Responses for Show #8138 - Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Veronica Vichit-Vadakan game 3.

Contestants

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Oishee Shemontee, a tutor from Arcadia, California

Laura Thomason, an English professor from Lizella, Georgia

Veronica Vichit-Vadakan, a librarian from Portland, Oregon (whose 2-day cash winnings total $52,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

FAMOUS & HISTORIC WOMEN
EASY AS A_B_D
(Alex: Each correct response will begin with an "A", end with a "D", and there'll be a "B" somewhere in between.)
TREES
LITERARY MASHUPS
(Alex: You have to name the two works by the same author that we have managed to mash up.)
TEAM AMERICA
WORLD POLICE
    $200 1
Betsy Ross

Laura
    $200 6
abetted

Veronica
    $200 30
drop leaves

Oishee
    $200 20
The Prince of Tides & The Great Santini

Triple Stumper
    $200 28
1896

Veronica
    $200 27
Israel

Laura
    $400 2
Sotomayor

Laura
    $400 7
aboard

Oishee
    $400 29
the oak

Veronica
    $400 14
The Cat in the Hat & Green Eggs and Ham

Oishee
    $400 23
climbing

Oishee
    $400 26
New Scotland Yard

Laura
    $600 3
Catherine of Aragon

Laura
    $600 11
an armband

Laura
    $600 24
the timberline

Veronica
    $600 10
The Iceman Cometh & Mourning Becomes Electra

Laura
    $600 19
basketball

Oishee
    $600 25
Russia

Veronica
    $600 4
(Laura: Who is Harriet Tubman?)

Sojourner Truth

Laura
    $800 12
absurd

Veronica
    $800 22
a dogwood

Laura
    $800 9
(Alex: Yes, Anne Rice's works.)

Interview with the Vampire & Queen of the Damned

Veronica
    $800 18
Simone Biles

Laura
    $800 21
the Mounties

Oishee
    $1000 5
the Philippines

Veronica
    $1000 13
abscond

Laura
    $1000 15
the pepper tree

Triple Stumper
    $1000 8
Death Comes for the Archbishop & My Antonia

Oishee
    $1000 16
(Veronica: What is toboggan?)

the skeleton

Veronica
Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
the Stasi

Laura

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

Veronica Laura Oishee
$2,800 $2,800 $1,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Veronica Laura Oishee
$3,600 $6,000 $3,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. REPRESENTATIVES
COMPOSERS
WHAT TYPE OF MACHINE AM I?
NETFLIX & CHILL
BORDER RIVERS
BACKRONYMS
(Alex: These are acronyms where words are chosen to fit the letters.)
    $400 22
(Alex: Yeah. We'll accept that, I believe.)

indigenous women

Laura
    $400 7
(Oishee: What is la? [*]?)
(Alex: Thank you.)
[Laughter]

fa la la la la la la la la

Oishee
    $400 26
a food processor

Veronica
    $400 1
a hitman (assassin)

Triple Stumper
    $400 6
the Rio Grande & the Colorado

Triple Stumper
    $400 12
Seasonal Affectiveness

Veronica
    $800 24
Texas

Laura
    $3,000 15
Norway

Veronica
    $800 25
a slot machine

Laura
    $800 2
Sabrina

Laura
    $800 13
the Pacific

Triple Stumper
    $800 11
Respiration

Laura
    $1200 27
Adam Schiff

Triple Stumper
    $1200 16
(Laura: What is "Van Dieman's Land"?)

Jerusalem

Laura
Triple Stumper
    $1200 23
(Alex: [Before clue revealed] Less than a minute now.)

a submarine

Veronica
    $1200 3
Lost in Space

Veronica
    $1200 14
(Oishee: What is Newfoundland?)
(Veronica: What is, uh, Nunavut?)

Labrador

VeronicaOishee
Triple Stumper
    $1200 10
Calvin & Hobbes

Veronica
    $1600 17
Puccini

Oishee
    $1600 21
satellites

Triple Stumper
    $1600 4
(Jason) Momoa

Veronica
    $3,000 29
(Veronica: What is, uh, the Dominican? Republic?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Hispaniola

Veronica
    $1600 9
Extortion

Laura
    $2000 19
Steve Scalise

Triple Stumper
    $2000 28
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Triple Stumper
    $2000 18
a nuclear reactor

Triple Stumper
    $2000 5
(Laura: What is The Lottery?)

The Haunting of Hill House

VeronicaLaura
    $2000 20
the Chattahoochee

Triple Stumper
    $2000 8
Emergency Response

Oishee

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Veronica Laura Oishee
$10,400 $8,000 $6,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
(Alex: The author of the work was Madeleine L'Engle.)
OisheeWhat is A Wrinkle in Time?
$6,599
LauraWhat is The Fault in Our Stars?
$5,800
VeronicaWhat is A Wrinkle in Time?
$5,601
A Wrinkle in Time

Final scores:

Veronica Laura Oishee
$16,001 $2,200 $13,199
3-day champion: $68,001 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Veronica Laura Oishee
$11,200 $8,600 $6,600
16 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 17 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 10 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $26,400

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Game tape date: 2019-11-12
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