Responses for Show #8705 - Friday, September 23, 2022

Contestants

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Navid Mehrjou, an attorney from Elmhurst, New York

Jenny Dally, a curatorial assistant from San Francisco, California

Michael Menkhus, a data analyst from Kansas City, Missouri (whose 1-day cash winnings total $31,201)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

GOING HOME
TAKE ME TO THE PILOT
NEW HARLEQUIN ROMANCES IN 2022
CUTTING BACK ON THE BRAND
SO GALLANTLY STREAMING
TINY 3-LETTER WORDS
    $200 29
soldiers

Jenny
    $200 28
(Amelia) Earhart

Navid
    $200 25
Barcelona

Michael
    $200 27
FedEx

Michael
    $200 11
the Kardashians

Michael
    $200 8
Lil

Jenny
    $400 2
Paul Simon

Triple Stumper
    $400 6
the Tuskegee Airmen

Michael
    $400 3
(Jenny: What's a Ring Bearer?)

the Best Man

MichaelJenny
    $400 22
Dunkin'

Michael
    $400 13
(Kaley) Cuoco

Navid
    $400 9
the toy

Jenny
    $600 18
[Michael gives both responses.]

a DD (designated driver)

Michael
    $600 1
the Hudson

Navid
    $600 16
(Navid: What is the [*] Next Door?)

Cinderella

Navid
    $600 7
Arianna Huffington

Jenny
    $600 14
Ryan Reynolds

Triple Stumper
    $600 10
(Michael: What's a fay?)

an imp (elf)

MichaelNavid
    $800 19
(Navid: What is expatriate?)

repatriate

JennyNavid
    $1,000 4
Howard Hughes

Michael
    $800 17
Paradise

Michael
    $800 12
Domino's

Jenny
    $800 15
Jack Reacher

Navid
    $800 21
a bit

Navid
    $1000 20
the Philippines

Jenny
    $1000 5
aerobatics (barnstorming)

Michael
    $1000 24
Provence

Navid
    $1000 23
(Michael: What is Macintosh?)
(Navid: What is Computers?)

Computer

MichaelNavid
Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
Moon Knight

Navid
    $1000 30
(Ken: Would you care to demonstrate?)
[Jenny demonstrates [*]
(Ken: There we go, very nice.)
[Audience laughter and applause]
(Ken: Jenny is [*]ing us into this commercial break...)
[Ken also does [*].]

a dab

Jenny

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

Michael Jenny Navid
$2,400 $1,600 $2,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Michael Jenny Navid
$3,600 $4,600 $4,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN HISTORY
BIBLE STUDY
IT'S ONLY "A" COUNTRY
(Ken: "A" will be the only vowel in the name of each country, although there may be more than one.)
INFRASTRUCTURE
SONG SNIPPETS
YIDDISHISMS
    $400 25
(Ken: Less than a minute.)

the CIA

Michael
    $400 29
(Ken [To Navid and prior to the reveal of the clue] You seem stoked.)
[Laughter]

Abraham & Sarah

Jenny
    $400 28
Panama

Navid
    $400 27
Russia

Navid
    $400 19
"Hey Jude"

Navid
    $400 23
grandma & grandpa

Jenny
    $800 4
Sooners

Michael
    $800 30
(Ken: I feel like you redeemed yourself with the BIBLE STUDY category, you three.)

Proverbs

Michael
    $800 26
Ghana

Michael
    $800 24
air traffic control

Jenny
    $800 18
(Jenny: What's "Thrift... Store"?)
...
(Ken: [*], by Macklemore.)

"Thrift Shop"

MichaelJenny
    $800 9
sweating

Michael
    $2,000 3
(Michael: Who is...)

FDR

Michael
    $1200 5
(Ken: Paul was formerly Saul of [*].)

Tarsus

Triple Stumper
    $3,000 15
(Ken: [Prior to the wager] You are rewarded for your skepticism.)
...
(Michael: It's not...)
(Ken: Michael?)
(Michael: Um... what are the Maldives?)

Madagascar

Michael
    $1200 7
tides

Michael
    $1200 10
(Ken: That's [*], by Post Malone.)

"Circles"

Triple Stumper
    $1200 20
a tchotchke

Jenny
    $1600 1
the XYZ Affair

Michael
    $1600 6
the Queen of Sheba

Triple Stumper
    $1600 16
Malta

Triple Stumper
    $1600 8
sewage

Navid
    $1600 11
"Truth Hurts"

Michael
    $1600 22
kvetch

Navid
    $2000 2
(Jenny: What is Salem?)

the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Jenny
Triple Stumper
    $2000 14
(Ken: What do you think, Michael? Back to the Bible?)
(Michael: No...)
(Ken: Turning away from the Bible, the answer there is the Daily Double.)

the synoptic Gospels

Triple Stumper
    $2000 17
(Navid: What is Mongolia?)

Kazakhstan

MichaelNavid
    $2000 13
an aqueduct

Michael
    $2000 12
"Like A Virgin"

Triple Stumper
    $2000 21
schmatta

Navid

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Michael Jenny Navid
$11,400 $4,600 $8,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

LITERARY CHARACTERS
JennyWho is Gilgamesh?
$4,001
NavidWho is Beowulf?
$8,500
MichaelWho is Beow Beowulf?
$5,801
Beowulf

Final scores:

Michael Jenny Navid
$17,201 $599 $17,100
2-day champion: $48,402 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Michael Jenny Navid
$16,200 $4,600 $8,600
21 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 2 DDs)		 12 R,
3 W		 15 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $29,400

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Game tape date: 2022-08-03
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