Responses for Show #8526 - Monday, December 6, 2021

2021 Professors Tournament quarterfinal game 1.
Mayim Bialik hosts.

Contestants

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Gary Hollis, a chemistry professor from Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia

Gautam Hans, an associate clinical professor of law from Vanderbilt Law School in Nashville, Tennessee

Hester Blum, an English professor from Penn State University in University Park, Pennsylvania

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Jeopardy! Round responses

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE TURNS 75
POPE-POURRI
ELBOW PATCHES
MAGAZINES
LESSER-KNOWN MARSUPIALS
POST DOCTORAL
(Mayim: Responses start with "D-O" and come after "doctoral" alphabetically.)
    $200 7
(Hester: What is dead zone?)
...
(Mayim: Paramount got the rights back in the '90s.)

the public domain

HesterGary
    $200 30
Saint Peter

Gary
    $200 1
(Hester: What is Bangor?)

Portland

HesterGautam
    $200 2
TV Guide

Hester
    $200 9
a native cat

Triple Stumper
    $200 21
Dodge

Hester
    $400 8
Home Alone

Hester
    $400 29
the Sistine Chapel

Hester
    $400 3
macaroni

Gary
    $400 13
The New Yorker

Gautam
    $400 10
an anteater

Gary
    $400 20
a doctrine

Gautam
    $600 4
Donna Reed

Gary
    $600 28
(Hester: Who is Mary, Queen of Scots?)

Henry VIII

HesterGary
    $600 27
tennis elbow

Gary
    $600 14
Highlights

Gautam
    $600 11
(Gautam: What's a sugar bat?)
(Hester: What's a flying squirrel?)

a sugar glider

HesterGautam
Triple Stumper
    $600 19
doff

Gautam
    $800 5
(Frank) Capra

Gary
    $800 24
Benedict (XVI)

Gary
    $800 23
elbow grease

Hester
    $800 15
Travel + Leisure

Gautam
    $800 12
Tasmania

Gautam
    $800 18
a doge

Gary
    $1000 6
Potter

Gary
    $1,500 25
Vatican Council

Gary
    $1000 22
Measure for Measure

Gautam
    $1000 16
(Gautam: What is Ebony?)

Essence

HesterGautam
    $1000 26
(Gautam: What is hibernation?)
(Hester: What is lethargy?)
...
(Mayim: Gary, you wanna give it a shot?)
(Gary: No.)
[Laughter]

torpor

HesterGautam
Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
dog walking

Hester

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

Hester Gautam Gary
-$400 $2,200 $3,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Hester Gautam Gary
$1,400 $2,200 $7,900

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

LANGUAGES
GIRL GROUPS
WE GET LETTERS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS
THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR CANADA
FINALS
    $400 26
Farsi

Gautam
    $400 24
the Spice Girls

Hester
    $400 30
C

Hester
    $400 5
Philadelphia

Hester
    $400 29
totem poles

Hester
    $400 27
Babe Ruth (the "Babe")

Hester
    $800 25
Latvia

Gary
    $800 8
Destiny's Child

Gary
    $800 7
(Gautam: What's a [*]-bone?)

T

Gautam
    $800 4
The Color of Water

Hester
    $800 13
the Klondike

Hester
    $800 28
the Hindenburg

Gary
    $1200 17
Quechua

Gary
    $1200 6
The Supremes

Gary
    $700 23
(Mayim: About George [*] Bush.)

W

Gary
    $1200 1
Tupac Shakur

Hester
    $1200 10
(Hester: What are silos?)

elevators

HesterGary
    $1200 18
Nathan Hale

Gary
    $2,000 15
Bantu

Hester
    $1600 12
(Hester: Who are the Summer Sisters?)

the Pointer Sisters

HesterGary
    $1600 21
H

Triple Stumper
    $1600 2
Stacey Abrams

Hester
    $1600 9
Nunavut

Hester
    $1600 19
Gilbert and Sullivan

Gary
    $2000 16
(Hester: What is Catalan?)

Castilian

HesterGautam
    $2000 14
(Hester: Who are The Blackhearts?)

The Runaways

Hester
Triple Stumper
    $2000 22
(Mayim: Yes, for liter.)

L

Gary
    $2000 3
Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins

Triple Stumper
    $2000 11
Anne of Green Gables

Hester
    $2000 20
the auk

Hester

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Hester Gautam Gary
$8,600 $5,400 $21,000
(lock game)

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AESTHETIC MOVEMENTS
(Mayim: [To Hester] That is phonetically correct, so we will accept that.)
GautamWhat is Avant-Garde?
$5,399
HesterWhat is Art Neuveau
$3,400
GaryWhat is Art Deco?
$1,000
Art Nouveau

Final scores:

Hester Gautam Gary
$12,000 $1 $20,000
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated Automatic semifinalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Hester Gautam Gary
$8,200 $5,400 $21,000
20 R
(including 1 DD),
9 W		 11 R,
3 W		 23 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W

Combined Coryat: $34,600

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Game tape date: 2021-10-25
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