Responses for Show #6838 - Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Battle of the Decades semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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

Pam Mueller, a graduate student in psychology from Princeton, New Jersey

Roger Craig, a data scientist from Brooklyn, New York

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE CITY
WHO'S THAT?
BOOKS OF THE LATIN VULGATE BIBLE
COMMON BONDS
COLORFUL SPORTS TEAMS
FEEL THE "RG"
(Alex: Those two letters, R-G, coming up in each correct response.)
    $200 15
Las Vegas

Colby
    $200 18
(John) Dillinger

Roger
    $200 14
(Roger: What is... Hebrews?)
...
(Colby: CITY $200.)
[Laughter]

Judges

Roger
Triple Stumper
    $200 17
reindeer

Pam
    $200 23
(Colby: Yes! Who are [*]?)
[Laughter]

the White Sox

Colby
    $200 1
a dirge

Roger
    $400 16
Pierre

Colby
    $400 19
Zeppelin

Colby
    $400 28
Song of Songs

Pam
    $400 6
things in November

Roger
    $400 24
The (St. Louis) Blues

Roger
    $400 2
(Roger: What are... air... [sighs])
(Alex: No, too much time.)

mergers

Roger
Triple Stumper
    $600 12
(Roger: What is... Provo?)
...
(Colby: Uh, let's--let's get out of that.)

Bountiful

Roger
Triple Stumper
    $600 20
(Maria) Sharapova

Roger
    $1,800 13
(Colby: Who is--what--what is, uh... jeez.)
(Alex: Hurry.)
(Colby: Jacob?)
...
(Colby: [Sighs] Now my boss is gonna get mad at me for that.)

James

Colby
    $600 7
things you stand for

Pam
    $600 25
the Cincinnati Reds

Colby
    $600 3
serge

Pam
    $800 11
(Roger: What is... King of Prussia?)

Bethlehem

Roger
Triple Stumper
    $800 21
Alex Haley

Roger
    $800 29
Obadiah

Roger
    $800 8
(Roger: What are... things that, uh, blow up?)
(Alex: Blow up?)
(Roger: Or get blown up.)
(Alex: Yeah, we'll accept that--[*].)

get inflated

Roger
    $800 26
the (Cleveland) Browns

Colby
    $800 4
a burgess

Colby
    $1000 10
Lubbock

Colby
    $1000 22
(Dorothy) Lamour

Roger
    $1000 30
[NOTE: Alex reads the "I"s as "Primus".]

Chronicles

Pam
    $1000 9
Monopoly playing pieces

Roger
    $1000 27
the All Blacks

Colby
    $1000 5
purge

Roger

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

Roger Pam Colby
$1,400 $1,200 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Roger Pam Colby
$5,200 $2,800 $3,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE "CITY"
THEY DID THE MATH
ADVERBS IN SONGS
PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS
WORLD LITERATURE
THE LOVELY GERMAN LANGUAGE
    $400 13
capacity

Roger
    $400 26
algebra

Colby
    $400 6
(Colby: What's [*]?)
(Alex: Yes.)
[Laughter]
...
(Colby: [In a German accent] THE LOVELY GERMAN LANGUAGE $400.)

"Forever"

Colby
    $400 12
Clinton

Colby
    $400 18
Paradise Lost

Pam
    $400 7
Achtung

Roger
    $800 19
(Roger: What is... [The time expiry signal sounds.] Oh, my gosh. Goodness.)
...
(Alex: What is [*]?)
(Roger: That's it. All right.)
(Alex: Thank you for agreeing with our researchers.)
[Laughter]

felicity

Roger
Triple Stumper
    $800 27
a decimal point

Roger
    $800 5
"Unconditionally"

Pam
    $800 11
(James K.) Polk

Pam
    $800 17
(Roger: What is... Cambodia?)

Laos

Roger
Triple Stumper
    $800 16
the verb

Pam
    $1200 20
elasticity

Roger
    $1200 28
(Pam: What... are... [The time expiry signal sounds.] I don't know.)

greater than and less than

RogerPam
    $1200 2
"Never Gonna Give You Up"

Roger
    $1200 10
Ronald Reagan

Roger
    $2,800 1
(Pam: I have also never gotten to say this: let's make it a True Daily Double.)
[Applause]

Charlemagne

Pam
    $1200 23
butterfly

Roger
    $1600 21
(Colby: What's one of [*]?)

reciprocity

Colby
    $1600 29
Omar Khayyám

Triple Stumper
    $1600 3
(Roger: What is... [sighs])

"How Soon Is Now"

RogerColby
    $1600 9
Wilson

Roger
    $1600 14
the Ramayana

Roger
    $1600 24
Wednesday

Colby
    $2000 22
authenticity

Roger
    $2000 30
Zeno

Colby
    $2000 4
(Roger: What is... "Good Day Sunshine"?)

"Here, There And Everywhere"

Roger
Triple Stumper
    $3,200 8
(Roger: I've always wanted to say this.)
(Alex: Oh!)
(Roger: Let's make it a True Daily Double.)
[Laughter and applause]
...
(Alex: Yes, Mr. Madison's war, the War of 1812.)

James Madison

Roger
    $2000 15
[Roger omitted the leading article from his response.]

The Playboy of the Western World

Roger
    $2000 25
(Alex: What is [*]? [*].)
[Laughter]

Götterfunken

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Roger Pam Colby
$18,000 $7,200 $11,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

NAMES ON THE MAP
(Alex: [To Pam] Jacques Cartier should've led you to Canada, and obviously, it didn't.)
...
(Alex: [To Colby] Close, but no cigar.)
...
(Alex: [To Roger] The Canadian province is incorrect. The correct response, what is [*]? How much did you risk and lose? $5,201. Well, that leaves you with enough to become a finalist and to play for $1 million. Come on over here. Congratulations. You know, of course, your two opponents...)
(Ken: Ken Jennings, Seattle, Washington.)
(Brad: Brad Rutter, Los Angeles, California.)
(Alex: Two-game final begins right here tomorrow. Join us then. So long, everybody.)
PamWhat is Madison?
$5,605
ColbyWhat is New Brunswick?
$7,501
RogerWhat is Alberta?
$5,201
Prince Edward Island

Final scores:

Roger Pam Colby
$12,799 $1,595 $4,099
Finalist 3rd place: $25,000 2nd place: $25,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Roger Pam Colby
$16,800 $5,600 $13,400
24 R
(including 1 DD),
8 W		 10 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 16 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $35,800

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Game tape date: 2014-04-17
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