Responses for Show #7524 - Thursday, May 4, 2017

Contestants

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Laura Spoelstra, a library media center technician from San Jose, California

Erin Wilson, a professor from Baltimore, Maryland

Ragavan Ramsubramani, a financial analyst from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,401)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

A MARRIAGE IN RUINS
U.N. ABBREVS.
CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS
MOVIE & TV TITLE CHARACTERS
LATIN IDIOMS
SPOKEN WORD GRAMMY AWARDS
    $200 14
Machu Picchu

Laura
    $200 2
Peter Rabbit

Laura
    $200 5
the Big Lebowski

Ragavan
    $200 24
(Ragavan: What is tit for tat?)

quid pro quo

RagavanErin
    $200 19
Stephen Colbert

Erin
    $400 15
(Laura: What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?)

Babylon

RagavanLaura
    $400 3
Stuart Little

Erin
    $400 6
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Laura
    $400 25
carpe diem

Laura
    $400 20
Lake Wobegon

Laura
    $600 16
the Yucatán

Laura
    $600 9
Intellectual

Erin
    $600 4
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Triple Stumper
    $600 1
(Ragavan: Who is Dr. Park?)
[Ragavan appears to realize his mistake.]
...
(Alex: [*], yes--a funny guy.)

Dr. Ken

RagavanLaura
    $600 26
pro bono

Ragavan
    $600 21
Ben Kingsley

Erin
    $800 17
(Laura: Who is Hadrian?)
(Ragavan: Who is Nero?)

Caracalla

RagavanLaura
Triple Stumper
    $2,400 12
the International Court of Justice

Ragavan
    $800 10
Where the Wild Things Are

Erin
    $800 7
Lucifer

Ragavan
    $800 27
alma mater

Triple Stumper
    $800 22
An Inconvenient Truth

Ragavan
    $1000 18
the Philippines

Erin
    $1000 13
a child

Laura
    $1000 11
Madeline

Ragavan
    $1000 8
the Seven Samurai

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

terra firma

Laura
    $1000 23
(Alex: With about a minute to go.)

It Takes a Village

Laura

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

Ragavan Erin Laura
$5,200 $1,800 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ragavan Erin Laura
$5,600 $3,800 $4,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

STARTS WITH AN NBA TEAM NAME
U.S. HISTORY
HOMELAND
(Alex: Name the country of birth of the people we will mention.)
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA
ELECTRICITY
LET THERE BE "LIGHT"
(Alex: "Light" is going to come up in each correct response.)
    $400 12
(Ragavan: What is a flying carpet?)

a magic carpet

RagavanErin
    $400 7
New Mexico

Ragavan
    $400 13
Italy

Erin
    $400 30
(Alex: Just a reminder that this Sunday, the Metropolitan Opera will have a gala celebrating 50 years at Lincoln Center. Quite an accomplishment.)

Neptune

Ragavan
    $400 25
alternating current

Ragavan
    $400 1
light work

Laura
    $800 18
(Laura: What is jazz ballet?)

Jazzercise

Laura
Triple Stumper
    $4,000 8
poverty

Ragavan
    $800 14
South Africa

Erin
    $800 29
the "Anvil Chorus"

Laura
    $800 22
least resistance

Ragavan
    $800 2
the light at the end of the tunnel

Erin
    $2,000 19
(Alex: Come on, Laura.)
(Laura: Can't...)

Thunderball

Laura
    $1200 9
du Pont

Triple Stumper
    $1200 15
Israel

Ragavan
    $1200 26
La bohème

Erin
    $1200 6
a hybrid

Erin
    $1200 3
(Erin: What is light on your feet?)

the light fantastic

ErinLaura
    $1600 20
(Alex: Sacramento Kings.)

Kingston

Ragavan
    $1600 10
the United Mine Workers

Laura
    $1600 16
(Ragavan: What is Poland?)

the Czech Republic

RagavanLaura
    $1600 28
Carmen

Erin
    $1600 23
the sinoatrial node

Triple Stumper
    $1600 4
the red-light district

Erin
    $2000 21
(Alex: Like Miami, it is [*].)

heat-seeking

Triple Stumper
    $2000 11
Mugwumps

Triple Stumper
    $2000 17
Venezuela

Triple Stumper
    $2000 27
Giuseppe Verdi

Triple Stumper
    $2000 24
quartz

Laura
    $2000 5
the light brigade

Ragavan

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ragavan Erin Laura
$14,400 $10,600 $9,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

NOVELS
(Alex: [To Erin] "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.")
LauraWhat is Don Quixote?
$5,001
ErinWhat is A Tale of Two Cities
$10,600
RagavanWhat is A Tale of Two Cities?
$6,801
A Tale of Two Cities

Final scores:

Ragavan Erin Laura
$21,201 $21,200 $4,399
2-day champion: $41,602 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ragavan Erin Laura
$9,600 $10,600 $11,400
16 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W		 15 R,
1 W		 16 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $31,600

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Game tape date: 2017-02-01
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