Responses for Show #8794 - Thursday, January 26, 2023

Troy Meyer game 6.

Contestants

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John Guszkowski, a planning consultant from Pomfret, Connecticut

Emma Moore, a librarian from Princeton, New Jersey

Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida (whose 5-day cash winnings total $170,401)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

20th CENTURY AMERICA
LET'S TALK ABOUT SAX, BABY
WORKING 9 2 5
(Ken: Each response will be 9, 2 or 5 or some combination of those digits.)
WHAT'S IN THE BOTTLE?
ALLITERATION TIME
THE "END"s OF THE EARTH
    $200 29
California

Emma
    $200 30
Rio

John
    $200 28
9

John
    $200 26
Tabasco sauce

John
    $200 25
a visible vet

Emma
    $200 23
Independence

John
    $400 16
Harry Houdini

Troy
    $400 14
Kenny G

John
    $400 27
(Emma: What is 50?)

25

TroyEmma
    $400 20
(Troy: What's basalmic?)

balsamic

TroyJohn
    $400 24
(Ken: These are good band names.)
[Laughter]

myopic macaroni

Troy
    $400 22
Bend

John
    $600 4
Jim Thorpe

Troy
    $600 13
(John: Uh, what is "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"?)
(Emma: What is, uh... [Sighs] pass.)
(Ken: Troy? Music executive?)
(Troy: I know.)
(Ken: I guess my impression didn't help, sorry; we didn't have the music rights to [*].)
(Troy: Yeah, yeah, yeah.)

"Careless Whisper"

EmmaJohn
Triple Stumper
    $600 17
a 529 plan

John
    $600 19
Chanel No. 5

Troy
    $600 21
a green grasshopper

Triple Stumper
    $600 12
Endeavour

Troy
    $1,000 2
the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

Troy
    $800 3
INXS

Emma
    $800 6
95

Troy
    $800 18
(John: Uh... shoot, what is Dom Perignon?)

Moet et Chandon

John
Triple Stumper
    $800 10
(Emma: What is a tomato?)
(Ken: More specifically?)
(Emma: Uh, what is a, uh...)

a transparent tomato

EmmaJohn
    $800 8
the West End & East End

Troy
    $1000 1
St. Louis

Troy
    $1000 5
"Take A Walk On The Wild Side"

John
    $1000 7
(Ken: Some quick math, but not quick enough.)

52

Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
Jordan

Troy
    $1000 11
a hefty (heavy) hawk

Troy
    $1000 9
(Emma: Uh, what is, uh, Dorset?)

Land's End

TroyEmma

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

Troy Emma John
$7,800 -$1,600 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Troy Emma John
$9,200 -$1,600 $3,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

A LINE IN THE SAND
LANGUAGES
VENOMOUS CREATURES
FINANCE & INVESTING
"B" MOVIES
12 LETTERS OR MORE
    $400 30
Robinson Crusoe

John
    $400 29
Russian

John
    $400 26
a box jellyfish

John
    $400 28
Apple

Troy
    $400 20
[Ken rolls his "R" to say "freedom".]

Braveheart

Emma
    $400 27
claustrophobia

Troy
    $800 16
the Lord of the Flies

Troy
    $800 24
Yiddish

Troy
    $800 18
a reef

John
    $800 14
consolidation

Emma
    $800 15
Bend It Like Beckham

Troy
    $800 25
photosynthesis

John
    $1200 6
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Troy
    $1200 23
Urdu

John
    $1200 17
glands

Troy
    $1200 13
an annuity

Troy
    $1200 12
Blazing Saddles

Troy
    $1200 22
photographer

Troy
    $1600 5
Dune

Emma
    $2,000 1
(Emma: What is Basque?)

Catalan

Emma
    $1600 10
a yellowjacket

John
    $1600 7
Ethereum

Emma
    $1600 11
Birdman

John
    $8,000 19
[Cheers & applause]
(Ken: We got a game!)

existentialism

John
    $2000 4
Ozymandias

Troy
    $2000 2
Belize

John
    $2000 3
a Gaboon viper

Troy
    $2000 8
a fiduciary

Emma
    $2000 9
Brazil

Troy
    $2000 21
gastroenterologist

John

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Troy Emma John
$24,400 $2,800 $22,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORY
(Ken: [To John] Emma had the right idea, but it was Columbus' flagship that wrecked off the coast of Haiti.)
EmmaWhat is Nina?
$2,799
JohnWhat is Santa Maria?
$11,100
TroyWhat is Santa Maria?
$20,001
Santa Maria

Final scores:

Troy Emma John
$44,401 $1 $33,300
6-day champion: $214,802 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Troy Emma John
$24,200 $4,800 $15,800
26 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 8 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 21 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $44,800

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Game tape date: 2022-12-06
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