Responses for Show #8405 - Friday, May 21, 2021

2021 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.
Included a short tribute to Brayden Smith following the Jeopardy! Round.

Contestants

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Veronica Vichit-Vadakan, a librarian from Portland, Oregon

Andy Wood, a writer originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan

Sam Kavanaugh, a substitute teacher originally from Carlton, Minnesota

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Jeopardy! Round responses

PAINTING, NOT THE ART KIND
ALSO KNOWN AS
PREFIXES
STEPHEN KING TITLE REFERENCES
20th CENTURY TV
1921
    $200 28
(Sam: What are caricatures?)

cars

Sam
Triple Stumper
    $200 30
pitch

Veronica
    $200 29
vice

Andy
    $200 22
pet sematary

Sam
    $200 27
Charlie's Angels

Sam
    $200 26
Betty Crocker

Andy
    $400 23
sheen

Sam
    $400 24
France

Veronica
    $400 20
ante (anti)

Veronica
    $400 21
Cujo

Andy
    $400 15
David Hasselhoff

Veronica
    $400 25
Taft

Andy
    $600 3
Dutch Boy

Sam
    $600 7
the Torygraph

Sam
    $600 19
alive

Andy
    $600 10
Christine

Veronica
    $600 14
I Dream of Jeannie

Andy
    $600 16
November 11th

Veronica
    $800 2
(Sam: What is the Verrazzano-Narrows?)

the George Washington Bridge

SamAndy
    $800 6
eyebrows

Andy
    $1,000 11
cyber

Veronica
    $800 9
the dead zone

Triple Stumper
    $800 12
The Love Boat

Veronica
    $800 17
Yugoslavia

Triple Stumper
    $1000 1
barnacles

Andy
    $1000 5
the Tenderloin

Andy
    $1000 4
deutero

Sam
    $1000 8
Needful Things

Andy
    $1000 13
Ally McBeal

Veronica
    $1000 18
Ulysses

Veronica

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

Sam Andy Veronica
$1,400 $5,200 $3,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Sam Andy Veronica
$2,000 $7,000 $6,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SHE SANG IT IN A MOVIE
(Buzzy: You'll name the actress.)
2-WORD COUNTRIES
CORPORATE JARGON
YOU'RE IN THE HOLE
MYTHOLOGY
"T"-PAIN
    $400 22
(Buzzy: Right, in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.)

Marilyn Monroe

Andy
    $400 20
the Dominican Republic

Veronica
    $400 30
synergy

Veronica
    $400 29
bogey

Sam
    $400 28
the Minotaur

Sam
    $400 27
tendon

Veronica
    $800 21
(Buzzy: Yep, Dreamgirls.)

Jennifer Hudson

Veronica
    $800 19
Saudi Arabia

Sam
    $800 23
pivot

Sam
    $800 24
groundhog

Sam
    $800 25
Eurydice

Veronica
    $800 26
tonsilitis

Andy
    $1200 6
(Buzzy: Yes, in Walk the Line.)

Reese Witherspoon

Veronica
    $1200 18
Burkina Faso

Andy
    $1200 14
plucking the low-hanging fruit

Veronica
    $1200 17
a foxhole

Sam
    $4,000 4
Pegasus

Sam
    $1200 10
tetanus

Sam
    $1600 7
(Buzzy: Yep, in Pitch Perfect.)

Anna Kendrick

Andy
    $1600 1
Costa Rica

Sam
    $1600 15
lean in

Veronica
    $1600 13
(Andy: What is sorting mail?)

perforating the stamps

Andy
Triple Stumper
    $1600 3
Electra

Sam
    $1600 9
tachycardia

Veronica
    $2000 8
(Buzzy: Yes, Into the Woods.)

Meryl Streep

Veronica
    $3,600 2
South Korea

Sam
    $2000 16
bandwidth

Veronica
    $2000 11
(Andy: What is Teton?)

Grand Teton

SamAndy
    $2000 12
Hippolyta

Veronica
    $2000 5
trichinosis

Veronica

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Sam Andy Veronica
$20,400 $7,400 $22,800

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN AUTHORS
(Buzzy: [To Sam] Edgar is the virtuous son of the Earl of Gloucester in King Lear.)
...
(Buzzy: ...congratulations, Sam Kavanaugh. You are a semi-finalist and you'll be joining these four other champions in the semis.)
(Ryan: Ryan Bilger, Macungie, Pennsylvania.)
(Karen: Karen Farrell, Chesapeake, Virginia.)
(Jennifer: Jennifer Quail, Dowagiac, Michigan.)
(Kevin: Kevin Walsh, Williamstown, New Jersey.)
(Buzzy: And now the wildcard spots among non-winners.)
(Jason: Jason Zuffranieri, Albuquerque, New Mexico.)
(Nibir: Nibir Sarma, Eden Prairie, Minnesota.)
(Ryan: Ryan Hummel, Los Angeles, California.)
(Buzzy: That was only three names, which means congratulations, Veronica Vichit-Vadakan. You are also a semifinalist. What a great week it's been. Thank you to the champions, and Consumer Cellular, and all of you watching. We'll see you next week for the culmination of the Tournament of Champions. Have a great weekend.)
AndyWho was Dickens?
$7,300
SamWho is Poe?
$2,401
VeronicaWho is Hawthorne?
$340
Edgar Allan Poe

Final scores:

Sam Andy Veronica
$22,801 $100 $22,460
Automatic semifinalist 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Sam Andy Veronica
$16,000 $7,400 $22,600
18 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 15 R,
2 W		 23 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W

Combined Coryat: $46,000

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Game tape date: 2021-04-13
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