Responses for Show #8218 - Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Contestants

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Rachel Keen, a compliance specialist from Washington, D.C.

Nathan Berger, a restaurateur and sommelier from South Portland, Maine

Ben Scripps, a television director from Cadillac, Michigan (whose 2-day cash winnings total $38,158)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

IT WAS ALL YELLOW
GERMAN ANIMAL NAMES
HATS ALL, FOLKS
THE "END" IS JUST THE BEGINNING
(Alex: "E-N-D" coming up at the beginning of each correct response.)
PORT LAND
(Alex: We want you to name the country.)
OUT OF THEIR LEAGUE
    $200 1
the yellow brick road

Ben
    $200 6
the squid (octopus)

Nathan
    $200 26
Davy Crockett

Ben
    $200 16
endurance

Nathan
    $200 8
Vietnam

Rachel
    $200 21
the Houston Astros

Ben
    $400 2
unions

Ben
    $400 7
a turtle

Rachel
    $400 27
cardinal

Ben
    $400 17
endorse

Rachel
    $400 9
Greece

Rachel
    $400 22
the AFL (American Football League)

Ben
    $600 3
a yellow-belly

Ben
    $800 13
(Nathan: I could go $1,000, but I've always wanted to say, "Let's make it a true Daily Double.")
...
(Nathan: What is a wasp?)

a mosquito

Nathan
    $600 28
a top hat

Nathan
    $600 18
endeavour

Ben
    $600 10
South Korea

Nathan
    $600 23
the San Antonio Spurs

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
jaundice

Ben
    $800 14
a slug

Nathan
    $800 29
a bowler

Ben
    $800 19
an endoscopy

Ben
    $800 11
(Rachel: What is Saudi Arabia?)

Egypt

Rachel
Triple Stumper
    $800 24
the Lakers

Rachel
    $1000 5
the Yellowjacket

Nathan
    $1000 15
a meerkat

Rachel
    $1000 30
a tri-corner hat

Ben
    $1000 20
endive

Nathan
    $1000 12
(Nathan: What is Colombia?)
(Rachel: What is Cuba?)

Panama

NathanRachel
Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
the Edmonton Oilers

Ben

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

Ben Nathan Rachel
$2,000 $800 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Nathan Rachel
$7,400 $2,600 $1,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

CHARACTERS FROM AMERICAN FOLKLORE
CONSECUTIVE OSCAR NOMINATIONS
PEACE TALK
LITERARY LANDMARKS
(Alex: As designated by the American Library Association.)
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
HIGH-SCORING 4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS
    $400 26
Death Valley

Rachel
    $400 8
Susan Sarandon

Ben
    $400 21
shalom & salaam

Rachel
    $400 1
The Jungle

Rachel
    $400 13
Macedonia

Ben
    $400 6
lazy

Nathan
    $800 27
Paul Bunyan

Rachel
    $800 9
Clint Eastwood

Nathan
    $800 22
(Ben: What is Manitoba?)

Alberta

BenRachel
    $800 2
Key West

Rachel
    $2,000 14
the Oracle

Ben
    $800 7
(Ben: What is vulpine?)

foxy

Ben
Triple Stumper
    $1200 28
the White Cliffs of Dover

Ben
    $1200 10
Jessica Chastain

Nathan
    $1200 23
(Ben: What is the hundred years--Hundred Years' War?)

the Thirty Years' War

BenRachel
    $1200 3
All Quiet on the Western Front

Triple Stumper
    $1200 15
Aristotle

Nathan
    $1200 18
a quip

Ben
    $4,600 29
(Alex: Ben?)
(Ben: Who is Sam Houston?)

Pecos Bill

Ben
    $1600 11
Randy Newman

Nathan
    $1600 24
(Ben: What is the Peacemaker?)

the Peacekeeper

Ben
Triple Stumper
    $1600 4
St. Paul

Rachel
    $1600 16
the Gordian Knot

Ben
    $1600 19
a hoax

Triple Stumper
    $2000 30
(Nathan: What is a canary?)

gnomes

Nathan
Triple Stumper
    $2000 12
(Alex: Good. You did well in the category.)
(Nathan: Thank you.)

Bradley Cooper

Nathan
    $2000 25
Pax

Nathan
    $2000 5
Spalding Gray

Triple Stumper
    $2000 17
(Rachel: Who is Xerxes?)
(Nathan: [*]. Who is [*]?)

Darius

NathanRachel
    $2000 20
a zebu

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Nathan Rachel
$5,200 $11,800 $5,800
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

CLASSIC TV SITCOMS
(Alex: My, oh, my, how the times have changed. Uh, they thought this word was "vulgar".)
BenWhat is pregnant?
$601
RachelWhat is ?
$1,000
NathanWhat is pregnant?
$199
pregnant

Final scores:

Ben Nathan Rachel
$5,801 $11,999 $4,800
2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $11,999 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ben Nathan Rachel
$8,600 $12,600 $5,800
19 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)
15 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)
14 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $27,000

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Game tape date: 2020-03-10
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