Responses for Show #8406 - Monday, May 24, 2021

2021 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 1.

Contestants

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Ryan Hemmel, a legal technology professional from Los Angeles, California

Karen Farrell, a political consultant from Chesapeake, Virginia

Sam Kavanaugh, a substitute teacher originally from Carlton, Minnesota

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Jeopardy! Round responses

MUSIC FOR CHAMPIONS
NEWER HISTORY BOOKS
FLAGS
STARTS WITH SOMETHING YOU CAN RIDE
WHAT TO WEAR
ZODIAC RHYME TIME
    $200 28
Kanye West

Sam
    $200 27
a plane

Karen
    $200 29
Texas

Ryan
    $200 26
a busboy

Karen
    $200 30
a shrug

Ryan
    $200 25
the Cancer answer

Ryan
    $400 22
Nicki Minaj

Sam
    $400 21
mustard gas

Sam
    $400 19
the POW flag (MIA flag)

Karen
    $400 24
a boater

Sam
    $400 23
herringbone

Sam
    $400 20
a hilarious Sagittarius

Sam
    $600 13
Van Morrison

Karen
    $600 5
Caste

Ryan
    $600 8
Liberia

Ryan
    $600 16
rafters

Ryan
    $600 11
huaraches

Triple Stumper
    $600 12
Taurus-asaurus (Taurusaurus)

Ryan
    $800 10
Nelly

Sam
    $800 7
Qatar

Ryan
    $800 6
the North Pole

Sam
    $3,200 17
(Ryan: What is to... that's not coming.)

to jettison

Ryan
    $800 4
a romper

Karen
    $800 2
Pisces Icees

Sam
    $1000 15
Matisyahu

Triple Stumper
    $1000 9
(Bernard) Montgomery

Sam
    $1000 3
a hogan

Triple Stumper
    $1000 18
a vanguard

Sam
    $1000 14
a pashmina

Karen
    $1000 1
a nefarious Aquarius

Karen

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

Sam Karen Ryan
$3,400 $3,400 $3,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Sam Karen Ryan
$6,600 $4,200 $600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

CHINESE THEATRE HAND & FOOTPRINTS
ON THE RIVER
NON-ITALIAN ROMAN EMPEROR
ELEMENT"IUM"
TOO MUCH
NEVER ENOUGH
    $400 30
Vince Vaughn

Triple Stumper
    $400 28
the Mississippi

Sam
    $400 27
Trajan

Ryan
    $400 25
zirconium

Sam
    $400 29
overkill

Ryan
    $400 26
(Karen: What are [*]?)
[Buzzy says nothing.]
(Karen: [**]?)
(Buzzy: Yeah, [*] or [**].)

pennies (coins)

Karen
    $800 22
(Sam: Who's Waterston?)
(Karen: Who is Sam Neill?)

Sam Elliott

SamKaren
Triple Stumper
    $800 21
the Rhine

Karen
    $800 19
Thrace

Karen
    $800 20
chromium

Sam
    $800 23
an overflow

Karen
    $800 24
O

Ryan
    $1200 14
(Quincy) Jones

Sam
    $1200 3
the Ohio

Sam
    $8,000 7
[Sam pumps his fist.]

Gaul

Sam
    $1200 12
scandium

Karen
    $1200 18
over the top

Karen
    $1200 9
a Rolex

Karen
    $1600 5
(Christopher) Nolan

Sam
    $1600 4
the Tagus

Ryan
    $1600 2
Croatia

Sam
    $2,000 1
(Buzzy: Chemical symbol K.)

potassium

Ryan
    $1600 17
exorbitant

Karen
    $1600 8
windmills

Sam
    $2000 13
Cicely Tyson

Ryan
    $2000 6
the Orinoco

Sam
    $2000 10
the Arab

Sam
    $2000 11
(Ryan: What is lithium?)

magnesium

Ryan
Triple Stumper
    $2000 15
(Ryan: What is primitivism?)

disproportionate

Ryan
Triple Stumper
    $2000 16
welders

Sam

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Sam Karen Ryan
$28,600 $11,400 $3,800
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

20th CENTURY ARTWORK
(Buzzy: [To Ryan] Ed Hopper's wife, Jo, is also the redhead seated at the counter there.)
RyanWhat is Nighthawks?
$107
KarenWhat is Nighthawks?
$1,119
SamWhat is Nighthawks?
$0
Nighthawks

Final scores:

Sam Karen Ryan
$28,600 $12,519 $3,907
Finalist 2nd place: $10,000 3rd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Sam Karen Ryan
$21,800 $11,400 $6,600
23 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 15 R,
1 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $39,800

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Game tape date: 2021-04-14
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