Responses for Show #8875 - Friday, May 19, 2023

Ben Chan game 8.

Contestants

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Chris Hammer, a teacher from McKinney, Texas

Erica Johnson, a stay-at-home mom from Greenbelt, Maryland

Ben Chan, a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin (whose 7-day cash winnings total $213,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

SOME OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
(Mayim: From the book of Exodus in the King James Bible.)
ON A FIRST-NAME BASIS WITH BOOZE
HURRAY FOR HOLLYWOOD!
THOSE BALLS HAVE "I"s
MULTIPLE MEANINGS
GATES
    $200 26
the Sabbath

Erica
    $200 27
Jim

Ben!
    $200 7
Kenan Thompson

Erica
    $200 24
billiard

Ben!
    $200 20
shed

Ben!
    $200 23
Graceland

Chris
    $400 25
adultery

Erica
    $400 18
Johnnie

Ben!
    $400 8
Mann's Chinese Theater

Chris
    $400 22
Wiffle balls

Ben!
    $400 14
issue

Ben!
    $400 4
(Chris: What is Mecca?)

Jerusalem

Chris
Triple Stumper
    $600 9
Thou shalt not kill

Ben!
    $600 28
Jose

Ben!
    $600 13
land

Chris
    $4,000 21
(Mayim: This time that's correct, yes.)

Wilson

Ben!
    $600 17
book

Chris
    $600 1
Versailles

Ben!
    $800 6
take thy name in vain

Erica
    $800 29
Rémy

Chris
    $800 11
(Chris: What is Nick & Sam's?)

Musso & Frank's

Chris
Triple Stumper
    $800 5
(Ben!: What is Wilson?)

Spalding

Ben!
Triple Stumper
    $800 15
funky

Ben!
    $800 2
the Brandenburg Gate

Ben!
    $1000 10
graven

Ben!
    $1000 30
Harvey

Ben!
    $1000 12
Max Factor

Erica
    $1000 19
Titleist

Erica
    $1000 16
(Mayim: Pictured there are a chicken [*] and legal [*].)

tender

Triple Stumper
    $1000 3
Mumbai

Triple Stumper

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

Ben! Erica Chris
$3,400 $2,000 -$200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben! Erica Chris
$10,400 $3,600 $1,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SWEET 1616
LITERARY MISMATCHES
THE HUMAN BODY
HIP-HOP NAMES
ANAGRAMS
GAITS
    $400 16
William Shakespeare

Chris
    $400 11
Wuthering Heights

Ben!
    $400 18
the shin

Erica
    $400 17
Flo Rida

Ben!
    $400 27
paparazzi

Ben!
    $400 20
a canter

Ben!
    $800 15
Pocahontas

Ben!
    $800 1
Rebecca

Ben!
    $800 6
(Erica: What is cartilage?)

tendons

EricaChris
    $800 19
Ad-Rock

Ben!
    $800 25
a somersault

Triple Stumper
    $800 21
(Naomi) Campbell

Ben!
    $1200 7
the Danube

Ben!
    $6,000 12
(Ben!: What is... um...)

heartburn

Ben!
    $1200 3
the fallopian tubes

Ben!
    $1200 23
Wiz Khalifa

Chris
    $1200 26
eggs Benedict

Ben!
    $1200 22
James I

Chris
    $4,000 2
(Ben!: Who is Henry Hudson?)

William Baffin

Ben!
    $1600 10
Fleishman

Erica
    $1600 5
thyroid

Ben!
    $1600 24
21 Savage

Triple Stumper
    $1600 28
a conquistador

Erica
    $1600 14
(Chris: What is the Office of Silly Walks?)
(Erica: What is the Office of Funny Walks?)

the Ministry of Silly Walks

EricaChris
Triple Stumper
    $2000 13
(Ben!: Who is Wren?)

Inigo Jones

Ben!
Triple Stumper
    $2000 9
Revolutionary Road

Ben!
    $2000 4
the medulla oblongata

Ben!
    $2000 30
[NOTE: Mayim read "bday" as "birthday".]
...
(Mayim: Yes, and I love that you knew that.)

DJ Kool Herc

Ben!
    $2000 29
a cuspidor

Triple Stumper
    $2000 8
(Ben!: What are zebras?)

giraffe

Ben!
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben! Erica Chris
$12,400 $4,800 $3,400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE USA
(Mayim: [To Chris] That acronym is because they're traveling from Georgia--GA, to Maine--ME.)
...
(Mayim: [To Erica] Obviously, we do not take off for spelling, but "Appalachin Trail" is also phonetically correct.)
ChrisWhat is the Appalachian Trail?
$3,299
EricaWhat is the Appalachin Trail?
$4,800
Ben!What is the Appalachian Trail?
$2,400
the Appalachian Trail

Final scores:

Ben! Erica Chris
$14,800 $9,600 $6,699
8-day champion: $227,800 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ben! Erica Chris
$19,000 $4,800 $3,400
29 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 2 DDs)		 9 R,
2 W		 9 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $27,200

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Game tape date: 2023-03-22
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