Responses for Show #8858 - Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Contestants

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Jesse Matheny, a customer success implementation manager originally from Huntington, Indiana

Liz Everhart, a subrogation analyst and science teacher from Louisville, Kentucky

Johanna Stoberock, a fiction writer and adjunct professor from Walla Walla, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,999)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

RIHANNA
HISTORICAL POTPOURRI
CONFIDENCE
BRIT LIT
TOP TO BOTTOM
A NATION OF VODKA BRANDS
(Ken: You'll have to name the country from which each vodka hails.)
    $200 29
Barbados

Liz
    $200 12
Bunker Hill

Jesse
    $200 19
faith

Johanna
    $200 18
(Liz: What is the Maddening Crowd?)

the Madding Crowd

JohannaLiz
    $200 24
rock

Jesse
    $200 3
Russia

Liz
    $400 30
(Ken: Yes, you certainly know your Rihanna, Liz.)

Jay-Z

Liz
    $400 11
meteorologist

Liz
    $400 20
Clue

Jesse
    $400 17
Lord Byron

Johanna
    $400 25
the barrel

Johanna
    $400 7
(Ken: [Prior to reading the clue] Finishing the vodka--I mean the category.)
[Laughter]

the United States

Jesse
    $600 15
Fenty

Liz
    $600 10
the Black Hole of Calcutta

Triple Stumper
    $600 21
Socrates

Johanna
    $600 16
(Ken: Yeah, they're in Florence.)

Italy

Johanna
    $600 26
Acme

Johanna
    $600 4
(Liz: What is Sweden?)

Poland

Liz
Triple Stumper
    $800 14
Ocean's 8

Liz
    $800 9
Louis XIV

Jesse
    $800 22
strut

Jesse
    $800 2
Robert the Bruce

Jesse
    $800 27
nether

Jesse
    $800 5
France

Liz
    $1000 13
"Gone Bad"

Liz
    $1,200 8
(Jesse: Who is Marco Polo?)
(Ken: No, I'm sorry, Liz is smiling, I think she read the book--Who is [*]?)

Thomas Cromwell

Jesse
    $1000 23
FDIC

Jesse
    $1000 1
Women in Love

Triple Stumper
    $1000 28
(Ken: You don't seem sure, but that's right.)

the apogee

Johanna
    $1000 6
(Ken: I'm sure one of the finer vodkas of [*].)

New Zealand

Triple Stumper

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

Johanna Liz Jesse
$0 $3,200 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Johanna Liz Jesse
$4,000 $3,600 $4,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE NEW CAPITAL
4-SYLLABLE WORDS
WHISTLEBLOWERS
COMEDIANS
UNGULATES
THE PARENT COMPANY
    $400 6
St. Petersburg

Jesse
    $400 17
a destination

Jesse
    $400 15
Arlington National Cemetery

Jesse
    $400 11
Dangerfield

Jesse
    $400 30
a camel

Jesse
    $400 27
Pepsi

Liz
    $800 5
Brasília

Liz
    $800 18
an infinity pool

Johanna
    $800 14
The Insider

Triple Stumper
    $800 12
(Ken: NBC is airing a special and tribute [tugs ear] this evening.)

Carol Burnett

Triple Stumper
    $800 29
a reindeer

Johanna
    $800 9
Alphabet

Jesse
    $1200 4
Java

Johanna
    $1200 19
to eradicate

Liz
    $1200 1
the Pentagon Papers

Jesse
    $1200 8
Robin Williams

Triple Stumper
    $1200 22
the javelina

Triple Stumper
    $1200 10
Hasbro

Johanna
    $3,000 2
(Jesse: What is Istanbul?)

Ankara

Jesse
    $3,000 21
enlightenment

Liz
    $1600 7
Arthur Andersen

Triple Stumper
    $1600 25
Kevin Hart

Jesse
    $1600 23
a water buffalo

Triple Stumper
    $1600 13
Unilever

Triple Stumper
    $2000 3
Kazakhstan

Jesse
    $2000 20
insoluble

Liz
    $2000 16
Silkwood

Johanna
    $2000 26
Jerrod Carmichael

Triple Stumper
    $2000 28
an oryx

Johanna
    $2000 24
Comcast

Jesse

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Johanna Liz Jesse
$12,000 $11,000 $10,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

HOLLYWOOD HISTORY
(Ken: Al Jolson did star in that movie, of course, the first successful talking picture; but it was released by [*] Brothers and three of the four [*]s missed the premiere because their brother Sam had just passed away.)
JesseWhat is Marx?
$8,200
LizWhat is Marx?
$10,000
JohannaWhat is Jolsen?
$10,001
Warner

Final scores:

Johanna Liz Jesse
$1,999 $1,000 $2,600
2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $2,600

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Johanna Liz Jesse
$12,000 $9,600 $15,000
14 R,
0 W		 13 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 19 R,
2 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $36,600

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Game tape date: 2023-02-08
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