Responses for Show #4924 - Thursday, January 26, 2006

Bob Mesko game 4-A.

Contestants

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Glenn Barnes, a nonprofit development director from Watertown, Massachusetts

Miranda Schwartz, a copy editor from New York, New York

Bob Mesko, an arts administrator from Denver, Colorado (whose 3-day cash winnings total $42,399)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

A DATE WITH HISTORY
"SONG"S
I NEED A VACATION
(Alex: And we're dealing with facts from the World Tourism Organization, facts for 2003.)
BREAKFAST CEREALS
5-SYLLABLE WORDS
STUPID ANSWERS
    $200 6
Morse (code)

Miranda
    $200 1
"Silly Love Songs"

Bob
    $200 14
France

Bob
    $200 19
Wheaties

Miranda
    $200 11
congratulations

Glenn
    $200 26
Variety

Miranda
    $400 7
the Panama Canal

Miranda
    $400 2
"I Write The Songs"

Bob
    $400 15
Mexico

Miranda
    $400 20
Frosted Flakes

Miranda
    $400 12
reactionary

Triple Stumper
    $400 27
(Alex: It's a form of rain, it's artificial rain, of course.)

you'll get wet (it will rain accepted)

Miranda
    $600 8
William Henry Harrison

Bob
    $600 3
(Bob: What is "A Sad Song"?)

"Song Sung Blue"

Bob
Triple Stumper
    $600 16
China

Bob
    $600 21
Trix

Miranda
    $600 13
testimonial

Triple Stumper
    $600 28
Heart of Darkness

Miranda
    $800 9
(Miranda: What is Liberia?)

Haiti

BobMiranda
    $800 4
"Sad Songs"

Glenn
    $800 17
(Miranda: What is Vienna?)

Austria

MirandaGlenn
    $800 22
Lucky Charms

Bob
    $1,000 24
(Alex: And you have the most money, an even $5,000. You could double that to $10,000.)
(Bob: You'd like to see that, wouldn't you, Alex?)
(Alex: Well, I want to see good things happen to you, and it could happen.)
(Bob: Thank you, Alex. I'm touched. I'll bet $1,000.)
(Alex: All right. Here is the clue...)

multilateral

Bob
    $800 29
Grand Teton

Bob
    $1000 10
James Monroe

Bob
    $1000 5
"Killing Me Softly With His Song"

Triple Stumper
    $1000 18
Italy

Miranda
    $1000 23
Life

Bob
    $1000 25
contemporaries

Triple Stumper
    $1000 30
(Glenn: What is a hyena?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Glenn: A laughing hyena.)
(Alex: No.)

striped hyena

MirandaGlenn

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

Bob Miranda Glenn
$2,600 $200 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bob Miranda Glenn
$6,800 $3,800 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

POETS & POETRY
THEIR FINAL FILM ROLE
THE U.S. AIR FORCE
GRADUATE SCHOOL
A PENGUIN, A YAK & A KANGAROO
(Alex: We want to find out... which is it?)
WALK INTO A "BAR"
    $400 1
(Rabbie) Burns

Miranda
    $400 6
Henry Fonda

Miranda
    $400 23
Berlin

Miranda
    $400 16
comprehensive exams

Bob
    $400 21
monogamy

Miranda
    $400 11
a cabaret

Miranda
    $800 2
Joyce Kilmer

Bob
    $800 7
John Wayne

Bob
    $800 27
Air Force One

Bob
    $800 17
a defense

Glenn
    $800 22
a joey

Bob
    $800 12
an isobar

Miranda
    $1200 3
"Howl"

Glenn
    $1200 8
Marilyn Monroe

Miranda
    $1200 28
the Korean War

Bob
    $2,000 18
Massachusetts Institute of Technology & California Institute of Technology (MIT & Caltech)

Glenn
    $1200 24
March of the Penguins

Miranda
    $1200 13
(Bob: What is barley?)

rhubarb

Bob
Triple Stumper
    $1600 4
(Alex: And that is the poem on the Statue of Liberty called [*].)

"The New Colossus"

Triple Stumper
    $1600 9
Katharine Hepburn

Triple Stumper
    $5,000 29
(Bob: What is a squadron?)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
[ERRATUM: In ascending order, the USAF echelon units are flight, squadron, group, wing, numbered air force, major command, and HQ USAF. The inclusion of the obsolete echelon unit "division" in the clue may have confused Bob and resulted in his return to the show.]

a wing

Bob
    $1600 19
[After reading the clue, Alex specifies that RISD is the Rhode Island School of Design.]
(Miranda: What is visual arts?)

fine arts

Miranda
Triple Stumper
    $1600 25
a dingo

Miranda
    $1600 14
embarcadero

Glenn
    $2000 5
fences make good neighbors

Miranda
    $2000 10
Walter Matthau

Miranda
    $2000 20
management

Glenn
    $2000 26
ox

Triple Stumper
    $2000 15
the Baroque

Miranda

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bob Miranda Glenn
$5,400 $15,000 $8,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

CIVIL RIGHTS
(Alex: It was signed in 1965.)
BobWho is LBJ
$5,400
GlennWho is Lyndon Johnson?
$4,801
MirandaWho L.B. Johnson
$1,801
Lyndon Baines Johnson

Final scores:

Bob Miranda Glenn
$10,800 $16,801 $13,201
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $16,801 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Bob Miranda Glenn
$10,200 $15,000 $7,600
17 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 23 R,
3 W		 8 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $32,800

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