Responses for Show #6837 - Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Battle of the Decades semifinal game 2.

Contestants

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Leszek Pawlowicz, a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona

Tom Cubbage, an attorney from Washington, D.C.

Brad Rutter, an actor and producer from Hollywood, California

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WON THE BATTLE, LOST THE WAR
ACTRESSES
RECENT NOVELS
(Alex: We want you to give us the cliché we've reworded in...)
AVOIDING THE CLICHÉ
POLICE & FIREFIGHTERS
FIRST RESPONSES
(Alex: These are responses we've never tried to go for in Jeopardy! history.)
    $200 2
Bismarck

Brad
    $200 11
(Brad: Who is Julie Bowen?)

(Sofía) Vergara

BradLeszek
    $200 18
Fifty Shades of Grey

Tom
    $200 1
(Brad: Would it be a cliché to go for AVOIDING THE CLICHÉ for $200?)
(Alex: Not indeed.)

actions speak louder than words

Tom
    $200 16
the arresting officer

Brad
    $200 26
Politico

Brad
    $400 4
the Crimean War

Brad
    $400 12
Emily Blunt

Triple Stumper
    $400 19
(John) Grisham

Brad
    $400 3
until the cows come home

Tom
    $400 17
meth labs

Tom
    $400 27
crapshoot

Brad
    $600 5
the Peloponnesian War

Brad
    $600 13
(Brad: What is [*]?)

(Blake) Lively

Brad
    $600 23
Dan Brown

Brad
    $600 8
a baptism of fire

Tom
    $600 20
lawyered up

Tom
    $600 28
(Bil) Keane

Brad
    $800 6
Chancellorsville

Leszek
    $4,400 14
(Alex: [Before Brad's wager] And if I remember correctly, and this might be of some significance, in yesterday's semifinal, Ken had $4,400 when he hit the Daily Double in the Jeopardy! Round.)
(Brad: He did, did he?)
(Alex: He did.)
[Laughter]
(Alex: And he bet it all.)
(Brad: Let's make it a True Daily Double.)
(Alex: Okay.)
[Applause]

Vivien Leigh

Brad
    $800 24
(Alex: Yep, Tom Cruise was on the screen.)

Jack Reacher

Brad
    $800 9
my way or the highway

Brad
    $800 21
the deluge

Brad
    $800 29
(Alex: What is [*]?)
[Leszek chuckles.]

Sugar Booger

Triple Stumper
    $1000 7
(Leszek: What is... the Spanish Civil War?)
...
(Alex: We were going for the capital. You had the right idea, Leszek.)

Madrid

BradLeszek
    $1000 15
Michelle Dockery

Brad
    $1000 25
Michael Connelly

Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
a taste of one's own medicine

Brad
    $1000 22
(Brad: What's a paddy wagon?)

an ambulance

BradTom
    $1000 30
the Uighurs

Brad

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

Brad Tom Leszek
$9,800 $1,200 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Brad Tom Leszek
$13,800 $3,400 $0

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SHIP SHAPE
STATE FACTS
ALL KINDS OF MUSIC
"DEC"-ADES
LIBRARIES
DISCOVER
(Alex: The science and technology magazine.)
    $400 30
Italy

Tom
    $400 23
(Leszek: What is... Mississippi?)

Louisiana

BradLeszek
    $400 29
Johnny Rotten

Leszek
    $400 28
the decathlon

Leszek
    $400 27
camels

Brad
    $400 1
CO2 (carbon dioxide)

Brad
    $800 21
(Tom: Who is [*]?)

the Niña

Tom
    $800 22
Iowa

Tom
    $800 24
in his hands

Leszek
    $800 25
decadence

Brad
    $800 26
Barrett and Browning

Leszek
    $800 20
aspirin

Brad
    $1200 18
the Half Moon

Leszek
    $5,000 7
Delaware

Brad
    $1200 10
Vince Gill

Triple Stumper
    $1200 4
a declaration

Brad
    $1200 14
(Mount) Sinai

Tom
    $1200 19
(Alex: Even kind of looks like it--[*].)

Swiss cheese

Triple Stumper
    $1600 2
the (HMS) Dreadnought

Brad
    $1600 8
the food stamp program

Brad
    $1600 11
but not for me

Leszek
    $1600 5
(Leszek: What is declination?)

declension

BradLeszek
    $1600 15
Boston

Brad
    $1600 13
a storm chaser

Brad
    $2000 3
the Indianapolis

Brad
    $2000 9
the Berkshires

Brad
    $2000 17
David Garrett

Triple Stumper
    $2000 6
on the burning deck

Triple Stumper
    $2,000 16
(Brad: What is Texas A&M?)
(Alex: No. What is [*]?--[**]--and look at Tom, pointing to his class ring there.)
[Laughter]
(Alex: Yeah, [*]'s gonna get a mention on this championship.)
(Brad: I figured it couldn't be!)

SMU (Southern Methodist)

Brad
    $2000 12
the South Pole

Leszek

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Brad Tom Leszek
$32,800 $6,600 $5,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

MONARCHS
(Alex: Brad, the way you were staring at the monitor there, I was wondering, "Is he gonna try to change his response?" We'll get to you in a moment.)
...
(Alex: [To Tom] 1992, a significant year.)
LeszekWho is Hussein?
$5,199
TomWho is Hussein
$1,992
BradWho is King Hussein?
$0
King Hussein of Jordan (the Hashemite Kingdom)

Final scores:

Brad Tom Leszek
$32,800 $8,592 $10,399
Finalist 3rd place: $25,000 2nd place: $25,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Brad Tom Leszek
$27,400 $6,600 $5,200
32 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R,
0 W		 9 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $39,200

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Game tape date: 2014-04-17
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