Responses for Show #6871 - Monday, June 30, 2014

Contestants

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Ben Zimmer, a linguist and language columnist from Jersey City, New Jersey

Melinda Dudley, a recent law school graduate from Hayden, Colorado

Jill Rowley, a flight attendant from Baltimore, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,201)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

MAN OVERLORD!
3-LETTER WORDS
TV HOSTS
REMEMBER THE ALIMONY
POTENT POTABLES
A MODEL OF FORD, &...
    $200 1
Attila

Melinda
    $200 6
a cog

Melinda
    $200 12
Wayne Brady

Jill
    $200 11
no-fault

Ben
    $200 23
gin

Melinda
    $200 18
Escape

Melinda
    $400 2
Joseph Stalin

Jill
    $400 7
a fin

Ben
    $400 13
Stephen Colbert

Ben
    $400 17
palimony

Ben
    $400 24
Italy

Melinda
    $400 19
a Taurus

Melinda
    $600 3
the Incan Empire

Melinda
    $600 8
an arc

Melinda
    $600 14
Craig Ferguson

Jill
    $600 28
another wife

Ben
    $600 25
lemonade

Ben
    $2,500 20
(Melinda: ...)

Fusion

Melinda
    $800 4
a witch doctor

Melinda
    $800 9
dub

Ben
    $800 15
Ellen DeGeneres

Jill
    $800 29
seven years

Melinda
    $800 26
beer

Melinda
    $800 21
an Escort

Jill
    $1000 5
Suharto

Ben
    $1000 10
a lea

Jill
    $1000 16
Joel McHale

Melinda
    $1000 30
turpitude

Ben
    $1000 27
Absolut

Melinda
    $1000 22
a Focus

Jill

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

Jill Melinda Ben
$3,000 $2,400 $2,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jill Melinda Ben
$4,800 $4,700 $5,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

MASHED-UP BOOK TITLES
WILDLIFE
ONE-HIT WONDERS
U.S. COLONY NAMES
"EAU", NOT SORRY
LASTS
    $400 14
Charlotte's Web & Stuart Little

Melinda
    $400 2
a polar bear

Melinda
    $400 1
The Three Stooges

Jill
    $400 19
New Jersey

Ben
    $400 7
a bureau

Melinda
    $400 26
the Declaration of Independence

Melinda
    $3,000 15
" 'A' is for Alibi & 'T' is for Trespass

Melinda
    $800 10
(Melinda: What is platypus?)

a mole

JillMelinda
    $800 3
Tiny Tim

Ben
    $800 22
(Jill: What is the Mediterranean Sea?)
(Alex: I want you to be more specific than that.)
(Jill: What is the...)
[The time expiry signal sounds.]
(Alex: No, sorry.)

the Aegean Sea

JillBen
    $800 8
a plateau

Ben
    $800 27
Calvin & Hobbes

Ben
    $1200 16
In Cold Blood & Breakfast at Tiffany's

Melinda
    $1200 11
a platypus

Jill
    $1200 4
"Key Largo"

Ben
    $4,000 23
a hill

Ben
    $1200 9
Juneau

Jill
    $1200 28
(Gabrielle) Giffords

Ben
    $1600 17
(Melinda: What is Mansfield Park and...)

Mansfield Park & Northanger Abbey

JillMelinda
    $1600 12
a salamander

Jill
    $1600 5
a bad day

Ben
    $1600 24
(Ben: Who is King George I?)

James II

Ben
Triple Stumper
    $1600 20
(Ben: What is chableau?)

Beaujolais

MelindaBen
    $1600 29
the whigs

Melinda
    $2000 18
Pickwick Papers & The Old Curiosity Shop

Jill
    $2000 13
a lamprey

Jill
    $2000 6
Kajagoogoo

Ben
    $2000 25
(Melinda: What is valley?)

woods

JillMelinda
    $2000 21
(Melinda: What is a dowry?)

a trousseau

JillMelinda
    $2000 30
Rudolf Hess

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jill Melinda Ben
$18,800 $7,300 $15,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

1970s FILMS
MelindaWhat is The Godfather?
$3,000
BenWhat is The Godfather?
$3,000
JillWhat is The Godfather?
$12,801
The Godfather

Final scores:

Jill Melinda Ben
$31,601 $10,300 $18,800
2-day champion: $43,802 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jill Melinda Ben
$18,800 $7,600 $13,000
17 R,
1 W		 21 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $39,400

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Game tape date: 2014-03-12
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