Responses for Show #8530 - Friday, December 10, 2021

2021 Professors Tournament quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

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Deborah Steinberger, an associate professor of French literature from University of Delaware in Newark

Alisa Hove, a botany professor from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina

J.P. Allen, a professor of business and innovation from University of San Francisco

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WINTER HOLIDAYS
TEXTING SHORTHAND
HEY SHAKESPEARE, WHO SAID THAT?
YACHT ROCK SAILS AGAIN
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
GET YOUR SOMETHINGS IN A ROW
(Mayim: You'll tell us what that something is.)
    $200 16
nirvana

J.P.
    $200 27
socks

Deborah
    $200 6
Mark Antony

Deborah
    $200 20
Hall & Oates

Deborah
    $200 5
the Rio Grande

Alisa
    $200 25
Docs

Triple Stumper
    $400 13
the Epiphany

Deborah
    $400 8
hold your breath

J.P.
    $400 7
(J.P.: What is--oh, who said that? What is--who is, uh... Othello?)

Juliet

J.P.Alisa
    $400 21
(Lionel) Richie

J.P.
    $400 4
Death Valley

J.P.
    $400 26
desks

J.P.
    $600 17
the airing of grievances

J.P.
    $600 9
two cents

J.P.
    $600 11
(Deborah: Who is Prospero?)

Caliban

J.P.Deborah
    $600 22
a marimba

Alisa
    $600 1
the Cascades

J.P.
    $600 28
(J.P.: What are cards?)

decks

J.P.Deborah
    $800 18
a pomegranate

Alisa
    $800 10
waste of time

Deborah
    $800 14
Othello

Deborah
    $800 23
Steely Dan

Deborah
    $800 2
[NOTE: Mayim corrected J.P.'s pronunciation to end with a "naw" sound instead of a "nack" sound.]

Mackinac

J.P.
    $800 29
(J.P.: What are heirs to the English throne?)

Dukes

J.P.Deborah
    $1000 19
Lucia

Deborah
    $1000 12
way too much information

Alisa
    $1000 15
King Richard III

Triple Stumper
    $1000 24
"Just The Two Of Us"

Deborah
    $1000 3
the Piedmont

J.P.
    $1000 30
(Mayim: Those are [*], so all of those sounded like "ducks".)

dikes

Triple Stumper

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

J.P. Alisa Deborah
$4,000 $1,600 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

J.P. Alisa Deborah
$4,200 $3,000 $6,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

GOING MEDIEVAL
FAMOUS PROFESSORS
BIG MOVIE ON CAMPUS
ORGAN RECITAL
WHERE TO GO ON SABBATICAL
"EX"AM TIME
(Mayim: Each response begins with "ex".)
    $400 9
Damascus steel

J.P.
    $400 16
Armstrong

J.P.
    $400 11
(Mayim: Yes, [*] in Good Will Hunting.)

(Matt) Damon

J.P.
    $400 21
the liver

Deborah
    $400 1
bamboo

Alisa
    $400 30
exert

Alisa
    $800 8
Anno Domini

Deborah
    $800 7
Cambridge

J.P.
    $800 25
The Paper Chase

Deborah
    $800 17
the lungs

Deborah
    $800 2
Habitat for Humanity

Alisa
    $800 29
excavate

J.P.
    $1200 6
Heloise & Abelard

Alisa
    $1200 13
(Allen) Ginsberg

J.P.
    $1200 22
the University of Minnesota

Deborah
    $1200 18
the brain

Alisa
    $1200 3
the Galápagos

Alisa
    $3,000 26
the Exchequer

Deborah
    $1600 10
Petrarch

Alisa
    $1600 14
A Beautiful Mind

J.P.
    $1600 23
Hidden Figures

Alisa
    $3,000 19
ovaries

Alisa
    $1600 4
Reykjavik

J.P.
    $1600 27
(Deborah: What is "ex-OONT"?)
(Mayim: That's correct--"EX-see-uhnt".)

exeunt

Deborah
    $2000 12
the Benedictines

Triple Stumper
    $2000 15
John McWhorter

Triple Stumper
    $2000 24
Rudy

J.P.
    $2000 20
the small intestine

Alisa
    $2000 5
Jasper

J.P.
    $2000 28
the (Pauli) exclusion principle

J.P.

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

J.P. Alisa Deborah
$17,400 $16,400 $14,800

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

19th CENTURY BRITISH AUTHORS
(Mayim: [To Deborah] Looks like you were going for George Eliot.)
...
(Mayim: [To Alisa] [*] said this in the introduction to Frankenstein.)
...
(Mayim: And here are this week's four other winners who will be advancing.)
(Gary: Gary Hollis, Roanoke College.)
(Marti: Marti Canipe, Northern Arizona University.)
(Sam: Sam Buttrey, Naval Postgraduate School.)
(Ed: Ed Hashima, American River College.)
(Mayim: And now it's time to announce the wildcard spots among the non-winners.)
(Katie: Katie Reed, Cal State Fullerton.)
(Hester: Hester Blum, Penn State University.)
(Mayim: I'm not sure how your math is, but that is two, which leaves two spots for J.P. Allen and Deborah Steinberger as well. Congratulations, we'll see you all again next week for the culmination of the Professors Tournament.)
DeborahWho is George Eli
$5,000
AlisaWho is Shelley?
$3,600
J.P.Who is E. Brontë?
$2,601
(Mary) Shelley

Final scores:

J.P. Alisa Deborah
$14,799 $20,000 $9,800
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated Automatic semifinalist 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

J.P. Alisa Deborah
$17,400 $15,000 $13,000
22 R,
3 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 18 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $45,400

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Game tape date: 2021-10-25
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