Responses for Show #8531 - Monday, December 13, 2021

2021 Professors Tournament semifinal game 1.

Contestants

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Katie Reed, an associate professor of musicology from Cal State Fullerton

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

Sam Buttrey, an associate professor of operations research from Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California

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Jeopardy! Round responses

PROFESSIONS
19th CENTURY LIT
MODERN SHORTHAND
HISTORIC AMERICANS
BRITISH HUMOR
FOSSIL WORDS
(Mayim: They were once common, but now they only appear in isolated phrases.)
    $200 8
engineer

Katie
    $200 11
Pinocchio

Sam
    $200 22
work from home

J.P.
    $200 14
lightning

Katie
    $200 1
(J.P.: [Selecting the next clue with an exaggerated British accent] BRITISH HUMOR for $400.)
[Laughter]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

J.P.
    $200 17
bated

Sam
    $400 10
arborist

Sam
    $400 12
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Katie
    $400 23
doubt

Sam
    $400 20
the Socialist Party

Sam
    $400 2
Ricky Gervais

Katie
    $400 16
the pale

Sam
    $1,800 6
an economist

J.P.
    $600 13
The New Colossus

Sam
    $600 24
dungeon

J.P.
    $600 26
Clara Barton

Katie
    $600 3
Corden

J.P.
    $600 15
boon

Sam
    $800 7
maître d'

Sam
    $800 21
Matthew Arnold

Triple Stumper
    $800 25
LinkedIn

Sam
    $800 27
Oppenheimer

J.P.
    $800 4
Fleabag

Katie
    $800 18
wend

Sam
    $1000 9
a haberdasher

J.P.
    $1000 29
Goethe

Katie
    $1000 30
the more you know

Katie
    $1000 28
Sequoyah

Sam
    $1000 5
The IT Crowd

J.P.
    $1000 19
a dint

Triple Stumper

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

Sam J.P. Katie
$2,600 $4,600 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Sam J.P. Katie
$6,600 $6,200 $4,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

LATIN AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY
CHEMISTRY
SIDEKICKS
GEMS & JEWELS
LET THERE BE ENLIGHTENMENT
SAY SOMETHING SILLY, PROFESSOR
    $400 8
San Salvador

J.P.
    $400 20
bromine

Triple Stumper
    $400 13
Smithers

J.P.
    $400 28
coral

J.P.
    $400 25
Reason

J.P.
    $400 3
(Mayim: Yes, and now you've all said something silly.)

malarkey

J.P.
    $800 7
Baja California

J.P.
    $800 21
carbon dioxide

J.P.
    $800 15
Donkey

Katie
    $800 22
tourmaline

Katie
    $800 19
tabula rasa

Sam
    $800 2
uff da

Sam
    $1200 6
Argentina

J.P.
    $1200 24
rare earth

J.P.
    $1200 14
Jimmy Olsen

Sam
    $1200 23
sapphire

Sam
    $3,000 9
The Social Contract

J.P.
    $1200 1
(Katie: Okay, it is silly.)
[Laughter]

cattywampus

Katie
    $1600 4
Lake Titicaca

J.P.
    $1600 26
catalysts

Sam
    $1600 16
Insecure

Katie
    $1600 29
garnets

Sam
    $1600 10
utilitarianism

Sam
    $1600 11
mimsy

Sam
    $5,400 5
(J.P.: What is Cuba?)

Puerto Rico

J.P.
    $2000 27
(Sir James) Dewar

Sam
    $2000 17
[NOTE: J.P. did not include the leading article in his correct response.]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

J.P.
    $2000 30
(Katie: What is Madeira?)

sherry

Katie
Triple Stumper
    $2000 18
(Immanuel) Kant

Katie
    $2000 12
(Mayim: Well, now it's time for me to say something silly--who is [*]?)

Zyzzybalubah

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Sam J.P. Katie
$19,000 $13,400 $9,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

KINGS & QUEENS
(Mayim: [To Sam] On the throne from 1702 to 1714; she was also the last Stuart monarch as she had no surviving children.)
KatieWho is Mary? (Queen of Scots)
$9,000
J.P.Who is Mary Queen of Scots?
$13,400
SamWho is Queen Anne
$7,401
Queen Anne

Final scores:

Sam J.P. Katie
$26,401 $0 $0
Finalist 2nd place: $10,000 3rd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Sam J.P. Katie
$19,000 $15,800 $9,000
21 R,
0 W		 20 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 13 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $43,800

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Game tape date: 2021-10-26
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