Responses for Show #4960 - Friday, March 17, 2006

Contestants

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James Washick, a professor from Greenville, South Carolina

Lara Beaton, a software tester from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Scott Gardiner, an Army lawyer from Tampa, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,801)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
SI's SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE
(Alex: A regular feature in that magazine.)
LITERARY GENRES
RECORD LOSSES IN 2005
SO "LONG"
& THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
(Alex: I don't know what that means.)
    $200 21
Brigham Young

James
    $200 1
Goodyear

James
    $200 2
a novel

James
    $200 16
(Alex: They got 'em back.)

Berkeley

Scott
    $200 11
a furlong

James
    $200 26
trout

Scott
    $400 22
Vassar

Scott
    $400 7
Hooters

James
    $400 3
a poem

James
    $400 17
Polo

Lara
    $400 12
a daddy long-legs

James
    $400 27
a catfish

Lara
    $600 23
Pepperdine

Scott
    $600 8
Shaquille O'Neal

Scott
    $600 4
an essay

Lara
    $600 18
Time Warner

Scott
    $600 13
a longneck

Lara
    $600 28
flounder

James
    $800 24
Oral Roberts University

Scott
    $800 9
(Alex: Excellent jump if you go past the landing spot into trees when you're practicing.)

Norway

Triple Stumper
    $800 5
sagas

Triple Stumper
    $800 19
Citigroup

Triple Stumper
    $800 14
a longshoreman

James
    $800 30
(Scott: What is salmon?)

a herring

ScottLara
    $1000 25
Purdue

James
    $1000 10
TrimSpa

James
    $1000 6
short stories

Scott
    $1000 20
San Jose

Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
medulla oblongata

James
    $2,000 29
(Alex: Interesting that you jumped and went to the $1,000 clue.)
...
(James: Um... hm... What is cod?)

a perch

James

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

Scott Lara James
$1,600 $1,200 $4,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Scott Lara James
$3,600 $2,800 $4,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

CANALS
NYPD TV
HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
(Alex: The name of a book of the Bible is hidden in each clue, and the letters will appear in order.)
INDEPENDENCE DAYS
BACK IN 1906
FROM THE LATIN
    $400 1
the Panama Canal

James
    $400 7
(Alex: Yeah, you got in there ahead of James!)

NYPD Blue

Scott
    $400 2
Esther (best her)

Lara
    $400 16
Italy

Scott
    $400 26
Atlanta

James
    $400 21
a pedestal

James
    $800 8
Leonardo da Vinci

Scott
    $800 12
Barney Miller

James
    $800 3
Job (mojo by)

Lara
    $800 17
Canada

Lara
    $800 27
Henny Youngman

James
    $800 22
(Scott: What is satin?)

lace

ScottLara
    $1200 9
the Erie Canal

James
    $1200 13
Law & Order

James
    $1200 4
Ezra (pez rarely)

Lara
    $2,000 18
the Philippines

Lara
    $1200 28
Cuba

James
    $1200 23
a soliloquy

Scott
    $1600 10
the Suez Canal

Lara
    $1600 14
Cagney & Lacey

Scott
    $1600 5
Amos (jam ostensibly)

James
    $1600 19
Finland

James
    $1600 29
senators

Scott
    $1600 24
(Scott: What is the finale?)

the coda

Scott
Triple Stumper
    $2,000 11
(Lara: [Sighs] What is Lake Superior and Lake Michigan?)
(Alex: Noooooo, you picked the wrong one. [*]. Sault Ste. Marie.)

Lake Superior & Lake Huron

Lara
    $2000 15
McCloud

Scott
    $2000 6
Romans (From answers)

James
    $2000 20
East Timor

James
    $2000 30
An American Tragedy

James
    $2000 25
a funicular

Lara

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Scott Lara James
$9,200 $10,400 $20,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

20th CENTURY BOOKS
[Alex reads the quotation part of the clue in his Irish brogue.]
[The on-screen display of the clue used a capital "I" for "Chapter I" but the subtitled display of the clue used a numeral 1.]
ScottWhat is Ullyses?
$1,200
LaraWhat is Angela's Ashes?
$10,000
JamesWhat is Angela's Ashes?
$801
Angela's Ashes (by Frank McCourt)

Final scores:

Scott Lara James
$8,000 $20,400 $20,801
3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $20,801

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Scott Lara James
$9,200 $11,600 $22,000
15 R,
3 W
13 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
(including 1 DD)
25 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $42,800

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