Responses for Show #6908 - Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Contestants

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Josh Hager, an archivist from Raleigh, North Carolina

Sara Goodman, a graduate student originally from Huntington Woods, Michigan

Elisa Korb, a professor from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $37,100)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

STATES' HIGH & LOW POINTS
(Alex: You identify the state for us.)
THE TV BUSINESS
SILENT G
(Alex: There's a [*] in each correct response in this category.)
TITLE CHARACTERS
BOOKS FOR BARTENDERS
MERE MEREDITHS
    $200 16
Alaska

Sara
    $200 1
prime time

Sara
    $200 11
sleight

Sara
    $200 6
pharaoh

Elisa
    $200 26
(Elisa: What is Vodka?)

Margarita

ElisaJosh
    $200 21
The Music Man

Sara
    $400 17
New Mexico

Josh
    $400 2
the FCC (Federal Communications Commission)

Sara
    $400 12
cologne

Elisa
    $400 7
the khan

Elisa
    $400 27
True Blood

Sara
    $400 22
(Sara: What is North Carolina?)

Raleigh

SaraJosh
    $600 18
Arizona

Josh
    $600 3
an infomercial

Elisa
    $600 13
benign

Sara
    $600 8
sultan

Josh
    $600 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Absinthe

Elisa
    $600 23
Burgess Meredith

Elisa
    $800 19
Idaho

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
(Josh: What is 18-34?)
(Elisa: What is 18-40?)
...
(Alex: You guys are not good at math.)
[ERRATUM: The correct response age range is actually a 32-year span, from the beginning of the first age year to the end of the last age year.]

18-49

ElisaJosh
Triple Stumper
    $1,000 14
the diaphragm

Sara
    $800 9
archduke

Josh
    $800 24
(Alex: With less than a minute to go, you are right.)

Meredith Vieira

Sara
    $1000 20
Kentucky

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
an affiliate

Elisa
    $1000 15
consignment

Josh
    $1000 10
the dauphin

Sara
    $1000 25
James Meredith

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Elisa Sara Josh
$1,800 $3,400 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Elisa Sara Josh
$2,800 $4,600 $3,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD HIGH & LOW POINTS
PAINTERS
STARTS WITH A 3-LETTER BODY PART
LITERARY QUOTES
ANTHROPOLOGY
BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES
    $400 3
Guinness

Elisa
    $400 6
Adam & Eve

Elisa
    $400 13
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Josh
    $400 7
totem poles

Sara
    $400 20
(Elisa: What is It Happened One Night?)
(Alex: No. You need more
than that.)

It Happened One Night of the Living Dead

ElisaJosh
    $800 18
a skyjacking

Triple Stumper
    $800 5
René Magritte

Elisa
    $800 14
(Elisa: What is Atlas Shrugged?)

The Fountainhead

ElisaJosh
    $800 9
skulls

Elisa
    $800 21
It's a Wonderful Life of Brian

Sara
    $1200 19
a (giant) panda

Sara
    $1200 4
Henri Rousseau

Elisa
    $1200 15
Oddjob

Josh
    $10,000 10
(Elisa: Let's make it a True Daily Double. Why not? [Shrugs and laughs])

Japan

Elisa
    $1200 22
(Alex: Correct, with a minute to go.)

Red Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Josh
    $1600 8
the Dalai Lama

Elisa
    $1600 2
The Last Supper

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

gumption

Triple Stumper
    $3,500 16
Animal Farm

Josh
    $1600 11
(Josh: What is polygamy?)

polyandry

SaraJosh
    $2000 12
mime

Triple Stumper
    $2000 1
Paul Cézanne

Elisa
    $2000 25
(Elisa: What is a cardinal?)
...
(Alex: "Car" is not a body part, except for me.)

a legate

Elisa
Triple Stumper
    $2000 17
[No applause for Josh's run of the category]

Nurse Ratched

Josh
    $2000 24
(Sara: What is the Neanderthal?)

Peking Man

Sara
Triple Stumper
    $2000 23
Road House of Wax

Josh

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Elisa Sara Josh
$16,800 $8,200 $13,100

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. CITY FIRSTS
(Alex: [Revealing Elisa's response] Yes, that tunnel to Russia. Ah!)
(Elisa: Sarah Palin built it. [Laughs])
SaraWhat is Detroit?
$8,200
JoshWhat is Detroit?
$13,000
ElisaWhat is Anchorage?
$4,200
Detroit

Final scores:

Elisa Sara Josh
$12,600 $16,400 $26,100
3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $26,100

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Elisa Sara Josh
$8,000 $8,000 $11,200
15 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $27,200

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Game tape date: 2014-07-29
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