Responses for Show #8247 - Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Contestants

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Mason Maggio, a songwriter from Los Angeles, California

Molly Lower, a high school history teacher from Pasadena, California

Eric Aiese, a media researcher from North Hollywood, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,399)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ISLAND NATIONS
GAMES
ANAGRAMS
HASH TAGS
ELECTION ODDITIES
THE "BOSS" OF POP CULTURE
    $200 2
(Eric: What is Greenland?)

Iceland

EricMolly
    $200 26
War

Mason
    $200 3
Parliament

Mason
    $200 21
Sandwich

Eric
    $200 12
Kim Jong-un

Mason
    $200 1
Undercover Boss

Mason
    $400 4
cigars

Molly
    $400 27
Candy Land

Molly
    $400 5
circumstantial

Eric
    $400 22
Alfredo

Mason
    $400 16
[Alex chuckles as he reads the clue.]
...
(Alex: [*], for yes.)

oui

Eric
    $400 13
Cake Boss

Mason
    $600 6
Jakarta

Mason
    $600 28
a television show

Eric
    $600 9
a mustang

Molly
    $600 23
Salisbury steak

Mason
    $600 17
(Mason: What is Cambodia?)
(Eric: What is Vietnam?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Eric: What is, uh, S--North Vietnam?)

South Vietnam

EricMollyMason
    $600 14
Horrible Bosses

Molly
    $800 7
Malta

Mason
    $1,800 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the queen of spades

Eric
    $800 10
Christmas tree

Mason
    $800 24
eggs Benedict

Molly
    $800 18
Tammany Hall

Mason
    $800 15
Who's the Boss?

Molly
    $1000 8
(Eric: What is Madagascar?)

the Seychelles

EricMason
    $1000 11
a sarcophagus

Molly
    $1000 25
(Alex: Less than a minute to deal with the last category, Molly.)

a pavlova

Triple Stumper
    $1000 19
Liberia

Eric
    $1000 20
Boss Baby

Eric

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

Eric Molly Mason
-$800 $3,600 $4,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Eric Molly Mason
$3,600 $5,400 $5,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY
4-SYLLABLE WORDS
AMERICAN NAMES
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT GRAMMYS
NONFICTION
YOU SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHSTONE
    $400 16
turn it orange

Eric
    $400 6
independence

Molly
    $400 1
Susan B. Anthony

Eric
    $400 21
Run-DMC

Eric
    $400 30
the Panama Canal

Molly
    $400 11
an emerald

Molly
    $800 22
dry mouth

Mason
    $800 7
insulation

Eric
    $800 2
Helen Keller

Eric
    $800 20
Linda Ronstadt

Molly
    $800 26
Rome

Mason
    $800 12
aquamarine

Mason
    $1200 23
(Eric: What is [*]?)
(Alex: Yeah.)
[Eric chuckles.]
(Alex: Do you use it?)
[Laughter]
(Eric: Maybe I can afford some now.)

hair growth

Eric
    $1200 8
exterminate

Molly
    $1200 3
Johnny Appleseed

Molly
    $1200 19
Bob Dylan

Triple Stumper
    $4,000 27
The Perfect Storm

Mason
    $1200 13
topaz

Molly
    $1600 24
(Eric: What is lightheadedness?)
(Alex: Lightheadedness or [*], yeah.)
[After the break Eric's response was ruled not acceptable.]

fainting

Eric
Triple Stumper
    $1600 9
(Eric: What is renewable?)

alternative

Eric
Triple Stumper
    $1600 4
Crispus Attucks

Molly
    $1600 18
Burt Bacharach

Eric
    $1600 28
(Eric: Who is da Vinci?)

Lucrezia Borgia

Eric
Triple Stumper
    $2,000 14
(Molly: What is opal?)

a pearl

Molly
    $2000 25
antihistamines

Mason
    $2000 10
a parabola

Mason
    $2000 5
(Alexander) Calder

Mason
    $2000 17
(Eric: Who is, uh, Iglesias?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

Julio Iglesias

Eric
    $2000 29
Cosmopolitan

Eric
    $2000 15
(Molly: What is a ruby?)

sapphire

MollyMason

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Eric Molly Mason
$8,400 $8,600 $20,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE GREAT LAKES
(Alex: [To Mason] You weren't anywhere near.)
EricWhat is Lake Superior?
$201
MollyWhat is Michigan?
$5,500
MasonWhat is Lake Hiawatha?
$1,000
Gitche Gumee

Final scores:

Eric Molly Mason
$8,199 $3,100 $19,000
2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $19,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Eric Molly Mason
$7,400 $10,600 $17,200
16 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W		 17 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 20 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $35,200

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Game tape date: 2020-08-03
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