Responses for Show #4850 - Friday, October 14, 2005

2005 Back to School Week game 5.

Contestants

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Emily Zhang, from Indianapolis, Indiana

Veronica Fazio, from Roselle, Illinois

Aman Birk, from Irvine, California

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Jeopardy! Round responses

GEOGRAPHY
VOCABULARY TEST
GOSH DARN YANKEES
BALLET
GROWN-UPS EAT THAT?
WHAT'S ON TV, KIDS?
    $200 1
Lake Superior

Emily
    $200 3
very happy

Emily
    $200 19
Rudy Giuliani

Aman
    $200 5
(Aman: What is skiing?)

ice skating

AmanVeronica
    $200 14
soup

Veronica
    $200 6
American Idol

Emily
    $400 2
Albuquerque

Aman
    $400 4
an arcade

Emily
    $400 20
(Aman: Who is Rip Van Winkle?)
(Emily: Who is, uh, I don't remember.)
(Alex: Oh, that's too bad, you should not have rung in.)
...
(Alex: Aman, you went for the character instead of going for the author, [*].)

Washington Irving

AmanEmily
Triple Stumper
    $400 24
(Aman: What are sapphires?)
...
(Alex: [*] are red, yes; sapphires are blue.)

rubies

AmanEmily
    $400 15
(Emily: What is an octopus?)

squid

VeronicaEmily
    $400 7
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Veronica
    $600 11
Connecticut

Aman
    $600 12
(Veronica: What is...)

veto

VeronicaEmily
    $600 25
Franklin Roosevelt

Aman
    $600 21
asparagus

Veronica
    $600 8
Smallville

Veronica
    $800 17
Lima

Aman
    $1,600 13
geometry

Emily
    $800 26
(Veronica: Who is... [Sigh]?)
...
(Alex: Who is [*]? The famous [*] vaccine.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Jonas Salk

Veronica
Triple Stumper
    $800 22
(Veronica: What is...)
(Alex: Say it! Say it! Ooh, darn!)
...
(Alex: I thought you were forming it on your lips, [*].)

spinach

Veronica
Triple Stumper
    $800 9
Lucille Ball

Emily
    $1000 18
(Aman: What is United Kingdom?)

Uruguay

AmanEmily
    $1000 16
the conquistadores

Emily
    $1000 23
a truffle

Veronica
    $1000 10
My Wife and Kids

Aman

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

Aman Veronica Emily
$1,800 $1,200 $3,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Aman Veronica Emily
$1,600 $1,200 $5,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

REPTILES
SPORTS STARS
TAKE ME TO YOUR FORMER LEADERS
(Alex: We want you to identify the country for us.)
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
GIMME "MO"
    $400 13
South America

Emily
    $400 1
Tiger Woods

Aman
    $400 2
France

Aman
    $400 21
Frodo

Aman
    $400 7
(Veronica: What is the Department of Food and...)

the Department of Agriculture

VeronicaEmily
    $400 9
a moat

Aman
    $800 14
a terrapin

Triple Stumper
    $800 12
Mia Hamm

Aman
    $800 3
South Africa

Emily
    $800 22
Junie B. Jones

Veronica
    $1,200 8
(Emily: I don't know.)
(Alex: Correct response: "What is [*]?" There are 2 senators for each state, and if it's a very small state, not too large a population, they'll have at least one member of the House of Representatives. So that's why it's [*], and it costs you, and you're at $5600, and you get to select again.)

3

Emily
    $800 11
Mocha

Triple Stumper
    $1200 15
(Emily: Eww!)

its skin

Emily
    $1200 23
(Alex: Correct, you're on the plus side now, keep it going!)

Venus & Serena Williams

Veronica
    $1200 4
Germany

Aman
    $1200 25
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Jo

Triple Stumper
    $1200 10
E pluribus unum

Veronica
    $1200 20
mohair

Triple Stumper
    $800 16
(Emily: What is an iguana?)

a chameleon

Emily
    $1600 24
(Veronica: What is hockey?)

the NBA

AmanVeronica
    $1600 5
(Veronica: What is... France?)
...
(Alex: They were all former prime ministers of [*].)

Canada

Veronica
Triple Stumper
    $1600 18
(Emily: What is, uh... vote?)
(Aman: What is protest?)

assemble

AmanEmily
Triple Stumper
    $2000 17
nocturnal

Aman
    $2000 6
(Aman: What is Spain?)
(Veronica: What is Mexico?)

the Philippines

AmanVeronica
Triple Stumper
    $2000 19
(Aman: Who is the President of the Senate?)
(Emily: Who is the Speaker of the House?)
...
(Alex: The president of the Senate is the vice president of the United States. The term we're going for is [*]. Less than a minute to go now.)

the president pro tem

AmanEmily
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Aman Veronica Emily
$3,200 -$1,200 $2,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORIC PEOPLE
(Alex: [To Emily] I have bad news for you. You forgot an "N" in Mr. Franklin's first name and that means we can't accept that as a correct response because it affects the pronunciation, and it costs you everything you have.)
EmilyWho was Bejamin Franklin?
$2,800
AmanWho is was Benjamin Franklin
$800
Benjamin Franklin

Final scores:

Aman Veronica Emily
$4,000 -$1,200 $0
Winner: $10,000 + an AOL personal computer package + Classroom Jeopardy! 3rd place: $1,000 + an AOL personal computer package + Classroom Jeopardy! 2nd place: $2,000 + an AOL personal computer package + Classroom Jeopardy!

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Aman Veronica Emily
$3,200 -$1,200 $4,000
14 R,
7 W
10 R,
7 W
14 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $6,000

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Game tape date: 2005-09-12
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