Responses for Show #8490 - Friday, October 15, 2021

Jonathan Fisher game 5.

Contestants

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Connie Smith, a mechanical engineer from Oviedo, Florida

Nima Aghili, a lawyer and legal recruiter from Overland Park, Kansas

Jonathan Fisher, an actor originally from Coral Gables, Florida (whose 4-day cash winnings total $94,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

"EYE"
STATE YOUR NAME
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR
GRAZE ANATOMY
FINISH THE LINE
NOW READ THIS!
    $200 26
a red eye

Jonathan
    $200 19
Wimbledon

Jonathan
    $200 16
(Connie: I don't like that one; STATE YOUR NAME, $400.)

God

Triple Stumper
    $200 25
teeth

Jonathan
    $200 14
I don't give a damn

Nima
    $200 12
The Princess Diaries

Jonathan
    $400 20
a bird's-eye view

Nima
    $400 17
pool

Jonathan
    $400 27
(Jonathan: What is the Holy Bible?)
(Mayim: More specific.)
(Jonathan: What is the King James Bible?)

a stack of Bibles

JonathanConnie
    $400 24
the stomach

Connie
    $400 13
with a mouse

Connie
    $1,000 11
(Mayim: Both by Ayn Rand.)

Atlas Shrugged

Connie
    $600 3
an eyesore

Jonathan
    $600 9
speakeasies

Jonathan
    $600 28
the Marauder's Map

Jonathan
    $600 21
nails

Connie
    $600 4
not being talked about

Nima
    $600 1
Dale Carnegie

Connie
    $800 5
eye contact

Jonathan
    $800 15
Tennessee

Connie
    $800 29
sword

Connie
    $800 22
(Nima: What is muscle?)

fat

JonathanNima
    $800 6
whimper

Jonathan
    $800 2
(Connie: Who is Jackie Collins?)

Elin Hilderbrand

Connie
Triple Stumper
    $1000 8
(Connie: What is a drink?)

an eye opener

Connie
Triple Stumper
    $1000 18
Mississippi

Connie
    $1000 30
Helios

Nima
    $1000 23
(Jonathan: What is a sea cow?)
(Nima: What is a sea lion?)
...
(Mayim: What is a [*]? Now we all know that's what that is.)
[Laughter]

a dugong

JonathanNima
Triple Stumper
    $1000 7
to do nothing

Nima
    $1000 10
Blanche DuBois

Connie

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

Jonathan Nima Connie
$3,000 $1,800 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jonathan Nima Connie
$4,000 $1,400 $5,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

MOVIE TITLES THROUGH PICTURES
HISTORIC POTPOURRI
LIBRARIES
THE IMPASSABLE DREAM
HIGH/LOW
DIËRESIS & ÜMLAUT WÖRDS
(Mayim: Dieresis is two dots that look like an umlaut, but they're used to separate syllables.)
    $400 5
Black Swan

Connie
    $400 6
Italy

Jonathan
    $400 28
Alexandria

Jonathan
    $400 29
salmon

Connie
    $400 23
Denver

Nima
    $400 14
(Mayim: Means something totally different now, yes.)

über

Jonathan
    $800 1
Up

Connie
    $800 9
blood

Jonathan
    $800 27
the Library of Congress

Jonathan
    $800 30
blockade

Jonathan
    $800 22
Belgium

Jonathan
    $800 11
Noël

Jonathan
    $1200 2
Four Weddings and a Funeral

Jonathan
    $1200 7
(Jonathan: What is the Alcazar?)

the Alhambra

JonathanConnie
    $1200 18
Harvard

Nima
    $1200 20
(Henry) Hudson

Jonathan
    $2,000 21
(Mayim: Yes, the highest point in California.)

the High Sierras

Jonathan
    $1200 13
naïve

Connie
    $1600 4
The Wolf of Wall Street

Nima
    $1600 8
perestroika & glasnost

Jonathan
    $1600 19
Herculaneum

Jonathan
    $1600 24
epiglottis

Nima
    $1600 16
Philadelphia

Nima
    $1600 12
Boötes

Triple Stumper
    $2000 3
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Jonathan
    $2,500 10
the Teutonic Knights

Jonathan
    $2000 26
Trinity College

Connie
    $2000 25
Big Sur

Jonathan
    $2000 17
Gamal Abdel Nasser

Triple Stumper
    $2000 15
Götterdämmerung

Jonathan

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jonathan Nima Connie
$24,100 $7,800 $11,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN
NimaWhat is the Oft-Repeated Epic
$3,401
ConnieWhat are The Jungle Books?
$11,000
JonathanWhat are Twice Told Tales?
$400
Just So Stories

Final scores:

Jonathan Nima Connie
$23,700 $4,399 $200
5-day champion: $117,700 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jonathan Nima Connie
$22,800 $7,800 $10,600
28 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 10 R,
2 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $41,200

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Game tape date: 2021-09-09
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