Responses for Show #8351 - Monday, March 8, 2021

First game with Katie Couric as guest host.
Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to Pancreatic Cancer Dream Team from Stand Up to Cancer.

Contestants

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Matt Wierman, an aerospace engineer originally from Lake Mary, Florida

Justin Yaeger, a high school history teacher from Studio City, California

Laura Portwood-Stacer, an author and editor originally from Livonia, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,400)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORY ACCORDING TO HERODOTUS
REAL REVIEWS OF THE NOVEL
TV SHOWS IN 2 WORDS
D MIDDLE OF THE WORD
(Katie: "D" is in the exact middle of every response.)
THE BOURGEOISIE
CURVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM
    $200 26
gold

Justin
    $200 18
Moby-Dick

Laura
    $200 5
Dancing with the Stars

Justin
    $200 6
ado

Laura
    $200 27
Marx & Engels

Laura
    $200 14
baseball

Triple Stumper
    $400 25
(Matt: What is Baghdad?)

Babylon

JustinMatt
    $400 7
(Katie: Mencken was harsh.)
[Laughter]

The Great Gatsby

Laura
    $400 1
Survivor

Matt
    $400 10
a boardwalk

Matt
    $400 19
petite

Laura
    $400 15
carbon dioxide

Matt
    $2,000 28
the Iliad

Laura
    $600 8
(Justin: What is The Joy Luck Club?)

The Handmaid's Tale

Justin
Triple Stumper
    $600 2
The Big Bang Theory

Laura
    $600 11
an ode

Matt
    $600 20
a piano

Laura
    $600 16
the bell curve

Laura
    $800 29
mummification

Matt
    $800 9
Wuthering Heights

Matt
    $800 3
Orange Is the New Black

Laura
    $800 12
bondage

Matt
    $800 21
a chateau (country home)

Matt
    $800 22
a dead man's curve

Justin
    $1000 30
the Persians

Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
(Katie: Yes, you should know that as a teacher.)
[Laughter]

To Kill a Mockingbird

Justin
    $1000 4
Welcome Back, Kotter

Justin
    $1000 13
Acadian

Triple Stumper
    $1000 24
Bohemians

Laura
    $1000 23
parabolic

Laura

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 16):

Laura Justin Matt
$2,600 $600 $3,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Laura Justin Matt
$8,000 $3,000 $4,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

COMPOSERS
SCIENCE TIME
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
YOU CAN'T HAVE JUST ONE
PORT "L"
THE CAKE IS A LIE
    $400 4
the Ninth Symphony

Matt
    $400 3
magma

Laura
    $400 17
a tiger

Laura
    $400 26
thanks

Laura
    $400 14
Lisbon

Matt
    $400 1
wine

Justin
    $800 6
Stalin

Justin
    $800 5
lithium

Laura
    $800 18
a race horse

Justin
    $800 27
folks

Justin
    $800 15
(Laura: What is Lexington?)

Louisville

LauraJustin
    $800 2
a cakewalk

Matt
    $1200 11
West Side Story

Matt
    $1200 9
(Matt: What is a [*]?)
(Katie: Excuse me.)
(Matt: What is a [*]? [*].)

a quark

Matt
    $1200 19
Young Frankenstein

Matt
    $1200 28
outskirts

Matt
    $1200 16
Liverpool

Laura
    $1200 7
Pan-Cake make-up

Triple Stumper
    $3,000 24
(Matt: Who is Strauss?)

Franz Joseph Haydn

Matt
    $1600 10
deciduous

Laura
    $1600 20
Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Justin
    $1600 29
the dregs

Laura
    $4,000 22
(Matt: What is La Ber?)

Le Havre

Matt
    $1600 8
an urchin

Matt
    $2000 25
Clara Wieck (Schumann)

Triple Stumper
    $2000 12
refraction

Justin
    $2000 21
John C. Reilly & Will Ferrell

Matt
    $2000 30
amends

Laura
    $2000 23
Lagos

Matt
    $2000 13
uranium

Matt

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Laura Justin Matt
$15,600 $10,200 $11,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

RADIO HISTORY
(Katie: [After Matt's response is revealed] Justin, you left off the "S" and that is why it wasn't right.)
JustinWhat is "The War of the World"?
$5,100
MattWhat is War of the Worlds
$10,014
LauraWhat is the War of the Worlds?
$7,601
"The War of the Worlds"

Final scores:

Laura Justin Matt
$23,201 $5,100 $21,614
2-day champion: $42,601 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Laura Justin Matt
$14,200 $10,200 $18,600
20 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 13 R,
1 W		 19 R,
3 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $43,000

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Game tape date: 2021-01-19
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