Responses for Show #7633 - Wednesday, November 15, 2017

2017 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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Tim Aten, an editor from Vermilion, Ohio

Pranjal Vachaspati, a Ph.D. student from Urbana, Illinois

Alan Lin, a software engineer from Riverside, California

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Jeopardy! Round responses

STEPPENWOLF THEATRE ALUMNI
A TRIANGLE SCHEME
STATE SYMBOLS
GIRAFFES
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
FROM A TO Y
(Alex: Because each correct response will begin with the letter A and will end with a "Y".)
    $200 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the Bermuda Triangle

Alan
    $200 27
a kick

Pranjal
    $200 26
Washington

Alan
    $200 11
(Pranjal: I don't know what it says that I know that one, but let's go STATE SYMBOLS for $1,000.)
[Laughter]

adultery

Pranjal
    $400 23
(John) Malkovich

Tim
    $400 25
the Star of David

Pranjal
    $400 24
a butterfly

Tim
    $400 19
thorns

Pranjal
    $400 1
(Pranjal: Who is Van Buren?)

Ronald Reagan

Pranjal
Triple Stumper
    $400 10
(Pranjal: What is... um... alarmingly?)

abruptly

Pranjal
Triple Stumper
    $600 16
(Pranjal: Let's go--let's figure out what's going on with STEPPENWOLF for $600.)

Office Space

Pranjal
    $600 4
secant

Alan
    $600 5
the fir

Pranjal
    $600 15
horns

Pranjal
    $600 2
Teddy Roosevelt

Pranjal
    $600 6
absorbency

Alan
    $800 22
(Alex: That's right; less than a minute now.)

August: Osage County

Tim
    $800 13
Miles Standish

Alan
    $1,000 3
(Alex: Well, we're finding it way too early. You can risk up to $1,000.)
(Pranjal: Well, go big or go home. Let's make it a full $1,000.)
...
(Pranjal: What is Delaware?)
(Alex: No, "What is [*]?")
(Pranjal: Oh, I should've known that.)
[Laughter]

Massachusetts

Pranjal
    $800 17
dropped

Triple Stumper
    $800 7
(Pranjal: Who is... Jefferson?)

Madison

PranjalTim
    $800 8
an allegory

Tim
    $1000 20
(Alex: And the talented actress' name is [*].)

Joan Allen

Triple Stumper
    $1000 14
the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

Pranjal
    $1000 12
Louisiana

Pranjal
    $1000 18
reticulated

Alan
    $1000 21
(Tim: Who is... Nixon?)
...
(Alex: The other Californian.)

Herbert Hoover

Tim
Triple Stumper
    $1000 9
(Tim: What is assembly?)

auxiliary

Tim
Triple Stumper

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

Alan Pranjal Tim
$2,000 $1,400 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Alan Pranjal Tim
$3,400 $3,000 $1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BALTIC BELIEFS
THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
COMPOUND WORDS
BOOK SMARTS
WORKING WOMEN
RECENT TV EPISODES
(Alex: You have to identify the show.)
    $400 30
the Protestant Reformation

Alan
    $400 28
trumpet

Alan
    $400 26
jackpot

Tim
    $400 29
Uncle Tom's Cabin

Tim
    $400 27
the Avon Lady

Tim
    $400 25
(Alex: That's it; less than a minute.)

New Girl

Pranjal
    $800 22
the Bronze Age

Alan
    $800 2
drums

Tim
    $800 13
breadcrumbs

Pranjal
    $800 19
Gulliver's Travels

Alan
    $800 12
a Boeing 747

Pranjal
    $800 24
(Pranjal: What is Breaking Bad?)

Homeland

Pranjal
Triple Stumper
    $1200 9
(Alan: Uh, what is Asgard?)
(Alex: More specific.)

Valhalla

Alan
    $1200 3
(Pranjal: What's the banjo?)

guitar

Pranjal
Triple Stumper
    $1200 1
a silversmith

Pranjal
    $1200 7
self-help

Alan
    $1200 15
QVC

Alan
    $1200 14
Stranger Things

Alan
    $1600 10
a requiem

Pranjal
    $1600 4
violin

Alan
    $1600 5
a watermark

Alan
    $1600 11
Candide

Alan
    $1600 17
(Pranjal: What's a... washerwoman? A janitor?)

a seamstress

AlanPranjal
    $1600 16
The Flash

Triple Stumper
    $4,000 23
(Alan: What are the Teutonic Knights?)

the Templars

Alan
    $2000 8
(Alex: Now's the time for that instrument.)

the banjo

Pranjal
    $2000 6
a doughboy

Pranjal
    $5,000 20
Schindler's List

Alan
    $2000 18
(Elaine) Chao

Pranjal
    $2000 21
(Pranjal: What are--what is [*]?)

The Americans

Pranjal

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Alan Pranjal Tim
$18,000 $12,200 $3,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORIC NAMES
[Laughter after Tim's reveal]
(Alex: [To Tim] Yeah, against the two younger buzzsaws here, I know exactly how you feel. It's gonna cost you $13. There you go. $3,187 for you; great move.)
[Applause]
...
(Alex: So now, it's up to Alan; if he came up with the correct response, he is a finalist. And he did, and he wagered enough. $6,401. He gets to play again tomorrow and Friday. Congratulations, young man. Here are your two opponents...)
(Austin: Austin Rogers, New York, New York.)
(Buzzy: Buzzy Cohen, Los Angeles, California.)
(Alex: Believe me, folks. It's gonna be a great two-day final. Be sure to join us tomorrow. So long.)
TimWho was just too old and slow?
$13
PranjalWho is Petain
$0
AlanWho is Petain
$6,401
Maréchal Philippe Petain

Final scores:

Alan Pranjal Tim
$24,401 $12,200 $3,187
Finalist 2nd place: $10,000 3rd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Alan Pranjal Tim
$19,000 $13,200 $3,200
19 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 19 R,
7 W
(including 1 DD)		 9 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $35,400

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Game tape date: 2017-09-19
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