Responses for Show #6990 - Friday, January 23, 2015

Contestants

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Sarah Boulding, a market research and intelligence senior coordinator from Rockledge, Florida

Brad Nehring, a copywriter from Federal Way, Washington

Will Anderson, a senior legislative aide originally from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $23,199)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR HEAD?
GOVERNMENT JOBS
3 "E"s
WORLD CAPITAL POINTS OF INTEREST
SHAKIRA
SHIPS DON'T LIE
    $200 6
a babushka

Brad
    $200 1
a parole officer

Will
    $200 5
the steeple

Will
    $200 20
Damascus

Brad
    $200 4
Unplugged

Will
    $200 2
Henry VIII

Brad
    $400 7
(Brad: What is a tiara?)
(Sarah: What's a took? Took?)

a toupée

BradSarah
Triple Stumper
    $400 10
an assessor

Will
    $400 14
a spreadsheet

Will
    $400 28
Kabul

Brad
    $400 15
She Wolf

Sarah
    $400 3
(Will: What is Spain?)

Sweden

WillSarah
    $600 8
a pillbox

Sarah
    $600 11
a city manager

Will
    $600 19
a pedigree

Will
    $600 26
Bangkok

Will
    $600 16
Wyclef Jean

Sarah
    $600 27
(Will: What is the Savannah River?)
(Brad: What is an ironsides?)
[Initially ruled incorrect; reversed before the Double Jeopardy! Round]

an ironclad

WillBrad
    $800 9
a tiara

Will
    $800 12
the Chief of Staff

Will
    $800 22
a sweetbread

Sarah
    $2,000 24
Amsterdam

Brad
    $800 17
Zumba

Brad
    $800 30
Howard Hughes

Will
    $1000 25
a fascinator

Sarah
    $1000 13
the sergeant at arms

Will
    $1000 23
Southeasterner

Brad
    $1000 21
Addis Ababa

Will
    $1000 18
Rihanna

Sarah
    $1000 29
(Will: What is the Bering Sea?)
(Sarah: What is the White Sea?)

the Barents Sea

WillSarah
Triple Stumper

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

Will Brad Sarah
$4,200 $0 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Will Brad Sarah
$5,600 $5,000 $3,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE KIDS ARE NOT ALL RIGHT
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
OXYMORONS
FEATURES OF CREATURES
FINNISH HIM!
TV TITLES IN OTHER LANDS
    $400 9
Oliver Twist

Brad
    $400 7
(Will: What is featherweight?)
(Brad: What is lightweight?)
...
(Alex: 175 for [*]s.)

light-heavyweight

WillBrad
Triple Stumper
    $400 1
Angry Birds

Brad
    $800 11
Heidi

Brad
    $800 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the Delaware

Brad
    $800 8
business casual

Sarah
    $800 15
porcupines

Will
    $800 2
Linux

Brad
    $800 16
Game of Thrones

Will
    $1200 10
Lemony Snicket

Sarah
    $1200 24
Savannah

Brad
    $1200 20
an original copy

Sarah
    $1200 4
(Alex: [*]-eared fox. Yes.)

bat

Brad
    $1200 3
[Alex spells "Grate" when reading the clue.]
(Will: Who are the Kings?)
...
(Alex: Who are [*]? Won a lot of cups.)

the Edmonton Oilers

Will
Triple Stumper
    $1200 14
Dancing with the Stars

Will
    $1600 12
Lord of the Flies

Brad
    $1600 25
(Sarah: Who is Nathan Hale?)

Ethan Allen

WillSarah
    $1600 21
magical realism

Brad
    $1,500 5
(Brad: What is a possum?)

a seahorse

Brad
    $1600 23
(Alex: The most famous Finnish composer--[*]. Less than a minute to go now, Brad.)

Jean Sibelius

Triple Stumper
    $1600 17
Everybody Loves Raymond

Will
    $2,000 13
(Roald) Dahl

Brad
    $2000 26
(Will: What is the Battle of Trenton?)

the Battle of Monmouth

Will
Triple Stumper
    $2000 22
negative positive

Triple Stumper
    $2000 6
(Alex: [After reading the clue] Ooh.)

a skink

Brad
    $2000 19
[Alex reads "Phil" as "Philharmonic".]
(Alex: And his name--[*].)

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Triple Stumper
    $2000 18
True Blood

Sarah

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Will Brad Sarah
$8,000 $15,900 $7,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

RIVERS
(Alex: And this is a river that is not in the news very often.)
...
(Alex: [To Sarah] First explored by Jacques Cartier in 1534.)
SarahWhat is the St Lawrence River?
$7,000
WillWhat is Paul
$7,901
BradWhat is the St. Lawrence?
$101
the St. Lawrence River

Final scores:

Will Brad Sarah
$99 $16,001 $14,000
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $16,001 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Will Brad Sarah
$8,000 $16,200 $7,000
18 R,
6 W		 19 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $31,200

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Game tape date: 2014-12-02
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