Responses for Show #4872 - Tuesday, November 15, 2005

2005 College Championship semifinal game 2.
From the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

(Sarah: Hey shredders! I'm dropping in. We'll translate English into Snowboarding, next on Jeopardy!)

Contestants

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Alison Jenik, a junior at the University of Maryland from New York, New York

Ben Goldman, a sophomore at New York University from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

Nico Martinez, a junior at Stanford University from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

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Jeopardy! Round responses

DUKES BEDEVILED
ALL THE RAVE
DEAD SCIENTISTS SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
STEP INTO THE STUDY
NEW SUPERHEROES & VILLAINS
    $200 6
Dune

Ben
    $200 11
England

Nico
    $200 1
George Washington Carver

Ben
    $200 15
(Alison: What is [*]?)
(Alex: That's right. He is also Chief Justice of the United States.)

Supreme Court Justice

Alison
    $200 22
muscles

Nico
    $200 17
Sixth Man

Alison
    $400 7
Henry VIII

Nico
    $400 27
Burning Man

Ben
    $400 2
Mendeleev

Alison
    $400 16
the Department of State

Triple Stumper
    $400 23
space

Alison
    $400 18
Cranium

Alison
    $600 8
Huckleberry Finn

Nico
    $600 28
Berlin

Ben
    $1,000 3
(Joseph) Lister

Alison
    $600 12
Texas

Ben
    $600 24
rocks

Nico
    $600 19
Toastmaster

Triple Stumper
    $800 9
the Wars of the Roses

Nico
    $800 29
(Nico: What is North Carolina?)
(Ben: What is Texas?)
...
(Alex: Andrew Johnson most closely associated with [*].)

Tennessee

NicoBen
Triple Stumper
    $800 4
Robert Brown

Triple Stumper
    $800 13
Attorney General

Nico
    $800 25
statics

Nico
    $800 20
(Alex: You love it Alison, I know. You want to finish the category, don't you?)
(Alison: Yep.)

Arbitrator

Triple Stumper
    $1000 10
Edward VIII

Ben
    $1000 30
(Alison: What is Canada?)

Australia

NicoAlison
    $1000 5
(Alex: Luigi Galvani.)

Italy

Nico
    $1000 14
Nancy Pelosi

Alison
    $1000 26
algae

Triple Stumper
    $1000 21
Caveat Emptor

Nico

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

Nico Ben Alison
$3,800 $2,000 $2,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Nico Ben Alison
$6,600 $2,200 $2,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

COMPOSERS
AN ENGLISH-SNOWBOARDING DICTIONARY
STATE THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER
(Alex: You name the state for us.)
FAMOUS PAIRS
(Alex: For each famous message, give us the original...)
MEANS OF TRANSMISSION
NUMBER PLEASE
    $400 1
Mozart

Nico
    $400 14
to bust

Nico
    $400 8
Utah

Nico
    $400 29
crannies

Nico
    $400 30
the telephone

Ben
    $400 24
30

Alison
    $800 2
Andrew Lloyd Webber

Ben
    $800 15
a double barrel

Alison
    $800 10
South Carolina

Nico
    $800 19
Hobbes

Nico
    $800 28
(Alex: Yes, Churchill.)

radio

Nico
    $3,000 23
20

Nico
    $3,000 3
Norway

Ben
    $1200 16
(Ben: What is warp?)
...
(Alex: It's not warp, it's [*].)

flex

Ben
Triple Stumper
    $1200 9
(Alison: What is Florida?)

Arizona

Alison
Triple Stumper
    $1200 11
Abercrombie

Ben
    $1200 27
(Alex: That was the famous [*].)

handwriting on the wall

Triple Stumper
    $1200 22
40

Nico
    $1600 4
J.S. Bach

Nico
    $1600 17
a box

Ben
    $1600 6
Massachusetts

Ben
    $1600 12
Pythias

Triple Stumper
    $1600 26
(Alex: The Wright Brothers.)

a telegram

Ben
    $1600 20
(Alex: It would be [*] degrees Fahrenheit.)

50

Triple Stumper
    $2000 5
(Antonin) Dvorak

Nico
    $2000 18
airtime

Nico
    $2000 7
(Alison: What is New Mexico?)

New Jersey

Alison
Triple Stumper
    $2000 13
Principe

Nico
    $2000 25
(Alex: Yes, Einstein to FDR.)

a letter

Alison
    $2000 21
(Amanda: What is 100?)

1,000

BenAlison

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Nico Ben Alison
$22,400 $13,200 $600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

2005 COMMENCEMENT SPEECHES
(Alex: He's very famous. He's appeared on Celebrity Jeopardy! and he's won a lot of money for his favorite charities.)
...
(Alex: [Trying to make out Alison's response] Who is...)
(Alison: Brian Williams?)
(Alex: Brian Williams is incorrect.)
AlisonWho is B Williams?
$595
BenWho is Howard Dean?
$13,199
NicoWho is Stephen King?
$4,001
Stephen King

Final scores:

Nico Ben Alison
$26,401 $1 $5
Finalist 3rd place: $10,000 2nd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Nico Ben Alison
$20,200 $11,400 $200
24 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 10 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $31,800

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Game tape date: 2005-10-02
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