Responses for Show #8486 - Monday, October 11, 2021

Matt Amodio game 39.
Jonathan Fisher game 1.
Jessica Stephens game 1.
First game with Michael Davies as executive producer.

Contestants

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Jonathan Fisher, an actor originally from Coral Gables, Florida

Jessica Stephens, a statistical research specialist from Nashville, Tennessee

Matt Amodio, a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 38-day cash winnings total $1,518,601)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

CITY NICKNAMES
POTPOURRI
THIS ONE GOES TO 2011
SPORTY ANAGRAMS
BIOGRAPHIES
THE ICKIEST OF THE "ICKY"
    $200 29
Cambridge

Matt
    $200 23
hypertext

Matt
    $200 21
Iraq

Matt
    $200 30
the umpire

Jessica
    $200 28
Jay-Z

Matt
    $200 2
finicky

Jonathan
    $400 22
Istanbul

Jonathan
    $400 27
Sneezy

Matt
    $400 20
(Mayim: Yes, and the Senate still has them.)

pages

Jonathan
    $400 26
halfback

Matt
    $400 18
(Lady Bird) Johnson

Jonathan
    $400 3
sticky

Matt
    $600 15
Boise

Matt
    $600 17
(Matt: What's flock?)

gaggle

Matt
Triple Stumper
    $1,600 19
the Space Shuttles

Jonathan
    $600 25
three pointer

Triple Stumper
    $600 10
(Pat) Tillman

Jessica
    $600 16
garlicky

Matt
    $800 12
Brisbane

Matt
    $800 13
(Mayim: Correct, Australian accent not necessary.)
[Mild laughter]

the Bloomin' Onion

Jessica
    $800 14
Borders

Matt
    $800 24
mixed doubles

Matt
    $800 9
Marie & Pierre Curie

Jessica
    $800 11
(Mayim: Yes, it's not pleasant for anyone.)
[Laughter]

colicky

Matt
    $1000 4
Nice

Matt
    $1000 7
Rice

Matt
    $1000 6
Mubarak

Matt
    $1000 8
rhythmic gymnastics

Matt
    $1000 1
John Lewis

Jonathan
    $1000 5
gimmicky

Triple Stumper

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

Matt Jessica Jonathan
$7,400 $2,200 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Jessica Jonathan
$9,800 $2,400 $4,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

GEORGE WASHINGTON DID IT
MED. ABBREV.
NATIONAL LITERARY TITLES
IT DOESN'T MEAN WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE
TALK LIKE A FARMER
RECENT MOVIES
    $400 30
Trenton

Matt
    $400 1
the intensive care unit

Jessica
    $400 27
The Maltese Falcon

Jonathan
    $400 28
suffrage

Jessica
    $400 29
cash crops

Jonathan
    $400 24
a megalodon

Jessica
    $800 26
Constitutional Convention

Matt
    $800 2
insulin

Jessica
    $3,000 23
The English Patient

Jonathan
    $800 25
melodrama

Matt
    $800 14
topsoil

Jonathan
    $800 10
In the Heights

Jessica
    $2,000 22
(Jonathan: Uh, what is... a mayor?)

a survey

Jonathan
    $1200 3
myocardial

Matt
    $1200 19
Zorba

Jonathan
    $1200 20
(Matt: Uh, what's... taste?)

the nose

Matt
Triple Stumper
    $1200 13
the milking parlor

Triple Stumper
    $1200 9
(Matt: Uh, what's, uh... Spawn?)
...
(Mayim: And you can see Venom: Let There Be Carnage exclusively in theaters right now.)

Venom

MattJonathan
    $1600 4
the French and Indian War

Jonathan
    $1600 6
a traumatic brain injury

Jessica
    $1600 17
[NOTE: Matt did not include the leading article in his response.]

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Matt
    $1600 15
nightshade

Jessica
    $1600 12
(Jonathan: What is a sheaf?)
(Matt: What's bale?)

a bushel

MattJonathan
Triple Stumper
    $1600 8
Metal

Jonathan
    $2000 21
Custis

Jonathan
    $2000 7
a pulmonary embolism

Jonathan
    $2000 18
The Dutch House

Jessica
    $2000 16
cavalier

Matt
    $2000 11
(Matt: What's... toad?)

a nematode

MattJessica
    $2000 5
Marcel Marceau

Jessica

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Jessica Jonathan
$10,600 $14,400 $14,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
(Mayim: [Prior to revealing the clue] For the first time in his 39 appearances, Matt Amodio is in third place.)
...
(Mayim: And we have to say goodbye to Matt Amodio with an unbelievable 38-day winning streak. That is one for the books. It has been an honor and a pleasure to watch you here. Congratulations.)
MattWhat is [a few letters crossed out] Poland?
$5,000
JessicaWhat is Austria?
$14,399
JonathanWhat is Austria?
$14,600
Austria

Final scores:

Matt Jessica Jonathan
$5,600 $28,799 $29,200
3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $29,200

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Matt Jessica Jonathan
$10,600 $14,400 $13,400
23 R,
5 W		 14 R,
0 W		 16 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $38,400

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Game tape date: 2021-09-09
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