Responses for Show #6449 - Thursday, October 4, 2012

Contestants

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Margaret Minett-Longdon, a healthcare worker from Winnebago, Illinois

Brendan O'Connor, an Internet security engineer from San Francisco, California

Erik Dresner, an Internet marketer from Elmhurst, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,401)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE STOCK MARKET
BULLS & BEARS
A VOWEL OF SILENCE
WE GOVERNED THAT STATE
ROCKTOBER
LIFE ON THE MEKONG
(Kelly: A fascinating journey along Southeast Asia's mightiest river.)
    $200 8
(Margaret: What is euro?)

the pound sterling

BrendanMargaret
    $200 1
(Margaret: What is the little bear?)

Taurus

ErikMargaret
    $200 13
guess

Margaret
    $200 18
California

Margaret
    $200 20
the Sex Pistols

Erik
    $200 6
oxen

Triple Stumper
    $400 9
(Brendan: What is the Nikkei?)

the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Brendan
Triple Stumper
    $400 2
Fozzie Bear

Brendan
    $400 14
glare

Erik
    $400 19
Louisiana

Brendan
    $400 21
Gene Simmons

Erik
    $400 7
the catfish

Brendan
    $600 10
Consolidated Edison

Triple Stumper
    $600 3
Care Bears

Erik
    $600 15
spread

Brendan
    $600 22
UB40

Erik
    $600 25
rattan

Brendan
    $800 11
NASDAQ

Erik
    $800 4
Paddington Bear

Erik
    $800 16
people

Brendan
    $800 23
Lynyrd Skynyrd

Brendan
    $800 26
Hinduism

Brendan
    $2,400 12
(Erik: What is Amstel?)
(Alex: No, you had to think the oil industry--[*].)

Royal Dutch Shell (Shell Oil)

Erik
    $1000 5
Benny the Bull

Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
juice

Brendan
    $1000 24
[Alex reads "MSG" in the clue as "Madison Square Garden.]
(Alex: Less than a minute to go, now, Brendan.)

Ricky Nelson

Triple Stumper
    $1000 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

stupas

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 11):

Erik Brendan Margaret
$2,400 $600 -$400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Erik Brendan Margaret
$1,600 $5,600 $0

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

LIKE A VESTAL VIRGIN
TV ATTORNEYS
JACQUES OF ALL TRADES
SHERLOCK HOLMES STORIES
SNAG A RAM WITH ANAGRAMS
"A" THERE
    $400 12
a hearth

Brendan
    $400 6
Boston Legal

Erik
    $400 18
Jacques Chirac

Erik
    $400 8
Study

Margaret
    $400 10
Christmas

Erik
    $400 1
Anaheim

Margaret
    $800 13
(Margaret: What is the Ganges?)

the Tiber

Margaret
Triple Stumper
    $800 7
Waterson

Margaret
    $800 22
Jacques Cousteau

Brendan
    $800 9
"Bohemia"

Triple Stumper
    $800 11
identity

Brendan
    $800 2
Acapulco

Brendan
    $1200 14
the Forum

Brendan
    $1200 23
Marquette

Margaret
    $1200 17
(Brendan: What is "The Red-Haired League"?)

"the Red-Headed League"

Brendan
Triple Stumper
    $1200 19
greyhound

Triple Stumper
    $1200 3
(Brendan: What is Addis Aba?)

Addis Ababa

ErikBrendan
    $1,600 15
Mark Antony

Brendan
    $1600 24
Montgolfier

Triple Stumper
    $1600 26
"the Dancing Men"

Triple Stumper
    $1600 20
supermodel

Triple Stumper
    $1600 4
Auckland

Margaret
    $2000 16
(Erik: What is burning?)
(Margaret: What is interment?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

burying them alive

ErikMargaret
    $2000 25
Jacques Brel

Triple Stumper
    $2000 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

"Five"

Triple Stumper
    $2000 21
(Alex: And we have about a minute left now.)

animosity

Margaret
    $2,000 5
(Alex: Margaret?)
(Margaret: I don't know.)
(Alex: Did you forget the category?)
(Margaret: No.)

Algiers

Margaret

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Erik Brendan Margaret
$2,000 $8,800 $5,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AUTHORS
(Alex: [To Erik] You were thinking of [*] and Heart of Darkness. He wrote that as a result of traveling down the Congo River.)
ErikWho is Conrad
$2,000
MargaretWho Joseph Condrad? Conrad?
$3,200
BrendanWho is joseph Conrad?
$2,401
Joseph Conrad

Final scores:

Erik Brendan Margaret
$4,000 $11,201 $8,800
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $11,201 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Erik Brendan Margaret
$4,400 $8,800 $7,600
12 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)
16 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
9 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $20,800

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Game tape date: 2012-07-31
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