Responses for Show #4989 - Thursday, April 27, 2006

Contestants

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Don Minyard, a forensic accountant from Hoover, Alabama

Jaime Thomson, an administrative assistant from Denton, Texas

Michael Lapthorn, an exhibition designer from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,400)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

(Alex: And we're gonna start you off with what looks to be a tribute to my friend Howie Mandel...)
DEAL OR NO DEAL
CITIES IN SONG
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
WHAT A GOOD IDEA!
SLOW DOWN
YOU MOVE, TO FAST
    $200 9
the Louisiana Purchase

Jaime
    $200 6
Kansas City

Jaime
    $200 1
the Douglas fir

Jaime
    $200 14
vegetarian

Don
    $200 15
(Jaime: What is a gecko?)
...
(Alex: [*]. That was a [*], yes. Notice that tongue... impressive, hunh?)

chameleon

MichaelJaime
    $200 23
(Michael: What is Mount Ararat?)

Mount Sinai

MichaelDon
    $400 12
the air traffic controllers

Michael
    $400 7
New Orleans

Michael
    $400 2
a chuck wagon

Jaime
    $400 18
Reese

Don
    $400 19
piano

Jaime
    $400 24
Alaska

Don
    $600 13
1932

Don
    $600 8
Pasadena

Don
    $600 3
(Don: What is castle?)
(Michael: What is Palatine?)
...
(Alex: [*], which comes from Palatine.)

palace

MichaelJaimeDon
    $600 28
(Alex: Yeah, what a waste.)
[Laughter]
(Don: WHAT A GOOD IDEA for $800.)
(Alex: See, I broke you up! I love it!)

vodka

Don
    $600 20
CO2 (carbon dioxide)

Michael
    $600 25
the Pueblos

Jaime
    $800 16
Denmark

Don
    $800 10
(Don: What is San José?)
...
(Alex: Yes, we were going for the title of the song.)

"Do You Know The Way To San José"

MichaelDon
    $800 4
(Alex: This is a tough one. What is [*]?)

laying on of hands

Triple Stumper
    $800 29
Otis

Don
    $800 21
(Michael: What is honey?)
[Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before Double Jeopardy! because it was unclear from the video whether the bee was in a flower or in the hive]

nectar

MichaelJaime
    $800 26
Turkey

Jaime
    $1000 17
Paris

Jaime
    $1000 11
(Alex: [*]. Marty Robbins, yes.)

El Paso

Jaime
    $400 5
gorge

Jaime
    $1000 30
Stainmaster

Jaime
    $1000 22
the kingfisher

Michael
    $1000 27
Siberia

Triple Stumper

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

Michael Jaime Don
$1,200 $2,800 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Michael Jaime Don
$3,400 $7,400 $3,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BRIT-POURRI
TV INSPIRATIONS
SHAKESPEARE'S OPENING LINES
MIND YOUR BUSINESS
THE CORONER STORE
DOUBLE TALK
    $400 26
the Labor Party

Jaime
    $400 21
The Odd Couple

Don
    $400 6
(Michael: What is Pericles?)

Troilus and Cressida

MichaelJaime
    $400 12
General Electric

Don
    $400 11
the heart

Don
    $400 1
a dodo

Don
    $800 27
Harrod's

Jaime
    $800 22
Judging Amy

Don
    $800 7
Twelfth Night

Michael
    $800 13
Viacom

Don
    $800 17
[Alex trips over the pronunciation of "encephalopathy" in reading the clue.]
...
(Alex: [After Jaime gives the correct response] Yes, that's what I just had!)
[Laughter]

the brain

Jaime
    $800 2
pupu

Michael
    $1200 28
King's Cross

Jaime
    $1200 23
Medium

Jaime
    $1200 8
The Merchant of Venice

Triple Stumper
    $1200 14
(Don: What is Gino's Pizza?)
(Jaime: What is La Choy?)

the Chun-King Company

JaimeDon
Triple Stumper
    $1,000 18
blood

Jaime
    $1200 3
beriberi

Don
    $1600 29
(Alex: And that was in [*]. People coming by to, uh, visit Shakespeare's old place.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Stratford-on-Avon

Triple Stumper
    $1600 24
The West Wing

Jaime
    $1600 9
(Alex: And therefore there will be [*]. Who likes him? Nobody.)

Much Ado About Nothing

Triple Stumper
    $1600 15
typewriters

Michael
    $1600 19
an aneurysm

Jaime
    $1600 4
(Jaime: What is fufu?)
(Alex: Say it again.)
(Jaime: What is fufu?)
(Alex: No.)

froufrou

MichaelJaime
    $2000 25
Desperate Housewives

Don
    $2000 10
(Alex: I'd bet you if had given you the opening line to Richard III, you'd have gotten it. These, of course, were lesser-known.)

Two Gentlemen of Verona

Triple Stumper
    $2000 16
Hermes

Jaime
    $2000 20
pneumonia

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 5
(Michael: I don't have it. I don't have it.)
(Alex: From The Wizard of Oz...)
(Michael: Oh, of course!)

Toto

Michael

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Michael Jaime Don
$6,800 $15,600 $8,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WOMEN IN HISTORY
MichaelWho is Harriet Tubman?
$10
DonWho was Sojourner Truth?
$6,900
JaimeWho is ?
$1,500
Sojourner Truth

Final scores:

Michael Jaime Don
$6,790 $14,100 $15,300
3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $15,300

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Michael Jaime Don
$7,800 $16,400 $8,400
11 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 23 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 17 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $32,600

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