Responses for Show #8762 - Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Sean McShane game 2.

Contestants

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Ellen McRae, a Realtor from Falls Church, Virginia

Brett Myer, a writer from Los Angeles, California

Sean McShane, a nonprofit membership associate originally from West Islip, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,600)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

4 FUNERALS & ANOTHER FUNERAL
SOUNDS
PLACE"O"
(Ken: All responses end with "O".)
2-SYLLABLE WORDS
PLAYING SANTA
FOOD AS YOU MIGHT SAY IT
    $200 23
Eva Perón

Ellen
    $200 21
(Brett: What is listening to seashells?)

skipping stones

Brett
Triple Stumper
    $200 2
Buffalo

Ellen
    $200 11
(Ellen: What is a climax?)

highlight

BrettEllen
    $200 20
34th Street

Ellen
    $200 1
a sloppy joe

Ellen
    $400 24
Wilhelm

Brett
    $400 22
(Sean: What are bumpers?)

flippers

SeanEllen
    $400 3
Toledo

Sean
    $400 15
a huddle

Sean
    $400 19
Tim Allen

Sean
    $400 4
rocky road

Sean
    $600 25
(Wyatt) Earp

Brett
    $600 28
(Sean: What is cooking with fire?)

cooking with gas

SeanBrett
    $1,400 8
(Ellen: I wanna do this [All-in gesture] for $1,400.)
...
(Ellen: What is Oahu?)

Borneo

Ellen
    $600 14
a membrane

Sean
    $600 18
Elf

Brett
    $600 5
hush puppies

Sean
    $800 26
(Sean: Who is Trafalgar?)

(the Duke of) Wellington

SeanEllen
    $800 29
The Trumpet of the Swan

Triple Stumper
    $800 9
Fargo

Brett
    $800 13
a keystone

Sean
    $800 17
Billy Bob Thornton

Sean
    $800 6
a po' boy

Sean
    $1000 27
Beethoven

Sean
    $1000 30
a howitzer

Brett
    $1000 10
Kosovo

Sean
    $1000 12
an aura

Sean
    $1000 16
Paul Giamatti

Sean
    $1000 7
ladyfingers

Ellen

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

Sean Brett Ellen
$6,000 $1,000 -$200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Sean Brett Ellen
$7,400 $4,000 $1,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SPANISH ART & ARTISTS
CITY SPEAK
OIL THINGS CONSIDERED
YOU GET LETTERS
CHEMISTRY
THAT'S SOME OF WHAT SHE WROTE
    $400 28
a bullfighter

Ellen
    $400 2
London

Sean
    $400 22
Beverly Hills

Brett
    $400 20
(Ken: Oh, you couldn't count in time; you get an "F", it's [*], in fact.)

G

Triple Stumper
    $400 29
electronegativity

Triple Stumper
    $400 1
Harper Lee

Sean
    $800 27
poverty

Sean
    $800 3
Peking (Beijing)

Triple Stumper
    $800 21
Lizzo

Triple Stumper
    $800 19
(Brett: [*]. What is [*]?)

double-V

Brett
    $800 30
dilution

Sean
    $800 15
Amy Tan

Sean
    $3,000 25
El Greco

Sean
    $1200 4
Boston

Sean
    $1200 14
There Will Be Blood

Ellen
    $1200 18
kappa

Sean
    $1200 26
volatile

Sean
    $1200 9
Judy Blume

Sean
    $1600 11
a maja

Triple Stumper
    $1600 5
Stockholm

Ellen
    $1600 13
Mighty Mouse

Sean
    $1600 17
(Ellen: What is a comma?)
...
(Ken: The intrusive "R" like "Pipper and Kate Middleton".)

an "R"

SeanEllen
    $3,000 24
arsenic

Sean
    $1600 8
(Lorraine) Hansberry

Ellen
    $2000 10
Las Meninas

Triple Stumper
    $2000 6
Venice

Brett
    $2000 12
Midnight Oil

Brett
    $2000 16
an "S"

Sean
    $2000 23
hydrocarbons

Sean
    $2000 7
Lahiri

Brett

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Sean Brett Ellen
$28,600 $11,200 $4,600
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

19th CENTURY AMERICANS
(Ken: A great orator and abolitionist was a big believer in the power of pictures to changes minds.)
...
(Ken: [To Sean] We don't ding you for missing the "S" because it's pronounced right.)
EllenWho is Frederick Douglass?
$4,000
BrettWho is Douglass?
$200
SeanWho Frederick Douglas
$4,000
Frederick Douglass

Final scores:

Sean Brett Ellen
$32,600 $11,400 $8,600
2-day champion: $53,200 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Sean Brett Ellen
$25,400 $11,200 $6,000
28 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 12 R,
1 W		 11 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $42,600

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Game tape date: 2022-10-24
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