 2012-01-06
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