Responses for Show #8505 - Friday, November 5, 2021

Last regular-play game of 2021 hosted by Mayim Bialik.

Contestants

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Jeff Smith, a music educator from San Diego, California

Kate Kohn, a communications manager from Washington, D.C.

Sri Kompella, a corporate strategy professional from Frisco, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $30,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

PLAYING "CARD"s
KINGS & QUEENS
CLUBS
JOKERS
3 OF A KIND
I GOT A STRAIT
    $200 21
a calling card

Kate
    $200 30
(Jeff: Who is Mary?)
(Mayim: Can you be more specific?)

Mary, Queen of Scots

Jeff
    $200 3
automobile

Sri
    $200 29
(Tina) Fey

Jeff
    $200 22
board games

Kate
    $200 12
the Bering Strait

Sri
    $400 28
a green card

Kate
    $400 23
Saudi Arabia

Sri
    $400 15
the 4-H Club

Jeff
    $400 13
a trophy

Kate
    $400 26
dogs

Jeff
    $3,000 27
(Jeff: What is... Bosphorus?)

the Strait of Gibraltar

Jeff
    $600 6
Card Sharks

Triple Stumper
    $600 4
Kamehameha

Sri
    $600 9
the Sierra Club

Kate
    $600 25
Pringles

Jeff
    $600 10
hats

Kate
    $600 1
(Sri: What's the English Channel?)

Strait of Dover

Sri
Triple Stumper
    $800 5
a full dance card

Jeff
    $800 7
(Queen) Esther

Kate
    $800 8
(Kate: What is Birdland?)

the Cotton Club

KateJeff
    $800 11
Bernie Mac

Kate
    $800 16
world capitals

Jeff
    $800 2
Russia

Kate
    $1000 20
cardamom

Kate
    $1000 14
(Jeff: Who is Carlos?)
(Mayim: More specific.)

Juan Carlos

Jeff
    $1000 19
Nigeria

Jeff
    $1000 24
Spinal Tap

Jeff
    $1000 17
salads

Jeff
    $1000 18
the Java Sea

Jeff

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

Sri Kate Jeff
$400 $3,200 $3,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Sri Kate Jeff
$800 $5,000 $6,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

FLORIST'S READING LIST
I HELPED IN THE 17th CENTURY
STATES & SYMBOLS
COMPUTER HISTORY
CLASSIC ALBUMS
DOUBLE MEANINGS
    $400 19
tulip

Jeff
    $400 30
India

Sri
    $400 25
the Garden State

Kate
    $400 24
[NOTE: Kate gave her correct response two different ways without prompting.]

a Y2K (the Y2K bug)

Kate
    $400 21
Soul

Jeff
    $400 23
stall

Jeff
    $800 20
Flowers in the Attic

Kate
    $800 4
coordinate geometry

Sri
    $800 22
Ohio

Kate
    $800 8
steam

Kate
    $800 10
(Mayim: By Alanis Morissette.)

Jagged Little Pill

Jeff
    $2,000 16
spruce

Sri
    $1200 7
(Jeff: What is an orchid?)

oleander

Jeff
Triple Stumper
    $1200 26
Enlightenment

Sri
    $1200 11
a parish

Jeff
    $1200 2
Photoshop

Jeff
    $1200 9
London Calling

Kate
    $1200 13
frank

Kate
    $1600 5
Flowers for Algernon

Kate
    $1600 27
protozoa

Jeff
    $3,000 3
(Jeff: What is... Kansas?)
(Mayim: No, [*], the [*] Compromise.)

Missouri

Jeff
    $1600 1
(Gordon) Moore

Jeff
    $1600 12
Tapestry

Jeff
    $1600 15
engaged

Sri
    $2000 6
Emily

Triple Stumper
    $2000 28
a barometer

Sri
    $2000 29
Oregon

Jeff
    $2000 17
vacuum tubes

Jeff
    $2000 18
[NOTE: Kate did not include the leading article in her correct response.]

The Joshua Tree

Kate
    $2000 14
moor

Jeff

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Sri Kate Jeff
$8,800 $14,200 $17,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

TOYS
(Mayim: [To Kate] As support for the Vietnam War declined, so did sales of this military-themed action figure.)
SriWhat is Ken?
$1,200
KateWhat is ??G.I. Joe???
$5,800
JeffWhat is Jungle Jim?
$11,800
G.I. Joe

Final scores:

Sri Kate Jeff
$7,600 $20,000 $5,400
2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $20,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Sri Kate Jeff
$7,600 $14,200 $23,200
10 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 19 R,
1 W		 25 R,
3 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $45,000

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Game tape date: 2021-09-24
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