Responses for Show #8474 - Thursday, September 23, 2021

Matt Amodio game 27.

Contestants

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Guhan Venkatesan, an undergrad student and EMT from New Providence, New Jersey

Caroline Minkus, an ophthalmologist from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Matt Amodio, a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 26-day cash winnings total $929,401)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

LITERARY TERMS
SPORTS VENUE NICKNAMES
WORLD WAR II NAVAJO CODE TALKERS' DICTIONARY
MONEY IDIOMS
PEAK
MY INTEREST
    $200 24
a simile

Guhan
    $200 30
(the University of) Florida

Matt
    $200 29
a tank

Caroline
    $200 4
a dime

Caroline
    $200 3
Maine

Guhan
    $200 28
mushrooms

Guhan
    $400 22
hyperbole

Matt
    $400 2
(Guhan: What is the Dog Pound?)
(Caroline: What is the Dog House?)

the Kennel

CarolineGuhan
Triple Stumper
    $400 26
(Caroline: What are mines?)

grenades

MattCaroline
    $400 5
(Matt: Um, what's...)
(Mayim: No.)
(Matt: Phoney money.)

funny money

MattCaroline
    $400 23
Maori

Caroline
    $400 27
subway tokens

Guhan
    $600 17
foil

Matt
    $1,500 25
San Jose

Guhan
    $600 13
Germany

Matt
    $600 6
nickel

Matt
    $600 21
Himalayas

Matt
    $600 16
geocaching

Guhan
    $800 11
Parting is such sweet sorrow

Matt
    $800 10
Bird's Nest

Matt
    $800 12
a hummingbird

Caroline
    $800 18
penny wise

Caroline
    $800 14
Russia

Guhan
    $800 20
matchbooks

Matt
    $1000 1
personification

Guhan
    $1000 15
Syracuse University

Triple Stumper
    $1000 9
(Matt: What's retreat and charge?)

advance & retreat

MattGuhan
    $1000 19
burn a hole in your pocket

Guhan
    $1000 7
(Guhan: What is the Matterhorn?)

Mont Blanc

MattGuhan
    $1000 8
spelunking

Matt

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

Matt Caroline Guhan
$3,400 $1,000 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Caroline Guhan
$6,400 $2,000 $5,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORIC WOMEN
SUPERLATIVES
WELCOME TO COMET-CON!
REVIVAL
ROLE PLAYERS
"DEF"INITIONS
    $400 20
[NOTE: The clue is archived as presented on the episode.]

Abigail Adams

Matt
    $400 11
(Caroline: Who is [*] of the year?)

Sexiest Man

Caroline
    $400 30
Halley's Comet

Caroline
    $400 6
Irish

Matt
    $400 29
(Natalie) Portman

Caroline
    $400 1
deft

Guhan
    $800 3
Discovery

Matt
    $2,800 12
fastest

Caroline
    $800 14
(Matt: What's... dwarf?)
(Caroline: What's star?)

an asteroid

MattCaroline
Triple Stumper
    $800 28
Egyptian

Matt
    $800 27
(Danny) Trejo

Matt
    $800 9
deferential

Matt
    $1200 2
Mata Hari

Guhan
    $1200 13
(Mayim: 139 decibels.)

loudest (band)

Matt
    $1200 8
(Caroline: What is a smudge tail?)

dust

Caroline
Triple Stumper
    $1200 26
a ballad

Triple Stumper
    $1200 25
(Eva) Longoria

Matt
    $1200 18
DEFCON

Matt
    $1600 4
(Guhan: What is Texas?)

New York

MattGuhan
    $1600 17
(Guhan: What is "greatest of all time"?)

most likely to succeed

CarolineGuhan
    $1600 7
Hale-Bopp

Caroline
    $10,400 15
Arts & Crafts

Matt
    $1600 23
Janet Jackson

Matt
    $1600 24
deficit

Guhan
    $2000 5
Ada Lovelace

Guhan
    $2000 16
prepare for the worst

Caroline
    $2000 10
Kuiper

Guhan
    $2000 19
Bailey

Guhan
    $2000 22
(Guhan: Who is Kal Penn?)

John Cho

Guhan
Triple Stumper
    $2000 21
defenestrate

Guhan

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Caroline Guhan
$26,800 $9,200 $11,500
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

FOOD & DRINK IN THE BIBLE
(Mayim: [To Caroline] The eighth plague on Egypt; in the New Testament, John the Baptist eats [*] with wild honey.)
CarolineWhat are locusts?
$8,000
GuhanWhat are locusts?
$11,493
MattWhat are frogs locusts?
$1,000
locusts

Final scores:

Matt Caroline Guhan
$25,800 $17,200 $22,993
27-day champion: $955,201 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Matt Caroline Guhan
$18,000 $7,200 $10,600
24 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 13 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W

Combined Coryat: $35,800

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Game tape date: 2021-08-24
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