Responses for Show #6977 - Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Elliot Yates game 3.

Contestants

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Val Hannon, a library circulation clerk from Allen, Texas

Alan Hait, an employee benefits consultant from Wilton Manors, Florida

Elliot Yates, an opera producer from New York, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,201)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WATCH THE BIRDIE
FOOD & RELIGION
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
VOWEL, CONSONANT, VOWEL
(Alex: Each correct response just three letters.)
A LONG TIME AGO
A VEGAS HOTEL, OR...
    $200 21
the Road Runner

Alan
    $200 9
Lent

Alan
    $200 1
the ukulele

Elliot
    $200 5
ado

Alan
    $200 4
bronze

Alan
    $200 18
mirage

Val
    $400 22
Woodstock

Alan
    $400 10
samosas

Elliot
    $400 2
castanets

Elliot
    $400 6
an ace

Elliot
    $400 15
Sparta

Elliot
    $400 19
Riviera

Alan
    $600 23
Kung Fu Panda

Val
    $600 11
Ramadan

Val
    $600 3
bamboo

Alan
    $600 14
awe

Alan
    $600 20
Excalibur

Val
    $800 24
Happy Feet

Elliot
    $800 12
Epiphany

Elliot
    $1,000 7
the sitar

Elliot
    $800 16
ire

Alan
    $800 26
Monte Carlo

Elliot
    $1000 25
(Alex: With less than a minute to go now.)

Woody Woodpecker

Elliot
    $1000 13
cream of mushroom

Alan
    $1000 8
(Alex: Tell me we're not going to stump you with the simple [*].)

trumpet

Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
era

Alan
    $1000 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the chariot races

Elliot
    $1000 27
the stratosphere

Triple Stumper

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

Elliot Alan Val
$3,600 $2,800 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Elliot Alan Val
$7,200 $5,600 $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WATCH THE BIRDIE
THE UKRAINE STRAIN
A LITTLE SPICE
STATE FIRSTS
NO. 1 BESTSELLERS IN THE ZERO YEARS
THE "METRIC" SYSTEM
    $400 10
Jefferson

Elliot
    $400 5
Dancing with the Stars

Elliot
    $400 13
curry

Alan
    $400 25
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

North Carolina

Alan
    $400 1
Wales

Alan
    $400 2
(Alan: What is isometric?)
[Originally ruled incorrect; reversed later in the round because "isometric means of equal sides"]

symmetrical

Alan
    $800 9
Jack Palance

Alan
    $800 14
cinnamon

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
Secretary of State

Alan
    $800 3
barometric

Elliot
    $1200 12
Klitschko

Triple Stumper
    $1200 15
ginger

Alan
    $1200 23
(Alex: With less than a minute to go now.)

Zane Grey

Elliot
    $1200 8
optometric

Alan
    $2,300 24
Miss Marple

Elliot
    $1600 18
Vera Farmiga

Elliot
    $1600 16
(Alan: What is capsicum?)

nightshade

Alan
Triple Stumper
    $1600 21
The Brethren

Triple Stumper
    $1600 7
the metric mile

Elliot
    $2000 11
Henry Ford

Alan
    $2000 19
Oksana Baiul

Elliot
    $2000 17
(Elliot: What is anise seed?)
(Alex: We want more than that.)
(Elliot: Um... what is anise seed spice?)
[Laughter]
(Alan: What is anisette?)
...
(Alex: It's named for its shape and for another spice. Anise or "annis" is the other spice. The shape is star. We needed both words. [*] or [*] seed.)

star anise

ElliotAlan
Triple Stumper
    $2,500 22
(Alex: Bobby Jindal is the one, and you are correct.)

Louisiana

Elliot
    $2000 20
James Michener

Triple Stumper
    $2000 6
(Val: What is trigonometry?)
...
(Alex: [*]. You had to get the "c" in there.)

trigonometric

ElliotVal

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Elliot Alan Val
$20,000 $9,600 $0
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ASIA
AlanWhat is the Gobi?
$9,600
ElliotWhat is the Gobi Desert?
$799
the Gobi Desert

Final scores:

Elliot Alan Val
$20,799 $19,200 $0
3-day champion: $50,000 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Elliot Alan Val
$18,600 $9,600 $0
21 R
(including 3 DDs),
1 W		 20 R,
2 W		 4 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $28,200

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Game tape date: 2014-11-18
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