Responses for Show #5013 - Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Contestants

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Nathan Meyers, a software developer from Medford, Massachusetts

Steve Friedman, a writer from Los Angeles, California

Eric Dolansky, a Ph.D. student in marketing from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (whose 2-day cash winnings total $46,402)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
CARTOON MICE
COMPLETES THE PLAY TITLE
LIQUIDS
THE SEA OTTER
HOT "BUN"s
    $200 26
Stanford

Steve
    $200 15
(Alex: [In a high-pitched voice] [*] is right, yes! [Normal voice] Why did I do that? Why couldn't I have just said, "We're going to take a break for commercial messages"? [High voice] Bye!)

Mickey Mouse

Eric
    $200 6
Separation

Steve
    $200 17
wine

Steve
    $200 7
blubber

Steve
    $200 1
Paul Bunyan

Nathan
    $400 27
(Eric: What is Texas A&M?)
(Steve: What is Texas Southern?)

Texas Christian University

EricSteve
Triple Stumper
    $400 18
(Alex: Here I come to save the day! Yes, indeed!)

Mighty Mouse

Nathan
    $400 12
Interlude

Triple Stumper
    $400 22
sap

Eric
    $400 8
seaweed (or kelp)

Steve
    $400 2
bunko

Nathan
    $2,800 28
[A few members of the audience cheer wildly at Steve's selection of the Daily Double.]
(Alex: You have friends in the audience. They would like you to make this a True Daily Double, I'm sure.)
(Steve: All right, I'll do it.)

Tulane

Steve
    $600 19
(Alex: ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba! ¡Sí! ¡Sí!)

Speedy Gonzales

Eric
    $600 13
(Nathan: What is 42nd Street?)

Second Avenue

EricNathan
    $600 23
(Alex: It was called [*] City, Pennsylvania, hence it was named for... [sarcastically] gas.)
[Laughter]

oil

Triple Stumper
    $600 9
(Steve: What is Oregon?)
(Eric: What is Washington?)
...
(Alex: You got it. Keep working your way north.)

Alaska

EricSteveNathan
    $600 3
bundling

Triple Stumper
    $800 29
(Steve: What is Raleigh?)

Wake Forest

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $800 20
Tom & Jerry

Nathan
    $800 14
Heart

Steve
    $800 24
(Eric: What is keel?)

bilge

EricNathan
    $800 10
pelt

Steve
    $800 4
bunker busters

Nathan
    $1000 30
(Alex: It's in New Hampshire, hence it is [*].)

Dartmouth

Triple Stumper
    $1000 21
Fievel

Steve
    $1000 16
Importance

Nathan
    $1000 25
serum

Nathan
    $1000 11
sea urchins

Nathan
    $1000 5
Ned Buntline

Eric

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

Eric Steve Nathan
$1,200 $1,800 $2,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Eric Steve Nathan
$1,000 $4,800 $6,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

PHYSICAL SCIENCE
ALL THAT JAZZ
THAT'S SO CONVENTIONAL!
CLEANING UP
YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED
EMBRACE THE "ORB"
    $400 3
static electricity

Eric
    $400 21
Benny Goodman

Nathan
    $400 9
Chicago

Eric
    $400 23
infection

Eric
    $400 16
Sicily

Steve
    $400 1
absorbent

Nathan
    $800 7
heat

Steve
    $800 22
a guitar

Steve
    $800 12
New York & Boston

Nathan
    $800 26
(Joseph) Lister

Steve
    $800 17
Hawaii

Triple Stumper
    $800 2
(Roy) Orbison

Steve
    $5,000 8
the half-life

Steve
    $1200 24
(Alex: About a minute to go, now, Eric.)

Duke Ellington

Triple Stumper
    $1200 13
1988

Steve
    $1200 29
a crime scene

Nathan
    $1200 18
the Golan Heights

Steve
    $1200 4
(Eric: What is citric acid?)

ascorbic acid

EricNathan
    $1600 10
(Steve: What is helium?)

mercury

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $1600 25
Lionel Hampton

Triple Stumper
    $1600 14
William Jennings Bryan

Steve
    $1600 28
Palmolive

Eric
    $1600 19
Chile

Eric
    $1600 5
Gorbachev

Eric
    $2000 11
a vortex

Nathan
    $2000 30
stride

Nathan
    $2000 15
(Eric: Who is... Dan Rather?)
...
(Alex: Dan Rather is CBS. [*] is NBC.)

John Chancellor

Eric
Triple Stumper
    $2000 27
(Steve: What is Piccadilly Circus?)
...
(Alex: Correct response: What is [*]? A lot of traffic in Piccadilly. Pigeons don't congregate.)

Trafalgar Square

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $2,000 20
(Alex: You surprised yourself with your knowledge!)
(Eric: Yes, I did.)

the Crimean Peninsula

Eric
    $2000 6
sorbet

Steve

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Eric Steve Nathan
$5,800 $15,800 $14,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AFRICA
EricWhat is Liberia?
$5,798
NathanWhat is Liberia?
$1,401
SteveWhat is South Africa
$13,001
Liberia

Final scores:

Eric Steve Nathan
$11,598 $2,799 $15,801
2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $15,801

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Eric Steve Nathan
$5,800 $9,800 $14,400
12 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W		 19 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W		 17 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $30,000

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Game tape date: 2006-03-30
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