Responses for Show #8461 - Monday, August 9, 2021

Matt Amodio game 14.
First game with Joe Buck as guest host.
Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to KidSmart.

Contestants

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Brian Cordova-Brookey, an attorney from Pasadena, California

Kristen Nagle, a public servant from El Paso, Texas

Matt Amodio, a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 13-day cash winnings total $430,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

AROUND THE USA
LITERATURE
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
IT'S A FEDERAL CRIME!
CURRENT TV
THE LETTER AFTER M
    $200 25
Geyser

Matt
    $200 29
Don Quixote

Brian
    $200 30
christening

Matt
    $200 19
(Kristen: What is piracy?)
...
(Joe: Kristen, unfortunately, because it's a quote from an actual statute, "piracy" was not accepted.)

pirate

MattKristen
    $200 18
The Blacklist

Triple Stumper
    $200 27
(Joe: M[*], as in Massachusetts.)

A

Brian
    $400 24
a tiki bar

Kristen
    $400 22
Calendar

Triple Stumper
    $400 23
Throne Room

Matt
    $400 28
a walrus

Brian
    $400 17
Joanna Gaines

Brian
    $400 26
C

Brian
    $600 14
oak

Matt
    $600 9
(Brian: What is The Outsiders?)

Rumble Fish

MattBrian
    $600 15
changing of the guard

Matt
    $600 20
4H

Matt
    $600 16
George Segal

Brian
    $600 21
(Brian: What is mi?)
...
(Joe: M-[*], as in do re mi.)

I

MattBrian
    $800 13
Basque

Matt
    $800 5
[Matt did not include the leading article in his correct response.]

The House of the Seven Gables

Matt
    $800 6
(Matt: What's copper?)

porcelain

Matt
Triple Stumper
    $800 8
(Joe: Who knew?)

$1

Triple Stumper
    $800 7
(Malcolm-Jamal) Warner

Matt
    $800 12
(Joe: Mu, the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.)

U

Matt
    $4,400 10
(Joe: And you have hit the Daily Double which tends to happen when you dominate the board.)

mile high

Matt
    $1000 1
Wolf Hall

Matt
    $1000 2
Albert

Matt
    $1000 4
(Joe: Matt is mouthing it as I say it.)

a lottery ticket

Triple Stumper
    $1000 3
All Creatures Great and Small

Matt
    $1000 11
(Joe: Ml for milliliter, yes.)

L

Matt

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

Matt Kristen Brian
$12,600 $0 -$600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Kristen Brian
$14,800 $200 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

LET'S SEA
"A" MOVIE
DEM BONES
HISTORIC NAMES
GRAB BAG
MYTH RUN-ONS
(Joe: A response might be, "Calliopeople".)
    $400 29
Arctic

Matt
    $400 1
(Kristen: What is The Artist?)

Avatar

MattKristen
    $400 30
teeth

Matt
    $400 28
(John Paul) Jones

Matt
    $400 13
s'mores

Kristen
    $400 25
Vulcantaloupe

Matt
    $800 24
the East China Sea & the South China Sea

Brian
    $800 12
(Joe: And we miss his musk.)
[Mild laughter]

Anchorman

Kristen
    $800 27
ribs

Triple Stumper
    $800 23
Cleopatra

Matt
    $800 14
diabetes

Kristen
    $800 26
Herculesions

Matt
    $1200 20
Antarctica

Matt
    $1200 11
(Matt: What's Artist? The Artist?)

Argo

MattBrian
    $1200 21
(Joe: On a roll.)

vertebrae

Matt
    $1200 19
Penn

Matt
    $1200 15
Welsh

Matt
    $1200 22
Cerberustler

Triple Stumper
    $1600 5
the Irish Sea

Matt
    $2,000 6
Air Force One

Matt
    $4,000 4
the patella

Matt
    $1600 2
De Soto

Matt
    $1600 18
sea shanty

Matt
    $1600 3
Artemistletoe

Matt
    $2000 16
Tasman

Matt
    $2000 10
Atonement

Brian
    $2000 9
(Joe: Wow. Yes.)

greenstick

Matt
    $2000 7
(Benjamin) Banneker

Matt
    $2000 17
(Joe: What great work they do at St. Jude.)

(Marlo) Thomas

Matt
    $2000 8
Daedaluster

Matt

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Kristen Brian
$44,400 $1,800 $5,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

BEASTLY EPONYMS
(Joe: [To Matt] You crossed out the wrong word; it was [*]. The penguin was sighted in the 1520-1521 circumnavigation of the world... And your 14-day total: $440,600, [Applause] fourth-most all time during regular season play.)
KristenWho is Empire?
$1,799
BrianWho is Amundsen?
$1,399
MattWho is Drake Magellan?
$34,000
(Ferdinand) Magellan

Final scores:

Matt Kristen Brian
$10,400 $1 $3,601
14-day champion: $440,600 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Matt Kristen Brian
$38,200 $1,800 $5,000
40 R
(including 3 DDs),
2 W		 4 R,
2 W		 9 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $45,000

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Game tape date: 2021-05-04
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