Responses for Show #7635 - Friday, November 17, 2017

2017 Tournament of Champions final game 2.

Contestants

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Austin Rogers, a bartender from New York, New York (subtotal of $6,500)

Alan Lin, a software engineer from Riverside, California (subtotal of $8,800)

Buzzy Cohen, a music executive from Los Angeles, California (subtotal of $0)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

STARTS & ENDS WITH "H"
STATE BY COUNTIES
MONSTER MASH
HISTORIC OBJECTS
PUBLISHING
MUSICAL GROUP NAMES DEFINED
    $200 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

high-tech

Buzzy
    $200 28
(Buzzy: Thanks for the lay-up.)

Alabama

Buzzy
    $200 8
(Alex: Big [*], yeah.)

a sword

Buzzy
    $200 3
an advance

Buzzy
    $200 5
Cream

Buzzy
    $400 20
(Buzzy: What is [**]?)
[Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before Double Jeopardy! because the photo shown "didn't really preclude" Buzzy's response]

a hero sandwich (or a ham sandwich)

Buzzy
    $400 27
Nebraska

Austin
    $400 16
(Alan: What's a zombie?)

a vampire

BuzzyAlan
    $400 9
the New Year's ball

Austin
    $400 2
a mass market paperback

Austin
    $400 6
Boston

Austin
    $600 21
hunch

Triple Stumper
    $600 24
Maine

Austin
    $600 17
the trolls

Austin
    $600 10
carpet

Triple Stumper
    $600 13
(Austin: What is NewsCorp?)

HarperCollins

Austin
Triple Stumper
    $600 1
TLC

Alan
    $800 22
hand-to-mouth

Austin
    $800 26
Nevada

Alan
    $800 18
a hobgoblin

Alan
    $800 11
Alan Shepard

Austin
    $800 14
the backlist & frontlist

Alan
    $800 4
a Cheap Trick

Austin
    $1000 23
(Alex: Less than a minute to go now.)

a hyacinth

Buzzy
    $1000 25
South Dakota

Triple Stumper
    $1000 19
Leviathan

Alan
    $1000 12
Sutton Hoo

Alan
    $1000 15
a transom

Alan
    $1,600 7
The Black Keys

Austin

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

Buzzy Alan Austin
$600 $3,400 $3,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Buzzy Alan Austin
$2,800 $5,600 $6,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

EPONYMS
TYPES OF MOVIES
THE BODY HUMAN
WORLD THEATER
5 EXES
4 O's
    $400 26
a doily

Buzzy
    $400 2
a spaghetti western

Alan
    $400 24
taste buds

Austin
    $800 25
the sousaphone

Austin
    $800 22
(Austin: What is a set piece?)
...
(Alex: Less than a minute.)

a period piece

Austin
Triple Stumper
    $800 23
the tricep

Buzzy
    $800 15
Lord Laurence Olivier

Triple Stumper
    $800 8
Ellen DeGeneres

Triple Stumper
    $800 27
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

footloose

Austin
    $1200 18
Moore's law

Alan
    $1200 1
blaxploitation

Austin
    $1200 9
the tibia

Buzzy
    $1200 14
(Alan: What's a troubadour?)

a caballero

Alan
Triple Stumper
    $1200 7
(Alan: What is Goochi?)

The Mooch

BuzzyAlan
    $1200 21
a photo booth

Buzzy
    $1600 20
the pompadour

Alan
    $1600 3
a buddy movie

Buzzy
    $10,800 10
a ball and socket joint

Buzzy
    $1600 13
Marlowe

Alan
    $1600 6
(Bill) Bratton

Austin
    $1600 17
a lookie-loo

Buzzy
    $10,400 19
(Alan: What's a Freudian slip?)

a Spoonerism

Alan
    $2000 4
cinéma vérité

Buzzy
    $2000 11
cerebrospinal fluid

Alan
    $2000 12
(Alan: What is The Enemy of the People?)
[NOTE: Alan's response with an incorrect leading article was accepted without comment.]

An Enemy of the People

Alan
    $2000 5
Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Buzzy
    $2000 16
oloroso

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Buzzy Alan Austin
$25,600 $1,600 $10,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

STATE CAPITALS
[Buzzy looks to the audience as his response is read.]
(Alex: [To Buzzy] Are you referring to me?)
[Buzzy smiles and nods disingenuously.]
(Alex: Thank you. The correct response is [*], the capital of Vermont.)
[Devoted screams from the audience for Buzzy's win]
AlanWhat is
$1,200
AustinWhat is Indianapolis?
$10,000
BuzzyWhat is Love You!
$1,301
Montpelier

Final scores:

Buzzy Alan Austin
$24,299 $400 $200

Cumulative scores:

Buzzy Alan Austin
$24,299 $9,200 $6,700
Tournament champion: $250,000 1st runner-up: $100,000 2nd runner-up: $50,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Buzzy Alan Austin
$16,400 $12,000 $9,600
18 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 13 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $38,000

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Game tape date: 2017-09-19
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