Responses for Show #8686 - Monday, July 18, 2022

Ken Jennings hosts.
Fifth regular-play game to end in a Tiebreaker Round.

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Erica Weiner-Amachi, a 4th grade teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

William Chou, a research fellow from Austin, Texas

Emily Fiasco, a middle school band director from St. Louis, Missouri (whose 3-day cash winnings total $87,201)

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round responses

GIVING YOU THE BOOT
GOOD HISTORY
ACTING UP ON TV
THE WOUK MOB
COLOR ME BAD
"THE" END
(Ken: Each correct response will end with the letters"T-H-E".)
    $200 16
(Erica: What are Uggs?)

go-go boots

Erica
Triple Stumper
    $200 6
fire

Emily
    $200 1
Magic Johnson

Erica
    $200 25
The Caine Mutiny

William
    $200 11
jealousy

Erica
    $200 20
loathe

Erica
    $400 17
Wellingtons

William
    $400 7
a Bill of Rights

Erica
    $400 2
Cynthia Nixon

Emily
    $400 26
radio

Triple Stumper
    $400 12
(Erica: What is a blue out?)

the blue flu

Erica
Triple Stumper
    $400 21
soothe

Erica
    $600 18
engineer boots

Triple Stumper
    $600 8
Copernicus

Erica
    $600 3
Julia Roberts

Erica
    $600 27
Berlin

Triple Stumper
    $600 13
(Erica: What is weak-stomached?)

yellow-bellied

Erica
Triple Stumper
    $600 22
to clothe

Triple Stumper
    $800 19
(Emily: What are stirrups?)

the jodhpur

Emily
Triple Stumper
    $800 9
(Emily: What is space?)
(Ken: More specifically?)

the Moon

Emily
    $800 4
Higgins

Triple Stumper
    $800 28
(Ken: [To all three contestants] Not hugest fans of the oeuvre of Herman Wouk, she changed her name to Marjorie [*].)

Morningstar

Triple Stumper
    $800 14
pink eye

William
    $800 23
seethe

Erica
    $1000 29
Chelsea

Emily
    $1000 10
(William: Who is David?)
...
(Ken: For the common origin of both Judaism and Islam; these were [*].)

the Abraham Accords

William
Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
The Expanse

Triple Stumper
    $1000 30
Super Collider

Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
red tide

Emily
    $1000 24
a blithe

Erica

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

Emily William Erica
$2,400 -$200 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Emily William Erica
$2,600 $400 $3,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

GIVING YOU THE BOOT
10-, 11- & 12-LETTER WORDS
TROPHY HUSBAND
AMERICANA
ACTIVE BIBLE VERSES
FEELIN' INDEPENDENT
    $400 20
(Steve) Jobs

Erica
    $400 21
legislative

Erica
    $400 3
Keith Urban

William
    $400 6
Roosevelt

Erica
    $400 29
Goliath

Emily
    $400 11
(Emily: What is Korea?)

Vietnam

EmilyErica
    $800 16
Cuba

William
    $800 22
the shuttlecock

Emily
    $800 2
Martin Scorsese

Triple Stumper
    $800 7
pecans

Emily
    $800 30
the (burning) bush

Emily
    $800 12
Portugal

Erica
    $1200 17
(Erica: Who is Adam?)

Cain

WilliamErica
    $1200 23
conscription

William
    $1200 1
the Heisman

Erica
    $2,000 8
(Emily: What is [**]?)

The House of the Seven Gables (The House of Seven Gables accepted)

Emily
    $1200 26
(Erica: What is a mare?)
(Emily: What is a rider?)

horse

EmilyErica
Triple Stumper
    $1200 13
Bangladesh

William
    $2,400 18
Trotsky

William
    $1600 24
(Ken: We're thinking of the god Balder here, that's [*].)

balderdash

Triple Stumper
    $1600 4
Tatum O'Neal

Erica
    $1600 9
1620

Erica
    $1600 27
the Sea of Galilee

William
    $1600 14
the Netherlands

William
    $2000 19
Davy Crockett

Erica
    $2000 25
a funambulist

Triple Stumper
    $2000 5
Anderson Paak

Triple Stumper
    $2000 10
(William: Who is Suyvesan?)
...
(Ken: Yes, [*]; I'm sorry, William, we didn't hear either "T" in your response.)

(Peter) Stuyvesant

EmilyWilliam
    $2000 28
(William: [Stammering] Uh, what is, um... uh, cu...)
...
(Ken: [To Erica] A painful $2,000 for you.)
[Laughter]

circumcise

WilliamErica
    $2000 15
Serbia

William

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Emily William Erica
$7,800 $8,800 $11,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ART & THEATRE
(Ken: [To Emily] Yes, Giacometti was friends with playwright Samuel Beckett.)
...
(Ken: So, it will come down to Erica Weiner-Amachi... and was writing very late... and she got to the end of the word.)
EmilyWhat is Waiting for Godot?
$7,800
WilliamWhat is Waiting for Godot
$6,801
EricaWhat is Waiting for Godot
$4,001
Waiting for Godot

Tiebreaker Round responses

BIOGRAPHIES
Lyndon Johnson

William

Final scores:

Emily William Erica
$15,600 $15,601 $15,601
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $15,601 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Emily William Erica
$7,000 $8,000 $11,600
11 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 12 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W

Combined Coryat: $26,600

[game clues] [game scores] [suggest correction]

Game tape date: 2022-05-16
The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. Scraping, republication, monetization, and malicious use prohibited; this site may use cookies and collect identifying information. See terms. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.