Responses for Show #6806 - Monday, March 31, 2014

Battle of the Decades: The 2000s game 1.

Contestants

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Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington

Celeste DiNucci, a manager of corporate and foundation relations at a music school from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Colby Burnett, an AP world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ACCESSORIES
NBA FINALS MVPs
RETRONYMS
A LITERARY "B"
2001
A SPACE ODDITY
    $200 16
(Colby: Well, let's see... What's a... battery case?)

a (re)charger

ColbyCeleste
    $200 1
Moses Malone

Tom
    $200 18
bar

Celeste
    $200 6
Breakfast at Tiffany's

Tom
    $200 11
Wikipedia

Celeste
    $200 26
lava

Colby
    $400 17
(Celeste: What's [*]?)
(Alex: Yes, indeed. Merci beaucoup.)
[Laughter]

a man purse

Celeste
    $400 2
(James) Worthy

Colby
    $400 19
(Celeste: What's... standard?)

manual

ColbyCeleste
    $400 7
Boz

Colby
    $400 12
(Celeste: What is... the CIA?)

the FBI

Celeste
Triple Stumper
    $400 27
a blue moon

Tom
    $600 13
the scrunchy

Celeste
    $600 3
Tony Parker

Triple Stumper
    $600 20
(Celeste: What's... the Torah?)
(Tom: What's the Talmud?)
...
(Alex: What is [*]? Don't overcomplicate it, guys.)

the Old Testament

CelesteTom
Triple Stumper
    $600 8
Brook Farm

Tom
    $600 23
Freedom

Colby
    $600 28
Cassini

Celeste
    $800 14
(Celeste: What are... lenses?)
(Alex: Lenses? Oh, give me a little more information.)
(Celeste: Uh, what are... uh...)
(Tom: What are glasses?)
(Alex: Be more specific. I need more information.)
(Tom: Uh... what are--)
(Alex: No, you're taking too much time. They were making [*].)

sunglasses

CelesteTom
Triple Stumper
    $800 4
(Jerry) West

Tom
    $1,200 21
(Colby: Let's see. So, what's [*]?)

terrestrial

Colby
    $800 9
Buck

Colby
    $800 24
(Celeste: What is... abortion?)

suicide

ColbyCeleste
    $800 29
(Tom: What is they burn?)
(Alex: Be a little...)
(Tom: [*]?)
(Alex: Thank you.)

they burn on re-entry

Tom
    $1000 15
an infinity scarf

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
(Alex: Who is [*]? Who thought he was a loner.)

Jo Jo White

Triple Stumper
    $1000 22
(Alex: You're out of the hole, again.)
(Celeste: Again, yes!)

incandescent

Celeste
    $1000 10
Brideshead Revisited

Tom
    $1000 25
Argentina

Colby
    $1000 30
a nebula

Celeste

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

Colby Celeste Tom
$1,600 -$400 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Colby Celeste Tom
$5,600 $1,200 $2,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ANIMALS IN MYTHOLOGY
RING "TONE"s
IT HAPPENED IN THE PAST
BIG-SCREEN GENDER BENDERS
(Alex: You have to name the actor for us.)
MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY
ELEVEN
    $400 6
a bull

Colby
    $400 26
(Celeste: What is [*]?)
(Alex: Thank you!)

a monotone

Celeste
    $400 11
Socrates

Colby
    $400 5
Hilary Swank

Celeste
    $400 16
Yemen

Colby
    $400 21
the maple leaf

Celeste
    $800 7
the phoenix

Celeste
    $800 27
baritone

Celeste
    $800 12
Columbus

Celeste
    $800 1
(Celeste: Who's [*]?)
(Alex: Need two.)
(Celeste: Oh, sorry. Uh, who's [*] and, uh...[**]?)
(Alex: Okay, you started your response. Are we, uh... yep, they're accepting it. Okay, let's move on.)
(Celeste: Sorry about that.)

Jack Lemmon & Tony Curtis

Celeste
    $800 17
the Gulf of Oman

Celeste
    $800 22
7-Eleven

Tom
    $1200 8
a squirrel

Colby
    $1200 28
atonement

Celeste
    $1200 13
(Alex: Their entire supply of [*] way back then.)

airplanes

Triple Stumper
    $1200 2
(Adam) Sandler

Colby
    $1200 18
Mount Ararat

Tom
    $1200 23
Ben-Hur

Tom
    $1,200 9
the hydra

Colby
    $1600 29
Pantone

Tom
    $5,000 14
Ethiopia

Celeste
    $1600 3
Linda Hunt

Celeste
    $1600 19
Aleppo

Triple Stumper
    $1600 24
Venus Williams

Triple Stumper
    $2000 10
a jackal

Colby
    $2000 30
ketones

Celeste
    $2000 15
Baron de Coubertin

Colby
    $2000 4
Cate Blanchett

Celeste
    $2000 20
(Celeste: What is... Tripoli?)

Tobruk

Celeste
Triple Stumper
    $2000 25
canasta

Colby

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Colby Celeste Tom
$16,400 $16,200 $7,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

LITERATURE & OPERA
(Alex: Che tardi? What are you waiting for?)
...
(Alex: [To Tom] You're right; the witches promise you the Scottish throne, il trono.)
TomWhat is Macbeth?
$6,000
CelesteWhat is Falstaff?
$1,399
ColbyWhat is A Midsummer Night's Dream?
$199
Macbeth

Final scores:

Colby Celeste Tom
$16,201 $14,801 $13,400
Quarterfinalist 2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Colby Celeste Tom
$16,400 $12,800 $7,400
18 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 21 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W		 11 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $36,600

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Game tape date: 2014-01-22
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