Responses for Show #8464 - Thursday, August 12, 2021

Matt Amodio game 17.
Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to KidSmart.

Contestants

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Ruth Reichard, a judicial educator from Indianapolis, Indiana

Steve Spillman, a product manager from Los Angeles, California

Matt Amodio, a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 16-day cash winnings total $505,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

UNUSUAL ISLANDS
TIME FOR SECONDS
COLORFUL PRO SPORTS TEAMS
SHIRT SHORTS
RIDDLE ME THIS
DUMB ANSWERS
    $200 20
(Steve: What is a cobra?)

viper

MattSteve
    $200 24
(Joe: Yes, and from Indiana to boot.)

the census

Ruth
    $200 22
the (Boston) Red Sox

Ruth
    $200 29
jersey

Matt
    $200 27
Churchill

Ruth
    $200 25
fool me

Ruth
    $400 19
Easter Island

Ruth
    $400 23
Doug Emhoff

Steve
    $400 21
the (New York) Red Bulls

Steve
    $400 30
redshirt

Matt
    $400 28
a school

Triple Stumper
    $400 26
dull

Ruth
    $600 14
Philippines

Matt
    $600 16
(Ruth: What is Jupiter?)

Saturn

MattRuth
    $600 13
(Joe: Atta baby!)
[Laughter]
(Joe: Making me happy.)

Cardinals

Matt
    $600 17
(Matt: Uh, what's... [*]?)
(Joe: Yes, come on! Don't act like you didn't have that at the tip of your tongue.)
[Laughter]

V-neck

Matt
    $600 18
Oedipus

Matt
    $600 15
birdbrain

Matt
    $800 7
Graveyard

Triple Stumper
    $800 9
temple

Matt
    $800 8
(the Chicago) Blackhawks

Matt
    $800 11
(Steve: What is a fiesta?)

wedding shirt

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $800 10
Samson

Matt
    $800 12
vapid

Ruth
    $1,000 1
sulfur

Matt
    $1000 5
Superior

Matt
    $1000 2
Golden Knights & Golden State Warriors

Matt
    $1000 3
hairshirt

Matt
    $1000 4
Turandot

Matt
    $1000 6
(Ruth: What is "dumber than a box of rocks"?)

thick as a brick

Ruth
Triple Stumper

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

Matt Steve Ruth
$9,200 -$800 -$200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Steve Ruth
$11,800 -$200 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

CLASSIC BRITISH NOVELS
HISTORIC GROUPS
"CON" GAME
FEATURES OF THE MOON
CITY TRANSPORTATION
THE GERSHWIN PRIZE
(Joe: To honor lifetime achievement in song.)
    $9,000 23
The Invisible Man

Ruth
    $400 25
Pilgrims

Matt
    $400 26
concentric

Matt
    $400 24
wrinkle

Matt
    $400 19
Cuba

Matt
    $400 1
Paul Simon

Steve
    $800 14
Brideshead

Matt
    $800 17
Okies

Matt
    $800 27
contortionists

Ruth
    $800 12
seas

Matt
    $800 21
Venice

Matt
    $800 2
Stevie Wonder

Ruth
    $1200 9
Charlotte Brontë

Matt
    $1200 10
Goths

Matt
    $1200 28
(Steve: What's a confabulist?)
(Ruth: [*]?)
(Joe: [*].)
(Ruth: [Same time as Joe] What is [*]?)

a conjurer

SteveRuth
    $1200 11
craters

Ruth
    $1200 20
a double-decker bus

Steve
    $1200 3
(Carole) King

Matt
    $1600 4
Mrs. Dalloway

Matt
    $1600 5
the Flying Tigers

Triple Stumper
    $1600 29
confectionary

Matt
    $1600 6
(Steve: What is the Lake of Good Fortune?)

(Lake of) Happiness

SteveRuth
    $1600 18
a jitney

Steve
    $1600 7
Billy Joel

Ruth
    $2000 13
D.H. Lawrence

Ruth
    $2000 15
Royal Society

Matt
    $2000 30
constituency

Matt
    $1,000 16
Massif

Matt
    $2000 22
Madeira

Ruth
    $2000 8
(Burt) Bacharach

Matt

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Steve Ruth
$30,400 $200 $21,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES
(Joe: [To Steve] We appreciate that very much [Laughter] and your fun will cost you, in this particular moment, $99...)
...
(Joe: Remember, the mayor of Amity doesn't want the public safety to come before commerce, like the Ibsen play.)
SteveWhat is I had Fun!
$99
RuthWhat is ____?
$21,000
MattWhat is Jaws?
$12,000
Jaws

Final scores:

Matt Steve Ruth
$42,400 $101 $0
17-day champion: $547,600 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Matt Steve Ruth
$31,400 $200 $12,400
34 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W		 5 R,
4 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $44,000

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Game tape date: 2021-05-04
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