Responses for Show #6735 - Friday, December 20, 2013

Contestants

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Jon Choi, a law student originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Greg Munda, a computer technician from Glendale, California

Varun Shekhar, a graduate student in engineering and law from Northville, Michigan (whose 2-day cash winnings total $18,600)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA SAYS SO
HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS
LITERATURE
2013 CDs
HERBS & SPICES
____ING THE ____
    $200 16
Heinz

Varun
    $200 1
(Jon: What's Harrisburg?)

Providence (Rhode Island)

VarunJon
    $200 6
Lady Chatterley's Lover

Jon
    $200 22
(Justin) Bieber

Greg
    $200 21
cinnamon

Triple Stumper
    $200 11
(Alex: You'll love it--what is [*]?)

cutting the cord

Triple Stumper
    $400 17
Duke (University)

Jon
    $400 2
(Alex: That's the city.)

Zurich

Varun
    $400 7
Crime & Punishment

Jon
    $400 23
(Blake) Shelton

Varun
    $400 24
chives

Varun
    $400 12
playing the field

Varun
    $600 18
Jennifer Lawrence

Jon
    $600 3
Route 66

Greg
    $600 8
(William Butler) Yeats

Jon
    $600 28
Jimi Hendrix

Triple Stumper
    $600 25
India

Varun
    $600 13
turning the corner

Greg
    $800 19
the Geneva Conventions

Jon
    $800 4
Whitehall

Triple Stumper
    $800 9
(Alex: And that author's name is [*].)

James Baldwin

Triple Stumper
    $800 29
(Darius) Rucker

Greg
    $800 26
cloves

Triple Stumper
    $800 14
hitting the hay

Varun
    $1000 20
Toulouse-Lautrec

Jon
    $1000 5
Pearl Street

Jon
    $1000 10
(William S.) Burroughs

Greg
    $1000 30
(Alex: 'Cause his name is [*].)

Bruno Mars

Triple Stumper
    $1000 27
(Greg: What is mustard?)

nutmeg

GregJon
    $700 15
(Varun: No.)

jumping the broom

Varun

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

Varun Greg Jon
$1,100 $2,200 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Varun Greg Jon
$2,700 $2,200 $5,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

CONVERSATIONAL GERMAN
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
PRE-FAME CELEBS IN ADS
IT'S SNOWING
"MERRY"
CHRISTMAS
    $400 24
Wilhelm

Jon
    $400 7
molar mass

Varun
    $400 16
Diet Coke

Greg
    $400 6
snow angels

Varun
    $400 21
merry-go-round

Jon
    $400 1
(Greg: What is Istanbul?)

Rome

Greg
Triple Stumper
    $800 8
sulfur dioxide

Varun
    $800 17
Keanu Reeves

Varun
    $800 11
(Jon: What is pizza?)
(Alex. No.)
...
(Alex: Where did pizza come from?)
(Jon: That's how they taught us to ski--[*] and french fries.)
(Alex: Oh, I see.)
[Jon's response was ruled incorrect, but this was reversed before Final Jeopardy! because "It turns out that the pizza can be a synonym for the [*] in skiing instruction."]

snowplow

Jon
    $800 22
merry old soul

Jon
    $800 2
"White Christmas"

Jon
    $1200 9
microwave

Jon
    $1200 18
Pringles

Jon
    $1200 12
snow globes

Jon
    $1200 23
The Merry Wives of Windsor

Varun
    $1200 3
(Varun: What is an e-mail?)

text message

Varun
Triple Stumper
    $3,000 10
(Jon: Um... What are...medial lines?)

flux

Jon
    $1600 19
Tina Fey

Varun
    $1600 13
rabbit (or hare)

Greg
    $1600 26
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

The Merry Monarch

Triple Stumper
    $2,000 4
(Anwar) Sadat

Jon
    $2000 15
evaporation (or vaporization)

Greg
    $2000 20
Jack Black

Greg
    $2000 14
(Tenzing) Norgay

Greg
    $2000 25
eat, drink and be merry

Greg
    $2000 5
(Alex: That would be World War I, [*].)

1914

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Varun Greg Jon
$6,700 $11,800 $11,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

20th CENTURY LITERARY TERMS
VarunWhat is suffrage?
$0
JonWhat is the Beat movement?
$300
GregWhat is __ ?
$11,401
the Beat movement

Final scores:

Varun Greg Jon
$6,700 $399 $11,900
2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $11,900

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Varun Greg Jon
$7,400 $11,800 $14,200
14 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R,
2 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $33,400

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Game tape date: 2013-10-01
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