Responses for Show #4880 - Friday, November 25, 2005

Bill MacDonald game 4.

Contestants

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Pat Godwin, a reference assistant from Clemson, South Carolina

Robert J. Lee, an attorney from Seattle, Washington

Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida (whose 3-day cash winnings total $53,798)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORIC AMERICANS
SAY "BON"
THE NEWSPAPER
STEPHEN KING BOOKS
LET'S GO GOLFING
FOUR!
    $200 16
(Robert) Fulton

Robert
    $200 6
bonjour

Pat
    $200 26
a byline

Bill
    $200 1
The Shining

Bill
    $200 11
strokes

Robert
    $200 17
F

Bill
    $400 22
Clara Barton

Pat
    $400 7
bon appetit

Bill
    $400 27
a jump

Triple Stumper
    $400 2
Carrie

Robert
    $400 12
an ace

Robert
    $400 18
black

Bill
    $600 23
(Bill: Who is Thoreau?)

(Ralph Waldo) Emerson

Bill
Triple Stumper
    $600 8
bon voyage

Bill
    $600 28
(Alex: That is [*], right opposite the editorial.)

the op-ed page

Triple Stumper
    $600 3
Cujo

Bill
    $600 13
Augusta National

Robert
    $600 19
(Carl) Lewis

Bill
    $800 24
(Pat: Who is Perry?)
(Alex: Which one?)
(Pat: [A smile spreading over her face] William.)

Oliver Hazard Perry

Pat
Triple Stumper
    $800 9
a bon vivant

Robert
    $800 29
spot news reporting

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 4
Christine

Bill
    $800 14
the cut

Robert
    $800 20
the four corners

Bill
    $1000 25
(George) Mason

Bill
    $1000 10
bonhomie

Pat
    $1000 30
agate

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
Salem's Lot

Bill
    $1000 15
(Michelle) Wie

Pat
    $1000 21
(Robert: What are Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, and...)
(Alex: Oop, too much time.)
...
(Alex: And you know something? When I read this clue to myself this morning, the one I missed was Arkansas. I didn't get it in the allotted time.)

Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, & Arkansas

RobertPat

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

Bill Robert Pat
$3,800 $3,200 $2,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bill Robert Pat
$6,400 $2,400 $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

LITERARY QUOTATIONS
SPICE GIRLS (AND BOYS)
DOWN TO EARTH
WORLD LEADER DRIVER'S LICENSES?
IT'S IN THE CARDS
THE "L" IT IS!
    $400 26
Tarzan

Bill
    $400 1
Saffron

Bill
    $400 15
Mars

Bill
    $400 5
Gorbachev

Bill
    $400 13
(Bill: What is rummy?...)
(Alex: No.)
(Bill: What is gin rummy?)

gin

Bill
Triple Stumper
    $400 2
longhorns

Bill
    $800 27
Don Quixote

Bill
    $800 9
Ginger Rogers

Bill
    $800 16
(Robert: Uh, what is the Earth's distance from the Sun?)

the Earth's circumference

Robert
Triple Stumper
    $800 6
Ho Chi Minh

Bill
    $4,000 14
(Alex: And you have much more money than your opponents as is usually the case in your games.)
(Bill: I'll bet $4,000.)
...
(Alex: [*]. You're a gambling man, obviously. Or at least you know about gambling. Good.)
(Bill: I was gambling then.)

a full house

Bill
    $800 3
(Robert: Uh, what is lieutenant?)
...
(Alex: In the Marines, it's a [*].)

lance corporal

Robert
Triple Stumper
    $1200 28
The Old Man and the Sea

Pat
    $1200 23
Ann Curry

Robert
    $1200 17
a glacier

Bill
    $1200 7
Franco

Pat
    $1200 20
Bicycle

Pat
    $1200 4
(Bill: Who is Lind?)
(Alex: No. Robert or Pat? Who is [*]? Judge Roy Bean loved her.)

Lillie Langtry

Bill
Triple Stumper
    $1600 29
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"

Bill
    $1600 24
Cinnamon (Carter)

Pat
    $9,000 18
(Alex: Oh boy! Bill, you have $13,000 as a cushion right now.)
(Bill: I'll bet $9,000.)
...
(Bill: What is silicon?)
(Alex: No, the "cast" was an important word. Cast [*]. Cast [*]. So you're still in the lead but now you just have twice as much money as your opponents.)

iron

Bill
    $1600 8
Idi Amin

Robert
    $1600 21
pinochle

Robert
    $1600 11
lilacs

Robert
    $2000 30
(Bill: What is The Masque of [*]?)
(Alex: ...Well, all right. We'll give it to you. The Masque of [*] is the title, but we were going for the plague, and that is [*].)

the Red Death

Bill
    $2000 25
Mace

Robert
    $2000 19
methane

Bill
    $2000 10
(John) Major

Bill
    $2000 22
a joker

Robert
    $2000 12
Lahore

Bill

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bill Robert Pat
$15,000 $10,800 $8,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

COMPANY ORIGINS
(Alex: Bill MacDonald, it's up to you to save our writing crew.)
...
(Alex: Yes, Pittsburgh was an important part of the clue. The famous ketchup, of course, came later and 57 varieties came later.)
PatWhat is Vlasic?
$7,800
RobertWhat is Vlasic?
$10,798
BillWhat is Heinz?
$6,601
Heinz

Final scores:

Bill Robert Pat
$21,601 $2 $200
4-day champion: $75,399 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Bill Robert Pat
$20,600 $10,800 $8,000
27 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W
(including 1 DD)
13 R,
3 W
9 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $39,400

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Game tape date: 2005-08-17
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