Responses for Show #8216 - Monday, May 18, 2020

This and the remainder of the regular-play games of Season 36 were recorded without an audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contestants

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Megan Elliott, a writer and editor from Redlands, California

Ben Scripps, a television director from Cadillac, Michigan

Jesse Laymon, a public policy director from Long Island City, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $43,400)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY
THEY DIDN'T SURVIVE THE FILM
"W"ORDS WITH DOUBLE LETTERS
(Alex: Each correct response will begin with a "W".)
NONFICTION
PLANT (ON) THE FLAG
    $200 30
Paul

Ben
    $200 5
the Smithsonian

Jesse
    $200 16
Forrest Gump

Jesse
    $200 23
a whinny

Ben
    $200 13
New York

Jesse
    $200 2
(Ben: What is [*], eh?)
(Alex: Yeah, eh.)
(Ben: $400, please.)
(Alex: For sure, eh.)
[Laughter]

Canada

Ben
    $400 14
Anthony

Jesse
    $400 6
Morehouse & Spelman

Jesse
    $400 17
Thanos

Megan
    $400 24
weightlessness

Ben
    $400 12
the suffragettes

Megan
    $400 3
the cedar

Ben
    $600 15
Jonathan

Ben
    $600 7
a sit-in

Megan
    $600 18
Up

Ben
    $600 25
wireless

Jesse
    $600 1
Australia

Ben
    $600 4
a (royal) palm tree

Megan
    $800 21
Florence

Megan
    $800 8
a newspaper

Megan
    $800 19
The Untouchables

Ben
    $800 27
The Wiggles

Megan
    $800 10
Ebola

Megan
    $800 26
olive leaves

Megan
    $1000 22
Martin

Triple Stumper
    $1000 9
the A.M.E. Church (African Methodist Episcopal)

Jesse
    $1000 20
Tokyo Drift

Jesse
    $1000 28
Wiccan

Jesse
    $2,000 11
Tesla and Edison

Megan
    $1000 29
the pomegranate

Triple Stumper

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

Jesse Ben Megan
$2,200 $1,800 $5,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jesse Ben Megan
$5,000 $4,000 $8,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

LET'S HAVE A PLANET
DA, YOU SPEAK RUSSIAN
ROCK BANNED
THE ANDES MOUNTAINS
PLAYWRIGHTS
CORPORATE SCANDALS WITH DAVID FABER
(David Faber: I'm David Faber of CNBC with some corporate scandals that went from the business section to the front pages.)
    $400 1
Venus

Ben
    $400 6
a czar

Jesse
    $400 12
[Ben demonstrates his response.]

"The Twist"

Ben
    $400 30
Tierra del Fuego

Ben
    $400 5
Peter Pan

Ben
    $400 17
BP

Megan
    $800 2
Mercury

Ben
    $2,000 11
(Ben: Oh. Oh, I know this [taps podium] and I can't think of the answer. I don't know.)
(Alex: Oh, that's too bad, because if you had been able to come up with [*]--)
(Ben: [*]!)
(Alex: --you probably would have been able to enjoy some later today.)
[Laughter]

beluga

Ben
    $800 13
John Lennon & Yoko Ono

Ben
    $800 29
(Ben: Uh... oh, I'm drawing a blank.)

Bogota

Ben
Triple Stumper
    $800 23
August Wilson

Megan
    $800 18
the 737 MAX

Ben
    $3,000 3
(Ben: What is... Mars?)

Earth

Ben
    $1200 7
(Jesse: What are blintzes?)

blinis

JesseBen
    $1200 14
"My Generation"

Ben
    $1200 22
Machu Picchu

Megan
    $1200 24
George Bernard Shaw

Ben
    $1200 19
Volkswagen

Jesse
    $1600 4
Neptune

Megan
    $1600 8
a troika

Ben
    $1600 15
"God Save The Queen"

Triple Stumper
    $1600 27
quinine

Megan
    $1600 25
(Alex: With less than a minute now.)

Sam Shepard

Megan
    $1600 20
Theranos

Megan
    $2000 10
Mars

Ben
    $2000 9
intelligentsia

Triple Stumper
    $2000 16
(Jesse: What is "Dancing In The Streets"?)

"Street Fighting Man"

Jesse
Triple Stumper
    $2000 28
Mount Aconcagua

Triple Stumper
    $2000 26
(Tony) Kushner

Megan
    $2000 21
(Alex: And our thanks to David Faber; he does those clues very, very well.)

WorldCom

Jesse

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jesse Ben Megan
$5,400 $9,400 $18,800
(lock-tie game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICA IN THE 1700s
JesseWhat are the Articles of Confederation
$5,200
BenWhat are the Articles of Confederation?
$9,400
MeganWhat is the Bill of Rights?
$2,200
the Articles of Confederation

Final scores:

Jesse Ben Megan
$10,600 $18,800 $16,600
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $18,800 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jesse Ben Megan
$5,400 $14,400 $17,800
12 R,
2 W		 21 R,
3 W
(including 2 DDs)		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W

Combined Coryat: $37,600

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Game tape date: 2020-03-10
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